NU: YFE: The Ultimate Sponge

Your Future Enemy

The Ultimate Sponge

Everything was dark at first until SpongeBob opened his eyes to see what happened to him.
“Huh?” SpongeBob wondered as he looked around. He saw he was now in what looked like an auditorium that was full of teens for an assembly, and he was sitting by none other than Sam and Tucker. “Sam, Tucker.” SpongeBob said happily. “Thank goodness you’re here. Where’s Danny?”
But before they could answer, Mr. Lancer was on stage announcing, “You’re future is not carved in stone, people. But it may be carved with a number 2 pencil.”
Sam and Tucker just groaned, “Oh, please.”
SpongeBob just looked at them oddly. “Uh…guys? What’s going on here?”
“Weren’t you listening, SpongeBob?” Sam asked as she looked down at SpongeBob from the chair behind him.
“Yeah,” Tucker also said next to him. “It happens to be the most important test of your lifetime.”
“Test?” SpongeBob questioned.
“As most of you have forgotten, you will be taking the Career Aptitude Test on Saturday.” Lancer announced as the words ‘C.A.T’ appeared on a giant screen behind him. “Do well like Miss. Fenton here who got the highest score in the history of the C.A.T. And a successful future will be assured.”
“C.A.T.?” SpongeBob questioned. “I don’t know anything about a cat test!” he then stood up in his chair and yelled, “WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?!”
This made everyone in the auditorium stare at him including Sam, Tucker, Jazz, and Mr. Lancer.
“Mr. Fenton, you’re foolishness is a sign of what is to come if you don’t put your mind on your C.A.T. test.” Mr. Lancer said.
“Fenton?” SpongeBob questioned about what he said. “But my last name is SquarePants.”
But, Mr. Lancer just continued, “Such as having a career at the Nasty Burger should you fail like Irving ‘Third Degree’ Burn here, who got the lowest score in the history of the C.A.T., and you will be doomed to a career at the Nasty Burger.”
“Hey,” Irving said. “Working at the Nasty Burger takes brains you know. If those 42 Nasty secret herbs and spices in our Nasty sauce overheated, it could cause an explosion that could take out a whole city block.” But no one in the auditorium seemed to care, and he just left as he groaned. “Oh, who am I kidding, my life is over.”
Then, Mr. Lancer held out a pamphlet. “These aren’t just the answers to your test, these are the answers to your future.” Then he put them in a briefcase and handcuffed to his wrist. “So, study. “Remember, it’s your future. Do you want fries with it?”
SpongeBob just go an odd look as he slumped back into his seat. “But…but…I already have a job.”
Then Tucker whispered, “Ghost fighting doesn’t count as a real career, SpongeBob.”
“Ghost fighting?” SpongeBob questioned with a confused look.

Later on, SpongeBob was pacing around in the kitchen of Fenton Works. “I don’t get it.” SpongeBob told himself. “I’m here in Amity Park, but where’s Danny? Why does his teacher think I’m him? Why do Sam and Tucker think I fight ghost?” then he looked on the table where a sample of the C.A.T. was. “And WHY do I have to take a cat test?”
Then Jazz came in to see how he was doing. “SpongeBob, why aren’t you preparing for your test?” she asked. “Don’t you want to have a promising future?”
“Jazz!” SpongeBob called. “You gotta help me! Something weird is going on, Danny’s missing, and I can’t get back home to Bikini Bottom!”
Jazz just looked at him oddly. “SpongeBob, what are you talking about?”
“What do you mean what am I talking about? Your brother Danny. Ever since I landed here, I haven’t seen him at all.”
“SpongeBob, you’re my brother.” Jazz told him. “And all I want is for you to succeed.”
SpongeBob gasped in shock. “But, I’m not your brother. I don’t even belong in this world! Danny does!”
Jazz just got a confused look. “I think you might be a little stressed out by this test. But, don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll have a very promising future ahead of you.”
Then, SpongeBob’s eyes suddenly widen in realization. “Wait a moment…the future. Come to think of it, this is just like what Danny told me earlier.”
“Who’s Danny?”
But SpongeBob just continued, “If that battle from before had thrown me into that portal, then that must mean…” SpongeBob then put his hands on his head as he cried, “OH—“
“Time Out!” a voice shouted that caused SpongeBob to freeze when he was about to fall over and Jazz to stop when she was about to sneeze.
Suddenly, a portal appeared, having Clockwork come out along with another ghost that was asleep.
“So, it is true.” Clockwork said as turned into a child and floated past SpongeBob and Jazz. “It would seem that the path of this story will now be walked by someone else this time.”
Then Clockwork took out a medallion and put it over the young ghost’s neck, causing her to wake up.
“Huh? What?” the ghost wondered. “Where am I?”
“Amity Park, before you were born.” Clockwork answered as he turned into an old man, and then pointed at the frozen SpongeBob. “That there is a sponge, my employers believe him to be a threat to the world this time around. Will you be a dear and dance a little dance for our guest.” He asked as he turned into an adult.
Then the ghost glared angrily just as Clockwork pushed a button on his staff. “Time In!”
Clockwork disappeared, and then time began moving again. SpongeBob fell on the ground shouting, “NO!”
Then Jazz sneezed as SpongeBob got up in front of her, grabbing her shirt as he shouted, “What’ll I do, Jazz? I’m not allowed to be here!”
“This is where you live.” Jazz answered oddly until she spotted the ghost behind him. “But if you really feel that way, I don’t want to see you or anything you might do here in the next several minutes.” She lied as she began to walk out.
SpongeBob just groaned in frustration. “Aww…So much for getting her smart help.” But then he turned around and spotted the ghost behind him, causing him to scream. “Aah! Who are you?”
“I am Box Lunch!” the ghost shouted. “Daughter of the Box Ghost and the Lunch Lady!”
“Oh…” SpongeBob said now understanding. “I guess if Danny were here, he would say, ‘Yikes!’.”
“And now…you will face the test of my box and lunch faced doom!” Box Lunch shouted as she made a bunch of boxed food float around her. “And now- and you probably knew this was coming- beware!”
SpongeBob looked around unsure what to do. “Oh no, what do I do?” he frantically looked around until he smiled. “I know! I’ll look for Danny! He’ll take care of Lunch Box.”
He sped off as Box Lunch shouted, “Lunch Box? I AM BOX LUNCH! And you shall not run away from me!”

Outside the Nasty Burger, Mr. Lancer was laughing until his Nasty Burger suddenly floated away from him. “Fast Food Nation!” he said in shock.
Inside the Nasty Burger, SpongeBob suddenly bursts through the front doors as he yelled, “I’m looking for someone by the name of Danny Phantom here!”
Everybody in the restaurant just stared at SpongeBob until their nasty burgers, fries, and drinks started floating around. Then Box Lunch phased in and tackled SpongeBob onto a table and pinned him down. Everyone started screaming and running out of the restaurant.
“Prepare to taste defeat, and perhaps a nice side salad with that.” Box Lunch nicely said.
“Uh…” SpongeBob said as he weakly smiled. “Sure.”
“Too bad!” Box Lunch yelled. “You shall feast on my empty calories of doom!”
SpongeBob yelled, and then managed to throw Box Lunch off of him and stand up. But then Box Lunch lunged a bunch of food at SpongeBob, knocking him over the front counter, and allowing him to hear a conversation.
“Let’s get out of here,” the Nasty Burger employee said.
“No! You can’t leave!” Irving shouted. “As a duly deputized Nastronaut, you took an oath to protect the Nasty Sauce from overheating at all cost.”
“At minimum wage?” the girl employee said. “I don’t think so.” Then she and the other employee left.”
Then Irving followed and shouted out the door. “You can kiss Employee of the Month goodbye!”
SpongeBob came out from behind the counter after hearing the conversation, “Hmm…This gives me an idea. And I’ll bet Danny would do the same thing also.” SpongeBob said as he grabbed the condiment packets. “Of course I remember him telling me that this caused disastrous consequences later on. But, I’m sure it’s no big deal.” He then ran over to the stove and heated up the packet.
Box Lunch had lifted up a bunch of condiment packets as she smirked. “Prepare for—Huh?”
But SpongeBob had slid out holding a smoking ketchup packet. “Fire in the hole!” he yelled as he threw the packet toward the ghost just as it exploded. But when the explosion was about to hit SpongeBob, he quickly blew a protective bubble with his bubble wand that pushed the protected SpongeBob out.
Outside the Nasty Burger, Sam and Tucker were on the ground just as SpongeBob fell flat on his face next to them.
“SpongeBob, who was that ghost you were fighting?” Tucker asked.
Sam helped SpongeBob up as he mumbled due to the fact that there was a large yellow envelope stuck on his face.
“What was that?” Tucker asked confused.
SpongeBob pulled off the envelope and answered, “Sorry about that. But, I ran into Box Lunch, who just so happens to be the daughter of the Box Ghost and the Lunch Lady.”
“Yikes.” Sam and Tucker both said in unison.
“Ah ha!” SpongeBob yelled in triumph. “I knew he would’ve said ‘Yikes’.” Then he looked down and spotted Clockwork’s Time Medallion, and he picked it up. “I know this thing…”
“What is that thing you had on your face?” Tucker asked about the envelope.
SpongeBob looked at the envelope he was holding, and he opened it up to see something. “Holy krabby patties! These are the answers to the cat test!” he said in shock. “These are the ones Danny told me about!”
“SpongeBob, what the heck are you talking about?” Sam asked. “Who is this Danny you keep bringing up?”
“And what are you gonna do now that you have the answers?” Tucker asked.
SpongeBob had a puzzled look as he looked at the answers and the Time Medallion in each hand. He instead turned around and wondered out loud. “Where is Danny? Why do I have the answers instead of him? WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?!”

At Casper High, SpongeBob was now walking with Sam and Tucker in the halls since he apparently now goes to that school.
“SpongeBob, you’re really doing the honest thing.” Tucker asked.
“I must say, SpongeBob, this has to be the most honest thing you’ve done.” Sam smiled.
“Thanks, guys.” SpongeBob said as he turned around and smiled. “Danny might’ve cheated, but I certainly won’t. And who knows? Maybe the future will be better this time.”
Sam rolled her eyes. “There he goes again with this imaginary Danny person of his.”
SpongeBob reached the Faculty Lounge and took a deep breath as he knocked on the door. ‘This is it.’ SpongeBob thought. ‘I’ll prevent this horrible future from ever happening. Of course I have no idea what it might lead to later on.’ But then he began to sadden. ‘But what if it still happens because I end up failing that test for Danny if he never comes back to take it? Then he’ll certainly have a horrible future for sure and it’ll be my fault this time.’
Then, the door opened and Mr. Lancer came out. “Yes, Mr. Fenton.”
“Actually, it’s Mr. SquarePants.” SpongeBob kindly corrected.
Mr. Lancer just frowned and SpongeBob giggled nervously as he said, “Uh…Mr. Lancer…I have something I need to give you. It’s the…the…”
When SpongeBob was about to pull out the test answers from out of the back of his pants, he stopped and screamed, “I CAN’T DO IT!” then he ran away crying with Mr. Lancer staring oddly.
Sam and Tucker had surprised looks as they ran to follow SpongeBob.

Later on in Danny’s room…or for now, SpongeBob’s room, he was with Sam and Tucker as he was telling his story to them.
“So like I said,” SpongeBob explained. “This is Danny’s room and you are his friends as am I. I’m also from the world of Bikini Bottom.”
Tucker couldn’t help but giggle. “Bikini Bottom?”
SpongeBob laughed also. “Yeah, it is a wonderful place to live.”
Sam just frowned as she asked, “But, if what you’re saying is true then explain that thing.” She pointed to the Time Medallion SpongeBob was holding.
SpongeBob held it out and explained, “This is a Time Medallion. This happens to belong to a ghost called Clockwork.”
“Clockwork?” Tucker questioned. “It sounds like someone from the future.”
“Future.” SpongeBob said remembering something, and then he turned to the C.A.T. test answers on the table.
He walked over to it, as Sam stood up and said, “SpongeBob, first you chicken out in returning it and now you’re gonna cheat?”
“Of course I’m not gonna cheat.” SpongeBob answered. “I’m not even gonna take the test.”
“Not take the test.” Tucker questioned. “But what about your future?”
“I’m already a great fry cook.” SpongeBob smiled. “Besides even if I do look at the answers, it wouldn’t matter anyway. Danny will be here to take the test. Where else could he have gone?”
Sam and Tucker looked at each other as SpongeBob begins to slowly open the envelope. But then, SpongeBob just tears it open and takes out the answers staring at them for a few seconds until a giant glow came into the room.
They see it’s someone that looks like a combination of the ghosts, Skulker and Technus. Sam and Tucker sigh in relief until they say, “I mean…’Oh no, a ghost’.”
SpongeBob gasped in fear at who he saw. “Who…Who are you?”
“I am SkulkTech 9.9, the future Ghost World’s greatest hunter.” Skulker introduced.
Then Technus introduced, “With its greatest techno villain as his operating system.”
“You guys are working together now?” SpongeBob asked.
“Is that an ‘ew’ or a ‘yikes’?” Tucker asked.
SpongeBob struck a thinking pose. “Uh…I think Danny might make this an ‘ew’ moment. What do you guys think?”
But while he wasn’t paying attention, SkulkTech made a bunch of large metal tentacles come out that grabbed SpongeBob and swung him around.
“SpongeBob!” Sam yelled. “Why aren’t you going ghost?”
“Because I can’t go ghost…” SpongeBob yelled as he swung into Sam and Tucker, knocking them out of the room.
Then SkulkTech pulled SpongeBob close as Skulker said, “Say goodbye…”
Then he lowered him to Technus. “Ghost sponge.”
“What sponge?” SpongeBob asked in a scared tone.
But right when they were about to finish SpongeBob off, there was a beeping tone. “Someone’s hacking into the system…again?” Skulker asked. “I thought we fixed that?”
“We did.” Technus mentioned. “It must’ve accidentally synced up with somebody else’s PDA!”
Then their jets operated as they flew out of the room intangible, taking SpongeBob along with them.
While the three were flying in the air out of control, Skulker yelled, “What are you waiting for? Activate the Purple Back Gorilla Override!”
“Don’t tell me how to do my job!” Technus snapped back.
While they were flying, SpongeBob struggled out of their mechanical claws, and when he got out, he screamed as he fell toward the ground. But, SpongeBob managed to grab onto a flagpole.
“Phew,” SpongeBob said in relief. “Glad that’s over. At least this flagpole isn’t a fake.” But then it suddenly broke having SpongeBob fall into a dumpster. “Well, at least I ditched that SkulkTech guy.” But then a metal tentacle suddenly grabbed SpongeBob and shocked him.
“You’re not in your ditch yet.” Skulker said.
“But we’ll gladly dig one up once we’ve finished you.” Technus added.
While SpongeBob was still trapped, he suddenly heard a voice call out, “I wouldn’t bet on that!”
Then SpongeBob saw Sam and Tucker running toward him as Tucker used his PDA to shut down SkulkTech and he landed on top of a street light unconscious.
“Thanks for the help, guys.” SpongeBob told his friends as he stood up.
“You know, SpongeBob,” Tucker said. “I don’t understand why you couldn’t just go ghost.”
“I told you I can’t.” SpongeBob mentioned.
“Never mind that for now, Tucker. Let’s just see if we can get this thing off.” Sam said as she and Tucker tried getting the claw off of SpongeBob.
But then they stop when they spot SkulkTech’s medallion fall off and they all glow blue as they disappear.

They soon fly out of the Time Portal and into Clockwork’s realm.
“Where are we?” Tucker asked as he, SpongeBob, and Sam look around.
“I know this place.” SpongeBob recognized. “This is Clockwork’s lair.”
“We got here right after his medallion fell off.” Sam remembered.
“And I think I know how to get us back.” Tucker said as he grabbed a Time Medallion. “Ah ha!” but he realized he was still here. “Nothing huh?”
“No, but nice bling.” Sam joked as she walked off somewhere.
SpongeBob stared at the medallion as he wondered, “I have the strangest feeling something is supposed to happen next, but I don’t know what.”
“Is it this, SpongeBob?” Sam asked as he and Tucker walk over to she what’s she’s looking at.
On a portal, they see Dark Dan Phantom shooting ecto-blast everywhere in Amity Park as he smirked evilly.
SpongeBob gasped. “It’s…Danny’s evil future self.”
“Actually, I think I’m seeing YOUR future and you’re kinda a jerk.” Sam told SpongeBob.
“What?!” SpongeBob asked in shock. “But that can’t be!”
Then they watch more to see a bunch of futuristic police cars, helicopters, and tanks surrounding Dark Dan. But he just smirks and fires his Ghostly Wail at them, blowing it all away.
“Okay, you’re REALLY a jerk.” Sam told SpongeBob again.
SpongeBob just had a shocked look. “But that’s not supposed to happen. Dark Dan is Danny’s evil future self.” Then he crossed his arms and frowned. “Besides…There’s no way I can ever grow up to be that ugly.”
“Alright, SpongeBob, just tell me one thing.” Sam said. “Who IS this Danny guy and where is he?”
SpongeBob just shrugged and Tucker turned to SkulkTech with his PDA. “Let’s see if this future boy knows anything about…” but then SkulkTech floated in the air and went through the Time Portal. “I didn’t do it.”
“I did.” A voice called out and they turn to see Clockwork. “I sent him back to his own time, or should I say forward to his own time.” Clockwork explained as he turned into an old man. “You see, time moves forward and backward, repeating all its moments…Oh, why do I bother, you probably don’t even understand.”
“Clockwork!” SpongeBob said as he smiled in joy.
“That’s Clockwork?” Tucker asked.
“SpongeBob SquarePants,” Clockwork said as he turned into a child, looking at the sponge. “I can see you’ve been doing a few things lately.”
“Yes, I have.” SpongeBob said. “I was hoping you can tell me what I’m doing here in the past and where Danny is.”
Clockwork answered, “You have stepped through my Time Portal and reached a certain point of time.” He then turned into an old man. “As for Danny, well…I’m looking at him right now.”
“Really?” SpongeBob asked excitedly and looked around. “Where? Where?”
“Uh…SpongeBob?” Sam said as she pointed to him. “I think he means you.”
“Me?” SpongeBob asked in confusion. “I can’t possibly be Danny.”
“How should I explain this in terms even you can understand?” Clockwork explained, now an adult. “You see…you have caused a disruption in the time stream which has caused a Time Paradox.”
“Time Paradox?” SpongeBob asked puzzled.
“Yes,” Clockwork nodded, now an old man. “You are now serving in the place of Danny Fenton, and now everything Danny has ever done in his past has now been done by you.”
“Me?” SpongeBob asked in shock. “You mean I’m now Danny Fenton?”
“Correct again, SpongeBob. Which also means…he is now you.” the child Clockwork pointed at the Time Portal which shows Dark Dan lift up a car and throw it.
“Oh, tartar sauce.” SpongeBob said as he slapped his forehead. “I guess that means I really am now living the moment where Danny cheats on his cat test and becomes evil.” But then he gets a smile as he pounds his fist into his hand. “But it also means I can prevent it before it happens by not cheating.”
“On the contrary.” The old man Clockwork said approaching SpongeBob. “Just because you’re walking in someone else’s shoes now, doesn’t mean you can alter it however you like. Time must move the way it was meant to be and must walk the same path no matter who’s walking down it.”
SpongeBob had a confused look. “I’m…not quite sure what that meant exactly. But if it means I have to go through all the things Danny went through…I WANNA GO BACK HOME!” he then ran away screaming. “WHAHAHAHAHA!”
The adult Clockwork then pushed a button on his staff. “Time Out!”
SpongeBob then froze and ran backwards to where he was before. “WHA!” SpongeBob then stopped. “Whoa, did I just cry backwards.”
“You cannot outrun time.” Clockwork mentioned.
“Oh, yes I can.” SpongeBob said as he began to run away as fast as he could.
“Time Out!” the old man Clockwork said as he stopped SpongeBob again and made him run backwards into a wall repeatedly.
“I could do this all day.” Clockwork stated as he turned into an old man. “But, I have a schedule to keep.”
Once SpongeBob was frozen again, Clockwork was an adult again grabbed his scythe and went up to SpongeBob.
“How is it that he can freeze time for SpongeBob, but not us?” Tucker asked Sam, who was frozen in time. “Sam?” he waved his hand in front of her, but then looked at his medallion in realization. “I knew these medallions were good for something, it’s like a get out of time free card.”
Clockwork went up to SpongeBob with his scythe. “Like I said, time must walk on the same path.”
When he was about to slice SpongeBob, Tucker grabbed his scythe. “Sorry, no sudden death overtime in this game.” He threw a Time Medallion to SpongeBob and Sam.
Once SpongeBob was unfrozen, he looked around. “Hey, what happened?”
Sam smiled as she held her medallion. “We leveled the playing field. Just get the bad guy-“
“You three have seen too much. You three must be eliminated before you permanently alter the time stream.” Clockwork stated. Then a bunch of different time versions of Clockwork appeared. “Nowhere to run.”
SpongeBob looked around franticly. “Think, Sponge. What would Danny do?” then he spotted the Time portal. “Sam, Tucker, this way!” he grabbed a hold of his friends and quickly jumped through the Time Portal.
“Just as I expected you to do.” Clockwork smirked.

Soon, SpongeBob, Tucker, and Sam reached the future of Amity Park. “Man,” Tucker said amazed. “If this is what we have to look forward to, I’m definitely not taking the C.A.T.”
SpongeBob sighed as he looked around. “It’s worse than I thought. And now I’m partly responsible for it.”
“You’re definitely responsible for it.” Valerie said as she showed up on her jet sled and shot an ecto-blaster at SpongeBob.
SpongeBob quickly ducked as he screamed, “Valerie!” he kept running away as Valerie kept shooting at him. “You have to listen to me! I don’t belong here!”
“It’s no use playing innocent with me.” Valerie shouted as she shot a net at SpongeBob which he got trapped in.
SpongeBob whimpered as Valerie walked up to him. “Why must I always get attacked whenever I go to the future?”
“Been waiting a long time for this.” Valerie growled as she aimed a large cannon at SpongeBob. “Goodbye and good-“
“Valerie, no!” Tucker cried as he and Sam got in front of SpongeBob.
“Don’t shoot!” Sam also cried.
Valerie got a shocked look. “Sam? Tucker? It’s not possible! This is a trick! You can’t be alive!”
“Wait?” Tucker said in shock. “Not alive? That’s our future? I’m DEFINITELY not taking the C.A.T.”
The C.A.T.” Valerie wondered. “That’s the last time I saw you alive. The big explosion at the Nasty Burger, you, Tucker, SpongeBob’s family.” Then she angrily aimed the cannon at SpongeBob. “And it was all your fault!”
But then, an ecto-beam suddenly hit Valerie, knocking her away as she screamed. Then SpongeBob, Sam, and Tucker look up to see Dark Dan Phantom floating above them.
“Actually, that was me.” He said as he looked at SpongeBob. “And you…eventually.”
Then Dark Dan landed in front of them. “Sam and Tucker, it’s been a while. Ten years to be accurate.” Then he waved a green beam at the two, freezing them. “So to what do I owe this little blast from the past?” then he spotted Sam wearing a Time Medallion. “Clockwork. Meddling again
“Wait just a darn minute!” SpongeBob yelled out. “How can I turn into you? I mean, I don’t even have ghost powers!”
Dark Dan looked at SpongeBob, and smirked. “Looks like I was a lot more foolish and stupid then I remember.”
But then a blast suddenly hit Dark Dan, knocking him back into a building. But he quickly got up to see Valerie with her wrist-ray smoking. When she tried firing at him again, Dark Dan flew over and grabbed her arms. SpongeBob managed to get out of the net just as he saw Dan punch Valerie away to the ground.
“I suppose for our respect for our past I should let you live.” Dark Dan said angrily as he grabbed her. “But that’s not how I work.”
Then he punched Valerie away with SpongeBob watching. “Oh no, Valerie!” he quickly stretched out his arm around a fire hydrant and pulled himself back as he slingshots himself ahead of Valerie and has her crash into him to soften her landing. It didn’t hurt SpongeBob one bit.
SpongeBob stood up just as Valerie opened her eyes. “You’re from the past, aren’t you?”
SpongeBob wasn’t sure how to answer. “Uh…he, eh, eh, eh. I guess you can say that.”
“Almost…forgot how sweet and adorable you were back then.” Valerie said before she passed out.
SpongeBob’s eyes brightened up. “You think I’m sweet and adorable?” then his eyes widen. “Oh no, almost forgot about Sam and Tucker.”
Then he quickly ran away and spotted Dan in front of Sam and Tucker about to kill them. SpongeBob angrily picked up a rock and threw it at Dan’s head, causing him to drop Sam and Tucker, unfreezing them.
“Quick, guys! Run!” SpongeBob called out.
“Run?” Dark Dan said as he smirked. “Where are they going to go?”
Then he uses his Ghostly Wail while SpongeBob covers his ears and Sam and Tucker stop to see the Fenton Works building along with the Op-Center about to fall on them. But Tucker managed to tell Sam, “For the record, I blame you.”
SpongeBob gasped in shock as the building fell on top of Sam and Tucker, and when he tried to run after them, Dark Dan grabbed the back of his shirt and picked him up. “Uh, uh, uh.” Dark Dan smirked.
SpongeBob got a horrified look when he saw the building fall on Sam and Tucker, but then Dark Dan suddenly shocked him with an ecto-beam and tossed him toward the building. SpongeBob got back up and suddenly smiled as he spotted the two Time Medallions on the ground. “Hey, it’s their Time Medallions. That means they’re back in their own time period safe and sound.” He looked at his own Time Medallion around his neck. “And with this off, I can-“
“What?” Dark Dan said as he picked SpongeBob up by his necktie. “Go back with them? They’re doomed anyway, and you’re not going anywhere if you can’t remove your Time Medallion.”
Dark Dan took off SpongeBob’s Time Medallion, and then shoved it in his mouth having SpongeBob swallow it as he passed out from exhaustion.

Much later, SpongeBob groaned as he began to wake up. But he realized he was unable to move his arms due to the fact that he was tied up with a glowing rope. The first thing he saw was a statue of the Fentons along with Sam and Tucker.
“Mr. and Mrs. Fenton? Sam? Tucker? Jazz?” SpongeBob wondered as he saw an inscription on the statue. “’Gone but Not Forgotten’?” then he turned to see a statue of Mr. Lancer only it just had the inscription ‘Gone’. “Aww.” Then he looked around at the ruins of the Nasty Burger. “What happened to the Nasty Burger?”
“Strange how one massive fireball of highly combustible condiments can ruin your whole future.” Dark Dan said as he came over.
“Dark Dan.” SpongeBob said a bit scared. “This is all a horrible mistake.”
“You think it’s a mistake?” Dark Dan asked. “The only great mistake you ever made was turning into me.” He then made a portal appear in front of him.
“But that’s the thing, you see.” SpongeBob explained. “I’m not supposed to become you. A friend of mine is your real past self, and he was able to stop you. Just like-“
“Like you will?” Dark Dan asked as he changes to look just like SpongeBob. “Oh please. Whoever your friend is doesn’t seem to exist anymore. And even if you are my past self now, this just makes things a lot easier for me.” He then grabbed SpongeBob and tossed him into the Ghost Zone as he screamed.

While SpongeBob was now in the Ghost Zone, he struggled to break free from the rope until he realized he was unable to.
“Well, here I am.” SpongeBob said as he floated in the Ghost Zone, “Floating helplessly in the Ghost Zone while my new evil future self, who was originally my friend’s evil future self, is walking around like me and planning to cheat on the cat test to assure his future of evilness.” He sighed depressively. “I guess this proves I can’t defeat him like Danny did. I don’t have any ghost powers or the strength and tallness to do so…I’m just me. But at least it can’t get any worse than this.”
Well, well, well.” SpongeBob turned to see a much more buff and tougher-looking version of the Box Ghost ahead of him. “All this time we were wondering on how we’d take the fight to you, and here you are wrapped up like a present.”
SpongeBob started to tremble in fright. “B-B-B-B-Box Ghost?”
“Beware…” Box Ghost said as he made energy into the shape of a box in his hand and shot it at SpongeBob, knocking him back into a fat Ember.
“Ember!” SpongeBob exclaimed. “You look kinda different. Did change your hair…or is it your makeup?”
“Or is it that I went to seed right after you destroyed my vocal cords with that Ghostly Wail of yours?!” Ember angrily shouted.
“Uh…no?” but Ember just blasted SpongeBob away on her guitar.
SpongeBob was knocked into the side of a wheelchair and he looked up to see an old Johnny 13. “Uh…You wouldn’t happen to be Johnny 13, would you?” SpongeBob asked nervously.
“Been waiting a long time for this, punk.” Johnny growled as his Shadow blasts SpongeBob away as the future ghosts continued to beat up SpongeBob along with SkulkTech and Kitty who joined in.
“Come on, guys.” SpongeBob tried to explain, but was weak from the beatings he took. “I’m not responsible for all this, I…I am responsible, am I?”
SkulkTech grabbed SpongeBob with his claw as Skulker said, “Of course you are, runt. You’re responsible for all the horrible that happened to your world and ours.”
“To everyone you ever come in contact with.” Technus added.
Ember grabbed SpongeBob, and pushed him away, “Your family, your friends, and most importantly…us.”
The ghosts charged up their attacks about to finish off SpongeBob while he just floated there.
‘I’m doomed here.’ SpongeBob thought. ‘I can’t do what Danny would do if he were in this predicament.’
SpongeBob looked up to see the ghosts about to attack him, and he flinched with his feet in the air as he clacked them together. But then, they oddly glow green as a sonic wave appeared out of them that started to push the ghosts away as they screamed, and the rope holding him together disappeared.
Once the wave stopped, SpongeBob opened his eyes to see he was still alive and that the ghosts were no longer there. He smiled and looked at his shoes. “I may not have Danny’s Ghostly Wail, but I have the next best thing. My Ghost Repel Shoes. But the real problem now is how will I get out of here and back to the present? What would Danny do?” he stopped pondering when he thought of something. “Go see Vlad! Well…I don’t think Danny would do that. But this time, I’m doing what I would do.”
SpongeBob then used his Ghost Repel Shoes to jet over to Vlad’s portal.

Once SpongeBob came out of the Ghost Portal in Wisconsin, he heard a voice call, “Come to kick a defenseless old man in his weakened state?”
SpongeBob turned around to someone sitting in a chair. “Vlad, is that you?” he saw Vlad turn around now old with a beard. “Vlad! You look…nice.”
“I can see you’re here in your naïve self.” Vlad said as he walked over to SpongeBob. “That’s something I haven’t seen in years.”
“Mr. Vlad Masters!” SpongeBob shouted as held onto his shirt. “My evil future self, who really wasn’t supposed to be my evil future self is in the present about to kill my friends. But, I can’t get back because a medallion is inside me, but now- and I can’t believe I’m saying this- I need your help to get back before it’s too late!”
Vlad pushed SpongeBob off of him. “Calm down, boy. You really expect me to help you?” he turned away from SpongeBob sadly. “You have done terrible things all these years, and now you expect me to believe you are not as you seem?”  
“Well…no.” SpongeBob answered sadly. “The truth is I had my own evil future once. And it was one that I was able to stop on my own. But he didn’t take away my friends’ lives or caused pain and misery to all of my enemies like Danny’s did. But now that Danny’s not here and his horrible future is now mine…” he got a determined look. “I have to stop it. Vlad…do you still have those Ghost Gauntlet thingies?”
Vlad went to a table and grabbed the Ghost Gauntlets as he put them on. “You mentioned before that you have a medallion lodged within you keeping you rooted in this time period.”
“Right,” SpongeBob nodded. “And I can’t wait that long for it to come out on its own. But if you can use those retractable claws to pull it out of me, I’ll pop over to the present.”
“Or I could just destroy you now and prevent this future.” Vlad mentioned as the claws of the Ghost Gauntlets came out. “Didn’t think of that.”
SpongeBob had a scared look with his mouth wide open as a shadow on the wall showed Vlad using the Ghost Gauntlets as he stuck it in SpongeBob’s mouth as he screamed. But Vlad was easily able to pull the medallion out of his body.
When it was over, SpongeBob was panting heavily as he looked at Vlad. “You didn’t destroy me.”
“Foolish sponge,” Vlad said. “I said I COULD destroy you. I never said I would.”
SpongeBob smiled thankfully. But then he quickly ran to a table and put on the Specter Deflector. Then he ran over to Vlad and grabbed the Ghost Gauntlets from him.
“Thanks, Vlad.” SpongeBob as he glowed blue. “I’ll always remember this. Even when I’m kicking your butt with my friends.” Then he disappeared back into the present.

In the present, Dark Dan was laughing evilly after having stuck the Fentons, Sam, Tucker, and Mr. Lancer to the boiler of the Nasty Burger when it was about to explode.
Then Dark Dan stopped when he heard familiar screaming. Then he spotted SpongeBob falling out of the sky, wearing the Ghost Gauntlets as he punched Dark Dan away.
WHAM!
SpongeBob then walked over to everyone as he said, “Don’t worry, you guys. You may not technically be my family, but your Danny’s family, and I won’t let the people he loves be destroyed.” Then he looked at Mr. Lancer, who had a look of shock. “Oh, and…I’ll save you too.”
But then, an Ectoplasmic Energy Constrict tied around SpongeBob, and pulled him away into Dark Dan’s grasp.
“You actually came back.” Dark Dan glared at SpongeBob. “You must be an even bigger fool than I thought.”
“If you were really my new evil future self, you would know.” SpongeBob replied.
“Then getting rid of you will be easy.” Dark Dan smirked as he punched SpongeBob away.
FWHAM!
SpongeBob hit a light post, but was able to get back up and see Dark Dan coming straight at him. SpongeBob gasped as he quickly rolled out of the way, having Dark Dan’s punch miss.
“Even if you do have ghost powers of your own, I still have my own sponge-like abilities!” SpongeBob smiled as he held out the Specter Deflector.
“Like the ‘Twirl de Specter Deflector’!” SpongeBob said as he quickly twirled over to Dark Dan and slapped the Specter Deflector on as he grunted in pain.
“And the ‘Karate Slice with a Helping of Ghost Gauntlets’!” SpongeBob smirked as he jumped in the air and flew toward Dark Dan with a karate chop while wearing the Ghost Gauntlets.
Dark Dan crashed into a gasoline truck, and his fiery hair caused it to explode. SpongeBob covered his eyes from the brightness until he wiped his forehead and walked away. But Dark Dan managed to come out and remove the Specter Deflector. While he was still walking away, SpongeBob gasped when Dark Dan grabbed him by his necktie.
“What makes you think you can possibly defeat me?” Dark Dan angrily asked SpongeBob.
SpongeBob angrily answered, “Because I made a promise.”
Dark Dan just laughed. “To who? Your friend’s family?”
“No!” SpongeBob yelled. “I made a promise…to Danny!” then he clacked his shoes together, causing the Ghost Repel Shoes to activate and push Dark Dan away from him.
“That’s not possible!” Dark said in shock while he was on the ground. “How can that thing be able to defeat me?”
SpongeBob just walked over to Dark Dan, and said, “I may not have ghost powers like Danny, or not be strong and tall as him. But there is one thing I have that Danny doesn’t.” he cleared his throat and suddenly jumped in the air with a blissful, joyful, and ecstatic smile. “MY CHEERFUL, HAPPY, AND OPTIMISTIC LOOK ON LIFE!!!”
Dark Dan just continued to have a shocked look as SpongeBob activated his Ghost Repel Shoes and it pushed Dark Dan all the way into building.
SpongeBob then landed on the ground as he got a proud look. “If only my friends could see me now.”
Then Dark Dan pushed himself out of the building now looking beat up. “So…that’s it, isn’t it?”
SpongeBob smirked. “Oh yeah.” Then he took out the Fenton Thermos and sucked Dark Dan into it.
Dark Dan groaned as he got sucked in. “I’m too weak to escape, and you’re too late to save them.”
Once SpongeBob closed the lid on the thermos, he got a happy smile. “I did it…and I actually did it as me.” But then he turned around and saw the boiler about to explode with Danny’s friends and family still on it. “Oh, barnacles!”
He tried running as fast as he can to it, but knew his own running wouldn’t be fast enough in time to reach it. “I’m not gonna make it!”
“NOOO!!!” SpongeBob yelled as he jumped toward the boiler.
But then it already exploded as the force pushed SpongeBob back while he was in the air. But then, time suddenly stopped. A portal suddenly appeared, and out came a child Clockwork. He put a Time Medallion around SpongeBob’s neck, and unfroze him.
“No, don’t hurt me! I tried my best!” SpongeBob shouted until he opened his eyes. “Huh? Clockwork?”
Clockwork smiled as he pointed somewhere, and SpongeBob turned to see Jack, Maddie, Jazz, Sam, Tucker, and Mr. Lancer completely safe.
“They’re okay!” SpongeBob smiled in relief. “But how?”
“Time is like a story.” Clockwork told SpongeBob. “Each time it is told, it can be told in many different ways. Whether it is told by the same person or by someone else.”
“You really did know what was going on all this time.” SpongeBob said, now understanding. “You knew all of this wasn’t supposed to happen this way.”
“Time is always moved on the same path with many different options.” Clockwork stated. “You had the chance walk the same path Danny took. You had the choice to change it the way you wanted, but instead you risked everything to try and protect the ones your friend cared for.”
SpongeBob giggled in embarrassment. “Well, I had to. I just couldn’t let everyone go like that. Speaking of which, where IS Danny anyway.”
Clockwork answered, “As we speak, he now walking the same path you once took in your past. Telling his own story in his own way.”
SpongeBob’s eyes began to widen as he seemed to immediately understand. “You mean…”
The old man Clockwork winked.
“Whoa,” SpongeBob said still in shock. But then he turned back to Clockwork. “You think we can go and see him? Please!”
“Very well.” Clockwork nodded as held up his staff. “Time Out!”