A.N. I do not own SpongeBob SquarePants.
Everyone in Bikini Bottom knew about it. Papers were going around town with the headlines all in capital letters. It was like a wildfire of words being spread around. The stories varied in truth, but it had a common theme to it: A certain sponge was missing.
SpongeBob was nowhere to be found, not even at his house. Gary was found underneath SpongeBob's bed, life ceasing to exist from its dead eyes. The snail looked pale, but that was a usual color for every snail. The people of Bikini Bottom buried Gary underneath the sand in the front yard.
Squidward and Patrick had no idea where their neighbor was, as they were minding their own business. "Of course Squidward wouldn't care," recalled Mr. Krabs. "He could see an endless pit open up in the ground and not give a care in the world."
In short, SpongeBob was nowhere to be found and Gary was lifeless. It was a big mystery as to how one of the biggest known personalities would disappear completely off the face of the sea floor. That is… until one night a week later.
Sandy Cheeks, the squirrel everyone knew lived in an air-dome, was having a good time with practicing karate. She grew tired after the hours spent practicing, so she decided to give in for the night. Of course, she had to eat supper first.
With loneliness accompanying Sandy, she walked into her treehouse. She took out the package of krabby patties from her refrigerator. Sandy was lucky to get her hands on a package of krabby patties because of SpongeBob not being a cook at the Krusty Krab when missing.
She heated up two patties over a stove and put the patties on a plate. Sitting down at her dining table, she started to eat the patties. Her hunger was too great to notice how tired the patties were making her feel. The sponge hiding behind her curtains thought this was funny.
Sandy started to notice the effects, however. She felt the weakness overtake her, and her body started feeling numb. She didn't feel pain, but she did feel numbness. Sandy tried to stand up and walk, but her legs seemed to be giving up on her. It was at this point that SpongeBob revealed himself to Sandy.
Sandy noticed SpongeBob, but her vision became so blurry that she could only tell the colors and big white smile of SpongeBob's teeth. She believed that she could try to beat SpongeBob down so she could have time to get out of her house. But like a clumsy toddler, Sandy was stumbling toward SpongeBob. Sandy then collapsed into SpongeBob's arms and lost feeling of her body. She was numb, but alive.
"Oh, Sandy," said SpongeBob in a toying matter. "Don't you know that it's rude to eat a meal without complimenting the chef?" SpongeBob laid her down on the dining room chair she was sitting at and took a seat across from her.
"Y'know, you really seemed a little fussy back there when you walked toward me. I bet you were about to hit me as well." SpongeBob's smile grew bigger, almost menacingly. "Why don't we take a walk outside? We should get some fresh air."
SpongeBob picked Sandy up like a person carrying a sack. Sandy was worried and scared at this point. SpongeBob never lashed out on her like this. She was afraid of what was about to come.
Sandy then figured out what he meant by "going outside." He was taking her out of her air-dome into the ocean. Sandy wanted to fight and scream against SpongeBob, but she couldn't move. Only soft breaths could come out of Sandy.
"Well, here we go." SpongeBob opened both the safety and outside doors completely.
