Chapter 7
"Ugh...where are we going?" Bonnie uttered, still with the blindfold over her eyes. The only thing guiding her was the tight grasp of Candace's hand.
"We're going to that kids-only island that is four miles out, Bonnie! It's open as of right now and my brothers are on it, building a giant sand castle!" Candace shouted, "Now hurry up! We need to get to the boat rental place! The sooner Mom sees the sandcastle, the bigger the bust!"
"And where is your mom?" Bonnie asked.
"Mom told me that she wanted to get some R & R away from me!" Candace replied.
Around 1500 feet away from them, Linda was on the beach and relaxing. She was reading a gushy romance novel. Lawrence, meanwhile, was sleeping on his chest, getting a tan on his back.
"Lawrence?" she smiled with her eyes closed, "Did you tell the boys to be good on that new Kids' Island?"
"Yes, luv, I did!" Lawrence said. He had taken both Phineas and Ferb to the Kids Island via a rental speedboat, plus he gave them their cell phones so that they could stay in touch.
On the Kids' Island, Phineas looked around the large expanse of sand. He and Ferb brought in two plastic buckets each.
"This seems like the perfect place for a giant sandcastle! Ferb, get the tools ready!" he proclaimed. Ferb pressed a blue button and, all of a sudden, the four plastic buckets transformed into about the size of a two-story building.
"That'll work!" he grinned.
Isabella and her troop of Fireside Girls parachuted down on the island. Gretchen, Ginger, Adyson, and Holly followed in behind her.
"Hey, Phineas!" Isabella smiled, saying her most favorite phrase, "Whatcha doin'?"
"Hey, Isabella, we're building a giant 15-story sandcastle on this island." Phineas replied, explaining his idea. "But why aren't you at the Annual Fireside Girls Grand Meeting?"
"The insect exterminator's convention before ours was taking too long, so they had to reschedule it to tonight at 7." Isabella explained. "But we do want to sneak in our Sandcastle Building patches in before the meeting starts.
"Then you're in luck. Ferb and I built these two-story plastic buckets to make our giant sandcastle building!"
Buford then parachuted down and removed his goggles.
"Hey, Dinner Bell!" he said, "What we've got for today?"
"Hey, Buford! We're making a sandcastle today." Phineas replied to him.
"It isn't going to be one of those dinky little ones that they're going to do over at that Tri-State Area Sandcastle competition that's being held today, is it?" Buford questioned. He had knocked down sand castles prior to his teaming up with Phineas.
"Oh no, Buford. This one is about 15 stories tall." Phineas said, pointing to the giant buckets. "We're going to use those buckets to go through all that sand over there and bring it back here to make out castle." He then pointed to a giant sand pile to the north of the island.
"You're always one step ahead, Phineas!" Buford grinned.
"Um..." Phineas looked around, "Where's Baljeet?"
Buford tilted his head upwards, grinning "He's hanging in there."
As it turns out, Buford had attached the parachute to Baljeet's underwear over his swimming trunks. He pulled the cord and, once the parachute was activated, it gave Baljeet a wedgie 4000 feet in the air.
"I'm okay, my friends!" Baljeet groaned as he landed on the island, a bit humiliated.
Buford took out a notepad and a pencil. He crossed out something on his 'to-do' list.
It read: "Giving Baljeet a wedgie while skydiving!"
"Cross that off the list!" he smirked.
Candace and Bonnie both came to the boat rental place. A single man, balding and in his mid-fourties, proclaimed:
"Rent your boats here! Five dollars an hour! Five dollars an hour!"
Candace immediately gave the man a twenty-dollar bill.
"Keep the change! What's the fastest boat that can get to Kid's Isalnd?"
The man pointed to a speedboat at the end of the dock. "That here is the Tiger 44, the fastest boat that I have! Its' top speed is around 50 mph!"
"We'll take it!" Candace insisted.
A few minutes later, Candace was driving the speedboat with Bonnie in the passenger seat.
"So how long before we get to this island thing or whatever?" Bonnie asked.
"It's about 20 minutes away, Bonnie! We should be there in no time and finally, I can prove Mom everything!" Candace grinned, focusing on nothing else but the Big Bust.
Bonnie, still with her eyes blinded by the blindfold, patted her hands around.
"Have you seen my phone?" she asked, "I need to call up my mom to see how my outfit is doing!"
"Why an outfit?" Candace asked.
"The Da Perry Boyz will be performing with Britina and MC Honey tonight, and I have the perfect clothes to go along with it! Plus, my date with Brick is after the concert!" Bonnie explained, still trying to find her handbag.
"Your handbag is over there!" Candace uttered, pointing to Bonnie's handbag right next to the brunette.
"Oh!" Bonnie smiled, "Almost forgot about that!" She reached into her handbag for what it appears to be her phone.
"Hey, Mom? How's my outfit coming along?"
Candace turned her head and said, "Bonnie, that's not a cell phone! That's an expired banana!"
Bonnie felt the squishiness of the browned-out banana!
"EWWWWW! Why did I even put that in there?!" She dug deeper into her designer bag until she felt something resembling her phone.
"Ooooh! This phone is slimmer in design!"
She tried communicating in it.
"Mom? How's the outfit doing so far?"
Candace groaned, "Bonnie! That's a toothbrush!"
"Ugh! I really should empty out the toiletries!"
Candace put her right hand in Bonnie's bag until she pulled out the phone, while her left hand was on the steering wheel.
"There you go, Bonnie! A real cell phone!"
"Thanks, Candace!" Bonnie replied, dialing up her phone.
V: Hello, Bon-Bon!
B: Yes, got it on the first try! Mom? How's the outfit coming along?
V: Um...Bon Bon? You there?
Candace looked behind her and saw that Bonnie was using her cell phone the wrong way.
"Um, Bonnie...why are you using your cell phone...upside down?"
Bonnie peered from the right eye of her blindfold to see that she was indeed holding her phone upside down.
"Oh...sorry!"
"Can you put the blindfold black on?" Candace suggested, "We're almost there!"
She then flipped her phone in the correct manner and put the blindfold back on.
B: Sorry, Mom! I'm...on a little trip on a friend.
V: It's okay, dearie. Anyways, you were saying something?
B: Oh yes, my hip-hop concert outfit! Is it ready yet?
V: (ironing Bonnie's baggy overalls and boxers) Just about, dear. I need you to be back at the hotel room by six. I already have your accessories ready!
B: (looks down at her diamond stud belly-button piercing and at her phone) And since it's about two right now... Reb would probably be awake then.
V: Of course, dear. And your outfit should be ready by then!
B: Perfect! You totally rock, Mom!
V: Yeah, I totally rock and roll!
B: Mom, you're already cool! Please don't spoil it!
She hung up her phone as the boat landed ashore on the Kids' Island.
"We're here, Bonnie and...whoa!" Candace said to Bonnie before turning her head around in sheer amazement.
"Um...hello, Candace? I still can't see a thing with this blindfold!" Bonnie shouted.
"You many...remove it now, Bonnie!" Candace said, still looking at a tall shadow.
Bonnie removed her blindfold.
"Okay, Candace, now where is this..." She turned her head to look at the sight.
"...sandcastle..." Bonnie weakly whispered.
Both Candace and Bonnie came face to face with a 15-story tall sandcastle, complete with water moat and drawbridge.
