Years had passed, since they'd last seen their father, and they seemed to be doing fine, Bessy smiled down at her young son as she straightened his collar, first day of school, and she wanted him to be just perfect, sure the outfit was a little warn, handed down from his older brother, Samuel who was five years older than him.
"Ya go ta school and make ma ma proud, ya hear? Show em all how smart ya are." she said as she rubbed the back of his head, "oop, there's tha bus." she smiled as she escorted him to the door where she called out for her other son, "Samuel! Tha bus is ere!" she shouted into the next room where an older crab came running out, grabbing his bag and lunch bag from his mother before he kissed her cheek.
"Thanks ma." he said, and she smiled, "I excect ya ta keep an eye out fer yer brother, ya hear?" she asked, having Sam look down at his little brother and sigh, "Yes ma'am." he said before he kissed her again.
"Come on, Eugene." he said as he held his claw out to him, and his brother laughed as he followed after.
"Bubba?" Eugene looked at him as he'd sat down in a seat of his own friends, "Go sit somewhere else, this seats taken." Sam spat as he traded a card for two more, "You can sit here." he heard a familiar voice, an all too familiar voice.
"Hey, Sheldon." he smiled as he sat down next to the green copepod who held out his hand, "Candy?" he offered, and Eugene gasped, taking the sweet treat from him, it wasn't everyday that you were given a sweet, sure, his mother would get him and his brother something every now and again whenever she had the money for it, but it wasn't often.
Eugene gasped as he stepped off the bus and looked up at the building before he turned to his friend, "Come on, Krabs, let's get inside before they do." Sheldon said as he'd jumped on his shoulder.
For the first year of school, everything seemed to be going alright, with his big brother around, no one dared to pick on him or his friend, well, unless it was his brother and his friends, who would occasionally pick on them like big brothers usually did, by calling him a big baby, a mama's boy, who wears diapers to bed and who sucked his thumb when he was a baby.
Other than that, yes, everything had seemed like it was going alright, up until a year later.
"Ma?" Eugene called into the kitchen as he searched for his mother who couldn't be found, he'd done checked the living room, and the washing area, where a pile of half folded clothes were stacked on a shelf.
"Mommy?" he called as he made his way to her room and seen his brother, Sam, standing in front of the cracked door, he went to call out to him but Sam hushed him and gestured for him to come over and be quite.
The boys stood behind the closed door, picking up on the sound of their mother crying, "Sammy, why's-" "Shh." he shushed him before he pushed the door open, "Ma?" he called to her, and she sat up, wiping her eyes, not wanting to cry in front of her boys.
"H, hey boys." she waved as she stood up, dropping a letter on the floor, "Ya boys hungry?" she asked, and they looked at each other, "Come on, lads." she said as she walked out of the room.
"Sammy?" Eugene softly spoke as he'd picked up the letter, which he grabbed, tears filled the older crab's eyes before he crumbled it up, he then ran out of the room to confront his mother.
"Dads dead?" he asked her as he entered the kitchen where she was standing by the stove, where she hadn't even began to cook, she lifted her head and looked at him, tears still in her eyes, and he walked over to her, he couldn't be mad at her, instead he wrapped his arms around her and they began to cry into each other.
A crowd surrounded around a black casket, covered with the country's flag, Bessy sniffled, wiping her eyes free of tears while she held her boys close to her, Eugene stared out at the casket as they cleared the flowers and flag from the top of the casket to lower it down into the ground.
Eugene looked up as a man, his grandfather, Grandpappy, stepped up to them, looking down at the boys before looking at their mother, "i'm so sorry, las." he said as he handed her the folded flag before he brought her in for a hug, he'd just lost his son, but he couldn't cry, he was a pirate, and pirates can't cry, he then looked down at the two boys.
"Stop yer cryin." he ordered them, "Sailors don't cry, yer father wouldn't want ya ta cry, he'd want yas ta smile, and take care of yer mother." he said, shaking his head, they were so young, the youngest being six and the oldest, was eleven.
He then looked at the oldest who glared up at him, "Ya be strong lad, don't do anythin stupid, ya hear?" he said as he pointed at him, "Yer tha man of the house now, and yer ta take care of mother and yer little brother." he said, and Sam just looked down.
Grandpappy then looked down at Eugene who was still speechless about the whole thing, he then sighed, rubbing the top of his head, before he grabbed his claw and placed something in it.
Eugene stared down at the golden pocket watch that had been given to him, he then looked up at his grandfather, "Time heals, I was gonna give that to me son when I came home but- I took too long." he said before he hugged him.
"Take care, me lad." he said before he soluted his daughter-in-law, he then turned around and walked away to return to the sea.
Eugene stared down at the pocket watch as he sat in class, tears forming in his eyes as the hand kept ticking. Sheldon then picked his head up from the paper that they were doing, he looked down at the watch before he looked up at his face, his lip quivered by seeing him this way.
"I'm sorry, Eugene." he spoke, and the crab shook his head, "I didn't really even know him, he left when I was a baby, but still I-" he stopped as he began to cry in his hands. Plankton turned his head towards the class as some of the kids had turned and started to snicker, calling him a weak cry baby, not that they understood what it was like to lose someone.
It was hard at home, their lives had fallen apart, two years after the death of their father, they'd lost their house, and was forced to move to an old shack in the middle of the dump, she worked three jobs that could barely keep them in the place they were living now, which they rented off of Ol' man jenkins who gave it to them for a cheap price.
Sam, his older brother, had dropped out of middle school, because back then, school didn't matter, it wasn't important, he'd tried to work a little, doing yard service, and delivering news paper, but things had gotten to him, seeing his mother with that crusty old man, whenever she couldn't afford to pay for that months rent or, to buy them clothes.
He couldn't stay, not in a place like that, he had to get out, and so, that left just Eugene, and his mother.
Eugene grunted as he was pushed against a locker by some kid, the boy laughed as he got a look at his clothes, "Is that a new style, what is it, is it the new, dubster look?" he questioned as he tugged at Eugene's shirt, causing a small part of it to rip, "Heh, this stuff is falling to shreds, looks more like a used rag then a shirt."
"Hold on, I just thought of somethin, that's what we'll call you, Rag boy." the boy laughed before Plankton jumped up and tried to push him away, threatening to end the boys miserable existence. Eugene stood up, "Hey!" Sheldon shouted as the boy flicked him into Eugene, Sheldon then growled.
"How Dare you!" he shouted before he pulled up a little laser gun that he'd randomly had in his pocket somewhere, "Now, Sheldon." Eugene called, "Don't do anythin stupid, this kids not worth our time, ya shouldn't waste yer inventions on him." and Plankton growled, "One day, Eugene, they'll all pay, you'll see, they'll worship the ground we walk on." he said and Eugene smiled at the thought before the boy just laughed and flicked him to the ground before stepping on him.
"Hey!" Eugene shouted as he attempted to shove the boy off his friend, the kid shook his head, "See ya later rag boy, and bug boy." he waved as he walked away, Eugene sighed as he bent down to scoop Sheldon up.
"Owe." he groaned, "I don't know why ya got ta get in tha way like that." he said, and Sheldon rolled his eyes, "It's no big deal, you're by friend, by only friend, my best friend, and what kind of friend would I be if I didn't step up when I seen something like that?" he questioned as he returned back to normal, rubbing his head.
"I swear one day, Eugene, they'll pay for everything, it's just a matter of time, and when that day comes, we'll be able to walk all over them, and teach them to laugh at us." he said, and Eugene smiled, "Sounds like a great plan." he agreed.
"Hey, I've got an idea, you wanna come over later?" Sheldon asked, and Eugene smiled, "Of course." "Great, we can stop by that one burger joint on the way too." he said, and Eugene nodded as they left for class.
"What are those dorks doing here?" asked Big Johnny as the two losers from school walked into the yard, as if they owned the joint, in the process of walking towards the front, Stinky's face had changed to several expressions, as if these kids thought they could just walk in here, and order a burger that could possibly put him out of business, not really knowing that in the next few decades, one of them would out rule them all in fast food business.
"Do you two got kelp for brains?" Stinky asked, and the two of them looked at each other before looking back at the cook, "Don't ya understand? If you Yahoos keep comin around, you'll drive away all the normal customers. I've worked too long and hard to make this a Li-spectacle business!" he shouted in their faces shortly before his watch went off, a limo full of cash had pulled up, "Now, if you excuse me." he said as he left for the vehicle.
"Did you see that!" Plankton gasped, "Did you see that fat stack of loot!" Eugene gasped before looking at his friend, "I bet, someone came up with a more delicious burger, we'd be at the top of the food chain!"
"I know, what if, WE came up with a better burger?" Plankton suggested, "That's a great idea!" Eugene shouted, "We'll work together, once we snag their taste buds, we'll rule the world!"
As most of us had seen, we all know how well this went for them, the idea sounded great, but, maybe it did at first, and it was, but in the end, the two friends had split. Eugene had become the most popular kid at school, selling his burgers left to right for almost two bucks each, even in the halls, to kids and even the teachers, Rag boy, was now changed to Mr. Krabs.
While, Plankton, his old friend, stood back in anger, watching as the greedy crab gained all their trust, and money, leaving him behind to deal with being squashed, so he thought, if Eugene wasn't going to help him rule the world as they'd planned, he'd make it happen himself, even if that meant he'd have to spend the next few years trying to steal the formula.
Eugene would occasionally glance at his old friend who'd be either, digging in his locker, or walking down the hall, their eye(s) would meet, the smile on one Eugene's face would face, expressing his sorrow, the memory of the two of them was still embedded in his mind, at all the fun times that they had growing up, thinking that they'd grow old together, and rule the world together, but, it all vanished in that one fight.
Eugene sighed as he turned back to his line of customers as Plankton started to walk away, seemingly to the science lab.
In the next, two years, Eugene seemed to be pretty busy, selling his burgers, when Elementary had finished, and his grandpappy the pirate came and paid him a visit at his fifth grade graduation.
Talking about how much fun the open sea was, and all the adventure that was out there, and how school was just a waste of time, and being like his brother, he'd quit going to school and went with his grandfather.
He turned around at the harbor, looking out for his mother who waved to him, tears in her eyes, it'd be years until they'd be able to see eachother again, Eugene had entrusted his secret formula with his mother to sell the burgers in his absence to keep this recipe a family secret.
When he looked back, he couldn't help but to notice a little green bug, standing on a pole, watching as he left, tears filled his eyes, maybe he should go over to him, and, apologize, but with a claw around his shoulder, he turned around to look at his grandfather.
"Wipe them tears, son, this is a man's ship, and men don't cry, ya got that?" he said and Eugene nodded, he glanced back towards where he'd last seen sheldon, but, when he looked, he was gone, Eugene sighed, it was all in the past, maybe this was meant to be.
With that, he closed his eyes, straightened his posture and boarded the ship, leaving behind all that he knew for a newer life, as a sailor, it was in his blood after all.
Yeah, sorry for the boring chapter and all, and all the jumping around, I didn't really want to drag this out any longer then I had to, and most of his life had started at this point on