"I've thought about nothing but busting Doofenshmirtz for years. I don't know." That line was solely Candace but the thought or a very similar one was hanging over all of their heads as they came back through the portal into the 2nd Dimension.

"Wow, you know they make a good point what now?" Isabella asked

Most turned to Phineas and Ferb but Phineas pointed out, "How are we supposed to know any better?"

"Well the other you's seemed to."

"They're not us though."

"We, know but still somewhere in you might be people like them."

"Well, we don't know either. In fact, we probably know less then you guys do."

"Yeah Candace did keep them on a short leash." Adyson said

"Plus just being civilians in general." Phineas added.

"Right, well maybe we start with Doofs daughter? She had the most freedom."

"Wouldn't that be dangerous?"

"Not really, I mean all she did was what the rest of us did and that is whatever she had to to survive."

"What do we even really know about her?" Phineas asked.

"Exactly."

"Well, I guess that could be good or bad."

"Yeah can't hurt to check."

"If she's like her father it can."

"What if she's not? I mean after all she was never seen in public."

"I guess it's worth a shot."

"So let's find her then."

"The tower?"

"She has to be somewhere in here yeah,"

"So let's look then."

"Alright everyone scatter."

They each did though they didn't know what she looking like or even if it was true that he did.


"Where to start?" Phineas wondered

He walked down the hall trying to figures something out. The building was ginormous after all.

He started opening every door he came across

It was going nowhere for a long while, and then he opened a door to find a girl about his sisters age dressed in all black.

"Are you Ms. Doofenshmirtz?" He asked.

"Yes, who wants to know?" She asked a bit cautious.

"I do." Phineas said confused

"What do you want then?"

"Well, we sort of need help."

"With what?"

"Being relatively free."

"So what's the problem? That's what you wanted isn't it?"

"Yeah but we do not know what we do now."

"We were hoping you did since you had the most freedom in the Tri State Area." He added.

"Oh, well...I have never had friends before."

"You didn't?"

"No, most were too scared."

"That does make sense. Sounds lonely though."

"It is, lonely." She said

"Well, I'll be your friend."

"Y...You will?" She asked

"Of course,"

"Well that's kind of you." She said.

"Only if you want to of course."

"Of course I could use a friend."

"Then I'm here for you."

"Thank you." She said giving him a smile

"There's others that were looking for you. Mostly from the Resistance but it not like that."

"Like what then?"

"Same reason I was."

"Oh, okay then lead the way."

He went on his comm unit. "I found her."

"Oh good work, lets meet up on the roof."

"Got it." Phineas said and disconnected.

"Follow me," He said smiling

They both headed to the roof where the others already were.

"Hey there." Vanessa said

"So you guys are looking for what to do now?" She asked them.

"Yeah, and we were hoping you could help."

"Well… I might be able to some."

"That's great, because we are really lost."

"Well, I'll do what I can."

"Thanks, so how do we start?"

"We start with the simple we try television. I assume you all never saw any outside of dad's tv?"

They all shook their heads.

"Then yeah we start there."

"Okay," Isabella said not sure what to expect from it.

"I think you'll all like it."

"Well, okay."

"First we shut down dad's block."

"Do you know how?"

"Yes I do."

"Then go ahead."

"I need explosives."

"Really?" Phineas asked shocked.

"It's easiest."

"Don't you have access to some?"

"Well maybe in the weapons vault."

"Which you have access to?"

"In case of emergency."

"No one else is here to decide if it is or not."

"I say it is."

"Should be no problem."

Vanessa lead them to the weapons room. It took a quick DNA scan to get into the vault but it did let her in. They were stunned at the thousands of weapons within

"Pretty terrifying to think about." Vanessa admitted.

"Yeah, if we had ever broken in here we would be dead."

"No kidding."

"Lets see I thing the explosives are down the hall."

She went over to check.

"Yeah, here they are."

"You sure this is the best way?" Phineas called.

"Yes I am unless one of you can hack."

"Dr. Baljeet probably could." Phineas wondered.

"Well, maybe." Candace said

"It seems to be worth a shot to try at least."

"Okay fine, but less fun." She said

"How strong are those?"

"Pretty strong."

"Yeah, let's try Dr. Baljeet."

"Okay." She shrugged

"He's back at the base right?" Phineas asked the others.

"Yeah, he usually is."

"Then we need to head there."

"Where exactly is there?" Vanessa asked

"There's a tunnel between here and there actually."

"Oh well, that's convenient."

"Yes it is."

"Shall we then?"

"We shall."

Candace as usual lead the got to the same cart tunnel from earlier.

"How long has this been here?"

"Since just before your dad took over I think." Candace said.

"How weird?" She said

"Yes it is."


They were moving quickly soon enough. They had gotten to the base in well time.

"Now he will be surprised to see you."

"Probably, should I wait for you guys to explain first."

"Yeah, Phineas could keep you company."

"Um… okay."

"What's wrong?" Candace asked

"Never mind, it's fine."

"No, tell me please."

"I don't want to make him have to stay back. I'm fine alone."

"I don't mind." Phineas said.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah I am fine staying here."

"Then it's fine."

"Okay, we'll be back out in a minute."

"We'll be waiting."

"So, was there ever any fun to being his daughter?" Phineas asked

"Well… I guess compared to the rest of the population but not really."

"Really why not?'

"Pretty much what we've already covered."

"Well you had to have something fun to do."

"That's 'compared to the rest of the population' part comes in."

"Yeah but you had to be lonely."

"Yes I was."

"That makes it just as bad."

"Not that bad."

"At least we had our families."

"…What ever happened to your mother?" He realized.

"I don't know."

"So it's just been you and your father?"

"No dad was always busy."

"That much I figured."

"So it was just me."

"So yeah, you must have been lonely."

"I was yeah, hopefully things can be okay."

"I'm sure they will."

"You have a lot of confidence."

"I've been trying to. The other me certainly does."

"Yeah I saw him."

"I'm not him though."

"I know, but you have potential."

"I hope you're right."

"I think I am." She said

"Well, thank you, Vanessa."

"I hope I can be normal." She said

"I hope we all can honestly."

"Maybe, it just needs time."

"Most of the citizens have literally never made any decision for themselves."

"Yeh I imagine so."

"Everyone will be lost for a long while."

"We can get through."

"Hopefully," She said seeming unsure of herself.

"I think we will," He said

"It will still take a long time."

"Yeah, but anything worth doing takes time."

"Which this is."

"So no need to be concerned about times."

"I guess not."

"That's the spirit."

Soon Candace had came back.

"Okay, we are good now."

"Good," Vanessa said and they headed in.

"Welcome." Baljeet said

"Thank you." She said glancing around at everything as she entered.

"Now, you needed me to hake something?"

"Yes, to break down the block my father had on the TVs."

"Oh, well okay I might be able to do that."

"At least try."

"Alright give me a moment." He said

They just waited as he set to work.

"Almost there." He muttered

"Impressive," Vanessa noted.

"I'm in." She said

"Great then it should be easy from there."

"Yeah just a quick shut down."

"Then do it."

"I am be patient."

"Right, sorry."

"Thank you." He sighed

She just waited again.

"There that should do it."

"Let's check then."

He pulled up the TV feed

It was able to come up with regular television, most were too young to remember it but once it was up Vanessa, Candace, and Jeremy did some.

"Yes it's up." Candace said

"So that's TV?" Phineas asked.

"Well this is a commercial." Candace said

"Which is?"

"An add to try to convince you to buy things."

"Oh… okay." He said though still confused.

"It's complicated."

"Seems that way."

"Yeah."

"So, what else is there to it?"

"So much more."

"You'll see. Just keep waiting." Vanessa added.

The cartoons started.

"What on earth?" He breathed moving closer to it.

"These are cartoons."

"You two used to love them before Doofenshmirtz took over."

"We did?" Phineas asked

Candace nodded. "So did I actually, we would watch them together."

"They are so bright."

"Well, yeah compared to things now."

"They are though."

"Well, that's usually considered a good thing."

"Okay?" He said confused

"Yeah, it will just take a while to get used to."

"Got it."

"Yeah,"

"So are all shows cartoons?"

"No, there's a bunch of different kinds." Vanessa said, and changed the channel to a basketball game.

"Um… okay."

"It's a sport."

"Which is?"

"A game people play for fun and profit."

"Okay… any idea how this one works?"

"Not really." Candace said she had never really been one for sports anyway.

"Okay," He said, and just watched trying to see if he could.

He got the gist of it, but it was still not very fun.

"So… is this supposed to be fun to watch?"

"Yeah to some."

"What else is there?" Phineas asked and Vanessa changed it again this time a gameshow coming on.

"This looks fun."

"It's called a game-show and people go on it to win money or other stuff."

"Cool!" He said actually seeming excited.

"Very." Isabella said watching as well.

"I like this." Baljeet said

"Then we'll keep it there."

"Yeah, okay." They all said

So they sat and watched different game-shows for a while. The kids were hypnotized.

"Aw great, I broke them." Vanessa realized.

"No you didn't after all this they are still kids."

"Sometimes it's hard to believe it was only eight years ago."

"Yeah it is." Jeremy said

"Feels like a life time." Candace agreed.

"It has been."

"More like three."

"Well, it's over now."

"Yes it is."

"Just odd."

"Extremely but it will be for a while."

"Can we fix this?"

"Not a quick fix no."

"A fix is possible though?"

"I honestly believe so."

"Good they deserve a childhood."

"So do we besides the first eight or seven in your case years." Vanessa pointed out.

"Yeah I suppose."

"Everyone in the Tri-State-Area does really."

"The adults had one."

"Yeah but I meant all the other children and teens."

"Well, maybe we can try to get some big event."

"Maybe that could work."

"Something fun to show everything is changing"

"Perfect."

"What though?" Jeremy asked

"A party?" Vanessa suggested, vaguely remembering such a thing. "A Freedom Party."

"A freedom party?" Candace asked

"Yes, a freedom party. You remember what a party is right?"

"Yeah sort of it's been a while.

"Well, why not."

"It's a good idea."

"Think we should?"

"If we can yes."

"It shouldn't be too hard."

"We need supplies."

"Then we have work to do."

"Yes and the kids are so distracted."

"Let's get to work then."

"Okay then lets go."

The three teens headed off in a rush.


"We're going to have to leave the Tri-State-Area." Vanessa said.

"We can do that now!"

"Of course."

"Lets go." Candace said.

So they headed out to the east. They reached a large black wall.

"Still have those explosives?" Jeremy asked Vanessa.

"Yeah," She said

"Are they strong enough?"

"Maybe let me check my bag." SHe said digging into her bag.

"I think they should be." She said, pulling a bunch out.

"Okay so place them along the wall."

She nodded and set to work placing them one by one.

"Done." She said a moment later.

"Obviously we need to get away for when it blows."

They backed far enough away and Vanessa pressed the detonator they watched as the wall crumbled down. It obviously felt really good to just see that kind of a physically representation of the new found freedom. They were surprised by the US Military on the other side of the wall. Candace carefully made her way over not sure what to think.

"Who are you!?" A man shouted to her

"Candace Flynn, leader of the Resistance in this dictatorship." She said hoping that was a positive for them and not a negative.

"Is that so? How does that go?"

"He had just been incarcerated."

"He has!?"

"Just earlier today actually. Hence the knocking down the barrier."

"That's incredible!"

"Thank you, Sir."

"Well, we are here to help in any way possible."

"That actually is good to know… how long were you guys there?"

"A few months."

"Why?"

"We have been trying to get in and save the people."

"This had been going on for eight years though."

"Politics held us back for a long time."

"How so?" She asked not really getting politics.

"Some in the states thought it was not our job."

"Why not? It's still part of the US even."

"Some felt it was now outside our control."

"Well, that's stupid but thanks for trying anyways."

"Yes we were delayed by robots at the wall

"Certainly not surprising. Those Normbots were everywhere."

"Yes they were."

"You have no idea. You should have seen inside the walls."

"Bad huh?"

"Extremely."

"Well we can fix things now."

"Of course. It will just take a lot of time and work."

"We have the time and the work force."

"Then we'll definitely be able to. By the way, aren't you a little young to be a rebellion leader?"

"No,I don't think so." Candace shrugged

"Well, alright, it clearly works so there's no problem there."

"Thank you."

"Besides, none of the adults would." Candace added.

"Why not?"

"Scared mostly."

"Yet you did?"

"I have two little brothers that I'd do anything to protect."

"Admirable." He said nodding

"Well, thank you."

"No problem."

"I must say I am very impressed." The man told her.

"I just did what I could with what I had to work with."

"Just even the fact that you did."

"As I said someone had to."

That they do.

"She did great." Jeremy said

Candace smiled a little bit at that. "This is Johnson, one of my soldiers."

"Seems like a good man to have."

"He is a great soldier."

"Good, hopefully they all are."

"They are. Though Van Stomm is kind of odd."

"How odd?"

"Well, he was in the Resistance but now he's claiming to be resisting US."

"Is he really though?"

"Not really."

"Maybe it's a puberty thing?" He said

"He's ten."

"Some start sooner than others."

"I guess so."

"Just something to consider."

"Just never thought of it that way."

"I do not think you had time to."

"True."

"Well, what can we do for you?"

We need to get the tri-state-area back to normal."

"Alright that is a lot of bulldozing."

"Yeah, I was thinking we should try to focus on the people first though."

"Okay, did you have a plan?"

So she explained with the Freedom Party.

"We can help with that."

"And you would?"

"Of course to help the people."

"Thank you!"

"No problem it will take time though."

"It's worth it though."

"Of course we need supplies shipped here is all."

"Which is exactly what we were setting off for."

"Good then."

"We figured that shouldn't be too hard to find once actually out."

"They are not I will call it in now."

"Thank you, Sir."

He nodded walking away and speaking into his comm

"I can't believe this." Candance smiled looking back at Jeremy and Vanessa.

"Yeah, lucky us!" Vanessa said

"So yeah, this will definitely work."

"Yeah, we need to try and get adults back to normal as well."

"That could be harder."

"Maybe, but we have to try."

"Of course and we will."

'So call the adults together first?"

"We can try."

"Just call a meet?"

"Who knows how many would come."

"It would be a start."

"Then let's do that."

"Okay, we can do that."

"Right now?" Vanessa asked.

"Why not?"

"That works."

"So, back to the tower." Vanessa said

They nodded and the three of them headed back.