Spilled iced tea on macbook when it was on, it still turns on. What do I do?

I bought it from Best Buy and I only have warranty for a new battery. I tried to get all the liquid out and it's sitting in rice right now. I don't know how to take out the battery or anything. I have an appointment on Saturday (incidence ocurred on Tuesday), are they going to do anything for it?

Okay, thanks for the advice. I turned it on like 10 minutes later for no more than 3 minutes to save an important document that is due tomorrow. Hopefully it'll still work and not need too much money investment because I'm saving up for a clarinet and my family is broke-ish for an impending trip to Tampa for 2 weeks...
It was my first laptop too. I hope I don't have to tell my mom because she'll never buy me something again. ;A;

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