"Did you see that?" Phineas asked, grabbing onto the legs of the helicopter and trying to point Arik's attention towards the explosion.
"Yeah, I guess he wasn't lying then," Arik answered bluntly, but angered Phineas.
"So you took a risk and bet the lives of our friends to chase after this guy?" he yelled, grabbing Arik with his free hand in anger. But his hand holding onto the helicopter was losing grip as Phineas slipped off and began to plummet towards the ground.
"AHHH!" he exclaimed, but then he felt something grab his waist. "What?" but looked up to see Arik save him with his whip.
"Be more careful next time," he said, bringing him upward.
"Thanks, Arik," Phineas said, a little embarrassed as Arik remained silent. "It looks like we're heading for that building over there," he added, breaking the silence and gaining Arik's attention.
"So that's what he's planning," he said to himself, but Phineas was able to decipher what he was saying.
"Where is that?" he asked.
"Since you've been living here for most of your life, I'd think you would know. But if you don't, I'll tell you. That place was the castle of the king of this land. He was a necromancer and was able to create a special type of black magic. But he accidentally let this power loose and it demolished the land. It was then sealed there by a special inventor with an orb called the Inventor's Gem."
"WHAT? So he's going to use it to turn the land to ruin once again?" Phineas asked, but the two noticed the helicopter drop in speed.
"We're about to land," the helicopter landing on the ground. "For now, let's just focus on getting the Inventor's Gem and bringing it back to the group. But I have a feeling he won't let us," he said, Rodney already finding them and shooting a laser from his hands.
"Wait, how can he do that? He's not a robot!" Arik asked.
"Maybe he has some special ability. But if we focus on answering that question, we won't live long enough for him to tell us," Phineas reasoned, Arik agreeing as the two took out their weapons and started charging after the evil scientist and his robot lackey.
Outside Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated:
"Is everyone accounted for yet?" Gretchen asked, the Fireside Girls counting the people.
"Well, so far, we are missing Ferb, Buford, Phineas, Django and the leader," Adyson answered.
"Wait, weren't there more people than that?" Ginger asked.
"No, I believe that is all there is, at least that is all according to Baljeet's list," Katie said, but the Fireside Girls then remembered Harrison, who had ran inside in an attempt to save his sister.
"Man, those two are so busted if they don't show up soon!" Candace exclaimed.
"Wait, wouldn't that mean they could be dead also?" Stacy asked, but that brought the emotion down a bit.
"Thanks Stace. You just had to make me feel all sad, didn't you?" Candace asked, starting to feel all depressed, but she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry. They're strong. I know they'll make it back. You just have to believe," Jeremy said to her, causing her to smile.
"Thanks," she said, a tear or two dripping from her eyes.
"Look, there's someone coming!" Holly exclaimed, the whole group gathering near the entrance.
"Glad we made it back alive," a girl said, being held up by a green-haired boy.
"Ferb! And... who are you?" Irving asked.
"Oh, I'm Vanessa. But I've got to go. My mom is expecting me to be back by dinner. See you all around," she exclaimed as she ran in a different direction.
"Man, and we didn't get to know her well," Milly complained.
"Don't worry about it. We will see her again," Ferb said, thinking about the future.
While they were conversing, a hunched-back man wearing a lab coat was walking towards the group with a platypus to his side. "Hey, did any of you see a brown-haired girl wearing all black clothing?"
"Oh, yeah. She just passed by a few seconds ago. Said she was going to see her mom," Ferb answered, the man sprinting as soon as he heard that.
"Shoot! This was supposed to be MY weekend with her!" running towards where his ex-wife lived, leaving the group in confusion.
"What was that all about?" Baljeet asked.
"Anyways, let's just tend to your wounds for now, Ferb," Gretchen said, noticing the wounds on his shoulder.
"No, its fine," he said, walking towards a tree. "There will be people who are more injured coming."
Inside Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated:
"Uh, where am I?" a girl asked, pushing the rubble off of her as she looked up to see the building turned to rubble. "What happened here?" she asked herself, but then a body to the side where she tossed the rubble.
"Um, are you okay?" she asked as she examined the burnt body, but then gasped in terror when she discovered who it was.
"You idiot," as tears began to fall down her cheeks, picking up the body.
Phineas and Arik:
Phineas jumped up, dodging the lasers from Rodney. But as he jumped, he left himself open to an attack from the robot, who landed a punch to his stomach. But as he was about to fall, he was caught mid-air. "Thanks, Arik," getting released slowly.
"Be careful, for now, let's take out that robot over there," Arik suggested, swinging his whip at their enemies. But it was deflected by the robot as it charged towards him. He blocked the attack, but behind him, unbeknowest to him, Rodney was loading up a laser to shoot as his back. But the attack was blocked and partially reflected by the rotation of Phineas' spear.
Seeing the robot getting hit by the reflected laser, the two jumped up, Arik trapping the robot with his whip as Phineas charged up electricity to rip up the robot to shreds and prevent regeneration.
"One down, one to go," but when they looked at their enemy, all the saw was an evil grin.
"Took you long enough," as the scraps of metal started to attract towards Rodney's body.
"Why can you.." he started to say, but stopped when he saw the beginning of the transformation.
"You see, there was no chance for either of you the moment you chose me as your enemy," the two boys seeing a gem radiating blue light.
"Is that..." but his sentence was interrupted when he and Phineas suddenly saw blood cough from their mouths as a slicing pain could be felt through their mid-upper body. "Damn..." as he started crashing towards the wall, but felt a softer impact instead of the jagged impact of rocks.
Phineas had caught the two of them by creating a electricity-generated net, softening the fall. "Nice catch," Arik said, getting up. But he felt the pain from the blow seething through his body, but was able to ignore it.
"Thanks, but you need to watch yourself, lest your injuries worsen," he said, grabbing Arik's attention.
"Oh, yeah. Thanks," as the two saw the complete transformation of their enemy. His "Damn, that looks pretty ugly."
"You dare to insult the beautiful transformation? Only those that resonate with the Inventor's Gem can unleash this," Rodney exclaimed, but shocked Phineas.
"What? That's not one of its powers. According to the Future Arik, it had the power to create anything once fully charged. Is it that he has mis-interpreted it?" he muttered to himself, but shrugged it off when he saw a blade hurtling towards him.
But the blade was caught right before it reached contact as it was thrown to the side. "And you're telling me to watch myself. Focus! You can answer your questions later," Arik said, beginning to twirl his whip. "Get ready. As soon as I say go, charge with all the electricity you've got!" as his whip started to form a twister.
"Oh, okay," he said, watching in awe as Arik launched his twister at Rodney. "GO!" Arik exclaimed, a flustered Phineas charging towards Rodney as he began to generate electricity.
"What is this? Are you trying to put a quick end to this?" a voice asked as Rodney immediately pushed the twister away.
"What?" he yelled, seeing Phineas charging at Rodney. "NO! STOP!" but it was too late, Phineas unable to stop his body as he started to thrust his spear. Blood splattered, but all three of them were shocked to see both Phineas and Rodney injured from their clash.
"What?" Rodney asked as the spear stabbed through his armor and ripped much of the armor surrounding the wound. Meanwhile, Phineas got five cuts to his body, but none sliced deep into his skin as he jumped backwards to land at Arik's side. "YOU DAMN BRATS!" he yelled in anger, black energy from the Inventor's Gem started to surround him.
Soon, his body started decay and show his bones. "Uh, Phineas... is that supposed to happen?"
"Don't ask me. But I do know that this won't be good for us," he answered, a shockwave of black energy unleashing towards them.
Inside Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated:
"Man, to think we got stuck with you!" a loud gruffy voice yelled as a trail of blood was visible behind them.
"Be grateful you idiot! At least I came to save you guys. Though I think Django might've survived on his own," a girl argued, angering the boy.
"Shut it!" he yelled as they reached the exit of the building and saw the light. But the two wouldn't notice they had left the building until a voice yelled, "STOP IT! We're already outside," grabbing their attention as the three of them looked up into the sky.
"Django..." the boy said, walking up to him and punching him in the face, sending him flying towards a tree.
"What the hell was that for, Buford?" Django yelled, getting up and starting to argue with the bully.
"That was for ordering me around, lackey!" he exclaimed, beginning a hot-blooded argument until they received the "hand of judgement" from a "faithful angel".
"And that's for arguing in front of me," she exclaimed as two unconscious bodies lay below her. But hearing the ruckus, a group approached them.
"Chief?" Gretchen asked, causing Isabella to turn towards them.
"Gretchen? Everyone?" she asked as everyone (which included everyone present but Ferb, Perry and Gerald) got into a giant group hug.
"Hey guys! I missed you all! Also, can I talk to Phineas?" she asked, but then, the mood dropped.
Everyone kept quiet until Jeremy answered, "He... hasn't come back yet," shocking her as she then imagined her love inside the explosion.
"No! He... he couldn't have!" she exclaimed, beginning to tear up.
"We don't know for sure. For all we know, he could have escaped in pursuit with Rodney, or...-or he could've found a way out. Just believe in him," Candace counseled, but she was also in pain from the unknown whereabouts of her brother.
"Come on, let's go heal your wounds," Stacy said as she, Candace and the Fireside Girls walked by Isabella while Jeremy, Baljeet and Irving carried Buford and Django.
Phineas and Arik:
The two were panting heavily, having to dodge the blasts from the zombified Rodney. "Damn! That stupid gem!" Arik scowled, dodging another blast.
How do we get out of this? He's got to have a hidden weakness Phineas asked himself as Rodney sneaked up behind him and slammed him across the castle. Before making contact with the ground, he managed to catch himself, but then he looked up to see a bit of electrical energy in the air nearby Rodney.
"THAT'S IT!" the boy exclaimed as Arik turned towards him.
"What? Did you figure it out?" he asked as the red-head ran towards Arik.
"Here, just follow my plan!" he exclaimed, beginning to whisper the plan. But their meeting was interrupted by a blast of dark energy hurtling towards them. "NOW!" as the two jumped over the blast and Phineas began to charge after Rodney.
"Just what do you think you are doing, scum?" he asked as Phineas charged up electrical energy into his blade and struck where lightning energy was still visible, creating a giant blast. "What?" getting injured by the blast.
Arik, sneaking up behind him, took his whip and caught Rodney by the torso. "What?" looking behind him to see Arik taking hold of him. "Unhand me!" but he then suddenly felt a grasp on he limbs and his neck. "What is this?" trying to look for the thing grabbing hold of his body.
But while his attention was directed away, Phineas and Arik jumped up infront of him, holding up their weapons. "Oh, so that's what you want to play?" loading a large amount of black energy. "Well, you will regret it!" compressing it and unleashing it towards them at point-blank range.
"Heh, you were right," Arik chuckled, spinning his whip to dispel the energy and causing Rodney to create a disheartened look on his face. "It's over," as he unleashed a hurricane of storm whippings at him while Phineas came up after him and stabbed him in the gut and unleashing all the lightning power he could into Rodney's body, electrocuting him until he lost consciousness and slammed towards the wall of the castle.
When he fell unconsciousness, his skeletal form was lost and he returned to his normal, human form.
The two boys looked at their knocked out opponent and seeing that they had gained victory, the two dropped onto the ground, lacking in energy and rejoicing.
"YES!" the two exclaimed, raising their arms up.
The two laid down in victory, spending many minutes on the ground until a rumbling noise shook them up.
"What's happening?" Phineas asked, the castle rumbling.
"From my guess, either we impacted too much force onto the building or there is an earthquake!" Arik answered.
"So pretty much, the castle is falling on us," Phineas translated.
"Pretty much," Arik answered, followed by a moment of silence. But when a giant rock fell between them, breaking their thought process, the two jumped up in shock.
"What do we do?" Phineas asked, Arik looking around to find an exit.
"Let's head over there," he said, the two rushing in the direction of the exit, but then, he looked up to see a boulder about to land on top of Phineas. "WATCH OUT!" he exclaimed, pushing the red-head out of the way to receive the blow.
"ARGH!" he yelled out in pain, unable to move.
"ARIK!" Phineas exclaimed, getting up and heading over to his friend. "Are you okay?"
"Hell no!" he exclaimed, unable to move the boulder off of him. "Dang it! I can't move!"
"Here, let me help you," Phineas suggested, but rocks started to fall at a faster rate.
"No."
"What do you mean, no?" he asked.
"If you stay here, all three of us will be stuck here," including Rodney. "Just grab him and get out of here!"
"What? I can't leave you here. I can't let you die... again."
"What do you mean, again?" Arik asked.
"I-it doesn't matter. Anyways, I can't let you die here," but a rock almost crushed his head as he received a glare from him.
"Look, would you rather help a stranger and most likely die, or would you like to come out of this war victorious?" Arik asked.
"All that doesn't matter. I can't let you die, even if I die too," Phineas said, suprisingly stubborn.
"So you will break your promise to Isabella?" Arik yelled in frustration, entrancing Phineas into a shell-shocked state. He had almost forgotten about his promise to her. Come back to me.
He then imagined what would happen if he didn't return. He would leave Ferb by himself to try to explain what had happened to him. When he did, his family was shell-shocked, even Candace was in tears. His face would be on a picture at a funeral, his family and friends giving speechs. But worst of all, Isabella had stated she had loved him. If this was true, how could he leave Isabella to suffer?
"Fine, I will leave for now," taking the unconscious Rodney and standing up. "But I will come back for you. For now, make sure you stay alive, okay?" he asked, causing a smirk to appear on Arik's face.
"Fine, I'll take that. Though if you had argued any longer, rocks would begin to fall on you. Anyways, get out of here before I am able to get out of here," leaving Phineas with a smirk as he carried his enemy out of the castle. But as he left the falling castle, Phineas' expression turned from a smiling one to a depressed one, eventually letting out a few tears as he marched back to Danville.
Arik watched as rocks fell from the roof of the castle of the former King of Danville. Just like many had told him, his life flashed before him as rocks fell closer and closer to him. On occasion, a few would fall on his body, but he held it in, knowing that no one could hear him anyways. His last thoughts of that moment, even he wouldn't remember as he was buried under the rubble of the castle.
Farewell, everyone. Make sure to live your lives well. I will be waiting
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I'm sorry if some of you think the quality has dropped this chapter. In all honesty, I do too. But I will try to improve through to the end of the story.
There will be one more chapter after this and maybe an epilogue, so be prepared for the end of this fanfic. (my first 20+ chapter fanfic. *sniff sniff*)