"Sorry, did I wake you?" asked Phineas.
"No," said Ferb. "Not really. I can't sleep either. Must've been the food we ate."
Phineas nodded and groaned, rubbing his full belly. Maybe that bedtime snack wasn't a good idea, he thought. They had eaten very heavy and very spicy food, and then gone straight to bed. Because of that, they had upset stomaches and had been having disturbing dreams.
"Alem is probably still up," Phineas murmured. "Maybe we can go help him with something."
"Good idea," said Ferb.
They got up, changed back into their uniforms, and headed down to Alem's room.
Phineas quietly knocked on the door. Alem opened it.
"Hey boys," he said. "Couldn't sleep, huh?"
"No," said Phineas. "You were right. We shouldn't have eaten that stuff right before bed."
"Well, I've been wanting some company, I'll admit," Alem said. "Come on in."
Phineas and Ferb stepped inside the room. Ferb shut the door behind him.
"I've been working on a plan," said Alem. He sat down by his computer and opened up a program. There were six small screens in the windows, but they were blank.
"I am planning to set up six cameras in Heinz's building," Alem explained quietly. "That way we can keep a closer eye on him and be prepared for anything he might do."
"Great idea," said Phineas.
"Thanks," said Alem.
"How will you get the cameras in there?" asked Phineas.
"Eh...that's the part where I got stuck," said Alem.
Phineas scratched his...chin?...and thought. Then his face lit up. "I've got it!" he said.
Alem and Ferb both leaned towards him as he whispered his plan.
"This will be dangerous," Alem warned.
"But it should work," said Ferb.
* Candace opened the door to Heinz's room. "You called me?" she said.
"Yes, yes I did," said Heinz. He turned around and appeared to be beckoning someone to walk up to him. And someone did...
"Stacy?" Candace exclaimed.
"Candace!" Stacy shouted happily. "Wow, you're outfit has changed."
"So has yours," said Candace, examing her old friend. Stacy was now wearing clothing that was similar to Candace's clothing. In her right hand she held a whip.
"How did you get here?" asked Candace.
Stacy went on to explain (along with Heinz interrupting her quite often) about how Heinz had sent the Platyborg to look for a new recruit. The Platyborg had found Stacy hiding in the remains of her house. Stacy, who had strangely acted as if a cyborg platypus was normal, asked if the Platyborg had seen a teenage girl with long, orange hair.
"She is my best friend," Stacy had said. "Her name is Candace. I can't find her anywhere!"
The Platyborg slowly nodded. "I have seen her," said the Platyborg.
"Where is she?" asked Stacy. "Wherever she is, I want to help her with anything she might be doing, cuz friends stick by each other!"
The Platyborg suddenly had an idea form in his mind. "You would do anything to help her?"
"Anything," said Stacy.
"Come with me," said the Platyborg.
The two snuck back to Heinz's building and began to give her secret training each day.
Stacy learned fighting skills and the beliefs of the Minions at an incredible rate.
Now she was ready for battle.
Candace stiffened. "Somehow, I can feel the presense of my brothers."
"Whacha gonna do?" asked Stacy. "Fight them?"
Candace looked at Heinz, who nodded in approval. "I'll watch," he said, with a mean smile. He rubbed his hands. "I do enjoy a good fight."
"I'm coming with you Candace," said Stacy.
"Good," said Candace. "We need to give those kids a good beating!"
*
It was midnight when the kids began their work in the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated building.
As instructed by Alem, Eric and Isabella went to install the cameras, Buford and Baljeet watched for coming enemies, and Phineas, Ferb and Jessie all waited to distract any enemies that came by.
Candace and Stacy tip-toed down the stairs. They stood in the shadows, scanning the building with their eyes.
Stacy pointed out that Buford and Baljeet seemed to be positioned as "watchdogs". Candace quietly thanked her and walked up close to Buford. She pulled out a stun gun and shot Buford with it, making him unconscious. Baljeet saw this and he ran towards the girls, shaking his fist and shouting, "Hey! No knocking out my friene-" He was interrupted by Candace shooting him with the stun gun.
Phineas tilted his head, as if he were trying to hear something.
"What is it, Phineas?" asked Jessie.
"I thought I heard Baljeet yelling..." said Phineas. "But then he suddenly stopped, and I heard nothing else."
"Sounds like trouble," said Ferb. "Prepare yourselves, for there may be a battle soon."
"Right," his siblings replied.
Jessie brought out a strange disk-like object.
"What does that do?" asked Phineas.
"You'll see," said Jessie.
Candace and Stacy could be seen only a short distance away. Platyborg decided that he would join in, no matter what anyone said.
Suddenly, a cyborg dog jumped down in front of them. Then a bunch of other cyborg animals did as well.
"Uh oh!" said Phineas. "It's three of us against...ten? Twelve? Fifty? Over nine thousand of them?"
"Just twelve," said Ferb.
"We can take them!" Jessie declared.
Her confidence boosted Phineas and Ferb's a little.
The enemies stopped not too far from them.
"It's over, kids!" said Candace. "Either surrender, or be defeated!"
"I'm giving you another chance to turn from your fate," said Phineas.
"Never!" shouted Candace, raising a fist high above her head.
The other enemies charged toward the kids, and the fight was on!
Phineas, Ferb, and the cyborgs just threw punches and kicks. Jessie sometimes did this, but she usually threw her strange weapon at her opponents, which was like a ninja star, only the blades were lightsaber blades, which extracted when she threw it, but then it would come back to her like a boomerang and the blades would retract. This weapon was very effective. It did hurt the cyborgs a bit, but it also destroyed the places they were hiding behind so that they wouldn't get hit.
Stacy used her whip, which was, unfortunately, working very well on Phineas and Ferb.
Candace just stood, watching the battle, looking for an oppurtunity to use her stun gun.
The cyborgs eventually grew tired of trying to hide from Jessie and ran off. Jessie turned at the sound of Phineas crying out in pain. She saw Stacy using her whip, and ran over to help her brothers.
"Hey, leave them alone!" shouted Jessie.
Stacy glanced at her for a second. Then she raised her whip again, and attacked Jessie. A few moments later, Stacy stopped whipping her younger opponent. Jessie breathed loudly, her hand covering her face. A minute later, she looked up at Stacy and glared at her. What shocked everyone (even Candace and Doofenshmirtz) was that Jessie now had a scar over one eye.
Phineas and Ferb would've been mad at Stacy, but they could only stand, frozen in place.
A couple of minutes later (that seemed like an hour later), Phineas and Ferb began to suddenly get very mad.
Phineas walked up to Stacy, snatched her whip out of her hand, and threw it very far away. Then he pushed her to the ground and pinned her down. Ferb took out a rope and tied her hands behind her back. Then the two boys stood and put their hands on their hips.
Candace and Heinz were both taken by surprise at this. Their jaws dropped.
After a few moments, Candace's mind cleared. This was her opportunity. She pulled out her stun gun. A moment later, her brothers were both unconscious on the floor.
Jessie struggled to her feet, anger burning in her eyes. She slowly walked towards her sister, breathing heavily.
"If you surrender," said Candace, "we won't have to do this anymore. You can live without fear again. You will be safe from danger. Trust me."
Jessie's glare flickered for a moment, but she didn't lose it completely.
Suddenly, Isabella, Eric, Buford, and Baljeet all jumped down in front of Candace.
Candace raised her stun gun and shot Eric, who immediately fell to the ground.
Isabella kicked the gun out of Candace's hand, then tackled her, pinning her to the ground. Isabella saw the stun gun next to her and strained to reach it without freeing Candace. Finally, her hand was close enough that she was able to clasp her fingers around the weapon and drag it towards her. Candace saw this, and began to protest-only to be knocked out with her own weapon.
When Isabella turned her head, she saw that Eric had suddenly regained consciousness somehow. "Isabella! Jessie!" he shouted. "Get Phineas and Ferb out of here!"
"What about Doofenshmirtz?" asked Isabella, as Heinz jumped down to the scene to attack the kids himself.
"We'll distract him," said Eric.
Isabella, looked at Jessie, who was already trying to lift up Ferb so she could drag him away. Isabella ran over to Phineas and picked him up. The two girls ran out of the building with the unconscious boys and didn't stop until they arrived at their hideout.
Alem was pacing back and forth, when he heard a knock on the door. He opened it and saw the two girls carrying the boys. He immediately let them in and helped them get the boys to their room and onto their beds.
The girls and Alem sat down on the floor.
"What happened?" asked Alem. "My goodness, Jessie! You got scarred! What happened in there?"
Isabella and Jessie quickly explained everything. It took a while for Alem to get the story straight because the girls kept interrupting each other to fill in with random details.
"Oh my," said Alem. "I'm glad you're okay. I'm sorry I put you in so much danger."
"It's fine," said Isabella. "An agent's work is always dangerous, especially that of a resistance agent."
"True," said Alem. He glanced in the direction of the door. "The others should be here soon," he said. He turned back to Isabella and Jessie. "Can you girls please wait for them?"
"Yes sir!" the girls said at exactly the same time, standing up and running down the hall.
Alem heard a quiet moan behind him. He turned and saw that Phineas and Ferb's eyes were slowly opening.
They sat up and looked at Alem.
"What...happened?" asked Phineas.
"Apparently, you two got knocked out, then Isabella and Jessie brought you here," said Alem. "Now that you're awake, now we're just waiting for the others." He turned his head at the sound of running feet. "Oh look, they're here!"
Alem stood and greeted them.
"He...almost...got us..." said Buford, between breaths.
"Heinz?" said Alem.
"Yes..." said Baljeet.
"He's...stronger than we realized," said Eric.
Jessie pushed past them and peeked through the doorway into her brothers' room.
"Hey Ferb, can I talk to you?" she asked.
"Sure thing Sis," said Ferb. He turned to Phineas. "I'll be back," he said.
Phineas nodded. Ferb stood and followed Jessie into the lounge.
"What's up?" asked Ferb.
Jessie sighed. She explained what Candace had said to her.
"I-I just-I know Doofenshmirtz is evil, but Candace might be right. If we stop fighting, we can have an easier life. Right?"
Ferb took a deep breath before he answered. "Jessie, Candace has deceived you. It does seem harder to resist Heinz, but sometimes the easy way isn't the best way. Sometimes, you have to do the harder way to do what is right. Besides, being on the side of evil leads to destruction. Remember?"
"You're right Ferb," said Jessie. "Thank you."
"No problem," said Ferb.