Chapter 21: The Kiss
The character Marie Flynn (C) belongs to Angelus19 and sam-ely-ember of Deviantart. I do not own her in any way
The character Thomas Fletcher belongs to Melty94. I do not own him in any way.
This story is not offical in anyway for the Phineas and Ferb series.
"HAH! I got you NOW, Perry the Platypus!" Doofenshmirtz says. "Good thing I had a spare trap."
It's true. Doofenshmirtz, using a giant hamster cage, which even comes with a giant hamster water bottle attached, has trapped Perry the Platypus. Now both Perry and Pinky are trapped by the doctor.
"Now normally, I would be trying to destroy you at this point. But, since you're still on vacation, I'm going to be trying to destroy my temperary nemesis, Pinky the Chihuahua! You don't mind, do you?"
Still being trapped in the rocket, Pinky begins to scratching on the glass like a door, but success is very limited.
"Soon, you will be fired to the moon, THEN, I'll set FIRE to it!"
His last sentence is followed by, once more, some dramatic music.
"OH, COME ON! That last sentence wasn't even bolded! That's it, I give up."
With a wall of Fireside girls blocking off his way to Isabella, Phineas is unable to get to her. And because of this one more obstacle, the future may remain the same. With Phineas living in loneliness, Isabella living with aggression, and of course, Marie not living AT ALL!
Ever since he first met Marie, Ferb had decided that he would NEVER, under any circumstances, tell anyone that she's Phineas and Isabella's daughter from the future. ESPECIALLY Phineas and Isabella, since he fears about what it could do to the timestream. But, after seeing the possible future, witnessing how cold Isabella is being, watching Phineas on the verge of giving up, and of course, watching Marie practically dying, he decides that there's no other aleternative.
"Phineas, there's something I have to tell you."
"Hold that thought, Ferb!" Phineas says. "I need to say something to the girls too."
Ferb didn't expect to hear what he just heard. But, if Phineas has something that could help the situation, there's no reason to not let him.
"Look, I know I haven't been the best friend to Isabella, and I'm sorry. I know I've been letting her down lately, and I'm sorry. But most of all, I know that I've hurt Isabella, and I'm sorry. But now I'm done doing any harm to her. I...I just want to have things the way they were, where at least we were both happy. AT least SHE was happy. So please. Let me speak to her. I'm sure I fix things up with her. And...and...I just have to. I have to...because...well...wow, I'm really no good at this. Because...I-I love her. So PLEASE let me through!"
Phineas's speech has not only surprised Ferb, as he's not used to see his brother show such feelings, but has also left the Fireside Girls in tears. Each girl can feel the romance that Phineas is trying his best to show.
"T-th-that was...BEAUTIFUL!" Gretchen shouts.
It's unanimously ageered by all of the Fireside Girls. They are all so touched by Phineas's gesture that they don't just deform the barrier they were making, but they all form a group hug for themselves so they can cry with each other.
"Well, it looks like it's just about dark enough." Doofenshirtz says. "Ready to br the first dog to go to the moon, Pinky the Chihuahua?"
It is time for the doctor to launch his attack onto the moon. And with Perry stuck in the hamster cage and Pinky trapped inside one of the rockets, he may very well succeed.
"Ruff ruff! Ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff!"
"Bark all you want, Pinky! For in a second, I won't be hearing you."
True to his word, he pushes a button on the Incineratinator control panel, and shortly after, the rockets launch one by one. The rocket with the hydrogen, the one with the igniter, and sadly, the one that Pinky is trapped in. In a matter of seconds, Pinky the Chihuahua is out gone from Perry and Doofenshmirtz's sight.
Seeing his comrade fly up and head towards the moon does not please Perry the Platypus at all. The idea of his ally and friend reaching an unexpected end brings misery to the secret agent platypus.
"Excellent. And after the moon is on fire, I'll celebrate with the fireworks I got this morning. A perfect way to end the ultimate evil plan! I'll set it up so it'll make my face in sky! Oooh, it'll be so cool!"
Now waiting for the moon to burn as planned, the doctor grabs a chair and places it next to Perry's cage, wanting to get comfy when the moon is set on fire.
"You know, Perry the Platypus? I'm glad it's not you who's up there. It would've been a shame if my true nemesis miss out on seeing my greatest evil plan come to fruition. Good thing you went on vacation." The doctor says, being happy that Perry isn't in Pinky's shoes. "Hey, I bet 50 bucks that Pinky will still find a way back down here and foil me."
Back at the dance...
There's now absolutely nothing blocking Phineas off from Isabella. Well, except for Baljeet, but he's by no means an obstacle. Isabella can also see that little is blocking off Phineas now. The fact the Fireside girls broke their promise anger her even futher.
"Come on, Baljeet. Let's find another spot to dance." Isabella says.
"YAY! Oops. Sorry, forgot I can't be too excited."
Wanting to keep Phineas away, she grabs Baljeet's arm and tries to get some distance from him.
"ISABELLA! WAIT!"
Phineas tries to chase after her, but unluckily for him, a small crowd of kids runs by between him and her. Because of this, he quickly loses track of her. And because there's already to many people at the dance now, finding her again may be tricky.
"Ok, everyone! Sorry we're late!"
Phineas recognizes the voice immidiately. Jeremy Johnson, as well as his band, have arrived at the dance as Phineas himself requested. He and his band mates have made their way to the stage are ready to play.
"Alright, I'm glad you guys haven't started having too much fun without us. I see alot of cute little couples here, so let's make this extra nice for you guys. We'll start by playing a song we we're suppose to play at a previous concert. We hope you'll all have as much fun as we do playing for you kids."
And with no further adieu, the band starts playing.
"It's funny how words
Are never what's heard.
Cause still I don't know what you're thinking."
Phineas is very lucky that Jeremy came when he did. When the band starts to play, alot of the kids clear up the center for the ones who're actually dancing. Although Phineas fails to see the girl he's looking for...
"PHINEAS!" Ferb shouts out. "SHE"S RIGHT THERE!"
With the proper point in the direction, Phineas DOES find Isabella, who's dancing with Baljeet. Although Ba;jeet isn't paying much attention, Isabella is displeased once more that Phineas has spotted her.
"Dang it."
With Isabella at plain sight, Phineas begins marching right over to her to share his thoughts with her. Sadly, Isabella is in no mood. But as Phineas gets closer to her, and after looking at Baljeet, she comes up with something, as well as an evil smile on her face.
"So Isabella! Are you having fun with me?" Baljeet asks. "If not, then please forgive me, for I don't normally talk with many other-"
Before Baljeet can finish his sentence, and while Phineas is still looking, Isabella does the unthinkable. She grabs Baljeets head, pulls it inward...
...and kisses him.
Phineas stops dead in his tracks when he saw what he just saw. Not even Ferb can believe what he saw, nor can Thomas and Marie. In fact, Marie must be the one who got hurt by this the most, since she's seeing her own mother kiss someone other then her father.
After what felt like forever, Isabella lets Baljeet go.
"WHOO HOO! A KISS FROM A GIRL!"
Phineas can not believe what he just saw. He walked into the dance, feeling greAsat determination and persistance to share a dance with Isabella. But in an instant, thanks to Isabella kissing another boy before his very eyes, he's become completely heart broken and begins to feel a pain that he's never felt before. He now realizes that Isabella no longers likes him like she used to. That said, Phineas is feeling that it's time for him to give up.
But Phineas isn't the only one who feels this way. Seeing her mother kiss Baljeet makes Marie believe that there is no wpossible way to fix the future. And as if she wasn't already feeling weak, now she's completely lost faith. And as a final touch of misery, Ferb and Thomas are feeling completely useless that they can't think of a way to help Phineas and Marie feel better.
The only one who really is smiling right now...is the now cruel Isabella.
"Well Tommy. I think this is it."
"Don't talk like that, Marie." Thomas says to reassure Marie.
"Tommy...face it. There's nothing you can do. I'm...as good as dead."
As the situation gets more and more dire and Marie's outlook gets more and more grim, her body fades more and more. It's only a mattera matter of time before she loses all of her strength and disappears in time.
Ferb, who's watching Phineas and Marie, the father and daughter, and seeing both of their misery at what's suppose to be an exciting dance. But even with even the brightest light no longer on their side, he refuses to fail his niece, his son, OR his brother, who're all also his best friends. He remains calm and looks around. He sees how Thomas is trying to comfort Marie. He also remembers his love for her. A last resort has entered his mind.
"Phineas, did you know Thomas has a crush on Marie?" Ferb asks Phineas.
"He...he does?"
"Look at those two. Maybe they may inspire you."
Ferb hopes that seeing Thomas's love for Marie may make Phineas try and talk to Isabella again. But what's about to happen is something that not even Ferb will expect.
"It's over Tommy. There's nothing we can do."
Thomas has never seen her like this. The more she's hurting, the more he does too. But after Marie drops a tear from her eye, he finds that he can't take anymore. Deciding that, he toughens himself up, wipes off his own tears with his arm, and stands up.
"Stand up." He says boldy.
"Hmm?" Marie asks.
"I said stand up."
"Why? It won't matter soon. Nothing will matter soon. I won't matter."
"MARIA ELIZABETH FLYNN! STAND UP RIGHT NOW!"
Hearing her full name? With a strike of fear, Marie decides that she has no choice but to stand up. Luckily, although Phineas is watching, due to the loud noises from the dance, he didn't hear Thomas say 'Flynn'.
"Marie, this is nothing like the you I've grown up with! I remember the you from when we played in our playpen. I remember the you from when you blow us up on a daily basis. I remember the you from before we came to this time period. And among ALL of those memories, I've NEVER seen you quit out on me or your friends! SO DON'T YOU BE GIVING UP JUST YET!"
Marie sees where Thomas is getting at, but she sees it as pointless.
"Tommy. There's nothing I CAN do. It's over. We're never going to see each other again."
"DON'T YOU BE GIVING UP ON ME, MARIE!"
"AND WHY CAN'T I?" She shouts as she starts crying again.
"BECAUSE MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME TO NEVER KISS A QUITER!"
And with a strong grip, he grabs her by shoulder, and kisses her, having lip contact in less then a second! Her eyes widen as much as humanly possible, for she did not see this coming! Thomas's eyes, however, are closed, so he may feel the kiss to it's fullest.
With one final second of enjoyment, Thomas pulls back his head and lets Marie go.
"T-T-TH-TH-THOMAS!" She says as she stutters, using Thomas's actual name for the first time. She even starts to blush up, showing that she definitly felt something there.
"Marie, I never want to see you like that again. GOT IT?"
Still blushing, and not even thinking about their problem, she nods in agreement.
Even Ferb is surprised that Thomas had just done what he just did. But it did what Ferb had hoped it would do. Phineas, after being surprised as well, stops wallowing in misery, and becomes inspired by Thomas.
"I just gave up before I even did what I wanted to do." Phineas says to Ferb. "But Thomas just did something that I don't think I wouldn't be able to muster the courage for in a million summers. Maybe I'll take a page from his book. Thanks for the heads up, Ferb. I think I owe a thank you to Thomas too."
Once again filled with determination and no longer pain, Phineas begins to make his way to Isabella one final time. He knows that she already did the worst thing she could do, so there's nothing that she can do to stop him now. But he doesn't care about what just happened. He only cares about what he must do.
And Ferb, seeing that in Phineas now, can't help but put a smile on his face. He knows for sure now that his brother will make things right with Isabella.
Longest...ass...chapter...as...of...yet. Feels like it took forever to write. But it was worth writing.
Comedy...tragedy...twists and turns...it has them all.
The last few chapter (probably only 2 left) will be about this long since I don't want to seperate them into smaller bits. But don't fear tge grand finale, for future stories will follow! YAY!
The big moment is coming, and it will be as unstoppable as Phineas is in the story right now. So hang on tight and PLEASE be patient. Can't rush something as epic as this.
Until then...ciao!
(PS: With a title like "The Kiss" how many minds did I freak when those parts actually came?)
(PPS: Stinkfly3, I'm sorry, but I just had to make it depressing again. But hopefully, you loved the love that followed.)