A/N: Hey all of you out there in internet land-

Irving: there's no such thing as internet land

Me: shut it Irving. Anyway, here's the new chapter.

Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb belongs to Dan and Swampy; The Shadow, Phillip, and Frank belong to TheCartoonFanatic01 along with the original plot for this story; and Marissa Flynn belongs to me.

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Phineas stared at The Shadow as he approached wearing at furious glare at the boy. Phineas looked at him with a blank expression playing it as if he didn't know why he's angry...of course he knew. The Shadow then softened his glare and got a taunting smile.

"Hello Phineas, how are you doing in there?" The Shadow asked.

"Fine," Phineas replied, "I mean, it's not the coziest position, but when you get used to it, it's not so bad."

"You haven't left once?" The Shadow keeping his taunting smile.

"No. How would I get out of here?" Phineas said, and again he found himself not reaching up to scratch his ear...stupid merge.

"I see, well, your dumb step brother came here with that squeaky girl trying to defy me," The Shadow said and chuckled, "Foolish children believed they stood a chance against me."

"About that...why do you want to conquer the world? I think it would exhausting trying to control the whole world. Think about it, there would still be people trying to defy you and...you know. Why don't we just give up the whole conquering the world thing. I can have my life back, you can have yours back and everyone wins," Phineas said.

The Shadow stood there with a blank expression and then broke out into hysterical laughter. Phineas glared at the villain, and then he joined in producing a fake laugh of his own.

"I knew you were determined, smart and optimistic, but I didn't realize how much of a sense of humor you truly do have, Phineas," The Shadow said in between his hysterical laughter.

"Yeah...I thought it was pretty funny too," Phineas said, "But seriously...why do you want to take over the world?"

"That's none of your business Flynn," The Shadow said.

"But we're merging together. Don't you think I deserve to know what we'll be ruling?"

"ME! What I'LL be ruling!"

"Right, sorry, what you'll be ruling once I'm merged with you."

"Hmm, very true, Phineas, but I don't think you'd understand."

"But, Shadow, think about it. It's hard work and everything else," Phineas said, but The Shadow grabbed his shirt and pulled him so that his head hit the hard metal bars on the cage causing Phineas to be dazed, and he gyrated his head in dizziness.

The Shadow glared at Phineas, and Phineas got exactly why he was angry. Phineas still didn't stop though.

"Seriously though, it's hard and I'm sure Danville itself is hard to rule. Just ask Mayor Doofenshmirtz. It's hard not only keeping up your image so people will listen to you but there's also the matter of those fearless people that will resist you, and usually those people are pretty strong and hard to catch in order to dispose of them-"

"Are you doubting our mission, Phineas?"

"Well...maybe..." Phineas said, and The Shadow grabbed his shirt again pulling him so he hit the bars. Phineas was dazed, but before he could recover, The Shadow opened the cage and furiously grabbed the boy's shirt once more. The Shadow's triangular head and Phineas' triangular head were touching as The Shadow looked Phineas dead in the eyes.

"What do you mean you're doubting the mission? Why are you doubting it?!" with that The Shadow threw him harshly on the ground and slapped him. Phineas felt a sting across his cheek. It had made a red mark on his face. The Shadow's face contained of pure rage as he again looked Phineas in the eyes, "YOU THINK I'M NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO RULE THE WORLD?! YOU THINK I'M NOT AWARE OF THE DIFFICULTIES?! YOU THINK I'M STUPID?! YOU THINK I'M WEAK?!"

"No! No!" Phineas cried out backing away in fear, "I just thought maybe it's not such a good idea after all! I mean...Ferb and the others are still out there, and there might be a possibility of them defeating you. I mean...love conquers all!"

The Shadow was enraged at Phineas' outburst of a cliche saying, and he slapped him again. Phineas was on his back, but he stood up again. It was time to touch The Shadow's nerves now. He'd been flinching when The Shadow touched a nerve...but now it was his turn.

"If you are doubting our mission, then why'd you join me in the first place?! the Shadow screamed at Phineas. "You think love conquers all? You. Thought. WRONG."

However, Phineas didn't flinch this time. He got a determined glare and narrowed his eyes as he looked The Shadow in the eyes.

"Funny. You don't seem to think of it when you were with them."

Marivere was floating around in the room of The Shadow's subconscious where all the ghosts stayed most of the time. Ohio and Rhode Island sat on a ghost-like bed and Isabella of Panama 1914 leaned against Ohio. Marivere paced worriedly.

"What if he destroys him now? I mean, he's got enough energy to become his own being again. He could just dispose of Phineas altogether. What if he keeps him in that cage forever? What if...oh gosh we shouldn't have helped him. The Shadow's going to be furious with him and it's all our faults!"

"How is it our faults? He wanted to find out more about The Shadow's past, and he did," Ohio said.

"Yes, but maybe The Shadow will think he knows too much. Oh gosh, what're we going to do?" Marivere panicked, "I'm gonna go and do it. I'm going to confess that it was us who helped him. That's what I'm gonna do."

"No Marivere! If The Shadow found out Phineas was talking to us, he'll be even more angry," Ohio reasoned.

"But The Shadow will probably think that he's been in there all by himself. He'll think he found a way out of the cage-"

"Technically, he did because you helped him out of there-"

"Not now Ohio, I'm trying to think...I gotta go tell him. I mean if any one of us tell The Shadow, it's gotta be me. He'd be furious with us...Phineas is our last hope and if The Shadow gets rid of him, the world is for sure doomed."

"He can't. The Shadow still needs him as a host," Ohio said.

"True..."

Phillip and Linda stood there with their jaws open wide. Candace just yelled at them...and not that psychotic 'Mom, Mom, Phineas and Ferb are building something again!' yelling. It was a...hurt yell. Candace was actually upset...They turned toward each other.

"Is that true? Candace forgot about Marissa because I took her with me?" Phillip asked.

"Yes...but it was partly my fault. I never told Phineas about you or Marissa, and I tried to make Candace forget about you...because I never wanted it to come to the point where Phineas asked about you or her. So in a way...it is my fault Phineas is under the clutches of The Shadow..." Linda said.

"I guess taking Marissa away hurt you guys more than I thought it would...honestly I kept her home even. The only time she left the house was to run an errand," Phillip said.

"What about school?"

"Nope, I homeschooled her."

Linda got a playful smirk, "Something tells me that she wasn't learning parts of speech and history."

"She learned all the basics and everything else...but she learned more too. My goal was to prepare her for if and when she would ever come in contact with The Shadow. She learned martial arts to defend herself, and she left to get groceries...but that was it. I have a feeling she saw Phineas once or twice while she was out running errands."

"I see...well now she's under the clutches of the very thing you trained her to be ready for."

"I think what got to her was that it was her own little brother of whom she'd heard was as pure as hearts come. She'd always asked me when she would be able to meet Phineas...but I told her she couldn't. I think that's when she started having the dreams."

"What dreams?"

"The dreams about Phineas. Her subconscious was in a state of wanting to meet Phineas that...she almost did in her dreams. Then she started scaring me when she would scream at night. I would wake her up and she'd tell me it was about The Shadow...I had no idea her dreams were so on the nose...Candace is right...it's my fault this happened," Phillip said and he put his hands on Linda's shoulders, "but I promise. I will do whatever it takes to get our son back."

"I know you will."

A/N: Nothing to say except thanks to the following reviewers

Moriabbey: well wait no longer…except for the fact that there's still much more to come

gamelover41592

Galaxina-the-Seedrian

Person X: you will see what else happens

BlueLightningXD: yeah, I find it hard to believe book 2 is almost done as well

Humanusscriptor: no, Isabella from the present isn't dead…but Panama 1914 Isabella is dead. Are you kidding? I wouldn't kill Isabella!

TheCartoonFanatic01: *blush* awwww

woodland5: Uh oh, I think you better run…or at least Monty should lol. Ferb could be lethal if he wanted to be…especially with that special technique he's got lol. Oh and Happy be-lated Easter to you too.

AuthorD: you shall see

Nothing more to say except please review and Carpe Diem!