A/N: There shall be blood that should be enough of a warning right?
Chapter 29
Candace did get very serious instantly the advantage had shifted to her side. Unfortunately every time the room seemed to be emptying of the Normbots more would flood in from the upper floors. Candace was focusing on Doofenshmertz but she had noticed and knew that they all could not hold out forever they were already exhausted anyway. Then she heard Adam speaking to the others:
"Okay where do these stupid machines keep coming from?" Adam yelled ducking a laser blast and tossing an E.M.P at the opposing Normbot.
"The upper floors must be filled with them." Alt Phineas said kicking a Normbots head off.
"Well yeah but I mean who is controlling them, Doofenshmertz is fighting Candace so it can't be him." Adam said jumping backwards a few feet to avoid more lasers.
"Maybe we should head up and see what we find." Alt Isabella suggested she destroyed another Normbot and looked over to Adam who nodded.
"Not all of though, whoever's controlling them will get suspicious if everyone but Candace leaves this room." Adam said looking around at the assembled people.
"Me, both Isabella's, Katie, Phineas and Ferb, can go up everyone else should stay here does anyone have a problem with this plan?" Adam said when no one spoke against it the six person team ran up the next flight of stairs fighting off the Normbots that were on their way down.
Candace and Doofenshmertz both saw them leave but paid it no mind Candace because she had faith in them, and needed to focus on beating Doofenshmertz. Doofenshmertz because he had confidence that they would not reach the operator of the Normbots.
Candace capitalized and managed to hit him in the face with her staff. He flew back hit the wall and began to bleed from his nose.
"You're going to pay for that Ms. Flynn." Doofenshmertz growled getting to his feet and glaring at her.
Candace just smirked and got ready as he rushed towards her enraged.
Meanwhile Adam and the others continued on their way upwards they were already four floors up which was easy after the discovery that the giant Normbots could not fit through the doors to the stairs meaning that all they had to deal with were ordinary Normbots.
"Adam, you do realize that those robots will still be there on the way back down tight?" Isabella asked her brother as they continued to run up the stairs fighting off the Normbots which were much easier to get rid of then their giant counterparts.
"Yes Isabella I realize that but if we catch the person controlling the Normbots and force them to shut off all the Normbots then it won't matter anyway." Adam said punching a Normbots head off.
"You have a point but what if it's not a person but some sort of super Normbot?" Phineas asked as they rounded another corner.
"Then we smash it to pieces and think of a new plan." Adam said irritation leaking into his voice as he stopped before a large door that looked like the head of a Normbot.
"Adam calm down." Katie said walking up and putting a hand on his shoulder as he began to catch his breath. The simple gesture seemed to have an instant calming effect on Adam he took in a deep breath and then turned to face the others.
"Sorry guys it's just been a very long day for all of us, and I just want it to be over with." He said rubbing his hands against his eyes as his breathing returned to a normal pace he looked at a watch that he only had on because he had fallen asleep wearing it the night before and said:
'It's barely even noon and I just want to go to bed." He laughed a little and gave a small smile as he said this. The others nodded and Phineas said:
"I know what you mean man, but the sooner we get to the Normbot controller the sooner Doofenshmertz will fall…again" Phineas added after a pause. Adam nodded and turned his attention back to the door frowning as he said:
"This can't possibly be the top already can it?"
"Well the first three rooms may have been only a floor apart but each was about three stories tall then we ran up four more stories, so this is probably the top." Ferb said
"I swear Ferb I've heard you talk more today than any other day that I've known you." Said Isabella smiling as Ferb just shrugged.
"Well then we need a plan, because I'm sure that there are few dozen Normbots behind this door." Adam said.
"I have a plan." Alt Isabella said and everyone turned around to face her Ferb and Isabella with skeptical looks on their faces.
"No offense but your last plan nearly got Phineas and Adam killed so..." Ferb began but Adam cut him off.
"Ferb I trust her I've done dozens of her plans since I joined Firestorm, and I'm still here so I don't see why shouldn't at least hear her out." Adam said making enough of a point to stop both Ferb and Isabella from continued arguments.
"Well the Normbots are programmed to bring any captured soldiers to the nearest high ranking individual when Doofenshmertz is otherwise occupied like he is now. So if we let ourselves get captured then they would take us to whatever is behind that door." Alt Isabella said.
"But if we're all captured then how exactly will we get whatever it is behind there to shut down the Normbots?" Katie said in a very skeptical tone. Alt Isabella smiled and said:
"We won't all be captured." They all huddled in to hear the rest of her plan.
20 minutes later…
Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Alt Isabella, and Katie were all had their hands bound by metal cuff's as they were lead into high ceilinged room that was all black and at the front there was a large black chair set up in front of several monitors that showed every room and staircase in the base.
"Ms. Doofenshmertz, we have captured the squad you requested." The Normbot said it's more tame head out to address her.
"Thank you very much Normbot 3924, you are dismissed." Said a firm female voice from the black chair it turned around so that it was facing them was a woman about Candace's age and build she was dressed in all black which matched her hair. She had dark brown eyes which were currently locked on them with an evil sort of grin playing on her thin red lipstick lined lips.
"Hello my name is Vanessa Doofenshmertz, you all know my father I'm sure." She said still smiling evilly at them as she approached them.
"Yes he's the insane dictator, who were here to stop right?" Phineas said in a voice that dripped with sarcasm.
Vanessa directed her eyes to Phineas. "Well yes that would be him, but as for you stopping him not doing such a great job are you?" she said mockingly indicating his bound hands as she continued "Now I know you're here to force me to shut down the Normbots but that plan did not work out well."
"True it didn't but even the best laid plans can be ruined." Ferb said looking at her and speaking in a very calm dry voice.
"Yes they can and in this case they were did. Although I would not call what you had a real plan." Vanessa said continuing to circle them before stopping in front of them her back to the door. "Now once my father has defeated your pathetic leader like he did Monogram I'm sure he'll want to speak to you." She said looking at each of them.
"I know he's your father, but why are you helping him?" Katie asked raising her eyebrows.
"I could give you a long boring speech about how I believe in what my father does, but the simple truth is I like being the daughter of the ruler of the Tri-State area soon to be two." She said walking closer to them as she spoke.
"So you're nothing a more than spoiled brat who does whatever daddy, says but does no real thinking for herself you're a brainless puppet!" Isabella shot at Vanessa who just smiled wider and walked in front of her.
"Well I outsmarted all of you, so I wouldn't say I'm brainless in fact I would say I'm smart." Vanessa said kneeling in front of Isabella so that she was right in her face.
"I wouldn't say you're all that smart." Phineas said looking at the ground as he spoke.
"Oh really and why is that?" Vanessa said walking over and looking at Phineas.
"Well." Said a voice behind her and before she could turn around a thin wire wrapped itself around her neck "A smart person would have remembered that there were six of us not five." Adam finished tightening the wire around her neck as he said:
"So how about you tell us what we have to do to shut these Normbots, and you get to continue to breath." He said all this while tightening the wire still more around her neck so that she was sputtering and gasping for air. He loosened it enough to let her take in a breath but tightened it the second she had.
"I won't tell you anything! I know you don't have the guts to kill me!" she choked out.
"That's very unfortunate." Adam said in a tone as if she had done nothing worse than tell him that he had to see a movie a different time. The wire went tighter around her and within about thirty seconds she was feeling extremely light headed and her vision was starting to blur around the edges.
"Fine...fine go over to the computer to the keyboard access the main control system and type in the code 9375." She coughed out. Adam loosened the noose of wire but only enough for her to get a few breathes in while Isabella walked over to the computer and Phineas set the other free from their bonds having already picked the lock to his and Isabella's.
Adam did not release Vanessa go as Normbots began to swarm towards them from the lower levels of the fortress but as they got close enough to do any real damage Isabella finished punching in the code and hit enter with a sound like a large generator power down the Normbots fell out of the sky and moved no more.
Downstairs Candace and Doofenshmertz had not failed to notice the sudden shut down. This made Candace very happy and enraged Doofenshmertz to the point where he began to swing his sword wildly at Candace who was having a harder time blocking not only due to his new rage but she was simply tired from the day's events up until this point.
On the outside Doofenshmertz was pure rage but inside he was thinking intently they better not have harmed Vanessa, or I swear what happened to Monogram will seem like child's play. He thought to himself as he continued to swing faster and faster.
Candace ducked dodged and weaved between them but she was beginning to slow and he could see it so he increased his speed. For about twenty minutes they exchanged blows and blocks until Doofenshmertz finally found an opening. He noticed as she blocked his sword she had left herself open and he capitalized kicking her once in the ribs and then slamming his knee into her jaw she flew backwards hit the ground hard and her staff rolled out of her hand.
The others rushed forward to help her but Doofenshmertz stood above Candace his sword raised high and they were all forced to stop or risk Candace's death. Doofenshmertz had a triumphant look on his face as he looked at them all.
"Now then all of you drop your weapons and step back or your leader dies." He said glaring at them they had no choice really they all stepped back a few feet and dropped all their remaining weapons. Doofenshmertz laughed at them all.
"Fools no matter what you did, I was going to kill her anyway." He raised his sword up high and was about to strike when Adams voice came from behind him.
"I would think twice about that, if I were you." Adam said
"Why should do that bo…" Doofenshmertz started but then he turned around and he stopped mid sentence. Adam surrounded by Phineas, Ferb, both Isabella's, and Katie had Vanessa still caught with the wire tightly around her neck as she struggled for air.
"Let her go boy or I will kill your leader." Doofenshmertz said lowering the sword to Candace's throat.
"Let her go or I kill your daughter." Adam said tightening the wire around Vanessa's neck so she sputtered.
It was a stale mate Adam did not dare to kill Vanessa for fear of Candace's death and Doofenshmertz did not dare to kill Candace for fear of Vanessa's death. After five minutes of total silence Doofenshmertz finally dropped his sword
"Fine you let Vanessa go and I will let her go." Doofenshmertz said. They counted to three together and surprisingly as promised, Doofenshmertz allowed Candace to get up and Adam released Vanessa from the wire noose. Both women stood and walked past each other until Vanessa stood behind her father and Candace stood in front of Adam.
Then out of nowhere Doofenshmertz rushed forward towards Candace screaming sword raised to strike. Later on Adam would still never figure out what made him act all he knew was that as Doofenshmertz rushed forward he pushed Candace down and drew his own sword there was a flash of steel and then searing pain and screams of "DAD!" and "ADAM" but Adam could not tell who said his name what he did notice was the damage that they each had done to each other.
Doofenshmertz had stabbed Adam slightly to the left of Adams shoulder just below his neck and out his back and a flow of sticky red blood was spilling out fast. All and all though Adam had the lesser wound. Adams sword had stabbed clean through Doofenshmertz and even through the blurring vision Adam could tell he had punctured a lung and possibly gone through the man's spinal column he too was bleeding out fast.
As everything began to go black Doofenshmertz leaned forward and whispered in Adam's ear:
"You're no better than me now boy." Then Doofenshmertz slumped backwards and slid off Adams sword pulling his own sword out of Adam he did so Doofenshmertz was definitely dead. Adam slumped forward supporting himself on his knees and left arm and starred at the man in shock for a moment and then the world turned black and Adam knew no more.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and encourage you to read and review. Myron Greenleaf don't brag too much please. :)
