The problem with girls is that when you know they're upset, you need to give them some space. But the amount of time you need to give them for that private time is never determined at any time. That was Ferb's major problem. The few weeks that went by were as if she had never moved to the neighborhood. It was same old, same old. The gang saw, her, yes. Charlene would stop by if she ever dared to leave Vanessa alone. But most of their time was spent doing what they normally did. When Vanessa was finally back on her feet, it was one of the hottest days in Danville. Even those with air conditioners cranked up to high were still wearing tank tops and lounging in front of fans. Phineas and Ferb's dad happened to walk by at that moment, looking around curiously for something.

"Whatcha looking for, Dad?", Phineas asked as he passed by.

"Oh one of my Greek mythology books. The one about Daedalus and Icarus.", he replied as he looked around. "I really need to return it to the library soon."

"Wait.. Isn't that the story of the two guys who escaped from jail by making wings from wax?", Isabella asked curiously.

"Yes, they built wings with some feathers, wax, wood, and whatever other material they could find I suppose.", Lawrence replied. "But Icarus used his wings to go too near the sun and it melted the wax off his wings."

"It would be rather interesting if that was actually possible. To fly with wax wings.", Baljeet noted.

"Yeah, it'd be kinda cool..", Phineas shrugged, leaning a bit more towards the fan.

He smiled a bit at the wind that blew past him and then suddenly perked up.

"Hey Ferb! I know what we're gonna do today! Let's make a pair of mechanical wings to fly with!"

"Are you just saying that cause of their Icky-whoever talk?", Buford asked.

"What? Uh, no. I actually got the idea cause of the fan.", Phineas shrugged. "Cause you know, wind. Wings. Wings are dependent on wind and can cause wind if you flapped them hard enough while remaining on the ground. What on earth are you talking about?"

"...A true right brain at its prime.", Baljeet remarked.

"Totally.", Buford agreed.

They sat to work, soon joined by an eager Vanessa. With each pair, the kids added their own look to the feathers to determine who's wings belong to whom. During their work, Vanessa placed herself next to Ferb, hoping it would catch his attention. It was weird to her to see Ferb wearing a white tank top and purple shorts instead of his normal attire. And it was the exact same way from Ferb to Vanessa as she wore a black tank top and blue jean shorts. She glanced over at him once or twice as she worked, sometimes stared. Halfly from curiosity of him noticing her, halfly from an inability to resist her own rapidly growing infatuation of him. White shirt, tank top, a tuxedo, it suddenly seemed that no matter what Ferb was doing or wearing, he was 10 times cooler than she first thought, no pun intended towards the weather. When she wasn't looking, Ferb would look back as well, knowing she was there but also trying to seem like he wasn't being a rebound to the death of her ex-boyfriend. Yes with that reminder in his mind whenever he looked at her, it wasn't exactly easy to enjoy working next to her. But as Vanessa pulled out a black scrunchy from her pocket and pulled her hair back, Ferb felt himself smile and couldn't help but watch for at least a moment. At one point between this looking back and forth, they both happened to glance at each other but quickly looked away again to not appear to be staring. None of this was unnoticed, of course as Buford stopped in his work and sighed to himself.

"Now that's just sad.", he remarked to Baljeet who was doing most of the work beside him.

"What? Ferb and Vanessa?", he asked as he continued.

"What else? It's worse than Phineas and Isabella!", the bully rolled his eyes.

"Oh my gosh, tell me THAT is going to end soon.", Baljeet joined in the exasperation of the neighborhood secret.

"Well you and I both know she has to make a move on that one.", Buford shrugged and got back to work. "But on this one, I can't even tell who's supposed to do what."

"Let's just pray this isn't going to take forever and a day to finally happen.", Baljeet shook his head.

"If we're lucky."

Once the wings were finished, the designs were like this; it was your average seagull-wing look with a bit of an angle when coming up to the part where it attaches to the shoulder, much like a chimney swift's. It was bigger than a normal bird's wings though. Tall enough to over shadow the body intended for, went down long enough to match their feet, and were about twice the size of their arm length when spread out to their fullest. Phineas's was golden with a red shine to it. Isabella's was pink-tinged. Ferb kept his normal green tinge. Buford's was a typical white. Baljeet's was blue-tinged and Vanessa's was black with a purple shine to it. Ferb noticed, knowing those were the same colors he chose for her ear buds but resided to the fact that she only chose those colors again because she liked them.

"Okay, so how these things work is very simple. Since we're wearing tank top they can easily attach to your back without fear of ripping the shirts. When you put them on, they should send out axons with artificial synapses to sort of 'hack' into your nervous system so they act, feel, and are pretty much as close as you can get, to being an actual part of your body. But once you get flapping and flying down, it'll all be like a secondary movement like walking. Any volunteers to demonstrate where they need to be placed?", Phineas asked, looking around.

"I will!", Isabella said excitedly, happy to help her crush out.

Phineas gave a nod and picked up her pair.

"Now, Isabella, this MAY hurt just a bit.", Phineas warned as she moved aside her hair.

He placed the wings on her shoulder blades and the reaction was instant. She suddenly flinched, cried out in pain, and wanted nothing more than to move away from the sharp pain that she felt in her back. The wings began to spazz out wildly and Phineas had to duck a couple of times to avoid being hit as he tried to calm her down.

"Ow ow ow! Phineas that hurts!", she screamed, trying to take his hands off.

"No no! Isabella, you gotta calm down!", Phineas yelled in return, trying to be heard over the loud flapping noise. "Isabella.. Please, you gotta trust me. Keep calm, don't move."

She tried her best as the wings adjusted, allowing them understanding of their own movement. They finally let out a final spread-out, knocking Phineas back and into the fence on the other side and drooped over her as she offered a violent shudder. The sudden 10 lbs added to her back, however, unbalanced her and Isabella fell over, feeling pressured under it.

"Ack! Phineas, help!", she asked, trying hard to get back up.

Phineas quickly came over to help her up and smiled at the startled rest somewhat nervously. It was obvious everyone, except Ferb who had known this was going to happen as much as Phineas, was scared about what had happened to Isabella.

"It uh... Takes a moment to get adjusted to being a part of a living being..", he explained sheepishly.

"Okay! That's it! You have OFFICIALLY flown off your rocker.", Buford said, putting his hands up in a defeated sort of manner. "This grounded bully is out. PEACE!"

"Oh no no! Buford! Trust me, it's perfectly okay!", Phineas said, trying to pull him back as he ran over.

"Sorry Phineas, but I have to agree. I am not one for acupuncture or open surgery or any combination of the two!", Baljeet said, also backing out with the bully. "I'm gone"

"No, come on you guys! it's not THAT bad!", Phineas persisted before seeing them run out for their lives. "...Cowards!"

He rolled his eyes and looked back at what was left. Vanessa, though shocked of what happened to Isabella, knew it couldn't be any more dangerous than what her dad did and decided to give it a shot still. Ferb was prepared for it and knew he wouldn't be able to get out of it if he didn't want to anyway. As Isabella tried to find out how to move them willingly, Vanessa asked Ferb for some help with hers. It seemed awkward, but she wasn't going to ask Phineas for more help. Ferb ducked in time and wasn't knocked over as he helped place the wings on, but his face did grow a violent shade of red, helping Vanessa out like this. They were painful for a moment, but Vanessa tried to keep herself calm as they got in and shuddered when it was over. She was unbalanced for a moment but kept on her feet and turned around to offer a hand with Ferb's. The teenage boy, however, was already getting Phineas' help. He wasn't about to trust himself, asking Vanessa for help. He turned around and helped Phineas back and it wasn't long before the young inventor was off the ground after a running start.

"This is SO cool!", Phineas was saying as he flew higher and higher into the sky.

Isabella tried to flap her wings, but either she forgot one or the other wouldn't move right or she just wore herself out. She collapsed to her knees on the ground, feeling helpless at the idea.

'I'm SO pathetic!', she groaned to herself. 'I'm a fireside girl scout and I can't even get off the ground!'

She looked back up at Phineas and couldn't help but want to laugh as she watched him enjoy himself. He enjoyed being so high up, the boy even broke out in a flying sort of dance and song.

Shipwrecked in the sea of faces,

There's a dreamy world up there.

Dear Friends, in the higher places,

Carry me away from here.

Travel light let the sun eclipse you...

He flew down and offered a helping a hand to the distressed girl. She took his hands and was soon pulled up into the sky as well.

Cause your flight is about to leave.

And there's more to this brave adventure,

Then you'd ever believe!

Once he saw she seemed to have her flapping down, he sort of tossed her into the air. She panicked for a moment but her wings caught her and she was soon flying and singing with him too.

Birds eye view,

Awake the stars cause they're all around you.

Wide eyes will always brighten the blue.

Chase your dreams.

And remember me,

Sweet bravery cause..

After all those wings will take you up so high.

So bid the forest floor good bye as you race the wind and...

Take to the sky!

At this point, Vanessa was so busy watching them that she hadn't even noticed Ferb was also giving things a spin and doing it rather well. She finally noticed when Ferb came down to offer her some help too, wondering to himself if it was the same issue as Isabella.

She blinked a bit and smiled before she took his hand and was soon lifted up as well. She flapped hard, to not be so much of a burden to him but once she got it down, Ferb let go. She looked around the world below her, surprised it was working so well and amazed at the view it brought. She kept her wings out for a steady glide and just allowed the whole of it all sweep over her. Maybe it was because she was laid up in a cast for so long, maybe it was the height. Whatever the cause, all of sudden, she could almost feel herself lost in the sky as a breeze swept past her new appendages. She then saw Ferb swooping down past her. He gave a few short flaps before landing on the roof to take a small break. Another sore swept through his body and rubbed his arms sorely, hoping it would help.

'...Was I a burden to him?', she wondered, not knowing of the normal aches he was feeling at the moment.

Her wings were growing tired of being out stretched and her heart suddenly weighed very heavy in her chest. She soared down to the backyard and kept her wings close to the body. Phineas noticed and came down, curious if she was okay.

"Yeah I'm fine it's just.. I'm suddenly.. not really feeling fit for flying.", she shrugged. "I-I should head home anyway. Mom's probably worried."

"Oh okay. You know, if you wanna, you can keep them.", Phineas smiled. "In case you break your leg again!"

At this, Vanessa couldn't help but laugh and agree though a small issue arose.

"Uh... So how do you take them off?", she asked.

"Oh. There's a little button right about here.", Phineas reached over and pressed them.

The large wings suddenly compacted into very small squared with a picture of a wing on the side next to the button.

"So the next time you want them, just press the button and they'll pop back out.", Phineas smiled and handed them over.

"Thanks, Phin.", she smiled and placed them in her pocket. "See ya later."

"Later Vanessa!", Phineas said before flying back up to Isabella. "Hey let's go show these to Buford and Baljeet."

They flew off and Vanessa walked out of the yard. As he watched her leave, suddenly Ferb felt much like a vulture; left for the dead. Was she leaving because it was silly? Because he looked childish flying around like a circus clown? Whatever the case may be, he sighed to himself and sat down to become more comfortable on the roof as he rested his body.

Suddenly at that moment, Candace came running out, dragging her mother with her.

"See Mom? They made-", she looked out and sighed. "...nothing."

"...I'm not sure if it's this heat, but whatever it is you're saying about 'mechanical wings', I'm labeling as another one of the rants.", Linda simply said before walking back inside.

"Oh.. But I KNEW I saw them..", she groaned to herself as she walked more into the yard.

She heard a flapping noise behind her and looked over to see Ferb come back down from the roof to prevent himself from falling off.

"...MOM!"

Oh my gosh this took me and my sister Amber like, three days to figure out! We went to the encyclopedias and researched the axons and the nervous system. Birds. Wing-shapes. How some are for this sort of flying. How some are for another sort of flying. Drawings. Dead-ends. Ideas of weight and lengths. I'm surprised we didn't just scrap it! Sequels was easier to figure out than this! XD Hope you guys don't mind the Owl City referencing. XP It just totally seemed like something Phineas would sing.