LIKE FATHER UNLIKE SON (A Nickelodeon Horror AU)

Chapter 2: The Caregiver's Perspective

⚠️ Warning: Gore and swearing in one part. ⚠️

September 3rd, 2007 (the same time the Warning Message anomaly appeared)

Jr... he was currently resting behind the Krusty Krab at Bikini Bottom, a place he's now all too familiar with. Surprisingly, he, along with... father... can seemingly breathe underwater with no diving helmet, but he's not complaining.

Just last 2 days, he talked to the people outside of the TV Screen. Apparently, every show seen on Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, and Noggin is actually sentient, but nobody, not even the Nickelodeon characters, know how that happened. Not even Jr has anything about that matter.

He was just about to get up and leave when-

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He saw text in front of him, like a hallucination. Then he started to hear voices. They only lasted for about 5 seconds before they were gone, gone in a flash.

Jr: *whispers to himself* What the... no... he isn't here with me, is he?

Ever since Jr survived what he calls "the incident", he was trying to survive and put a stop to... well, something he can't call father.

Jr isn't taking any chances though. He quickly got up and left his spot and pulled out his knife so that he can be prepared.

Jr made sure to be quiet, so he doesn't attract the attention of the customers and workers inside the Krusty Krab.

He walked away from the Krusty Krab, sometime walking later, he stumbled across SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick's oddly shaped homes. However, Jr saw that Patrick's rock began to open... on its own.

Jr was confused, but as he approached, he saw Patrick's dead body, blood was oozing out, holes can be found punctured almost everywhere on Patrick's body as organs of whatever a starfish could have been ripped out.

Jr was frightened. He immediately knew who it was, he saw it before. But then... he saw...

Shit, no...

"DON'T RUN, STAY STILL" a voice sounded. Jr is now in fear.

There in the distance was the orange Nick father approaching Jr. but... the letters were off... soon, the "Nick" started transforming and growing into what Jr is avoiding.

Jr: s-stay away.

Jr started to slowly back off, then ran before the transformation is complete. Once it was complete, Jr could swear he heard a screech and what appears to be heavy footsteps. he's coming, for him.

After a while of running, Jr found a nearby building and hid behind it, catching his breath, now clearly being afraid. Luckily the episode has ended so that no people can experience... them. Jr can still hear the heavy footsteps, as the entity spoke "What became of Patrick will become YOU"

Jr was now preparing to leave this show, he knew how to hop from show-to-show overtime. He needed to use a teleportation device he found.

Jr: focus Jr... just gotta... teleport to-

Suddenly a huge tentacle came out behind the chum bucket and choked Jr, hard. Memories were coming back as Jr struggled for survival. Jr was losing air as he grabbed out his knife and attempted to cut the tentacles, but he had to be careful so he wouldn't accidentally hurt himself.

Jr managed to successfully cut off the tentacles. Suddenly more tentacles appeared, and it looked like it was gonna STAB him. Jr quickly pulled out the teleportation device, quickly thought of a random show, and just like that, he was gone.

The dark 10-foot tentacle entity, no, Zolmir, he had lost Jr again. Killing the starfish was only temporary since those characters can be brought back by having another episode of their show air (expect for Jr, that is). It was just used to lure Jr into his grasp.

Zolmir was growing impatient of these games, but... it doesn't matter. Jr can run all he wanted, but once Zolmir gets powerful enough, Jr is done for, so are those mortals, and nobody will be able to stop him.