Here's the next chapter of Nicktoons: World of the Crazies" Last time, Danny and Timmy were taken in by Alternate SpongeBob and told all about the terrible fate of the alternate world. What more surprises await them?

Enjoy…

Chapter 5: A Day in the Life of a Doppelganger

The next morning, after spending the night in the home of this universe's SpongeBob SquarePants, Danny and Timmy were still sleeping in the single bed inside the room Alternate SpongeBob let them sleep in.

The two Nicktoons snored in their sleep, sprawled over the bed until the bedroom door suddenly slammed open with Alternate SpongeBob standing there with a large grin on his face.

"GOOD MORNING!" he shouted in SpongeBob's usual happy tone.

"AAAHH!" Danny and Timmy both screamed as they sat up with Timmy falling over onto the hardwood floor.

"Oh, sorry," Alternate SpongeBob said with a sheepish smile. "Didn't mean to startle you."

Danny's eyes soon adjusted and he looked at Alternate SpongeBob, first noticing his long autumn-red hair, and remembering he was in a different universe. He suddenly looked down and frowned sadly.

Timmy then stood up and rubbed his sore head. "Well, that just proves he's just like the real SpongeBob."

"Come on, you guys." Alternate SpongeBob urged. "We have a lot to do today."

"Alright, we'll be right there." Danny responded.

Once Alternate SpongeBob walked out of the room and shut the door behind him, Danny got out of bed and said to Timmy, "Well, while we're with the other SpongeBob, we might as well try to find a way back to the real world."

"How are we supposed to do that?" Timmy asked. "You remember what Jimmy said, if we come here to another universe, we can never come back since our recallers don't work here."

"Oh yeah," Danny said uncomfortably. "I remember that. But he also said that if there was another Portal Machine we can go back."

"But the only Portal Machine that can possibly exist in this universe is the one the Alternate Jimmy Neutron has, and you didn't forget what he did to us and all the things Alternate SpongeBob told us."

"I know, I know." Danny quickly responded. "But if SpongeBob is really the hero he says he is, then maybe he could help us get back into Jimmy's lab without him ever knowing we were there."

"I guess that could work." Timmy said with a nod. "But don't you remember what Alternate SpongeBob said?"

"I know…" Danny answered uncomfortably with his hand covering part of his face. "That's what I'm still trying to work out."

Later on, Timmy, Danny, the fairies, and Alternate SpongeBob leave his house and look out on the streets to see it was just the way they remember it was yesterday; dark, gloomy, and nearly empty.

"Is it always like this?" Danny asked Alternate SpongeBob.

"Why, of course." Alternate SpongeBob answered. "Without me around, things would be a lot worse."

As they walked down the sidewalk, Danny looked at Timmy and nodded. Timmy also nodded in response and he looked at Alternate SpongeBob. "Uh, hey…SpongeBob?" he asked nervously. "About that thing you told us yesterday, about…you-know-who. Is it possible that he would be able to find us?"

Alternate SpongeBob turned to him with a frown on his face. "Yes," he solemnly answered as he took out what looked like a gun. "I'm gonna take care of that now."

He aimed it at the two, which caused Timmy and Danny to scream and hold each other in fright.

But when Alternate SpongeBob pulled the trigger, instead of bullets like they expected, a bunch of bubbles shot out and flew over their heads.

They heard sparks of electricity from behind them and they turn to see a broken video camera on the top of the wall, shorted out by the bubble liquid.

Danny turned to Alternate SpongeBob and asked, "What was that all about?"

"Those are surveillance cameras created by Neutron himself." Alternate SpongeBob explained. "If it caught you, then he would be able to locate you faster than you can say, 'busted'."

"Wow," Timmy said as he rubbed the back of his head. "Thanks, I guess."

"No problem." Alternate SpongeBob said in a cheery tone and smile. "Come on, we're almost there."

When Alternate SpongeBob continued walking forward, Danny immediately turned to Timmy and whispered, "I told you there was something really off about him."

"What?" Timmy asked with a shrug. "He just saved our lives."

"In the most weirdest way possible." Danny pointed out. "Can you ever imagine the real SpongeBob doing something like that?"

"Well…no." Timmy admitted. "But this is supposed to be an alternate dimension. Everyone is different…in this case, SpongeBob's much cooler."

"'Cooler'?" Danny questioned, looking annoyed. "Okay, I admit, he is, but that's not the point. Where is he even taking us? He could be taking us someplace dangerous for all we know."

Timmy just stared at Danny, looking slightly annoyed. "What's your problem? You've been saying stuff about Alternate SpongeBob ever since we met him, and even when he told us what he's doing here."

"Well…" Danny said in a nervous tone. "This is a different universe. So, we should at least try to be careful."

"I think Danny may have a point, sport." Wanda said. "We still don't know too much of what this universe is like so we should be careful." Then she smiled and looked toward Alternate SpongeBob. "Even though SpongeBob does have amazing hair."

Cosmo just frowned again and said, "Haven't you heard? Green is the new red, baby."

As the three walked down the sidewalk, Alternate SpongeBob stopped and waved off with a smile. "Hey there, Denzel!"

Danny and Timmy look ahead to see Alternate SpongeBob talking to Mr. Crocker, who was getting in his van. They prepare for a fight, but Wanda extended her paw and pointed forward.

Crocker noticed the sponge and waved back, "Ah, hello there, Mr. SquarePants. I'm just off to my teaching job which I totally love. Have a super-riffic day."

After he drove off, Danny just stared dumbfounded. "That was Mr. Crocker?"

"He didn't spaz out, and he's actually happy." Timmy noticed, equally confused. "How do you know him anyway?"

"We've met before." Alternate SpongeBob answered. "A couple months ago, Neutron's army invaded his school and attempted to take more test subjects. I came and defeated practically every robot that came to capture all the innocent school children and faculty there."

"You did that all by yourself?" Timmy asked in amazement.

"Yeah huh," Alternate SpongeBob nodded excitedly. "I kept everyone safe and the plans for capture were a failure…almost."

Danny noticed Alternate SpongeBob's sudden sadness and he pushed to ask, "What do you mean 'almost'?"

"There…there was one that I couldn't save: a kid." Alternate SpongeBob answered sadly. "And like I said before, going into Neutron's base, I could never break anyone out."

"I'm sorry." Timmy said in sympathy.

"It's okay." Alternate SpongeBob said, smiling a bit. "I know that one day; I'll get in and save everyone there."

"Who was the kid that got captured?" Danny wanted to know.

"I don't know." Alternate SpongeBob answered with a shrug. "Never caught his name."

"Was there anyone named Timmy Turner there?" Timmy asked in excitement. "He has to be the alternate me."

"Sorry, but I don't know anyone named Timmy Turner." Alternate SpongeBob mentioned with a smile. "You're the first one I've met."

Timmy seemed disappointed while Danny stared down at him. But Alternate SpongeBob just turned around and said, "Come on, fellas, let's go."

When he walked away, Timmy turned to Danny and said, "I guess we really don't know each other in this universe."

"That kinda explains a lot." Danny replied. "But who knows what you could be like in this universe. You could be evil like Jimmy."

"Or evil like you?" Timmy asked with a sly smile.

"I'm not evil." Danny replied with a frown. "Just because a couple people ran away from me yesterday, it doesn't mean I'm evil here." Then he looked ahead and spotted someone familiar. "Hey Kwan!" he greeted with a smile and wave.

Once the Alternate Kwan spotted him from the other sidewalk, he screamed in fear and covered his eyes. "Don't hurt me! I'm not staring at you!" then he continued screaming and ran away.

Danny just stood there dumbfounded, while Timmy chuckled, "Guess you're a jerk who turns people into stone when they look at you."

Danny glared at him and replied, "That still doesn't prove anything."

"Well, you never know," Timmy said as he continued to smile. "He or the Alternate Jimmy could turn up at any moment."

But right after he said that, something tied around Timmy and pulled him away as he screamed.

"Timmy!" Danny and the fairies both screamed, catching Alternate SpongeBob's attention.

Timmy was pulled back onto the ground with the rope glowing and sparking with electricity that seemed to be shocking Timmy a bit. At the end of the rope was a figure dressed in a blue robe with a long collar covering his face. On the middle of the collar seemed to be a blue atom symbol button.

Danny noticed this and glared. "So, you're back." He grunted as he changed into ghost form. "Let's have a chat to catch up."

The figure looked up to see Danny and Alternate SpongeBob about to charge. "You save Timmy." Alternate SpongeBob told Danny. "I'll take care of the kidnapper."

"Okay, but…" Danny tried to say, but Alternate SpongeBob already charged off.

Before he knew it, he saw Alternate SpongeBob run at fast speed, almost like a ninja, and he ran up the wall and ricochet off as he pulled out what looked like a small shell and flung it off toward the figure, and it hit his hand, causing him to let go of the rope as he pummeled into him and they rolled on the ground.

Danny stared awestruck as this until he heard Timmy screaming from the pain of the shock the rope emitted.

"Oh man," Danny soon remembered and ran toward his friend. "Hang on, Timmy."

He ran forward and fired an ecto-beam from his finger-tip and it hit the electric rope, cutting it in half and freeing Timmy as he fell to the ground.

"Timmy," Danny asked as he leaned down and held him up. "You okay?"

Timmy opened his eyes and groaned, "Oh…What happened?" then he winced and held his arm.

Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof appear in front of them. "Here, Timmy," Wanda said as Cosmo makes a green box appear. "Have some of our medicine."

They open it and sparkles of dust fly out of it and land on Timmy as he smiles and stretched.

"Ah, that's much better." Timmy said with a calm sigh, and then turns to Danny. "By the way, where's Alternate SpongeBob."

To answer his question, they turn to see the figure that attacked, hunched over and growling like a mad dog as he lunged toward Alternate SpongeBob, who did not look intimidated and just swiftly side-stepped and punched the figure down in the back of the head.

Alternate SpongeBob turned around and walked toward Danny and Timmy. "Phew," he said, wiping his forehead. "Glad to see you're alright, Timmy."

But the figure than got up, still hunched over and snarling even more before running toward Alternate SpongeBob again as he growled.

Danny noticed this and prepared an ecto-beam. "SpongeBob, look out!"

But before he could fire, Alternate SpongeBob narrowed his eyes and turned around, grabbing the figure's arm and pushing him to the ground, restraining both his arms. Danny and Timmy stared at him, agape.

"Has SpongeBob always been that cool?" Timmy asked Danny.

"Danny!" Alternate SpongeBob shouted in a demanding voice. "Show us who this assassin is."

"Uh…right." Danny quickly got up and ran toward Alternate SpongeBob and the restrained figure. "Although, I already have an idea." He grabbed the figure's collar. "Tell us what you want, Jim…" but once he yanked it off, it was not Alternate Jimmy in the robe, but the Alternate Sheen Estevez. "…een, Sheen!"

But he wasn't like the real Sheen he knew. This Sheen had sharp fangs instead of teeth and sharp claws on his fingers, and yellow eyes instead of brown.

"Oh, my gosh!" Timmy shouted in excitement. "It's the Alternate Sheen!"

"You know this guy?" Alternate SpongeBob asked the two as he kept Alternate Sheen restrained.

"Sorta," Danny answered. "If you let him go, maybe we can talk to him."

"Alright," Alternate SpongeBob reluctantly agreed. "But he better not try anything funny."

After Alternate SpongeBob let him go, Alternate Sheen continued to snarl as he backed away from the group.

"Sheen," Danny began cautiously saying as he slowly tried to approach. "We know you don't know us, but please tell us who did this to you."

Alternate Sheen momentarily stopped snarling and smirked as he showed his sharp teeth. "It was Jimmy of course. What do you think?" he answered in a hissing voice.

Timmy gasped in shock. "Oh man, are you serious? Sheen, come with us! You don't have to go back and let Jimmy keep doing this to you!"

Alternate Sheen growled again and replied, "Why would I do that? I like it this way! I'm covered in hair and I walk on four legs! And as long as I obey Neutron's every command, he can make me cooler!"

The fairies looked at each other, and Danny and Timmy did the same with each other. Then he began to approach the group on all fours again. "Now I just gotta do this one thing and I'll make Jimmy really happy."

As Danny and Timmy stood there in shock, Alternate SpongeBob suddenly got in front of them and held his cooking fork. "One more step and I'll skin you alive." He said with a glare.

At this, Alternate Sheen stopped in place and took a step back. He then growled and said, "You win this round."

He then ran away as Alternate SpongeBob slumped and sighed in relief. "Oh Poseidon, that was a close call. You guys okay?"

"Uh…yeah, we're fine." Danny answered in an unsure tone. "We handle that kind of stuff all the time."

"Though that was beyond anything we've ever dealt with before." Timmy added as he looked to see a scared Poof hiding his face into Wanda.

"Well, I gotta admit, you guys are pretty tough for something called a Pickpoon." Alternate SpongeBob pointed out.

"Nicktoon." Danny corrected dully.

"Hey, I know what'll cheer you guys up." Alternate SpongeBob said with a smile. "How about we go where I always go after a successful mission like this? The Krusty Kocktail!"

When Alternate SpongeBob ran off and Danny and Timmy were supposed to follow him, the two boys couldn't help but stare at each other in shock as they both repeated, "The Krusty what?"