A/N: after almost a month of typing and retyping… I finally updated so here it is enjoy and don't forget to review.

Chapter 27: The Final Countdown

"Ferb! Fer-r-b!" Perry screamed Ferb's eyes bolted open as the Platypus stood on his chest; Ferb glanced over to the alarm clock, which read eight-fifteen. Ferb glanced back to the platypus chuckling at the fact of his drawn on face.

"Perry… what is on your face?" Ferb chuckled tiredly.

Perry sneered "This isn't time to laugh Ferb!' he pointed to the open safe "The gem is gone!"

Ferb's eyes widen as he sat up throwing the platypus off of his bed, he pushed the sheets off of him and jumped onto Phineas' bed. The small safe, the safe that only Perry and Ferb know the combination was wide open and empty of its contents. "No!" Ferb yelled.

Perry moaned as he climbed out the large pile of crumpled up blueprints "I have a feeling that it was him who drew on me" Perry quickly wiped off the marker "and stole the gem…"

"Who!" Ferb exclaimed as he was quickly changing his clothes.

Perry rushed down the stairs with Ferb following behind, Ferb gasped at the sight of the destroyed house, he moaned "Well… There goes my lifetime…" he glanced down to Perry "Who do you think did this?

"Who do you think? Who else would have caused this?" Perry got a hunch and was following, for he knew that there was nothing in the living room and rushed to the kitchen, spotting the piece of paper on the edge of the counter "Ferb!"

"What!" Ferb replied as he rushed into the kitchen to Perry that had the piece of paper in his hands

Perry handed him the paper "Look at this…"

Ferb quickly scanned the paper while Perry stated "I know that handwriting… Ferb."

Ferb gasped and dropped the paper "Doofenshmirtz…" he ran toward the garage thinking He's got them… the Tri-State Area is doomed… for now that his mind had entered the complete state of panic.

"Hey Ferb!" Perry yelled as he ran into the garage watching Ferb put on his helmet. Ferb glared at the platypus as he stood up on his hind legs pulling out his fedora. "There's no time to go on a silly bike ride…" Perry muttered as he placed his fedora on top of his head, the brim covering his eyes, he cracked a smile grin as he looked up, a dark shadow casting over his eyes "It's time… the final countdown has begun."

Ferb nodded in agreement as he took off his bike helmet "But how will we get there in time?"

"Don't you remember?" Perry chuckled "That I'm a secret for the O.W.C.A…" he walked to the backyard door "Now come on…" he gave Ferb a small smile as he rushed out to the door heading toward his tree entrance.

Ferb threw down his helmet rushing out the door exclaiming "Hey wait up!"

1; 30:46 Left

Skylar had gotten up very early, prepared and hoped that Ferb was successful on his convincement of Isabella and Jeremy. She was wearing loose fitting painted jeans and a button up pink and lime green plaid shirt with silver flats. Skylar spend down empty Maple Drive, hoping that Ferb and Perry were ready to good.

As soon she had parked her car, she jumped out sprinting to the front door. Skylar sighed as she knocked on the door, awaiting fro an answer. "Ferb… it's me… Skylar." she knocked on the door once more, but no answer.

Then Skylar's heart started to race, why isn't he opening the door? She thought, she turned the door knob slowly and pushed it open, leaving it open to a dark house. To Skylar it didn't even look like the same house she was in not even a few days ago, the house looked like it was left in the rush. But why?

"Ferb?" she called as she slowly walked in to the house, her heart raced, she looked around in fear. The house was a mess, torn up like a hurricane ravaged through the entire house. She ran up the stairs hoping that there was that chance that he was still asleep. A weird accession for Ferb to be sleeping in "Ferb?" she called out. But still no answer, she walked to Ferb's door with it left slightly ajar. Skylar sighed with her golden amber eyes focused at his bedroom door "He has to be here…" she pushes the door open gently revealing his messy room with his blanket and clothes everywhere. She looks around walking in to feed the fish. While she puts the fish food down, she looks down to she the safe door wide open and empty. "No!" she gasps as she bolts down the stairs.

1:25:15 Left

"I'm going to kill him!" Ferb hissed loudly, his face full of rage as the wind blew his green hair into his eyes.

"You are not going to be killing anybody Ferb! You have to let me handle this!" Perry exclaimed as he drove his hovercraft at great speed "Doofenshmirtz has gone too far, breaking and entering and kidnapping! What in heck was he thinking?"

"I don't know, but he's desperate!" Ferb replied.

"I always knew that he was desperate but not that desperate!" Perry exclaimed but his eyes widen as they caught sight of a large black and silver ray gun growing out of the top of the DEI building. Perry stopped the hovercraft and gasped, his heart stopped and time seemed to stop. No… he thought.

"Perry…" Ferb gasped

"H-He's going kill them!" Perry yelled

"He's going what?" Ferb asked

"I finally got his plan… he's going to use that to kill them, by using them and the gem to turn the entire Tri-State Area into frogs. That's why he kidnapped them, that's why he broke into our house for the gem! And that's how he's doing it." Perry explained

"He can do it over my dead body!" Ferb shouted his eyes narrowed into an angered glare.

Perry gasped softly "You … don't sound like the Ferb I know…"

"Well I'm not anymore…" Ferb growled "But why does that matter anymore!"

Perry sighed as he was trying to the land his hovercraft "You're right…."

1:19:15 Left

Skylar rushed into the living room, hoping for a clue that lay hidden in the destroyed room. Her hear beating ten times faster than before, where had they gone? She thought as she pulled up the couch, to find nothing.

"There has to be something… there has to be…" she told herself as she walked into the kitchen, she looked around the rather clean kitchen to only to see a random piece of paper lying on the floor. She picked it up "What is this?" she read the paper "They and the Tri-State Area are forever mine…try to get the gem back now…" she continued to read the sheet of paper, ignoring the small scream from the living room. The handwriting seemed familiar to her, from someone in her past that she hasn't seen in years. She realized who it was leaving her gasping loudly "oh no… Heinz Doofenshmirtz…"

A loud gasp came from behind her as a young girl asked "Who are you?"

Skylar stuffed the note into her jean pocket; she turned around glancing down at Isabella slowly walking past her. "The name's Skylar… now please I have to get going…"

Isabella turned around as she watched Skylar walk to the door way "What are you doing in Ferb's house?"

Skylar stopped in the doorway turning around slightly "Looking for Ferb. Now please little girl-"

Isabella growled in anger "Don't call me 'little girl'!" she interrupted "I do have a name! And that name is Isabella Garcia-Shapiro!"

Skylar chuckled nervously "Alright… okay, got it… calm down."

"How do you know him?" Isabella asked

"I met him a few days ago… sorry to ask this…but what are you doing here?" Skylar replied

"I-I was looking for Phineas, Candace, and Ferb… but I found the house like … this." Skylar noticed that her blue eyes were blood shot from either lack of sleep or crying and perhaps both. Her skin was very pale almost see through and her pink and white dress wasn't helping with her color.

"You know their secret?" Skylar whispered in amazement.

"Yeah…" Isabella nodded "Where are they? I'm worried…the house is never tore up like this… do you know where they are? I really need to talk to Phineas…Ferb told me… about what needed to happen…." Isabella choked as tears filled her eyes "But I told him no! Darn, I hope I'm not too late to kiss him and tell him I'm sorry."

Skylar sighed "They're gone…"

'Gone? Where?" Isabella questioned

Skylar shook her head "its way too dangerous for a little girl like you."

Isabella stomped down her foot on top of Skylar's "I'm not a little girl! I'm a Fireside Girl! I can handle anything!"

Skylar hissed in pain and chuckled "Anything?"

"Yeah… anything." Isabella replied

Skylar chuckled as she thought Feisty… so this is the one that Ferb was talking about. "Fine… if you want to know I'll tell you… Phineas and Candace got kidnapped by a man I used to know. So I believe Ferb and Perry went after him."

"Perry?" Isabella questioned

"Yeah… you know their pet platypus… to make a long story short… Perry talks…"

"Talk?"

"Yes…" Skylar walked to the living room "This is very dangerous… and if you get very hurt… I'm not going to get in trouble for this, Kay?" Skylar opened the front door and quickly rushed to her car with Isabella following behind "Now come on… we don't have much time… get in the car."

"Candace!"

Skylar sighed and shook her head and turned around "who is it now?" she watched a tall blond haired blue-eyed teenager rushed down the street on his bike.

"That's Jeremy Johnson. Candace is - I mean was in love with him." Isabella replied

"Oh… I know him from school… wait… shouldn't your mom be worried about what you are about to do?" Skylar asked

Isabella shrugged "Yeah… but she doesn't."

"Candace!" Jeremy yelled as he jumped off his bike running to the backyard gate/

"Hey Jeremy!" Skylar yelled out running toward him.

Jeremy stopped at the open gate and turned around, he gave Skylar gave her a confused look "Skylar? W-what are you doing here?"

"I know what happened…" Skylar told him.

Jeremy shut the gate "Y-you know?"

Skylar nodded "Yeah… I'm sorry Jeremy they're gone."

"They're gone?"

"They got kidnapped…"

"What! By who?"

"That doesn't matter right now Jeremy… we don't have much time left… just prepare to fight."

"Fight?" Jeremy asked

Skylar sighed "Just get in the car… I'm sure all of your questions would be answered soon."

00: 50: 09 Left

"Now Ferb… be careful of the traps…" Perry warned as both he and Ferb walked into the dark building. Neon glows comes from a variety of machines made the moment scarier, Perry caught up with Ferb looking around "It's so dark in here… I cant see a darn thing…" Perry whispered.

"Where will they be?" Ferb whispered stopping glancing down to his pet platypus.

"I don't know… it appears that Doofenshmirtz turned his lab into a giant maze in the dark…" Perry replied "I think it would be best if we stayed together."

Ferb nodded "Agreed."

Perry and Ferb took a few more steps till a large metal cage landed on top of them and the darkness ate them into the unknown, where even fear is scared of itself.

A/n: the next chapter is called "Fear itself"