Here's the next chapter of Night of the Weresnail. Last time, they decided to make the theme of the dance party weresnail themed, but late last night, something vicious broke into the Krusty Krab late at night. Find out how everyone reacts to it in this chapter, right now.

Chapter 4: Weresnail Hunt

In the morning, SpongeBob and Squidward were walking to work with SpongeBob telling Squidward more about the Betty: The Weresnail Eliminator comic books. But it was soon all interrupted when they saw a bunch of police cars and people gathered outside the Krusty Krab.

"What's happening?" SpongeBob asked.

"I don't know," Squidward answered, but then he smiled. "But, if this means I don't have to go to work, I don't care."

They walked around for a bit until they saw Mr. Krabs talking with a police officer.

"How bad is the damage?" Mr. Krabs asked in a worried tone.

The cop answered, "Not too bad. But the damages were claw marks around the door and tables, bite marks on the krabby patties, and slime was found all around the floor and walls near a bunch of dollar bills that have been ripped to shreds."

Hearing the word 'dollar bill' and 'shreds' in the same sentence, Mr. Krabs gasped and screamed at the top of his lungs. He grabbed the officer and shouted, "I want you to find the beast who'd done this and I want him locked away for life!"

SpongeBob, who had heard the conversation, walked over to the door and touched the huge slimy scratch mark as he examined it. "I think I know who had done this." He exclaimed.

Mr. Krabs came up to him and asked, "Really? You do, lad?"

"Yeah."

"Let me guess." Squidward said. "Would the words 'were' and 'snail' be in it?"

"Oh yeah." SpongeBob answered. "These are the exact same slimy claw marks of a weresnail."

"A weresnail?" Mr. Krabs questioned.

"Oh, please." Squidward said in disbelief. "When are you gonna get your dumb yellow head out of those comic books?"

"But, Squidward, it has to be a weresnail." SpongeBob insisted. "The question is who?"

"Good idea, boy." Mr. Krabs said as he put his claw on SpongeBob's shoulder. "I'm putting you in charge of finding the weresnail."

SpongeBob's eyes lit up. "Wow, finding a weresnail." He saluted. "I will not let you down, Mr. Krabs. I shall find this beast of the night and bring him down."

"Good job, lad. With any luck, I won't have to cancel that dance."

SpongeBob saluted again. "I'll have this taken care of in no time, sir." He walked away, and took out his To Do List. Next to the 'Catch weresnail' job, he added 'before dance'. "There." He smiled. "'Catch weresnail before the dance'. This one is a definite doer." Then he noticed Sandy walking around to see what the commotion was all about. "Hey, Sandy." He greeted.

"Howdy, SpongeBob." Sandy said. "What in tarnation's going on with the Krusty Krab?"

"Nothing to worry about, Sandy," SpongeBob assured, "It just so happens that I am an official Weresnail Hunter now, and I'm on a mission to capture the little creature that terrorized the Krusty Krab and will try and ruin our dance."

"Well, SpongeBob, I can't try and interfere with your mission." Sandy said as she shrugged. "But if you ever need any help capturing the varmint, you can let me know. I mean, I used to rope a lot of wild coyotes back in Texas."

"No thank you, Sandy." SpongeBob declined. "I already happen to be an expert on the topic of weresnails. I'll have this thing captured by tomorrow."

Sandy pulled SpongeBob close. "Well, just be careful, SpongeBob, wouldn't want you to get bitten."

Sandy laughed, but SpongeBob just got a happy smile as he oddly purred of being close to Sandy.

Later when the sun was setting, SpongeBob and Patrick were outside of Patrick's rock, wearing safari outfits and making a checklist.

SpongeBob looked at a clipboard while holding a pen as he asked, "Salt?"

Patrick looked in the sack and answered, "Check."

"Snail nip?"

"Check."

Chew toy?"

"Check."

"Extra pair of undergarments?"

"Uh…check."

SpongeBob put away his clipboard and put on a safari hat. "Good. Now that we have all the tools we need, let's go hunt us down a weresnail."

They noticed Squidward walking into his house. "Hey Squidward!" SpongeBob called out. "Wanna come join us in capturing the dangerous weresnail?"

"No," Squidward answered. "I have much better things to do than join you in your little moron hunt." He chuckled at his joke. "Ha, ha, ha, Moron Hunt."

SpongeBob didn't seem to understand the comment, but just replied, "Well, make sure you lock your door. But if you hear three knocks, then it's me, so you can answer it!"

"I'll keep that in mind!" Squidward replied and shut the door.

SpongeBob turned to Patrick. "Okay, the sun's almost set. So let's go capture us a weresnail!" He said excitedly as he held up a net.

"Yeah!" Patrick shouted as he held up a net.

"Ol, ol, ol, ol, ol!" They both cried as they ran off.

They started by walking down a trail while holding their nets.

"Alright, trusty sidekick," SpongeBob told Patrick. "Just like Betty, we've gotta our eyes open for any clues."

Patrick shivered a bit. "Can't we just keep our eyes closed?"

SpongeBob put his arm over his shoulder. "Oh, it's okay buddy. How about I take the first swing when the weresnail comes?"

"I don't know, SpongeBob. Can you handle it?"

"I think I can or my name isn't SpongeBob SquarePants."

Patrick spotted the mansion that was just up ahead. "Hey, SpongeBob, maybe the weresnail's back there."

SpongeBob looked ahead, "Nah, that's just Ester Cargo's place." He replied as he watched Ester close the curtains of his window.

"Hey, SpongeBob," Patrick said as he scratched his chin.

"Yes, Patrick?"

"Have you noticed that Ester is never around at night?"

SpongeBob thought about the question. "Why, no I haven't."

"So, do you think there might be a slight possibility…"

SpongeBob finished, "…That there's a weresnail that's going to attack Ester, and turn him into one of his kind?"

"How did you know, SpongeBob?!" Patrick asked in excitement.

"Patrick, you're a genius!" But then, SpongeBob's tone got worried. "This is terrible, Patrick! A weresnail is about to attack Ester, and he's completely unaware of the danger he is in right now."

"What should we do?"

"I'm gonna go in through the back door to warn him," SpongeBob told Patrick. "You wait out here, and I'll chase the weresnail out so you can catch it."

"Right," Patrick said as he readied his net.

"Wish me luck." SpongeBob said before he ran into the ally that led to the back of Ester's house.

When, Patrick started waiting, night time had already come.

Patrick scratched the side of his head as he wondered, "Hmm, what was it that SpongeBob wanted me to do again? Was it I go in and he chases the weresnail out?"

While Patrick was thinking, he was unknowingly being watched by something that was growling and snarling.

"Or was it I chase it and he catches it?" Patrick stops when he sees a pair of big eyes looking at him and hearing meowing coming from the ally.

Patrick put on a smile, thinking he knew who it was. "Hey, it's Gary! Come here, Gary. SpongeBob wouldn't like it if the weresnail got you."

Suddenly the creature snarled as it jumped out and Patrick screamed as he saw a large rectangular snail with a brown shell, with slime going down his arms, and it started growling at him. Patrick couldn't see the face of the snail in the darkness, but he quickly dropped the net that landed on the snail and he ran away screaming. The snail ripped open the net and jumped forward to run after Patrick.

As Patrick ran, he looked back to see the snail running on two legs and was much faster than a regular snail, and it was chasing after him.

Patrick screamed and cried, "Wah-haah!! SpongeBob, the weresnail's chasing after me!!"

Even though SpongeBob didn't come, Patrick continued to run until he reached Conch Street where his rock was, and he lifted the rock up and went inside quickly closing the door, that made the snail bump into the rock.

The snail groaned as he rubbed his head from impact, but he got up on his two feet and sniffed the air until he spotted the top of Squidward's house. The snail snarled as it grabbed on to the side of Squidward's house and started using his slimy hands and legs to slither up to the top and climb through the window.

Patrick escaped the weresnail, but what could've happened to SpongeBob during the hunt? Please review and the next chapter will be posted soon.