Meap's ship slowly lowered itself from the sky. Meap climbed out, a solem expression on his face. Slowly, sadly, he walked away from the ship.
And then it exploded.
BOOM!
Phineas, Ferb, and Candace immediately rushed outside, Candace still in her ducky momo pajamas.
"Meap?"
"Meap!"
Phineas and Ferb rushed towards Meap, while Candace stood in the door, confused.
"What are you doing here?"
"Oh, don't be rude, Candace. Meap's always welcome."
"But he never comes without reason, Phineas. When Meap's here, either something's happened, or it's going to."
"Meap." With that, Meap fainted. Phineas caught him, and looked to his brother.
"Ferb, you studied Xenobiology, right?" Ferb nodded, and Phineas handed Meap over to his brother. "Take him to the SHED and check his vitals. I'll go get the gang. Candace, go get dressed. I have a feeling that it's gonna be a long day."
"Eye eye, Captain. Oh, and Phineas?"
"Yeah, Candace?"
Candace laid a hand on her younger brother's shoulder. "Don't do anything too crazy without me."
Phineas smirked. "I'll try."
...
"…Alright, Meap, we've you hooked up to an improved version of our old universal translator. It was made for animals, but it should work just fine for alien lifeforms as well. Ferb, how's he doing?" Ferb gave a thumbs-up. "Ferb says you're healthy enough to speak. So, what's up? We heard an explosion, and then you fainted."
Allow me to paint a picture for you. All the kids, plus Candace, in the SHED, Ferb monitoring a bunch of science fiction British technology, the fireside girls all very excited to be earning their very first intergalactic fireside girls patch by helping Ferb with the tech, Isabella was monitoring their work and correcting them from time to time in a true leader-like fashion, Candace was trying her hardest NOT to touch anything, and Buford and Baljeet were watching Meap, who was at the center of it all encased in a clear plastic cylinder Snow White-style. Phineas was speaking into a small microphone near the alien.
A crackle filled the speakers overhead, and Meap's voice (no accents - it sounds a lot like it does with Mitch's mustache, only higher-pitched but still definitely masculine and a little husky from exhaustion) filled the room. "Ph - Phineas? Wh… where am I?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you - you know that workshop/ clubhouse/ safehold thing I was telling you about? Well, this is it. Meap, welcome to the Secret Hideout for Emergency Defence - also known as the SHED. I asked Ferb to bring you here, since this is the only place we can put our inventions without them disappearing and you needed some hi - tech help fast. But that's not important right now - what's important is how you got here, and why. What happened?"
"M - my wife... oh, my poor, sweet Jenny..."
"JENNY?!"
"Candace, Meap's married to a Blorgothian named Kio-Jen-Zia. She's the daughter of their general Kio-Mog-Hey, and his wife Kio-Man-Zia. You met Kio-Man-Zia, Candace - Meap's mother-in-law, the 'hideous monster?'"
"Oh. Sorry, I thought - well, it's just that one of my friends are named Jenny, and - yeah. Please, continue."
They all turned to look at Meap, who was... crying. Phineas suddenly got very uncomfortable.
"Um...Meap? Are you... okay?"
"JENNY!"
"...Okay, he's not okay."
"Step aside, dinner bell." Buford pushed Phineas away from the mic, and he instinctively grabbed Buford's arm to keep from falling before quickly rightening himself and releasing him.
"Um, Buford, he's ... he's kinda unstable right now, so you might not wanna ... I mean, that is to say, I..."
Isabella stepped in. "Phineas. You're brilliant, and I love you - AS A FRIEND! - and you know more about gadgets and strategies and who knows what else than any of us could ever hope to - but, when it comes to feelings, you're hopeless. Buford's had his fair share of love interests, and he's even dated before - he's the most qualified out of all of us to console Meap right now."
Phineas sighed. "You - you're right, you're right. Go ahead, buford, just... be careful, alright?"
Buford gave a grunt and leaned over the mic. "Hey, alien dude - whatever happened to your girlfriend, I don't think she'd like to see you being a crybaby. You're a soldier, right? Start acting like it."
"Wh- wha...?"
Buford's hands slammed down on the desk, startling Meap and everyone else. Phineas looked like he was about to intervene, but then Isabella grabbed his arm and shook her head.
"Hey! Tiny! Did ja' hear me? I said to stop acting like a crybaby and start acting like a soldier! I don't know what happened to your girlfriend, but I do know that whoever did it's gonna pay! So stop crying, man up, and tell us what happened so that we can actually DO something about it!"
There was a beat of silence. Then Meap sniffed and wiped his eyes, before glaring at nobody in particular in determination.
"My name isn't Tiny, it's Meap. And Kio-Jen-Zia is not my girlfriend. She's my wife. And she was kidnapped."
Phineas took the mic again. "Who kidnapped her?"
Meap scoffed. "Who else?"
Candace's eyes narrowed. "Mitch."
