Author's Note: This chapter is a little shorter than normal, but I thought it was just a really good place to end it. Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
WoRdLiFeCeNa4: I agree, reviewing is such fun! I'm just saying that you don't need to apologize when you don't. I have an idea for a story that I didn't include in the reader's hint, but I'm not sure it will be the next story. I think I'll write 'New Neighbours' after this story. Maybe not. Thanks for reviewing!
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Chapter Four: Lies
Spongebob woke up. It was a beautiful day. Mr. Krabs let Spongebob take the day off because of the injury, so he had all of today to explore.
Spongebob opened the door to his pineapple.
"Good morning, world!" announced Spongebob, gleefully. He started to stroll down the road. As he passed Patrick's house, he could hear loud snoring. He didn't want to wake Patrick up, so he continued to walk.
He was soon finding that his feet were taking him towards the Krusty Krab.
"Why not?" Spongebob thought to himself. "Maybe I'll see that Pearl Sandy and Patrick told me about yesterday."
Spongebob started to head down the road towards the Krusty Krab, when he heard a voice calling out to him.
"Young man, come here."
Spongebob looked around, but he could see no one.
"Down here, you bloated barnacle head! I mean…how do you do?"
Spongebob looked towards the ground. He could make out the tiny shape of what appeared to be some kind of creature. Spongebob knelt down to get a better look at it. Upon closer investigation, he found that the creature was a tiny piece of plankton.
"Who are you?" questioned Spongebob.
"Don't you remember?" asked Plankton in a false sweet voice.
"Uh…no," replied Spongebob.
"Perfect!" thought Plankton. "He doesn't remember who I am." "I am your employer, Plankton."
"I thought Mr. Krabs was my boss," said Spongebob, slightly confused now.
"He is, but you only work for him part-time."
"Oh… Then what do I do for you?"
"I am an extremely busy all the time, so I hired you to perform some simple errands for me."
"Really? Wouldn't Sandy and Patrick have introduced me to you?"
"It probably slipped their minds. So will you work for me?"
"Well…I guess it's okay…"
"Of course it's okay! I'm hiring you, right?"
"Right."
"I'm asking you to do simple stuff, right?"
"I guess…"
"So everything is okay then, right?"
"Okay…"
"Good, then stop at the Chum Bucket tomorrow after work at the Krusty Krab and I'll give you the first errand."
"Okay, I'll see you later…I guess." Spongebob walked away, still not entirely sure of what had happened. However, Plankton didn't seem like a threat. The suspicion was probably caused by the fuzziness of the accident. Besides, what could possible go wrong?
Plankton started to rub his hands together, manically. This was too easy. That naive twerp would believe any lie he told him. Getting the formula would be as easy as taking candy from a baby. Or lying to a dummy.
