Chapter 12: To the Rescue

Sandy ran towards the Chum Bucket, still in a mixed emotion. She could've been angry with Spongebob, but she wasn't. Why? Because he did it out of love? She didn't think too much after that. She ran to the chum bucket, and stop abruptly at what she saw. The building was covered by an electrical fence. Okay, this was new, especially for Plankton.

He has found a way to keep anyone from saving Spongebob. She put her head down. Now what?

"Sandy!" A familiar voice from behind. Sandy turned around. It was Mindy.

"Mindy!" Sandy said.

"What's wrong?" Mindy asked.

"Look at the Chum bucket," Sandy said.

"Oh," Mindy said, after seeing the electrical wires around the building.

"I don't know what to do," Sandy said. The only opening is way up there," she said, looking at the top of the building with windows.

"If only there was some kind of device to get up there," Mindy said. Sandy perked up. She remembered what Spongebob said yesterday when he was still a squirrel.

*Flashback* "You know what it could be used for?"

"Know, what?" Sandy said, holding her rope gun.

"To catch bad guys," Spongebob said. *End Flashback*.

"That's it!" Sandy exclaimed.

"What's it?" Mindy asked.

"No time to explain. I gotta go." Sandy ran off, heading toward her treedom.

Meanwhile, back at the Krusty Krab, everyone was still in shock of what happened. Mrs. Squarepants was now up from her knock out, but still in a daze, leaning against Mr. Squarepants. "Our son's been kidnapped," Mr. Squarepants said. "We gatta do something.

"Oh, we'll do something alright," Mr. Krabs said, picking up the phone at the register. He dialed a number, and waited for someone to pick up. He spoke as soon as someone did. "Hello, police? Yeah, I like to report a kidnapper."

At the treedom, Sandy was in her house, searching for her rope gun. "Now, where did I put it?" She asked herself. While looking for it, she was thinking about what just happened. She was still in shock, but shook it off as she continued looking. She had to save him before Plankton could do anything to him, whatever it is. She thought about what Spongebob did and why. He loved her. Something she never saw. She knew he cared for her, but she didn't expect this. She looked around her treedom. "Where did I put it?" She asked herself. As she looked, she started to wonder off, thinking about all the times with Spongebob. From the first time they met, when he tried to save her from that giant clam. She remembered that day he came over to her home for the first time. She smiled at the memory, remembering that he gave her flowers, and said he liked air even though he didn't know what it was, and was suffocating though he could've asked for water. Then there was that time he ripped his pants, though he went overboard, but made up for it in the end. She chuckled at that memory. Then there was the time she was trying to move back to Texas, but he said some things she didn't like just to get her to stay. Then that time he said squirrel jokes, causing others to make fun of her, though he had no intention of that happening. She smiled, and kept looking.

Meanwhile, at the chum bucket, Spongebob sat at one of the tables in the eating area, scared. "How could've I gotten myself into this mess?" He told himself. He should've never done this. Now he was stuck with Plankton. Who knows what Plankton plans to do? That second, Plankton walked into the room. "Okay, Spongebob," he said, Now that I have you, lets get down to business."

"Okay, Plankton," Spongebob said, "You have me, so what do you want?" Plankton pressed a button on his hand-held control, and suddenly a chair sprung up from under Spongebob, and strapped him in. "Ahhh!" He exclaimed.

"Why, you're my slave, of course," Plankton said.

"What!?" Spongebob shouted.

"Yep, you have to do whatever I say," Plankton said. "Now, you just sit tight, and I'll be right back." He left the room.

Back at the treedom, Sandy still haven't found her rope gun, but she didn't give up. As she kept searching, she kept thinking about the past. She then remembered the time she went after the Alaskan bull worm, and he tried to stop her. Then there was that time her chimp bosses were coming, and she didn't have an invention ready, and she would've lost her job and had to move away, but he made something himself to keep her in Bikini Bottom, though it didn't exactly work out, but her bosses liked her nut cracker, then she remembered that incident with a flea in her dome. Spongebob threw a party for her. She laughed, remembering The trouble she, Spongebob and Patrick went through with all those fleas. Spongebob was such a sweet, caring guy. She liked him a lot. Then she spotted her rope gun under her bed. "So that's where I left it," she told herself. Then she realized something. When Spongebob was a squirrel, She felt this feeling around him. A feeling she thought she never felt. She was in love. She couldn't believe what she just told herself. She fell in love with her best friend. She put back on her air helmet and ran back out. She ran towards the chum bucket. When she got there, she swung the rope up to the window, grabbing onto it, and she flew up to it. Mandy watched as she put the rope gun back into her pocket, and looked in, to the floor. She gasped, seeing Spongebob, holding the crystal, strapped into the chair, with Plankton on the arm of the chair.

"Okay, Spongebob," Plankton said, "I want you to repeat after me, or I'll be forced to use drastic measures on you."

"Oh no you don't!" They suddenly heard a voice from above. Sandy leaped from the table to a platform below it, down to the floor. "Get your hands off of him!"

"Sandy!" Spongebob exclaimed.

"Well", Plankton said. "Look who's here. Your too late, squirrel! He's already under my control."

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Sandy said.

"But look," Plankton said, "The crystal's right here. You don't have it! But I do! Oh, and one other thing..." Plankton pressed a button, and down came a metal cage trapping Sandy inside. It was so strong, not even she could break out of it.

"uhhh, mmm..." Sandy tried to break out, but couldn't.

"Try all you want," Plankton said, "but those bars are so strong, not even you can break out." He turned back to Spongebob. "Now where were we? Ah yes..." He lumped back up up onto Spongebob's chair. "Now, do as I say, or suffer the consequences! Say it." Spongebob stayed silent. "Silent, eh? Okay, Spongebob, you asked for it."

"No!" Sandy exclaimed. "Leave him alone!" Plankton turned to her.

"Being noisy, eh?" he said. "Well, I didn't want to have to do this...." He walked over to another button. "But I will anyway," he said, and pressed it. Sandy's cage lifted up on a rope, and moved over to a large pot with a bubbly liquid. "Know what that is?" It's my special kind of . He picked up a a book, and dropped it in, and the book melted in an instant. Sandy gasped.

"Sandy!" Spongebob exclaimed. "No!" Plankton laughed, and Sandy slowly moved down toward the bubbly liquid. Fortunately for Spongebob, he still has the crystal. He looked at it it. Now Spongebob may be naive, but he was not an idiot. "Hey, wait a minute," he said. "I'm still holding the crystal. Which means, I turn into whatever I want!"

"Huh?" Plankton said, turning around. Spongebob closed his eyes, and thought hard, and magic went around him. "what the..." Plankton said, as Spongebob was transforming. Next thing you know, Straps on Spongebob's chair broke off, and the whole chair collapsed. "No!" Plankton exclaimed. The magic cleared. Spongebob was now a large, blue sea monster, who now could reach the ceiling. He ran over to the pot and Sandy's cage. He grabbed the cage, and yanked Sandy away from the pot of bubbly liquid, and tore the cage open. Sandy jumped out.

"Way to go, Spongebob!" Sandy said, enthusiastically.

"Ahhh! Stupid, stupid, stupid!" Plankton yelped, pounding his fists on the floor. Spongebob turned back into himself with the crystal. He Sandy hugged each other.

"You're finished, Plankton!" Said Spongebob.

"Oh, no!" Plankton said. "You got me...although..." He pressed another button, and a large machine popped out from his laboratory. He jumped inside. "May be it's ME who's got you!" Spongebob and Sandy gasped.

"Oh, no!" Spongebob said. "Whatta we do?"

"I say, we.... RUN!" Sandy yelled, grabbing him, and running off.

"Oh, no you don't!" Plankton said, and started chasing after them. Spongebob and Sandy ran to the door, forgetting that it was still locked. They turned around, seeing that Plankton was right behind him. Sandy grabbed her rope gun from her pocket, grabbed Spongebob, and they went back up to the window, and jumped out, where Mindy was.

"Spongebob! Sandy! You're okay," Mindy said.

Yes," Sandy said,but have to*pant*go!"said, breathlessly. That second, Plankton came crashing through the wall, coming out. Everyone gasped. Then Spongebob got an idea. He grabbed Sandy, pulled the crystal out, and wished hard. Magic swirled around them, and they turned into racing seahorses, and they swam away fast as they could.

"Spongebob, Sandy, wait! I have to warn you..." Mindy tried to say, but it was too late. Spongebob and Sandy were already gone, with Plankton chasing after them. "oh, no," Mindy said. "If I could only warn them before hand that the crystal goes out of control if used too many times. I better go get help." She swam away, heading back toward the Krusty Krab.

Whew! I'm finally done. I'm so sorry it took so long. But now that I'm finally out of school, and back into writing, I can get this done as soon as possible. Audios for now.

Next chapter: The chase