Phineas struggled to make his speck of light bigger. He could now see the outlines of his hands when they were close to the light speck.
Phineas sighed and sat to calm himself again. He had to wake up before he endangered anyone. He focused on his breathing.
In...out...in...out. Calm worked. Calm was the key. Just stay calm. Stay calm. The light grew slowly, but steadily. It pulsed with Phineas's breathing. Phineas opened his eyes, still focusing on his breathing. He watched the light grow. The darkness around him lightened into shades of gray. The distance remained black. Phineas was relieved to see something other than that sufficating color. He looked at his clothing. His signiture white and orange shirt with his blue shorts. The color began to clear his mind, reminding him of his goal. An earthshaking footstep made Phineas flinch.
"Oh, no." He forgot about...
A deep growl came from two bright red, almond shaped eyes.
Perry hung behind the group of humans. Candace was arguing with Ferb about what they should do. Candace suggested separating Phineas from his "jetpack." Ferb argued it wouldn't help anything. Phineas needed something to keep his body occupied. Candace demanded to know why Ferb was always against her on this. Ferb's answers were guarded.
Perry slipped over to Phineas. He pressed a button on his watch. Carl came up on the screen.
"Hi, Agent P. Is something wrong? Do you need Major Monogram?"
Perry lifted his wrist to show Carl a mumbling Phineas.
"This goes here. Wait, no, it goes here. Yeah. This should be up here. That doesn't go there! It goes down here." Phineas twitched.
Carl's voice came from the watch, "That's Phineas... Agent P! You have to get out of there! We can't let what happened last time happen this time! I'll notify Major Monogram. Just get away from Phineas!" Carl disappeared from view and the connection ceased.
Perry had no intention of just leaving. But he had to do something. He recorded a video of Phineas on his watch and ran to the side of the house.