Ferb had only made it a few blocks when the weight of Phineas forced him to stop and catch his breath. Phineas was too heavy to carry on foot but Ferb wasn't sure he had any other choice. Contemplating his options Ferb decided that the best course of action would be to try and get someone to pull over and take them to Doofenshmirtz's building. The obvious problem being that if he did get someone to give them a ride it would be another problem to convince them to not go to the hospital.
Even though everything in Ferb screamed to take him to the hospital he trusted Phineas and knew if he put his trust in Doofenshmirtz then that is where he has to get him. Ferb frantically started waving at every passing car hoping one would realize his situation and pull over to help…None did
"FERB!" Isabella screamed
Ferb turned to see Isabella running down the block, followed closely by Buford. She had a noticeable limp in her step and Ferb knew Buford had to her what happened and she took off to find them before her body was fully ready. Now not only did Ferb have to worry about Phineas but he had to worry that Isabella could pass out any moment from over exertion. His day was getting harder by the second.
"FERB WHY DID YOU STOP? WE NEED TO GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL" Isabella was screaming as she finally reached the two boys and fell onto Phineas causing a slight groan of pain to exert from his already bloody mouth
"He told me to get him to Doofenshmirtz's place and that's what I am doing" Ferb replied a little unhappy that once again he was going to be doing a lot of talking
"DOOFENSHMIRTZ? WE NEED TO GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL NOW" Isabella tried to lift Phineas and found him a lot heavier then she anticipated. The extra weight of the metal around him caused Isabella to lose her grip and drop him on the ground causing him to verbally moan disapproval.
"He's heavy and I can't carry him very far so I am trying to get a car to give us a ride. It will be faster" Ferb attempted to wave down another car that sped past
"Well you're not going to pull anyone over that way" Isabella forced herself to stand and then jumped into the street as a car sped towards them
"ISABELLA" Ferb called bit was silenced by screeching tires as the car came to a halt
"ARE YOU INSANE?" The driver leaned out his window and yelled at Isabella
"We need your help can you please give us a ride to some place called Doofenshmirtz or something?" Isabella gave her best innocent puppy eyes she could as she asked
"You mean Doofenshmirtz evil incorporated?" The man asked
Isabella looked over to Ferb who gave a thumb up and Isabella then nodded at the guy. Being a sucker the guy offered to give them a ride and pretty soon all the kids were piled into his car.
"IS THAT KID OK?" The guy almost freaked out when he saw the condition of Phineas "Maybe I should take you to the hospital"
"No we need to get to that building" Ferb protested
"But that kid obviously needs a doctor"
"He needs medical help and Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated is the only place to get everything he needs…now unless you want a dead kid in your backseat you better start driving" Ferb ordered
Much to the kids shock the man hit the gas so hard that they were all thrown back into their seats. If this guy didn't crash the ride just might kill them.
(Baljeet's hideout)
"Damn those kids" Baljeet limped into his cave
He could have easily disposed of Phineas and kidnapped Isabella had it not been for Phineas and whatever strength he had left in him that allowed him to pummel him in the last few seconds of the fight. It didn't matter though because even though this put a damper on his plans he could still win. All he had to do was lure them to his hideout where he knew the layout and they didn't and he could pick them off one by one. And in the off chance that they succeeded in defeating him…he would make sure no one left this place alive.
Baljeet smiled and then winced as the pan in his leg stated getting to him again. Even though he had a new plan of action the first thing to do was to repair this leg as best he could.
Even though he had a backup plan to kill everyone he would much prefer to beat them all and spare his own life.
Baljeet also remembered he had to get to work repairing his watch in order to generate his defensive shield again.
Baljeet quickly decided how he was going to proceed. Instead of fixing his leg he was just going to create an exoskeleton to put over it and use his vast majority to connect it to some electrical source to power it and allow him to walk as if his leg was never injured. Then he would get to work on repairing his watch and finally he would somehow lure the kids to his hideout, after making a few modifications to his defences of course.
Baljeet quickly got to work on the exoskeleton. Grabbing any metal and titanium he could get his hands on he got to work.
If his calculations were right then by tomorrow he could lure them to him and he thought he knew how.
(Doofenshmirtz Building)
After a terrifying and successful drive the kids had arrived to a less than enthusiastic greeting from their old time "friend" Doofenshmirtz.
"What happened?" Doofenshmirtz was keeping a relatively cool head about him as he waked Phineas over to the table.
"Baljeet attacked and wait we don't have time can you help him?" Isabella spoke even though she was passed out Buford had caught her up on what had happened
Doofenshmirtz didn't need any more information after Baljeet's name was mentioned.
"This device around him should have been helping his body to heal why isn't it working?" Doofenshmirtz looked at the group and saw Ferb hang his head
"What did you do?" Doofenshmirtz asked again
"He set off an EMP grenade" Isabella spoke for Ferb
"Destroying anything electrical…It makes sense. Ok I can fix this but I am going to need each and every one of you to do exactly as I say" Doofenshmirtz quickly inspected the device and knew exactly when he needed
After explaining exactly what he needed Doofenshmirtz sent everyone off to grab what they could. Perry however had remained by Phineas' side and Doofenshmirtz knew he wasn't going to move.
"Perry the platypus I need your help as well" Doofenshmirtz saw Perry look up quite angry
"Don't worry I don't want you to go I just want you to keep an eye on his heart rate and make sure he does not flat line on me" Perry just gave a nod as he looked down on Phineas who was struggling for each breath
Not long after the children returned all carrying tools and materials that Doofenshmirtz had asked them to pick up for him.
"Ok now I need everyone except Perry out. It is too crowded and if I make even the smallest mistake it could cost him. Go to my living room and watch some TV or help yourselves to my fridge and when I am done I will come get you" Doofenshmirtz ordered and was a little disappointed when only Buford seemed to obey.
"Can't we stay? I want to be here for Phineas" Isabella gave Doofenshmirtz her puppy eyes
"Sorry kid but if you want Phineas to live I would advise you to wait in the next room" Doofenshmirtz was unfazed by the puppy eyes because Vanessa used to use them all the time.
Ferb and Isabella, realizing they were beat, slunk into the adjacent room and joined Buford of the couch.
"He's going to be ok right Ferb?" Isabella looked at Ferb for support
Ferb just looked at her and gave a thumb up to show he thought so. However he was still afraid. Ever since Phineas came back he was taking more and more risk to protect them and each time he was closer and closer to being killed. Ferb feared that it would only be a matter of time before Phineas tried too hard to protect them and ended up losing everything.
Isabella noticed the doubt in Ferb's eyes that his body gesture failed to show. She knew what he was thinking because she was thinking the same thing. How Phineas probably didn't have much time left if he kept playing the hero and taking all these chances that just barely paid off. She knew when Phineas emerged from that room that she was going to have to have a talk with him. A serious sit down and talk about what was happening and their future if he kept going down this path. Isabella then hung her head and reminded herself that she would have to have a talk with Phineas, not when, but IF he emerged from the other room.
The room was silent except for the sounds of rummaging made by Buford as he raided the fridge.
"Perry the Platypus I need you to hold his head and arm up so I can work on this device without him getting in the way" Doofenshmirtz handed Perry Phineas' arms and Perry held them up while using his tail to keep Phineas' head upright.
"Ok thank you. Now this is going to be tricky as I will have to replace anything that was fried by that blast" Doofenshmirtz was more or less speaking to himself trying to focus on what he had to do.
"This is going to be tough" Doofenshmirtz plugged in the device to pinpoint dead areas
It took the doctor several hours but gradually he started making headway as slowly and surely the suit was powering back on. Only small areas a first but as the doctor kept working the majority of the suit was powering up. He was almost done when he hit a road block in the form of a blown power cell. This would normally be of no concern except since this device ran on only one power cell it meant that if he could not fix it then the device would never hold a charge and would be dead weight the minute it was unplugged.
Doofenshmirtz knew he didn't have another cell like it so he had to hope that his brilliant mind would be able to fix this somehow, even though it was technically impossible. Grabbing a mesh of wires Doofenshmirtz quickly stripped them down to the copper inside and started tying the ends to the ends of the power cell.
This basic design was built on the cell containing the electrical energy and slowly distributing it as needed. He was hoping by tying these wires together and attaching them to the ends of the cell maybe the mesh would serve as a conductor for the electricity.
As he finished attaching the wires he ran a quick pule through the cell and to his joy it lit up but quickly went dead again as the electricity just passed right through. Obviously this wasn't going to work but Doofenshmirtz had a few more tricks up his sleeve. Grabbing two resistors and a conductor he worked fast. Attaching the conductor to the center of the mesh and the two resistors to the ends by the tips of the power cell he quickly ran a pulse of electricity through. To his utter amazement the power stayed and the cell lit up. He had done it, it was now fully functional.
Quickly finishing up Doofenshmirtz smiled when he saw the whole device power up and begin working.
"Perry the platypus let's not tell the others he's ok just yet. I want him to rest before they do any sort of questioning" Perry just nodded as Doofenshmirtz pulled up a chair and waited
(Several hours later)
Phineas sat up after finally regaining consciousness and found Doofenshmirtz and Perry smiling at him.
"Welcome back" Doofenshmirtz got up
"You fixed me?" Phineas began looking over the device, obviously it was fixed in hast because there were wires sticking out everywhere
"Well yes and no" Doofenshmirtz said "You see I found out your power cell was blown and so I manually fixed it. However it now only holds a 12 hour supply of power so you cannot delay. Once I unplug you, you will need to use every second finding Baljeet because after 12 hours you will need to return to recharge and that is time we cannot afford" Doofenshmirtz cautioned him
Phineas was about to respond when he remembered what happened.
"What happened to Ferb and Isabella and Buford?" Phineas asked knowing Doofenshmirtz would tell the truth
"They are in the other room waiting for you"
"Do they know I am up?" Phineas asked
"Not yet we were just about to tell them" Doofenshmirtz replied
"Please wait a little longer" Phineas begged
"Why?" Doofenshmirtz was curious
"I need to build something and I could use your help" Phineas smiled "It won't take long but at the moment I could use all the help I can get" Phineas looked at Doofenshmirtz
"What do you need?"
"I need…