Chapter 25

(back at the Flynn-Fletcher house)

Ron and Rufus went into the kitchen.

"Come on, ol' buddy, let's see what they have for some grub around here!" Ron asked his trusty mole rat.

Rufus emerged from the pants pocket and jumped onto the table. He then put his furry pink paw over his rumbling stomach. "Me hungry….."

"Yeah, Rufus, I know the feeling…" Ron sighed, opening up the fridge door. "Now let's see here, let's find something close to Mexican food….."

The both of them began to search the fridge, shelf by shelf.

(Upstairs in Phineas and Ferb's bedroom)

"Ferb? You got the tools for our fun hotel/water-slide/beach resort?" Phineas asked his brother with optimism.

Ferb grabbed a toolbox and pressed a red button. An array of tools of hammer and drills extended from one end of the room to the other. He then pressed the button again to condense it all back into the simple toolbox.

"Sounds good to me, old buddy!" Phineas replied, "Let's go downstairs for some ice-cream!" He then grabbed Perry and went to the kitchen with his brother.

After searching through the fridge, Ron and Rufus finally found some microwavable burritos and then they put them in the microwave for a few minutes .

"Aww…well, Rufus, even though it isn't Bueno Nacho, it'll tide us over until the girls get back." Ron said, popping open the microwave so that the two can begin to chow down on the Mexican confectionaries.

Then, the angle of his eye caught the attention of two boys walking downstairs and heading towards the backyard.

Ron walked up to them, asking, "Whoa…whoa…whoa, where are you going?"

Phineas and Ferb paused what they were doing and came into the kitchen.

"We're just gonna go outside in the backyard and, you know, enjoy our summer day!" Phineas replied, holding Perry "We're also gonna make something big because we don't wanna waste one summer day at all!"

"Hmm….." Ron thought, tapping on his left foot, "thinking…thinking…."

After a brief pause, he replied, "Okay, at least I can do something other than slouch and watch TV all day long!" He then looked at Perry, "Aww…he's so cute!"

Perry, meanwhile, was staring in the opposite directions with his eyes and chattered.

"Well, he is indeed a platypus," Phineas said, "They don't do much at all."

Rufus then crawled on the counter and studied Perry with his beady eyes studying everything from the tips of his hair to his platypus tail.

"Hmmm…." he gave muttering squeak, pondering on Perry. But then he merely shrugged his shoulders and quickly crawled onto Ron's shoulder.

"And who's your little guy?" Phineas wondered, once he pointed to the mole rat.

"Oh, my little guy's no ordinary guy. He's Rufus, my trusty and handy and most bad-ical naked mole rat! He can eat Nacos and kick bad guys all day long! Boo-yah!" Ron replied with enthusiasm for introducing his pet to two new people he has now seen.

"A naked mole rat doing anything? Wow! That is so totally cool!" Phineas exclaimed with excitement before turning to his brother, "Ferb, would you like to have a mole rat that can do anything?"

Ferb nodded his head once.

(at the Possible house in Middleton)

Ann and James drove up both their vehicles with the twins to the garage. James parked in front while Ann parked in the rear. He then opened up the garage door and Ann gasped, holding her hand near her mouth.

The purple Roth SL coupe was showing some rust, some of the roof has a hole in it, one of the headlights was busted and its reverse lights were out. Its seats were torn at places and one even has a loose spring.

Both the Possible parents got out of their regular cars. James adjusted his sagging pants once again because they were halfway on his boxers.

"Are you…I mean…are you really serious, James?" Ann exclaimed, putting one of her hands in the pocket of her overalls while pointing to the Sloth with the other.

"Nope, Ann, I don't joke around!" James smiled with pride, getting out the keys for the Sloth from his pants pocket. "And I even gave it a test drive yesterday, still works like a charm!"

Ann gave a groaning sigh and headed on over to the Sloth, muttering to herself, Stupid hunk of junk….

The twins followed right behind her and got into the back seat of the vehicle. Ann opened the door to the passenger side while James got into the driver seat. She felt the baggy fabric of her overalls straps on the seat.

She then looked back to the twins, sitting in the back, smirking, "Oh and just to let you know, this is the exact spot where we shared out first kiss with each other…."

The twins recoiled in horror and disgust, retreating to the sides of the car, "Ewww…. cooties!"

James put the key in the ignition and the engine started up, although it was sputtering.

"Okay, family, let's roll!" he said with determination, hitting the gas pedal.

The car pulled out slowly out of the driveway and onto the street with black smoke belching from its exposed exhaust pipe.

(at the Googolplex Mall)

All six of the girls stared in wonder and amazement at all of the stores at the mall. The crowd of teenagers and college-age kids conversing with each other filled the air of the shopping center.

"Ohh…so many stores!" Bonnie exclaimed.

"Four hundred of them….ohh I could just drool over the savings!" Tara swooned over the mall directory, for about 60 of the 400 stores in the three-story mall were geared towards young women's fashion.

Kim then came in between them and replied, "Come on girls, we have to concentrate on finding the hottest shoes and high-heels for Candace… and maybe some high heels for all of us for the fall!"

Suddenly, Candace came up, chanting and jumping up and down, "Where's Jeremy? Where's Jeremy? Where's Jeremy?" She drew her finger all around the mall map display.

"Whoa…." Bonnie said in surprise, "is she usually like this all the time?"

Stacy replied, whom was standing next to Bonnie, "Yep….the two are boyfriend and girlfriend! Jeremy made the Mad Dog football team, so she's trying out for your squad. She usually comes here to see him work at the Slushy Burger here."

The brunette added in, "Hmm… seems like great motivation to me."

Candace pointed to the location of the Slushy Burger and was about to run off when Kim got her by her red top.

"Candace!"

"Umm…why did just pull on my clothes? I gotta get to my Jeremy!"

"Ugh….don't you totally realize that we have some shoe-shopping to do?" Kim sighed, "You can see Jeremy when we get hungry for lunch. A little patience is no big for you!"

Candace paused for a moment to let it all sink it. "Yes! I should be focused on getting those shoes! I'm gonna look very hot for my Jeremy!" She beamed with pride and clenched her fists as tightly as she could.

Kim replied with a grin, "Now that's what I'm talking about!"

She then spotted a high-end upscale shoe store titled, "High Hollywood Shoes" on the third level.

"Ooohhh….sounds like a trendy store to me!" Candace smirked as the girls began to head on up to the escalators to the third floor.

At the Flynn-Fletcher house, Ron was walking both Phineas and Ferb to the backyard.

"And this is where we develop all of our big ideas here!" Phineas explained, showing Ron the spacious backyard.

"Wow… you totally have a backyard that's twice..no….better make that three times as big as the one I have back in Middleton!" Ron said, staring in amazement of the giant oak tree.

"So what have you done all summer?" Phineas asked, walking on over to the tree and reclining his feet on the warm summer grass.

"Um….let's just say that I've been busy with recently being on the football team, fighting crime with Kim and all that stuff!" Ron said, patting the soft tuft of blonde hair with his left hand.

Phineas widened his eyes, "Fighting crime? How cool is that!" Then he nudged his shoulder to Ferb, "Let's put that on the list! Crime-fighting heroes!" Ferb gave a slight nod of his head, took out a notepad from his pants pocket and wrote down crime-fighting as the next possible big idea for summer.

"Well, my role's just the distracting and Kim does all the fighting." Ron replied with a nervous laugh. He then asked, taking a seat on the back porch chair. "So, what are you two building for today?"

"Well, we're building a fun, and extremely tall, hotel with little roller-coasters, bouncy beds, and everything!" Phineas replied optimistically.

Ron stared wild-eyed at the two brothers and shouted out loud "Boooo-yah!"

Phineas replied with a smile, "I think he'll totally like what we are going to build!"

(back at the mall, at the High Hollywood Shoe store)

"Ooohh…fancy…..so many A-list celeb-endorsed high heels!" Candace gasped in amazement and wonder of all the high-heels endorsed by the big celebrities in Hollywood.

"Hmm…." Kim thought, scratched her chin, looking at the high-end shoes, "which ones should Candace try first?"

Monique then asked an all-important question, "Which size are your feet, Candace? Maybe there's some swingin' heels with your name on it!"

Candace looked down at her shoes, "Umm… I think I'm a size…"

She was then cut off by the four beeps of a familiar device.

"Huh?" Stacy looked around for the source, "What is that sound?"

Kim then got out her handbag, for it was her Kimmunicator.

"Go, Wade!" she exclaimed, turning it on and it showed Wade on-screen.

Wade explained the mission to her, "Kim, we just got a hit on the site! It's over at Danville Chemical Laboratories just north of town!"

"What…..is that thing?" Candace scoffed, pointing to the device.

"That so totally happens to be my all-important Kimmunicator that I totally use whenever I get a mission!" Kim clarified.

"Ughh…for crimefighting stuff…still totally lame!" Candace waved her hand in dismissal.

Wade put his elbow on the table and made a charming smile, "And who are the two new ladies?"

"Uhhh….excuse me, Wade, the chemical lab?" Kim snapped, trying to get her tech friend back on focus.

"Oh, yes….almost forgot! The security cameras picked up this image not more than 10 minutes ago!" Wade said, feeding in the camera footage to Kim. It shows a very peculiar-looking green-skinned woman in her green-and-black catsuit.

Kim glared at the screen, "Shego!"

"She-who?" Stacy asked.

"Shego, Stacy. Simply put, she is totally one thief you totally don't wanna meet in a dark alley way!" Kim said before going back to Wade, "Wade, can you hitch me a ride?"

Wade grinned, "No problem, Kim! It's heading towards your position right now!" Just as he spoke those words, she heard jet engines roaring overhead on the roof of the mall.

"Your equipment is in the jet, Kim!" Wade said.

"Spankin' Wade, but what about Ron and Rufus? We've left him at the Flynn-Fletcher house with Candace's brothers!" Kim questioned, "It'd be totally the drama and a major bust if we left him behind! He's like an important member of the team!"

Stacy suddenly widened her eyes in fear.

"No problem, we can stop by there and pick him up!" Wade smiled.

"Wade, did I tell you so much that you always rock?" Kim complimented.

"Indeed I do always, Kim! Wade out!" Wade replied before ending the transmission.

"Okay, girls, I'm gonna be doing a little job of busting Shego's little robbery!" Kim replied, heading out of the store.

"And the shoes for Candace?" Bonnie asked, looking down at the Mary Janes Candace was still wearing.

"Well, try black high heels, they're always good for formal occasions! And for the all-important LBD!" Kim replied, rushing out the store as fast as she could to the roof.

"LBD?" Stacy asked, scratching her head.

"Little black dress!" Kim called back for a moment, then continuing to head on out. She then spotted a door that said "ROOF ACCESS". "Bingo" she exclaimed, opening the door and heading upstairs.

Tara then went into another part of the store for a pair of heels for herself.

What Kim didn't notice as she was leaving was that Candace was biting her lips when she heard the words of her brothers and busting in the same sentence. She was also biting her fingernails and beginning to sweat.

Stacy began to panic, and rightfully so. She flailed her hands around in an attempt to get the other girls' attention, but it wasn't working.

Then she heard a snap of one of Bonnie's high heels that she was wearing.

"Aww…..man…." the brunette complained, "My heels' all busted up! Now I have to buy new ones…."

"Nnnngggghhhh…" Candace grunted before finally buckling underneath the pressure of the familiar temptation, "I can't take it anymore!"

Monique looked at Candace's odd behavior, "Umm…what's that girl doing?"

Stacy grumbled without enthusiasm, "You'll see!"

"My brothers are planning something obviously big and dangerous, and it's up to me to bust them!" Candace glared, taking out her pink cell phone, and holding it proudly in front of the other girls.

"Busting…..what?" Tara questioned in disbelief, "I don't get it!" She was browsing for a pair of high heels when she overheard the commotion.

"Me either, T! This girl's creeping me out!" Bonnie said, nodding in agreement.

Stacy then turned to both of the girls and replied disappointingly with a facepalm, "This is exactly what happens when you say the 'b' word around her!"

"'B' word as in that bad 'b' word?" Tara answered, though still puzzled.

"No….busting!" Stacy sighed with disappointment.

Tara suddenly made the connection, "Ohhhh…but why are you so concerned about it?"

Stacy groaned, "I give up…"

Candace then said, "Hmm…since I need to prove to Mom of the boys' inventions, I need some way to tell her the truth….." Then the answer stood right in front of her face: four girls that can act as potential witnesses.

"He-he-he-he-he!" she giggled manically, rubbing her hands. "With all these spectators to the boys' invention for today, Mom will finally make sure that they will be busted!" Then turning to the girls, she replied, "Come on, let's get going!"

"But what about the shoe shopping?" Tara asked.

"No time for it right now!" she exclaimed, grabbing Tara by the hand and escorted her out of the store. "There is no time like busting brothers time!"

Bonnie, Monique, and Stacy followed closely behind, now that Candace's concentration of avoiding the thought of busting her brothers was now shattered.