In this chapter Spongebob continues to look for Sandy. He meets three criminals. Their names are Ricky, Francis, and Blake. One of them actually knew Sandy and wanted to kill her. Spongebob finds out and tries to stop them but is beaten up. Then the police arrive and arrested the criminals. An officer named Johnny helps Spongebob find her.

Chasing After Her

Chapter Five (An attack and finding her)

Spongebob was walking along following the map the best that he could. He was so into the map that he accidentally bumped into a guy standing by. The guy was a big muscular guy and he wasn't alone. There were two other guys that were with him and they were all a gang of criminals. One of the guys turned around and gave an angry response.

"Watch where you're going!"

"I'm sorry. I don't know where I am so I was just following a map."

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to see a friend of mine."

"Just what are you supposed to be, and why do you have a bowl on your head?"

"Oh I'm a sponge, and I need this to survive on land."

"How much money do you have?"

(Two guys surround Spongebob and he starts to get nervous.)

"Not much money at all. I don't think that my money is worth anything here."

"What do you have in that bag?"

"My clothes."

"You act as though you're running away from something, or someone. If you're on the run from the police you could join us."

"That won't be necessary. I'm not running away at all. I'm just going to see someone."

"This friend of yours… Is it a girl?"

"Yes."

"Oh I should've known… He's got puppy love. You're wasting your time kid."

"No I'm not. Sandy is worth my time."

(One of the other guys spoke up.)

"Hey Ricky didn't you date a girl named Sandy?"

"No. She told me that she was interested in someone else at the time. No one says no to me. If I ever see that squirrel I'll make her pay."

(Spongebob knew then that it was the same person that he was looking for. Spongebob then said…)

"What exactly do you mean by that?"

"If I see her I'll make sure that she regrets saying no to me. I'll kill her if I have to."

(Spongebob's eyes then widen in shock, but then his shock turns to anger and says…)

"No! I won't let you do that. Sandy is my friend. If I knew where she was I'd protect her from guys like you."

"Oh yeah… do you want to test that theory."

"Well actually I'm not looking for a fight, but I want you to reconsider you're options. You could play a sport, or see someone else. Violence is never the answer."

While Spongebob was talking the other two guys grabbed his arms and Ricky started beating him up. He took Spongebob's water helmet off of his head and threw it on the ground. Spongebob was then forced to breathe air. Ricky started punching him in the face and his stomach. Spongebob was on the ground and the other two guys started beating him up to. They kicked him in the face and laughed at him.

Spongebob thought that it would never end, but luckily there were three police cars that were nearby and they happened to have seen the whole thing. The Ricky, Francis, and Blake quickly ran as soon as they seen and heard the police cars, but the police quickly caught up with them and arrested them. One of the police officers went to check on Spongebob. His mouth was bleeding, and he had a few cuts in his face.

"Are you ok kid?"

"Not really officer… they broke my water helmet and I need that to survive here."

"Ok we will get you what you need, but first can you tell me what happened?"

"Yes I can officer. I was walking along and I accidentally bumped into one of them. They started asking me weird questions. I told them that I was looking for a friend of mine. This person happened to know my friend and wanted to kill her. I couldn't let that happen. I tried to change the subject, but then his friends grabbed me and he started beating me up. I was hit in the face, the stomach, and several other places. I'm glad you guys showed up when you did."

"It's no problem kid. Ok we found you a new water helmet."

"Thank you."

"So I just found out that we just caught the three most wanted criminals in Texas. We couldn't have done it without you. I do believe that you are the first sea creature to ever come on land. You are one brave kid. Especially with dangerous criminals like those guys."

"Well… I was really just trying to protect a friend. Who I really wish that I could find."

"We might be able to help you out with that. Could you describe her a little bit for me?"

"Yes. Her name is Sandy Cheeks; she's a squirrel, a scientist, and she lives somewhere in Texas. I've had a little help getting here. They said that I should look in Houston."

"Yeah they are pretty big on their science there. I could take you there if you want me to. I'll have the other officers take them to jail."

"Ok, but what if she's not in Houston?"

"Then I'll help you find her."

"Oh thank you sir."

"Please call me Johnny."

"Ok Johnny."

"What is your name?"

"Spongebob Squarepants."

"Ok Spongebob we have a little bit of time. Would you like to talk for a while?"

"Sure."

"So you must be from underwater. What are you doing here?"

"Well it's kind of a long story."

"I've got time."

"My friend Sandy left my town, and had to move back here. She can't ever come back. I miss her so much. I've come to realize along the way that I have feelings for her."

"Oh so when Ricky said he was going to kill her what were your thoughts?"

"I couldn't believe it. I never thought that anyone could hate someone so much, that they would want someone dead. Where I come from I can't think of anyone like that. Things are so different here. Is it like this everywhere?"

"Well there is a lot of hate in the world, but there are nice people out there too. In the end you know who your friends are." Here we are. This is Houston Texas University. I'll wait here. You can look for your friend here, and is she is here just come back out and let me know."

"Ok. Wow this place is huge. I don't even know where to begin to look."

(Spongebob then sees someone go into an information room where his questions would be answered. The lady kind of gave him a weird look, but we trying to be nice anyway.)

"Excuse me Mrs."

"Yes may I help you?"

"Um yes… my friend is a scientist, and I was wondering if maybe she worked here?"

"That depends on what kind of scientific job and if she works here. Are you talking about a teaching job, or an inventing job?"

"An inventing job."

"Ok then you would be looking for someone that works for Professor Percy, a chimp boss in charge."

"Yes. My friend Sandy Cheeks works for him, and I was wondering if I could see her?"

"I'm sorry sir, but employees cannot be disturbed during work hours. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

"But you don't understand… I've come on a long journey just to see her."

"I'm sorry, but I cannot allow you to disturb the employees."

"Ok I understand."

(Spongebob lowers his head and sadly walks out the door. He goes back out to the police car.)

"So Spongebob is she here?"

"Yes, but they won't let me see her, and I've come so far. Now that I'm this close I can't even see her."

(He starts to tear up a little.)

"You know you can wait for her to get off of work right?"

"I guess."

"Ok then I guess that my work here is done."

He drives away leaving Spongebob there. Spongebob goes and sits against the building and thinks for a while. There just had to be a way for him to see Sandy. He sees a lot of vines growing up against the building. The building was three stories high. All of the windows were open so he could hear what was going on inside. He walks by several windows, and listens to people's voices. Soon he heard Sandy's voice.

Sandy was working, but something stopped her even with her boss watching her. He asked her if anything was bothering her. She said no even thought there was something bothering her. She missed Bikini Bottom, but most of all she missed Spongebob. Her mind kept wondering back to him. Her boss left to go check on something leaving Sandy alone.

With Sandy alone she couldn't stop thinking about Spongebob and she started to cry a little bit. She couldn't believe that she left him. She cried even more because she knew how he must miss her. She started to regret ever leaving Bikini Bottom. She loved science, but now she began to realize that she loved Spongebob too. She was certain that she would never get to see him again unless she quit her job.

Little did she know Spongebob was closer than she thought. He was right outside her window. He knew that it was her window because he had heard her talking earlier. Now he heard her crying. He was glad that the vines reached up to the third floor. When he heard Sandy crying, he became concerned and started climbing up to her window.

Sandy stopped crying a little when she heard something by her window. She was kind of scared because her window was wide open and someone could be climbing up vines to get her. There was someone climbing the vines, but it wasn't anyone that would hurt her. She didn't want to move towards the window because she didn't really have time to shut the window so she makes a karate stance and is ready to fight if necessary.

(She saw something yellow. At first she wasn't sure what or who it was, but then she saw a yellow hand and couldn't believe it. Could it really be Spongebob or was she just imagining things? )

(Ok this seems like a good stopping point for now. I will complete the story with one more chapter as soon as I can, but right now it stops here.)