Hey guys are you ready for another long read? Well if you are, here you go.

Markie walked out of Connor's room and over to Karen, she looked at the empty room, "Where'd did that one guy go?" she asked the computer, "He went out to do his job, what he does nearly everyday." Karen answered, "and what job is that? I thought all the others were dead," Markie said shrugging her shoulders.

"Not that type of job you idiot, he went out to gather supplies, and kill as many of those disgusting monsters he can before the sun starts to set." Karen explained, "He's crazy, he always says that the more he kills, the less there will be." Karen said, "Which he isn't wrong you know, he just can't get past the fact that everyone that he's over loved and cared for died, his friends, family, job, home, pet, even his wife." Karen quietly said as she connected to her mobile computer.

"His wife?" Markie questioned, Karen sighed, "he was never the same after that, he had nothing left after her, until that is she gave birth to his son, Connor, he became everything to him. It was his reason to live after so long." Karen said as she watched the little sponge run around his room and play with the toys he had.

"What about you?" Markie asked, "What about me?" she questioned, "Well surely he must've wanted to live for you." Markie said raising her hand, Karen shook her head, "I wish it were that way, but that's not the case, I'm not even a real living being, and the only reason why he took me in was because he felt bad for me when my own husband died, and that he could also use me to keep him and his family safe and alive, but the only one I could keep alive was Connor." Karen said.

Markie looked to the ground, "He wasn't always like this however, he was nothing like this, he was always so sweet, and so kind, innocent, he had nothing to worry about, he had a house, a job, friends, a family." Karen said with a digital smile on her computer screen.

"But then that happened, his heart had changed, more each time someone close to him died, and they all died. Spongebob had lost the ability to care for others, he had gone threw a big change, I guess you could say he finally had to grow up." Karen said with a hint of sorrow before she looked at Connor who was running around behind Markie chasing a feather that flew around.

"Until he had Connor, before him, we had all thought that the sponge was lost, that he was dead and that there was nothing left but a hollow shell, I always wondered what kept him moving, until that day he came home with that beautiful boy in his arms, he was covered in blood, Spongebob said that it was Connor's mother's blood that they were covered in." Karen said.

3 years ago

It was dark the sun had finally set, Spongebob jumps hearing a loud thunderclap, he looks up at the sky as the storm clouds roll in lightening stretching across the sky. He was startled again, feeling the slightest movement in his arms, he looks down at his arms and sees a child, his child, wrapped in a blanket, which was covered in blood, the child was only a week old and he was starting to cry.

Spongebob began rocking him in his arms to try to calm him, "shh, shh daddy's gotcha." he whispers to the child who stopped crying and fell back to sleep but not long after another thunderclap went off, and so did the baby, "Ok we need to get going." Spongebob said pressing the child safely against his chest as he began running to their new home.

Spongebob had planned on showing his wife this hide out he found before she had the child, but, things didn't go as planned, he was too late, but he could at least show his son.

Minutes later

Spongebob pushed the child out of the water before pushing himself out, Spongebob stood up picking the new born up, he took the mask off the child that allowed him to breathe under water. Spongebob walked in holding his child, staring down at the child as he slept in his arms.

Karen rolled over shortly, "Spongebob! You're back!" Karen praised before shortly stopping, she stared at the white blanket in his hands that was covered in blood, "Wh, what is that?" she asked, Spongebob looked up at her before looking down, he walked over to her.

Karen looked down in the sponge's arms to see the newborn in his hands, she was speechless, "Karen, this is Connor." he said taking the bloody blanket off of him and dropping it to the floor, the baby shifted in his arms, it tightened its face like he was about to cry but didn't, he instead opened his tiny blue eyes and looked up at his father.

Karen looked up from the child to the older sponge's face, and for the first time in a long time. She seen him smile, and this was all that it took.

…

Markie sat back rubbing the tears from her eyes, it was such a happy story, she looked at Connor, that one child changed him. It was sad to think that Connor would never know his mother, because she had died a week after he was born, and that would have to be another story for later.

Markie looked up at Karen, "I heard that, this place was where it all happened, that everything that took place around the world, happened here first, but, how?" Markie asked raising her hands, Karen sighed.

"It was because of my husband, Plankton." Karen said lowering her head, "Your husband started this? B, but how?" Markie asked, Karen sighed, "You might want to sit down for this." Karen said, and so Markie nodded and sat down.

"It wasn't really his fault, really it wasn't, it was those, greedy impatient fish! They started it all, and here we sit blaming my husband for it," Karen raised her voice before she dropped it, "My Plankton was good, he was, he had given up on trying to steal that formula, since he had failed so many times to get it." Karen said, "He had eventually made his own recipe, and it was supposed to be delicious, I mean it was, i never tried it, but the customers, loved it, it was even better than the Krabby Patty he had been trying so hard to get his tiny hands on." Karen said, "Everyone ate there, even Spongebob! Plankton bragged about it being such a huge success, until a year later." Karen said, her voice took a dark turn.

"It wasn't his fault what happened." Karen said.

51/2 years ago

Plankton walked into the kitchen after giving the customers their orders, he walked over to Karen, "Karen, are those orders up yet?" he asked, "The customers are getting antsy." Plankton said, Karen turned to Plankton from the sink, "No, we're all out, you need to make more." Karen said showing Plankton an empty container.

"Why didn't you make more?" Plankton asked raising his hands, "Because genious, you never told me the recipe, and so how can I make it?" she questioned putting her metal hands on her hip (or whatever) "Oh yeah, sorry about that, here I'll show you." Plankton said as he gathered the needed ingredients for his 'Chummy Burgers'

Plankton stood on a stool measuring the ingredients, while he was measuring, the customers outside the kitchen were getting out of control and were starting to riot, they had started to break tables and windows because they weren't getting what they wanted.

"Plankton! You need to hurry before they tear this place apart!" Karen shouted as she ran over to him, Plankton looked at his wife, "I am trying, it's not as easy as it looks when you're as small as me." Plankton says, "Go out there and tell them that I'm making more right now." Plankton ordered before he looked back towards the batch.

Karen obeyed and went to tell them, but before she could make it to the door the floor beneath them violently shook, someone had thrown something outside and cause it to shake the chum bucket, this also caused a shelf of chemicals to fall into the batch, Plankton shouted in horror as the batch was destroyed.

"Plankton!" Karen shouted out as a mob of fish was surrounding them, they had picked Karen up and were threatening to destroy her and the chum bucket if they didn't get what they wanted. Plankton looked down at the batch, there was not time to go back and fix it, there just wasn't. With that Plankton cooked and served the food and just hopped nothing bad happened.

Little did Plankton know, that he had made the worst mistake in his life. As quick as the customers are the sandwiches, the quicker they changed. Everything that he had worked for had been destroyed, but at the moment he didn't care, he had to get out of there, and so he did, leaving Karen behind, knowing that she would be fine, and that he's come back for her if he wasn't already dead.

…

Markie was left speechless, looking at the ground, she had heard many stories about how it all began, like how it started at a bar, or in space, or it started from a cough, but… this was the true story.

"I, I don't understand, this all happened because he made a mistake?" she asked rubbing her head, Karen sighed, "and a terrible one too." she said, "Wh, why didn't they wait? Like normal fish? Why didn't they just go somewhere else?" Markie asked raising her voice.

"That's not how Bikini Bottom works." Karen said, "For years, I couldn't figure out what the deal was with them, and I still don't, they were just… weird" Karen said, Markie didn't say anything else.

"So, uh where Am I?" Markie asked looking around the cavern, "Oh, I'm ordered by Squarepants not to tell you that, I'm sorry." Karen apologetically said, "Oh.. well is there anyway I could get out of here?" Markie shrugged, "Yes, but you'd die trying, this is why he chose this place because of how safe it is." Karen said, "Oh… well could you at least tell me what this place is?" Markie inquired raising her arms.

Karen laughed, "Well isn't it obvious? We're in an underground cavern." Karen answered, Markie looked around the place, she looked at the roof, it was pretty high up, "woah, are those real crystals?" she asked, Karen laughed again, "Yep, but I wouldn't try moving them if I were you unless you plan on getting yourself killed." Karen said, Markie stared up at the roof, there were a few sun spots where the sun or moon could shine through, they were small enough just to let light and air in.

"I don't know how he did it, how he found this place, but I'm glad he did, it's strong and stable." Karen said, Spongebob had brought her here one day, it wasn't an easy task, this was back when his wife was still alive and pregnant with his child. It had taken him a few months to get everything ready, but just as he was about to show her, she went into labor and had the child.

The day she got better which was a week after Connor was born was the day he was going to show them their new home, but the plans were changed when she went out and got herself killed.

She had made him promise her that he would always love and take care of their son no matter what, and that he would keep him safe.

Connor never looked like his mother, he never picked it up, he just looked like his father, the same porous square sponge with blue eyes, except for Connor was paler then Spongebob because he never went outside. He was the sweetest and cutest thing around, it was like pure heaven.

"K, Karen?" Connor called out for her, Karen and Markie turn to Connor, "What is it, Connor?" Karen asked, Connor had his legs crossed hold his crotch, "I, I gotta go potty." he said, Karen giggled, "Coming." she said rolling over to him, "I'll be back." she said to Markie before she left with Connor.

Markie cautiously stands up and walks over to Karen's mainscreen keyboard, 'Let's see what we got here.' she says to herself as she looks over the board at all the buttons, there were so many different buttons, but only one caught her eye, the 'Off' button, 'I wonder.' Markie hums before she looks around to see if anyones watching her.

…

*zooms in on a pair of grey shoes walking over dead grass before it aims to Spongebob's face*

"Karen, come in Karen." Spongebob says pushing a button on the side of his head gear, "I am on my way home right now," Spongebob says as he approaches the lake, "I'll be there in ten minutes." he said before putting his breathing mask over his face before he dives down.

…

"If I press this button, it could shut her off, and she won't kill me, but If that guy comes back, he'll definitely kill me." Markie says to herself, "but if what they say is true, he won't be back for another couple hours." she said, "but what if she's right and I get lost and die?" she questioned, she put her hands on her head, she sighed, "I just have to risk it." she said before she pressed the button.

After she pressed the button everything went pitch black, except for the few spots where the sun came through, she could still see, a few seconds later, a loud scream was heard from the bathroom, Markie turned towards the direction.

"Oh shit! I forgot about the kid!" Markie shouted, she shook her head, she couldn't leave at this moment, so she picked up a flashlight and ran to the bathroom. Karen the Computer had fallen on Connor.

Markie had attempted to lift the computer off of the kid but couldn't, it was just too heavy, "Connor!" Spongebob shouted pushing Karen off of his son, he picked Connor up and held him in a hug. Markie jumped back, scared, when did that sponge get here?

"It's ok, Connor, daddy's gotcha." Spongebob cooed his son, before he gasped, he shoved Connor into Markie's arms, "Here take him." he said rushing on his feet, he went to the keyboard and pressed all the needed buttons to turn Karen back on.

After a few minutes he had everything running again, he rested his head on the keyboard, he was panting, he stood up and wiped the sweat from his face before turning to Markie who was holding Connor who was screaming his head off.

Spongebob grabbed Connor and pulled him in for a hug, "Shh, Connor shh, calm down, Connor, daddy is here, I'm here now, calm down daddy's gotcha, you're safe now." Spongebob cooded petting the back of his son's head.

Connor calmed down but kept hugging his dad, "I, I was s, so scared, Daddy." Connor said, "I, I thought th, they g, got in." Connor said, "N, no Connor they can never get in, you're safe, I promise." Spongebob calmly rocked Connor.

Spongebob then looks at Markie, "What the fuck happened here!" he demanded an answer, Markie began to stutter, "I, I, I d, d do, don't, don't know, I don't know." she shook her head, Spongebob then turns to Karen who just turned back on, "Karen! What the fuck happened!" he shouted at her, Karen shook her screen, "I, I don't remember." Karen answered, Spongebob sighed, "Great, you're both useless." Spongebob rolled his eyes, "Spongebob, you need to calm down." Karen said putting her metal hands on his shoulders.

Spongebob calmed down at Connor, his head was bleeding, he had a little chunk of the top of his head missing, and he was complaining that it hurt.

Spongebob set Connor down on the kitchen table, "That will leave a pretty cool scar, huh?" Spongebob asked Connor as he laid a first aid kit down next to Connor, Connor giggled, "Really? Then I get to look like you!" Connor shouted out.

Spongebob laughed taking out a can of disinfectant spray, "Now hold still, this may sting a little." Spongebob informed spraying a little on his wound, after a few seconds Connor pushed Spongebob back and began crying, "That hurts! Daddy It burns!" he cried out kicking his feet, "Well it's gonna hurt for a few seconds, it's trying to get all the germs out of it." Spongebob said, "I don't care!" he shouts.

"Is it better now?" Spongebob questioned while he waited for the stinging to stop, "Yeah.. I think so, can I go play now?" Connor asked, "No, you're not done yet, I have to put something over it too." Spongebob said picking up a cloth bandage.

"Owe Daddy! You're hurting me again!" Connor cried out trying to push Spongebob away again, "It's gonna hurt worse if you keep pushing me, Connor, be still." Spongebob raised his voice as he forced his son still.

"Daddy, stop it! *whimpers*stop." Connor cried, "If you just be, Done!" Spongebob said pushing himself away from Connor with his hands in the air, "Damn it Connor, I was just trying to help you." Spongebob moaned rubbing his face before he plopped down in a chair.

Connor looked at his father, he jumped down from the table and walked over to him and climbed over his lap, Spongebob looked away from him. "I'm sorry." Connor apologized, Spongebob glanced at Connor but looked away shortly and didn't say anything, "Daddy?" he called but still got nothing, "Daddy I said I'm sorry." Connor barked, Spongebob huffed a chuckle he looked at Connor and smiled, Connor smiled back, but then Spongebob turned his head away again and stuck out his lip.

Connor started laughing, "I know you can't stay mad at him." Karen said to Spongebob with a slight laugh, "Awe look at him." Karen said, Spongebob glanced at his son's face, and his jaw dropped, that little puppy dog face, how could he stay mad at that face?

Spongebob laughed, "Alright, you win!" Spongebob laughed jumping up and swinging Connor over his shoulder and walked to Connor's room.

….

Spongebob and Connor were laying on Connor's bed, Connor was snuggling up against Spongebob, "Did you come home early for me?" Connor asked as he played with the sling to Spongebob's gun.

Spongebob nodded, "Yes sir, I did, just like you wanted me too." he said poking Connor's nose, "and hey, I got you something too." Spongebob said, Connor looked up at him, "Really? You did!" he shouts in excitement, "What is it!" he asks jumping up.

Spongebob laughs, "Settle down son, and I'll show you." he said pulling his bag up onto the bed, he takes a couple seconds to dig through it when he finally finds what he was looking for. He pulls out a little plush jellyfish toy, and it was still in it's box, "I might have a little dust on it, but it was the only one." Spongebob says, Connor looks at the toy, and he doesn't say or do anything, "Wh, what is it?" he quietly asked, "It's a Jellyfish silly." Spongebob chuckled taking it out of the box and holding it in front of Connor's face, "A Jellyfish? You mean like the ones in your stories?" Connor asked poking the plush toy, "Yep, just like the ones in the stories." Spongebob said handing Connor the toy.

"It's pretty." Connor said hugging the toy, "I think I'll call you fuzzy!" he shouted out, Spongebob just laughed, "I love you." he said rubbing Connor on the back, Connor just laughs and hugs his father, "I love you too Daddy." Connor said.

Spongebob quickly turns his head to the door after hearing a loud cough, he gritted his teeth once he seen the girl standing at the entrance of the room. Markie walked into the room after she noticed he was staring at her, she walked into the room she smiled at him before she sat down next to Connor and pet the kids head.

She looks at Spongebob and shakes her head, "You don't have to worry sponge, I won't hurt him." she says, his face goes blank and he looks in another direction, "I uh, sorry it's just a habit." he said scratched the back of where his ear would be.

Markie laughed, "Not a problem, I was the same way with my daughter." she shrugged looking to the side, "You, have a daughter?" he asked her, she looked back at him, "Had, I had a daughter, her name was Lilly, the sweetest lil thing in the ocean, but she's dead," she said, Spongebob nodded looking at his son.

"Look Markie! Did you see my new toy, his name is fuzzy." Conner said holding his little jellyfish up to her, she smiles, "May I?" she asks him, so he gives her the jellyfish, and she puts it by her mouth, "Hi, my name is Fuzzy, what's your name?" she asks in a dark tone also waving one of the stingers.

"Conner Squarepants," he giggles, "Well hello Conner Squarepants, do you want to know a secret?" she asked, "Yeah yeah!" Connor shouted in excitement, Markie laughed, "Ok Connor, you'll need to lend me your ear," she made the toy say, Connor giggles and leans over, "The secret is that I love you." she whispered making the toy kiss the kid on his cheek, he laughs and hugs the toy when she gave it back.

Markie smiles down at the young sponge, she pets his head before she turns her head to the father, "he is so beautiful." she said, Spongebob nodded looking down at his son, Spongebob looks at the woman, he opens his mouth but he hesitated to say anything but his curiosity got the better of him.

"Wh, what happened to her?" he asked turning his head away from her, but he looked at her when she sighed, "She had just turned six years old, she was growing up, and man she was growing up fast," she smiled thinking of her child, "me and my husband were throwing her a birthday party, everything was perfect, we had the cake, the balloons, Icecream, soda, presents, games, we had our daughter, the one thing that meant everything to me, no amount of anything could replace the love I had for that girl." she said wiping a tear of joy but her mood soon changed.

"We were having the time of our lives, until they came, and ruined it all! I watched them do what they did to my baby girl, and there was nothing I could do, when they started tearing the flesh off her bones, and when she cried out for me, there was nothing I could do! The only thing I could do was watch as my husband carried me away." she said shaking her head before she looked up at Spongebob, "I had to watch her suffer! I watched as my baby girl, my only child died and then become one of those heinous creatures!" she said her face becoming angry.

She wiped her tears away, and looked back at him, "And my husband…" she paused, "I killed him," she said putting another pause in her sentence, "Of course I didn't mean to, heh who am I kidding, of course I meant to kill him, if it wasn't for him my daughter could still be alive! I was drunk that night when I shot him, we got in an argument, he threatened me, saying that our daughter's death was my fault." she said patting her chest.

Markie scoffed and bit her lip, "He started pushing me, and pushing turned to slapping, and slapping turned to punching, and so on, I had decided I had had enough, and so I took out my personal handgun, I took it to his head and BAM! He seen it coming, I made him get down on his cock sucking knees, made him kiss my stiletto boots," she shows her shoes to him, a pair of fine short boots with three golden buckles down the side, "Even though he thought I would lengthen his life, he was wrong, and with a twitch of a finger, he was dead *scoffs* and all I kept thinking was, 'it was that quick!' I could have done it sooner and not feel anything." she said shaking her head with a smile across her face.

Spongebob shook his head the first part of the story, all he could think about was how bad he felt for her, he could only imagine what it was like losing his son, but maybe his experience would be worse since he wouldn't have anything left worth living for. Markie's story about her husband on the other hand, he could only relate that story with his old boss.

Markie wiped away a tear before looking at him, "So, Sponge, what's your story?" she asked him, "My story?" he questioned, "I don't have a story." he shook his head, "Oh sure you do, what happened to you that made you become what you are?" she asked, "What I am? Nothing made me what I am, I just grew up." he shrugged, "I was like 28 years old and I still acted like a kid I mean I was a kid in a man's body, and now I'm and man in an old man's body." Spongebob shrugged, "But I can tell you that I had lost just as much, possibly more then you have." he gestured towards her.

"How so? All of our friends and family are dead, well except for your son there." "Did you have to kill anyone besides your ex? The fish you cared about?" he asked, Markie looked to her left, "N, no.." she said, "Well I had to, I had to kill everyone of my friends, I even had to kill my own wife, which was different for me because I loved her, before Connor, she was everything to me." Spongebob said, "I lost my house, my job everything that I had worked for, gone in a blink of an eye, and there was nothing I could have done to stop it." he said shaking his head.

"I can still remember one of the happiest moments in my life, of course it ended but, this was months before anything ever happened, I had finally reached the highlight of my life, it was part 1 of me becoming the man I am now." he said, a smile crept across his face at the memory.

FLASHBACK

"Spongebob Squarepants, Report to me office! Now!" Krabs ordered before putting his mega phone back down onto his desk.

Spongebob had been cooking Krabby Patties when he had been called in. Spongebob walked in the office and stopped in front of Krabs's desk, "You wanted to see me, sir?" Spongebob asked, he was nervous the sponge was, it was only noon and he had already called in Krabs's office, was he in trouble? Did krabs know about 'that' incident that took place in the restroom a few days prior? (that story is for another story, not this one)

"Ah, yes Spongebob, there you are, now you are going to want to take a seat boy," Krabs said gesturing to the seat behind Spongebob.

Spongebob sat down, "Ok, I have sat down, w, what do you want me for?" Spongebob asked, and then Krabs pulled out a clip board with a few papers on it, and put on his glasses, "Well boy, according to these sheets *flips page* boy, you have worked here for a long time, and it was the best years, and I trust you, a lot, but there is a matter of business to attend to," Krabs says, which scares Spongebob, "Sir, Please, don't fire me, I, I won't do it again, I was just a moment of weakness! That girl meant nothing! She came onto me, I,it was never planned sir, I, I didn't do anything wrong!" Spongebob cried.

"Hush boy, I don't care about that you can go around smooching any girl you want, that's not the reason why I called you in here for, now listen carefully." Krabs said, "Wait, it's not?" he questioned, "No, I wanted to ask you something, it's very important." he said, "Ok, um sure what is it?" Spongebob asked, "How would you like a promotion?" Krabs asked cupping his claws together as he waited for the sponge's answer.

"A pro, a pro, pro a promotion!" Spongebob stuttered in excitement, he couldn't believe his ears, "Yes lad, and pretty big one too, ya see lad I am at my limits right about now, and I am going into retirement next week, and I need someone I truly trust to run the ol gal." Krabs said as he brushed his claw over his black desk.

"Wait what! Retire, sir I love the Krusty Krab and all, but, me? Why me why would you want me to run it, why not Squidward?" Spongebob asked gesturing to the door that lead to the dining room that lead to the lazy cashier.

"Well, that Spongebob is a good question, and it is because I trust you, and I thought about asking Squidward, but let's face it, Squidward wouldn't care about this place, he's probably sell it after he runs it to the ground, plus he doesn't even know the Krabby Patty secret recipe, and I can't risk telling him with that pesky bug always coming around, plus he's close to his limit too, but you boy, I know how much you love this place, and I know you'll do a great job at keeping it running, you know the recipe, and you know every entrance and exit of this place, more than me, and you know every customer that comes here, and lastly I know you won't let me down" Krabs explained, Spongebob blushed a little, he knew most of it was true.

"What about Pearl?" Spongebob asked, "Why can't she run it?" he asked, "Look, Spongebob you and I both know how she is, she wouldn't even care, plus she's waste all of the money you and Squidward worked hard for on something useless, come on Spongebob, I need someone I really trust, and you do know that you are like a son to me, right?" Krabs asked, "Yeah, I know, I do love this place, but I am not sure if you really want me to run it," he said, "I'm pretty sure, I thought long and hard, and I had finally decided that you were the right man for the job, I mean, you're not too young, and not too old, you are the perfect fit for this job, and trust me lad, this decision was a hard one, so, will you, please take charge of this place, starting next Monday?" Krabs asked, and so Spongebob gladly accepted it, and knowing that if he was the owner that he's get a major raise, and that he did.

Spongebob had expected Squidward to jump the boat after he took his place, but as predicted, he came back, finding it hard that no one would hire a slacker, and he realized that the yellow sponge was quite good with the money and gave him a raise.

Spongebob worked as the fry cook and the owner, and he was able to handle it all flawlessly. The Krusty Krab had more service than when Krabs was running it; everything was perfect, well just about everything. Plankton had tried three or four times to steal the recipe while Spongebob owned the place, but suddenly he just stopped trying, and then he came up with the perfect recipe, and that killed The Krusty Krab, but not completely. Then about a year or two later, everything fell apart, literally, when Plankton made the last batch of his world famous Chummy Burgers.

Well guys, thanks for reading this amazingly LONG chapter, I hoped that you liked it and now it is time that I go to bed.