Nicktoons Unite: Turning the Tables

7: ℌ𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔖𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔱 𝔓𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔩𝔢

Danny POV

     I landed softly on the ground and leaned my back against the front metal door. I've never yelled at them like that before. I need to control myself. A faint meow suddenly called out to me, I looked up and a snail slowly made its way towards me. Its meows sounded weak. "Hey there Gary, Spongebob hasn't fed you yet?" I asked, the poor snail nodded while its stomach growled. I petted the snail and quickly tried to find the kitchen, the snail slowly following behind me. I think I almost went the wrong way but luckily Gary mostly led the way. He led me towards the empty kitchen, I flicked the light switch on and quickly gave the snail its pet food. Gary violently ate its food from the bowl he was left unfed for how many days?

     I felt a buzz from my pockets, I pulled out the communicator and read the message. I didn't read it with much thought and quickly shoved the communicator back into my pocket. I walked out and tried to find my way through the pineapple, I went up a flight of stairs and found myself in Spongebob's bedroom. The bedroom looked tidy, nothing odd there. I walked closer to his bed, it was pretty high from the ground, I wondered how he manages to get into bed every night. Not to mention, how does he get down? There was a single window showing the outside world, it was slowly turning dark and the moon was starting to show. I started to feel bad when I realised if I hadn't started that fight, we would've been here safe and sound in this pineapple.

     I was about to leave the bedroom when my foot stepped on something. It cracked underneath my weight, I pulled my foot away and stared in horror when I realised what I stepped on. A piece of a communicator. Spongebob's communicator. I kneeled to inspect it thoroughly, hoping I didn't ruin anything that could tell us where he went or any clues. I realised the part of stepped on was part of the screen, I looked around trying to find the rest of the communicator. I found a trail of broken pieces leading to an open door. I walked closer to see what was in the next room but tripped on one of the pieces and fell. I rolled on what felt like a slide and landed on some carpet. I heard a click and a bright light appeared. Took some time to adjust my eyes until I heard a faint meow. "Gary? How did you switch the light on?" I question the snail passing by me. He answered me by crawling up the bookcase and into an empty shelf.

     I stood up and looked around, and that's when I realised how bad the room was. There were some books on the ground, papers were scattered all around the room and the walls had some cracks in them. I was frozen for a bit when I heard another meow, I turned to the snail who was pushing a book that was on the ground. I walked over and picked up the book, the book was about ships. Not only ships, boats, cruises and anything related to marine transport. I picked up another book, now this one was about countries and their states. Then I realised the bookmarks, every bookmark marked each country's state that was near the sea. I inspected all the books that were on the floor, and all of them were either about marine transport or states near the sea. What does all this mean? Then I heard Gary meow again, I turned to the snail, "What is it bud?". The snail was sitting on a stack of newspapers. I guess he wanted me to read it.

I moved the snail off the stack and started reading them. The newspapers dated days before Spongebob's disappearance. I read each paper, following the dates. After reading them, I dropped the papers. Is this happening? Was everything I'm reading real?! I need to get the others. This was a big clue! I petted the snail and thank him for his help. I thought I had to climb up the slide to get out but there was another door at the bottom. After exiting the library I quickly used the communicator to call Jimmy and Timmy. When they answered, I wasted no time and yelled "YOU GUYS NEED TO GET OVER HERE! THERE'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO SEE!!"

Timmy POV

     I found the crab! And I won't lie, it was a hassle to get him talking. "We're asking you nicely! WHERE IS THE SPONGE?!?" Cozmo yelled in his 'manly' voice. The crab cackled and yelled, "I won't tell ya anything!! Well unless I get something in exchange.". I rolled my eyes, of course. I wished for a huge gold bar and held it in front of him. He went nuts and tried to pull it out from my hands, luckily I had fast reflexes and pulled back. "First, tell me where is Spongebob" I ordered. "Oh, the lad went missing a few days ago" he simply said, he once again tried to grab the gold bar but I dodged, "is there anything else he might've said before he left? Any clues where he might've gone?" I asked again. He huffed "He kept talking about King Neptune and his recent announcement about something. There! Yer happy?!?". It was better than nothing. I passed the gold bar to him and he immediately started hugging and kissing it. Gross.

     "Now what?" Wanda asked, before I could reply to her, I felt something buzz in my pocket. I took out the communicator and realised Danny was calling all of us. I answered and before I could prepare myself, I heard him yell "YOU GUYS NEED TO GET OVER HERE! THERE'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO SEE!!". Then suddenly I heard a slam and a loud thud. I heard Jimmy on the other line yelling, "Fenton?!! Are you alright?!". There was a short silence, I was about to yell for Danny when someone on the other line yelled "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED ON SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS PROPERTY!! GET OUT SCARY GHOST!!" and another slam was heard and the line disconnected. Wanda quivered "Doesn't that sound like.." "Patrick.." I answered for her. I quickly wished my way to the pineapple, hoping Patrick didn't do anything to harm my friend.  

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