My first attempt at a Phineas and Ferb fanfiction… Go me! Oh, and this takes place about a month after Across the 2nd Dimension.
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN PHINEAS AND FERB. (Unfortunately…) I DO, HOWEVER, OWN THE OC JORDI AND HER PET TAMMAR WALLABY (don't ask).
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Perry glanced at the clock when he got home, chattering quietly in faint irritation when he saw that it was after one in the morning. At least it hadn't been Doofenshmirtz that kept him up this late, but rather a series of odd occurrences in Danville that had turned out to be a malfunctioning invention of Phineas' and Ferb's.
Walking up the stairs, he was grateful everyone was asleep, because he could move much faster standing on two feet than four. Once he got to the top of the staircase, he dropped to all four feet in case Phineas or Ferb woke up when he entered their room. Walking in, he smiled upon seeing Ferb fast asleep, even if the green haired boy did snore. Turning to Phineas' bed, the smile disappeared, and the chatter that escaped was one of shock, dismay, and fear.
Ferb awoke upon hearing the loud chatter, and looked over to his step-brother's bed to see if he knew why Perry was acting strangely. Looking over, he saw the reason behind the chatter. Phineas was gone.
Fully awake now, Ferb got out bed, intent upon finding his brother. Waking over to the bed to see if there were any clues as to why Phineas wasn't there, he felt his blood run cold when he saw a note on the pillow, because the letters had been cut out of a magazine, and they confirmed the instant fear that had leapt to his mind when he saw Phineas missing.
Someone had kidnapped his little brother.
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Candace wasn't someone who liked getting up in the middle of the night, so when Ferb woke her up by violently shaking her shoulders, her first emotion was annoyance. But that gave way to fear the instant Ferb shoved a note in her hands.
She read it half a dozen times, hoping that somehow she would find a different meaning with rereading it. Finally she glanced up at Ferb, who was hugging Perry while tears slipped down his cheeks. That struck Candace more than the note had, because Ferb never cried. She knew now that she had to put herself aside, because her step-brother needed her.
"Come on," she said, her own voice threatening to break. "We had better wake up Mom and Dad." Putting one hand on her brother's back, she led him to their parents' room, not stopping him when he suddenly ran in there, Perry chattering again.
Linda was the first to wake up. "Ferb? It's… 1:38 in the morning. What are you doing up?"
Candace opened her mouth to tell her mother about the note, but found that her voice had deserted her. Luckily, Ferb spoke up. "Phineas…" he whispered, tears again threatening to spill.
That got Linda's attention. "What about Phineas?"
Candace wordlessly held out the note in response, the first stirrings of anger beginning.
Linda read the note quickly, gasping in shock. By this point, Lawrence was awake, and he rubbed her back in an attempt to comfort her.
Ferb silently slipped out of the room, and Candace followed, knowing he was going to call the police.
"911, what's your emergency?"
Ferb opened his mouth to speak, but his father came up behind him, hand on shoulder. Wordlessly, the eleven year old handed his father the phone. "My son has been kidnapped."
"Sir, do you have proof that this is a kidnapping and not just a runaway child?" the dispatcher asked, since there hadn't been a kidnapping in Danville for over twenty years.
"Look, you don't know Phineas. He wouldn't just run away," Lawrence said. "And if he had, why would he go without Ferb?"
The dispatcher took a moment to respond, because he had heard the gossip about the Flynn and Fletcher boys. "Someone will be over momentarily. Please have any evidence ready for the police to see."
"I will," Lawrence said. After answering a few questions, he hung up. Looking down at his son, he saw the fearful look in his eyes. "We'll find him."
Perry chattered, agreeing with Lawrence. As soon as he could, he would report to his headquarters and get permission to search for Phineas. It didn't matter that he hadn't gotten any sleep; he had to find his boy. He knew that he wasn't supposed to let personal emotions get in the way of his job, but he made an exception when his boys were in danger. But before he could even begin to search for Phineas, he had to find out what that note said.
Ferb seemed to notice that he wanted to be put down, and set the platypus on the ground. Perry knew better than to stray too far away at this point, though, because there was no telling what his reaction would be. Besides, maybe he could get a chance to look at what the note read.
Father and son walked into the living room where Candace and Linda were sitting, the woman trying to keep herself together. Perry felt overcome with remorse, and nuzzled against Ferb, which caused the green haired boy to pick him back up. The platypus didn't know how he was going to be able to leave Ferb like this, but he had to. For Phineas.
Candace looked over at her brother hugging the platypus with a sad look on her face and, in spite of the fact that she wasn't Perry's biggest fan, pulled both of them into her arms, silent tears running down her face.
This enabled Perry to see the note Linda held, and he felt sick when he saw what it said.
Without the redhead summer is no different than any other season. Prepare to have the worst days of your life, because that's all you'll have for a while.
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Review and I promise this won't become a one-shot.