CHAPTER 15: THE CHASE

Sponge and Sandy continued running wiht Plankton right behind them. Sandy looked behind her. "Spongebob, he's gaining on us," she said. "I don't know if we can make it. They continued running until Spongebob abruptly stopped, running into something, and fell down. Sandy stopped. They looked up. It was Patrick.

"Patrick!" Sponge exlaimed as Sandy helped him up.

"What!" Patrick exlaimed. "How did you know my name? Who are you People!

"Patrick, calm down," said Sandy.

"Calm down!" Patrick exlaimed. "I don't even know who you people are!"

"Patrick, it's okay," Sponge said. "It's us, Spongebob and Sandy."

"That can't be! You are both squirrels."

"No Patrick," Sandy said. "We used the crystal and now we're seahorses. Now we have to get going! Plankton's behind us!"

"Too late," said a voice behind them. Patrick looked up, and Sponge and Sandy looked behind thenselves. There was Plankton.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" Sponge and Sandy screamed. Plankton grabbed spongebob with his robotic arm from his mobile machine.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" Sponge screamed. "Sandy! Help!"

"Hold on little buddy, I got ya. Hi-ya!" Sandy tried kicking the arm. "Ouch!" She rubbed her hand. The arm was still holding onto Sponge.

Plankton laughed. "This machine is too strong, even for you squirrel, uh, seahorse." Sandy glared. Plankton lowered another arm, and took the crystal from Spongebob. "I'll take that!" He laughed again.

"Ah, no you don't!" Sandy said. She jumped onto the arm holding Sponge, and tried pulling it apart. It was very strong, but she didn't give up. She kept pulling.

"Keep trying," Plankton said. "You'll never get it. Sandy kept trying. Plankton started moving the machine again. But Sandy kept trying. The levers started to bend. She kept pulling until she got it. "What! Plankton exlaimed.

"I'll never get it, huh?" Sandy said, as she and Sponge jumped down. "Well, look again."

"Nooo!" Plankton exlaimed. "Wait a minute. I still have the crystal." He laughed. "I wish..." he thought hard. Then he started transforming. Sponge and Sandy gasped. When the transformation was complete, they saw a large sea dragon above them.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" They both screamed. Plankton laughed. Then he puffed up his mouth, and shot a large fireball. Sponge and Sandy screamed again, and ran. They ran by Patrick again. Plankton kept shooting fireballs.

"Hey, what are you guys doing?" Patrick asked.

"Can't talk now Patrick," Sponge said. "Plankton's on a warpath."

"Yeah," Sandy said. "So ya'all better run." She and Sponge ran past him.

"Huh?" Patrick said. He heard a roaring sound, and looked behind himself. There was Plankton, still spitting out fireballs. One hit Patrick. He was black and smokey. "Ouch." Plankton kept chasing Sponge and Sandy, spitting fireballs everywhere. A couple at a park were sitting together on a bench.

"hmmmm, it's nice for us to get together like this," said the woman.

"It sure is, my love," said the guy. That second, Spongebob and Sandy ran past them. Then Plankton came by, shooting fireballs everywhere. The couple screamed, and ran off. Sponge and Sandy ran behind some bushes, panting out of breath. Then another fireball shot toward the bushes, revealing them.

"Ahhhhhh!" Sponge screamed again.

"I will not take this!" Sandy exlaimed. She took out her rope gun and shot it to the crystal, grabbing it. Plankton tried getting it, but it slipped passed him, and Sandy caught it. Then she grabbed Spongebob and made another wish. They turned into Jellyfish. They started to fit away. Plankton tried grabbing him, but Sandy stung his hand.

"Ouch!" Plankton exlaimed. Sponge and Sandy flew away. but suddenly, the crystal started sparkeling.

"Huh?" Said Sandy. The crystal continued sparkeling. "What's going on?"

"I don't know," Spongebob said. Magic twirled around them, and Plankton. They all tranformed into something else. Sponge and Sandy were clams while Plankton was a nemotode. Plankton didn't care. He just kept chasing them. Sponge and Sandy ran behind some coral, but Plankton chomped it away, revealing them.

"Ahhhhhh!" Sponge and Sandy yelled, and ran. They ran by the beach where Bubblebath was lying on the sand with a beach towel and Flounders was practicing his strngth withapunching bag. The crystal lit up, and magic swriled around everyone. Flounders turned into a snail while Bubblebath turned into a bullworm. They both looked at each other, stunned. Plankton turned into a whale, Sandy turned into a shrimp, and Sponge turned into a bird. he gasped air. Sandy looked around, and got a jar of jam from a family's picnic.

"We really need to borrow this," she said. "Thank You". The family looked at her dumbfoundedly. She ran over to Spongebob. "Quick, put this on!" She put it over his head. He took a deep breath.

"Thanks Sandy," he said.

"No problem, buddy," Sandy said. Plankton hovered over them. They looked at him, petrified. "Uh oh! Run again!" They all ran. Meanwhile, back at the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs, Spongebob's parents, Pearl, and Many other people were outside waiting for the police. Squidward and Mindy were on top of the building, looking through a telescope, looking for Spongebob, Sandy, and Plankton.

"Any sign of them yet, Squidward?" Mr. Krabs asked.

"Not yet, Sir," Squidward said. Mrs. Squarepants sighed in distress, leaning agaisnt her husband.

"Oh, I hope they're all right," said Mindy.

"Yeah, what a pain it would be if anything happends to them," Squidward said somewhat sarcastically, although he did have a heart for them deep down inside.

Mr. Krabs sighed. "Those police better get here soon," he said.

Meanwhile, Patrick was walking around, looking for Sponge and Sandy. "Spongebob! Sandy!" he called. Over a little ways, Where Plankton was chasing Sponge and Sandy, the crystal sparkeled again. Sponge and Sandy were both snails. "Oh, not again," Spongebob cried. Plankton turned into a shark. Sponge and Sandy gasped. They tried running as fast as they could, but going somewhat slow being snails. Plankton was gaining, smiling that he had an advantage. Then Patrick found them.

"Patrick!" Sponge cried. "Help!"

"Huh?" Patrick said. Getting close, Plankton grabbed Spongebob and Sandy. Sponge and Sandy screamed. The the crystal sparkeled again, and everyone transformed, including Patrick. He turned into an octopus. "Huh? Hey, I have several large arms." Then Plankton, Sponge, and Sandy all disappeared. "Huh?" Patrick looked around. "Spongebob? Sandy? Where did you guys go?" A closeup at the ground, where much smaller creatures were like parameciums, three of them were climbing over each other. It was Plankton, Spongebob, and Sandy. Plankton was on top of them, and Sponge and Sandy were fighting back, trying to get away. The Sandy hi-yaed him.

"Ouch!" Plankton exlaimed, getting knocked over. Spongebob tried reaching for the crystal, but Plankton jumped on top of him. Spongebob struggling, trying to get free. Sandy hi-yaed him again. "Ouch!" Sponge and Sandy crawled to the giant crystal. They barely were able to touch it when it sparkeled again. They began to change again. Spongebob and Sandy both turned into land critters. Sandy was a skunk, and Spongebob was a squirrel again. Bubbles came out of their mouves. They couldn't talk or breathe. Being on a large hill, Sandy looked up, seeing a boat. She took out her rope gun, grabbed Spongebob, and shot the rope toward the boat, and flew up to the boat, and Plankton was still transforming.