Phineas and Ferb
The New Adventures of Phineas and Ferb
Episode 29: Trial By Warfare Part II
Episode Summary: Part 2 of a new 4 part special event. Phineas finds himself in a world of trouble when he discovers that he has been kidnapped, and things get worse when he discovers who kidnapped him and why he kidnapped him. Meanwhile, Danville scrambles to find Phineas, Perry is sent out to locate him and bring him home, which threatens to reveal his secret, and Candace's training comes to a halt when her biggest mission ever arrives.
Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb does not belong to me. It belongs to the two geniuses Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Keep up the good work, gentlemen!
There's just so many days of adolescence vacation
'Til adulthood and old age come to end it,
So the problem for children of this generation,
Is finding a good way to spend it
Like maybe...
Building a rocket, or fighting a mummy,
Or climbing up the Eiffel tower,
Discovering something that doesn't exist,
Or giving a monkey a shower
Surfing tidal waves, creating nano-bots,
Or locating Frankenstein's brain,
Finding a Dodo bird, painting a continent,
Or driving the adults insane
This could possibly be the best day ever,
And the forecast says that tomorrow will likely be
a million and six times better,
So make every minute count
jump up, jump in and seize the day,
And let's make sure that in every single possible way,
Today is Gonna to Be a Great Day!
Phineas stirred around. He didn't know it yet, but he was lying on a cold, hard floor just outside the door of Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, and his kidnapped was standing right beside him.
"Wakey wakey, little boy." The man (who I would liked to be portrayed as Adam West) said, shaking him lightly. The boy opened his eyes slowly, and looked up at his kidnapped. Once he stretched his arms out and his vision cleared up from sleepiness, his jaw dropped to the ground, shocked at who his kidnapper really was.
"D-D-Dad!" He managed to get out. He was so shocked and so surprised to see the man he called "Dad" standing before him. "Is it really you?" He questioned the man's appearance, including his short, white hair & short, white beard, as well as the turtle neck & gloves he was wearing. "Why are you dressed for winter? It's July."
"Surprised to see me, huh? I knew you would be. I'll explain everything once we get inside." He said calmly, as he helped his son up, and led him into the door. The lights were off, but there was a man on the other side of the room, hard at work building something. Neither Phineas nor his father could tell what it was, and Phineas was still confused as to what was going on. "Hey!" Mr. Flynn shouted, and got the man's attention. "I brought what you asked for. And unharmed, too."
"Excellent." The sinister voice said without moving at all. His sly, evil laughter was enough to make Phineas quake in his boots.
Meanwhile, back in Danville, even though it was only 7:00 AM, things were already busy on Maple Drive. All of the kids were awake, and they were all eager to hear what Phineas & Ferb were going to do for the day. Unfortunately, they didn't hear anything from the two stepbrothers, 1) Because Phineas was missing, and 2) Ferb didn't really talk much. Normally, Isabella would be the first to hear from Phineas. But, since she did not, she grew concerned, and decided to give Irving a call, since he, besides her, was the expert on the subject of Phineas. Luckily, she had her cell phone. Since she wasn't able to walk on her own without crutches, her cell phone was her only means of tele-communication.
"No, I haven't seen or heard from Phineas yet." He explained to Isabella. "And that's a first. My sensors always seem to pick up movement from him. Do you think something might've happened to him."
"I'm not sure. I always give him a wake-up call. He likes it when I'm the first voice he hears. But...he hasn't returned my call yet. I'm getting worried."
"Isa!" Isabella's mother yelled from the other side of her door.
"I gotta go." The girl quickly told Irving and hung up her phone. Vivian opened the door slowly, holding a phone in her hand, with Linda on the other line. "What is it, Mom?"
"It's...Phineas." Was all Vivian was able to say before she choked up tears and started crying. She brought the phone to Isabella before leaving the room, and Linda, on the other line, spent the next several minutes explaining to Isabella what had happened, from the bed being empty, to the note that was left.
"What! Phineas has been kidnapped!"
"We think so, Isabella. We-"
"I'll be right over! Don't move a muscle!" Even though her right leg was injured and she couldn't put any pressure on her right foot, she still trotted, on crutches, out of the house, without breakfast, over to the Flynn-Fletcher home, where she, along with her mother who followed her, and moments later, every kid on Maple Drive was gathered in the home as Linda was about to read the note aloud.
"I have your son." She began reading. "He's fine. Be more concerned for your own safety. And then it's signed, J.F."
"Who's J.F.?" Adyson asked.
"I don't know. I don't remember those initials at all."
"But if you don't know who it is, how will we ever find my future husband?" Isabella shrieked, sitting down on the couch to rest her broken foot.
"Well, last time Phineas was gone in the morning, it was because he and Ferb ran away. Do you think maybe he ran away again?"
"I don't think so. He seemed OK last night, even after what happened between him & Isabella. Look, I'm sure if we just call the police & send out a search party, Phineas will be back home in no time."
Through all of the commotion with Phineas's disappearance, Perry was deeply concerned for his owner, which he loved so much. That's why it hurt him when he got a call on his communicator watch to report to his lair. But, he did give in and headed down to his lair through the secret passage in the bathroom. He slid down the tube and turned on his big screen to receive a mission from Major Monogram.
"Good morning, Agent P. I'm sorry to hear about what happened with...your owner." He said, hesitant to bring up Phineas, knowing that Perry would be very upset. "But I'm afraid this is urgent, and it has everything to do with him. Last night, street light surveillance videos caught a tall, slender man wearing a sweater vest & gloves sneaking up to your house, scaling it to your owner's room, and coming out with a big bag in his hands. Now, when we switch the camera's view to just outside Doofenshmirtz's evil lair, you can see the same man heading towards the building. We believe that whoever kidnapped your owner has brought him to Dr. Doofenshmirtz. I want you to infiltrate his lair, find out what he's up to, and put a stop to it."
Perry anxiously saluted his boss, grabbed his jet pack, along with some other supplies that he would need, and jetted off to his nemesis's evil lair, leaving everybody else in the home to figure out what they were going to do to find Phineas.
"I will call the police and file a report." Lawrence said calmly, making his way to the phone and calling 911.
"Meanwhile, what are the rest of us going to do?" Isabella asked.
"Well, how about we split up?" Irving suggested. "If we form our own search parties, we might be able to cover more ground. Who knows? We might actually find him before the cops do."
"The fan boy has a point." Buford agreed. "I don't really trust cops, anyway. They're always so nosey. Poking into other people's business, especially people who are trying to take money out of the bank."
"Buford...that's their job. To stop crime. Usually, when they arrest someone from the bank, it's because they're trying to rob it."
"That's my point. Cops can't be trusted."
"No, I meant...uh, never mind." Irving cupped his eyebrows and sighed.
Back at Doofenshmirtz's evil lair, Phineas was about to be introduced to Dr. Doofenshmirtz. "Dad, what's going on?" Phineas asked.
"Don't worry, my son." He said calmly, leading him to Dr. Doofenshmirtz. "It will all become clear soon." They approached him and the man turned around to face them. "Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, this is my son, Phineas. Phineas, this is Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz."
"So this is the prodigy child you told me all about." He said, ringing his hands together maniacally. "W-Wait a minute..." Suddenly, some memories of seeing him before popped up. "I think I've seen you before."
"Yeah, I remember you, too. You were the guy who claimed the money we found a couple of weeks back. And you were the coach of that "baseball team" that played against the Fireside Girls."
"That's right."
"Man, you were such a poor sport. You got ejected, didn't you?"
"Moving on..." Not wanting to recount those memories, Doofenshmirtz quickly changed the subject. "Now, little boy, I'm sure you're wondering why I've instructed your father to bring you here."
"Well, that has crossed my eye."
"Well, then allow me to get you up to speed." Phineas's father intervened. "You know how your sister, Candace, is in a different country, practicing her military skills and preparing herself to serve our country?"
"Yeah. But how does...wait a minute. Dad, how do you know that?"
"Just because I haven't seen you or your sister in years doesn't mean I don't know what's going on." He leaned in to whisper something. "By the way, I know all about you and that girl that lives across the street. You scored big time." He gave him a thumbs up, as Phineas smiled sheepishly, knowing he was referring to Isabella. "Anyway, I would assume that you think by her being in a different country learning all there is to be a veteran, she's going to be helping our country grow and become better than it is?"
"Uh-huh. Isn't that what being in the military is about?"
"Normally, yes. But unfortunately, where she is, that's not the case. You see, Commandant Edwin Spangler is not the person he seems to be."
"You mean he's actually a nice, loving tree-hugger who likes to donate his money to pet hospitals?" Phineas questioned, not really comprehending exactly what his father said. Doofenshmirtz was on the verge of laughing, but while Phineas wasn't looking, Mr. Flynn gave the evil scientist a death glare, signaling him to stop laughing, which he did immediately.
"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that he's not out to serve out country. He's out to destroy it."
"D-Destroy it. I don't understand."
"He's tricked your sister, and every other cadet that he gathered to Iraq with lies that they're going to help serve the country. Well, in actuality, he is planning a big invasion for the Tri-State Area. He's planning to overtake all the buildings, run the Mayor out of town, and make us their slaves for life."
"R-R-Really? B-But Candace...Candace wouldn't..."
"Your sister has probably already been brainwashed. That mindless psycho will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life."
"But there has to be something we can do. I-I love my sister, but if she's brainwashed into going through with an invasion that could put an end to our lives in the Tri-State Area, then I have to do something to stop it."
"That is why we already have a plan to put an end to their reign of terror before it even begins." Doofenshmirtz cut in, showing the giant ray that was behind him, pointing out the already open window. "Behold, gentlemen! I give you the Destruct-inator 2.0! When I activate the device, it will send out a giant missile up to the sky, where it will fall on the building of my choice. So, I will press this big, blue button, and the missile will fire from this cannon up into the sky, directly above their training camp, and then it will drop, and its constantly increasing velocity will cause an explosion so huge it will destroy the entire facility! Leaving the cadets and Spangler left in the cold, unforgiving ground."
"And then what?"
"What? There has to be another part of that plan? Why can't we just leave them there?" Phineas gave him a very stern glare, a glare that said "You-Know-That's-A-Dumb-Thing-To-Do". "Fine. But we'll work on the details later."
"So...what are we waiting for? Let's...get right on it." He was hesitant to follow through with the plan. Candace is my sister, after all. I don't want her to get hurt in any way.
"It's not that simple, kid." His dad said, looking rather glum.
"It's not?"
"No, it's not. You see, the machine that I created takes a lot of power. And the power source is extremely rare to come across."
"Well, what is it?"
"I-I actually don't know what it's called. But, I know that it's powerful because I used it to power a previous invention of mine. The only problem is...I can't seem to make it correctly no matter what I do. I hired someone to make it last time. So, you know, we were kinda wondering..."
"If I would help you make this "element" you need to charge up your machine. Sure. I'd be willing to help." His answer still had a hint of hesitation, considering that Candace was directly involved with it. "But I'll need some time...and supplies."
"Oh sure. Here." Doofenshmirtz led him to the back end of the living room, and banged on the wall, thus opening a small part of the wall which appeared to be a secret passage. The passage led to another room, a room where Doofenshmirtz conducted all of his scientific experiments. "This is the room where I conduct my experiments. You'll find everything you'll need in here. Oh, and..." He took out a sheet and handed it to Phineas. "This is the formula that makes the "element". Good luck, and take all the time you need."
"Thanks, guys. I promise I'll do whatever I can." Phineas said optimistically, entering the room with absolutely no idea of what was really coming for him. Doofenshmirtz moved away from the door to give Phineas some time to work, and walked back to Mr. Flynn.
"He's a good kid." He said to Mr. Flynn. "I can see where he gets his optimism and high intelligence from."
"Why, thank you."
"But do you think he'll be able to come through for us? Or, rather, for you?"
"I don't know..." Mr. Flynn said slowly, as he rolled up the left sleeve of his turtle neck sweater, to reveal an unsightly and rather shocking sight for anybody to handle. His left hand, correction, his left arm, was completely deteriorated. There was no skin; just bone. "But if this doesn't work, I don't know what will."
Back down in the city, the search was on for Phineas. Nobody knew where to start looking, so everybody just spread out into the Tri-State Area, hoping to find him somewhere. The adults split into groups and went in one direction, and the kids split into groups & went in another direction.
"Phineas!" Irving called, as he, along with Ferb, Isabella, and Adyson in one group, decided to search the center of the city. "Where are you!"
"Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!" Isabella shouted, her movement slowed because of her crutch use.
"If you're playing a trick on us, this isn't funny!" Ferb shouted, visibly angry yet worried for his stepbrother's safety.
"Come on, guys. We have to think. Where would Phineas want to be more than anywhere else?" Adyson implied, getting the four of them thinking really hard. But eventually, they all came to the same conclusion.
"The Super Duper Mega Superstore!" They all shouted at the same time.
"But why would he go there and not tell anybody?" Irving inquired.
"Who cares? As long as we find him! Now come on! To the Mega Store!" Isabella shouted, as Irving started screaming maniacally, and began making his way to the store, leaving Ferb, Adyson, and Isabella behind. Ferb went along with Irving, while Adyson stayed to comfort Isabella.
"Don't fret, chief. If Phineas is still out there, we're going to find him."
"I know. It's just...well, it hasn't even been a day, but I already miss him a lot. I miss the way he makes me laugh & makes me feel safe, the way his inventions go over-the-top and put a sock in those crazy scientist & stuff, the way he lets me touch his extremely cute butt & lets me use it as a pillow at night..." Isabella looked over at Adyson and saw that the last comments she made about Phineas had made her uncomfortable, as they had been about matters she had promised Phineas she would keep private.
"Isabella, did you suffer a concussion when you fell yesterday?" Adyson asked, confused & curious.
"Uh...possibly." Isabella answered, determined to keep hers & Phineas's cover. "Um, let's catch up with Ferb & Irving, shall we?"
The adults weren't having much luck either. They were on the bad side of Danville, hoping that they would be able to find Phineas. Unfortunately, they weren't having a good day so far.
"An hour of searching, and we still can't find that little boy." Biffany, Buford's mother, complained. "My bunyons are killing me."
"Get a grip, Biff." Linda angrily hissed to her friend. "This is my son we're talking about. I don't know about you, but I am not resting until my little boy is safe at home!"
"Linda, I know you want to find Phineas just as much as any one of us do. But, this is a big Tri-State Area. Phineas could be anywhere, if he's still even in the Tri-State Area."
"Lawrence, don't say that. He's still here somewhere. We just have to keep looking."
"Hey guys!" They heard somebody faintly shout from the distance. They look forward to see that it was Stacy running up to them, along with Jeremy. "Guys, the people of the Tri-State Area are acting very strangely. They keep telling us some crazy story that Phineas has gone missing. He hasn't, though, right?" She waited a few seconds for one of them to respond and tell her that it was all a joke. But, she grew concerned immediately when she realized that none of them were going along with it and that Phineas was really missing. "I-It's just a joke, right?" She asked, and was greeted with solemn and depresseding shakes of the heads.
"Oh man. I'm so sorry for you guys." Jeremy said; the anxiety & pain of having Phineas missing like this was visible on everybody. "Can we help in any way?"
"That's awfully nice of you, Jeremy. Why, you could help us search around town." Lawrence said as Jeremy and Stacy joined the search group, concered for the boy's well being.
"Do you think he's OK?" Stacy asked Jeremy.
"I sure hope so. I could only imagine what it'll do to his friends if we can't find him. Oh, and his sister. When Candace fines out, she's going to be devestated."
"Well, hopefully, we'll be able to find him soon enough so Candace won't have to find out."
Meanwhile, Perry was on his way to his nemesis's evil lair. The only thing on his mind at the moment was Phineas. He couldn't stop thinking about his owner, and what kind of torture Doofenshmirtz might be putting him under. He had no idea what to expect, and he had no idea what was really going on. He approached the building and looked up, his eyes & his mind filled with rage & frustration. He made a promise to himself that if Phineas was hurt in any way, he would make sure that this would be the last time Dr. Doofenshmirtz ever bothered anybody. Perry would be sure to make sure of that. He aimed upward and shot his grappling hook onto the balcony, and started scaling the wall of the building.
His adrenaline levels were through the roof, so it didn't take him too long to climb up to where Doofenshmirtz's lair was. The first thing he saw before he looked inside was the giant cannon sticking out of the open window. He assumed that this was his newest -inator that he would use. But before he decided to destroy it, he thought he would at least listen to what Doofenshmirtz had to say. So he peered in through one of the closed windows, but was surely surprised when he saw someone standing next to him. Of course, he didn't remember Phineas's & Candace's dad, because it had been so many years. He simply assumed that it was another one of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N's evil scientists.
After the two had left the scene and headed into the kitchen for a snack, Perry decided to head inside to see what else was going on. He first went up to the big -inator that was pointing out of the building. He tried pressing any and all buttons that he could immediately find on the outside, but none of the buttons would start up the device. After looking at the machine, Perry decided to spy on Doofenshmirtz and Mr. Flynn for some time. So he launched his grappling hook at the ceiling, climbed up the rope, and with suction cups attacked to his hands and feet, crawled stealthily on the roof over to the kitchen, where his nemesis & Mr. Flynn were having some coffee & some lasagna for brunch. They were also having hearty conversations about their lives & Dr. Doofenshmirtz's career in evil.
After about a few minutes of socializing, Mr. Flynn decided to check up on Phineas. He walked over to a small screen that was set up by the fridge, There was a small box in front of it, which had a button on it and a microphone. Mr. Flynn pressed the button, and the screen turned on, with an image of Phineas on the other side, hard at work with the "power source" for the -inator. "How's it going, kiddo?" Mr. Flynn asked calmly.
"Not so well." Phineas replied, wiping sweat from his brow. He was sweating from working so hard in a short period of time. "But I've still got plenty of stuff to work with."
"That's the spiti, kiddo. You want something to eat?"
"Nah, I'm fine."
"Great. I'll check up on you again in a little while." He pressed the button again, turning the intercom off. Perry, still on the ceiling, overheard the conversation and saw Phineas on the screen. He made his way out of the kitchen, still unseen, and changed his objective: Find Phineas. Now, Perry decided to search in several other rooms, including Dr. Doofenshmirtz's sleeping quarters. Unfortunately, he came up with nothing when he searched his room, as far as finding Phineas was concerned. But Perry wasn't about to just give up and leave Phineas. He was going to continue to search everywhere until he found him.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Iraq, the cadets were hard at work with their daily training session. They were all giving everything they had and were refusing to give up despite the massive pain their bodies felt. While they were doing that, Commandant Spangler was in his office, observing the combat training via cameras that were set up. He was in a seemingly good mood, and had been for most of the morning, until his phone went off. He read the caller ID, and, despite not recognizing the number, answered it. "Spangler. Talk to me."
"Miss me?" A voice said on the other line.
"Who is this? I demand to have a name."
"Aww, you don't recognize me?"
"Is this...no, it can't be. But I thought I saw the last of you all those years ago. J-J-" He stuttered. The person on the other end had been a thorn in his side several years before and now, Spangler believed he was out of his hair for good. "Jerry? Jerry Flynn?"
"Ding ding! We got ourselves a winner."
"I thought I saw the last of you years ago."
"Technically, you did. I mean, you can't see me through the phone, can you? Can you?"
"Don't get smart with me! What do you want! You know I dumped Linda years ago and I haven't looked back."
"Are you sure about that? I mean, you have her daughter. And I have her brother." He snarled on the other line, referring to Phineas. Spangler's eyes opened widely.
"What do you want?"
"I want you and your cadets out of the way so they don't get in the way of my plan! But if you think you can stop me..." Before Mr. Flynn could say anymore, Spangler had hung up. "Hello?" And Spangler was out the door, heading to his cadets.
"Cadets! Front and center!" He screamed, causing them all to stop right away. They looked in his direction and saw the anger in his face. They didn't want him to get more upset, so they all followed his orders and piled up in front of him. "Cadets, you have all come a long way. Now, it is time to put your skills to the ultimate test. Follow me." He led all of the cadets to a secret vault. Opening it up with a secret combination, he revealed it to be filled with tons of military-based weapons, such as grenades, firearms, slingshots, and more. The cadets all "ooh'd" and "ahh'd" at the sight of all the weaponry. "Grab your weapons and prepare yourselves. We are heading out."
"Where are we going, sir?" Candace asked politely. She was met with an unpleasent stare from him.
"We're going to Danville, cadet." He said deeply, angrily before leaving the scene to allow the cadets to grab their weapons. Candace rushed and grabbed the best weapons she could find, including several rifles & hand guns, grenades, even a swiss army knife. She met up with Tara, who had similar weapons to her. "I can't believe he's letting us pick out our own weapons to eat from. I wonder why we're going back to Danville."
"You mean you're not excited to go see your brothers again?" Tara implied.
"Of course I am. It'll be nice to see them again. It just seems strange, because, well, we've only been here a week and a half and now we're going back to America? It just doesn't make sense."
"Perhaps something came up. Or maybe this is another test for us."
"Maybe...But why do I have the feeling that something big is going to go down?"
Back in Danville, things were getting tense with the kids. In another part of the city, Django, Milly, Gretchen, Holly, and Melissa were near city hall, desperately trying to get City Hall involved. Mayor Doofenshmirtz was more than willing to help out with the search for Phineas, but with the less-than-satisfying results produced in the short time the search was on, he had considered pulling back his resources and calling off the search.
"But you can't just call it off!" Milly complained. "It's hasn't even been half a day yet." At that point, the time was almost 10:30 AM. It had only been just over 2 1/2 hours since the search officially began. Although that was a long stretch for police men to be searching for a lost boy, and it may or may not have been appropriate for Mayor Doofenshmirtz to stop the search for the day, when Mayor Doofenshmirtz stops searches for lost kids, he never starts them up again.
That was why the kids were so determined to get Mayor Doofenshmirtz to continue the search until Phineas was found. "Kids, I'm sorry. But it's been over 4 hours and our police officers are exhausted. They're practically begging to stop."
"I saw 7 police officers on our way here and none of them looked tired." Milly retaliated back. "I even gave them some of my homemade lemonade because I thought they might be thirsty."
"Kids, I appreciate your dedication to this young boy, but after I call off the search today, that's it. There's nothing more I can do."
"No, there's plenty of stuff you can do. There's just nothing more you wantto do." Melissa retaliated back, angry at the Mayor. Ever since the first time Melissa had met Phineas & Ferb, she had been a big fan of what they do. (We Call it Maze) You could even say that Melissa had a small crush on the two boys (though not as big of a crush that Isabella had on Phineas). "I think there are a lot of sources that could help find Phineas, but you're just too cheap to do anything."
"Ha ha." The Mayor chuckled. "Silly little kid." He said arrogantly, patting Melissa's head. "Thinks she knows more about Danville than me. That's a good one. You crack me up."
"Mr. Mayor?" The Mayor's assistant, Melanie, said from inside. "Your nephew's on the phone."
"Ooh, little Jeffery. I love getting calls from him." As if nothing had happened, he skipped back into the building to talk to his nephew on the phone. The kids were all left stunned at the Mayor's lack of support or sympathy at their current situation.
"Wow, so he'll insult us? But when his little nephew calls, he's all sunshine and daisies?" Django protested, also angry at the lack of support from the Mayor.
"I know. He's being a total jerk about this. And he doesn't even seem like a bad person. He just seems...arrogant and stuck-up." Milly pointed out.
"Well, power'll do that to you." Holly said. "So now what? We have to find Phineas today or else we're all on our own."
"Let me check with our troop leader." Gretchen said as she pulled out a walkie-talkie and turned it on. "Nerd-bird to Ice Queen. Come in, Ice Queen."
"For the tenth time, Gretchen, we're not using code names." Isabella said on the other line.
"Sorry, cheif."
"How's it going on your end?"
"Well, the Mayor's acting like a big baby right now. He's threatening to shut down search efforts if we can't find Phineas before the day is over."
"What! That's terrible! He can't do that. Can he?"
"I think he can. But it's probably not in good nature. And he yelled at us and called us "snot-nosed brats" when we tried to talk him out of it."
"He said it was because of "budget cuts", whatever those are." Melissa continued for Holly. "But I think it's because he's acting like a doo-doo brain!"
"Melissa, calm down. Getting angry won't solve any of our problems. What we need to do is get smart. I'll check up with Katie, Ginger, Buford, and Baljeet, and see if they've found anything. Over and out." The line on the other side went dead.
Back with Isabella, she decided to get in contact with the other group of kids. "Ginger, come in. What's the update?"
"No sign of Phineas anywhere." Ginger, Katie, Buford, and Baljeet were looking in the woods, thinking that he may have gone back to his Grandpa Clyde & Grandma Betty Jo like he did the last time he "left home". "And we even looked at his Grandma & Grandpa's."
"Oh man, this is bad." Isabella said to herself. "If Phineas isn't with his grandparents, where else could he be? That's the one place he would be above all others. Now what?"
Meanwhile, over at Dr. Doofenshmirtz's evil lair, Phineas wa still hard at work, struggling to meet the demand set upon him. He was following the formula given to him, yet he still found many struggles. After almost 2 full hours of hard work, consisting of mixing liquids together, and dripping sweat from his head, his dad came into the room and brought him a sandwich and a big glass filled with lemonade.
"Here, son. I thought you might ask for this anyway." He said, putting the cup and the sandwich down on a table that was just next to Phineas's work area. "You sure are working hard, aren't you?" He noticed the sweat dripping from his brow. "You know, I think it would be OK if you took a little break."
"No way, Dad. I'm very self-conscious about that. I like to get things done before I take breaks of any kind." Phineas said firmly, not taking his eyes off his work. "Besides, I think I'm almost done. Just give me a few more minutes..."
"Great to hear it. But, seriously, though, don't be afraid to take a break if you need it." Mr. Flynn quietly backed out of the room, leaving Phineas to continue his work. Mr. Flynn approached Doofenshmirtz, who was busy making adjustments on his "-inator". "I think the boy's almost finished." He whispered, completely unaware that Perry was spying on them from the ceiling. The platypus crawled into the secret passage that Mr. Flynn had left opened, and saw Phineas hard at work.
"Excellent." Doofenshmirtz said menacingly.
"And soon, my life will finally be able to go back to the way it was before that fateful day!" Mr. Flynn also said menacingly, though his tone and his attitude were visibly nicer than what Doofenshmirtz had.
Inside the secret room, Phineas was just about finished with the solution. "Almost done. Just gotta mix these two liquids together..." He just had to mix two more liquids together before the solution was complete. Before he did so, he put the two beakers filled with unstable liquids down on the table, and rested his head for a moment, completely exhausted from working for 2 hours. "Wow, I am wiped! Maybe Isabella's right. Maybe working this hard without taking a break isn't good for me." He wiped his brow of sweat, and was surprised to see just how much sweat he wiped off his brow. "Gosh, I'm sweating like a pig."
He felt compelled to finish the project. But he also felt so tired that he couldn't move. He believed that if he even tried to finish, he would collapse. He turned his head to look outside the open passage way. Perry was hidden cleverly behind the open door. "I don't they would mind if I closed my eyes..." He yawned and started closing his eyes. "For just a minute or two..." He folded his arms on the table, rested his head on them, and soon enough, he was asleep, snoring lightly.
Perry came out from his hiding spot and closed the door. He slowly tip-toed closer to Phineas, pulled out a pillow, and put it under the sleeping boy's head, knowing that his exhaustion would keep him asleep for awhile. He wiped some sweat from his brow before taking the two beakers of liquids in them, and smashing them hard into the ground.
Outside the room, Doofenshmirtz & Mr. Flynn heard the crashes. "What was that!" Doofenshmirtz asked excitedly.
"It sounded like a crash. Oh, I hope the boy didn't break anything." Mr. Flynn said as they ran to the secret passage way, and opened it quickly. They opened it so quickly that Perry didn't even have any time to make an escape, so he was seen in full view by Doofenshmirtz & Mr. Flynn.
"Perry the Platypus!" Doofenshmirtz shouted, while Mr. Flynn looked on confused.
"Wait a second. That looks like my son's pet platypus!" Mr. Flynn shouted, making the connection.
"It is? You mean, this little boy..." Doofenshmirtz shouted, not realizing the volume of his own voice. "Owns this annoying secret agent!" Little did he know that his loud shouting stirred Phineas awake.
"Huh? What's going on?" He said quietly, stretching his arms out and wiping some drool that was hanging from his mouth which was about to drip onto his pillow "Where'd this pillow come from?" He scratched his head, then he turned around and saw Perry standing there, the shattered glass on the glass and the spilled liquid, as well as Dr. Doofenshmirtz & Mr. Flynn. "What happened to my project! I was so close to finishing!"
"Does this platypus belong to you?" Doofenshmirtz inquired, referring to Perry, who remained motionless. Phineas motioned closely towards Perry, and took his secret agent fedora off of his head.
Phineas gasped. "P-P-Perry? Perry, is it really you?" Knowing that his secret was blown, Perry reluctantly nodded his head slowly. "Wait, I-I don't understand."
"Your pet platypus is a secret agent. He works for an organization known as the O.W.C.A., the Organization Without a Cool Acronym. He disappears every day to receive a mission from his boss, which usually involves stopping whatever evil scheme I come up with?"
"Evil? But you don't seem evil at all. Just misguided and misunderstood."
"Really? You don't think that I'm...evil?" Doofenshmirtz was confused. He thought he would be able to leave an evil impression on Phineas.
"Yep. That's my son. So forgiving." Mr. Flynn said in a rather proud tone. Meanwhile, Phineas was completely stunned at these revelations.
"Wow...I just can't believe it. So that's where he disappers to everyday. I thought he just got lost in the city or something. But all this time, he was fighting...evil, or whatever you're doing. So...what I was doing...those potions I was mixing...they were to help you with an evil scheme? And Commandant Spangler isn't evil either?"
"No, and no. Son, I have a confession to make." Mr. Flynn kneeled down and grabbed the boy's shoulder. "I lied to you. That potion you were making wasn't the power source to his invention. In fact, it works just fine. The truth is...it was a regeneration syrum."
"Regeneration? For what?"
My. Flynn took a deep breath, took his hand off his shoulder, and slowly took off his turtle neck sweater. As he did so, it slowly became clear to Phineas what was going on. When his entire sweater was off, it revealed that half of his torso skin was gone. His arms were nearly all bone, no skin, and the top half of his chest was gone, revealing his rib cage, his spinal cord, and an artificial heart at work, while the bottom half still had skin, which was slowly being melted away.
Phineas gasped. "Oh my gosh. Dad! What happened to you!"
"Whoa, that is far worse than I imagined!" Doofenshmirtz shouted, disgusted and intrigued by the sight. Perry was also grossed out, but maintained his cool.
"Dad, is this..." Phineas was starting to choke up. "Is this why you left all those years ago?"
"I'm afraid so, my son. You remember one of the first big ideas you ever had? You know, you wanting to gain super powers and be just like your idol, Batman?"
"Huh? I never wanted to...oh yeah, now I remember. I was 3 at the time, and I wanted to have super powers and help people like Batman did, so I went into the sewers because I had read an article online that nuclear waste generally ends up in the sewers. And I was under the assumption that nuclear waste gave people super powers."
"Wait a minute. Wait a minute! Your mother let you go into the sewers by yourself?" Doofenshmirtz asked, surprised at what he considered a "lack of good parenting".
"Well to be truthful, she didn't really take anything we ever said seriously."
"It's true. Like just last year, we told her we were going to find the city of Atlantis, and she didn't even as much as look up at me to wish me luck." Phineas said, recounting one of the many times his mom didn't take him seriously. It didn't really bother him anymore, because he knew now she would take him seriously.
"Anyway, he didn't go alone." Mr. Flynn continued the story. "I accompanied him into the sewer. And when we were done picking out our nuclear waste out of the sewer water, just as we were about to leave, something happened. The boy tripped on his shoelace and as he fell, all the waste we had collected spilled onto me." Dr. Doofenshmirtz gasped. "Now, Phineas was excited because he thought I would get super powers. But unfortunately, and I learned this the hard way, contaminated nuclear waste doesn't give a person super powers. It dissolves their skin."
Perry walked over to Phineas and attempted to comfort him, seeing that the boy was getting more upset as his dad recounted the dreadful day.
"When we returned home, I tried desperately to show my ex-wife what had happened. But, for some strange reason, she wouldn't listen. Heck, she wouldn't even look up from her newspaper. All she said was 'That's nice, deary. Now go wash up for dinner'. I pleaded with her to look at me, but when she finally did, she paid no attention to my deterioating skin. She got mad and started yelling, saying that I was 'Always making up stories trying to get the kids in trouble'. In reality, I was never trying to get Phineas in trouble. I just wanted somebody to freakin' call 911 and get me to an ER. But she refused, and finally snapping, she told me to pack my things and leave."
"Gosh, Dad. I never knew." Phineas finally pepped up. "I'm so sorry Mom treated you like that. But wait, wasn't that day just after Grandpa Clyde had been involved in an accident? Yeah, yeah it was. And Mom took it really hard because she was so close with him."
"That's still no excuse for treating me like garbage. SO I packed my things and left town. After that, I decided to find somebody that would help me with my problem. But no matter where I went in the world, people would always mock me. They laughed and pointed at me because of my deterioating condition. Even the doctors & nurses laughed. And I swore to myself on that day that I would take my revenge on your mother and everybody that mocked me if it was the last thing I do."
"Wow. Somebody's got issues." Doofenshmirtz noted. "I mean, I dated Linda Flynn once, but I don't have a big grudge against her."
"She was nice to you?" Mr. Flynn asked the evil scientist.
"No, no she wasn't. I'm saying I don't have a big grudge against her. I don't like her that much, but obviously I don't hate her as much as you do."
Phineas slowly approached his father, feeling guilty over what had happened. "Dad...I'm..."
"I don't blame you for what happened, son. You tried to get me help even though nobody would listen to you."
"But I'm the one that spilled it on you in the first place."
"That's in the past. Now we must focus on the present and future. And to do that, I must exact my revenge on all those who mocked me and humiliated me! And I'll start with your mother..." He pulled out a remote, pressed a button, and soon enough, coming from Doofenshmirtz 's room, two of his previously used "Self-Attaching Belts" that can stick to any surface came flying out, cuffed Phineas by the neck & Perry by his little body, and stuck to the opposite wall. (Journey to the Center of Candace)
"What is this!" Phineas shouted, trying to break out.
"This is one of my Self-Attaching Belts that sticks to any surfaces." Doofenshmirtz cackled. "And now, both of you are trapped."
"And it would be best if neither of you tried to escape..." Mr. Flynn started fiddling with his remote. "Or else the results would be shocking."
"Yeah, the results would be - wait a minute. What are you talking about?" Doofenshmirtz asked, confused as to what Mr. Flynn had meant. But it didn't take long for the man to show him as he pressed a button on his remote, and in seconds, Phineas & Perry both received a small electric shock through their bodies. Phineas screamed while Perry growled. "What are you doing! Are you insane!"
"Possibly." Mr. Flynn said flatly, but with a malevelent tone. "But more importantly, this is to make sure that Phineas & his stupid pet platypus don't escape from their trap. Every time they try, the self-attaching electrodes will administer an electric shock to their bodies that will become more powerful with each attempt." He eyed Perry down angrily. "That's what you get for ruining my only chance to become a normal person again!"
"Hey, don't take it out on Perry."
"Why shouldn't I? He smashed your project. You were so close to helping me become normal again! But thanks to his intrusions, there's nothing we can do now to help me become normal. Oh well, live and learn I suppose. But at least this time, it won't go unnoticed. I plan to get my revenge on those who mocked me and humiliated me, and nobody is going to stop me. Now it's time for me to make a little call..."
Everybody had ended their search parties back in Danville and had decided to return to Maple Drive. All of the kids, & all of the teens & adults returned to the front of the Flynn-Fletcher home, none of them any closer to finding Phineas. The hope that he would be found was slowly diminishing in the group.
"Now what?" Linda asked. "We've searched all over the Tri-State Area and there are no traces of my son."
"Don't worry, Linda. We'll go out searching again later and I'm sure we'll find the boy." Vivian reassured her, even though there was obvious doubt on her face. "He must be around here somewhere."
"Yeah, don't give up." Isabella intervened, still confident that Phineas would be found. But just as Linda was about to give up, her cell phone went off. She wasn't in the mood to talk to anybody, yet answered it anyway.
"Whoever this is, I am so not in a good mood!" She screeched angrily into the phone, to the surprise (and pleasure) of the person on the other line.
"Now is that any way to talk to an ex-husband?" The person on the other line was Jerry Flynn, the one person she didn't want to talk to.
"What do you want!"
"I just called to see how you were doing. And to see if you misssed me?"
"Missed you? Why would I miss a filthy, obnoxious jerk like you who likes to frame his own children for "mystery crimes"! I always said that Candace got her behavior from you."
"I told you, what happened was true! My skin's still dissolving to this very day."
"Oh cut the lies, you dirty animal!" Everyone around her who was listening to her gasped at the insults she was lashing out.
"Well, if you're gonna be like that, I guess I won't tell you where your son is."
"My son? Wait, you have Phineas? Wait, wait! Don't hang up! Where-"
"Too late."
"When I get my hands on you..."
"You? Ha! It's time for you and everybody to pay for mocking me all these years! You're gonna get yours if it's the last thing I do. Until then...ta-ta for now." She tried to recant her poor behavior in order to salvage the location of Phineas, but to no avail. Mr. Flynn had hung up the phone. Angry at herself, she dropped her phone to the ground.
"Who was that, Linda?" Lawrence asked, unsure at what just happened. He didn't know anybody that Linda would hate so much as to use such a hurtful tone towards. He lifted her chin and saw that she was crying.
"That was...my ex-husband."
"You mean Jerry?"
"Phineas's biological dad?" Isabella asked.
"Yep."
"Well, where is he?" Buford asked, hope slightly restored.
"I-I don't know. I think he has him hostage, but he wouldn't tell me the location." It was at this point that Linda started crying, and Vivian along with Lawrence had to comfort her. On top of that, all the kids started murmuring to themselves. With this new revelation, they weren't sure what was going to happen, and they weren't sure that they could do anything more.
"Well..." Ferb began, just as confused as anybody, and just as anxious to find his stepbrother. "This is what I call a cliffhanger."
To be continued...
End of Episode 29!
Next Time: Candace returns to Danville to help find Phineas, and things take a turn for the worse when they do find him. Plus, with Phineas knowing Perry's secret now, what will happen between them? And will they even survive for anything to happen?
Expected Update: I will try hard to get it done before I go back to school on September 7th. But with Hurricane Earl making its way to Long Island, there's a chance I may not be able to. And when school starts, updates will be even slower.