CHAPTER 7- Well, I haven't updated for a while.
This is the last chapter, and it ends kind of sappy like. And yes, just in case you didn't notice, every chapter title was a question. (: To fit the theme of the whole story. Questions…
Anyway, I don't own Phineas and Ferb or Austin and Ally. Big Time Rush makes an appearance, and I don't own them either.
Read on!
For as long as I shall live, I will testify to love!
GENERAL POV
Phineas and the Ferb-Tones finished up the extended version of Gitchee Gitchee Goo and Phineas and Ferb walked to the front of the stage, Candace and Isabella joining them.
"I'd say that was a pretty successful concert, how about you guys?" Phineas said with a laugh.
Candace cracked up. "Considering it's almost five o'clock at night and this yard is still so packed an ant couldn't get through, I'd say it was successful."
"I mean, what with all those singers showing up last minute," said Isabella with a grin. "And of course, Austin kicking the whole thing off. Let's get all our singers out here one more time, guys!"
All the singers, now including Big Time Rush, who had sung a song with Austin earlier, trooped out onto the stage to enormous amounts of applause from the crowd, which was now all up and down the block.
"All right!" said Phineas, as the applause died down, "here from the World Wildlife Foundation is Miss Nicole Hartman. She is going to be the one to take and bring our money to the charity."
Nicole stepped onto stage alongside Phineas and Ferb, and Phineas leaned into his mic. "Hey, Jenny, can you bring up the grand total?"
Considering the total had been over ten thousand at one o'clock, Phineas couldn't begin to imagine what it would be now as Jenny bounced up the stage, an enormous smile on her face.
"Here you go Phineas," she said, handing him the envelope and skipping off the stage.
"Ferb? Would you do the honors?" Phineas said.
Ferb nodded and took the envelope, slicing it open neatly with his pinky finger and unfolding the paper.
His eyes skimmed it once, and the boy promptly passed out on the floor. Candace leapt forward and caught her brother quickly, snatching the paper out of the air. "Oh my gosh," she whispered as she read the grand total.
She reached up slowly and handed the paper to Austin, who took it delicately. His eyes bugged out, but he slowly managed to read off the total.
"The…the amount of money raised going to the World Wildlife Foundation is…one million, one hundred thousand, two hundred and thirty two dollars and sixteen cents."
There was dead silence for a moment, and then, as Ferb woke up, the crowd went absolutely nuts, cheering and screaming.
Phineas recovered from his shock and grinned, spinning Isabella into a brief hug. "You guys rock!" he cried, putting down the blushing girl. "We could never have done this without you!"
Kendall, from Big Time Rush, took the mic from Phineas and grinned. "You guys are awesome, and to prove it, Big Time Rush will be in the back signing autographs!"
He handed the microphone to Katy Perry, who had been whispering with the other singers. "That goes for every other singer as well!" she announced to thousands of cheers and screams.
Austin shook his head. "Sorry guys, not me," he said, to a thousand groans. "I'd love to, but I really got to get home."
Phineas grinned. "Don't worry about that, Austin."
Austin looked at him slowly. "Well…ok. Then I'll be in the back as well."
The fans continued cheering as the musicians clambered down the stage steps and moved to the back, where Stacy had cleared off the snack table and set out chairs for the autographs.
Two hours later, as Phineas and Ferb were stacking chairs with their parents, Candace, and Isabella, Austin and his friends walked up, looking totally exhausted, which made sense.
Ally, Trish, and Dez had joined forces with the Fireside Girls, Buford, and Baljeet to help keep crazy fans at bay while the musicians signed autographs. It wasn't an easy job, and they had all performed it well. So well, in fact, that Buford, Baljeet, and the Fireside Girls had gone home already, despite it being only about seven o'clock.
"Hey," said Austin, holding back a yawn, "can you guys get us home now?"
Phineas jumped up. "Oh, right! Sorry guys! We were waiting until everyone left to give you some space."
Ally nodded, slumping heavily against Austin's shoulder. "Right. What were you waiting for, exactly?"
Phineas and Ferb nodded to Isabella, who looked ready to drop, and they led the teens backstage again, Perry trotting sleepily at their heels.
Phineas turned to the teens and winced when he realized how tired they were. Ally was practically being dragged by Austin, and Trish was having a hard time staying on her feet, Dez pretty much holding her up. The boys didn't look much better, Austin with large bags under his eyes and his guitar slung lazily behind him, and Dez with his very droopy eyelids.
He didn't feel so hot himself, Phineas realized. And Ferb looked ready to collapse.
"So," said Phineas, digging into his pocket for the items he had retrieved from the cookie jar ten minutes ago, "I took some blueprints that Ferb and I had and made you guys these teleporting pens."
He pulled out said pens and the teens woke up a little, crowding in to look at them.
They looked like ordinary ball point pens; with the little thing that you click on top dull silver and the ink blue.
"What's so special about them?" Trish asked.
Phineas smiled, and pressed a small, almost unnoticeable button on the side.
Automatically, the pen changed. A small keyboard the size of a half of a graham cracker popped out of one side, and directly opposite it came out a screen of the same size. On the screen blinked a cursor, positioned in a box that was labeled "Address."
Under it was the box "City," then, "State," and then "Zip Code." Under all of those were the two capital letters OR, and under that was a box for coordinates.
"You see," said Phineas, "when you press that button, these come out. You type in the exact address you want to go to. It has to be exact, or you could wind up in China or something. Or, if you know the coordinates, you can punch those in instead. There is also a speaker option," he said, scrolling down the screen and pointing to what they hadn't noticed. "You just click on that, and then say the place you want to go. It still has to be exact, but it could be more specific. For instance, I could give my street address, or I could say, 'right next to Ferb' and then the address, and I would appear wherever Ferb was in the house."
"That would be the better option if we didn't want to scare anyone half to death," Ally muttered, her eyes starting to slip closed.
Phineas nodded. "Right. I made you each one, so you could all go home right now if you wanted. Once you have entered the destination, just click the clicky part of the pen down and you'll be transported there. It will automatically shut when you get there, and you won't be able to use it again for about ten minutes so it can cool down. When the screen and keyboard aren't out, you can use it as a regular pen. Oh, and you can program it like a cell phone's speed dial. So like, if you went to a specific spot in your house a lot, you could put in a catch phrase or letter that would automatically take you there."
He handed each of the teens a pen and the kids blinked. Each pen had been engraved with his or her name.
"Thanks, guys," Dez said with a smile. "This is great!"
Phineas smiled sheepishly, and glanced over at Ferb, who was cradling a sleeping Perry in his arms. "Well, we kind of want you guys to visit again," he said with a laugh.
"Are you kidding?" Austin cried with a grin. "Of course, man! You pretty much saved my life! You know, metaphorically. But without you two, no one would ever know who I was again."
Phineas and Ferb grinned. "We made some for ourselves, too," he said, holding up his and handing Ferb one. These were color coded, Phineas' red and Ferb's green, and they had their names on them as well.
Ally smiled and managed to click her pen out, pulling an old receipt from her jeans. She jotted down the address of Sonic boom and handed it over to Phineas, who slid it into his pocket with a smile and handed the teens their address.
"Thanks for everything, guys," Austin said.
"Thank us?" Isabella said, walking over with Candace at her side. Both girls looked tired beyond belief, but they both had small smiles on their faces. "Thank you guys! We broke our goal and then some! It's crazy how much you helped!"
Austin smiled and nodded. "Well then, you're welcome. I guess."
Candace smiled and wrapped an arm around each of her brothers. "Hate to say it, but you guys rock. I barely wanted to bust you today. Or maybe that was just because of my spaziness at Austin being here."
She looked up with a sheepish smile. "Sorry about that, by the way. I'm sure you really didn't want to be mobbed by me."
Austin laughed. "Hey, at least you got over it. Here, hand me your cell phone."
Candace frowned, but fished her phone from her pocket and handed it over. Austin pulled out his very weary Sharpie and scrawled his name on the back of it.
Candace promptly squealed in delight and passed out. Isabella looked at her for a moment and rolled her eyes. "Wow. She totally got over it."
Austin chuckled. "Want me to sign your phone too?"
Isabella looked up with a blush. "Would you?"
Austin did so, and Isabella grinned, only to have her mother yell her name. "I've got to go, guys. Thanks Austin! Bye guys!" she called, racing from the yard.
Phineas and Ferb waved, Ferb almost dropping Perry in the process.
As he re-situated the platypus in his arms, Phineas looked over at Team Austin.
Trish was actually asleep now, and Dez was having a heck of a time holding her up and trying to shake her awake. Ally finally reached over and poked the girl sharply in the side.
Trish yelped and accidentally smacked Dez in the face. The boy winced and unceremoniously dropped the girl.
Trish scowled and picked herself up off the ground. "Let's just go home, guys. I'm beat. Thanks Phineas, Ferb. For everything."
She clicked the button on her pen, angrily stomped on Dez's toe, entered the address of her house, and vanished with a click of the pen.
Ally gave a quiet, tired smile to the boys and did the same, heading for Sonic Boom. Austin and Dez left together, Dez still grumbling about his toe and Trish.
For a moment after they were gone, Phineas and Ferb just stood there, jumping practically three feet in the air when Candace, who had been awake for who knew how long, spoke up.
"They're cute together."
Phineas and Ferb turned. "Who?" Ferb questioned.
Candace chuckled. "Dez and Trish. Isn't it obvious by their love-hate relationship that they like each other?"
Ferb nodded while Phineas just shook his head in confusion.
Austin crept into the living room, where he could see the dim glow from the reading light casting its shadow into the hallway.
His mother was seated lightly on the cushions of the couch, her reading glasses tucked on her nose and a copy of something by James Patterson clutched in her hands. Her eyes skimmed the words eagerly and she jumped when Austin cleared his throat.
"Austin honey," she said, looking up with a smile. "You startled me. I thought you were still at Sonic Boom with Ally, Trish, and Dez."
Austin could only stare at his mother, and she frowned and placed a bookmark onto her book. "Sweetheart? Is something wrong?"
She stood and crossed the room over to him. "Hon? Weren't you at Sonic Boom? Did something happen?"
Austin gulped, trying to hold back the tears he had been fighting all day. "No, I…we went out for a while, actually."
"Well then what's wrong?" she asked.
Austin shook his head rapidly, engulfing his mother in a sudden hug and shivering a little. "Nothing, Mom. I just…I love you Mom."
His mother was pleasantly surprised, and she wrapped her arms around him. "I love you too, Austin. Honey, what's wrong?"
Austin pulled away and glanced down. "Mom, would you ever forget me?"
His mother's gaze softened. "Oh, honey," she whispered, brushing a hand across his cheek. "I could never forget you."
Austin choked up a little. "What if…what if some kind of ray thing made you forget?"
His mother cocked her head slightly, looking confused. "Well…then I'd find some way to remember. Honey, don't forget, your memory is one thing."
She pulled him into another hug, letting him shake and cry all he wanted. Obviously, something bad had happened today, and she was sure she would never find out what it was.
"But honey, your heart and your love for someone else is something completely different."
Fin.
IDK, I thought it went well. But what do I know?
Told you it would be relatively short. Crazy. I've never written a story so short before….
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