The City That Never Meaps
Isabella's room
Isabella was sitting on her bed, only slightly sniffling. She rolled the new ribbon around in her hands, being careful not to cut herself on the new thing. I need to apologize she thought, remembering what she had said to Phineas. Why can't we just be happy together? she asked herself as Phineas threw open her door.
"Isabella," Phineas said, more panicked than she had ever heard before.
"Phineas, I'm really sorry about earlier," she told him. She was shocked when he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards the door. "What are you doing?!"
"Isabella, please trust me," Phineas almost begged her. She stared at him for a quick instant before resigning herself to him.
"I do," she replied. The couple ran from her house, not even bothering to speak with her mom. They went straight to Phineas's backyard where he opened up the tree elevator, amazing Isabella. Not even bothering to explain himself, he pulled her in and sent them down into the depths of the yard. He wasn't even aware of how nervous/comfortable Isabella was with him holding her close to him. All Phineas cared about was her being safe (and her pushed against him wasn't unwanted). When the doors opened, she was amazed of the sprawling hideout. Her admiration lasted only a second until she saw what was playing on the monitors. Police officers were shooting at robots with machine gun arms while rushing civilians to safety.
"You brought me here to watch a movie?" she asked, confused what the big deal could be.
"This isn't a movie," Phineas said, stepping out of the elevator. "This is live footage of what's happening around Danville right now."
"No. You're lying," she mumbled as Phineas walked over to the monitors where Baljeet was still working.
"I wish I was," Phineas replied, hesitantly letting go of her as he set to work on the computer.
"I've located the source controlling the robots," Baljeet told them, not even looking away from his work. Phineas pulled up the image of a space station on a cloud.
"That's Mitch's space station!" Isabella exclaimed.
"So he's behind this," Phineas mumbled. Phineas and Baljeet worked in silence while Isabella supported herself on Phineas's chair, unable to look away from the horror unfolding in front of them. Suddenly, a larger platform dropped into the center of the room. Ferb, Buford, Irving, Django, and the Fireside Girls were all there, a mixture of fear and determination in all of their eyes.
"Baljeet, we're going to get ready," Ferb said, leading the group to the armory.
"What is he talking about?" Phineas asked the Indian boy.
"He's getting them ready to fight," Baljeet responded.
"What!?!" Phineas yelled, jumping to his feet. "I thought we were going to save them, not send them to their deaths!"
"We're going to save everyone we can. They'll hold off the robots while you and Ferb head to the space station," he explained.
"Ferb and I need to stay here to help you," Phineas objected.
"Actually, that's what we're here for," Django said. Phineas spun around, seeing him and Irving getting ready to use the computers. Both had a headset on and Django was handing Baljeet one.
"This is way too hard for you guys," Phineas said, becoming shakey with his excuses.
"I've been training these two for the past year," Baljeet interjected. "They're not as good as you, but they're good enough."
"But-" Phineas tried to say, but Isabella put a hand on his shoulder, pulling him away. Reluctantly, he followed. When they were in a corner away from everyone and out of earshot, Isabella began to speak.
"Why do you want to abandon Danville so badly?" she asked quietly. It wasn't an attack or insult. She asked it as a straight up question.
"I don't want to abandon this town. I love it here. It's just…" Phineas trailed off, not wanting to finish the thought. He was unaware when Isabella placed her hands on his shoulders and moved almost uncomfortably close.
"You can tell me anything Phineas. Being friends forever entitles at least that," she almost whispered. Friends… they both thought with an equal level of disgust.
"I want to protect you more," he replied, wrapping his arms around her. She stood in shock for several moments before returning the hug.
"You can't abandon everything because of me. I promise you I'll be safe, so you can go be a hero," she told him.
"Alright," he finally said, letting go of Isabella, hoping this wouldn't be their last hug. "Just be safe."
"I will," she replied, though it was a lie and both of them knew it. If her friends would lay everything on the line to protect Danville, so would they.
"You lovebirds coming!?" Adyson called out. Isabella and Phineas realized everyone was looking at them. Buford and the Fireside Girls were equipped with a variety of weapons and were wearing body armor. Ferb was waiting by a hovercraft similar to the one that crashed yesterday, his gaze on Phineas. Phineas ran to him while Isabella went to Baljeet.
"What should I do?" she asked as Phineas and Ferb started checking the vehicles instruments. Baljeet pointed to a small open hatch in the back of the hovercraft. "Really?"
"They'll need help, but Phineas is way too stubborn to allow that," he explained as he gave her the blade ribbon. She gave him a smile as she took it and a semi automatic pistol Gretchen was handing her as she ran for the hovercraft. She silently rolled into hatch as it closed and the hovercraft took off, flying through the hole made by the platform earlier.
"Alright everyone!" Baljeet started once his friends were gone. "We need to rescue as many people as possible and hold off the robots until Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella can stop the production. I've learned that City Hall is being used as a safe zone, so direct people there," he explained, receiving grim nods from his ragtag bunch of troops. "Django, Irving, and I will be here monitoring you and providing assistance. We'll communicate through your headsets. Are there any questions?"
"Can we go now?" Adyson asked, impatiently tapping the AK-47 she had on the ground.
"Yeah," he said as his friends filed onto the platform. "One more thing," he said, halting Django from raising the platform. "You may be rescuing the town, but don't be heroes. Isabella will kill me if any one of you doesn't come back."
"To be honest, I'd be more worried about you Shorty," Buford said with a friendly smile. Django pressed the button, raising the platform into the backyard. As it rose, Ginger winked at her crush. Baljeet just smiled sadly, unsure if they would ever see any of them again.
"Why didn't we give Phineas and Ferb headsets? Now we have no idea what's going on with them," Irving shouted, already freaking out.
"They'll be in that space station soon and all the electronic waves up there would interfere with the transmission. All we can do is have faith," Baljeet responded, calmly putting on his own headset. "Alright everyone, let's save the city!"
