CHAPTER 9- Yea! The all-important chapter nine! Where everything makes your mind spin! I'm not kidding.

I was grinning the whole time I typed it, and I'm still grinning now.

I don't own Phineas and Ferb, but I'm thinking that if I threaten to turn Dan and Swampy into goldfish for a while…no, JK. That would be torturous.

Reading!

Those kids wouldn't even know where to begin.

GENERAL POV

Phineas knelt quietly in front of the room they thought Molly was in. He was fiddling with the lock, and Isabella and Candace were pacing behind him. A small click had Phineas grinning from ear to ear as he threw the door open.

"Oh, thank goodness!" Candace cried as she darted forward and began untying Molly. The girl was probably halfway to becoming a platypus, and the ropes holding her down were obviously causing her a lot of pain.

The girl tumbled from the chair and dropped to her shortening knees. Candace quickly led her over to the window where Ferb was waiting. She pulled up the window frame and leaned out.

"Ferb, get Molly out of here. We're going to see if we can find Tanya, ok?"

Ferb didn't look like he agreed with leaving them, but he bobbed his head and Candace turned around. "Molly, you need to go with Ferb, ok?"

The girl nodded her head and Candace helped her out of the window and onto Ferb's back, which seated the small girl/platypus nicely.

"Make sure you hold on," Candace whispered to Molly as Ferb took off.

She turned back to Phineas and Isabella. "Where do we start?"

Lawrence slowly walked up to Pinky, who was now growling at the suitcase under his paws. The man was a bit nervous that the dog might bite, but the Chihuahua immediately backed off and sat down when Lawrence walked up.

He zipped open the suitcase slowly and his eyes widened. He reached his hand in and pulled the item Pinky had smelled out gently. His hand immediately went for his cellphone and he dialed Candace's number.

Candace answered the phone on the second ring as she, Phineas, and Isabella were searching the old hotel room. They hadn't found anything but a cockroach and an old toothbrush. "Yeah Dad?"

Lawrence gulped. "Sweetie, you kids need to get out of there now."

Candace stood up from looking under the bed and switched hands on her phone. "What? Why? Dad, we're being careful."

Lawrence shook his head, clutching anxiously to the green and brown wig in his hand and staring down at the contact lenses case under him. "I don't care; you need to get out, now. I was in the guest bedroom and I found a-"

The connection broke.

Candace shrieked as the phone was ripped from her hand. A rock clattered to the floor along with the cell. Candace held her stinging palm as Phineas and Isabella gathered around her. The three kids looked up as a figure stepped into the room and they gasped.

"Kyla?" Phineas said in confusion.

Kyla stepped into the room, her hands tucked calmly behind her back. "Phineas. Candace." She looked down at Isabella and sneered. "Isabella."

Isabella backed up slightly, her small body trembling. Phineas shook his head. "I don't get it. What's going on?"

Kyla walked up to the three, stopping a few feet from them. A tall man with long arms and legs stepped in behind her, and shut and locked the door. "What isn't there to get, Phineas?" Kyla asked, her British accent long gone and replaced with the crackling voice of Tanya.

Slowly, the woman reached up and pulled carefully on her green and brown hair. It tumbled off in her hands, revealing dark shoulder length hair. She removed her contacts and her eyes changed from blue to dark brown.

Candace suddenly looked up and slapped her forehead. "We're so stupid. Kyla B. Catan, Tanya Black. All she did was mix the letters up!"

Tanya laughed and tossed the wig and contacts at the man behind her. "You kids seemed so smart. I honestly thought that you might have figured it out by now."

She chuckled and shook her head, removing the three potions from behind her back. Each was marked with a human label and she waved them tauntingly. "Ha. See, I have the three potions and you…"

She trailed off and for the first time she seemed to realize that neither Ferb nor Molly was in the room. Her eyes hardened and she spun to glare at the kids. "Where are they?" she hissed.

Candace smiled smugly, despite their current condition. "Ferb and Molly? Long gone, I suppose."

Tanya spun around and whispered something to the man behind her. He nodded slowly and disappeared from the room. Phineas was actually a little curious at this point. "Who was that?" he asked, motioning to where the man had been.

Tanya laughed. "Bobby. You remember him, right Isabella?"

Isabella made a low chattering sound deep in her throat and she took an angry step forward, her fur sticking straight up. Tanya's hand whipped around her side and the gun was trained on Isabella in a second. "Don't you dare move," she hissed.

Phineas glared at her and stepped in front of Isabella. "Don't you dare hurt her," he growled.

Tanya cackled. "Aw, how cute. You're finally returning her feelings. Too bad that eventually she won't even know who you are."

Candace looked at her watch while Phineas just looked puzzled. She winced. It was already half past one. Their only hope now was Ferb.

Candace looked up and decided that she had to stall. "Could you explain how on earth Grandma knew you if you aren't actually Dad's cousin?"

Tanya smiled. "It's quite remarkable what you can make somebody say when their husband is held at gun point."

Phineas' cheeks flushed. "You held Grandpa Fletcher at gun point?" he cried.

Candace gently put a hand on his shoulder. "Phineas, calm down. He's ok." She turned to stare at Tanya. "Right?"

"Of course. But we did tell them that if they told you who I was, we'd come back and finish them off."

"You're sick," Phineas hissed, his hands clenched at his sides.

"Mmm, maybe. Now tell me: where's your brother?"

Phineas scoffed. "Yeah right. Like I would tell you where he was even if I did know."

Tanya bounced a potion lightly in the palm of her hand and then in one swift motion chucked it out the open window. It made a sickening crash onto the fire escape and Candace yelped. "Come on, are you kidding me?" she cried in desperation.

Tanya smiled and leveled the gun. Phineas held up his hands. His face was pale, but he still managed to speak. "How did you change your voice?"

The woman chuckled. "Kid, you're talking to a master of potions. Don't you think that I can make one to alter my voice for a little while?"

Phineas frowned and crinkled his eyebrows together, leaning on the edge of the musty old bed in the room. "So that's what was wrong with your voice yesterday."

"Duh."

"Wait," Candace said, shaking her head, "how did you make your hair look all….crinkly?"

Tanya rolled her eyes. "Two wigs, kid. No more fooling around. Where's Ferb?"

Ferb had deposited Molly in a nearby alley and stayed near her while she finished the rest of the transformation from girl to platypus. obviously the potion Tanya had used on her was much faster than the one used on him. He was so close to the old hotel that he could see his bike perfectly, but he didn't want the girl too near the building. A small croak made him jump. He spun around, ruffling his feathers in annoyance.

Freddie, the bird protested. You and Perry are supposed to be by the bikes.

Sorry, the frog croaked softly. Ferb shook his head slowly and let out a sigh. It suddenly occurred to him that Perry wasn't even there. He glanced at Freddie. Stay put and watch Molly. I mean it.

What am I going to do? Freddie asked. Ferb rolled his eyes, spread his wings, and fluttered away.

Freddie watched him go and sat down next to Molly. Honestly, he was a bit worried about Perry. The platypus had told him to go after Ferb when he flew off, and Freddie didn't dare argue with the monotreme.

He sighed and glanced up at Molly, who was leaning against the building and hugging her small teal knees to her chest. Tears were trickling down her now furry cheeks. With one glance back towards where Ferb had gone, Freddie hopped into her lap.

Tanya held the gun even at a trembling Candace. "Tell me where he is."

Candace held up her hands and glanced down at Phineas and Isabella, who were hugging tightly despite their size difference. "Do you think I know? He flew out the window! He could be anywhere by now!"

Tanya laughed. "Oh, I think you know exactly where he is. You're just buying him time. And to do what, exactly? I have the only thing that is going to help your brother and neighbor return to normal. So what's the point?"

Phineas coughed. "Come on. Can't you just tell us the rest of how you did everything? It was actually really neat."

Tanya frowned. "Fine. But I want the platypus directly in my line of sight."

Isabella slowly slid down from Phineas' lap and stood in front of Candace. The gun was leveled to point at her.

"There. Try anything, she's a goner. Now, I'll start with just how I broke out of prison."

Candace glanced at Phineas in exasperation, but the boy gave a small, albeit wobbly, smile. Candace sighed and decided that Tanya talking was better for them all at the moment. At least she would tell them how she had done everything.

The girl almost snorted. Didn't this lady ever watch shows where people were taken hostage?

You never tell them how you did it.

Ferb sighed, lifted himself a few feet higher, and scanned the ground carefully. His eyes enabled him to see quite a distance, but he couldn't spot his platypus.

He shook his head and decided to double back around and check on Phineas, Candace, and Isabella. He was a bit worried, seeing as how they hadn't exited the building yet.

Ferb flew silently down to the fire escape and almost blew over backwards. A young boy was leaning against the brick wall of the old building, his hands clutching at his head. Ferb landed gently on the railing in front of him and determined from his height that he couldn't be more than nine or ten years old. He ruffled his feathers gently and gave a small caw.

The boy's head shot up and Ferb got his first good look at him. He had on a dark blue t-shirt with green stripes, similar to Phineas' style, and was wearing blue jeans. His bright orange shoes sported the Nike symbol on them and seemed out of place with the rest of the boy. His eyes were an extremely dark blue, and his arms were slightly toned, as if the kid worked out.

His hair was what caught Ferb's attention. It was a bright shade of teal.

And it was then that Ferb took in his surroundings, then that Ferb noticed the shattered potion bottle on the ground and around the boy, and then that the boy finally spoke with the hint of an Australian accent.

"Ferb?"

Ferb slowly shut his eyes and gulped. Perry. Oh my God.

Ha ha. Be honest. Who saw that one coming? No one, right? And yes, I know where I'm going with this.

I'm amazed. You all gave up the idea of Tanya and Kyla being one in the same the second I started adding Tanya's POV's. Only iheartphinabella05 and Galaxina the Seedrian stuck with the idea. I must give you guys' props, and thank you for not spoiling it!

If anyone's confused on the Tanya POV thing, like how she was where she was, let me know and I'll answer!

In the meantime, R and R!