As Phineas recovers from a sick bug, someone appears…

Man, those Fireside girls know how to make someone feel better. When Isabella found out I was sick, she called an emergency Fireside Girl meeting back at the lodge. The reason was they all had to be there in order to ask Mrs. Fireside to use the super secret recipe, guaranteed to help cure anything that you might have. When Mrs. Fireside heard the situation, she agreed give the list of ingredients to Isabella. She then came back and, with the help of my mom, made the soup.

I thought it was kind of sweet that Isabella made soup just for me but I thought she was just being nice, but when she came up with the other Fireside Girls and Mom to feed me, it felt kind of awkward. The real reason was because the stuff tasted awful! The whole troop had to hold down my arms and legs while mom got a funnel and poured the stuff down my throat. After nearly throwing up, I had the instant wanting to just pass out asleep, which I did. When everybody saw me fall asleep, they left. Isabella wanted to stay and make sure that I got better, but Mom wanted to make sure she didn't catch what I had.

After I woke up, I felt amazingly better, like I hadn't been sick at all. I looked around and remembered that Ferb was going to help Baljeet with a project today and wouldn't be around till dinner. So I now have the rest of the day to just lie around in my room just to make sure I don't spread my germs.

"Oh, there you are Perry," I said as he walked in the room. He looked at me and then looked at the clock, then back on me and growled. "No, I've been sick for most of the day, but I had some soup and now I feel better." He walked over to my bed, jumped up, and sat next to me. I rubbed his back and he growled with pleasure. I smiled and now considering going to catch up on some more sleep.

All of a sudden, this bright light appeared in my room, with what I guess was a dimensional vortex radiating from the center. Then a man dressed in white stepped out of the vortex with his head covered by light green cloak. As he stepped into my room, the dimensional vortex disappeared and everything was quiet. I looked at the man, trying to see his face, but I couldn't get a good shot. Perry was up on his feet, growling at the man. He chuckled at the sight.

"Hello Phineas. Hello Perry." My eyes must have been huge.

"How do you know my name? Why are you here?"

"That will all be explained with time, but before you can ask any questions, let me ask you one. If I told you were the only one that could save your world and that I could help you, would you trust me?"

I stared at the mystery man with the same expression as when he asked me the question, but that was far from what I was thinking. It felt like there were a million different things happening at one time. Would I trust him if I was the only one to save the world? Yes, yes I would, but what if this is a trap? What if this isn't a trap, would I be able to live with myself for not saving the world from whatever? The questions and the answers kept piling up. I had to break the stare as I grabbed my head trying to focus on one thing at a time. Then the mystery man started to chuckle. "What's so funny?"

"I knew that you would have that expression. It's a lot to think about. The guilt, the shame, the doubt, it's a lot to take in."

"Okay, if I can ask you a few questions, can I then give you my answer to your question?"

"I guess that seems fair. Alright ask away." He replied as he removed his hood letting it fall to his shoulders. That I got a look at him for the first time, he looked familiar. He was kind of tall and lanky. He had mixed of colors in his short, nearly buzzed cut hair of white, gray and black, with the predominant color being gray, with the same color pattern being on his goatee.

"All right first, who are you?"

"That I can't tell you right now, but I can tell what I am. I am what is called a creator."

"A Creator, like God?"

"No, that implies that I am God, which I am not. There are many different dimensions, as I know you are aware. Of all the dimensions, this dimension is one of the most advanced only because of people like me. We creators are very creative and this is one of our favorite worlds."

"Then what should I call you?"

"You can call me… Jeff." This guy was sounding more and more like someone I had met before; I just couldn't put my finger on it.

"How do you know who I am?"

"Like I said, I am a creator. I know many things about you and everything else on this world. I know your past and your present. The only thing I don't know is your future."

"Why is that?"

He sighed as he thought about his answer. "I am not the only creator. In fact many of us come together in pairs. My partner has a small ability to see the future like me, but his vision of your future is quite grim. I am here to help you possibly change it for the better, but I can't do it for you. Only you can make it better."

That last statement answered the last question I had. I was wondering why he needed me to trust him in the first place, but now it was clear. "Okay I will go with you. I don't want something bad to happen if I can do something about it."

He smiled. "Good, I knew you would choose the right thing. Actually I could have made you come with me but I wanted to see what you would choose. Now that you're over being sick," he said, the dimensional vortex reappearing behind him as he spoke, "come with me. We have a lot to do and a little time to do it in."

I jumped up and was walking to the man when Perry growled at Jeff. We both turned and the man started talking back with Perry. I couldn't believe I was listening to a man talk with my platypus. When they had finished talking, he turned to me and suggested that Perry come with us.

"But won't Perry be in danger?"

"Oh, I think that you'll find that he can take care of himself in due time."So I picked up Perry as we walked into the vortex, wondering what I was getting myself into.

~~~~~ What's going to happen to Phineas? Find out next chapter~~~~