Disclaimer: I do not own "Phineas & Ferb", they are the property of Walt Disney Studios and their affiliates.
It had a been about a week or so since Phineas Flynn & his stepbrother Ferb Fletcher had teamed up with their counterparts from a parallel dimension to stop that dimension's Dr. Doofenshmirtz from trying to keep Phineas from being born. Of course, they didn't remember any of that, having had their minds wiped to preserve the secret of the alternate dimension. But, unknown to them, they were about to have another adventure in the 2nd Dimension…
It was another sunny summer day in Danville, and both boys were sitting under the tree in their backyard, where they often concocted their incredible ideas for the day.
"Man Ferb, I hate to admit it, but I'm stumped!" Phineas turned to his brother "we've done so many cool things this summer, I feel like we've run out of ideas, you know?"
Ferb just stared; being a boy of few words, he rarely spoke.
"I guess we could maybe revisit one of our old projects, but I feel like that would be cheating," he continued "well, let's put our heads together; I'm sure between the two of us, we can come up with something."
He glanced over at Perry, who was lying by the tree "maybe a line of platypus fashions?" he asked "nah, too easy."
The triangle-headed boy continued to rack his brains for an idea. Suddenly, a shimmering green portal appeared in front of them.
"That's new," he commented.
Out from the portal emerged identical copies of the boys, save for their black clothing and buzzcut-style hair.
"Ferb, did we make any clones of ourselves recently?" Phineas asked his brother, who shook his head in response "I didn't think so."
He turned his attention to the "clones"; "so um, I don't know where you guys are from, but welcome to Danville. I'm Phineas, and that's Ferb, but I guess you already know that, seeing as how you look like us and everything." He paused, as if waiting for a response "not a talker, huh?"
Phineas 2 looked at his regular counterpart and produced a ray gun from his belt. The other Ferb did the same and aimed it at his counterpart.
"Whoa hold on, can't we talk about this?" Phineas asked.
His counterpart fired the ray and it hit him head on; suddenly, the boy remembered the 2nd Dimension, and teaming up with his counterparts to stop the evil Doofenshmirtz from trying to wipe him from existence.
"Oh yeah, now I remember," he said "hi guys, what are you doing here?"
"We need your help," Phineas 2 explained "Candace is in trouble."
"Really?" Phineas asked "she seems pretty tough."
"Trust me," Phineas 2 explained "she's in danger and you guys are the only ones who can help us."
Phineas turned to his brother, "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!"
Several minutes earlier, the boys' sister, Candace Flynn, was watching them from her bedroom window, while also on the phone with her BFF, Stacy Hirano.
"And as I was saying, you almost never pay attention to me," Stacy said "you're always blowing me off to try and bust your brothers, which, by the way, you still haven't done."
"Don't be silly Stacy, I don't ignore you," Candace replied "what are those two planning?"
"Candace, are you even paying attention?"
"Of course, Stace, you have my undivided…clones!" Candace shouted.
"I have your what?"
"Stacy, I'll have to call you back, my brothers just made clones of themselves," Candace explained.
"You see, this is exactly what I mean," Stacy replied "I know you want to bust your brothers, but you can't keep letting it interfere with…"
"Yeah, yeah, sure whatever," Candace said, not really caring, "gotta go, bye" she said, hanging up the phone. Then she ran downstairs as fast as she could.
Back in the backyard, Phineas 2 was about to explain to his counterpart what happened in their dimension.
"It all started a few days ago…" he began.
"Ah ha!"
Both boys turned when they heard that and saw Candace strolling up to them.
"You two think you can just make clones of yourselves and get away with it? Not on my watch."
"Candace, they're not clones, they're…" Phineas began.
"Don't try to weasel your way out of this one," Candace interrupted "when I show mom your clones, you two will be so busted! And I'm gonna be watching you like a hawk, so there's no way the clones will disappear before mom shows up."
"But they're not…"
"Save it for when mom gets here," Candace said "and when she does, you two are going to be in double trouble." She paused "you know, because you made clones."
"I get it, but as I was trying to say…"
"Forget it, there's nothing you can say that will make me change my mind," Candace replied. Then she noticed the other Ferb produce a laser pistol "ah! Don't let your clones hurt me!"
Ferb 2 fired the Remember-ray at the redheaded teen, and suddenly, her mind was filled with memories….
A unicorn, a unicorn Stacy! (in childlike voice) Hi, I'm six!
Are we inside the mysterious force?
And why is Isabella suddenly fashionable?
Cute doesn't win the war, kid.
This probably isn't the best time to tell you, but I flunked jungle gym in kindergarten.
I use aggression to mask my insecurities.
And, I also want a car!
Now this is what I call busting!
The girl's about to forgive the guy for the clichéd misunderstanding; right after she battles these robots.
But the truth is, pet, secret agent, they're both the real you…
"Oh man, I can't believe I forgot all of that!" she said, once the memories returned. "Hey wait a minute! I saved this whole city from destruction and they didn't give me a parade or a medal or anything! Well if the mayor thinks he's getting my vote, he's crazy."
"Candace, you're too young to vote" Phineas reminded her.
"Yeah, well…" the teen looked for a comeback, but couldn't think of one "well I guess I can't bust you guys after all," she replied, before turning to the 2nd dimension residents "so, how's that cool version of me doing?"
"That's why we're here," Phineas 2 explained "we think she's in trouble."
"Other me is in trouble!" a shocked Candace asked "what happened?"
"As I was saying earlier, all started yesterday…" Phineas 2 began.
"We were following a tip about the location of one of Doofenshmirtz's transmitters."
The quiet from within a building was disturbed when the door came falling down. On the other side were Phineas 2, Ferb 2, & Candace 2, with Phineas wielding a turbo wrench.
"Good work little bro," Candace 2 said, "come on, we need to find that transmitter; once we shut it down, we'll be one step closer to taking Doofenshmirtz down for good!"
"I don't like this," Phineas 2 commented "I figured there'd be a whole swarm of Normbots around here."
"Yeah, it's not like Doofenshmirtz to be lax with his security, especially in such an important place," Candace 2 replied, "Keep your eyes open."
The two made their way further down the building, but there was no sign of any robots or the transmitter.
"That tip we got couldn't be wrong," Candace 2 surmised "maybe it's located on the next level."
But before they could begin heading to said level, a nearby door slid open and produced an army of Normbots.
"Now this is more like it!" Candace 2, said, extending her staff "let's play, rust buckets!"
She jumped into the fray, smashing and attacking as many of the robots as she could; meanwhile, Phineas 2 used his turbo wrench on one, unscrewing its' arm and he and Ferb 2 used it to blast away several others.
However, another Normbot blasted at them; they jumped out of the way, but lost the arm in the process. Phineas 2 ran towards it, dodging lasers, and attempted to unscrew its' arm, but another blasted the turbo wrench from his hands.
"Uh oh," he said, jumping off the robot's arm before its' companion accidentally blasted it to bits. He made a run for his turbo wrench, on the floor a few feet away, but found himself quickly set upon by a pair of Normbots.
"Oh snap."
Before they could blast him, Candace 2 flipped over to him and effectively decapitated both bots with her quarterstaff.
"You bolt brains leave my brothers alone," she said.
"Thanks sis," Phineas 2 replied.
"Anytime," Candace 2 replied, but then saw more Normbots coming.
"Oh man, where do these things keep coming from?" Phineas 2 asked "there must be dozens of them!"
She tossed Phineas his turbo wrench, but she knew the odds weren't good; thinking quickly, she made what she knew was the right decision.
"Get out of here," she said.
"What?"
"You heard me, take Ferb and get back to the base," she replied.
"But what about you?"
"I'll handle the Normbots, destroy the transmitter and meet you back at the base," she said "now hurry, before you get blasted!"
"No way, I'm not leaving you!" Phineas 2 said.
"Look, I can't fight these things and keep you safe at the same time," Candace 2 explained, dodging a laser blast "so I need you and Ferb to get to safety. Now that's an order!"
Phineas 2 just looked at his sister. "I'll be fine, trust me," she told him "you and Ferb just go."
"See you back there sis," Phineas 2 said "come on, Ferb, we're blowing this pop stand."
He and his brother headed for the door, with a group of Normbots spotting them and giving chase.
"Oh no you don't!" Candace 2 shouted; she flipped over and quickly begin fighting off the robots, giving her brothers time to escape.
Phineas 2 & Ferb 2 ran as fast as they could away from the building, with Phineas 2 glancing back. He heard Candace 2 emit a battle cry and heard lasers firing and smashing; then he turned forwards and ran towards safety.
"Anyway, she never came back to base," Phineas 2 finished "Ferb and I went back to the building later with Perry, but there was no sign of her. We're really worried about her."
"Don't worry, we'll help you find her," Phineas told him.
"You bet we will!" Candace added.
"Candace? You want to help us? That's uncharacteristically brave of you," Phineas commented.
"Hey, she saved me in the other dimension, I owe her," Candace replied "besides, she's me, and of course I'd save myself."
"Can't argue with that logic," Phineas said "well, if we're gonna do this, we'll need some gear; hold on a moment."
He walked off, and soon came back with the portable baseball launchers.
"Here Candace, you'll need one of these, seeing as you have no robot fighting skills," he said.
"Wait, you two still have these?" she asked "wait until…ah heck, I'll worry about that later."
"Okay, let's do this!" Phineas exclaimed.
Phineas 2 pressed a device on his wrist and a portal opened up.
"Neat! How'd you do that?" Phineas asked.
"I'll explain later," Phineas 2 replied "let's just hurry."
The five kids stepped through the portal and into the 2nd dimension. Moments after they left, Perry sprung up, put on his fedora, and jumped in after them.
The 2nd dimension still looked the way the three remembered it from the last time; dozens of tall buildings, and the word "Doof" written everywhere.
"I wish I had some idea where to look for Candace," Phineas 2 said "Ugh! I have all this brain power and I can't use it to help my sister!"
"Hey buddy, relax," Phineas replied, putting his hand on his counterpart's shoulder "I'm sure she's fine, your sister is way tough. Who knows? Maybe we'll get lucky; maybe she won't need our help."
Doofenshmirtz Evil News Update!
The five kids craned their heads skyward to the Doof-shaped blimp that was flying around where the announcement came from. A Normbot appeared on the blimp's screen.
"This just in, our supreme leader is proud to announce the capture of resistance leader Candace Flynn," he said, as a mug shot of Candace 2 appeared on screen "Miss Flynn is scheduled for execution this afternoon. All citizens are ordered to witness it;snacks will not be provided."
"Executed!" Phineas & Ferb 2 exclaimed.
"Okay, so I was wrong," Phineas commented.