Absolutely not!"
Spongebob begged to Sandy,
"Come on Sandy, pleeeeeease? We really need a leading lady for this movie!"
Sandy didn't budge, telling Krabs,
"I ain't playing damsel in distress and spending most of your movie screaming so you can make a quick buck! Besides, I'm busy!"
Krabs gritted his teeth. He would need to pull out the big guns if he wanted to get this damn mammal to agree to join the movie. He didn't want to, but it sounded like he needed to pull out his trump card. He asked Sandy,
"Say lass, have ye ever heard of Skull Island?"
This caused Sandy's ears to perk up, as she said in shock,
"Skull Island?!"
"Yep."
"I've been trying to find that place for years! I thought the government destroyed all evidence of its existence!"
"Aye, not all of it."
Krabs threw the map on the table they were sitting at, and Sandy looked over it in amazement. Krabs smirked. He knew these science types couldn't resist the scientific find of the century. He then asked her,
"So, are ye in?"
"Alright…BUT! I'll only agree to this if ya allow me to do some research while we're on the island."
"Alright, fine."
The 2 shook hands as Spongebob cheered, but Mr Krabs then told Sandy,
"Yer gonna need a blond wig."
"No worry."
Sandy went into her treedome, and when she came out she was wearing her suit, but with a blond wig on her head. Spongebob cheered, and they all got into Mr Krabs's car, driving off. They soon arrived at the ship, and one they boarded, Coralhorn yelled,
"Alright, men! Set sail!"
The sailors all unhooked the ship, and with a mighty heave, the Wanderer set off. Spongebob and Patrick watched in amazement as the ship left the harbor, and then went to their cabins to play eels and escalators.
3 days later, the Wanderer was being battered by fierce 50 foot waves, but held steady as it trudged on. Spongebob and Patrick were holding onto the ship for dear life as Mr Krabs and Squidward were discussing the script. Mr Krabs asked Squidward,
"So, how's the script coming along?"
"Well, I've got the first act figured out. 2 more acts to go."
"I'm thinking we should make this a musical."
"A musical?"
"Yeah. those're popular. I want a rewrite of this script to include songs fast! Or you're fired!"
"But-!"
"Get movin, sailor!"
Squidward quickly saluted and began rewriting the script, and as Krabs prepared to retire to his cabin, Spongebob and Patrick came running into the room, soaked and shivering. Spongebob stuttered,
"M-Mr Krabs…..We-re co-co-co-cold…"
Patrick stuttered as well,
"And hungry…"
Mr Krabs looked at his watch. It had been a while since they had eaten, so Krabs decided that it couldn't hurt to get some grub. And so, they all went down to the dining room, where they gluttonously feasted on Krabby Patties made by Spongebob. Krabs laughed and said,
"Boys, you're the ones helping me achieve me dreams of making a movie! We're starting shooting tomorrow, and boy I tell you it's going to be a blast! Aaaagagagagagagaga!"
Squidward then tried to pipe in by saying,
"But…I haven't even finished the script ye-"
"Can it, it'll just be test footage."
Coralhorn then walked into the dining room, holding a bottle of alcohol in hand. He said to Krabs,
"Eugene, we should be at our destination in about a week, and be back in time for this "christmas" thing you told me about. We could have this movie take place around it."
"Great! Speaking of which, I'd love to film Kong and add him to the movie! It'd be a smash hit at the box office, that's for sure! Aaagagagagagagaga!"
Confused at Mr Krabs's mention of the word Kong, Spongebob asked him,
"Um, sir? What's a Kong?"
Squidward joined in the conversation as well, asking,
"Isn't that just some native superstition?"
Krabs smiled and responded,
"I'm glad you asked, boys. According to the guy who gave me the map, Kong is neither beast nor man, but something monstrous, holding villagers in a deadly trip of TERROR!!!! Buuuuut, that's all hearsay."
Spongebob, Patrick and Squidward sat in in stunned silence until Krabs broke it by saying,
"Enough about that. Get back to work!"
Krabs then scuttled away, leaving the 3 in shock.
Half a week later, Krabs was ready for shooting. Sandy was standing in front of the camera, wearing her blond wig as well as a white dress over her suit. Despite that fact, she still looked fairly beautiful in the outfit, and Krabs was confident that she was a star that would get people in the theaters.
Spongebob and Patrick were wearing their costumes as well. Spongebob's costume consisted of a motley brown wig, a brown jacket with a blue undershirt, and green camo pants, while Patrick was wearing a long blond wig, a blue shirt and brown pants. Krabs's cameraman, Stephen Hill, adjusted the camera as Krabs told Sandy,
Alright, Miss Cheeks, this is a test scene. Just to get a feel for the character, costumes, settings, etc. when ol' Steve here starts rolling, you do exactly as I say, Ok?"
"Got it."
"Alright, roll camera."
Steve began filming, stating,
"Rolling."
One of the sailors then came in with the clapperboard, bringing it into frame and saying,
"Scene 600, action!"
He clapped the clapperboard together, and got out of the frame as Krabs yelled,
"Action!"
Sandy stood at the ready as Krabs began giving her instructions.
"Ok, lass. Ye feel a sense o' relief and ye smile, but then ye hear somethin'. Ye look to the sky but ye' can't see anything."
Sandy followed Mr Krabs's instructions, and despite having no acting experience whatsoever, she was doing fairly well. Krabs continued, telling her,
Ye look higher. Higher still. Now ye see it. It be horrifying beyond your wildest dreams. It be terrible but ye can't look away!"
Sandy did as instructed, visualizing the most terrifying thing that she could conjure up, and Krabs continued talking, telling her,
"You're paralyzed Sandy, You're helpless! Yer only chance is if ye scream, but ye can't! Yor throat's in knots! Try to scream, try!"
Sandy did what she was told too, and was really getting into it.
"NOW SCREAM, SANDY! SCREAM FOR YOUR LIFE!"
Sandy threw her hands up and screamed as loud as she could, loud enough that Spongebob held Squidward's hand and said,
"Hold me."
Squidward shoved Spongebob off as Sandy finished screaming, her breathing heavily afterwards. Krabs clapped and said,
"Bravo! You're gonna be great, lass! Now go back to your cabin and be back in 30!"
Sandy walked off, and as Krabs walked off, Spongebob approached him and told him,
"Um…sir? I'm getting a little nervous about bringing Sandy here."
"Don't tell me you're going soft on me, lad."
"Not on you sir, but….on Sandy. She's my friend, I don't want her to get hurt."
"Your friend, eh? Good, because I can't afford a love affair to complicate things."
"L-Love affair?! N-No, sir, we're just friends!"
Sure ye are."
Squidward then came up behind Spongbob and told him,
"Don't try to be a tough guy, Sponge brain."
Spongebob jumped and turned around to look at Squidward, who continued by saying,
"I studied surface literature in high school. I'm basing this movie off of the plot of a human story called Beauty and the Beast. The Beast was a big guy, the biggest and toughest guy of them all. But when he saw Beauty, he went sappy. And then the little guys took him down."
Mr Krabs crossed his arms and remarked,
"Aren't ye a little old for fairy tales, Mr Squidward?"
Squidward scoffed and walked away, while Krabs yelled into a megaphone,
"Alright, everyone get in position for the first song!"
Spongebob and Patrick ran up in front of the camera, joined by several other sailors. Krabs then ran behind the camera and told them,
"Alright men, this'll be part of a verse from a Shanty you're gonna sing on yer way to the island. Based on a shanty I used to sing as a youth! Now repeat after me!"
Krabs began a dance routine he had perfected in the navy decades prior, singing,
"Iiiiiiiit beeee, droughty and wet on the mighty high seas, the ideal abode for rampant disease, so mateys oh mateys, don't ever weep if I so much as sneeze, cast me into the deep!"
After Krabs finished dancing, he pulled out his megaphone and said into it,
"Now you men try. Action!"
The sailors, Spongebob and Patrick all began replicating Krabs's moves the best they could, singing,
"Iiiiiit beeee, drought and wet on the might high sea, the ideal abode for rampant disease, so mateys oh mateys, don't ever weep if I so much as sneeze, cast me into the dee-"
Before they could finish the song, Patrick, who had spun around as part of the dance, collided into Spongebob. The 2 fell to the ground and the sailors laughed at them. Krabs laughed as well, but it wasn't in a mocking way like the sailors. He told Spongebob,
"Ah, yer friend plays the comic relief role perfectly! I'm keeping that take, now go rest so we can have our next take in 30 minutes!"
Everyone walked to their cabins, and Krabs smirked. This movie would change the world. It wouldn't be the actors who would do that, but the star: Kong.