Hey, SOLmaster here with the tenth chapter of Future Shock 2. I was wanting to get this chapter up sooner, but I had a pretty busy weekend that prevented me from doing so. But not to worry now because you can now enjoy the chapter you've been waiting for…
Chapter 10: Future SpongeBob
Inside the dungeon where DarkEvil LaserPants locked up SpongeBob, everything seemed peaceful at the moment despite it being a dark dungeon. SpongeBob seemed to have dozed off and was lying on the ground asleep. While he was snoring, he suddenly heard a strange noise.
SpongeBob suddenly opened his eyes and asked in a drowsy tone, "Huh? Who's there?"
He suddenly heard what sounded like a metal door opening. SpongeBob fully woke up and held his knees as he cowered against the wall, fearing it was DarkEvil LaserPants.
"Don't…Don't come any closer." SpongeBob trembled.
Then a mysterious yellow hand suddenly pulled a switch that shut off the laser bars of SpongeBob's cell.
"Huh?" SpongeBob wondered as he opened his right eye and did not see DarkEvil threatening his life. "What's going on?"
The figure pushed a red button that made the metal bars go up, allowing SpongeBob to go free.
SpongeBob had a puzzled look as he stood up and slowly walked out of his cell with no repercussions. "Okay…" he wondered. "What's going on here?"
He turned around to see his savior, and it happened to be…Buster.
"Buster!" SpongeBob shouted in happiness. "You're here!"
Buster just cocked his left eyebrow and said nothing until SpongeBob just continued to ask him, "How did you get here anyway?"
Buster just gave a little shrug as he replied in a shy tone, "I just…followed that robot who captured you. I…thought you could use a little help."
"Oh, boy did I need help." SpongeBob said with a thankful smile as he grabbed Buster and hugged him. "I thought I was a goner as DarkEvil's prisoner."
But, Buster just pushed himself out of his past dad's grip and said in an awkward tone, "All I came here for was to just get you out of here so you can go back to the past. You don't understand what I have to do."
"Well…actually…" SpongeBob tried explaining. "I really do."
Buster seemed surprised that he knew what was going on, and he turned back around with SpongeBob continuing, "You were the one who brought back DarkEvil LaserPants." Buster frowned in guilt as he crossed his arms and turned away from SpongeBob. "I guess I can see why you wanted to try and fix this by yourself."
Before Buster can explain himself, they suddenly heard a voice call out, "Hey, fellas!"
SpongeBob and Buster look around until the older sponge recognized it. "It's the voice who said he was me." SpongeBob pointed out. "Where are you?"
"Over here!" the voice called as a yellow hand waves out from one of the cells.
Buster gasps in shock, recognizing who it was, as he runs over to another control panel on the wall. He pulls a lever and pushes a red button that disarms the laser bars and opens the cell.
They run over to see the cell unlocking like SpongeBob's and they see the figure stepping out. "Glad I'm finally out of there." He said as he came into view.
The figure looked like an older version of SpongeBob. He was an inch taller, wearing brown pants with suspenders, a white shirt, red tie, and a pair of large black glasses.
"Hey!" SpongeBob said with an amazed smile. "You're the one DarkEvil said he was holding prisoner before! That would mean…"
The sponge chuckled in flattery. "That's right. I did say I was you before…just from the future."
"That makes a lot more sense." SpongeBob said as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "How did you end up here anyway?"
"Well…" Future SpongeBob replied when his expression turns to one of seriousness. "I do love a good flashback…"
As the Future SpongeBob explains his story, as flashback goes to the early morning with Future SpongeBob happily walking down the street.
'I was on my way to work the other day when I suddenly came across something odd.'
He stopped with a confused look on his face as he turned his head towards an alley, and spots something against the wall. Future SpongeBob walked in and picked it up to see it was a beamsword hilt.
"That's strange." Future SpongeBob said as he straightened his glasses. "Why does this look so familiar?"
"Maybe because it's mine." A cold voice stated as Future SpongeBob turns around and gasps as something punched him further into the alley.
Future SpongeBob opened his eyes as he lied in a pile of garbage bags. But he gasps in shock and gets an angered look in his eyes when he sees who it is. "You!"
DarkEvil LaserPants started walking toward Future SpongeBob. "That's right, SquarePants." He said to him with mockery in his voice, "Thought you'd seen the last of me, huh?"
Future SpongeBob easily pushed the garbage bags off of him, and stood there with a serious expression. "What are you doing here?" he demanded to know before suddenly jumping in the air, landing behind his foe, and karate chopping DarkEvil in the back, knocking him forward. "How did you come back?"
"You really wanna know?" DarkEvil asked as he sat up, slide across the ground, and then swept his feet at Future SpongeBob, knocking him onto the ground. He then picked Future SpongeBob up by his tie and answered, "You should thank that son of yours."
Hearing that DarkEvil interacted with one of his children, Future SpongeBob's eyes widen in shock. "What?!"
"Yes." DarkEvil flipped Future SpongeBob onto the ground and aimed his wrist ray at him as he lied there defenseless. He lifts up his mask and showed an evil smirk. "But this time, things are gonna end differently."
'As hard as I tried to defeat him…alas, I was defeated.' Future SpongeBob explained. 'He fired a paralyzing beam at me and I was unconscious for hours.'
Back in the present (or still the future), Future SpongeBob continued explaining, "After that, he brought me here and held me prisoner so he can complete the rest of his plan. He wanted to destroy my past self, which is you, with a new weapon he has. I just haven't figured out what it is yet. But what I do know is that with you here, he's gonna try and destroy all of us at once."
After he finished, SpongeBob and Buster just stood there silently in awe over the story they just heard.
"Whoa…" SpongeBob uttered in shock until he suddenly smiled and raised his fists in the air. "I KICK BUTT IN THE FUTURE! WHOOO!"
When he opened his eyes and stopped cheering, he noticed a disappointed look on his future self's face. SpongeBob giggled sheepishly, "Heh, eh eh eh…I suppose what you just said is bad too."
The Future SpongeBob then turned to Buster and crossed his arms. "And as for you…I can't believe you didn't tell anyone about the fact that you released an evil alternate version of me into our time period." He scolded in a serious tone. "I'm also utterly shocked that you brought my past self here when you know how dangerous this could affect our timeline."
Without a word, Buster just put his hands in his pockets and looked away with guilt. But Future SpongeBob just sighed and calmly stated, "Well…I suppose we'll just have to discuss this with your mother later. Right now we have to get out of here and stop DarkEvil before he does anymore damage. Buster, you have to show us the way out of here."
Buster nodded and started running off to the exit while the two SpongeBobs follow him.
It looks like SpongeBob is now safe along with his good and cool future self. What will happen next? Please review and wait for the next chapter.