Heeeeey everyone~! :D

So, Summer is coming to a close; and I'm excited for it! Being homeschooled for a long time, you miss the interaction of human life forms constantly meeting you, whether they're complete doofuses or not. And even though I love my dear family, I need to prove that I am not a total social recluse. Yes, total. Because when your hobby consists of writing fan fics and drawing fan art, and it consumes part of your life, that kinda paints you as a recluse...at least in my parents' eyes. And I then to believe whatever they say, because usually teens do stupid things when they DON'T listen, so...yeah. XD

I mean, let's face it! Our kind, as teenagers, are completely moronic! Tell me that you have NEVER made a stupid mistake in spite your parents warnings, and I may retake my statement, but still; we're kinda screwed up.

Anyways, back to the fic~!

As you can see, I am NO LONGER giving names to the chapters; that's going to be one of the differences between the original product and the rewrite of "Like Father, Like Son". I am TERRIBLE with names, so it makes sense that I avoid them. Also, the line is replacing the "..." for breaking scenes a part, because I feel that it looks nicer. Of course, it may come as a...oh, who am I kidding? Whose gonna freak out over a horizontal line replacing three periods?

"Phineas and Ferb" belong to Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, who both work for Disney (LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE!)

I own, quite literally, everything else in this fic (except, once again, one little thing. But I assure you, it's probably not that important...*wink*)

Enjoy!

P/F/P/F

A full week had passed since DEI had collapsed thanks to Ferb's successful bombing. Members of the Resistance that had remained in smaller bases back at Danville, as accorded by Candace, were instructed to check for the body count at the building. Phineas had already mentioned to Candace as they had reunited that those who were in the medical facility of the building were moved to another hospital, aside from the three Cyborgs and himself. He had meant to go on about Doofenshmirtz, but something in him thought better of it.

Upon checking, no bodies were found amongst the chaos. The Mutants by now had already been taken back to Monogram, leaving no traces of life or death within the rubble. As Monogram had previously thought and as Candace had initially feared yet expected, Doofenshmirtz somehow managed to escape. Upon learning this, Phineas was far too relieved for Candace's liking, though they never made conversation of such a thing.

Furthermore, it didn't really matter momentarily; Phineas was just happy to be with his older sister again. He had thought that once he found Candace again, he'd go into a rant about how angry he was that she had left him behind to deal with their insane mother (who, now that he thought about it, only started going mad once Candace herself had left), but instead began to sob into her arms upon missing her so much. Phineas wasn't sure if Candace shed any tears herself, but she was clearly happy to see her younger brother again.

Recovery took only a night of rest, and soon Phineas was introduced to everyone in the main Resistance base, which he soon learned was in a cornfield within Nebraska (to which he promptly responded by asking questions that were never answered). He wasn't really on good terms with Applejack upon what he had been through in the previous story, though in spite this Applejack appeared to like him more than Candace at least, to Perry's surprise. Perry would later learn, to his chagrin, that Applejack LIKED torturing those he "loved" oh so much. It would explain why he seemed to take to Schnitzel violently rather than pestering her, and why he seemed to take his conversation with Candace seriously.

After Applejack, Phineas was introduced to the rest of the members, particularly those closest to his sister, not as friends but as allies. Most of them were younger than Candace, save for the teen members. There were no adults in the team as far as Phineas knew, though Candace DID say that it would change pretty soon once they welcomed another member to the Resistance as an ally. Phineas didn't remember all the names, aside from the ones that Candace deemed the most important:

Buford Van Stomm was the bulkiest of the children, and probably the strongest member of the Resistance. Phineas noted that he had the sheer raw power that Doofenshmirtz could bestow with enough rage, though Buford had even less control. The first encounter seemed friendly enough; Buford trapped Phineas in a headlock, and gave him a noogie. Of course, this nearly suffocated Phineas instantly due to the fat and muscle, though he managed to wriggle himself free.

Buford seemed to be a very confident person, but he wasn't nice either. Candace explained that Buford used to be a bully before Danville was overtaken, and only joined the Resistance upon the disappearance of his parents, who were more than likely dead due to the invasion. In spite this, Buford was probably the most resistant to help out, and had the brain the size of a peanut as a price of his strength and skill with weaponry. Perhaps Phineas' opinion of him was bias; he really didn't like the nickname "Dinner Bell".

Baljeet Tjinder (ahem, Dr. Baljeet) was probably the exact opposite of Buford, in it that he was scrawny but extremely intelligent. The translators were only a few gadgets that he had created, along with the Super Computer that he had installed in the base recently (though he was still working on the bugs...). Phineas immediately liked Dr. Baljeet, but soon realized that the young scientist was arrogant and took everything way too personally. He just seemed too easily insulted, especially when referred to anything but Dr. Baljeet (with the occasional Dr. Ninja Baljeet when he was feeling particularly full of himself), even if Baljeet was his proper name suited.

Aside from that as well, again, Dr. Baljeet was still very weak compared to other members of the Resistance, in spite most of his inventions being more of prototypes than actual inventions. He also seemed to suffer from anxiety, OCD, and Atychiphobia (fear of failure). In spite this, Dr. Baljeet was arguably the most intelligent of the Resistance, given that he had already passed college (in spite schools being banned) at his young age. He was also skilled in martial arts, given that he wasn't all that physical to be sure, but at least would have some line of defense since his ability to use his own inventions were slim.

Phineas had voiced to Candace that if Dr. Baljeet and Buford teamed up, they'd be an unstoppable force. Unfortunately, Candace had explained that Buford and Dr. Baljeet worked separately because of their dislike for one another that seemed to escalate to pure loathing. Buford would pick on Dr. Baljeet the most, while Dr. Baljeet would fight back with a sharp tongue that would usually lead to a black eye and some bruises, sometimes a broken rib or two. Some of the members would say that they acted like a married couple, to which Dr. Baljeet would roll his eyes, while Buford would try to kill those who even considered that. Least to say, they wouldn't be able to work together any time soon, as far as Candace was concerned.

Then there was Isabella Garcia-Sharpio, the Second in Command of the Resistance, and leader of The FireStorm Girls. She seemed to take her job twice as seriously as Dr. Baljeet did, and barely even acknowledged his existence until Candace grabbed her attention. Isabella appeared to be cold, but Phineas took that as a sign of her working so hard when training the rest of her Troop. Isabella was considered to be as tough as nails, though Candace insinuated on her having a much softer side, to which Isabella gave a retort. Phineas wasn't sure if he felt about her, as the meeting was much shorter than the others he had, and was even shocked to have remembered her full name.

The members of the FireStorm Girls, as Phineas was told, were formed as an inside sector of the Resistance, and their membership was rather specific. They seemed to have a feminist mindset, as only girls were allowed to join the group, though specifically strong, skilled individuals who had to pass a series of intense training in order to be excepted (there was more to it, of course, though the process in itself was very complicated for even Candace to explain). Among all the young women within The Resistance, only seven, including Isabella, were worthy enough.

Phineas would later hear rumors of an eighth member who was tragically murdered during an escapade at DEI, though this was a touchy subject for Isabella to go on, and Candace wouldn't say anything about it. What he managed to learn from it was that the ordeal itself was a horrid one that had traumatized Isabella. Respectively, Phineas back off of the question...for now that is. He was far too curious to let this go unanswered.

All other members were often training, helping with inventions, and other things as well. Among some of the members were Django, who seemed to daydream a lot as it got on a lot of people's nerves, and Irving, who unnerved Phineas for the reason that he just...didn't seem normal to him. Other than that, the names were all blurred to him, and discarded as insignificant. At least for the moment.

The base also doubled as a shelter for those who had escaped Doofenshmirtz's wrath, but wanted nothing to do with overthrowing him, having more concerns for their loved ones than anything else. They would remain there until Doofenshmirtz was finally gone, as Candace put it. Phineas began to wonder if she knew who Doofenshmirtz really was, but as his sister went on, the question never made it out to her. It bothered him, but at the same time he thought it was for the best to make this more private.

Once the introductions were over with, Candace kept Phineas by her side the rest of the day to show him how things worked around the place. The base was very hi-tech for being underground, and was supposedly large enough to reach across the cornfield and over to a cliff side across a town there. Phineas noted that it was probably much bigger than DEI was, but then again there were more buildings such as the Robot Factory that made up for that, and the building itself was tall enough as it was...well, used to be.

The only real questions that Phineas seemed to ask and had answers from was what had happened to Ferb after he dropped Phineas, Perry, and Applejack off at the Resistance base; he had returned back to Danville, where Phineas assumed was where Monogram still was at. Nothing more came from it, however, as Candace wasn't about to tell her brother of the events that led to Ferb being transformed, and even when Phineas recounted the clash between himself and his stepbrother she couldn't find it within herself to admit what had happened. Luckily, Phineas was oblivious enough not to ask any more questions...

...Again, as this was the keyword, for now.

"And this is where you will be staying."

Phineas looked around the bedroom that was simple as it could get; one bed with all the assorted items (covers, sheets, a pillow), a dresser with clothes that he would be expected to wear from now on, as he was told that it was frowned upon to wear the Dooferalls that he had grown accustomed to wearing, and a desk with some books on it to which Phineas assumed was to help educate him as much as possible. Given that he lacked most school-given education along with many members of the Resistance, it made sense that he'd have to learn this along side anything else he would have to do there. Although the room itself seemed bland, Phineas admitted that it was better than sleeping on a cot with complete strangers who were easily annoyed, or possibly mentally disturbed, as was the conditions back at DEI.

"You guys went all out on the place," Phineas whistled, "Given the situation around here, I'm impressed. How'd you make an underground base, anyway? Wouldn't there be a problem with flood and earthquakes?"

"We made special precaution of that," Candace said, "I'm sure Dr. Baljeet will be glad to explain the process to you once he has the free time..." she gritted her teeth, muttering, "IF he has the free time."

Phineas went over to the bed, and placed his hands on it, smiling. "Nice," he said, "Much nicer than the arrangements back in the home state. Very nice, sis, very nice."

"You still need to go more into detail of what happened back there," Candace said, "I swear, whatever HE did, I-!"

Candace looked at her brother, seeing a shocked look etched on Phineas' face. The kind of anger that she had shown was probably alien to him, though she somehow expected him to understand. Despite this, Candace sighed, calming herself down a bit. "I...sorry," she said, "I overreacted."

"It's alright, Candace," Phineas said, "I get it. You and the other Resistance members went through a lot, huh?"

Candace looked at her brother and sighed, nodding. "Yes we have," she said, "Even if casualties were low..." she looked back to Phineas, "Look, let's make this a happy reunion while it lasts, alright? It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"That's an understatement," Phineas frowned, "I was worried about you, you know? I never stopped thinking about it."

"Yeah...I know," Candace showed little emotion, yet Phineas could tell that she was feeling guilty, "And mom? How is she?"

Not that Candace needed an answer, given that Perry had already spoken what had happened to Phineas. When Applejack brought Perry to her, Perry went into a full rant about how he and Phineas escaped the clutches of their currently insane mother, Linda Flynn. Candace was tempted to send a troop to see if her mother was still alive, though part of her feared what they might find. Not to mention that Linda would probably be unstable as is, and they didn't have a place there for the mentally disoriented aside from their prison, and Candace didn't want to have to see her mother behind bars.

Phineas only stared at Candace silently, then looked to the floor. Candace waited patiently for the answer, expecting the worst but remaining reposeful for his sake. Phineas finally answered shakily, "She's...she's not like what she used to be..."

Candace made the decision not to ask further, seeing how flustered Phineas was becoming over the subject. In fact, she mentally slapped herself for bringing it up in the first place. Why did she ask him even though she already knew anyway? Maybe she denied Perry's words for just a moment? It was foolish...

"I understand," Candace said, "We don't need to speak further about that."

Phineas nodded his head mutely. Candace went down to her brother's level, resting her hands on his shoulders. She looked at him through her sunglasses that she rarely removed from her face. Phineas stared back.

"I have to take this opportunity to apologize to you," Candace said, "Had I known that this would've happened to you, I would've taken you with me. I can't help but feel responsible for what you went through, and for that I'm sorry. I hope that you can forgive me."

"What's there to forgive?" Phineas gave a weak smile, "It wasn't all that bad."

"Phineas, you were captured by Doofenshmirtz," Candace said, "What could be worse than that given the circumstances?"

Phineas swallowed a bit, and spoke before he could stop himself. "Really, Candace," he said without really thinking, "It wasn't that bad."

Candace looked surprised while Phineas realized what he used as an answer. The silence was an awkward one, and Phineas cleared his throat instinctively. "Well, uh," he said, "So, how about the rest of the Resistance? Does it branch out in other places, too?"

Candace stared at her brother for a moment, before giving an answer, "Yes. Lots of places. There's probably one base in fifteen states at the least."

Phineas frowned at this, looking confused. "But, why would we need that many recruits?" he asked, "And why so far away?"

Candace opened her mouth to speak when a teenager entered, Phineas barely remembering that his name was Jeremy. "Sir, there's a problem at the north hall," he said, "Apparently Buford thought it was a good idea to mess with the nanobot experiments."

Candace groaned at this. "Again?" she asked, "Oh my god, I swear..." she looked to Phineas, "Sorry, I gotta handle this. Are you gonna be okay?"

Phineas gave a small smile. "Sure I am," he said, "Don't worry about it."

With that, Candace left the room with Jeremy, and Phineas was in the room alone. The boy looked around silently, particularly towards the dresser. He hummed a bit before shutting the door behind him. He looked down to his current outfit.

"Goodbye, Dooferalls..."

Applejack snickered at the scene before him as Candace practically burst in on the scene, to which Buford quickly tried to lay the blame all on Dr. Baljeet, who responded as only he would. Buford had decided that it would be a good idea to "test" out the nano-bot prototypes, which not even Dr. Baljeet himself could be able to make properly. It resulted in the North hall becoming an utter mess, and a pissed off Candace promising the former bully a devastating end.

Perry pattered in with a cup of coffee, walking over to Applejack as he watched Candace and Buford beginning to argue. As Perry took a sip of his drink, Dr. Baljeet went to get Stacey, who was usually able to quell Candace at least. "So," Perry said, "Buford did something stupid again?"

"Correct."

"Nano-bots?"

"You know these things far too well, Perry the Platypus."

"Eh, when you gain the title of Best Secret Agent, you tend to run into some imbeciles. I'm used to this."

"Uh-huh. That, and you've been here for a while, so THAT may help with how you're used to this."

"Has it occurred to you that perhaps Buford is one of those said imbeciles?"

The two stared at each other for a moment before bursting into fits of laughter. It was enough to grab the attention of Buford, who stopped the argument momentarily in a rage, "Hey! Are those two makin' fun of me?!"

"Don't change the subject! What you did was reckless, Buford! Just LOOK at the place!"

Once the laughter died down, Perry and Applejack sighed. They continued to watch the argument until Stacy arrived with Dr. Baljeet. Applejack grumbled. "Here comes the fun police," he said, "Party's over."

"Well, it's better than this lasting for another hour," Perry said before taking another sip, "Candace and Buford have NEVER gotten along. A daresay their relationship is rockier than the one Candace has with you."

"That's because Buford's tactless," Applejack said, "He may be strong, but he couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag given his strategies."

"And you're any better, how?"

"Has ANYONE been able to stop me from MY pursuits?"

"Well, to be fair, no one's really stopped Buford, so that's not much of an accomplishment."

"Yeah, well, what would you know, beaver-butt?"

"I'm older, goat-breath, so the answer would be 'a lot more than you'."

Perry took another sip of his coffee while Applejack stared in complete shock at the platypus' comeback. Upon not receiving any response, Perry grinned proudly at himself. "Well?" he poked Applejack between the eyes.

Applejack stared. "...You've learned a lot from me," he said, "You're out-trolling me, now. And that bothers me, man. It bothers me."

"That's the point," Perry stated, "And thus, I take my leave."

"Where are you going? Aren't you gonna stick around in case Buford goes in for the kill?"

"I'm gonna check on my youngest owner, duh. And trust me, Candace would kill Buford before the other option arises."

With that, Perry left, leaving Applejack to watch Stacey's weak attempts to split up an argument. Afterwards, he went off to do his usual routine of bugging everyone, sometimes leading to someone giving him a run for his money. Particularly Isabella, who didn't take crap from no one. Speaking of her, Isabella was training the other FireStorm girls when he went to check on her.

The sessions always varied, as Isabella would often come up with ridiculous styles of training that boggled the minds of many. It was one of the reasons why so few were chosen in the first place, given that it was so rigorous. The courses would be decided at random by using a bio-dome, one that Dr. Baljeet himself had designed. Of course, there were bugs here and there, and it wasn't relatively the safest piece of equipment. It often pissed Isabella off whenever the machine would randomly shut itself off while they were in the middle of training, often times leading to injuries, though most were minor.

This time, the bio-dome had created a large rock-climbing course for the girls to pursue. The course was very realistic, and very unstable at the same time. Even though there were many safety provisions, it wasn't enough to give them full protection. One of the girls, namely Adyson, had already sustained a head injury, forcing her to sit out on yet another training endeavor. Applejack trotted over and watched from a safe distance, waiting for the machine to turn itself off yet again so that he could pick on them as he always did.

"Come on, girls!" Isabella shouted, wind blowing in her face, "Just a few more feet up and we're there!"

"That salamanders say that there's gonna be an avalanche, sir."

"Gretchen, snap Adyson out of her delusion!"

"Aye, chief!"

Arguably the smallest of the FireStorm Girls, Gretchen leaped over to Adyson, still tied to her support rope as everyone else was, with skill and precision. She then proceeded to slap Adyson in the face, leading to the taller girl giggling weirdly. Gretchen nearly fell in shock as she adjusted her glasses. "Uh...she's got a pretty bad concussion this time, sir," Gretchen said, earning a groan from Isabella.

"Not again," Isabella sighed, "Alright, alright, pull her down to safety. We'll have to try again later."

The girls all heard a groan from below, followed by a, "SERIOUSLY?! Before things could get interesting?! Today is going to be SO BORING!"

Isabella's eyes darted below to see Applejack, who now lied on his back, grumbling. She let out another sigh, full of extra irritation as her mood soured more. "For heaven's sake," she said as she began climbing down, "Do we really need this now?"

"Just ignore him, chief," said another FireSide girl who was known by all as Stacey's younger sister; it was odd that few seemed to know her name outside of the FireStorm Girls, which was Ginger, "He'll go away eventually."

"I dunno," a blonde FireStorm Girl named Katie said, "He DOES seem to be the bad-luck charm of our training sessions...and proud of it...I dunno why, but I feel like his very presence is going to make things worse."

"You are so negative," Ginger said before Isabella could say anything, "What's the worse that could hap-?"

The mass projection of the mountain suddenly disappeared, leading to all the girls falling to the ground on safety mats, all of which popped like balloons upon impact. Three of the girls, Milly, the chubbiest FireSide Girl, Katie, and Gretchen fell on top of Adyson, who whined in agony. Adyson was then immediately taken to the medical facility, while Isabella aimed her sights at Applejack, who laughed in satisfaction.

"Now THAT'S much better!" Applejack laughed, "I didn't even DO anything this time! HA! Dr. Baljeet really needs to work on this thing..."

Whenever things didn't immediately go wrong, Applejack would find ways to sabotage the FireStorm Girls just to see how they would react. They often reacted with pure rage and mercilessness...well, at least Isabella reacted that way. Speaking of her, Isabella found her face turning red at the very presence of Applejack. The pygmy goat began to trot away. "My work here is done," he said before hearing the loud screeching of the angry FireStorm Girl Leader rising to his ears, causing him to freeze and start to regret his decision.

Gretchen immediately went to Isabella's side, grabbing her arm. "Chief," Gretchen said, "No, chief, don't fall into-!"

"APPLEJACK!"

With that, the other FireSide Girls, including Gretchen, backed off in fear as Isabella ran straight for Applejack, who ran away as fear finally gripped him. He was later found with many injuries sustained from Isabella's fit of rage. The FireStorm Girls soon were able to get their leader to calm herself, though only Gretchen and Ginger were able to get near her, as all the others seemed to be too scared to go near her. Once back to her normal state, or as calm as she could get at the moment, Isabella ordered everyone to take a break until she fixed the control panel.

However, before Isabella could do anything, Gretchen pulled her leader to the side, holding her down by the shoulders. Isabella looked confused. "What is it, Gretchen?" she asked.

"Chief, you've been acting really weird," Gretchen said, "Applejack didn't even DO anything this time. Sure, he was acting annoying like he always is, but you usually only attack him when he disrupts our training session."

"You're point?"

"Well...I'm just saying that you may be suffering from some anger issues right now. Is something bothering you?"

"No!" Isabella glared; then it softened, "Well...not...ugh, I may still be holding that whole plan of Candace's against her."

"Still?" Gretchen tilted her head, "Chief, it's been a week. And as reckless as it was, it worked out in the end. Why are you so-?"

"She's been putting people at risk left and right," Isabella growled, "I know she's doing it for the greater good, but how far is she willing to go in order to save the Tri-State Area? I mean...doesn't it BOTHER you that she's practically raising up an army?"

"What do you mean?"

"C'mon, Gretchen, you know what I mean. Why else would The Resistance be spreading to different states? She's obviously trying to out number Doofenshmirtz's robot army."

"Well...I guess you have a point there."

"It's more than a point, it's fact! I'm really worried about what's going on in Candace's head right now...what is she exactly going to do?"

"You mean you don't know?"

"Why do you think I'm so worried? She tells me EVERYTHING! I mean, for heaven's sake, I'm second in command! I'm supposed to be trusted with this stuff!"

"Well, maybe she's keeping tabs with Stacey about it? She's closer to Stacey than she is with you, after all."

"I doubt that, somehow..."

"What do you mean?"

Isabella fell silent, wishing that she chose something better to say to Gretchen. The FireStorm leader cleared her throat. "Help me with the control panel," she ordered, "We need to get back to training as soon as possible."

As confused as Gretchen was, she obeyed Isabella's orders without question. Isabella was completely silent throughout the rest of the day, only shouting out orders to the FireStorm Girls as opposed to getting into conversation. Gretchen voiced her worries to the other girls, but they reassured her that it was just a flunk that Isabella was going through, and nothing more. After all, Candace WAS acting a bit weird lately. It was only natural for Isabella to be acting this concerned about what was going on.

But to this, Isabella had to sigh. She knew that there was something much bigger going at play here, but she didn't know exactly what. All she could think about was that door with the initials that she found back when she first joined the Resistance. It seemed like an insignificant memory, but somehow she knew that it had everything to do with this.

She had everything to do with this.

Isabella kept her promise, though. She'd have to. She wouldn't betray Candace, no matter how questionable her methods were. No matter what, Isabella would remain true.

The young girl sighed.

A/N:

I was struggling to find an ending to this chapter, which is why it's probably so crummy to begin with. XP

This story's gonna be a bit tougher than Like Father, Like Son was, given that I'll be writing for characters that I don't usually write for. And they're gonna be pretty major in this story to boot, so that doubles the challenge. XD Of course, I'm pretty sure Buford is EASY to write for, and I've got Candace in the bag. Isabella's okay, too, so far.

...I guess I'm just worried for Dr. Baljeet then? Huh...

Anywaaaaays, I hope you all enjoyed this! :D I'll try to make more soon!

Please, review, follow, favorite, and have a pleasant day/evening/night/whatever as long as you're happy! :D

-GTS