Now here's the second chapter of The Yellow Avenger 2. What horrible act of crime will finally force SpongeBob to become the Masked Sponge again?

Enjoy...

Chapter 2: He's Back!

The next day in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob was doing his job at the Krusty Krab. With a happy grin on his face, SpongeBob flips the krabby patties off the grill and onto the buns with all the condiments placed upon it. When the patty was finished, SpongeBob rang the bell and handed it to the cashier, Squidward.

"Order up!" he called with enthusiasm.

Squidward just carelessly took the patty and handed it to the customer. As he stood there waiting for the next customer to approach him, SpongeBob looks through the window behind him and excitedly stated, "Just twenty more minutes and I'll be able to buy the newest issue of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy."

"Ooh, joy…" Squidward replied with dull sarcasm.

But SpongeBob still spoke to him with enthusiasm, "I know! I heard from somewhere that it's a real doozy- whatever that means."

"Oh, grow up, SpongeBob." Squidward snapped at him. "Spending all your time reading children's books isn't gonna help you in real life."

When more customers approach the counter, Squidward snapped again, "Now give me some peace and cook more of these orders."

With a smile and salute, SpongeBob responded, "You got it, Squidward."

In the kitchen, SpongeBob placed some fresh krabby patties on the grill, and while they cooked, he opened up a bag of fresh buns and cut up some vegetables. Afterwards, he prepared the perfect delicious-looking krabby patties that he gave to Squidward to hand to the customers.

SpongeBob then emerges from the kitchen and excitedly declares, "Just fifteen more minutes, and I'll be able to-"

He was interrupted when an orange fish in a light blue shirt started groaning in agony and he dropped his krabby patty while pushing the table over. Squidward, SpongeBob, and the customer watch in horror as the customer's body grows larger, muscular, and grotesque with his teeth becoming sharp and his expression becoming enraged. The former customer then growled and pounded a hole into the floor, causing the other customers to scream in terror and run away.

SpongeBob and Squidward both scream in fright and hide behind the front counter, holding each other as they watch the mutant customer trash the restaurant.

Trembling, Squidward shouted, "If I weren't so terrified, I'd point out how random this is!"

"You think I didn't put enough ketchup on his krabby patty?" an equally terrified SpongeBob asked.

When it felt like it was over for them, the mutant customer crashed through the wall of the restaurant and ran outside toward the town. Hearing the commotion, Mr. Krabs bursts out of his office, yelling, "What's goin' on out here?" he suddenly gasps in shock upon seeing the wreckage. "What happened?"

"I'll tell you what happened!" Squidward shouted frantically. "One of your customers just changed into a horrible monster!"

"What?" Mr. Krabs asked in surprise, but quickly assumed Squidward was just making stuff up. "That's crazy."

SpongeBob then spoke up, "It's true, Mr. Krabs, I saw the whole thing. But how could this have happened?"

Squidward then picked up a discarded krabby patty the former customer bit into and stared at it curiously. "Maybe it was the krabby patty."

Hearing this accusation made SpongeBob gasp in shock. Never would he imagine that a krabby patty could create something so horrible, especially since he had made it the same way he always did.

But Mr. Krabs spoke out for him, "That's barbaric, Mr. Squidward! I don't suppose you have any proof of this."

Suddenly, the TV in the restaurant turns on and they see the news announcer Perch Perkins, "We interrupt this program to bring you shocking news from Downtown Bikini Bottom. It appears that a horrible mutant is rampaging the streets completely out of control. Witnesses say that this all started at the Krusty Krab: home of the famous krabby patty. Could this be caused by the food or something else?"

SpongeBob gulped nervously as he thought to himself, 'I can probably stop this as the Masked Sponge. But should I? Maybe just this one time wouldn't hurt, but I promised Gary I wouldn't.'

While SpongeBob was debating with himself about whether he should don his mask and cape again, Squidward was informing his boss, "Think about it, Mr. Krabs. If they find out that it was your food that caused this, the Krusty Krab will be shut down and the krabby patties will be discontinued."

Hearing this, SpongeBob's expression became one of horror until he frowned in determination, "Oh, no, it won't!" he shouted boldly, "You two stay here! I'll get someone who can take down that Krusty Krab mutant!"

With that, he ran out of the restaurant to fetch what he needed for his big comeback. Mr. Krabs stared in bafflement as he asked, "You think we can trust whatever idea he has?"

Squidward bluntly answered, "Definitely not."

In the city of Downtown Bikini Bottom, the mutant customer continued rampaging through the streets. Making craters in the road with his monstrous footsteps, flipping boats over with one foul swoop, and roaring as he punched holes into buildings. Many Bikini Bottomites ran away in terror, screaming for their lives, believing no one can save them.

As the police try to stop him with a barricade, the mutant customer was about to charge right through until a high-pitched voice rang out, "Not so fast!"

This caught his attention and he turned to see a face familiar to many of those in Bikini Bottom and one not seen in a long time.

It was SpongeBob wearing his Masked Sponge uniform, still fitting him like the day he made it. He stood in the middle of the street, directly facing the mutant customer while declaring, "I am the Masked Sponge! I fight for truth, justice, and krabby patties- which you, sir, are tarnishing the good name of!" he then gets an innocent smile as he kindly asks, "So can you maybe turn back to normal and explain to everyone the real reason you-"

Before he can finish, the mutant customer roars loudly and charges toward the Masked Sponge with vicious intent. The Masked Sponge yelped and quickly dived out of the way with the mutant taking out a streetlight and bending it in half.

While crouched on the ground, the Masked Sponge analyzed, "Hmm, persuasion didn't do the trick. I may have to resort to drastic measures."

He reaches into his utility belt and pulls out a jellyfish net. While the mutant was flipping over more boatmobiles, the Masked Sponge yelled as he ran up behind him and jumped on top of the mutant's shoulders, swinging the net onto his head. This only annoyed the mutant and he roars while shaking his head, making the Masked Sponge fly back and forth as he struggles to hold onto the net.

Finally, he is forced to let go and the Masked Sponge falls onto the ground. The mutant is now annoyed and he flips the net off his head, roaring in anger. The Masked Sponge slowly stands back up, groaning to himself, "Maybe…I'm a bit out of practice."

His eyes widen in fright when he sees the mutant approach him with rage and fury in his red eyes. When it looked like the mutant would grab the Masked Sponge to rip him apart, the latter quickly reaches into his utility belt and pulls out a bottle of bubble soap, waving the bubble wand to create a protective bubble between them, causing the mutant to bounce away from him.

Seeing the opportunity, the Masked Sponge gets a face of determination and boldly declares, "Now it's time for this hero to clean up the town!"

The Masked Sponge then charges at the dazed mutant and pulls out a pair of condiment bottles from his belt. When in range, the Masked Sponge squirts ketchup and mustard into the mutant's face, blinding him and making him stumble backwards.

"Now to flip for some justice!" The Masked Sponge declares while taking his spatula from his belt and running behind the mutant, who still stumbled backwards, trying to rub the condiments from his eyes.

The Masked Sponge swung his spatula behind the mutant's legs, causing him to fall backwards onto the hard ground. "The bigger they are…" the Masked Sponge shouted while scaling up a building and then jumping off, "…the squishier the bounce!"

While curled up, the Masked Sponge lands on the mutant's large belly, making him groan in pain until he couldn't take anymore. The Masked Sponge flips onto the ground and turns to see his foe defeated, "Phew, glad that's over."

Suddenly, the mutant lets out a loud burp and begins shrinking down in size until he returns back to the form of the customer he once was; only he was now unconscious. The Masked Sponge stared in surprise, but before he could check on his well-being, he was surrounded by mobs of fish, who all cheered.

"I remember you!" one fish stated.

"You're the Masked Sponge!" another fish recognized.

"He's returned!"

"I love you!"

"You saved us all!"

The Masked Sponge was flattered by all this praise, especially by the fact that everyone still remembered him, "Oh, why, uh, thank you." He said in a bashful voice.

The customer then started to wake up, and he looked around, dazed and confused, "What…"

But he was suddenly cuffed by police and taken away, "Hey, what's going on?"

The Masked Sponge heard the commotion and turned to see the frantic customer being put in the back of a cop car. "You got a lot of explaining to do." The officer said.

"But I don't know what happened!" the customer tried to explain, "I was just at the Krusty Krab, eating lunch! That's all I remember!"

His explanation goes unheeded by everyone, except for the Masked Sponge, who overheard him. Pondering to himself in the midst of the cheering crowd, he suddenly had a news camera shoved in his face. Perch Perkins then asked, "Masked Sponge, now that you've returned, can you explain to us what just happened. Does this really have any connection to the Krusty Krab?"

SpongeBob stammered a bit, feeling nervous about the sudden pressure put on him. Watching him from the Krusty Krab on TV was Mr. Krabs and Squidward, both surprised to see the superhero return, though Mr. Krabs was worried that this kind of publicity would tarnish the Krusty Krab. While gasping, Mr. Krabs pleads, "Don't say anything, masked stranger. It was not the fault of my business!"

Squidward rolled his eyes, secretly annoyed that SpongeBob was actually donning the costume again and being the only one in all of Bikini Bottom to see through his disguise.

On the news, the Masked Sponge answers the reporter's question, "No, of course not." The Masked Sponge defended, "I can easily say this has nothing to do with the krabby patty. I only came back this one time to make sure nothing slanders its good name. Now that the threat has been stopped, it is time I make my leave."

The Masked Sponge holds his arms out as he struts past the crowd. Since his eyes are closed, he unknowingly walks past Sandy, who had witnessed the whole thing and held her chin in thought, wondering if there was more to this strange occurrence than let on.

It looks like this is the beginning of a strange mystery that only SpongeBob might be able to fix, even if he doesn't know it yet. Please review and stick around for the next chapter.