It was another normal, sunny, summer day in the backyard of the Fletcher-Flynn residence. Phineas Flynn & his stepbrother Ferb Fletcher were already hard at work on their project for the day. Little did Phineas know, an even greater adventure awaited him that day; one that would be for his very existence.

"Okay Ferb, our multi-surface shoes are complete," he said happily "now we just need to test them out."

"Hey Phineas," Isabella said, as she entered the backyard "whatcha doin'?"

"Oh hi Isabella," Phineas greeted her "Ferb and I were just working on shoes that stick to any surface. Or at least, they're supposed to; we still have to field test them. Wanna help?"

"Of course."

"Okay, let me get you a pair," Phineas said walking off. He returned a few moments later with what appeared to be a normal looking pair of shoes.

"Just slip these on," he instructed her.

"Okay, now what?"

"Now we test them," Phineas said "okay Ferb, let her rip!"

Ferb gave a thumbs up and began walking up the tree in their backyard. He then walked around horizontally a few times before coming down.

"Wood, check," Phineas said, checking something off a clipboard "Isabella, try walking up the side of the house."

"Right," Isabella said, heading over to the house. She put her foot on the wall, and found, to her surprise, that she could scale it effortlessly. Then she got up on the roof, went across to the other side and walked down the opposite wall.

"And brick I guess, also check," Phineas said happily "next up we have sand and water. Let's head to the beach!"

"You could just come to my backyard," Isabella suggested "I have a pool and I'm sure there's a sandbox nearby you could use."

"That is more convenient, and there's less chance of us getting stung by jellyfish," Phineas said "okay, we'll meet you over there, I just need to get some shoes for Buford & Baljeet."

Isabella ran off, and Ferb followed soon behind. Phineas went over to the tree and picked up some extra pairs of shoes.

"Good think we thought to make several pairs of these," he said "yup, it never hurts to be prepared for any situation."

Unfortunately, he didn't notice somebody creeping up on him, until said person smacked him over the head with something. Then, there was only blackness.

A few minutes later, Isabella was waiting at her house for him to arrive.

"How long does it take to get a few pairs of shoes?" she wondered.

Then she noticed Ferb. "Ferb, have you seen Phineas? I thought he was just supposed to be getting extra shoes."

Ferb looked behind him, but didn't see his brother as he expected to. He left Isabella's yard and looked down both sides of Maple drive, but there was still no sign of him.

"Come on, let's go back to your house," Isabella suggested.

Both kids made the quick trip across the street and into the backyard, but there was no sign of Phineas. Isabella then noticed the pairs of multi-surface sneakers lying under the tree.

"Well the shoes are here, but where's Phineas?" she asked. Ferb shrugged his shoulders in response.

"I don't like this Ferb," she said "I hope he's okay. What am I saying? Of course he's okay" she added "I'm sure he's probably just in the bathroom or something. We should probably wait for him out here."

Ferb agreed and both kids sat down under the tree.

What Isabella didn't know was that Phineas wasn't in the bathroom. In fact, he was just coming to after having been hit on the head.

"Uhh, what happened?" he asked groggily "I feel like Buford sat on me."

When he regained consciousness, he discovered he was in what appeared to be an old abandoned warehouse of sorts.

"How'd I get here?" he asked. He tried to get a better look, but found himself tied to a chair. "Hey, what the? What's going on?"

Suddenly he heard an evil laugh "ahh, so you're finally awake huh? Good, I didn't want to explain myself to you when you weren't conscious to hear it."

The owner of the voice emerged from the shadows. He wore a black overcoat and boots, grey trousers and gloves, an eye patch that had a scar over it, for some reason, and a pointy evil goatee.

"I'm sorry, do I know you?" asked a confused Phineas.

"Do you know…? What kind of question is that?" he asked angrily "how could you not…oh, I think I know what happened. You probably got your memory erased so you wouldn't have your platypus taken away from you."

"I'm sorry sir, but I have no idea what you're talking about," Phineas commented.

"That's right, you don't," the man said, reaching into his coat and producing what looked like a ray gun, "but you will in a minute."

He pointed it at Phineas, who closed his eyes, awaiting the inevitable. However, when the ray hit him, it didn't disintegrate him. Rather, he felt his mind opening up, as it began remembering things locked away.

He remembered building platypults, meeting Doofenshmirtz and helping him with the Other-Dimensionator. He remembered Perry peeing on Doof's couch, the other dimension, Perry being a secret agent, (who had his own logo), getting a pamphlet, & meeting other versions of his friends and family. He remembered using his and Ferb's inventions to defeat the Normbots, of hitting the greatest home run ever. He remembered Isabella kissing him (which he definitely needed to talk to her about later). All of it came flooding back.

"Pretty nifty invention, eh?" Doofenshmirtz 2 asked "I call it the Remember-Ray; I invented it so my subjects would never forget their great and glorious leader."

"It all makes…wait, last time I saw you, you had given up evil after you got your toy train back," Phineas said "what happened?"

"Well, when I went back to my dimension, the resistance locked me up," Doof 2 explained "while I was in prison, I had time for some introspection, and I realized something; being evil is who I am, just like being an annoying runt is who you are. Besides, I'd rather rule the Tri-State area and have my choo choo then one over the other."

"What do you want with me?"

"What, are you serious?" Doof 2 asked "obviously revenge; and they say you're a genius."

Phineas struggled against the ropes that held him "you won't get away with this!"

"Jeez, at least wait until I tell you my evil plan before you pull out that old cliché," Doof 2 replied.

"Sorry."

"You don't know how long I've waited for this," Doof 2 said wickedly "because of your interference, I am not ruler of a six-state area, I lost my loyal servant Platyborg, my entire robot army, and my Goozim. Do you how hard those are to get? I have to have them shipped over on a boat from Druelselstien. Not to mention, you also shoved a cushion, which I later discovered had platypus urine on it, in my face."

"You were going to enslave my friends and family."

"And for that, I deserve to be covered with pee?" Doof 2 asked "anyway, even though I've managed to reverse things in my favor again, I'm still hungry for revenge. And almond brittle, but I'll have some after I get rid of you."

"My friends and family will come looking for me!" Phineas said.

"Let them," Doof 2 said "because when I'm done, they won't be able to find you. Now for my revenge; see, any old fool could just kill you, but I've come up with something that is much more cruel, and benefits me as well."

So saying, he walked over to where something was covered with an enormous sheet.

"How did I miss that?" Phineas asked.

"Behold!" Doof 2, said whipping the sheet away "look familiar?"

"Yeah, it looks kind of like the time machine at the museum," Phineas answered "but, slightly different."

"That's 'cause it's the time machine from my dimension," Doof 2 explained "I found it in storage at the Doofseum; I guess I had it put there since it wasn't a piece of art featuring me. Anyhoo, using this time machine, I shall travel into the past and make sure you were never born, therefore ensuring that you won't be able to foil my plans in the present. You can say it now."

"Oh right," Phineas replied "you'll never get away with this!"

"Of course I will, because no one else knows I have you."

"But, if you do, you'll never get your choo choo" Phineas explained "the only reason you did was because of Dr. D using the Other Dimension-inator to travel to your world. If I'm never born, then the Other Dimension-inator never gets fixed, which means you won't have your precious childhood toy."

"Yeah, I thought of that" Doof 2 said "see, I wrote myself a sticky note" he said, producing said note from his coat. "'Create portal to conquer other Tri-State Area, then take choo choo from stupid me.' It's pretty straightforward."

"But if I don't exist, you won't know about this Tri-State Area or the other you" Phineas explained.

"Did you not just see the sticky note?" Doof 2 asked. "Okay you know what? I don't have time to argue, I have revenge to enact."

He hopped into the time machine "now to set the controls to…how old are you again?"

"I'm not telling you."

"Oh well, I'm an evil genius, I can figure it out," Doof 2 replied "too bad you have to spend your last, let's say, half hour of existence struggling against ropes, but that's life. Or rather, that's not life, on account of the fact that yours will soon be gone; man, I'm a genius, a dictator, and a comedian. I'm a triple-threat!"

Activating the controls, Doof 2 whirred the time machine to life.

"As they say in Spain, adios muchacho!" he said, and waved mockingly before the time machine disappeared.

After it was gone, Phineas struggled against the ropes holding him to the chair. He knew he had to free himself before Doof 2 made good on his threat. The question was, how long would that take, and would he have enough time?