Here's another cool chapter. There's gonna be a story in this chapter and so you won't be confused, two people will be telling the story and will be switching back and forth throughout the chapter. You'll see for yourself.

Chapter 10: The Origin of DarkEvil

After defeating Commander S and getting its operator, Patrick Star, back on their side, the group continued walking down the road to find DarkEvil LaserPants and save Sandy. But they quickly learned that due to working alongside Plankton and DarkEvil for so many years, Patrick knew where the evil duo was keeping Sandy, and followed him.

"Patrick, are you sure Sandy's in the Chum Bucket?" SpongeBob asked.

"I'm pretty sure, Master." Patrick replied, straightening his posture and saluting.

Though this confused SpongeBob, and he asked, "Why do you keep calling me 'Master'?"

"Well…" When Patrick was about to explain, Squidward covered his mouth with his hand.

Squidward put on a fake grin as he quickly explained, "Maybe it's just that twenty years in the Commander S suit really did a number on his psyche."

Hearing this gave SpongeBob a tearful expression. "Oh, how could DarkEvil do that to ya, buddy? He's so terrible." SpongeBob sadly said until he got an angry look, "As soon as I find him, I'd like to…"

But he lost his trail of thought when he spotted a familiar-looking sight. It was SpongeBob's favorite place in the sea, and his former work place, the Krusty Krab. But unlike the way he last saw it, the building was old and decrepit.

"Hey look, it's the Krusty Krab!" SpongeBob pointed excitedly. "Let's go in!" SpongeBob couldn't contain his excitement and immediately ran toward the Krusty Krab.

"SpongeBob, wait!" Squidward called out, but it was too late. "Oh, why does this have to happen?" he groaned in worry, holding the sides of his face.

Gary's face also had a look of dread. "He may not like what he's about to see."

SpongeBob opened the creaky front doors, and saw that inside the Krusty Krab, it was dirty, dusty, and cobwebs were everywhere with some of the table and chairs knocked over.

"Hello? Anybody in here?" SpongeBob called out, hoping there was somebody on duty. "Hello?"

But despite SpongeBob's optimism, it was obvious that the place looked like it hadn't had business in years. "Where did all the love go?" SpongeBob asked sadly since he always knew that despite conditions, Mr. Krabs always kept the place running just to make a quick buck, but there wasn't even a sign of the greedy crab anywhere.

Just then, Squidward, Gary, and Patrick came inside and met up with SpongeBob. "There you are, SpongeBob." Squidward started scolding. "I tried to tell you not to-"

"Who's there?" An old raspy voice called out.

"Oh no." Squidward muttered as he ducked behind SpongeBob.

When the figure came out from inside the manager's office, SpongeBob screamed, Gary screamed, and Patrick said a disgusted, "Ew."

It was a very old Mr. Krabs, who had a really long beard, torn dirty clothes, and a walking cane.

"What're ye doin' here? This place is closed." Mr. Krabs angrily informed. But then, he noticed that among the visitors was Squidward. "Mr. Squidward, what in blazes has caused you to bring all these…?" Mr. Krabs trailed off when he noticed SpongeBob standing there with his usual goofy grin. Though, after just seeing the sponge, he got an enraged look on his face. "You…"

"Mr. Krabs, I can explain." Squidward said after seeing how furious he was at the innocent sponge, similar to how he was the first time he saw SpongeBob.

"Hey, Mr. Krabs." SpongeBob greeted happily as he approached the angry Mr. Krabs. "Wow, you're old and you smell like it too, ha ah ah ah ah!"

Then without warning, Mr. Krabs suddenly started whacking SpongeBob on the head with his cane. "How dare ye come back after all this time!" he yelled in anger.

SpongeBob held onto his head aching head as he stared at the crab in hurt and confusion. "What are you talking about, Mr. Krabs?"

But Mr. Krabs continued to whack SpongeBob with his cane. "Back to ruin me life again eh, traitor?!" he asked in an almost snarling voice.

"Traitor?" SpongeBob wondered as he got hit once more.

"Wait, Mr. Krabs." Squidward warned, and then began to whisper something into Mr. Krabs' ear.

Suddenly, Mr. Krabs's anger disappears into a look of shock, "You mean…" he asked in disbelief.

Squidward nodded sadly in response, and Mr. Krabs sighed before turning to SpongeBob, who recoiled in fear out of Mr. Krabs caning him once again. But instead spoke in a solemn voice, "Listen boy, there's something you should know. Something you should all know."

Meanwhile, Sandy was sitting in the prison chamber that was all white and had one single bed attached to the wall. From outside the door, Plankton came on the window that had metal bars attached.

"Why, Sandy, long time no see." Plankton sadistically greeted, taking off his hood and revealing a long white beard he had.

"What're y'all gonna do with me!" an angry Sandy demanded to know.

While grinning, Plankton answered, "Oh, don't worry. You're just here until SpongeBob decides to join us…AGAIN!" he followed up with an evil laugh.

"What're you talkin' about?" Sandy asked, confused by what he was implying about her long lost friend.

"What? You mean you don't know?" Plankton asked in fake surprise, "Well, just because I'm in a good mood, I'll let you in on a secret."

At the same time, everyone gathered at a single table as Mr. Krabs talked to everyone at the Krusty Krab.

"It all started twenty years ago. The day I fired ya was the last time I saw ya after a while. Those who claimed they saw ya could swear they saw you go into the Chum Bucket."

"Yeah. After that fool, Krabs, fired him thanks in part to yours truly, he came to me looking for a job." Plankton explained. "Then I thought it was time for a little re-educating."

Then Mr. Krabs sadly continued, "The day you went into the Chum Bucket, you were never the same."

"What do you mean, Mr. Krabs?" SpongeBob asked nervously, wondering how he could've changed just from working for Plankton.

"You would always take charge, push everyone around, and get angry over the littlest of things."

"Wasn't it great?" Plankton asked to Sandy with a smile.

"At first we thought it was minimal, and we thought you were going through some phase that'll blow off in about a week. But it wasn't."

SpongeBob gulped in fear of what was to come. "What was it?"

"SpongeBob was progressing better than I could've imagined." Plankton explained with an excited grin.

"And how was that?" Sandy asked skeptically.

"There was that time you slam my front door in my face!" Squidward told SpongeBob angrily in his face.

"You bossed me around all those times." Patrick added in displeasure.

"You threw me outside in the cold!" Gary mentioned angrily.

Sandy then remembered something, "That would explain why he was so hard when we played karate."

Then SpongeBob's face suddenly turned pale, especially after Mr. Krabs further explained all the terrible things he did that he wasn't aware of.

"And then you did the most horrible thing that nothing in all the seven seas will make me forgive…"

Plankton concluded, "I had him steal the krabby patty formula!"

Sandy, Squidward, Patrick, and Gary all gasped at this.

"NO!" SpongeBob shouted in shock and disbelief.

"Yes!" Mr. Krabs was about to hit SpongeBob with his cane again, but didn't. "When you came to pick up your final paycheck, it was actually a plot to steal me formula…and it worked."

"It was the greatest plan ever. He came up with it." Plankton started to cry happily. "I was so proud of him."

"Then by the time I noticed, it was too late. Costumers were going to the Chum Bucket and the Krusty Krab went out of business."

"I can't believe y'all manipulated him to do that." Sandy said in disappointment to Plankton. "Then you had to go backstab him and hired that DarkEvil feller to ruin our lives."

"Is that what they said?" Plankton asked with a smirk. "Well, here's the real truth…"

At the same time, Mr. Krabs told SpongeBob the truth about his fate, "A few days later, you came back into me restaurant. Only this time you had a different outfit on and you went by a different name…'DarkEvil LaserPants'."

"'DarkPants EvilLaser'!" Plankton yelled in triumph, followed by an awkward beat.

"You mean…'DarkEvil LaserPants'." Sandy corrected, but couldn't hide how surprised she was.

"Yeah, sure," Plankton said in an uncaring voice, but explained excitedly, "But isn't the outfit great? I ordered it from the back of a catalog. I don't know where he came up with the name, but…"

Sandy interrupted with a shocked yell, "No, this can't be true!"

"No, this can't be true!" SpongeBob yelled as well before calming down and pointing at Squidward, "You said I was hooked."

"Squidward and I made that up so no one will know it's you." Mr. Krabs pointed out. "And it gets even worse, you little traitor. You destroyed the Krusty Krab to what it is now and you kept me alive so I can suffer." Mr. Krabs said, poking SpongeBob with his cane.

"That was pure genius!" Plankton added after explaining what the sponge did.

"Then you destroyed everything that had meaning to your friends, starting with Squidward."

Squidward started to cry at this memory. "My clarinet!"

"So that's why you attacked me." SpongeBob sadly realized.

He then glanced at Gary, who bitterly said, "I was a bit disheartened when you disappeared all those years ago. But now that I know where you've been, all I can say now is that I wish you hadn't come back." He then added a cat hiss for good measure.

"He destroyed my treedome." Sandy recalled in disbelief and shock. "It couldn't have been him."

"But it was." Plankton said, smirking.

"Then you recruited Patrick to join your PlankEvil army, and you and Plankton took over Bikini Bottom." Mr. Krabs explained.

"So that's why Patrick kept calling me 'Master'." SpongeBob realized.

"We aren't friends anymore, Master." Patrick mentioned, crossing his arms and turning his head away from SpongeBob. "You said so."

SpongeBob had felt like he had just fallen into a bad dream. He had no more friends, was hated by everyone, and his future was bleak. But before he could sulk anymore in his misery, the front doors suddenly exploded.