Chapter 20: Resisting
"Don't give me that look, Phineas! I had to do it!"
"But you abandoned them just like that, Candace!"
The kids were back at their home. Phineas and Ferb had a look of anger and sadness trained on their sister's eyes.
"Candace, think. What if-"
"I'm sorry, Phineas, but I can't go back in there!"
"But-"
"End of discussion!" She yelled out. She walked upstairs, and she didn't look back to her brothers.
Whoever this is, this is not the girl that they knew and loved.
She walked to her room, holding a portrait of her brothers.
"Don't you get it, boys? I'm just trying to protect you…"
So of course she tried to shake off the guilt by doing drills at the underground lair. But no matter how hard she tried, she can never get rid of the nagging voice in her head.
Her conscience and her reasoning had a battle. And she didn't like it one bit, because her conscience is winning.
Until finally, she was struck with a sharp point by the voice:
"Don't you get it, you moron? You know that your brothers will never forgive you until you get those people back."
Hearing this, she stopped dead at her tracks.
"You… You're…"
She shook her head. "No. No, don't make me do this," she said out loud, hands on her face. "Don't make me do thi-"
She groaned, because she realized that the voice was absolutely right.
"Why do I even bother?" she said, palm on her forehead.
With a sigh, she geared up, and radioed her lieutenant.
"Isabella, ready the cart. I'm going back in."