//------------------------------// // The Super-Powered Battle (Part 1: Burger Beard) // Story: G5 Adventures in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water // by ponydog127 //------------------------------// Burger Beard's rendition of Krabby Patties were becoming a huge success, and he was getting more money in his box than he ever thought he would. But as his customers ate their delicious Krabby Patties, there came a sudden gust of wind before a bright flash of light emerged in the sky. And from that flash came SpongeBob, his friends, the ponies and the hippogriffs... only they weren't the same as before. They were superheroes! Mr. Krabs was now a full on robot, Squidward was in a gold and white suit, Patrick was dressed with a purple and green mask, cape and boots, and SpongeBob wore a blue mask with a bubble wand on top, along with his signature pants, white shirt and red tie. Riverstream wore a violet mask and cape, along with violet bracelets on her forelegs, and Skygrace wore the same accessories in blue, along with a glittering crown. And the ponies had their own star-studded looks, defining them each personally. Sunny wore the same mask from the Manesquerade Ball, along with the same yellow and blue highlights on her legs, with a blue cape and glowing shoes of light under the name Cosmic Sunlight. Pipp wore her Manesquerade mask as well, as well as a gold and purple cape, and the same gold and purple on her legs, going under the alias Harmonizer. Izzy also wore her Manesquerade mask, as well as glitter in her mane and tail, a purple stripe in her mane while her legs had light green and pink highlights, and she also wore her crafting sash with her purple and green cape, going under the alias Multi-Crafter. Zipp wore her Manesquerade mask, with light blue and pink and her hooves had lightning bolts on them and a blue and pink cape, going under the alias of Royal Bolt. Hitch wore his mask as well, and had the colors lime green and pink on his hooves and mane, along with a green cape, as well as the alias The Masked Defender. And finally, there was Misty, who had pink and yellow on her legs, a golden swirl on her horn, a half-butterfly, peacock-like mask and a yellow and pink cape, going under the alias of Butterfly Whisperer. After everyone emerged from the light, they stood ready for battle... except Patrick (aka Mr. Super-Awesomeness), who was facing the wrong way. “Da-da-da-da!!” “Patrick!” Misty whispered, and Patrick turned around with the others before he noticed something. “Hey, I got feet!” Zipp and Riverstream looked at him with a deadpan expression. This was definitely ruining their superhero vibe. “Ugh... what is in these things?” asked one of the customers, and the customer beside him shrugged as the group strutted forward confidently. “We'll take one secret formula...” said Sunny, “to go!” Burger Beard stopped his burger flipping to look out in shock at what was happening. “Clear the area, citizens. There is going to be some serious... aft-kicking here,” SpongeBob slammed his fists together, but all the customers did was just stare and take pictures. “But...” Burger Beard stammered, “...I banished you...” SpongeBob looked over to Squidward and the pink pegasus nearby. “Harmonizer? Sour Note?” Squidward brought out his clarinet as Pipp's cutie mark began to glow brightly, and after a deep breath, Squidward played the most out-of-tune note he could, while Pipp sang the highest note she ever sang, and it was enough to chase Burger Beard's customers away. Once the customers were out of harms way, SpongeBob turned back to his own best friend. “Mr. Superawesomeness, take him down.” Patrick scrunched his face, and two ice cream cones were yanked away from beach goers. In a dramatic gesture, he grabbed the cones and held them up. As the sky darkned and lightning struck, Burger Beard held up a pink umbrella while Riversteam and Queen Skygrace held up their wings to protect the group with their force field powers. Suddenly, Patrick licked the ice cream, not doing anything else with it, and Sunny gave him a deadpan expression. “Uhh, maybe we should have picked a better superpower for you, Patrick.” As Patrick finished the ice cream, Burger Beard grabbed the book to fight them his way. “Let's see how you get out of this one!” SpongeBob gasped, but Izzy used her unicorn powers to imprison Burger Beard against the side of his ship with a hula hoop, and Mr. Krabs (aka Sir Pinch-A-Lot) shot his claws at Burger Beard's hands, restraining them. Now, it was SpongeBob’s turn. “Get ready for the Invincibubble!” Using the bubble wand on his head, SpongeBob blew a bubble that imprisoned the book and sent it flying up into the sky. “NOOOOOO!!!!” Burger Beard cried. “MY BOOK!!!” “All right, team!” SpongeBob said victoriously. “Time for hands in the middle!” “Yes!” Riverstream cheered and placed a claw on SpongeBob’s hand. Mr. Krabs was about to do the same, but then realized he had no claws. So, he summoned one of his claws back, unaware that it allowed Burger Beard to get free. “Great job, everypony!” Sunny cheered. “We did it!” Everyone stand their hooves, hands and claws on top of each other... just before a giant squirrel paw came on top of their pile. “Ewww!!!” Everyone then looked to see a giant squirrel facing them, speaking in Sandy's voice. “What?” “Sandy?” Hitch blinked. “Is that you?” “You can call me... the Rodent!” Sandy shouted, doing a spin. “Hiiiii-ya!” “Well, I can't say I've ever seen that happen before,” Skygrace said with a chuckle, “but there's always room for more things to be seen.” “Hey...” Patrick frowned, scratching his head. “Where'd the pirate go?” Everyone turned to see that Patrick was right-- Burger Beard was gone! “Royal Bolt?” Sunny called. “Think you can do a scan around for him?” Zipp closed her eyes, and when she opened them, they glowed bright blue before they went back to normal, the pegasus princess letting out a sigh. “No good... he's nowhere within a 5 block radius.” SpongeBob glanced around before he noticed a trail of grease on the ground, inspecting it by tasting it and smacking his lips. “Hmm. It looks like Burger Beard forgot the first rule of mobile fry-cooking: Always batten down your grease traps.” The trail of grease seemed to extend for a long while, and Sunny seemed to get what SpongeBob was saying. “And if we follow that trail, we'll find Burger Beard and get the formula back!” “Follow that grease, team!” Mr. Krabs shouted, and sprouted his wheels before giving chase. Squidward got on Sandy's back and the squirrel galloped off, and Patrick rode SpongeBob as his spit out bubbles to get them moving. “Your majesty,” Sunny said politely as the other ponies ran after their friends, “can you do a scan around the city and let us know if there was any sign of Opaline?” “Of course, Cosmic Sunlight. Come along, sister!” Skygrace said to Riverstream, and they both set off before Sunny gave chase to the rest of her friends. XXXXXXXXX Further ahead, Burger Beard pulled out his telescope and narrowed his sights on the book, floating ahead in the bubble SpongeBob had created. “There she blows... ha ha ha ha ha!!” Burger Beard then saw the group gaining on him in his side view mirror that read "OBJECTS APPEARING CLOSER THAN YOU THINK." He hauled down the four sails and took off, with the ship going airborne for a second, just missing a sports car. As Burger Beard steered like a maniac, SpongeBob took in a chest full of air for a burst of bubbles, and the others followed as fast as they could. As she and Pipp got closer to SpongeBob and Patrick, Zipp reached out to get the book, but Burger Beard was two steps ahead. “Buzz off, you flying mule!” He used a cannon full of water to blast Zipp backwards, causing her to fall behind. As Zipp struggled to catch up, Patrick reached to grab the side of the ship. “Oh no, you don't!” Burger Beard tried to steer away, but Patrick managed to grab the ship, knocking off SpongeBob. Blowing more bubbles, SpongeBob propelled himself into the crow's nest, hitting himself in the head. As he fell, he grabbed Patrick's trunks, pulling them down to his butt crack and screamed. “AGH!!!” Pipp screamed, squeezing her eyes shut. “I CAN NEVER UNSEE WHAT I JUST SAW!!!” Burger Beard quickly released the anchor, knocking them off of the ship and they crashed into the others. Burger Beard laughed, but then he saw the book and made an attempt to grab it, heading up to the crow's nest. But it turns out that SpongeBob and the rest of the group had hung onto the anchor in order to stay with him. “He's after the book!” SpongeBob cried out. “Sandy, use your squirrel powers!” “Roger that!” Sandy cried, and began to climb up the anchor chain, but Misty knew it would take her a long time to make it to the crow's nest at the speed she was going. “Oh, she's never gonna make it! Multi-Crafter, you have something we can unicycle to speed things up?!” “Sorry! I'm all out of supplies!” SpongeBob knew he had to think of a plan-- and fast. When he saw a statue nearby, he instantly got an idea. “Everyone! LEAN!!” The ponies help to guide their friends over to the statue, which the anchor got caught on and caused the ship to slowly stop, but that caused everyone to fly right off and all over the street. And unfortunately, Burger Beard made ready to grab the boom, causing Misty to gasp. “The book! Harmonizer!” “ON IT!!” Pipp cried before releasing her high note, causing a sonic wave to pop the bubble and the book falls below deck on the open grill. Pipp then fell to the ground, completely out of breath, leading her sister to help her stand. Misty and Sunny sighed in relief. That was way too close. Burger Beard leapt down to check the book, and found the grill had caused the book to burst into flames, destroyed forever. Burger Beard screamed in anguish before SpongeBob and all the group approached. “All right, Burger Beard!” SpongeBob declared. “Prepare to be teamworked!” But Burger Beard looked unfazed at the remark. “I'm going to scrub my armpits with you...” “Uh...” SpongeBob blinked. “I don't get it.” “Because you're a sponge?” Squidward asked, and SpongeBob shrugged. “Oh... get him, Masked Defender and the Rodent!” “Consider him roasted!” Hitch slammed his hooves down on the ground, causing plants to surround the ship, trapping it while Sandy gathered nuts in her mouth as the crowd ran off in fear. Then, Sandy began to fire nuts at Burger Beard, who used his spatula to deflect them. “Aww, nuts! I'm all out of nuts!” But luckily, Patrick had his own idea. “Justice is best... soft served.” He then used his powers to yank ice cream from people on the street, and through the window of a nearby ice cream store. He then pointed his arm, directing the cones in the direction of Burger Beard. “Patrick,” said SpongeBob, “Sunny and I should have never doubted your powers!” Laughing evilly, Burger Beard swung on a rope and the cones followed. He then pointed his finger, redirecting the cones straight back into Patrick, who got hit repeatedly and was struck to the ground. “I can't think of a sweeter way to go...” Patrick said before fainting, and Zipp and Hitch pulled him somewhere safer. “Ha!” Burger Beard taunted, holding up the formula bottle. “It's all mine!” “Not so fast, Booger Beard!” Mr. Krabs shot both his claws toward the mast of the ship, making it fall and caused Burger Beard to fall on deck, and the formula rolled right in front of the Krusty Krab owner. “Me formuler...” But as he reached to get it, Burger Beard brought out a melted butter cannon and aimed it right at him. “This will make you feel a little butter.” “Not melted butter!!” Mr. Krabs wailed, but the pirate fired the butter anyway, and Mr. Krabs screamed as he was knocked away. “Mr. Krabs!” SpongeBob cried. “We'll get him, SpongeBob!” Pipp promised as she and Izzy ran off to retrieve him. That left Misty, Sunny and SpongeBob with the ultimate question... now what could they do? SpongeBob saw the formula bottle on the ground, but when he reached down to get it, Burger Beard brought out a multitude of cannons. “Viola! Ha ha ha!” “Uh oh...” SpongeBob smiled nervously and put it down, but that didn't stop the cannons from repeatedly firing. BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!! Misty and Sunny dove out of the way while SpongeBob repeatedly dodged the cannonballs... until one passed through his bubble wand. That gave him another idea. With each cannonball Burger Beard launched, SpongeBob put it in a bubble, scattering them all over the sky. Patrick licked off the ice cream and his eyes widened as one floated above his head. “They're beautiful...” But as he popped one, it fell right on his face, causing SpongeBob to lose concentration. “Patrick!” Burger Beard immediately saw his chance to strike SpongeBob down, and fired his cannon, striking SpongeBob head on. “Aha!!” “SPONGEBOB!!!” Misty wailed in terror. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!” Cannonballs fell out of their bubbles and onto the ground as SpongeBob lay weakened on the ground, and Burger Beard grabbed the formula back before going back to his ship. Patrick, Sunny and Misty ran toward their fallen friend, and Patrick lifted SpongeBob’s head up. “SpongeBob!” SpongeBob groaned as he slowly regained consciousness. “Misty? Sunny? Patrick?” “Talk to us, buddy,” Sunny said as SpongeBob squinted against the sunlight. “We're right here.” “I'm... I'm seeing a bright light.” Misty then moved her head to prevent the sun's light from reaching SpongeBob’s eyes. “Is this better?” “Much. Thank you,” SpongeBob smiled weakly before letting it fade. “But the discomfort I feel in my eyes is nothing compared to the shame I feel for letting down the Patty. For letting down Bikini Bottom.” “Yeah, SpongeBob,” Patrick said bluntly. “You really blew it.” “No, Patrick. We blew it, as a team.” “Nope, this one's on you.” Misty and Sunny shot Patrick a glare before their attention moved back to their fallen friend. “Hold on, SpongeBob,” Sunny said. “I'll use my healing light to get you out of this.” Sunny let her hoof glow with a bright white light and letting it touch SpongeBob’s back, letting him glow before his discomforts began to heal. “It's working... it's working, Sunny!” Misty cheered. “Keep going!” XXXXXXXXX Back on his ship, Burger Beard was just getting ready to get his ship out of Hitch's vines, when a voice suddenly spoke to him. “Where do you think you're going?” He then turned and saw Plankton peeking from hiding, and laughed at his small stature. “Why don't you get going, little fella, before you hurt yourself?” Plankton did slide out of view, but then he began to lift the pirate ship, now a muscular giant! SpongeBob and Sunny looked at him in total surprise. “Plankton?” “It's Plank-TON!” he responded, and Misty and Sunny cheered-- Plankton was finally choosing the right side! Plankton shook the pirate ship in an attempt to taunt Burger Beard. “Come on down from there, little fella. You wouldn't wanna get hurt.” Burger Beard quickly climbed below deck, and Plankton growled and he threw the ship into the air, caught it and spun it on his finger like a basketball and he pokes his head into a porthole of the ship. “Come out, come out, wherever you are! Huh?” Burger Beard squirt hot sauce in Plankton's face, causing him to scream. “MY EYE!!!” “Sunny!” Misty cried. “Light shield!” Sunny stomped her hooves, resulting a shield of light forming around them as the ship dropped to the ground. And once the ship was back on the ground, Burger Beard made an attempt to run... something SpongeBob noticed. “He's getting away!” Plankton then leapt over the ship and offered his hand to SpongeBob. “Ready for a Plank-TON of bubbles?” SpongeBob immediately brightened-- now he was talking. Plankton picked him up by SpongeBob's legs, took a deep breath and blew into SpongeBob's bubble wand creating lots of bubbles coming after Burger Beard. When the bubbles finally cleared, Plankton had a firm handle on Burger Beard, preventing his escape. “The formula please.” “Come on. Team up with me. We'll be rich and powerful! Huh?” “No, thanks. I'm already part of a teamwork.” Reluctantly, Burger Beard handed Plankton the formula before Plankton kicked Burger Beard to the farthest reaches of the ocean... right on Bikini Atoll. Soon, the entire team reunited (except for the hippogriff sisters), and Patrick immediately spoke to SpongeBob. “Can we do hands in the middle again?” “Yes, we can, Patrick. But this time there's one more hand to go in the middle.” Everyone stacked their hands and hooves on each other, but then, Misty noticed one hand was missing from the pile. “Plankton?” Plankton was eyeing the small bottle with the formula inside, humming to himself, and letting Mr. Krabs gasp. “Oh, no!” But as he braced for the worst... Plankton gave the formula back! “Here you go, Krabs. She's all yours.” Mr. Krabs studied the bottle closely for a moment. “This doesn't have another insulting note in it, does it?” “No... that's the old me,” Plankton said. “The one who turned his back on everything important just to have that formula all to himself. But I realize now that keeping something to myself is... selfish.” “Especially,” said SpongeBob, “when that something is the Krabby Patty.” “This is what we tried to tell you all along, Plankton,” Misty said. “You would have had all that power to yourself, but when you have friends... you already have everything you need.” “Aww...” the ponies smiled and hugged Misty tightly, SpongeBob and Patrick included. But suddenly, Misty's hooves and legs began to glow bright blue before she was lifted up into the air as a sphere of blue light danced around the unicorn. “Huh?” she questioned, as the others backed up out of shock. “What's happening?!” The sphere danced around her for a moment more until it touched her right flank, transforming into a butterfly cutie mark, purple with pink and orange on the wings. Everyone cheered and exclaimed in happiness as Misty was set down, admiring the mark on her flank. “At last! A cutie mark!” “Declaring that friends were the most important thing in life gave you your cutie mark!” Sunny said as she and SpongeBob approached. “I... I guess it did!” Misty said joyously. “It... unlocked something in me! What if... that something was me... the real me?” “That's it!” Sunny said. “Come on, everypony-- we still have one more thing to do; find Opaline and get our baby dragon back!”