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"Hm... Spongebob's five minutes late. Where could he possibly be?" Mr. Krabs asked himself. "Squidward!"
"What?"
"Have you seen Spongebob?"
"...No."
"Something ain't right around here, you know. There's hungry customers waiting to be fed, and the little yellow guy is missing!" he panicked.
"I'm not getting involved with whatever the reason may be."
"Oh, yes you are, Mr. Squidward, or else that penny is coming out of your paycheck!" Mr. Krabs warned him.
Annoyed, Squidward sighed. "Whatever. But I'm only doing this because you asked me to."
Mr. Krabs grabbed Squidward by the head and dragged him on the floor out of the resturant, leaving a line of angry hungry customers behind.
They were at Spongebob's pineapple. Mr. Krabs tried to open up his door, but it was locked.
"Curses... it's locked!"
Suddenly, he remembered that Spongebob had a snail pet named Gary, so he started pounding on the door. "Gary! Gary! Open up, lad, will ya?"
Gary was inside the house and he heard Mr. Krab's voice as well as the pounding. Gary opened the door and he let them in. Slowly, they both looked around. It was dark inside.
"He's not here." Squidward reported.
"Keep looking!" Mr. Krabs ordered.
"But it's too dark."
"Then turn on the light switch!"
Squidward turned on the lights and the room was bright in a second.