Laura: Alright, now let's explore the other dimension! (Not literally the second dimension. We're going back in time to see the same situation, but with different results.)

Amber: Don'tcha love multiple endings? =)

As would be the case, Doofenshmirtz was quickly pulled aside by Candace once everyone got over the initial shock of what was really going on. Phineas couldn't help but take note of this. It started to occur to him how often Candace and Heinz were constantly with each other. Talking quietly amongst themselves or arguing about something or another along their journey. It was kind of weird to comprehend.

"...Is it just me, or... Or does Dr. Doofenshmirtz seem..um...a bit OLD for Candace?", Phineas asked, hoping his vague probe at their relationship wouldn't cause an uproar with the others.

On the contrary, dismissive comments were made by the others to the imposing question.

"Well, I mean, Phineas. Honestly.", Isabella started to say as they closed their remarks. "Do you really think Candace would cheat on Jeremy?"

"And in THIS sort of situation, of all the times in the world?", Buford scoffed.

"...I guess... It just seems... Well I dunno. I guess it's just me, but it seems like they're awfully...CLOSE... Wouldn't you say?", he asked, glancing over at them.

"Trust me, Phineas..", Ferb began. "It's NOTHING like that."

"...Mmm.. I suppose so.", Phineas shrugged. "Maybe you're right. I should take your word for it."

The group seemed relieved, but Heinz wasn't near such a feeling.

"Lemme guess...", Candace began as they stepped out of ear-shot.

"Oh boy..", Heinz groaned to himself.

"You're FINALLY gonna tell him RIGHT before he loses his memory?", Candace asked.

"Well, Candace. Call me crazy but-"

"You're not gonna?!", she pressed, despair found in the comment.

"I'm sorry but I can't-! I just have this-! Augh! I don't know what it is! A sixth sense, a radar, I have NO clue but SOMETHING is telling me that Perry the Platypus is going to come in through that window and make this all end good.", Heinz said earning a groan.

"Oh my gosh, NOW you think PERRY'S gonna come save you?! Where's he been this whole time!? And even if he DOES come through that window, you're really not gonna bother telling your SON, your one and ONLY SON, that you exist?!"

"I will tell him, but I don't want to tell him if I'm going to spend the rest of my life knowing that he hates me, just because I've said it at a wrong time!"

"Dad, you've had PLENTY of time! MORE than enough time!", Candace argued. "You've had an AMPLE amount of time to finally tell him and NOW, RIGHT before everyone's memories about to be erased, you're just going to let it all dwindle away into a stupid, back-handed, emotion-hiding good-bye?!"

Doof cringed hearing what she had to say. But she wasn't understanding, and he couldn't make her get it. He has had a lifetime of saying things at the wrong moment. Jokes, truths, lies, come backs, everything. It was all so horribly timed with him, it's part of the reason WHY he rambles. To spill out all his thoughts and explain the reasons and motivations for saying what he DOES say. But of the most important things to say, here Candace was, badgering him to say it NOW and QUICKLY and risk hurting Phineas. Risk ruining everything. Risk destroying the single wish that had actually come true for him. Phineas had a happy life. Phineas was a happy child. He was an eternal optimist. Why should he JUST NOW destroy that if there wasn't going to be a way to get out of the trouble later? Yes, it was very schnitzel-like of him to do so, but he couldn't live with another rejection. Not from his son. But to make matters worse, his daughter was starting to reject him.

"...You'll never get it, will you?", she said as he stood there, head hung in dismal and guilty silence. "...You'll never understand...just how important you really are... To me...AND to Phineas."

Doof looked back at his daughter, but she kept her own gaze at the floor. Tears began to over flow from her eyes and Heinz reached up to wipe them away, only to have his hand pushed back by Candace's. She turned and started heading back to Phineas.

"Fine... Never tell him... I don't care..", she said as she walked away.

"Candace!", Heinz said, only to know that she wasn't going to listen.

He groaned and followed her back. His mind abuzz with what to do.

As the others said their own bits about how they'll miss the memories, Phineas kept quiet. Isabella took note, but as soon as she glanced at him and understood he was staring at her scratch, she turned away again. But Phineas reached over and gently kissed her temple, making sure not to hurt her. She smiled a bit, hurting herself anyway for doing so, and looked back. But Phineas wasn't smiling still. Instead, it seemed more sorrowful than anything.

"...I'm gonna hate waking up tomorrow and seeing you scratched like that...", he started to say. "...and have this guilty feeling that it was my fault..."

Isabella knew why he said this, with the way he felt back in the cave, and gently took his hand in hers and placed it on her hurting cheek. Phineas looked up to be met by her soft smile, but still felt bad.

"Maybe.. It'll help us remember..", she said. "Something to help spark the memory after we lose it."

Phineas smiled a bit, though still seemed kinda sad.

"...I'm gonna miss knowing that I told you that I love you..", he said. "And knowing you feel the same."

Isabella chuckled and agreed, "I'm gonna miss that too.. I'm gonna miss knowing that you love me back. It's going to kill me to wake up tomorrow, and think it's just another day that I'll try to blindly attempt to gain your attention and not know that you already love me back..."

Phineas opened his mouth to say something, but then he noticed Candace coming back, tears still pouring down her face. It was understandable that he wanted to comfort his sister, and Isabella let him take his hand back and backed up as he stood up to come over.

"Candace, what's wrong?", he asked in concern.

Candace took a glance back at Doofenshmirtz before strongly replying as she wiped away the tears, "Nothing... There never was anything wrong with me."

It hurt. It hurt a lot. Too much for him to bare with anymore.

"Alright, alright! I'll say it!", he said, surprising Candace a bit. "Phineas Flynn, there's something I need to tell you."

Just then, Ethan, Marshall, and the others came back in and got the inator ready.

"It'll take a moment to charge before it fires.", Michelle explained.

"What did you wanna say?", Phineas asked.

"I-! Um... I-I...", Doof faltered, dimming Candace's hopes as the reality of what he was doing sunk in. "W-well.."

"Hey, time's up. You should've been done with this sooner.", Ethan said.

"SHUT UP YOU STUPID RAT!", Candace hissed back.

"I'm warning you for the last time, Candace!", Ethan growled in return, his fur bristling at the demeaning name.

"What were you going to say?", Phineas asked, looking back at Heinz.

"I'm-"

*CRASH!*

Perry, Penny, and Pinky came crashing through the window, surprising everyone as they landed on the floor behind them.

"PERRY!"

Ethan and Marshall were already on it but Marshall was held back by Monogram, Pinky and Karl. The kids were quickly ushered out of the way as Ethan, Penny, and Perry circled each other, waiting for the other to strike.

"Perry!", Phineas called out, struggling with Ferb as Candace held them back by their wrists.

"Oh no you don't! Phineas, I don't need you and Ferb getting hurt too!", Candace argued.

"Welcome back, Perry the Platypus...", Ethan said. "Nice to see you join the family again."

"SHUT IT psycho.", Perry growled back.

"HE CAN TALK!?", the others gaped.

Ethan was the first to move, lunging out at the platypuses and soon getting entangled in a struggle hold against them. Claws and teeth dug deep into the opposition as the animals fought. Perry and Ethan were soon struggling to gain control over the other when Penny tackled Ethan off and found herself soon pinned to the floor where Ethan attempted to bite at her, only to have her webbed claws sink into his throat as she tried to push his face away from hers. Perry grabbed a hold of Ethan and the ermine wriggled and squirmed his way out of his jacket and out of Perry's grasp. He quickly turned around, the moment his knees hit the floor, and attempted to bite at Perry's leg only to grab Penny's kicking leg by mistake. A deafening scream shot through the air as Ethan's strong teeth sank into Penny's legs, cracking and breaking the bones inside. She was left immobile from the sheer pain and forcibly tossed aside by the ermine.

"'PENNY!'", Perry called out as she was sent flying across the floor.

The platypus scowled back at the ermine. Nothing but red was in his vision now. He couldn't stand for it any more! Before Ethan had time to think, Perry charged himself into the mammal, headbutting him right in the stomach and sending the two tumbling. Perry was pinned to the ground with Ethan's claws wrapped tightly around his throat. Blood dripping down his jaws, Ethan smirked at the struggling platypus beneath him.

"Just like before, eh?", he said, straining to keep a hold on him.

Perry wasn't giving up though and Ethan groaned in pain as he felt the platypus' sharp spurs dig deep into his sides. It was enough of a leeway for Perry to pull out one of his arms and punch the ermine hard in the face, causing Ethan to let go and stumble back as he held his snout in pain. He scowled back at the platypus, blood dripping from his broken nose as he growled. Perry quickly got up onto his feet and back into the fight as he threw more punches at the ermine, being blocked mostly, but landing a few in the stomach as Ethan tried to back up from the barrage.

Ethan finally grabbed a hold of the platypus in a headlock as Perry did the same to him. They struggled, trying to gain power over the other when Ethan felt a sharp pain sear through his skull as Perry rammed them into the brick wall. Anything to do damage. Anything to finally be rid of the rat. Perry was even willing to risk hurting himself if such was the case. Again, Ethan felt his skull bruise as he and Perry went head-to-head with the walls before having the air shoved out of him as he was forcibly shoved to the floor. Now Perry's hands on his throat, all in an attempt to suffocate him as Ethan returned it equally. It wasn't until the ermine reached to Perry's wrists, his claws sinking into Perry's flesh, as the platypus cried in pain did the the hold ease up and Ethan was able to push his way back up. He threw the platypus aside with a heave and Perry toppled across the ground. He ducked, just in time as Ethan rocketed from his spot to him for the ermine to grasp a hold of his fur, causing the platypus to scream and cry out in bloody pain as Ethan's teeth sank into his tail, crushing the spinal cord that rested in it.

Phineas had had enough of being held back by Candace and finally managed to wriggle his hands free. With a shout, he ran into the fray, shoving Ethan off of Perry and drew out his knife again. Ethan caught himself as he was sent to the floor and stood back up, his eyes focused on Phineas as the bright red blood dripped from him. Phineas shuddered at the sight, but he was firm in his ground. He wasn't going to let Perry keep getting hurt for him.

Ethan crouched down on all fours, ready to strike as Phineas tightened his grip. But as the weasel lunged at him, he was suddenly pulled back by his tail and thrown back across the floor, slamming into the wall. Ethan hit the wall with a grunt as Perry stumbled a bit, groaning from the pain of using so much force.

Despite fighting against three men and a dog, Marshall was holding his own in most of the fight. But Carl had quickly backed out as he began to bleed and Pinky was kicked, thrown across the room and slammed into a tower of crates that fell over top of him. But having fought Perry on a daily basis and being the head of his organization, Doofenshmirtz and Monogram were the real challenge the major faced as they fought. Wrestling to keep the major down and keeping themselves from getting to hurt, proved to be difficult indeed. Though once or twice they managed to land their own hits. Monogram kicked Marshall in the stomach.

"Look out!", Phineas cried out.

"It's about to fire!", Carl shouted.

*ZAP!*

Laura: ..You know, that inator could still hit Perry. =3

Amber: Lol! XDD