Author's Note: I got a lot of reviews for chapter 2, so I'm going to give individual credit to everyone who reviewed. (Note: If you have any suspicions of who Stalker is, please tell me. I want to see who you think it is!)

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Chapter 3

Spongebob woke up with a sore body. It was hard to tell which was softer, the bed or the floor. He got dressed, and looked in the fridge. Nothing. Not one scrap of food. He looked in the cupboards. They were the same as the fridge; empty. Spongebob could hear his stomach growling for food. His first thought would be to go out for food, but then he thought better of it. He had a limited supply of money, and he needed to pay his rent. Besides, he was new here. He didn't even know if there was a restaurant in this eerie town. "I'll wait until lunch to look for food," thought Spongebob to himself. "In the meantime, I should find a job."

Spongebob walked outside of his house. Even though it was the early morning, Rock Bottom was as dark as ever. He started to walk down the road. Step, step, step, crunch. "Huh?" questioned Spongebob out loud as to what had made the odd sound. He looked down. He was standing on a piece of worthless paper. Spongebob smiled. He remembered a time Squidward gave him a piece of paper and then tested him to make sure Spongebob would keep his promise. Spongebob bent down and picked up the small piece of litter. Soon, to his horror, he realised that it wasn't worthless. It was very important. On it was scrawled another note from stalker.

Squarepants,

You are to NOT leave this town. If you do then there will be a little surprise for one of your friends if you know what I mean. In order to pay for your shack, I got a job for you. The building is located on the intersection of dark and despair.

"Lovely street names," said Spongebob to himself sarcastically.

Go in and ask for Rick, tell him who you are, and he'll give you the job. Included on this paper is a map of the city.

P.S. Don't talk to anyone from Bikini Bottom.

Stalker

Spongebob was surprise that stalker would find him a job. However, he knew by now not to underestimate his enemy. The job would probably be something awful. Unfortunately, he was right. Spongebob examined the very messy map that was scribbled on the paper.

After endless searching, he was finally able to find the intersection of Dark and Despair. He looked around the dark intersection. There was nothing in sight except for one, very large, building. "That must be the place," Spongebob said. He took a few steps towards the building. Suddenly a putrid smell filled his nostrils. "Aww, barnacles, what's that smell?" Spongebob asked while holding his nose. He looked behind the massive building. Behind the structure, there was an enormous dump. There were all sorts of toxic wastes, rotting materials, decaying food, and some things Spongebob would prefer to not even think about. The dump was one massive stink bomb. The smell coming from it was worse than Spongebob's ketchup, onions, and peanut sundae breath. He could actually hear it stinking. Spongebob took a deep breath and ran for the building doors. Once inside, he let out his breath. Thankfully, the inside of the building didn't smell anything like the outside. "Now all I need to do is find Rick," said Spongebob.

Sandy and Patrick were sitting at a diner out of town.

"This is hopeless!" cried Patrick. "We'll never find Spongebob!" Patrick brought on a new set of tears. His fifth set that week.

"Aww, common, Pat, don't cry," Sandy said. "I know it seems like we're at a dead end, but I know we'll find Spongebob."

"No we won't!" cried Patrick. "We've tried, and we've tried, but we haven't found him anywhere!" Patrick laid his face against the tabletop and cried into the stained wood. Sandy took a sad sip from her coffee. She seemed confident, but really she felt just like Patrick.

"At this rate, we'll never find our friend," Sandy thought to herself. She let go of the tears she was holding back the entire time. The two friends wept silently for a while, until something caught their attention.

"…and I missed the bus because it made a special stop to some guy's house!" complained a fish who was sitting at the counter. He was talking to a waitress.

"Whose house did it stop at instead?" asked the waitress.

"I don't know for sure, I think it was at some guy's house from Bikini Bottom," replied the fish.

Sandy and Patrick looked at each other in surprise. They couldn't believe their luck. The fish was talking about the bus that Spongebob boarded. Sandy and Patrick walked up to the fish.

"Uhh, excuse me, sir," said Sandy. "But where was that bus headed?"

"You mean the one I missed?" asked the fish suspiciously. Sandy nodded. "Well, I don't think it's any of your business, but if you really need to know, it was headed for Rock Bottom."

Hearing this new news, Patrick was flabbergasted. "Rock Bottom?" he exclaimed to Sandy. "That's the scariest place ever!"

"We have no choice, we have to find Spongebob," persuaded Sandy.

Patrick nodded. "You're right," agreed Patrick, getting over his terror. "We have to do it for Spongebob."

Sandy slapped some money on the counter for the coffee, and then the two friends headed out the door. Their next stop was Rock Bottom.

Stalker smiled to himself. The sponge was most likely miserable by now. Everything was going according to plan. Well, almost everything. The squirrel, (was Sandy her name?) and the sea star (he believed that one was Patrick) were catching up on Spongebob mighty fast. They were already headed for Rock Bottom. Stalker scowled. They were interfering with his business. He wouldn't allow that. He knew he had gotten his point across to Spongebob, but maybe he needed to start intimidating the pair of friends more. If they didn't respond, well, it wouldn't be pretty.