G5 Adventures in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

Talks and Schemes on the Mountaintop

After Hitch's suggestion to leave Bikini Bottom for the time being, Sunny and Izzy took Plankton and SpongeBob on their backs and they swam for the hills...

...or more specifically, swam for the mountains.

Zipp had spotted a high mountain where they could keep an eye on the town, and as the sun began to set, a fire was made, and they ended the night by sorrowfully watching the town of Bikini Bottom burn in flames.

While the ponies were saddened and worried by all these events, no one was more upset than SpongeBob. Not only was the formula gone, but Sparky could have been stolen, and SpongeBob's friends were completely different... no longer the same.

Honestly, he felt like he was at the lowest point in his entire life... and he wasn't sure what to do to help himself, his friends or the town he had come to love.

SpongeBob sniffled sadly, trying to keep tears from building. "Everything we know and love has been destroyed..."

"Well, yeah, looks like they're gonna have to change the name of Bikini Bottom to Dirty Bottom," Plankton joked with a laugh. "Right, SpongeBob?"

"That's kinda gross, Plankton," Zipp frowned at the microscopic organism while SpongeBob only looked out on the horizon. "Yeah..." Plankton frowned, nodding slightly. "Yeah, too soon, huh?"

SpongeBob slumped in depression, not saying anything for a moment until he finally spoke up. "This feels like it really is... the end."

Misty and the ponies looked sad at this, but before they could comfort the sponge, Plankton actually beat them to it. "Don't worry, SpongeBob. We'll find the secret formula and everything will go back to the way it was. You know, all happy and junk."

He then pushed a small rock over toward SpongeBob, grunting as Izzy worked on a seaweed blanket for SpongeBob, since she already made one for everypony else. "Now..." Plankton said, "let's try and get some sleep."

SpongeBob took another look at the destroyed town he once called home before he nodded slowly. "Yeah... I guess you're right."

He laid his head on the rock as Plankton took the blanket Izzy was working on and covered the shivering sponge with it. "There you are. Feeling comfy?"

"You know, Plankton?" Sunny smiled, pulling the blanket a little more over SpongeBob. "I think you know a little more about teamwork than you let on. You boys get some sleep-- we'll be over here if you need us."

"Thanks, Sunny," Plankton smiled genuinely, just as Sunny swam over to the others, who were waiting on her to come over. "Okay, guys," Zipp said firmly. "We need to figure out how to find Sparky and the formula, and soon. I have a feeling that small, green and malicious over there knows something about it."

"Plankton? I don't know, Zipp. I mean, he did try to steal the formula when we swam in there, but we all saw the formula disappear," Sunny frowned. "And Plankton's emotions to this situation seek genuine."

"He called teamwork 'time-bomb work', Sunny. Does that sound genuine to you? It's only a matter of time before he finally reveals the truth."

"Zipp, I kinda understand where he's coming from, feeling as if there's no other way besides stealing the formula... like how it was when I felt like my only choice was to steal Sparky," Misty said quietly. "Remember?"

"Misty, that was different. You were Opaline's henchpony, and he does his own evil business," Zipp pointed. "Once an evil maniac, always an evil maniac."

Misty sighed quietly. "Still... I know how he feels..."

On the other side of that ledge, SpongeBob and Plankton had listened to some of the ponies conversing about the formula and their dragon baby, and Plankton chuckled with a small smile. "They may be weird, but they do have impressive abilities. Might really be some help in finding the formula."