Bikini Bottom Apocalypse, a spongebob squarepants fanfic

NOTE: This story is inspired by Nicegodzilla's "The Lost" and TidmouthThunder's "Sodor Fallout".

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Spongebob Squarepants or any of the characters. They belong to their rightful owners.

Bikini Bottom Apocalypse

Chapter 1: A New World

1. The Blast

It was a normal day at the Krusty Krab, just like any other day. Spongebob was in the kitchen, cooking up those famous under the sea Krabby Patties, the customers were eating their food, Mr. Krabs was in his office counting money, and Squidward was sitting in his workstation, bored out of his mind.

The squid's weekend had been hell for him, on Monday, he was banished from the Cephalopod Lodge, and his two neighbors Spongebob and Patrick try to get him back in, but end up failing in the end. On Tuesday, he was harassed by Spongebob and Patrick, who were playing their slide whistles just to annoy him. After an accident, a slide whistle got stuck in the squids throat, and he had it taken out on Wednesday. And on Thursday, Squidward got a head injury and caused him to think he's an infant, and Spongebob and Patrick did a horrible job of taking care of him, after his head injury gets cured, Squidward leaves the scene with a throbbing head-ace.

"Can this week ever get worse?" Squidward thought, as he tries to think of something to do on this boring and uneventful day. "Maybe I can play my clarinet, I have a concert on Sunday, so I better practice" The squid thought, as he pulled out his clarinet case.

"Wait, I can't practice here, because the customers will get annoyed and most likely leave, and I don't want to make Mr. Krabs angry, I should go tell him." The squid thought again, looking towards the door leading to Mr. Krabs' office. He then got up from his workstation, and went inside Mr. Krabs office.

"Oh, hello Squidward!" the cheapskate said, stopping his usual money counting business.

"What brings you here?" Questioned the crab.

"Mr. Krabs, I need to go outside for a second, I need to practice for a concert on Sunday, so will you excuse me this one time?" Squidward requested, Mr. Krabs thought of it for a moment, and realized that he had a robot replica of Squidward made by Sandy, so he saw this as an opportunity to test it out since Squidward is on his clarinet break.

"Sure thing Squidward! Besides, I have this robot replica of you to test out, so go ahead, go on your little clarinet break or whatever." Mr. Krabs replied, knowing the robot would be a perfect replacement for Squidward when he was gone.

"Heh, I'm sure that robot is gonna bug out anyway" Squidward jokes, as he leaves the Krusty Krab for his clarinet break, all in a while Mr. Krabs sets the Squidbot on his workplace as Squidwards replacement.

Squidward stood in the middle of the Krusty Krab's parking lot, and took out his clarinet.

"Nothing but me and my clarinet now, let's hope this concert is a success, and everyone will be giving me the respect I deserve" Squidward said, opening up his clarinet case. The squid played his clarinet, hitting a few sour notes as usually, but the squid seemed to get better at the clarinet, actually becoming decent. After a few minutes of playing the clarinet, Squidward stopped, and decided to take a look at his surroundings. He wanted to appreciate his surroundings more, before heading inside.

The first thing Squidward looked at was the sand environment around him. There was nothing special, just a few coral and jellyfish, and the weirdly shaped hills, then he looked at the restaurant across the road, the Chum Bucket.

"Plankton is probably taking a day off from stealing the formula, the whale incident really got him hard" Squidward thought, remembering the time Plankton got tormented by Mr. Krabs was wearing the costume of his daughter Pearl, just to scare him. Squidward then looked around again, he saw a big rock, a dumpster, and the occasional building. There is one last thing Squidward forgot to look at, and that was the sky. Squidward looked up into the blue ocean sky, the Flower Clouds floated by, and the sun burned brightly, nothing had changed.

Squidward then looked around again, he saw a big rock, a dumpster, and the occasional building. There is one last thing Squidward forgot to look at, and that was the sky. Squidward looked up into the blue ocean sky, the Flower Clouds floated by, and the sun burned brightly, nothing had changed.

Suddenly, Squidward noticed something in the distance in the blue ocean sky, it was colored green, and it was glowing, the shape became larger and larger, then Squidward realized that the shape was a meteor, as he noticed a steak following it. Squidward began to panic as the heat of the meteor became stronger and stronger as it slowly came plummeting towards the ground, Squidward then rushed inside the Krusty Krab.

"Everyone, get down! A meteor is heading towards Bikini Bottom!" Squidward shouted, as he watched the customers look at him, seemingly oblivious.

And then, a loud bang fills the air and a shockwave causes the Krusty Krab's windows to break, and toppled over furniture. The blast even knocked Squidward out of the restaurant once again and back into the parking lot, knocking him out for a short period of time, as the squid came back to consciousness, he stared at the interior of the Krusty Krab, the place was a mess. Most of the fish were still unconscious, and most were just waking up.

"Bertha, are you okay?" A fish said, trying to get his wife to wake up, soon after the fish regained consciousness and looked at its husband, revealing a strange, emotionless face.

"Bertha?" The husband said, looking at his wife. Suddenly, without any time to react, the fish lunged at his husband, and bit into his neck, the other fish who are awake began to panic, and soon the other fish who are still unconscious woke up, and began to attack the nearest fish they can see, and rip them apart, soon the Krusty Krab was in chaos, bodies littered the floor, the remaining fish try desperately to fight back, and Squidward can only watch as the crazed fish cannibalize their loved ones. Squidward noticed that the Squidbot was missing, but that didn't concern him that much, all he did was just stand there, and watch the bloodshed unfold.

"I have to get Spongebob out of there" The squid realized, he know Spongebob was in there, probably scared out of his mind, he knew that any second one of the fish will come into the kitchen and end the sponges life, and even though he hates Spongebob, he could not let him die like this, not today.

Squidward rushed inside the Krusty Krab, passing by the crazed fish, who were too distracted by eating their loved ones flesh to notice the squid passing by, however some tried to reach out for the squid, but Squidward managed to fend them off by slapping their hands away with his tentacle hands, once Squidward reached the kitchen, he saw Spongebob cowering in a box right in front of the grill, Squidward also noticed that a huge chunk of furniture was toppled over the back door, blocking it, as well as Spongebob's trusty spatula lying on the ground, broken.

"Squidward, save yourself, it's too late for me anyway," Spongebob said with a shaky tone, Squidward then took Spongebob out of the box.

"Listen here Spongebob, even though I hate you, I rather die then leave you behind to get eaten by these cannibalistic fish, you're coming with me." Squidward replied.

"But what about Mr. Krabs? He's still in his office" Spongebob protested.

"What about us? Mr. Krabs most likely jumped out of his window and escaped, but I don't know." Squidward replied, then Squidward can hear the crazed fish approaching the kitchen, Squidward knew the fish were looking for new food to feast on. So without any word, Squidward rushed out of the kitchen with Spongebob in his arms, dodging every fish in his path, and made it outside.

Once the duo were outside however, Squidward noticed that every boatmobile in the parking lot is destroyed or toppled over, all except for one, Squidward threw Spongebob into said boat, and they drove off, along the way, Squidward had to ran over some crazed fish that were in the way, one even leaped on the boat, but the fish landed on the boats front, splitting the fish in half. Spongebob was beyond scared at this point, and tried to calm himself down by singing the Goofy Goober theme song.

"I'm a goofy goober, y-yeah!, you're a goofy goober, yeah!, we're all goofy goobers, yeah!" Before Spongebob can even finish, Squidward ran over another fish, it's blood splattered across the car, causing Spongebob to hug on his seat for comfort, and began to whimper, it was too much for him. He wondered if Patrick, Sandy, or even Plankton were okay, but he is not sure yet.

2. Shelter

After a long while of driving, the two neighbor's finally reach their destination, Spongebob's Pineapple, Squidward's Monument, and Patrick's Rock.

"Um, Squidward? Is it okay if I go check on Patrick to see if he's okay?" Spongebob asked, as the two neighbor's got out of the vehicle.

"Fine, go ahead Spongebob, but don't go crying to me if he turns out to be affected by the blast" Squidward replied. "Besides, I need to go inside my house to collect my belongings and supplies, so you go check on your little friend of yours." Squidward then added.

Squidward then went inside his monument home to retrieve his belongings, while Spongebob walked up to Patrick's Rock and inspected it, there appears to be no signs of harm to the rock, besides the tan arrow-shaped weather vane being snapped off due to the impact of the blast.

Spongebob then proceeded to open up the rock, and enter into the house itself, everything appeared to be fine, no scratches, no signs of break in, nothing. Spongebob then walked towards Patrick's bedroom, praying that Patrick wasn't infected by the blast, as he walked up however, he saw that Patrick was in his bed, with no signs of being infected, just sleeping peacefully. Spongebob breathed a sigh of relief, and began to wake Patrick up by shaking him.

Not long after, Patrick woke up, and got out of his bed. "Oh, hey there Spongebob, why are you here?" Patrick questioned.

"Listen Patrick, today has been a horrible one. It seems like half of Bikini Bottom's residents turned into zombie-like creatures, and I believe that an apocalypse has begun, so I'm here to pick you up. I don't want to let these zombie-like fish find you." Answered Spongebob, Patrick froze for a moment.

"Oh, so where are we going?" Patrick questioned again. "We are going to my house, I think Squidward is done gathering his things, so we should probably go." Answered Spongebob.

"But what about my pet, Rocky, and my toys?" Patrick questioned, Spongebob thought of it for a moment. "Fine, you can take your toys and stuff, but we must be quick." Spongebob Answered.

Minutes past, and Patrick has already packed up everything he can find. And so the two friends exited the Rock, and back outside. They saw Squidward waiting in front of Spongebob's house with his stuff, seemingly impatient.

"Squidward! I found Patrick, he is not infected!" Spongebob called. "Well it's about time, now hurry up and open the door!" Squidward yelled, and Spongebob did just that. Once they were inside, the three neighbors began to unpack their stuff, and after doing so, sat on the couch, wondering what to do next.

"Maybe we should board up the windows," Spongebob suggested. "Or maybe barricade the doors," Squidward added. "How about we watch some cartoons?" Patrick said, as he turned on the television, it showed the logo for "Bikini Bottom News", and then it cut to the usual Realistic Fish Head as the news anchor.

"This just in! A large meteor has fallen from the sky, and appears to turn half the city into zombie-like creatures, and they are attacking everyone in sight. If you see one of these infected fish, stay as long away from it as possible, and find some shelter, I have nothing else to say on the matter, stay safe!" The Realistic Fish Head said, all in a while footage that appears to be shot from a helicopter, the footage showed the carnage that became Bikini Bottom. After the Realistic Fish Head brief news flash, it cut to commercials.

"This is not good, I can tell you." Patrick said, while scratching his head.

"Wow, you actually treat this whole thing seriously?" Squidward replied.

"Everyone, we should probably start barricading the doors, and board up the windows, we need to survive the apocalypse after all." Spongebob said, and then he realized something.

"Oh no, I almost forgot about Gary!" Spongebob said, as he ran upstairs to check his pet snail. He stood in front of his bedroom door, preparing for the eventual heartbreak. He checked his bedroom first, but found no sign of his pet snail. He then checked the bathroom, nothing. He finally checked the library, and noticed a large pile of books on the ground, he then dug his way through the books, only to find a shivering Gary.

"Gary, are you okay?" Spongebob said, half expecting his pet snail to lunge at him and bite his face off. But Gary just looked at his owner, and gave him a meow, no infection, no cannibalistic attitude, Gary was completely normal.

Spongebob breathed a sigh of relief, once again. And picked up his Snail and began to retreat downstairs where Squidward and Patrick are.

"Oh look, your pet snail is somehow alive, great." Squidward snarled.

"Yeah, I'm glad he, as well as you two are alive." Spongebob replied, putting Gary on the ground and let him slither away.

"Are we supposed to start barricading the doors, and board up the windows?" Patrick questioned. "Oh right! I almost forgot, we should start doing that now." Spongebob said, heading off to get the tools.

"Fine, just don't let that slime trailing thing get in the way." Squidward answered, and the three neighbors went to work.

And so, the three neighbors all worked together, first they barricaded the doors with some of Spongebob's tables, and finally they boarded up all the windows in the house, since the windows got shattered at the impact of the blast.

After that all their tasks are complete. the three neighbors sat on the couch, wondering what to do next. "You know, this reminds me of the time I was stuck in this very house due to a severe storm." Squidward said.

"Yeah, we can do the same activities as we did before-" Patrick said, but was immediately cut off.

"Oh no, we are not going to do the whole food fight stuff again." Squidward said, putting a tentacle over Patricks mouth.

"And plus, being stuck with you two dunderheads again is not helping." Squidward added, and then, Spongebob spoke up.

"Listen Squidward, you saved my life, and would you rather be out there with those infected-" Spongebob began, but was then cut off.

"Infected… I think that's the right name to call these things, Infected." Squidward said, now knowing what to call these cannibalistic fish.

"I was planning on calling those things Meaterians, but that would mean everyone here is a Infected, since we all eat meat." Patrick said, then Patrick noticed a crowbar laying next to the main door.

"Spongebob, why is that Crowbar laying on the ground?" Patrick questioned, while he pointed at said crowbar.

"Just so that if any Infected breaks in, we can have something to defend ourselves." Spongebob answered. Just then, the three neighbors heard banging, coming from the front door.

"Well speak of the devil." Squidward said, as the banging began to get more aggressive, the two stand back, ready for the first ambush.

3. The First Ambush

Suddenly, the door was knocked down and the barricades were destroyed, revealing a small hoard of Infected standing outside, ready to charge at the three neighbor's. Not soon after, Squidward rushed and picked up the crowbar from before.

"Stand back you two, I got this." Squidward said, while Spongebob and Patrick stood by.

The first Infected rushed at Squidward and leaped on him, trying to bite into Squidward's neck. But not long after, Squidward slammed the crowbar into the Infecteds skull, killing it.

"That was a close one, and that was just the first Infected" Spongebob said, as the next Infected ran in.

Squidward kicked the Infected in the crotch, leaving it to fall to the floor, the squid then stomped on the Infecteds head, crushing it as the brain pops out and lands next to Patrick, who locked down in disgust.

"Holy crap, I never seen a brain this real before, I'm just gonna go to the bathroom, I feel sick." Patrick said, as he ran into the bathroom. Spongebob heard the sounds of Patrick vomiting, and cringed.

The third Infected ran in carrying a wrench, while the fourth Infected crawled behind it, due to a broken leg. Squidward backed away, and began to block the wrench Infecteds attacks with his crowbar.

"Spongebob, you take out the Infected crawler, while I deal with this Infected with a wrench!" Squidward ordered, as he continued to block the wrench Infecteds attacks.

"But I have nothing to defend myself with, unless." Spongebob replied, as looked at his two fishing hook ornaments, he picked one of said ornaments off, and slammed it one the Infected crawler, killing it.

"I'm sorry I had to do this, but I have to defend myself" Spongebob said, as he looked at the Infected's dead corpse, this was his first kill in this apocalypse, and he felt shaky.

Squidward was still fighting with the other Infected, still waiting for the time to strike, but the Infected's attack kept on going, and Squidward was getting tired of dodging and blocking. Then, the Infected finally landed a hit on Squidward, knocking him to the ground.

"Oh, god dammit." Squidward cussed, as the Infected raised it's wrench up for the final bow, then Spongebobs couch suddenly landed on the Infected, squishing it to death. Squidward looked back, and saw Patrick, he realized that Patrick threw the couch in order to save his life.

"Are you okay Squidward? Did you break any bones?" Patrick questions, with a worried tone.

"Squid's don't have bones, you moron." Squidward replied, knowing that most Squids don't have bones.

"Um, guys. We have one Infected left" Spongebob announced, as he pointed towards the door.

Squidward then looked at the front door, only to see one last Infected standing there. Squidward actually recognized this one, because this Infected is actually Fred, the fish everyone in the Bikini Bottom knows, mostly for his constant leg injuries, and his catchphrase "My Leg!". Spongebob even tried to get Fred out of harms way, and ends up succeeding, mostly.

"Oh my god, look at his body!" Spongebob cried, as he noticed that Fred has most of his skin missing, leaving patches of flesh in their place, his right leg had most of its skin torn off, leaving it mostly flesh and bone.

"Gee, looks like the blast really got him." Patrick said, as the Infected Fred hobbled into the house.

Squidward got on his feet again, and rushed at the Infected with his crowbar raised in the air, he was ready to bash the Infected's brains in, but then Squidward was kicked back by something, he noticed that the Infected Fred has threw its leg at him, and is now limping towards him, however the Infected Fred fell on the ground, giving Squidward time to bash the Infected Fred's brains in.

The infected Fred laid there, not moving an inch, Spongebob and Patrick just stood there in shock. Squidward got back up to his feet, and dropped the crowbar, breathing heavily.

"Okay, that was exhausting, now you two get rid of these bodies, and fix the door, we don't want any more of these Infected coming in." Squidward ordered, as he lays down on the floor, exhausted.

Hours flew by, and the body's were taken outside and were thrown in the dumpster, and the front door was barricaded with Spongebobs bed, he does not need it anyway, he can sleep on the couch as a substitute. They even got themselves cleaned up, and dressed in cleaner cloths, Patrick and Squidward had to make a quick trip back to their house's to pick up one of their spare cloths to wear, but safe to say, they are alright.

Spongebobs couch was moved back to its proper place, and the two neighbors sat down on it, extremely exhausted.

"Well, this was a horrible day for us." Spongebob groaned, as he slumped onto the couch.

"Agree, I think we should stay in this house for now until help arrived." Patrick added, as he turned on the TV, changing it to the cartoon channel.

"You know what, you two. I think this is the beginning of a new age of Bikini Bottom, I don't think we are going to wake up tomorrow, and find that everything has returned to normal. I don't think that will happen, you two need to prepare yourselves for this new world, and who knows what happened to those other people out there. I just know that we need to prepare ourselves for a new future." Squidward said, with seriousness in his voice.

"Till now, we will just wait and see what tomorrow holds in store for us." Squidward added, while Gary came on the couch to join the three neighbors.

And so, the survivors drifted off to sleep, as the first day of the apocalypse came to an end, but they still wonder, whatever happened to the others, like Mr Krabs, Sandy, Mrs. Puff, the list goes on. Well, they just have to wait until the sun comes up, to find out.