DoodleBob Redrawn

Chapter 15: The End of the Story and the Beginning of Another

January 28, 2017.

The border of Bikini Bottom.

Noon.

SpongeBob and Gary put all the food they needed for the long haul in their travel bags, while Patrick looked awhile at the mass graves they dug for everyone. Everyone in Bikini Bottom who were once alive had been properly buried by SpongeBob and his comrades, each with a few short, sweet sentences in honor and respect to them.

A moment of silence was given to the dead city and its former inhabitants.

Afterwards, Patrick zipped up his bags and sighed deeply.

"Well, I really loved Bikini Bottom, but not all good things last," he said morosely. He never expected something like this to happen, but he couldn't stand there and die with his town.

"Yeah, I guess so.", SpongeBob replied. He picked up his bags and put them on his back. "Hey, we still have ink in that pen?", he asked.

Patrick looked at him. "Nah, it ran out," he said while giving a small shrug. "I wish we had it still working. I'd gladly redraw Bikini Bottom, but it would never be the same, not without the people."

SpongeBob tightened his lips and nodded in agreement. "So, where do we go now? We need to go somewhere all chaos can be avoided, we can thrive financially, and our lives will at least be as close as possible to the ones we had before they disappeared. I know this painful outcome of the fight will scar us for years, but we need to move on with our lives." He looked at the mass graves visible from miles away, then back at Patrick and Gary. "Who knows? We might end up being happier in the next city we hit, wherever that is."

"That's why we're going. I think we should head north. Apparently, there are some wealthy cities up there," Patrick replied, brightening the mood. "How about it, buddy?"

SpongeBob smiled. "Gladly. Gary, get on top of the bags. We're going to find a new home."

Gary smiles and looks at his RPG he left on the floor, all cracked and blackened from the ash. It was simply unuseable. He then looks away. Anything that he fired with reminded him too much of the fight with the Doodle. He just couldn't take it, even for repairs. Instead, he looked forward with his head high. 

They all did.

SpongeBob, Patrick and Gary then wandered north of Bikini Bottom searching for the next place that could shelter them, all with high hopes that they will forget the horrid memories of what happened in just 3 days and that they will find a new place to call home.

                                                   THE END