Spongebob decided to see what Patrick was doing today. He went over and knocked on the rock, which swung open instantly to reveal Patrick, dressed in a festive shirt.
"Patrick?" Spongebob said in shock. "You're sure up early, and you remembered to get dressed today!"
"Yeah." Said Patrick. "Well I have a full day ahead of me." He said.
"Right!" Spongebob said enthusiastically. "We have a whole day to have fun!" he said, doing a cartwheel.
"Oh, I can't." Patrick said. Spongebob was shocked.
"Why not?" he asked sadly.
"Because I have to get prepared for the fireworks tonight." He said. Spongebob was excited again.
"Yeah, they're going to be awesome! I can't wait!" Spongebob said excitedly.
"Yeah, I'm setting them off tonight!" Patrick said.
"You are?" Spongebob asked excitedly. "How'd you get hired to do that?" Patrick was silent for a few minutes.
"Well?" Spongebob asked.
"Well what?" Patrick responded.
"Well, how did you get put in charge of the fireworks?" Spongebob asked impatiently.
"I know the guy that sets them off, and he moved away a few weeks ago, and asked if I would do it this year."
"Oh, cool." Spongebob said slightly disappointedly.
"Want to help me set them off?" Patrick asked. "I need 1 more person!"
"Of course!" Spongebob said.
"Well then, we'd better get going! We have to make sure everything's set!" said Patrick.
"Right you are Patrick, but where do we go?" Spongebob asked.
"The bus is coming to pick us up and take us there." Patrick said.
"When?" Spongebob asked. A bus screeched to a stop in front of Patrick's rock.
"Apparently now!" Patrick said. He hopped out of his rock, which closed right behind him, and led Spongebob over to the bus. They got on the bus and got seats right behind the driver.
"I was instructed to take a Patrick Star and his assistant to the fireworks range?" asked the driver.
"That would be us!" Patrick said.
"Ok, cool." The bus driver said, closing the doors and driving the bus toward Downtown Bikini Bottom. They drove through the town, and then into the outskirts. They soon reached the "You are now leaving Bikini Bottom sign, and stopped. The doors opened.
"Here you are!" said the bus driver.
"Thanks!" called Spongebob as he and Patrick stepped out of the bus onto the sand far too close to the drop-off leading to Rock Bottom. Patrick started walking out into the middle of nowhere, leaving the frightened Spongebob behind.
"Well, are you coming?" Patrick yelled, waving his hands from the distance.
"Coming!" shouted Spongebob, sprinting over to Patrick.
"We're here!" Patrick said, gesturing to a few vertical tubes that they would launch out of, and a large garage of some sort. Patrick went over to the garage and entered a few digits on the keypad. The garage door slid open, revealing 2 crude biplanes.
"Well, what do you think?" Patrick asked, gesturing to the biplanes.
"They're uhh… great Patrick, but what are they for?" Spongebob asked. Patrick stared at Spongebob as if he were stupid.
"They're for launching off fireworks!" Patrick yelled, flailing his arms around and jumping.
"Then what are the tubes for?" asked Spongebob. Patrick stared again.
"Those are for the intro fireworks Sandy will launch off from the ground." He said. "We're going to fly up there, and drop fire crackers from the sky. They will explode loudly, getting the town attention. Then, Sandy will launch off the starters, and we'll do the rest from these beauties." Patrick said, slapping the wing of 1 of the planes. The wing fell off.
"I can fix it!" Patrick said, taking out a roll of duck tape, and taping the wing back on.
"Good as new!" he said, hitting the wing again. The wing fell off again. Patrick stared at it for a second.
"I'm going to need more duck tape." He said. He ran over to a cabinet sitting against the wall of the garage and opened the top drawer. He took 1 of the 30 rolls of tape in the cabinet before closing it. He then walked over and proceeded to duck tape the wing back on.
"Good as new!" he said, gently tapping the wing. It stayed on.
"Patrick, how are these planes going to do anything?" Spongebob asked.
"I'm glad you asked my spongey friend." Patrick said. "There are a few levers in the cockpit that when pulled, open hatches on the bottom of the plane that drop fireworks out." he said.
"Then what are those 4 missiles doing on each plane?" Spongebob asked, gesturing to the 2 large missiles on the bottom of each wing.
"Oh, those are just for the finale." Patrick said.
"Ok…." Said Spongebob.
"You think you got it?" Patrick asked.
"I guess so…" Spongebob answered.
"Good." Said Patrick. "Because we takeoff at 6!"
