Thanks to Emily for the Perry's lair idea. I wasn't going to do that, but if Phineas knows Perry can fight, that might help him in future chapters. O_o
Phineas woke up. Suddenly, all of Isabella's deaths stacked up in his head. His sudden anguish shocked him better than a bolt of lightning. It was going to happen again today, too, if he could save her. He ran into Candace's room. "Hey, Phin- WHAT ARE YOU DOING! NO!" Candace screeched. She tackled him. He had been unleashing all of his anger on Candace's Ducky Momo. Candace was seeing red and so was her little brother. He grabbed Ducky Mono and fled. Candace ran after him. Phineas led Candace to Isabella's house.
"Listen, Candace, I need you to help me," Phineas explained.
"What? Give me back Ducky Momo!" Candace bellowed. Phineas threw it and Candace caught it. She wasn't pleased.
"Help me save Isabella's life," Phineas commanded.
"What?" Candace shouted.
"Someone is going to try to kill Isabella this morning. We have to save her," Phineas explained.
"You're making this up!" Candace accused. Phineas ignored her denial and grabbed her hand to pull her over so she could help him.
"Okay, put the ladder right- there!" Phineas instructed.
"Are you sure about this, Phineas?" Candace chided. Phineas gave her a curt nod and motioned for her to hold the ladder. He snuck into Isabella's room and tried to stir her. Then he spotted a feather in her diary, took it, and put it on Isabella's face. That woke her.
"Phineas? Why are you in my room?" Isabella asked.
"Your life is in grave danger. Come down the ladder when you are ready. We need to be out of here by 9:00," Phineas explained.
"Yes, Phineas," Isabella answered. She was pretty surprised at this turn of events. But she still got undressed and redressed, climbed down the ladder in her normal garments, and looked at Phineas, albeit incredulously. "I remember an old secret entrance to an underground room that we could keep you safe in, or we could take you to the park, which might actually be safer," Phineas explained.
"I'll take the first one," Isabella chose.
"Let's go then," Phineas beckoned. So they did. Soon they were all in Perry's lair, the only place Phineas ever would have considered that was inside. Maybe they could escape it if they went underground.
"What do we do now?" Isabella wondered.
"Check the clock and prepare yourselves," Phineas answered. "Wow, Ferb really put a lot of effort into this place." The ground started to shake. "It's 9:00, isn't it?" Phineas inquired.
"Yep," Candace answered. Suddenly, a bad guy came into the lair. Phineas thought fast. He hit Ducky Momo out of Candace's hands while the bad guy threw a knife at Isabella. The knife impaled Ducky Momo while Isabella looked on in shock. "No! Ducky Momo! YOU WILL PAY!" Candace screamed. She ran up to the bad guy and strangled him with her bare hands. Meanwhile, Perry's lair collapsed. Isabella was about ready to freak out.
"Isabella," Phineas consoled in a smooth, calm voice. "I heard that you loved me." Isabella's jaw dropped. Was this the day she had been dreading or the one she had been waiting for? "I want you to know that I love you too. I'm sorry that this happened, and that we are all going to die now-" Phineas apologized. He was cut off by Isabella kissing him full on the lips. Any sane part of his brain that had been functioning turned off. He saw a platypus in a fedora. He saw titanium sparks. He saw a robot, shiny and deadly among the ruins. Then he saw the platypus slaughter the robot with his tail. That is when he recognized it to be Perry. "Isabella, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Phineas wondered.
"Perry in a fedora fighting a robot and winning?" Isabella confirmed. Phineas nodded his head incredulously. Phineas turned to see an unconscious Candace and an angry bad guy. He threw another knife at Isabella. Phineas tackled her down to save her. Perry went to combat the bad guy. Then a giant rock fell on Isabella's head just as Phineas fled. A loud crack rebounded through the room. Isabella was killed instantly at 9:10. May it be noted that Phineas had to stay there with his arm crushed by the rock until he fell asleep. It was only a few hours of pure, filtered agony. Agony, because Isabella was dead, again. Agony because he heard her skull crack. Agony, because Candace was unconscious and Perry was nowhere to be found. Agony, because his arm was screaming from under the rock. Agony, because he felt like he was constantly reliving every experience where Isabella died. Agony, because he had a headache. Agony, because he was dreadfully bored. Agony, because he knew he had failed Isabella again, for the fifth time. Phineas hoped to overcome this soon. He didn't want to be the 2 million year old kid who has been stuck in a time loop since less than a score after his birth. His mind drifted to that kiss. One thing he knew; he wanted another one.
Oh my! No! I'm drowning in gushy mushy mushy gushy wushy, and this is me writing it! Aughh! Code soggy cowpie! Code soggy cowpie! Man down! Man down! Waaa! Ok, I feel a lot better now. Review me your ideas, thoughts, criticisms, strange brainchildren, etc. Oh, and to all you writers reading, write on! :-รพ
