Here's the next chapter of The Yellow Avenger. This is where it starts to get violent…LoL, just kidding…a bit. Last time SpongeBob said he quit being a superhero even though he knows Plankton is crushing Bikini Bottom. Find out if he gets his self-esteem back in this chapter.
Chapter 9: The Masked Sponge Returns
The now giant Plankton was still rampaging through Bikini Bottom, knocking down buildings and blowing up anything in his path.
"You know, the best part about being ruler of the world is…" Plankton was saying, "Crushing the enemies who crushed me!"
Plankton laughed as he pushed down a building while the Bikini Bottomites ran away screaming.
Meanwhile, SpongeBob was sadly walking down the street in his Masked Sponge outfit while holding his mask in his hand. Some people were running past him while they screamed, but didn't seem to notice him.
"I don't know what I was thinking." SpongeBob said to himself sadly as he continued walking. "Becoming a superhero was a stupid idea. I must've been so blinded by the fun I was having as a hero that I didn't realize I was doomed to failure."
Then he stopped in front of the window of a comic book store and stared at some of the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy comics that were on display.
"I guess I'll never be as good as Mermaid Man, Super Fish, Jellyfish Boy, or any of those other superheroes." SpongeBob sighed as he looked at the ground. "I better just go change out of my dumb costume and go back to being normal."
"With great power comes great responsibility!" Mermaid Man's voice called out, and SpongeBob turned around to see a picture of Mermaid Man on a comic book cover that was on display in the comic store window.
"I know that!" SpongeBob cried at the window. "That's why I'm giving it up!"
Then, the Mermaid Man picture on the comic book cover suddenly began to talk to him, "Never give up your duties even when things look horrid!"
SpongeBob pressed his face against the glass and asked the picture, "Are you sure, Mermaid Man?"
"I don't know, son." The picture responded. "I'm just the voice in your imagination reminding you about what I said earlier and…what DID I say earlier?"
However, SpongeBob still had a sad look as he turned around and sulked. He didn't seem to notice the debris from buildings that were almost falling on him, and were most likely coming from Plankton who was blowing things up with his atomic eye. Then SpongeBob looked at the mask in his hand, and stared at it for a while.
As SpongeBob stared at his mask, he started to narrow his eyes in determination and grab the end of the mask with his other hand, and then tied it around his eyes like it was before. SpongeBob then smiled with a heroic pose, now back as the Masked Sponge.
"Masked Sponge!" Patrick called out as he ran up to the superhero. "There you are, Masked Sponge. Me and SpongeBob were looking everywhere for you."
"There's no need to, Patrick." The Masked Sponge boldly responded. "I've thought a lot about all of this and I've realized that being a superhero means you can't turn your back on anyone in need, because Mermaid Man didn't and neither will I. Everyone believes in me, and I can't be the one to let them down. Not today, not tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, or the day after that, or next week, or-"
"AAAAAHHH!" a voice screamed out as SpongeBob turned to see Plankton crushing a building as he laughed.
SpongeBob smiled excitedly. "And that's my cue to go."
When the Masked Sponge zoomed off, Patrick waved goodbye as he said, "Man, I wish SpongeBob could've seen this."
Plankton continued to stomp through the city and gleefully caused more destruction. "You can forget about your pathetic superhero coming to the rescue!" he shouted. "He's no more!"
"You're all wrong about that!" Sandy's voice called out while she was on top of a building. "The Masked Sponge is a real hero through and through!"
Plankton turned to Sandy and glared. "Who asked you, rodent?"
He then shot his atomic eye at the building she was on as she jumped in the air and dodged the blast. But there was nowhere to land, and Sandy was about to fall to the hard ground below. While Sandy screamed, she was suddenly caught in the air by someone.
Sandy opened her eyes to see she was caught by the Masked Sponge, who was swinging on a grappling hook. "You!" she said in shock.
SpongeBob chuckled. "Glad to see you too."
While the Masked Sponge and Sandy swung by Plankton, he gasped in shock. "What?! You're here?!"
Plankton growled angrily and shot a beam at the Masked Sponge's grappling hook, cutting it in half, causing the two to fall to the ground. But, SpongeBob spun through the air and managed to land his feet on the ground.
"Hey, I stuck my landing!" SpongeBob cheered as he put Sandy down.
Sandy couldn't help but chuckle. "Thanks for the save, Masked Sponge."
SpongeBob smiled embarrassingly behind his cape collar. "It was my pleasure…good citizen."
"It's your job to stop that no longer tiny varmint, Plankton." Sandy said, putting her hand on his shoulder. "You think you can handle it?"
SpongeBob shifted his feet and saluted. "I think I can or my name isn't the Masked Sponge!"
The Masked Sponge ran off with Sandy smiling at him.
While Plankton was smashing a building, the Masked Sponge whistled and called, "Hey, Plankton, down here!"
Plankton looked around until he spotted the Masked Sponge on the ground below him. "You! I thought I got rid of you for good!"
"This is where I belong!" SpongeBob shouted at him in response. "Now I'm giving you one more chance to cease your causing of destruction to Bikini Bottom and step down from your criminal ways!"
Plankton just laughed out loud. "How about I step down on you?" he smirked as he lifted up his foot above SpongeBob.
The Masked Sponge gasped as Plankton stomped his foot on top of SpongeBob. "That felt good." Plankton smiled until his eye widened and he suddenly cried out in pain as he held his foot, "YEOW!"
It turns out the Masked Sponge held his spatula in the air to poke the bottom Plankton's foot, and keep him from crushing him.
"If you wanna stomp me down, you'll have to catch me first!" SpongeBob taunted as he laughed and ran away.
Plankton glared down at SpongeBob. "Okay, now I'm mad!" he growled as he grabbed a large radio antenna and ran after the Masked Sponge.
SpongeBob stopped and smiled as held his spatula tight in his fist as he started 'sword fighting' with the giant Plankton as he swung his spatula at the large antenna Plankton was swinging at SpongeBob.
"Give it up, you masked dunderhead!" Plankton roared as he swung the antenna at SpongeBob. "You should've just given up when you had the chance."
"Sorry, Plankton," SpongeBob grinned as he stopped fighting for a sec. "But I'm a superhero and I will never give up because I'm-" but before he could finish, Plankton suddenly pounded SpongeBob's head into the ground with the top on the antenna.
While the Masked Sponge was stuck in the ground with a dazed look, Plankton tauntingly stated, "Sorry, Masked Sponge. It's just while you were rambling on, I got in the mood for some golf." Then he held the antenna out like a golf club. "Fore!"
He did a backswing right at SpongeBob's head and made him fly far away into a building. SpongeBob groaned as he slid down the wall and onto the floor. While SpongeBob was sitting on the ground with a dazed look, some of Barnacle Boy's advice rang in his head, "The most important thing to remember about being a hero is that it can get dangerous."
When SpongeBob regained consciousness, he looked up at Plankton as he threw a boatmobile towards him. "Look both ways, Masked Sponge, there's a car coming!"
SpongeBob screamed as he quickly got up and ran away before the boat could crush him into the wall. While he was running away, more advice rang in his head, "Also, it's best to have someone helping you along the way."
"Hmm…" SpongeBob wondered. "That's it! All I need to do is shrink Plankton back down to size! But to do that…I need a little help!"
What will The Masked Sponge do to stop Plankton? I know, but I'm not telling. You'll just have to wait for the next chapter. So review and you won't be disappointed.