This is my first SpongeBob story, born out of love for the Alex Bale conspiracies. (Though...I really hope he could escape that Muse and pursue his true passions.)
It's loosely based on Doom Eternal, and it's also a sorta crossover with the video game Maneater, I love the Shark.
After defeating MOLOCH, the still-hungry Shark surveyed the murky waters. That was when she encountered strange creatures, the top half looked like those two-legged land creatures but the bottom half was that of a fish.
The creatures attacked her with sharp sticks, electrocuted her with them, and threw—chains? all over her. As she struggled to free herself, she saw another creature, holding a three-pronged stick, aimed at her—
ZAP!
"...guts, huge guts! Kill them...must kill them all! Rip...and...tear!"
King Neptune watched the chained-up creature in front of him, now magically evolved just like all the other sapient fish in the ocean. He was about to order his soldiers to dispose of her until..."Wait!"
The king of the sea turned his head to see his daughter, Princess Mindy, standing between the Shark and the soldiers. "Father, please, give her a chance."
"Sweetheart..." said a shocked Neptune, not expecting this to happen.
"Instead of killing her, let me educate her." said Mindy.
"But Mindy, that...that thing is too dangerous for you to handle!" Neptune tried to convince his daughter, but Mindy stood firm in her resolve. Seeing his own daughter's defiance, the king had no choice but to hand the Shark over to Mindy.
Once they were alone, the Shark, free of her bounds, lunged at Mindy but the princess simply got out of her way and used mermaid magic to calm her down, quelling her insatiable appetite for blood.
"It's OK." Mindy said as she began petting the Shark. "No one's gonna hurt you."
At those words, the ocean's apex predator seemed to have some of the fog in her brain cleared.
Two Weeks Later
"Good morning, Your Highness!" said the Shark as she entered the Great Hall of Neptune's Palace, looking a bit more disciplined and with clothes on.
"Good morning, Leyenar!" Mindy replied, equally cheerful. "Father—I mean, King Neptune, he summoned you here to deliver some important news."
"Um, alright?" The apex predator, now named "Leyenar", gave an awkward nod, then quickly knelt on the floor as King Neptune entered.
The king of the seas took his throne, and eyed the apex predator in front of him. Mindy had done a great job—he could hardly believe that the feral creature that he had captured two weeks ago was the same being as this girl. "Leyenar, ward of my daughter, I have some important news to tell you. Although you are certainly a lot more educated than the day you were first brought in, the council has deduced that you are simply too dangerous to keep staying in Atlantis." he declared.
"WHAT?!" everyone yelled.
Neptune continued on. "I mean, who knows what could happen with those abilities of yours? In the history of the deep blue sea, no shark has ever displayed such a terrifying skill set like yours."
"Father!" Mindy gasped.
"So, after a lot of thinking, I've decided to send you over to someplace else." sad Neptune.
And that was how Leyenar ended up in Bikini Bottom. Her new hometown was where the famous fry cook SpongeBob SquarePants lived—she had saw him in a movie once. Speaking of the sponge, Leyenar got curious how much good of a cook he was, since she heard rumors that, when he was fired from the Krusty Krab, several restaurant owners broke into a brawl to have him make meals for their respective restaurants. She also needed to figure out a place to stay, but for now, she decided to pay a visit to the Krusty Krab, for today's lunch.
As the apex predator walked into the restaurant, everyone stared at her—she sure was evolved differently, with glowing fins and armored exoskeleton parts, and a buncha scars to prove she was a war veteran, though not in the usual sense. "One Krabby Patty, please, with sea tater fries and some Seafoam Soda?"
"Right away, miss!" said a yellow sponge, then came with the requested menu. Soon, she extended one elegant hand at the fries and began eating, moving on to the Krabby Patty when she was finished with the fries. But the way she ate it was totally unexpected.
She took off the bun on the top and began dissecting the burger, eating the pickles, onions and tomato slice first, leaving only the sea cheese, lettuce and patty. She then licked her sauce-covered fingers clean, placed the bun back on top of the remaining ingredients, and chowed down the burger, occasionally taking a sip of Seafoam Soda between bites, drawing everyone's attention to her. When she was done, she walked over to the counter, leaving a handful of Atlantean gold coins, ignoring the grumpy cephalopod cashier.
"Um, miss?" said the yellow sponge as he came over to her. "I...don't believe that's the right way to eat Krabby Patties."
Leyenar laughed. "I can eat my meals however I want, silly. But, I've gotta admit, it's the best thing I ever tasted."
"Why, thank you!" said the sponge, then let out a funny laugh. "By the way, my name's SpongeBob SquarePants. And you are...?"
"Leyenar. Just Leyenar." replied the shark. "Oh, and you're the SpongeBob SquarePants? I saw you from that movie! Y'know, the one where you and your pink sea star friend went on a journey to retrieve King Neptune's crown? Although it looked like something was off about that "King Neptune" guy who lost his crown..."
"Well, Miss Leyenar, nice to meet ya. Are you new around here? Because I don't recall meeting you before..." SpongeBob said.
"I'm from Atlantis." Leyenar said, shocking everyone.
"Oh, so that's why she was able to pay so much!" exclaimed a red crab, apparently the manager.
"You're from Atlantis?" SpongeBob asked.
Leyenar flashed a toothy grin. "If you won't mind, I can tell you everything."
Everyone gasped.
"C'mon, I can give y'all a story worth listening!" Leyenar said, giggling. She plopped down on one of the tables as she began her story, everyone clamoring around her. "It all began when I wasn't even born. There was this guy named Scaly Pete, hell-bent on hunting sharks, and unfortunately, my mom was one of his victims. Just when I thought it was the end, light hit my eyes, and the next thing I knew, Scaly Pete left his mark on me. Blinded by anger and pain, I chomped his hand off, and escaped into a river. I had to fight the river's predators, including alligators. And when I grew too big for the river to handle, I finally decided it was time to return home, to the sea, where I found lots of chemicals that could grant me unique abilities. After ripping and tearing anyone who got in my way, I met Scaly Pete again, and he set me on fire, a decision that proved fatal for him. It turns out that his son was killed in the process, and I went back into the water, to keep on eating, eating, eating. I soon evolved into a mega-shark, and soon, I found out that Scaly Pete was out to get me. We fought again, and as I was about to kill him, he lit both me and himself up."
"Oh, I remember seeing you on TV! So, were you killed?" SpongeBob asked.
"Sadly, yes. But I lived!" Leyenar exclaimed. "Then I sensed another apex predator that threatened my status, and set out to rip and tear it like how I did with all the others. I went to a place called Plover Island to find it only to find that the place was overrun by alien spies, and discovered nuclear radiation for the first time. It could have killed me, but I just took it like I did all those other chemicals, and became into the first-ever radioactive shark in history. I also got my fins on alien experimental chemicals and learned how to use dangerous soundwaves. The only downside of the whole deal was, there were more mutated sea creatures like me, but they didn't stand a chance. The only one that packed a pretty good punch was the apex I mentioned above, whose name I later learned was MOLOCH. Then King Neptune and his soldiers came to capture me, and His Majesty used his magic so he could talk to me, who was but a primitive shark at that point of time. So I became more evolved just like y'all, but the only words I could get out were these three—rip and tear. Just as King Neptune was about to order me dead, his daughter Princess Mindy stepped in and saved my life, took me under her wing, and taught me a lot of things. She's also the one who named me."
"Then how did you end up in Bikini Bottom?" asked the cashier.
"Well, the Atlantean Council decided that I was still too dangerous to be kept in Atlantis, so I came here." Leyenar said.
"Wow, that was one heck of a story, lassie." said the crab manager as he came over. "Me name's Eugene H. Krabs. I own this here restaurant."
"S...Squidward Tentacles, nice to meet you." said the cashier, a bit fearfully. He then squeezed his eyes shut, extended a tentacle to Leyenar, who gave it a light shake.
Just as Leyenar got up and was about to exit the place, a dark shadow covered the restaurant and then...
CRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSHHHH!
"Ha-ha-ha!" said a green micro-organism from the cockpit of a gigantic robot. "Say your prayers, Eugene, this will be the day I finally get the Krabby Patty Secret Formula!"
"Sheldon J. Plankton!" SpongeBob growled. But before he could spring into action, Leyenar beat him to the punch.
"Hey! You!" said the shark. "Has Mommy never told you that stealing is bad?"
Plankton gulped.
"Looks like someone's gotta shock some sense into you!" Leyenar declared, as electricity fizzed and crackled between her fingers. She then leaped up and dug her hands into the robot, completely disarming it and electrocuting Plankton.
The micro-organism crawled out of the destroyed cockpit, and glared at the shark. "Who the heck are you?" he yelled.
"I'm Leyenar. You might better know me as the Mega-Shark." said Leyenar. "Anyhoo, what exactly do you want at the Krusty Krab?"
"The Secret Formula. That way, my Chum Bucket can become famous and I'll be rich!" Plankton explained.
"But do you really need it to be rich?" Leyenar asked, then ran a hand over the destroyed mech, contemplating something. "Wait, hold on a sec...did you make this yourself?"
"Why, yes, I did!"
"Just look at this. With inventions like these, you can make a lot of money."
"I...haven't thought of that before." Plankton said.
"How about we work together?" Leyenar asked again. "With your brain and my capabilities, we can make a better town."
"Honey, who's that girl?" Karen asked as Leyenar entered the Chum Bucket, suitcase in hand.
"Oh, she's Leyenar, my new coworker." Plankton told his wife. "She'll be living with us from now on."
"Hello!" said the shark.
"Um, hello?" Karen said, a hint of jealousy in her voice.
Immediately, Leyenar began fangirling. "Wow, are you a supercomputer? That's awesome! I've never seen anything like you before! What's your name?"
"Karen Plankton, thank you very much." said the computer. "Oh, and for the record, I'm his wife. So don't try anything sketchy on him."
"What? Sketchy? Me? No! Besides, not only are we incompatible, he's old enough to be my dad! So don't worry." Leyenar assured her.
"Alright, then, guess we gotta prepare a shark-sized bed." Karen sighed.
LATER...
"So, you're telling me that Sheldon actually disguised himself as a bundle of cash and tricked Krabs into marrying him?" Leyenar asked.
"Yes, he did!" Karen said. "Truth be told, I had no idea how to feel about the whole thing."
The two females shared a hearty laugh. Plankton came in, and asked "Hey, what's the deal with you two?"
"Oh, it's nothing." Leyenar said. "We were just discussing all of your failed schemes. And it's really funny!"
Plankton face-palmed.
The way Leyenar eats her Krabby Patties is actually based on how I eat hamburgers in real life, eating the undesirables first and saving the choice tidbits for last.
Next chapter will cover the Squilliam Theory.