-Danville, 1914-

Ohio Flynn was once again in Danville, pacing back and forth angrily in his and Rhode's office. They were hoping to get the museum started by now, but the last pieces were missing to the collection. Without those artifacts, Ohio couldn't exactly get his hopes up about a decent meal any time soon. Neither him nor Rhode, but at least Rhode had family to rely on.

"Calm down, O. I'm sure we'll find something.", Rhode tried to reassure the stressed curator.

"Sorry Rhode. But... We gotta find something for this museum. Nobody's going to wanna walk in if all they see if a bunch of old dinosaur bones and fossils with weird messages.", Ohio explained.

"Well so Doof won. We'll just start on something else.", Rhode shrugged.

"Yeah. I guess you gotta point. Just don't know how much we can keep up the loses.", Ohio sighed. "I'll take a look around and see what I can dig up in the library."

Rhode gave him a thumbs up and off he went.

"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!", Phineas announced as he and his brother were walking about the Gadgets Through the Ages exhibit. "Since it was our great-great- grandfathers that founded the museum, why not we go visit them back in the 1900s?"

Ferb simply gave a shrug, not seeming entirely enthusiastic about the idea.

"What? Doesn't it sound interesting?", Phineas asked but with a roll of Ferb's eyes the idea was understood. "Oh. Then again, always listening to the family history from Dad... I guess it would get a little boring. Oh well. I guess I'll go by myself!"

And with that, he hopped into the Time Machine they had fixed earlier that Summer and began to put in the right numbers. With a whirr and a bright pink light, the boy was gone and Ferb was left to himself.

Ohio sat down at a table nearby with a book in hand, flipping about as he tried to find something worthwhile to find. There was suddenly a loud whirr and as he turned around, he nearly fell out of his seat in surprise. A young boy with bright red hair like his, his exact face, and his exact height, was suddenly some ways off in an odd looking machine. Aside from their change of clothes, as the two surprised counterparts ventured closer, they found that everything about them looked exactly the same.

"Um.. Can I help you?", Ohio asked the stranger.

"Hey! I'm Phineas Flynn. I came from the future in Xavier Onansis' time machine.", Phineas explained. "I'm..kinda like your great-great grandson."

"Really? He finished his research?", Ohio asked.

"Eh, sort of. So I guess you're Ohio.", Phineas smiled "It's nice to meet you!"

"You've heard about me?", Ohio continued, shaking the outstretched hand.

"Well of course! This museum is still standing, heck, even twenty years further than my years!", Phineas went on to say. "I came back here because I was curious to see HOW it got started."

"Oh really? Well, what can I say?", Ohio shrugged with a smile. "I've always had a thing for history. You forget it, you're doomed to repeat it, am I right? But.. Well.. It's actually a funny thing you came in to JUST NOW. My partner Rhode Island and I.. Well we're not exactly doing so hot. We just lost an artifact that could've been a real jewel to the place."

"Oh.. That's too bad. But there are others, right?"

"Not exactly. So many things get destroyed along the years. Not a whole lot of things are left to survive. And if we don't find something soon. Rhode and I... I'm afraid we'll have to call in bankruptcy.", Ohio explained, earning a surprised expression from the other. "I swear, sometimes, I could just really use a break from all the pressure. Not that I'll ever give up exploring unusual terrain or anything. It's almost instinct now with all the work we put into this."

"Well if you want, I could give you a day off!", Phineas offered.

"YOU?", he seemed skeptical.

"Well look at us! We're exactly alike! Here. If we switch clothes, we could switch lives! You could go to the future and take a break! After all, it IS going to work out, right?", Phineas suggested.

"Mmm.. Guess you gotta point. I mean. If Xavier's machine wound up in your future in THIS exact place.", Ohio shrugged. "But can you really handle it? If we DO end up finding something to recover, it isn't gonna be easy."

"Ohio, trust me. I found a PLATYPUS in the middle of AFRICA.", Phineas reassured. "And like you said, you need the day off."

"Yeah but I don't think I can just suddenly heave off my responsibilities onto you. You just met me."

"But we're family. That's what we do. And besides, an adventure would DEFINITELY be one of MY best days ever. And it would be so funny because WE'D be the only ones to know about it."

Ohio thought this through. Yes, his life certainly had it's pluses, but there were faults. Yet, if Phineas really WAS his grandson, and was able to bare such a strong resemblance to him, how much more like Ohio could he be? Maybe he could handle this sort of stuff. With a smile and a nod, the two got to work, switching clothes and retelling lives.

"Okay. So this is my brother, Ferb.", Phineas said as he pulled out his cellphone with a picture of Ferb on it.

"Wait. How did you mix a camera with that tiny little phone?", Ohio asked, peering curiously at the device. "It's broken even!"

"Cell phones. Everyone uses them where I come from.", Phineas explained, having to smile that Ohio didn't know anything about the modern technology. "And it's not broken. It runs on batteries and doesn't need the wires. So you could be ANYWHERE to call ANYONE."

"And take photos apparently.", Ohio said in slight awe.

"Yup!", Phineas laughed. "So this is Ferb Fletcher. He's my step-brother."

"Step? He's not kin?", Ohio asked. "Well... Then again. he DOES look an awful lot like Rhode."

"Yeah. Guess the genes run strong.", Phineas shrugged. "But my mom and his dad married when we were little. See. That's them."

He flipped the picture to one of his whole family and pointed at the two tallest people. Ohio blinked at the picture a bit, coming a bit closer to get a better look.

"Wait... You're mom?", Ohio asked more calmly.

"Yeah. What? Does she look like yours?"

There was an awkward moment of silence as Ohio shifted uncomfortably in his seat. His gaze was turned away but after a moment he finally heaved a sigh.

"I never met my mom. I'm... I'm an orphan. I don't know what happened. No one did. No family. No trace. When I was older, I met Rhode who joined in because his parents died. Then the orphanage was closed down and we've been scraping since. I was only 7.", Ohio explained, making Phineas' normally happy grin falter and eventually fall into complete shock.

As Phineas listened he was, for the first time he could remember, pained. Pained to think that someone could have so sad of a life. But he still had Rhode. And he went on a lot of exciting adventures. So that was worthwhile. And Phineas soon felt himself smiling again.

"But enough about me. On with your family.", Ohio decided to press on, forcing a smile of his own. "Mom and Dad. Who's the girl?"

"Candace. She's our sister. Blood sister. And like I said. Ferb's our step-brother."

"Still kinda weird your parents divorced.", Ohio shrugged. "But, Mom. Dad. Candace. Ferb. Got it."

"Well why is that so weird?", Phineas asked before grimacing some himself.. "Aside from the fact that Ferb's mom had cancer and the doctor's didn't say anything about it.."

"Eww..", Ohio cringed. "Well.. It's just that... I dunno exactly how much has changed, but divoirce, in this time-line, isn't exactly the most respectable. It's kind of...awkward to mention."

"Ohh.. Really? But it happens almost all the time back where I come from.", Phineas shrugged.

"ALL THE TIME?!", Ohio gaped. "EVERYONE?"

"Well.. Not EVERYONE everyone but a lot of people."

"Okay, I'm worried now.", Ohio cringed some more.

"Actually.. I'm not sure if my mom divorced or not... She hasn't ever mentioned my biological dad but I try not to think about it much.", Phineas shrugged. "Anyway. And here's our pet platypus, Perry."

Ohio looked at the picture curiously before asking, "Does he... Does he always look so..mindless?"

"Um.. no. Why?", Phineas asked, a little put off by the idea of Perry doing anything more than what he normally did.

"...Just curious.", Ohio shrugged, his memories going back to an odd platypus that would sometimes assist him in his adventures. "Friends?"

"Here's Buford and Baljeet.", Phineas introduced, pointing to each figure respectively. "Buford's the neighborhood bully and Baljeet's his nerd. And this is Isabella."

"Bella?", Ohio smiled in slight surprise before giving and impressed whistle at the photo. "Looks just like mine."

"Really?"

"Oh yeah."

"Awesome!", Phineas smiled more cheerfully. "I'm sure you'll like her!"

"Same here, Phin.", Ohio chuckled some. "Actually, a lot of the people you showed me is who I work with on a constant basis. Rhode Island Fletcher looks like Ferb. Your Isabella looks a lot like my Isabella Garcia-Shiparo.

"Wow. Talk about strong family-resemblances!", Phineas noted. "Cause you and I look exactly alike as well! Who else do you work with?"

"Well there's this man. Actually he's my rival. Doofenshmirtz. If I say the first name, I'll vomit in disgust but he's a real pain. Always snatching up all your hard work and then going and using it for evil or to rub your faces in it.", Ohio groaned, a deep scowl appearing on his face. "But aside from everyone you've shown me, that's all my acquaintances."

"O..kaayy..", Phineas said slowly, not entirely sure how to respond to anger. "So that's that! So I take it you do your job for fun?"

"Well if by fun you mean, riches, fame, and glory. Then heck yeah.", Ohio shrugged as he kicked his feet up on the desk with casualty.

"Oh.. Really?", Phineas asked, not entirely enthralled by the idea of making yourself look good on purpose.

"...Family reasons, kay?", Ohio simplified, hating the fact that it's part of his softer-side. "Not to mention Rhode and I are always scraping for survival."

"Oh. Okay then.", Phineas relaxed a bit, a little concerned on the family-issue. 'Maybe his dad did something wrong...'

"So what do you and Ferb do all day?", Ohio asked.

"Oh all sorts of things! We built a roller coaster through downtown. We went into space who knows how many times. Had a mechanical-bull rodeo.", Phineas listed. "We do something different everyday. I wasn't sure about today so I thought I might get an idea from the past."

"Mm. I see.", Ohio nodded. "You guys are inventors. Alright then. Just for fun?"

"Well why else?", Phineas chuckled. "It's Summer Vacation after all!"

"True. Sounds a bit nicer than I would first imagine.", Ohio smiled some to himself for a moment before slapping the table with a sigh and looking off back at the doorway that would eventually lead him to Rhode's office. "But anyway! We're wasting time just sitting around and talking now. Better get going."

"Of course!", Phineas nodded and got up with this counterpart.

They headed to the time machine and Ohio settled himself into the seat.

"So, 2012, eh?"

"Oh yeah. You're gonna have a blast!", Phineas smiled. "And remember, the motto is 'carpe diem'."

"'Seize the day'? Nice choice for Summer.", Ohio nodded before giving a mock-salute. "Be sure to stay alive for tomorrow, alright?"

Phineas returned it with a nod and within a few twists of the dials and a bright pink light, the explorer was gone and the inventor was left standing in his boots.