//------------------------------// // The Cyclops // Story: Cinematic Adventures: The Spongebob Squarepants Movie // by extremeenigma02 //------------------------------// SpongeBob and Patrick continued to fall at a very rapid pace. But at the heat of the moment, neither one cared about anything. With their newfound ‘mustaches’, all was right in the world. They felt in this one particular moment they could do absolutely anything, as they performed a set of ‘tough guy’ moves. “Yeah!” SpongeBob cried, flapping his arms. “Heeee-yah!” Patrick screamed, spinning end over end. They fell and they fell and fell for what seemed like hours, which in reality was only a minute or two. Soon as the thrill was gone, SpongeBob looked down and his eyes widen when he realized what they had just done. “Patrick?” Spongebob spoke. “Yeah, buddy?” “Why did we jump over the edge instead of taking the stairs?” “Bec… Ah… Well… Huh…” Patrick replied. Finally, they both look down and just noticed the very bottom was rushing up to meet them – really, really fast! They hugged each other, closing their eyes, and screaming as they realized they were falling toward their doom. Meanwhile, the ponies and spike swam as fast as they could. While Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and even Spike zoomed down after their jump, the rest were smart enough to swim down the stairs rather than jumping over the edge. As they swam, they finally caught up to SpongeBob and Patrick, watching them hug each other and screaming as they got closer to the ground. “What do we do now Twilight?!” Pinkie called out, urgently. “WHAT DO WE DO?!” Twilight’s mind raced as she tried thinking of the quickest means to rescue her friends of this frightening predicament. But time was not on her side and the pressure was building. She looks down and noticing the ground approaching quickly she shoots a beam of magic toward the cliff wall, hoping it would do something. When the blast made contact, it produced a long seaweed branch that stuck out from the stone wall. “Seriously?!” Rainbow shouted. “That’s your big rescue plan?!” “It’s the best I could do under the circumstance!” Twilight retorted. “I really don’t think a stinking’ branch is going to help here!” “Ooh, I can’t look!” Fluttershy cried, folding her wings across her face. “Wait Fluttershy, look!” Spike pointed. The rest of the group turns toward the side seeing SpongeBob and Patrick caught by the branch, slowing their fall until they came to a soft, careful landing upon the ground. The group sigh in relief, seeing they are okay, as Twilight and her three friends pull back into a loop preventing themselves from a hard landing. The rest of the group finally reached the bottom of the steps, panting a bit from the long swim down before rejoining their two best friends, who kept screaming. “Guys! GUYS!” Scootaloo cried out. “You’re alright!” “You can stop screamin’ now,” Apple Bloom assured. “You’re safe!” Sweetie Belle added. While SpongeBob stopped screaming, looking around their surroundings, Patrick just kept screaming. “Patrick,” SpongeBob spoke. The sea star snapped out of his screaming fit, turning toward SpongeBob and the Sea Ponies. “Huh. Are we dead?” Patrick asked, unsure. “No Patrick,” Fluttershy smiled. “We are all completely safe.” “She’s right, buddy!” SpongeBob said. “We’re safe and sound at the bottom of this trench.” Looking around, the group wouldn’t exactly call this place safe. They could hear a whole horde of monsters growling and roaring in the distance, bones littered the ground, and the only direction they had to go on was a single sign pointing further into the trench. Fluttershy squeaked, hiding behind her friends, while the CMC did the same. The only ones that didn’t seem nervous at all were SpongeBob and Patrick. “The mustaches worked!” Patrick said happily. “You know what this means?” SpongeBob asked excitedly. “We are invincible!” “Well, I wouldn’t say that darlings,” Rarity said, shakily. “Seeing as how if it weren’t for Twilight just now, you might have ended up flat as pancakes on this—” But the fanfare of brass instruments, from out of nowhere, interrupted Rarity and the two boys paid no attention to what the fashionista said. They were far too amped up and excited with the prospect of getting to Shell City with their new ‘mustaches’. The boys started singing along to the beat as they marched through the mysterious trench, their group of friends following closely behind. During the song, an eel flips them in the sky and was about to eat them. The ponies and Spike scream, when a squid catches them but crashes in a tall piece of coral. They end up sliding down coral, flying across three slow monsters, and falling in a sea-through fish. Yet while the group tried to leave as fast as they could, the two ‘men’ were unfazed. They casually marched through the monster’s gut to the other end, twiddling their new mustaches. The group find themselves walking between a group of sea urchins, the ponies look on cautiously keeping the men surrounded. An urchin rips Patrick’s shorts off, as Applejack quickly folds her hat over Apple Bloom’s face. They walk over volcanoes that switch on and off, as Spike tried to dodge some of the flames. Soon some of the CMC start hopscotching over the lava rocks, completely caught up in the rhythm. SpongeBob and Patrick just marched on as if nothing could stand in their way. Patrick skipped through a patch of stinging jellyfish, who were so surprised, they ended up stinging one another! The ponies, Spike especially, were astounded with their new self-confidence, believing nothing could stand in their way. They dodge a monster’s head, a green hand, and a monstrous boulder, even dodging a giant crab who couldn’t get a chance to pinch any of them. Giant sharks and snapping great sponge-and-starfish-eating sea turtles were no match for SpongeBob and Patrick, though to be fair Rainbow Dash used her offense to draw them away from the distracted pair. Meanwhile, the two had the time of their lives, dancing over shark snouts and using the turtles’ shells for surfboards. They soon approach a road, which turns out to be a big, blue, one-eyed angler fish’s fin, as enormous fish surrounded the group. Everywhere they turned, the scariest predators they had ever seen loomed over them. But then the ponies and Spike hear a noise and turn as SpongeBob and Patrick start dancing and slapping their bodies, as if doing the Hambone. “Yeah, go, Pat!” SpongeBob cheered. The moment they broke into their amazing dance routine, the monster fish stared in awe and amazement. He beckons other monsters to watch this display: A green 3-eyed fish and a red squid, a purple one-eyed angler fish joining later. A big orange fish, a purple lobster/dragon, a green one-eyed monster with 3 arms on its head, a snail with eyes on its shell, a big yellow monster with an eye on a stalk and a clam with one eye in its mouth. Even the ponies and Spike were too distracted to notice all the scary monsters. Finally, all the monsters realized there was no use trying to eat the boys, not even the girls (And little Pufferfish). Since the two made their ‘manliness’ clear, they decide instead to join in the festivities even the Mane Six and their friends sang along. Soon the whole trench sang and danced, even the biggest, meanest monsters joined in the fun. They picked up SpongeBob and Patrick in celebration, carrying their newfound friends through the depths and rooting for them to save the crown. “I’d comment on the sexism of that song,” Rarity muttered. “But least we’re safe.” “Hey guys, look!” Rainbow pointed. They all turn as Rainbow pointed toward a large sign which read: Shell City: Dead Ahead “HOORAY!” The CMC cheered. “We’re so close now, girls!” Apple Bloom cheered. “Yeehaw!” Applejack cheered. “We did it, guys!” SpongeBob declared. “We made it past everything! Even the hideous, disgusting monsters.” When the monster fish overheard SpongeBob, they all gasped. Their feelings hurt; they quickly swam back to their trench. “Aw come on, SpongeBob!” Applejack scolded. “That wasn’t necessary!” “Not you guys!” SpongeBob called out. “You guys are awesome!” Pinkie Pie quickly swam up in front of the monsters, sending them on a screeching halt. “Huh?” The monsters said. “I just want to say you guys are totally super-duper, mondo, mega, ultra, awesome!” She cheered. “If we ever come back here, I promise you an invitation to a super huge party I got planned!” The monsters smile and cheer at the prospect, as they walked back into the trench happier than they were before. SpongeBob flashed them a big thumbs-up and slapped Patrick on the back, as the CMC came up alongside them. “Come on, y’all!” Apple Bloom said. “Time’s a wastin’!” “We gotta get the crown, save the town, and Mr. Krabs!” Sweetie Belle added. “Woo-hoo!” Scootaloo cheered. “Well, Patrick, we should be there in one more verse!” SpongeBob said, taking Patrick’s hand. “Come on, every pony! Let’s get the crown!” SpongeBob and Patrick (Sing): Now that we’re men… “Finally.” The song was interrupted as the group came to a halt, as a lone frightening figure stood before them. Staring wide eyed at where the voice came from, there he stood alongside his motorcycle and cracking his knuckles. He had a muscular physique, light olive-green skin. He wore a black cowboy hat, red bandana covering is mouth, an angry skull belt with cracks at the top, sunglasses, a knife necklace around his neck, leather black pants, light gray shoulder pads, a black ripped vest, and black biker boots on his feet. On his right hand-shaped fin is a black, fingerless glove trailing a few inches from the wrist, covered in spikes. Under his right shoulder pad, a gray flap, overlapping a darker gray flap. Probably should’ve went into this much detail when he first appeared. Oh, shut up! “I got you right where I want you,” He spoke, gruffly. “Um… Who are you?” Twilight asked. “Name’s Dennis,” He answered. “I was hired to exterminate you.” “You’re gonna exterminate us?” SpongeBob said fearfully. SpongeBob and Patrick look at each other for a moment… Before bursting out laughing. They laughed and laughed till their faces turned blue. The ponies turned toward the pair, then back at Dennis, who was clearly unamused. “Listen, junior, I don’t know who you’re working for, but you caught me and my friends here in a good mood today,” SpongeBob said, catching his breath. “So I’m gonna let you off with a warning, since obviously you don’t know who you’re dealing with here. Step aside, and we can forget this whole thing.” “Um guys,” Spike spoke fearfully. “I really don’t think bragging is going to help us here.” “Oh, you’ll forget the whole thing, all right,” Dennis spoke. “Once I get you!” SpongeBob’s eyes narrowed, unamused. “Well, we tried to warn you, pencil-neck. Now it’s time for you to feel the awesome wrath of our mustaches!” “SpongeBob, I’d stop if I were you!” Scootaloo warned. “You mean these?” He asked. Dennis reached out and ripped the boys’ fake mustaches off of their faces. SpongeBob and Patrick whimpered while feeling their cheeks in horror. “I thought you still had a piece of salad stuck to your lip from lunchtime.” Dennis throws the seaweed dramatically to the ground, the seaweed land after a slight spin. SpongeBob and Patrick watch with wide eyes, slowly turning toward Twilight and Rarity with hurt looks. “We’re really sorry guys,” Twilight apologized. “We just wanted to give you the confidence to keep going,” Rarity said sadly. “So you could finish your quest.” “Th-they were fake?” SpongeBob stammered. “Of course they were fake!” Dennis said. “This is what a real mustache looks like.” For a brief moment, Dennis unmasked himself, clenching his face until he turned purple. Suddenly, a bushy mustache pushed through the skin over his upper lip. Patrick and SpongeBob were left speechless, even the ponies and Spike stared wide-eyed. “Is he a mermaid?” Patrick asked. “I don’t think so, Patty,” Pinkie answered. “All right,” Dennis snapped, folding his bandana back. “Enough gab!” “What… Are you gonna do to us?” SpongeBob asked anxiously. “Plankton was very specific,” Dennis answered. “Plankton?” The ponies asked. “For some reason, he wanted me to step on you.” “Step on us?” The CMC shivered. “Yeah! That way you’ll never find out he and some kid stole the crown!” SpongeBob and Patrick look at each other again, this time more scared. The ponies and Spike did the same, only their suspicions of the scenario had been confirmed. “Uh… Perhaps I’ve said too much,” Dennis replied. “No… Actually you said enough,” Twilight answered nervously. Dennis lifts his boot and the group gasps as long spikes popped out. He holds his foot over the boys, as they stood trembling with fear. “That’s a big boot!” Patrick cried. “Oh no you don’t!” Rainbow cried. She quickly rushes in front of them, as the other ponies join in. The CMC try to reach their friends, but Spike holds their tails back with his jaw. “If you’re gonna stomp our friends, you have to take us out too!” Rainbow warned. “We won’t let you hurt them!” Twilight added. “Pick on some creatures you own size, you big brute!” Rarity spat. “Humph… I was going to save you sea ponies for later,” Dennis replied. “But, what the barnacle? I’ll take you all out. Don’t worry, this’ll only hurt a lot!” The exterminator laughed and laughed maniacally. “I love this job!” But just as Dennis was about to stomp on the group, before Rainbow and Applejack could make a move and just as Twilight and Rarity’s horns began to glow, a giant shadow loomed behind him and… WHAM!!! A humongous giant boot squashed Dennis flat. The whole group gazed with awe at the bigger boot. Patrick got really scared, so scared he tried to run away, but the CMC broke free and held Patrick. “Bigger boot!” Patrick screamed. “Wait, Pat!” Apple Bloom said. “It’s okay, it’s okay!” “Yeah, this bigger boot saved our lives!” SpongeBob spoke. “Yay!” Patrick cheered. “Thank you, stranger!” The CMC said politely. They all looked up toward the owner of the boot – a giant scuba diver breathing heavily over them. “Uh… Stranger?” SpongeBob spoke. The scary giant did not reply. But he did move closer, until he towered over the group. The giant had a big metal helmet with bubbles coming out of it. He looked down at them with one eye. One eye? ONE EYE!!! “It’s the Cyclops!” SpongeBob screamed. “EVERY PONY, SWIM!!!” Twilight shouted. The entire group ran, or swam, as fast as they could go while screaming in terror, but it was all for naught. With his big boots clomping on the ground, the Cyclops rushed down and swooped SpongeBob, Patrick, and the CMC in his colossal grip. “AHHHHHHHH!!!” They screamed. “APPLEJACK!!!” Apple Bloom screamed. “HELP ME!!!” “HELP US, RARITY!” Sweetie Belle shouted. “RAINBOW, HELP!!!” Scootaloo screamed. But it wasn’t long before the Cyclops stuffed them in some dark, scary looking bag over his shoulder. “APPLE BLOOM!!!” Applejack shouted. “SWEETIE BELLE!!!” Rarity added. “SCOOTALOO!!!” Rainbow cried. The Cyclops turned on heel to leave, but the Mane Six and Spike came at him like tornados. Applejack, Rarity, and especially Rainbow Dash were beyond mad. “Let go of our sister!” Applejack called. “You won’t get away, you monstrous brute!” Rarity cried. “LET ‘EM GO, RIGHT NOW!!!” Rainbow Dash demanded. As they swam closer, the Cyclops turned around and gave a giant swing of his large hand. While he didn’t actually hit the girls, the force of the swing knocked them head-over-fins. They screamed as they spiraled out of control, before crashing into the rest of their friends. When they finally pulled themselves together, they looked around for where the Cyclops went, but he completely vanished. “Where did they go?” Rarity asked frantically. “I’m not sure!” Twilight answered, equally frantic. “Come on!” Spike urged. “Maybe we can spot him from the surface!” Together, they swam as fast as they could toward the ocean surface. When they finally broke through the water, they looked around to see if they could find where the Cyclops took their friends and the Crusaders. After looking around, seeing nothing but miles of ocean, they realized there was nothing they could do. Applejack, Rarity, and even Rainbow Dash were upset, dawning on them that the Crusaders were taken from them right from their watch. “No…” Applejack cried. “No! No! NOOOO!!!” “Argh!!!” Rainbow slapped the ocean. “I should’ve been faster; now they’re gone!” “My poor baby sister,” Rarity cried. “What are we going to do now?” Suddenly, a noise drew the group into silence as they turned toward a figure approaching them. From the side, they squinted their eyes until they could make out a rowboat sailing from the distance. A single passenger steered the oars ahead of them and by the looks of it he appears to be a pirate. He wore a purple coat, a black hat, an eyepatch over one eye, a hook for a hand, and had a bushy black beard. “I swear pirates get no respect in this cocamamy world these days,” He muttered to himself. “Hello! Excuse us sir!” Twilight called. “Can you help us?!” The pirate in question looked around, seeking the source of the voice that just spoke to him. When he finally turned around, spotting the sea ponies and the pufferfish, he was so shocked he fell backward into the water. He pulls himself back into the boat, soaking wet, as he looks at them in amazement. “What be ye little creatures?” He asked amazed. “There’s no real time to explain sir,” Twilight said. “Aw please, no need be callin’ me sir now,” He brushed off. “The name’s Patchy.” “Patchy the Pirate?” Rainbow asked uncertain. “Aye lass, the very same,” Patchy nodded. “Look Patchy, we really need your help,” Rarity urged. “A monster came and kidnapped our sisters and our friends, SpongeBob and Patrick.” Hearing those last two names, Patchy gasped loudly and his one eye widened to the size of a bowling ball. “You know SpongeBob SquarePants?!” He asked excitedly. The ponies all look toward each other nervously, before returning their gaze to the over-excited pirate. “How do you know him?” Rainbow asked. “I’m his number one fan in the whole wide world,” Patchy said proudly. “Been dyin’ to meet him for ages!” “Do you by any chance know where Shell City is?” Fluttershy asked. “That’s where we were going.” “Of course lass, I know where Shell City is,” Patchy nodded. “It’s just right along the beach, not too far from me home of Encino. Well, come along lassies! I’ll lead you to shore!” Sighing in gratitude, the sea ponies and Spike swim beside Patchy the Pirate as he quickly steers the rowboat back and paddles his way toward ‘Shell City’ rowing as fast as his arms could go. “Hang on, guys!” Twilight called out. “We’re coming!”