My apologies for this chapter taking so long. Next one I swear won't take that long. I guess for me, it's college (online of course), plus some personal stuff.
One day later, after managing to settle in (despite a lot of arguments relating to furniture placements and bathroom time), Plankton had called a meeting in order to discuss what the syndicate's next move may be. "So now that we've assembled a team, it's time that we go with my first plan. And that plan is: To finally steal the krabby patty secret formula!"
Everyone besides Karen and Crocker exchanged confused glances. "Err, what is this 'krabby patty formula' you speak of?" Zim asked.
"Only the formula to the most delicious burger you'll ever taste! I've been trying to steal that recipe from my arch nemesis, Krabs, for years but I've never been able to do it. But now, with all of you at my side, nothing can stop me from taking it now!" Plankton explained.
Ember gave Plankton a baffled. "Your life goal is seriously to steal a burger recipe?"
"That's pretty sad." Zoe remarked.
"This better not be all you brought us here for!" Ember threatened.
Plankton laughed nervously. "O-Of course not! Once I've got that recipe, I can start up a new restaurant here in Great Lakes and then I'll use my chum helmets to brainwash everyone in this city to do my bidding! Besides that formula should be mine anyway!"
"Isn't there an easier way to get everyone to wear your 'chum helmets'?" Ember asked.
Plankton frowned. "No. Now who's with me?"
Ember rolled her eyes. "Yeah, pass."
"I also pass." Zoe said.
"I want nothing to do with your disgusting Earth meat!" Zim snapped.
"I shall assist you!" Killgore said.
Karen then made a sound that sounded like she was clearing her throat, despite lacking one. "I'd just like to add that I've been doing some scouting and I may have found someone who would make a pretty good addition to the team."
"Isn't this place crowded enough? Do really need any more members?" Plankton whined.
"Just hear me out." Karen argued. "This was someone who actually ruled part of the world at one point. See, there's this world where people can somehow bend the elements. The person I've been looking into was princess of the fire nation, a nation that went to war against the rest of the world. Eventually, they lost, but this princess, according to my research, managed to take over one of the largest cities in the world almost all by herself. Though, since her country lost the war, she's currently being locked away but if we can rescue her and get her to join us, who knows what we can achieve!"
Everyone stared at Karen in surprise before Ember smirked. "Ok, now that sounds interesting. I'm in."
Zoe grinned. "Count me in too."
"Ah come on, you're telling me that's more interesting than stealing the krabby patty formula?" Plankton whined.
"Is that even a question?" Ember snarked.
Plankton slumped. "Well, at least you're with me, right Crocker?" Plankton noticed Crocker standing with Ember and Zoe. "Aw, come on!"
Crocker shrugged. "Sorry, Plankton. I may be crazy but I'm not insane. Wait, where was I going with this?"
Plankton growled in frustration. "Fine! You three go rescue this 'oh so special' princess while me, Killgore and Karen will will go get the formula."
"Hey, I never agreed to that!" Karen complained.
"Too bad."
"I care not for burgers or princesses!" Zim announced. "I shall remain here for now. I still need to figure out how this 'Great Lakes City' works. There appears to be very few lakes here."
..
After arriving in Bikini Bottom, Plankton, Karen and Kilgore soon found themselves in front of the Krusty Krab. While Kilgore was happily following Plankton, the sea creature couldn't help but feel annoyed and aggravated.
"You better live up to what my wife says about you buddy!" Plankton snapped. "If you blow this for me, you're off the team!"
"I will not fail you, leader Plankton!" Kilgore responded.
"Alright so here is the plan! I'll lure Krabs away from his office, and you get the formula inside his safe." Plankton explained. "Got it?"
"It is my pleasure! For nothing will hold back THE FUTURE LEADER, KILGORE!" he boasted.
"What was that?"
"You heard nothing!"
"What exactly is your plan this time?" Karen asked.
"I say we blow up the restaurant!" Kilgore suggested.
"No, we can't do that!" Plankton responded. "Or else the formula will be destroyed! What we need is to distract Krabs!"
"I say we boil him and serve him with BUTTER!" Kilgore boasted.
"Is everything just mindless violence to you?!" Plankton shouted.
"Yes!" Kilgore answered bluntly.
"Besides, we can't do that to Krabs!" Plankton said.
"Why not?!" Kilgore responded. "Isn't he your mortal enemy?
Plankton struggled to answer that question as he had a mixed look on his face. "Well yeah, but I don't want him cooked. I still want him alive, to see the day I steal all his customers!." Plankton said. "Now, I have a plan."
"Oh, and what is it?" A voice said. As it turned out, Mr. Krabs was already outside the restaurant.
"Oh um, Krabs!" Plankton said, feeling anxious.
"Coming to steal me formula again, ay?" Mr. Krabs asked.
"SURRENDER!" Kilgore shouted, appearing in front of Mr. Krabs' face. "Surrender that formula to Plankton, or face the wrath of me!"
Mr. Krabs has no response to this, and then broke into laughter. "So, is this your little helper?" Krabs taunted Plankton. "Just this cute little toy? You must really be low on cash! Too bad you don't have any customers!"
Plankton then pushed Kilgore. "It wasn't supposed to be this way!" Plankton snapped. "I had a team of bad guys!"
"Oh, and where are they?" Mr. Krabs asked.
Plankton was embarrassed to answer this. "They didn't wanna come." He muttered.
"Whatever you say." Mr. Krabs laughed. "You know, you constantly failing at stealing me formula never gets old, even after all these years!"
"It should've been mine to begin with!" Plankton snapped.
"Oh I see, still clinging onto the past, eh?" Mr. Krabs responded. "Well boo hoo!" Mr. Krabs mocked.. "Well guess what, Plankton? You chose that dirt you call food, I chose me patties! Therefore, I deserve that formula, and there ain't no way I'm letting it out of my sight!"
At that moment, Krabs heard the sound of a glass bottle dragging on sand. As Krabs saw what it was, it was really Kilgore dragging the formula.
Mr. Krabs gasped. "Me formula!"
"How the heck did you get that so fast?" Plankton asked.
"What? You kept the crab distracted!" Kilgore said. "It was the perfect opportunity!"
"Looks like your gloating costed you, Krabs!" Plankton laughed.
"Give me back me formula or else I'll-OW!" Mr. Krabs leaned down at Kilgore, only for him to pinch his nose in response.
"Be gone! For this formula belongs to Plankton!" Kilgore said. "And I refuse to let go of his property, for I was ordered to take it!"
"Let me explain this to you, you dumb toy!" Mr. Krabs snapped. "That's me formula!"
"Yeah right!" Plankton said.
Mr. Krabs brushed this off. "Give me back me formula!" He then grabbed the bottle. However, somehow Kilgore's grip was so strong, he had no trouble keeping his grip on the formula.
"So, you're gonna play this the hard way huh?" Mr. Krabs said. "How's about I dangle you over the frying station?"
"No! Not that greasy-I mean, threats are worthless to me, sea crab!" Kilgore bluffed. "Because no matter what, this formula will remain innnn myyy.." Kilgore's key stopped turning, as he stopped moving.
"Er, what just happened?" Krabs asked.
"His key stopped." Plankton muttered, feeling embarrassed once again at the moment.
"Ah well, at least me formula is-"
Before Mr Krabs can finish, a scallop flew and snatched the formula from Krabs, which Kilgore, despite being lifeless, still held. "Wha?!"
"OH COME ON! Really?!" Plankton whined. "I'll turn that pest into chowder if I have to get that formula!"
"Oh no you don't!" Mr. Krabs responded, as the two began to chase the scallop.
Karen sighed as she followed the gang. "This isn't going to end well." Karen said.
...
On an island separate from the four nations was an asylum. This asylum was a rectangular building surrounded by a large wall, with many guards standing on top of it. Down from below, Crocker, Ember and Zoe arrived through a portal.
"Hmm, never thought I'd ever be trying to break into an asylum. Alright villains, we're going to need a plan to break this princess out!" Crocker said. "Luckily, I have thought out one! Avez, scan for any guards!"
"It's Black Cuervo! Don't use my real name when in costume or you'll expose me!" Zoe responded.
"Oh I'm sorry! Maybe I should be more considerate towards-WHO CARES?!" Crocker shouted.
Zoe sighed, as she then took off from the ground. However, she stopped as she then saw an army of guards at the top of the wall, staring at her in shock. "Uh..." Without hesitation, the guards shot fire towards her from their palms. She attempted to dodge them, only for one to hit her in the chest, sending her flying backwards. After recovering, she flew back down towards the others. "There's a lot of them." She said. "And Karen wasn't kidding about that fire part."
"Gah!" Crocker yelped as a fireball barely missed him. The group looked up to see the guards at the top the wall shooting fireballs at them. "Curses! How are we supposed to get in now?"
"I've got an idea." Ember said as she grabbed Crocker and Zoe, turned both of them and herself invisible and floated through the wall into a room before turning visible again.
Unfortunately, they had phased into a room filled with more guards as one of then stumbled back in shock. "WHAT THE?!"
"A-Are those spirits?" Another Guard nervously asked.
Ember smirked. "You guessed it." Zoe then started shooting lasers, terrifying the guards and causing some of them to flee the room while others got knocked out.
"Well, so much for sneaking in." Crocker remarked. "Now what?"
"You two can do whatever you want. I'll go find this princess." Ember said before floating out the room.
"Fine by me." Zoe said before flying out the room, intending to have some fun.
Crocker groaned as he stepped over the unconscious guards as he made his way out of the room. "GAH!" He yelped as he tripped over one.
As Ember made it to the main building, she passed through the inside of a cell, and was now inside a stone hallway, lit by torches, which two guards were already patrolling. Ember floated up behind one of them and possessed him before turning to the other one. "Excuse me, where the princess is being held?" Ember asked.
"You mean patient Azula? She's in one of the confinement cells." The guard responded.
"Thanks, you have my gratitude!" Ember responded before she materialised her guitar and whacked the guard with it, knocking him out.
She then left the other guard's body, leaving him looking around in confusion. "Huh? What?"
..
As it turned out, the asylum had multiple confinement areas that were used as punishment for patients who've caused trouble or defied the guards. However, due to Ember's ghostly powers, it wasn't too long until Ember managed to find her. Plus, due to Azula's reputation, her cell was heavily guarded which clued Ember to which cell she was in. At she floated in, two guards ran past the cell as they headed towards the attack outside the prison. "She's this way!" A guard shouted.
…
The scallop, with a lifeless Kilgore and the formula, was now on her nest, laying on the branch of a coral tree. On that same nest were three pearls. At that moment, Mr. Krabs was climbing the tree, as his eyes were able to reach the nest. "Heh heh." He laughed. "It's okay, little fella! I only want me formula!" As he reached out to grab it, he began to hear the pearls began to crack. Out came three baby scallops, tweeting happily. "Aww, ain't you all adorable? Now for me formu-WAAAAAH!" All of the scallops launched themselves at Mr. Krabs, as the baby scallops, plus the mother, immediately sunk their mouths into Mr. Krabs' pupils. This was enough to make Mr. Krabs lose his grip of the tree, sending him falling back to the ground. "Get off, ya little pests!" He screamed, as he pulled the baby scallops off of his eyes. As Mr. Krabs' eyes were throbbing red, the scallop family tweeted loudly at the cheapskate. "At least Plankton ain't here! That slow poke will probably take another month to get here!" He laughed to himself.
Suddenly, Mr. Krabs and the scallops heard a loud bang. The scallops immediately flew off the ground and flew away far from the tree. Another bang was heard, "What the barnacles?" Mr. Krabs exclaimed.
These bangs were actually footsteps, as what was causing them was now in plain sight of Mr. Krabs. It was none other than the Chumbot, the giant mechanical creature that resembles Plankton, slowly walking towards where Krabs was. Standing on top of the Chumbot's head was Plankton, holding a portable remote controlling the robot. "Bet you forgot I had this? Didn't you, Krabs!" Plankton said.
"Oh no you don't!" Mr. Krabs shouted, as he then began to climb the tree again, this time faster than he did before. However, as soon as he reached the nest, as a last resort, the Chumbot laid its' finger on the tree, which bent it.
As it let go of the tree, this sent Mr. Krabs flying away. Plankton started to laugh. "Ah hahahaha-uh oh." His eye widened as he realized that he had sent the lifeless Killgore flying as well. "Ah, fish paste!" Plankton complained to himself, as he then commanded the Chumbot to start walking towards where Mr. Krabs was flying.
As Krabs landed on the road, Kilgore landed into a boat on a child fish's lap. As the boat drove past the Chumbot, it headed into downtown Bikini Bottom.
"Cool!" the boy said. He grabbed Kilgore and started turning its key.
"myyyyyy CLAWS!" Kilgore spoke again, as he gave an evil laugh. "Huh? Who are you? Unhand me, you filthy sea creature!"
Behind the boat, Mr Krabs was running towards it, somehow slowly catching up to it due to sheer determination. "Mommy, there's a creepy old man chasing us!" The child said. As he finally reached the boat, he grabbed the side door. "Give me that toy!" Mr. Krabs shouted, trying to reach for the toy.
"Mommy! Help!" The kid cried to his mother, who was driving. As the mother turned around, she shrieked as she saw what looked like the crustacean with red eyes trying to grab her son.
"GET AWAY FROM MY SON, YOU CREEP!" She shrieked, as she pulled out pepper spray, and sprayed it at Krabs eyes. Mr. Krabs shrieked in pain, still keeping his grip on the boat. The mother then saw the Chumbot chasing after them. Immediately, she grabbed her son, which broke his grip of Kilgore. As she held her kid to her chest, she threw on a parachute, and jumped out of the boat.
As the boat spun out of control, Mr. Krabs let go of it, which sent him flying into a light post. Kilgore then jumped out of the boat, which then struck the top of a house, as it exploded. Kilgore then landed on top of a balloon stand. The toy then spotted Krabs looking for him. "There you are!" Mr, Krabs shouted. As soon as Kilgore saw him, he grabbed one of the balloons, and took off into the air, waving his arm at Mr. Krabs.
Unable to reach him, Mr. Krabs grabbed all of the balloons on the stand, and followed after Kilgore. "Hey!" the balloon man angrily called out.
However, the Chumbot then grabbed Mr. Krabs, and lifted him towards Plankton. The little villain then snatched one of the balloons from Krabs, which lifted himself off of the robot's head. "Smash him, and get lost!" Plankton commanded the Chumbot.
The giant robot obeyed, as it smashed Mr. Krabs onto the concrete street. "Oh well, back to my date." The Chumbot said, as it then walked out of downtown, pushing the buildings out of its way.
"Hey! Get off the street man!" A fish shouted at Krabs. "It's Tour De Bottom!"
"Tour De Bottom?" Mr. Krabs then yanked himself out of the concrete, carrying a piece of it around his neck. "What the heck is wrong with you kids?" Mr. Krabs then heard bike bells ringing. These were the bells of hundreds of cyclists, pedaling on the road. However, they all spotted Mr. Krabs in the way, who screamed as he saw the oncoming bike traffic. All of the bikes quickly pedaled away from him, crashing into the boats, stores and homes around them in the process.
Kilgore and Plankton smiled as they saw the crash from the distance. "Sayonara Krabs!" Plankton victoriously shouted, as he then turned to Kilgore. "I gotta hand it to ya, Slinky!" Plankton said. "You really kept a grip on that formula!"
"Why of course!" Kilgore responded, smiling proudly. "Anything for my leader!"
The two were then approaching a hot air balloon as they let go of their balloons, and grabbed onto the other one. They slid down and jumped inside the passenger basket, which was already occupied by one fish. "You know, you're still small and annoying and probably devoid of any useful purpose whatsoever!" Plankton said. "But you're not so bad!"
"We should find your simulated partner, before the crustacean finds us!" Kilgore suggested.
"Relax, Krabs is buried in bicycles! He's not gonna catch up!" Plankton said.
Little did they know that below them, Mr. Krabs was on a bike following the balloon. As he was underneath it, he jumped so high that he was able to catch the rope attached to the flying vehicle.
Suddenly, the twos smiles faded as the balloon shook. As the two villains and the fish looked down, they saw Mr. Krabs, holding onto the rope. "Think you can get rid me that easily, huh?!" He screamed. However, his claw then snapped the rope, as he quickly grabbed onto the top half of the rope.
"OH COME ON!" Plankton screamed. As the fish saw this, he then shrieked and jumped out of the balloon.
"And you said boiling him wasn't an option!" Kilgore reminded Plankton.
Below the ground, back on the road, were all the angry cyclists, the balloon rider and the balloon stand man, angrily chasing after them.
Far behind all of them were Karen. "I spoke too soon." Karen said. She sighed. "I really should've asked to help save that princess."
...
Inside the cell was the patient, formerly the Fire Nation's Princess, Azula. She sat on the floor inside a straight jacket with her hair down. The cell was empty apart from a bed and there was no lighting at all in the cell. Despite this, she was somehow able to keep whatever sanity was left in her. At the moment, in her right eye, she saw a blue flame reach the door. "Mother?" She said.
Ember raised an eyebrow. "Mother?" As her hair lit the room, it revealed the rest of the cell, as guard helmets scattered around it, while smoke marks stained the stone wall.
Azula's eyes then widened in fear as she got a good look at the ghost. "What are you?!" Azula snapped, as she tried to escape the straight jacket. "Are you a spirit? She sent you, did she? DID SHE?!"
Ember then flew down near Azula. "Calm down! I'm not gonna kill you!" Ember said.
"Then what are you here for?!" Azula snapped.
"To do a job." Ember responded. "I heard you're a pretty good bad guy."
Azula didn't know what to say at this. While she was still startled by the sight of the strangely dressed spirit in front of her, it was still trying to communicate with her. Maybe she had finally lost what little sanity she had left.
"Well?" Ember reminded.
"What exactly do you mean?" Azula asked, deciding to just play along.
Ember groaned in annoyance. "You were like, some princess of a nation, right? Look, I'm with a couple of dipsticks desperate for villains to join them! Now are you in or out?"
Azula could barely believe what was happening right now. The idea that this spirit was offering her freedom gave Azula a sense of joy she hadn't felt for a while. Though she couldn't help but somewhat offended at being called a 'villain' and she still found this situation a little hard to believe. "So let me get get this straight. You, a spirit, came all this way for me, just to recruit me?
"Yeah?" Ember answered.
Azula frowned in thought. A part of her wasn't too keen on serving someone else. It almost felt beneath her. Though, on the other hand, anything would be better than rotting inside a cell. Plus, if the other members of this group was as formidable as this spirit, then there may be some potential in teaming with them. "Very well. I accept your offer. Once you free me from this jacket."
Ember rolled her eyes, as she swung her guitar, chopping Azula free from her restraints. Underneath the jacket, she was in the asylum's usually attire, a red shirt with red pants with a strap around the waist. "Let me make this clear though. I am no villain." Azula stated.
Ember shrugged, not paying Azula's comment much mind. "By the way, it's Ember, I don't go by the name, spirit." She said, as she grabbed Azula and the two took off from the cell.
...
Despite the best efforts of the fire nation guards, Zoe continued to take each of them out. "Vendetta." She shouted upon blasting the last guard in her way before blowing the smoke from her laser.
At that moment, Ember arrived with Azula. "I got the princess, now let's ditch!" After Ember spoke, a handful of guards began to run towards the villains, immediately shooting fire at them.
"Oh, can't these stupidos just give up?!" Zoe groaned, as she dodged the fire thrown at her.
"Surrender the patient!" One of the guards commanded.
"You guards have picked the wrong-"
Before Ember could finish, Azula then turned to the guards, and shot lightning from her hands at them. As the guards were startled, several of them were sent flying back, knocking out the guards behind them, while the rest were instantly knocked out from the lightning. Both Ember and Zoe's eyes then widened in shock at this. "No gratitude is necessary." Azula told them.
"I think I'm gonna like you." A grinning Zoe stated.
"Look, let's get out of here before more of these guards arrive!" Ember said, but she then realized something. "Wait a minute…where's that Crocker?"
"Do we have to rescue him?" Zoe whined.
"Who is this...Crocker?" Azula asked.
"He's our boss." Ember answered. "Or at least he thinks he is."
…
Crocker grunted, as he stepped out of the room with the unconscious guards. "Why do I keep ending up in these places?!" He groaned to himself.
"Halt! Intruder!"
Crocker immediately threw his hands up into the air. "Gah! Don't set me on fire!" He turned to see two guards slowly approaching him, giving him strange looks.
"What bizarre fashion..." One of the guards remarked.
"What?! I'll have you know that this outfit is extremely fashionable with middle aged elementary school teachers!" An offended Crocker ranted.
"Silence!" The other guard snapped. "Who are you? What business have you hear and..." He tilted his head as he noticed something strange. "What in the world is wrong with your ear?"
Before Crocker could answer, an explosion appeared toward the side of the guards, sending them flying towards the wall, knocking them both unconscious. This explosion was caused by Zoe, who flew inside with Ember and Azula. "Thank heavens!" He said, as he then had his eyes on Azula. "Wait, who is this?!"
"Who do you think? It's that princess we came here for!" Ember said.
Crocker examined Azula again. "She's-she's a teenager?!" Crocker exclaimed. "Why do we keep getting the young ones?! I swear, that Karen is WRECKING THIS TEAM!"
Azula raised an eyebrow at Crocker. "This is the Crocker you speak of?" Azula asked, suddenly having second thoughts about this team. "This is your leader?"
"Just roll with it." Ember said.
"If it helps, we don't really listen to anything he says." Zoe added.
"I'm still standing right here!" Crocker barked.
"Just get us out of here!" Ember ordered.
Crocker then took out the remote from his pocket, and opened up a portal.
Azula looked confused and somewhat alarmed at the sight of the portal. "What? You've never seen a portal before?" Ember asked, as she walked through the portal, followed by Zoe and then Crocker, who walked out giving an annoyed glare at Azula.
As the others left, Azula still stood outside of the portal. Everything that just happened felt so sudden to her, and now it appeared she was leaving behind the world she knew all her life. It almost felt like this was to much to take in. "They're this way!" A guard from far away shouted, as a herd of guards headed towards where the portal was.
Of course, any kind of life would be better than rotting here, Azula thought to herself, as she walked through the portal.
...
Crocker, Ember, Zoe and Azula walked into the lair. As Azula walked in, she looked around the small duplex. Already, it beat the cell she was confined to for lord knows how long. Yet, something about the place still felt different to her. "Where have you taken me?" Azula asked.
"Why, you're in our lair, child!" Crocker answered, trying to sound high and mighty.
Ember gave Crocker an odd look. "Why are you talking that?"
"I'm trying to sound impressive!" Crocker snapped.
Azula then turned her head towards the windows, and looked through one of them. Outside, she saw the rest of the block. She noticed that the civilians wore different attire than anyone from her Earth, and every vehicle on the street was small and weren't powered by either animals or benders. Despite things looking different, Azula was surprisingly not at all impressed by this sight. "I presume this world of yours is supposedly more advanced than mine." Azula said.
"I guess." Ember answered, not knowing what she meant.
Azula had plenty of questions, yet she didn't know where to start. However, she knew one thing was for certain: she could not return home. At least not yet. "If I'm supposedly a part of this league, I might as well be informed of what your main goal is." She said.
"What do you mean?" Zoe asked.
"Well, I assume you have a goal of some sort." Azula answered.
The two female villains didn't know how to respond to this. "Well, right now, we're just waiting for one of our guys." Zoe answered.
"Oh yeah, they're busy getting some sandwich recipe." Ember added, rolling her eyes as she said it.
"A sandwich recipe?" Azula repeated, looking at Ember incredulously. "That is your goal?"
"Not ours, just my co-leader!" Crocker corrected. "Besides, we have a goal! IT'S…up for debate right now!"
"So, I'm assuming your answer is none." Azula said.
"Give us a break! We just formed this team!" Crocker snapped. "Wait, what do you know? YOU'RE A CHILD!"
Azula then glared at Crocker before slowly walking towards him, causing him to slowly back away. "Let me make this clear for you, Crocker, I am no mere child. I was once princess to the greatest nation from my world. And one of its most skilled firebenders." She raised her hand before manifesting a small flame. "So if I'm to join your group, you may want to be a little more respectful. Otherwise those ears of yours won't be your only deformity. Understood?"
Crocker sweated as he now had his back up against the wall. He gave her a nervous grin. "C-Crystal!"
Azula put away her flame. "Good." She then smirked as she then started to formulate a plan.
...
Lightning flashed on the top of the giant volcano that Plankton and Mr. Krabs we're currently climbing, slowly stretching their hands or claws towards the rocks above them in agony. At this moment, the two resembled two deranged savages, with blood shot eyes. Yet both were nothing but dedicated to getting the formula. Helicopters surrounded the top of it, as they shined their searchlights on Mr. Krabs and Plankton. Their little chase carried on through the city, with everything completely in flames. Below the volcano were the hundreds of angry civilians and police, as blockades were surrounding the volcano to hold off the mob.
"Perch Perkins here reporting to you live!" The tv anchorman said to the camera. "Occurring at this moment, the two deranged restaurant owners responsible for millions in property damage and sabotaging Tour De Bottom, are on top of Mount Suspenso, fighting over an unlicensed children's toy with a message in a bottle."
Behind the mob of citizens was Karen, who had an annoyed face on her screen. "This couldn't have just ended up with the Chum Bucket exploding." She complained to herself.
At that moment, Spongebob and Patrick casually walked next to Karen, with ice cream cones in their hands. "Hey Karen!" Spongebob greeted. "What's going on?"
"Your boss and my husband are fighting over the formula again." Karen bluntly said.
"WHAT?!" Spongebob shouted. "I gotta help Mr. Krabs!"
"I don't see the need." Karen said, sticking her arm in front of Spongebob.
"Why not?!" Spongebob cried. "The formula is on the line again!"
"I'm sure the formula isn't what's at stake here." Karen said. "This seems more like a personal problem the two are going to have to solve themselves."
Spongebob still felt anxious, as he looked up at Mr. Krabs and Plankton.
…
Kilgore grabbed onto the branch of a skinny leafless tree, dangling what looked like thousands of feet below the lava. Despite being terrified, he still hung onto the formula.
"You really don't know when to stop, don't you Plankton?!" Mr. Krabs barked, as he reached his claw up to another rock, which slipped down towards Plankton, who quickly dodged it. "It doesn't have to be this way!"
"Why can't you just let me win for once?!" Plankton shouted, as he tried to jump onto a rock above him.
"Because it's me formula!" Mr. Krabs groaned, as kicked rocks down on Plankton, which he quickly dodged. "Not! YOURS!"
"It's not yours EITHER!" Plankton argued. "I created that formula and you know it!"
"Why does this even matter to ye now?!" Mr. Krabs growled.
"Because! I am tired! OF! LOSING!" Plankton growled, as thunder roared through the type of the volcano.
Mr. Krabs laughed. "You're one little drama queen, aren't ye?" He mocked. "Well, that's not my problem! I told you before, you made your choice! And to think, we were once friends!" As soon as Mr. Krabs said this, he stopped where he was and so did Plankton. Both looked saddened as soon as the past came back into their heads.
"It...It really didn't have to be this way." Plankton said to himself.
"You know, it really didn't." Mr. Krabs agreed.
Plankton then shook his head. "Then again…I'M GLAD IT DIDN'T!" He shouted, as he threw a rock at Mr. Krabs' back.
"OW!" Mr. Krabs said, as he felt a large click in his back. Mr. Krabs then found a large rock, at least to Plankton's standards, and picked it up. "And I'm glad too!" He shouted, as he dropped the rock on Plankton.
"OUCH!" Plankton cried.
"Stop being such a baby, and accept it: Ye'll never beat me, because I will always be bigger than you! And you'll remain what you've always been: a bum! Nothing, but a bum!" Mr. Krabs then laughed again.
Despite being crushed by a rock, Plankton was still able to hear the whole thing. As Krabs insult got to his head, memories of prior insults from Krabs began to enter his head, followed by the sounds of Vlad and Calamitous bashing him. This was enough for veins to pop out of Plankton's skin. Plankton was furious, and at that moment, it felt like the angriest he has ever been before. Suddenly, the rock Plankton was crushed under began to crack, as underneath it, Plankton was boiled with rage. "GAHHHH!" Plankton shouted, as he started jumping high.
Mr. Krabs was finally under Kilgore on the tree. "BE GONE!" Kilgore shouted. "This formula shall remain secure to-" Before Kilgore finished, Krabs then snapped the tree with his claw, as now Kilgore held onto the tree's branch with his dear life. "Seriously, you are one delusional toy!" Mr. Krabs said, as he reached for the formula.
"YAHHH!" Plankton screamed, as he jumped up and with all his might, struck Mr. Krabs' head, sending him falling to the ground. Mr. Krabs was then startled at Plankton, as his entire body was fully buff, as he looked like he was out for his blood.
"Geez, Plankton! You really don't know when to quit, do you?!" Mr. Krabs said. In response, Plankton wrapped his small hand around Krabs' neck.
"So you think I'm nothing but a BUM, HUH?!" he shouted. "Well, I have had it! Time and time again, I just wanted that formula! I deserve to be serving those patties! I DO! ME! Your life is supposed to be MINE!"
Despite being choked, Mr. Krabs still felt apathetic to any of Plankton's anger. "Seriously, you are one delusional bug." he said.
Plankton then started to drag Mr. Krabs by his legs. "Hey, what are you doing?!" Mr. Krabs cried, sounding startled.
"YOU STOLE MY FORMULA! YOU STOLE MY LIFE!" Plankton shouted.
"AND IF I COULDN'T HAVE IT…then neither will you, anymore!" Plankton then gave one final push to Krabs. "BE BOILED CRAB, KRABS!"
Mr. Krabs gave his final scream, as he was now falling to his demise, in a large pit of lava. Plankton looked down in victory as soon as he heard a splash of lava. However, this feeling of victory suddenly went away as he was quickly overcome with regret. "Wait, what did I just do?" Plankton asked himself.
Lightning struck, as Kilgore gave an evil laugh. "MWA HA HA! You did it! You have slain your enemy! BAH NAH!"
"I can't believe it! I actually incinerated Krabs!" Plankton cried to himself.
"You've accomplished your life's villainous plan!" Kilgore responded. "That's what you've done! Now that formula is all yours!"
"Oh yeah, it is!" Plankton said, happily looking at the bottle. However, as he saw his reflection on it, any joy of having the formula went away. "But was it worth it?"
Kilgore's cheering and joy faded. "Uh, say what?"
"I'm a monster!" Plankton shouted in guilt. "I don't deserve this!"
Kilgore then realized what was going on. "Oh no no no!" Kilgore cried, waving his claws.
"Krabs was my friend, and we could've had a chance to reconcile! But I threw it all away!" Plankton cried.
"Not remorse!" Kilgore whined. "Not the deadly emotion!"
"Maybe Eugene was right. This isn't my formula! I DON'T DESERVE THIS FORMULA!" Plankton cried. At that moment, he threw the formula down into the volcano.
"NOOOO!" Kilgore screamed. Plankton stared at the bottle, with a wide open eye and a tear going down that said eye. In his mind, he felt beyond remorseful. "The Krusty Krab legacy! Has ended!" Plankton sniffed.
Kilgore then growled in anger, as he swung from the branch he was holding onto, and landed near Plankton. "YOU. BRAINLESS! IDIOT!" He shouted. "YOU HAD IT! YOU COULD'VE WON! But you ruined it! YOU THREW IT AWAY! To think I risked my LIFE GUARDING THAT FORMULA! Now it's gone! FOREVER!" Plankton didn't respond as he seemed despondent. "BAH! Let's just get out of here: our first villainous crime: a failure!" Kilgore said. "Besides the one fatality."
However, the two began to hear the sound of something from the volcano. It sounded like something was climbing the volcano, as the two tiny villains turned to see what it was.
The two shrieked as they saw an ash covered claw appear in front of them. The other appeared, only to grab Plankton. "KRABS!" Plankton shrieked, as the claw squeezed him. All Plankton heard out of Mr. Krabs was a dead and agonizing groan. "Please Krabs! I don't know what came over me!" Plankton cried.
The deceased crustacean gave a ghostly m***, which Plankton understood as. " ."
"Please don't throw me over there!" Plankton screamed. "PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!"
"NOOO!" Mr. Krabs groaned. "IIII. SAYYYY. IIIIIIII…" Plankton was absolutely terrified at this point, not knowing what to expect next.
"GOTCHA! EH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!" Krabs arose from the volcano, as he climbed up covered in ash. He also appeared to be out of his shell. While Kilgore felt confused, as Plankton saw this, his pupil shrunk. "WHA?!" He said with his mouth gaping open.
"That's right, Plankton!" Mr. Krabs said. "I got you again! I wasn't expecting ye to crack and end up trying to fry me, but I did it!"
"But but but-I destroyed the formula!" Plankton shouted.
Mr. Krabs laughed harder in response. "The formula? You're pulling my leg!" He laughed. "That wasn't the formula!" Plankton's eye widened as soon as he heard that, as it felt like his mind deflated. "Ye never had it to begin with!"
"WHAT?!" Kilgore cried.
"It was just the deed to Squidward's house!"
Plankton then turned to Kilgore, giving him a very disturbing glare.
"This entire time...you had…A FAKE. FORMULA." He said in a very quiet tone before screaming.
"Don't spin this on me!" Kilgore shouted, feeling anxious. "I followed your orders! You never warned me about the possibility of a fake formula!"
"I really made you crack this time, Plankton! And it was worth it!" Mr. Krabs laughed again, as Plankton gave an angry grunt.
He slipped out of Krabs' grip, and gave a loud scream. "You know what?! YOU KNOW WHAT?!" Plankton screamed before deflating. "I'm calling it a day."
"NO!" Kilgore shouted. "We were utterly humiliated by this crustacean! We shall not LEAVE HIM UN-"
"Shut up!" Plankton shouted.
Kilgore groaned in anger. "You know what?! I am exhausted as well." He said, as he followed Plankton.
"Yep, you better walk away, you little boogers!" Mr. Krabs laughed again.
The two began to slowly walk down the trail around the volcano. "I cannot believe we were inches from death over a puny sandwich recipe!" Kilgore said. "Is this really your life?!"
"You have no idea." Plankton answered, as he looked down.
As the two reached the bottom of the volcano, they walked past the angry crowd, and made it to Karen.
"Are you done?" Karen asked.
"Just take us back to the base, Karen." Plankton commanded. Karen opened a portal, as the computer walked in.
"Say uh, Plankton. Normally I dread doing this but uh..my apologies for what I said to you at the volcano." Kilgore said.
"Just shut up and forget about this." Plankton said, as he walked through the portal.
"I take that as a good sign!" Kilgore said, as he walked through the portal.
Back on top of the volcano, Spongebob rushed up to find Mr. Krabs. "Mr. Krabs!" Spongebob cried out. "Are you okay?! And...where's the formula?"
"Lad, there never was a formula! I tricked Plankton again!" Mr. Krabs laughed.
"Oh." Spongebob then laughed along. "That must've been one trick for Plankton!"
"I know!" Mr. Krabs said, as he began walking down the volcano.
Spongebob's laughing immediately died, as he then saw all of the flames around him. "Wait, what about the town?" Spongebob asked.
...
At that moment, Plankton and Kilgore then returned. While Kilgore looked tired, Plankton was absolutely exhausted, leaving a dust trail as he walked.
"Let me guess: you failed?" Crocker guessed.
"Save it, Crocker!" Plankton whined.
"By the way, the one-eyed one is our other boss." Zoe told Azula.
The princess did not know how to immediately react to this revelation. "This...thing is who you take orders from?"
"Again, just roll with it!" Ember repeated.
"And that other one is allied with you too?" Azula asked, weirded out at the sight of Kilgore.
"Yep." Ember said.
"Who the heck is this?" Plankton asked, as he saw Azula.
"Our newest member, Azula, the prin-"
"Oh, I don't care." Plankton interrupted Crocker, as he jumped onto one of the couches, and laid flat on the pillow, grunting. "By the way, thanks for not being there for me, you freaks!"
"Get a hold of yourself, Plankton!" Crocker snapped. "So you failed at getting the formula again! Big deal! I don't mourn everytime I lose to Turner! Sort of."
"Just why does that putrid Krabs always have to be ONE STEP! AHEAD OF ME!" Plankton whined.
"Why does that sandwich even matter to you so much?" Ember asked.
"Because it does alright?!" Plankton growled. "The Krabby Patty formula has been my life goal! That and I kinda created it, so I kinda want some share of that too!"
Despite Azula not being so fond of Plankton at the moment, in her mind, she decided that this could be the right time to work on earning the team's trust. "What exactly do you mean by that?" Azula asked.
"What do you care?" Plankton asked. "It ain't any of your business!"
"You said you created this formula. Correct?" Azula responded, ignoring her comments.
"Well, sort of. It was an accident, but it was MY accident!" Plankton said. "And then that Krabs kinda...went with that accident."
"So, this formula, was yours to begin with, and this Krab you speak of, took it from your hands?" Azula asked.
"Well yeah I guess-look why do you even care?" Plankton asked. "You're probably like the rest of these fools! You wouldn't even bother to get the formula!"
Azula smirked. "Well then, it sounds like you're the rightful owner of this formula. And I suppose as a member of this group of yours, it's in my best interest to help you get it."
Plankton looked up. "Wait, really?"
"Of course. If you can send me to wherever this Krab is then I promise you, I will return with your formula."
"You're probably gonna need a helmet." Karen advised.
This caught Azula off guard. "Did this machine just speak to me?"
...
For Squidward, it was another typical, boring day, working at the Krusty Krab as he stood behind the cash register. That was until Princess Azula stepped into the restaurant. Squidward started to get nervous as she approach him with a serious expression on her face. "I'm looking for a...Mr. Krabs." Azula said, feeling somewhat silly saying his name.
Squidward sweated as he nervously pointed towards the door to Mr. Krabs' office. Azula slowly walked over to it before suddenly kicking the door down. "What the?!" Mr. Krabs exclaimed. "Who in the name of Neptune of you?"
Azula smirked. "You have something that doesn't rightfully belong to you." She extended her hand. "The formula. Give it now."
Mr. Krabs glared at Azula. "What?! You'll never get your hands...on me...formula..." Mr. Krabs started to get nervous as Azula slowly stepped towards him, a deranged look in her eyes.
Then, faster than he could see, she grabbed his shirt, picking up and slamming him against the wall. "You have no idea who you're dealing with here." Azula threatened. "If you know what's good for you, you will hand over that formula. Oh, and don't even try to give me a fake. It will be the last mistake you will ever make."
Mr. Krabs could only shiver and sweat in fear as he stared wide eyed at Azula. He had never been as terrified as he was at this moment.
...
Plankton blinked in surprise as Azula and Karen returned. "That was fast."
"Here. Your formula. It's yours." Azula said, handing the formula over to Plankton.
Plankton stared at the formula in shock, barely believing that he was holding it. "Y...You're serious?"
Azula smirked and nodded. "But of course."
"This is really the real thing?"
"It better be. If that Krabs knew what was good for him."
Plankton stared at the formula for another moment before quickly taking it out of the bottle and unfolding it. "I can't believe it..." He started laughing. "I can't believe this is really happening! The Krabby Patty secret formula is finally MINE!"
...Yeah...that happened. Next time, the villains get to interact with a certain Hispanic family. See you soon.