I'm back! Sorry about the long wait again; I was busy with school-related things. But here's the latest chapter of my tale. This one switches to different places too, so try to keep up! I hope it's not confusing! :)

Back in the Hallway of the 14th Floor...

SpongeBob was still huddled behind the potted plant when Patrick returned.

"Patrick, what were you thinking? Your song wasn't going to help him sleep! Don't you understand that he wants to be left alone?" SpongeBob scolded his friend.

"Don't worry, SpongeBob. He wasn't mad at all. In fact, he was so happy that he asked me to give him the phone so he could call someone!" Patrick smiled.

"Uhh... how did that show he was happy?" The sponge questioned.

"Well, he asked so politely, I figured he wanted to tell somebody how happy he was!" Patrick replied.

"Ok..." His friend said skeptically. He stretched a little and proceeded toward the employee staircase/escalator when Patrick pulled him back.

"Wait! I got another idea!"

"Oh, not again..." SpongeBob thought. He sighed.

"What is it?"

"Instead of taking the stair-scalator, how about we look around in the hotel room next door to our guest's?" Patrick suggested eagerly.

"Hmm...maybe later, Pat. I'm going to count the sesame seeds in the kitchen on the top floor." SpongeBob told him (he knew what Patrick meant by "stair-scalator," if you were wondering). Patrick glanced at his watch which had suddenly appeared on his wrist (how convenient).

"But it's not 3AM..." Patrick argued.

"Uhh... well, I'm going to check them anyway. See you later!" SpongeBob disappeared into the stairwell.

"ESCALATORS!" SpongeBob shouted as he ascended to The Krusty Krab replica on top of The Krusty Towers. Patrick grabbed a key out of the pocket of his uniform and unlocked the suite next to the Strangler's. It was completely identical. He noticed the radio on the night table and giggled.

"Yay, music!"

In Tattletale's Room...

Tattletale had just fallen back into a relaxing, deep sleep. He was snoring loudly. Just as everything was serene and lovely, music started playing in the next suite. It was low at first, but it got progressively louder over time (in other words, 5 seconds). The Strangler came out of his slumber and frowned. He reached over to the telephone and dialed the front desk again.

At the Front Desk...

Squidward heard the phone ring. This time, he used a long pole with grippers at the end to answer it. He stood against the wall opposite to where the phone was.

"Hello!?" Squidward called. He rose his voice high enough for the person on the other end to hear him.

"LISTEN, SQUIDWARD! IF YOU DON'T STOP THAT RACKET IN THE ROOM NEXT TO ME RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!" The Strangler screamed into the receiver.

Squidward, thinking that Tattletale was going to take care of the noise by himself, said, "Go ahead, then!" The Strangler seemed to pause for a moment. While Squidward waited for a response, Tattletale burst through the closed elevator doors and punched him in the face again. He turned and stormed back into the broken elevator and vanished. Squidward was leaning against the wall and was still holding the phone when the Strangler spoke again.

"SO, ARE YOU GOING TO STOP IT NOW?"

"Okay, okay!" Squidward quickly hung up and pressed the button for the hotel speakers again.

"SPONGEBOB, GO TO THE FOURTEENTH FLOOR AND QUIET PATRICK DOWN!" It didn't take a genius to guess that that it was Patrick who was making all the noise.

Upstairs...

SpongeBob was at sesame seed number 2,753,522 when Squidward called. The sponge scrawled the number he was at onto an order ticket and ran to the escalator again. Although he was rushing to the 14th floor, he managed to shout "ESCALATORS!" on the way down. He sprinted to their guest's hotel room first. He opened the door slightly.

"Not to worry, sir! I'll quiet him!" SpongeBob shut the door and entered the suite next to him. Inside, Patrick was singing along to the song that was playing. SpongeBob turned it off.

"Patrick, you have to be quiet! What part of the word 'quiet' do you not understand?!"

"Uhh.." Patrick drooled. SpongeBob let out an annoyed sigh.

"What song were you listening to, anyway?"

"'The Goofy Goober Theme Song'..." Patrick answered with a smirk.

"Well, no matter what song it is, you shouldn't-" SpongeBob started. "Wait, did you say 'The Goofy Goober Theme Song'?!" He turned the radio back on full blast.

Back in the Strangler's Room...

Tattletale had heard the music stop and was about to go back to sleep when it suddenly blasted in the other room. The only words he could hear above the music were "GOOFY GOOFY GOOBER GOOBER, YEAH!" He reluctantly got out of bed and rolled up his sleeves. He headed to the elevator.

In the Lobby (Again)...

"Mr. Krabs, I'm taking my vacation, now!" Squidward was standing in front of his boss's desk in the office of The Krusty Towers. Mr. Krabs glared at him.

"You can't take it now! We're doing a favor for me old Grandpa Redbeard and you are going to stay until he gets back, understand?" The crab stated firmly.

"But Mr. Krabs, just look at me!" Squidward pointed to his black eyes (one of them was darker than the other due to Tattletale's latest attack). Mr. Krabs squinted to examine him.

"Yeah, you don't look so good. Let me see." He scuttled around the desk and looked him over from head to toe.

"Hmm... what is it? Aha!" Mr. Krabs reached up and straightened Squidward's hat.

"There we go, good as new!" Mr. Krabs pushed his employee out of the office.

"Now, get back to work!" The door slammed shut.

At that instant, Tattletale exited the elevator and marched over to Squidward. He dived behind the counter, grabbed a random knight helmet from behind it, and put it on just before the Strangler reached him. Tattletale simply lifted the face mask and punched Squidward yet again. As usual, he went back to the guest-only elevator with the busted doors and returned to his room, leaving Squidward with two darker black eyes.

At least Squidward's eyes are matching again... ;) If anyone reading this story is starting to feel bad for Squidward, don't worry! He only needs to get through one more chapter and then he can go to the hospital to recover. :) The final chapter might be a little shorter than the other ones because I'll be wrapping things up, but keep checking for it (the next post will be on or before May 3rd). Don't forget to review and favorite! Oh, and the thing about the sesame seeds at 3AM is a reference to the episode "Just One Bite" when Squidward gets caught trying to sneak into the Patty Vault. ;D