This story is actually set in the prequel 'B.O.B's Big Break'. This story is dedicated to Terra Young. Thanks for the idea! :-)
What if Dr Cockroach's atomic bomb made B.O.B smart?
"B.O.B!" Dr Cockroach cried, "What are you doing? BLOW OUT THE CANDLE!"
The mad scientist blew frantically at the burning wick the animated blob was holding, but it continued to burn down. Link simply closed his eyes, waiting for the big explosion that was going to blow them to kingdom come. The wick finally reached the now combustible blob and…nothing! Dr Cockroach, obviously relieved, stared in confusion at the blue goo, why hadn't B.O.B. exploded?
"Where's the boom?" he puzzled.
"Hmm, it seems that the molecular particles for your atomic reactor were not enough to reach critical mass!" B.O.B. explained.
Link and Dr Cockroach stared with mouths open at the indestructible mass, they could not believe what they had just heard. Link was first to break the silence, "Er…B.O.B? Are you aware that you just spoke in the language of intellect?"
"Why, yes!" the blob realised, "This has certainly extended my vocabulary by about 507 pages!"
"Doc, what the hell just happened?" asked Link, snapping Doc out of his staring contest with B.O.B.
"I…er…well…" he stammered, "It appears that the explosion only detonated internally and unlocked B.O.B's ability to think!"
"But he doesn't have a brain!" Link pointed out.
"On the contrary, every cell in his form has a small level of IQ, band it into one mass and you have an intelligent, squishy substance." Dr Cockroach explained, "When B.O.B. was first created, most of his brain cells must have failed to initiate, giving only enough brain power to move and talk! But the bomb has now fired up the rest of his mind!"
"Holy chickens!" exclaimed B.O.B. "I've lost my underwear!"
"Maybe not all of them!" said Link.
"But don't you see?" said Dr Cockroach, "With B.O.B's new brain, we'll soon find a new way out of this facility!"
"Freedom," Link sighed happily.
"Indeed," agreed Doc, "Now then B.O.B, what escape plan haven't we thought of yet?"
"What about secret passages?" B.O.B. said.
"We've already tried looking for secret doors, we found nothing!" Link reminded him.
"We've looked in all the right wrong places," B.O.B. theorized, "What we need to look for is the wrong right place!"
"Still as thick as a tree!" groaned Link.
"What I mean is, we need to look in the last place we'd think to find a hidden doorway!" B.O.B. explained.
Dr Cockroach looked round the cell, there was nothing here except a poster of Monger's face glaring at them. A thought suddenly struck the mad scientist like lightning, what was behind the poster? He tore the poster off and saw a number pad, ones used to unlock doors. Link's jaw once again drooped like it had no muscles keeping it shut.
"See? What did I tell you?" B.O.B. grinned.
"That's all very well, but what's the access code?" pondered Doc.
"Let me try," B.O.B. volunteered. He took a piece of himself and smeared it over the pad, the others looked at each other in confusion. Several seconds later B.O.B. pulled the goo off and looked at the print made in it. He then turned to the others with his trademark smile.
"The code is one, two, three and four! Monger's fingerprints mark where he's typed in the code!" B.O.B. told them.
"Well done, B.O.B!" cheered Doc. "Now, all we have to do is find the invisible man!"
The scientist realised what he had just said and decided to let that go by, he punched in the numbers and a door opened, the three rushed through the secret passage, soon they were in the cavernous corridors of the prison, there was no one around.
"Where is everyone?" Link whispered.
"By my estimate I'd say it was Sunday," said B.O.B. "No one ever works on a Sunday!"
"Really?" said Link. They continued making their way down the corridor until they came to a large hangar door that led to the aircraft strip, Dr Cockroach typed in the code and the door opened to reveal a large jumbo jet.
"Bubbling Bicarbonates!" the blob exclaimed. "A standard military equipment carrier, that should do nicely for our purposes!"
"To the jet!" Dr Cockroach declared, the three then ran towards the jet and scrambled inside. B.O.B. and Dr Cockroach jumped into the pilot seats and began switching on the engines, the jet started to whine loudly as its propellers started to turn faster and faster. Link looked out the cockpit window, there was still no sign of anyone.
"I have to say my gelatinous friend," Dr Cockroach praised, "you've achieved more in half an hour than we have in ten years!"
"Hey, no problem," B.O.B. replied, "maybe after this we can go get some more cake! Did you happen to get me a puppy for my birthday?"
Link and Doc stared at the blob again, it seemed his new mind was starting to decay again.
"It seems the explosion only unblocked your mind temporarily!" said Dr Cockroach, "Your indestructible structure is reverting to its factory setting!"
"Dumb, in other words!" Link said. "At least he was smart long enough so we could escape!"
The aircraft doors opened to the outside world and the sun shone down on the monsters, Link felt the warmth touch his scales, it was better then his electric heat rock. "Hello Cocoa Beach!"
At last, the jet rose into the open sky and began to slowly move forward, Dr Cockroach laughed manically. "Today: Freedom! Tomorrow: World Domination! Mwah Ha Ha!"
Link still couldn't shake the question from his mind, "That was too easy! Seriously, where was everyone? They can't all be off on a Sunday!"
The monsters looked at other, trying to figure out the mystery, then there was a loud screech from in front of them, they looked out the window to see the entire military staff leading an enormous bug towards the prison entrance. A helicopter flew past them carrying a large set of lights and the bug was staring blankly at it. The monsters knew they were about to crash into it, Dr Cockroach frantically tried to turn the plane but he needed both controls!
"B.O.B! Grab your control stick! We need to get out the way of the giant grub's path!" cried Dr Cockroach.
"But that stick of rock was delicious!" protested B.O.B.
The blob had eaten his controls, thinking it was food. With no control, the jet simply bumped into the large grub and spun back down the hole they had just emerged from, it hit the launch pad and exploded. As the giant bug was slowly lifted down the hole, Captain Monger touched down in his jet pack, he was greeted by his three current occupants climbing out the wreckage of his jumbo jet.
"Seems you boys had some fun whilst I was out! Have fun?" said the general. The monsters rubbed at the aching joints. "We were a bit preoccupied in Japan with this giant caterpillar here, took all of us just to capture it! Say hello to your new cell mate: Insectosaurus!"
The monsters grunted and shifted into their transportable cage as it shut behind them, it raised and began carrying them back to their cells with Insectosaurus following them.
"So…" said B.O.B. "Who wants to play spin the bottle?"