Chapter 2, The Plan
The gang consisting of Dil, Phil, Jesse and Lil all sat in a booth at Munchies, with Phil and Dil across from Jesse and Lil, discussing the events that had gone down that day at Jesse's work.
"And Mister Emmerson was against putting your show ahead of Spongebob Squarepants?" Lil asked.
Jesse nodded.
"The nerve! I'd like to cook up one of my batches of really hot spicy wings, and burn Mister Emmerson's throat with them!" Exclaimed Phil.
"Well you are manager, you could invite him here for a fancy dinner at your restaurant, and feed him those." Said Dil.
"Guys, I don't think that's the answer." Said Jesse.
"If it were up to me, I think we need to call up our good friends in Massachusetts and see if they have any good ideas." Said Lil, twirling a strand of her hair in her fingers.
"You know, I'm suppose to be giving my brother Tommy a call this evening. I hear we've all been invited to my mom's retirement party at the end of the month. My brother, as you guys know, always has good ideas. Maybe he'll think of something." Said Dil.
"Ok, you do that, but just in case, I'll give Zack and Kimi a call, and see what kinds of ideas they have." Said Jesse.
"And I'm suppose to have a chat tonight with Tommy's wife Silvia and Peter's wife, Violet. I'll bring this up to them." Said Lil.
"And I'll talk to Peter, and once we're all in agreement of something, we'll convince Chuckie and Nicole to help us, just as we always do." Said Phil.
"Wait a second though. If we premiered on TV fifty years ago as of the year 2041, how come at the present moment in the year 2038, we're barely, in our upper twenties, early thirties?" Asked Lil.
"I can answer that one sweetheart. It's because we were all reincarnated in the year 2011, when The 90's are All That started airing Rugrats regularly on Teen Nick, allowing us to be born again, and then, allowing us to grow up properly, facing childhood, teenagehood, and now, adulthood, unlike that first time around, when you guys completely skipped ten years of your childhood, and everything ending post as I was told, Tommy's grandparents watching you, while Dil tried to pass off some sort of alien artopsy video or something." Said Jesse.
"Oh, that makes sense then." Said Phil, eating the last of the vegetables on his plate.
"So, as manager, do you have to like, close up the restaurant or something?" Dil asked.
"Now Dil, you know that I need to do that, thus, I'll get in touch with Peter post getting home. You go on ahead and get in touch with Tommy, since he tends to head to bed early these days, with having to be at his shift at the Berkshire Eagle newspaper rather early in the mornings." Said Phil.
"Very well then." Said Dil.
Everyone finished up their dinner, and everyone except Phil, who had to see to closing up the restaurant, headed for home, where they got out their iPads and computers, and began the various Skype video calls to their friends in Massachusetts. Lil tried to give Silvia and Violet a call, but Silvia was busy getting her nearly 1-year-old son Darin to bed, and Violet was busy doing the same, with her 4-year-old daughter Rosemary, who was throwing a tantrum, because she didn't want to go to bed, but rather, wanted to stay up late, and watch the Cynthia P.I. marathon that TV Land was running, all night long. Jesse gave Zack a call, who was helping Kimi get their twin daughters, Abbie and Casey ready for bed, so he would call him back just as soon as they were done. Zack called Jesse back, and Jesse explained to him everything that went down that day.
"Look, Jesse, the only logical thing that should be done, is to get Spongebob Squarepants, off the air." Said Zack.
"But how are we going to get Spongebob Squarepants canceled?" Jesse asked.
"Hmmm, I'm not so sure." Said Zack.
Meanwhile, Dil gave Tommy a call on his cell.
"Hello." Tommy said sleepily.
"Hey T what's up?" Dil asked in a chipper voice.
"Dil, you know I hit the sack at 8 PM on weeknights, I have to be at the printing press at 4:30 in the morning." Tommy groaned.
Dil glanced up at a clock on the wall and saw it was nearly 9:00.
"Oh dear, I'm sorry bro." Said Dil.
"Is this important, or can this wait until tomorrow." Tommy snapped.
"Uh, it's kind of important." Said Dil.
"Ok, what's going on then?" Tommy asked reluctantly, a bit irritated that Dil woke him up, but would stick around to hear what the problem was.
Dil went on to explain to him what had gone on with Jesse, and about the plan for the new show the network wants to produce, but that this show, like Two and Up, wouldn't have a chance, if Spongebob Squarepants continued to dominate the TV ratings.
"It's obvious Dil what needs to happen here Dil. Spongebob Squarepants, needs to be destroyed." Said Tommy.
"And how are we going to do that?" Dil asked.
"Well, Spongebob Squarepants lives in the ocean, right?" Tommy said.
"Yep." Dil replied.
"And our mom's retirement party is taking place on the beach near the Pacific Ocean on August 30, right?" Said Tommy.
"Yep." Replied Dil.
"Well, all we need to do is, get all of our friends together, rent a submarine, go down, and defeat all of the Spongebob Squarepants characters! Then, we'll serve them at the party, as Silvia spoke with mom and dad earlier today, and they'd like for us to provide the food. What better than to serve seafood at mom's retirement party." Said Tommy.
"That's a great idea bro! I knew I could count on you." Said Dil.
"Now, would you please do me a favor?" Tommy asked.
"Sure thing, anything." Said Dil.
"Would you please pass along my idea to the others. I really need to get some sleep if I'm going to be worth anything in the office tomorrow, so as I can take the time off at the end of August to go to mom's retirement party and take on this operation save Jesse's job scheme, by joining you all for the big fishing trip." Said Tommy.
"Ok, I'll pass along your idea to the rest of the gang. I'm sure they'll all be in agreement with it." Said Dil.
"Thanks Dilly." Said Tommy.
"Stop calling me that, and, goodnight." Said Dil.
"Goodnight." Said Tommy, as they ended their phone conversation, and hung up their iPhones.
Dil then sent a massive text message to everybody except Tommy, and by the following day, everyone was in agreement with the plan. Even Chuckie and Nicole were in agreement, if nothing else, to help their good friend Jesse out, by saving his job.
Over the next several weeks, everybody got together nets, fishing polls, and other gear that would help them to take down all of the Spongebob Squarepants characters, and saw to RSVP-ing their invitations to Didi's retirement party, as well as putting in for time off at their jobs, so they could attend Didi's party, which would be taking place on August 30, 2038.
On August 27, 2038, the Barrows, Deville's, Pickles, Finsters, Wehrenbergs, and Watanabe Albany of the Confederacy all borded airplanes and saw to heading for Los Angelas, California, where Didi's retirement party on the beach, would be taking place. Meanwhile, Stu, Didi, Betty, Howard, Chaz, Kira, Lucy, Randy, Drew, Charlotte, Laura and Dana were all busy heading to the beach, and getting things set up for the retirement party. However, the party was a surprise for Didi. Everyone told Didi it was a belated birthday party for Tommy, so Didi went off in search of a birthday present for him, since she never got his present, let alone, got it sent, between providing Chaz and Kira with some extra help at the Java Lava over the summer, while everybody else worked on getting set up for the retirement party at the beach.
Upon everybody's arrival, the Rugrats gang left Didi to care for their children, while Tommy, Peter, and Zack saw into renting the submarine for the weekend. Didi, took her grandson Darin, along with Zack and Kimi's twins, Abbie and Casey, Chuckie and Nicole's daughter, Melenda, and Peter and Violet's daughter, Rosemary, to play on an area of the beach, far away from where the party was being set up. While Didi sat in a beach chair under an umbrella, reading a book, the kids congregated in the sand nearby, digging for seashells.
"Wow guys, my mommy and daddy are gonna go down in the ocean in a scrubmarine, and swim with the fishes!" Said Darin to the others.
"My mommy and daddy are doing that too. I'm glad I'm not going, I worry a fishy might eat me or something." Said Melenda nervously.
"Don't worry Melenda, our mommies and daddies will be ok inside the scrubmarine." Said Darin.
"I wonder why we can't go." Said Abbie.
"Maybe because we can't swim yet." Said Casey.
"Yeah, not to mention, you're too stupid, and probably couldn't learn how to swim if your lives depended on it." Snapped Rosemary, throwing seashells into the ocean, listening as they made a loud splash.
"That's not true Rosemary, we could learn how to swim if we wanted to." Said Darin.
"Then prove it, go out into the ocean and swim, swim, swim!" Snapped Rosemary.
"But we don't know how to swim." Said Melenda.
"I'll help." Said Rosemary, as she started to chase Melenda, Darin, and the twins all over the beach, until they reached the ocean. Just then, everybody stopped as they approached the water.
"What's the hold up!" Snapped Rosemary.
"We told you, we don't know how to swim." Said Darin.
"Oh come on, it's easy, all you need to do is…" Said Rosemary, but she stopped as she fell into the water, the tide starting to come in. The tide in turn, swept up Darin, Abbie, Casey, and Melenda, causing them to be carried out to sea along with Rosemary. The young babies screamed, as they flared around in the water, gasping for air, trying to get help, but nobody heard them, over the noise of the loud waves.
"Help! Help us!" Screamed Rosemary, but it was no use, the little 4-year-old princess of the confederacy, along with 2-year-old Melenda, 1-year-old Darin, and 7 months old Abbie and Casey, were doomed.
Meanwhile, Didi looked up from her book to find the kids missing. She dropped everything and started running all over the beach, but could find no sign of them. She approached Silvia, Violet, and Nicole, who were eating a picnic lunch.
"I need help! The kids, well, they're gone!" Panicked Didi, as she got closer to Violet, Silvia and Nicole.
"Oh my gosh, we'd better help you look." Said Nicole.
"We're coming." Said Violet, as they packed up their stuff, and joined Didi in the search for the kids.
Meanwhile, the rest of the gang was getting the submarine ready, when they heard an announcement come over the radio.
"We should alert anybody who is venturing out in the ocean today. An underwater volcano has been spotted off the coast of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angelas, California. Therefore, air on the side of caution when venturing out today, as this volcano could erupt at any moment, after remaining dormant for over seventy years." Said the reporter on the radio.
"Um, guys, I just received a text from my wife that she, along with Silvia and Violet, are off looking for our kids! They're missing! And with this volcano coming, are you sure it's safe for us to be venturing out to destroy the Spongebob Squarepants characters?" Said Chuckie.
"We have to Chuckie, it's the only way to save Jesse's job. And if I know my wife Silvia, and I do, I'm pretty sure she'll find our kids and bring them back. Now come on!" Demanded Tommy, as everybody borded the submarine, and began the descent under water.
So, what will happen? Will the Rugrats gang defeat the Spongebob Characters and make it home, before they have a chance of being destroyed by the underwater volcano? Will Silvia, Violet, and Nicole rescue their children? And how will Didi's retirement party go? The answers to these questions, will be revealed, in chapter 3.