"SPONGEBOB!" Patrick called as we hurried out through the gate.
"SPONGEBOB!" Squidward called as well.
"Where ya be, laddie?" called Silver.
"Don't go on us now, boyo!" called Mr. Krabs.
I started to pant heavily when Odette came up to me, saying. "Nathan, relax. It's going to be all right."
"How can it be all right if SpongeBob..." I said with an panic until Odette calmed me down with a hug.
"Wherever SpongeBob is, Nathan..." she said. "I promise you we'll find him."
"You say that now," said Eddy. "But what's that you're standing on?"
"Eddy, this is no time to talk about money!" I said.
"Who said anything about money?" Eddy asked, pointing at the ground.
Odette and I looked down, then backed away to let someone up, gasping and coughing.
"SpongeBob?" I said with disbelief.
SpongeBob wrapped his arms around me.
"BUDDY!" Patrick cried as he and the other Imaginaries, including Odette joined in the hug as the Eds, Urban Rangers and the Bunch cheered.
Squidward, then, broke away from the hug, telling SpongeBob. "That was, without a doubt, the most dangerously crazy thing you've ever done!"
"You took the words right out of my mouth, Mr. Tentacles." Amelia said as she and Mr. Arrow walked up to us.
"But at the same time, Mr. Squarepants," she said to SpongeBob, showing a smile on her face. "That…was heroically brave of you."
Mr. Krabs walked up to SpongeBob, holding up two hats. One was the hall monitor cap, the other was the Krusty Krab hat, which he glanced at back and forth.
Finally, Mr. Krabs tossed away the Krusty Krab hat and placed the hall monitor cap on SpongeBob's head, then saluted him.
As SpongeBob saluted back, Ed wrapped his tentacles around us and the other two Eds, bringing us in for a monster-sizes hug, wailing. "That is so beautiful!"
"Too tight, Ed! Too…" I said, trying to free myself from Ed's tight embrace when I saw the faculty and invited guests cheering alongside the Bunch and Urban Rangers.
I turned back to Ed, hugging him with a smile. As did Odette, the Imaginaries and the other Eds.