"Well, holly-wally ding-dang-doo," Sandy smiled as she looked inside of the van. "Would ya look at that!? Take a gander, y'all!"
"Wow, Sandy, this is amazing." Sam agreed as he looked with her.
"Fabulous decor!" Squidward gushed.
"Quite a vessel, but who's manning it?" Mr. Krabs wondered.
'Greetings,' A robot greeted. 'Welcome aboard the seaship Atlantis. This is a nonstop trip, so please take a seat, relax, and we'll be on our way.'
"Cool, a robot." Mike smiled.
"Wah!" Twister yelped. "Don't take my brain!"
"Not like it'd be much use." Otto smirked.
"Bet there's some loose change in here!" Mr. Krabs smirked as he checked out one seat.
"Ah... So this is what luxury feels like." SpongeBob smiled as he got comfortable.
"Ah, what I wouldn't give for a foot rub." Squidward agreed.
'Attention passengers, regretfully we lack the fuel needed for forward motion.' The robot informed them.
"WHAT?!" They all asked in dismay.
"Come on, Squid, time to test out your muscles and push the van." Otto told the blonde boy in glasses.
"Why do I have to do it?!" Sam complained.
"'Cuz, I'm too awesome to do manual labor." Otto smirked smugly.
'Man, and I thought Eddy had a massive ego.' Mike thought to herself.
Later...
Sam was pushing the van against his will, but luckily, Mike offered to help him as they were on the way to the gas station.
"Guys, I can't find the gas tank." Reggie said as she took the hose to fill the van with gas.
"Is this some kind of joke?" Mr. Krabs scoffed.
"No, she's right," Arnold replied. "There's no gas tank to be found, but how do we power this van? Solar power?" he then wondered.
'We Atlanteans find the use of fossil fuels to be counter-intuitive, and have developed an alternative source we call song.' The robot replied.
"What does that mean in English?" Otto deadpanned.
'The engine of this vessel is fueled by song,' The robot explained. 'The more you sing of your desires, the closer to Atlantis you will get. Let us commence singing.'
"Does that make any sense?" Squidward asked.
"No, but I'm game for singing any day!" SpongeBob beamed.
"Hit it, SB!" Mike cheered for the plucky yellow sponge.
"Sing? Sing a song?~" SpongeBob began to sing. "A song of wanting to move along! To a land where all our dreeeeeee-~" he then sang off-key which made the van crash down from that which made everyone fall on each other. "Whoops, sorry!" he then said before singing again. "To a land where all our dreeeeeams, can finally come true~"
The van soon rose up and it began to drive itself to Atlantis.
"A bubble I long for, that so eludes me, but soon enough I will seeeeeeeeeeeeeee...~" SpongeBob continued to sing.
"Well, that's just splendid, boy!" Mr. Krabs smiled to him before he began to sing. "A land where it rains money! More than you can spend, With fives and tens and fifties and I'll want to be your friend~"
"HA, HA, HA!" A dark voice laughed before Mike looked around as she thought she heard something. "Such a valiant desire, hehehe. The lost weapons of Atlantis, the most advanced of all time. As soon as this dopey song is done; I plan to make them miiiiine!~"
"Did anyone else just hear Plankton?" Mike wondered.
"No way, you must've hit your head when SpongeBob sang badly." Twister replied.
"That doesn't explain you." Reggie muttered.
Twister glared slightly in offense.
"I can hardly believe that there's a lost city where having smarts is more important than being pretty!~" Sandy soon sang as she imagined having a clone of herself. "With all their advanced science, and my painfully large mind, I bet we can figure out how to make wondrous things, like melons with edible rinds~"
"As a connoisseur of fine art, I'm proud to say~" Squidward sang. "I've always seen things in my own special way! 'Art'-lantis, with their glorious aesthetics, I'll copy their style in a while, my art will be prophetic~"
"Isn't that plagiarism?" Arnold wondered.
"I'm Patrick, I'm Patrick, Patrick-Patrick-Patrick!~" Patrick joined in. "And I like um, uuuuh,..." he then paused as a record needle scratch was heard. "I don't know what I like." he then stated with a shrug.
'Warning, you have run out of song fuel.' The robot warned as they were going to crash.
Everyone then huddled together and screamed out of fear.
"Hey, look, it's Atlantis." Sam pointed out as he looked out the window.
"Pretty!" SpongeBob beamed.
They all then continued to scream out of fear.
"WE'RE GONNA DIE!" Otto cried out. "I NEVER GOT TO GET TO SECOND BASE WITH MIKE!"
"I'LL NEVER GET TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT THIS IN MY 'ZINE!" Reggie cried out.
"I'LL NEVER GET TO SEE A PG-13 MOVIE!" Twister cried out.
"I NEVER GOT TO TELL MACIE LIGHTFOOT I LOVE HER!" Sam cried out.
"You like Macie?!" Otto asked him. "Lame!"
"Otto, stop, he's in love!" Arnold scolded as he was meditating. "Besides, I'm sure we'll be just fine, we just have to hope for a soft landing."
"I'm hoping for a soft landing all right!" Otto glared. "Twister, come over here so I can fall on your head!"
Everyone then screamed as this looked like the end for all of them. They continue to scream and the bus smashes through a city wall of Atlantis. We see that it has futuristic blue and purple buildings with spires and bubbles. The bus suddenly skids to a stop, unearthing some trees in the process. The group then emerged from the bus and they were relieved that they made it out alive.
"You dimwits haven't even been here two minutes and you've already messed up someone's topiary garden." Squidward scolded SpongeBob and Patrick.
"Calm down, Squidward, at least we're alive." Mike told him.
"We are alive?" Twister asked. "I thought this was Heaven."
"I know I'm in Heaven." Otto took Mike's hands before kissing her.
Mike smiled from the kiss, but for some reason, she didn't feel a thing. It was like with Eddy before she ended up in Nicktropolis by accident last year. She wasn't sure what was wrong, but she just didn't feel the same as she used to like with kissing them before. What was wrong with her?
They walked down a golden street and came up to a sign with a bell on it.
"Go on, SpongeBob, ring the bell." Mr. Krabs told his best fry cook.
"Ring for the King, huh?" SpongeBob asked before ringing the bell to see what would happen.
A red carpet comes down the stairs and a blue humanoid figure with blue and green eyes appeared.
"Kinda looks like Mark Chang." Sam commented.
"Yeah, but a different species." Reggie agreed.
"Welcome to Atlantis," The figure smiled to them before slipping and falling down the steps. "I've been expecting you."
Mike soon rushed over and helped the figure down to the floor. "You okay, sir?"
"I'm fine, thank you very much for the help," The figure smiled to her. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Lord Royal Highness, but my friends call me LRH."
"My friends call me SpongeBob," SpongeBob replied. "I'm here to see the oldest living bubble."
"Yes, of course." LRH nodded to him.
"I guess you're the King of Atlantis, huh?" Mike asked.
"That would be me, my dear." LRH shook hands with her.
"What a rip-off!" Mr. Krabs complained. "This street ain't gold!"
"Mr. Krabs..." Mike whispered firmly. That was quite rude.
"Oh, if it's gold you want, you'll find it in our vault." LRH told the crab.
"I'm Eugene," Mr. Krabs smiled and held out his claw. "I like money."
"Yes, I can see that," LRH replied with a smile back. "Pleasure to meet you. Come, I'll give you the grand tour of our Atlantean fortress. I'm so glad you're all here."
"Glad to be here," Sam replied. "This is so cool! I've been hearing about Alantis for years and here I am!"
"It is incredible." Arnold agreed.
"So, is this Heaven or are we having a dream?" Twister asked, being clueless as usual.