Specks of Light

(A Phineas and Ferb fan fiction)

WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS AN EXTREME ODDBALL SENSE OF HUMOUR THAT MOST WILL FIND UNFUNNY

IF YOU DO FIND IT FUNNY THEN THIS STORY IS FOR YOU, IF NOT THEN READ IT ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU MIGHT STILL LIKE IT

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Just like birds; men must learn to fly before they can be free. A voice activated itself as a standard protocol for missions this long. The voice spoke in a pre-recorded tone that makes every word sound jumbled. "Welcome to The Mantis!" All explorers please step on to the bridge! We are about to embark on a journey to the far reaches of our minds and imagination!" It always was a very pretentious voice.

The first to step on to the bridge was the captain, Phineas Flynn; a light hearted young man who always tries his luck at making everything a little better than it already is. He takes his seat as the commander of the ship and waits to greet the next person to walk on board. Isabella Garcia-Shapiro is the next to step up the stainless steal steps of the tall and grand Mantis. Isabella walked into the bridge and took a right upon entry. She was most likely headed to the crew quarters; but she may have been headed to the bathroom (Inconveniently placed mere metres away from the dining table) Isabella was the acting medical officer/expedition leader of The Mantis. She learned everything she knows about both from the Loyal Sisterhood of the Fireside Girls (just "Fireside Girls" for short) A true fighter she is.

Next up the steps is Ferb Fletcher. Ferb is the step-brother of the captain Phineas Flynn and is normally present wherever or whenever he is. Ferb sat down in the chair to the right of Phineas'. Ferb was the co-pilot for this mission and a backup expedition leader if Isabella was for some reason unable to carry out her duties. And finally Buford stepped on to the Mantis' bridge with Baljeet in his hands, holding him up like a dumbbell. Buford was the HoS for this mission and the smaller, much less threatening Baljeet was the science officer.

The voice spoke once again. "All personnel please prepare for lift-off in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Lift-off!" The ground shook under the feet of the crew as The Mantis lifted its tall, narrow structure off the ground and into the air. Slowly at first it moved upward, away from the safety of the ground. Getting further up it began to speed up and wiz through the air like a bullet; a tall, narrow bullet.

"The first launch of The Mantis was a complete success!" Phineas announced. "This mission into the unknown will mark a new chapter in our lives!" "But don't you do this stuff every day?" Isabella asked, confused. "Yeah, I was just being overly dramatic." All of the crew huddled around a window, looking out at the Earth; which was now a pale, blue dot.

The ship, now at a safe distance from Earth, shot off into hyperspace, where it would remain for some time. After a few more minutes of looking, the crew began to preform their normal tasks in a quiet, almost boring manner. "I have to be home by 11:45." Said Isabella. "My mom is making lunch and she will freak out if I'm not there on time!" "Don't worry Isabella!" said Phineas in a reassuring, confident tone of voice. "We have our time dilation spheres on!"

Time dilation spheres were something Phineas and Ferb had conjured up one day when they decided they wanted to go to 6 parties at the same time. What it does is create a vacuum in space-time and quite literally, sucks time away from the wearer; making their perception of time seem normal while others not wearing the device will seem to move 803,689 times slower by comparison. This device does not affect non-living objects as it changes the dynamic of time for people NOT wearing the device, not the other way around. It really is quite complicated; even they're not sure how it works.

2 hours into the hyperspace trip the crew were playing poker on the dining table; enjoying snacks while they strategized. Ferb barely won the first game. Phineas wins the second with a full house. At the end of the day though it was Buford who took the role as champion, winning 5 games. They were betting with Monopoly dollars.

4 hours in they were playing truth or dare. Isabella was a natural as she asked the most personal questions and dared the most dubious dares. It was simply in her nature. Ferb didn't answer many of the questions people would ask and he lost quickly. The group at this point was suspecting Ferb did not like this game at all and was only playing it to not be left out. In the end Isabella had the most points.

9 hours in the crew were preparing for bed after a slow, but fun day doing nothing. Tomorrow they would be flying above the planet Kalo, and soon after that they would be soaring through the atmosphere at speeds of up to 5 km/s. Phineas thought about how strange it was that people fell into unconsciousness when it became night. "What an awful trait." he thought, and promptly fell unconscious.

The lights came on in a sudden burst, and the crew woke up quickly. Ferb had already woken up 2 hours earlier at 5:00 AM. Rubbing their eyes and yawning they reached for their instant breakfast cubes (just add water!) They tasted of sauerkraut and stringy bacon. The hyperdrive would be deactivated in about 1 and a half hours. The crew decided to watch a movie before they got there. "6.5 out of 10" Says Isabella, just as they leaped out of hyperspace.

A brilliant flash of light filled the entire ship for a few brief microseconds, and then went back to normal. Now outside the window was a large planet. This planet was not earth, that fact was very clear. The planet looked like New Mexico. It was a large desert, with only a few places where rivers and small lakes could form. Blue atmosphere, craggy mountains, light orange sand was spread in an even thin layer across the whole planet. One moon circled around the planet at an extremely slow pace. The moon was very small and you could drive around the whole thing in less than an hour.

Small patches of green were placed atop hills and some mountains. It seemed to indicate that there was some sort of grass-like plant on the planet. This all orbited around an orange dwarf star; cooler than our sun, but hot enough to damage the ship if it flew within .12 AUs of it.

After the beauty of the planet had finally gone through their systems, something very bad became apparent. The captain, Phineas, noticed something the others didn't; the planet was too close. He had set the hyperdrive to appear 50,000 km above the surface. He looked down at the planet through the window, 4000 km away. The others had now seen the worry on his face.

Phineas raced to the controls to try to get the ship to a higher, safer altitude. Only then did he tell the crew what was going on. No one was afraid; they had all been trained for this. A miscalculation of the hyperdrive had sent them too close to the planet's surface. Phineas knew why it had gone wrong. Back on earth, 45 minutes from launch, they didn't take into account that the planet would move position from where it was when they left, a true rookie mistake.

The planet became larger and larger, approaching faster and faster. At that point they knew there was no possible way of getting it out of its decay. Cracking was heard from the side of the ship as it hurtled through the atmosphere and closer to the ground. Phineas pushed a large red button on the control panel, one of 6 red buttons, and the second largest. "Everyone grab on to something!" Phineas yelled into the terrified eyes of his crew.

Outside the window the planet was getting so close you could not see space anymore. A flash of yellow and a loud crash marked the last sight and sound for the captain, his crew, and anything within a 3 km radius. The sound of an explosion resonated in the ground, and a few seconds later all was once again peaceful on Kalo.