(Author's Note)

I still need 1 more Daring patch! Still haven't decided on the other suggested patches by you guys (Sorry DX.) That doesn't really mean your patches are not meant to enter. My decision isn't just final. I also found out that your suggestions mostly involves Relationships. Let's pull that out of the category shall we? If you disagree with me then feel free to rage on your PM and I'll try my best to squeeze in your suggestions in my story.

Credit goes to: Nightshade1712. You're also credited for the next chapter.

Note: Like the new Cover photo? It was drawn by PhinabellaDirectioner.

Chapter 8 "Feed the Alligators on the Sewers Patch"

Phineas POV

I explained the story on how I got to the building. I have to admit I kinda panicked or in your terms "cracked." I mean wouldn't you be worried if someone so close to you was kidnapped, especially if it's your best friend? We walked as far away as possible from that building so that there would be no other interruption of our other patch collecting attempts. Besides, that woman was giving me the creeps.

"Hey! Where's Pinky?" said Isabella.

I looked around and he suddenly just vanished!

"Oh don't worry. He suddenly disappears anytime too." She said.

We were back at the park and we sat down the park bench outside of the park. We excused the nice guy wearing a white coat, and pants for us to sit down. He was also holding a suitcase on his lap. Isabella was busy reading the patches she needs to complete while I looked at the recent video she took.

"You know I had a best friend like her when I was a little kid." Said the nice guy.

"Really? Where is she now?" I asked

"She's somewhere out there."

"Oh. Are you still best friends?"

"Yep! Very good best friends! Want some ice cream?" he pointed at the ice cream man.

"No thanks. I'm good."

"Hey! Here's our next patch!" said Isabella.

She shows me the page again.

Patch # 497 Feed the Alligators on the Sewers Patch

Instruction: Just feed the Alligators on the Sewers with food. Feed at least 3.

Goal: Feed the Alligators on the Sewers.

Note: It has to be an Alligator, not a Crocodile.

"Although how do you know that which one is an alligator and a crocodile?"

"We just have to look at their snouts. Crocodile's snouts are round and narrow while the alligator's is flat and wide. Alligators are grey or blackish while Crocs are Greenish."

"Okay. What do you think the alligators would like?"

"Some raw meat would be nice."

"Well it looks like we can get some from the zookeeper. He lends us free meat to feed the animals."

(at the zoo…)

Isabella POV

We went to the zoo which was just a few blocks away from the park. We went to the office to ask the zookeeper if they had any meat and we met a familiar face.

"Would you like to feed the animals?" asked Jenny.

"Oh hey Jenny! Yes we do! Not here though. What are you doing here?" Said Phineas.

"I volunteered as an animal feeder in the zoo. It's my summer job for now. Wait! You're not going to feed the animals here? Weird."

"It's for the Feed the Alligators on the Sewers Patch." I showed the manual.

"Oh you're a Fireside Girl! Very well. This way!"

She led us outside.

"Jenny. Don't you feel a little uncomfortable being here?" I asked.

"A little. But it's one way to get in touch with the animals. Someday humanity will be at peace that they will release these innocent animals back to where they belong. You might think that I'm the type of person who is brave enough to protest into releasing these animals but that would just create chaos in the city."

"Oh okay."

Along the way to our destination, a crowd gathered in order to watch some sort of performance being held in the middle. A hip-hop song was playing with the most of the lyrics saying "Squirrels in My Pants". We couldn't see much since everyone was tall so we decided bend down and look between their legs. Ferb was dancing with a group of squirrels as if they were a dance crew. He ended his dance by doing a spineroonie, I think that's what it's called, and the crowd applauded.

"I'll go ahead and get the meat." Said Jenny.

We nodded and turned our attention back to Ferb.

"Ferb!" We said.

He heard our voices but he couldn't find us. We called him about 3 times and he still couldn't find us.

"Boost me up." I said.

I got in top of his shoulders but my eyes could barely see Ferb.

"Hey Ferb!" I called.

He finally saw me! Barely I think. I was so excited to see Ferb since I haven't seen him in a week as well.

"I-Isabella! Whoa! Whoa!" said Phineas.

"Whoa! Sorry!"

I might've leaned forward too much because he's leaning backwards. Now he's trying to lean opposite of each direction I'm wobbling too. I accidentally lean backwards and he makes a mistake by leaning backwards as well. Oh no! We're going to fall!... Wait! We're not going to fall! Luckily Ferb pushed as back to balance.

"Thanks Ferb!" we said.

I got off Phineas's shoulders.

"Hey Bro! How was the debate?"

He gives a thumbs-up and a smirk.

"Woah! That easy?"

He nods.

"What did you say?" I asked

He shrugs and shakes his hands. He points 2 fingers at the both of us.

"Patch collecting!" I said. "It's for the bonfire tomorrow. I have achieved about 496 out of 500 patches. Just a few more patches and I can finally become senior fireside girl!"

He gives a thumbs-up.

"Here's the meat guys!" says Jenny.

She lends Isabella a belt of meat. Ferb gave a confused look.

"Oh! We're going to do our Feed the Alligators on the Sewers patch!" I said.

"Wanna come with us?" asked Phineas.

But… I thought… this was date? *sigh.* Now Ferb is worried about me. And now Phineas.

"Oh… Hehe! That's right. You can't." He scratches his ear. "Long Story! C'mon Isabella!"

Wait! WHAT!? OH HE REMEMBERS! NOW HE GRABS MY HAND AGAIN! We walk towards the exit.

"Bye Ferb!" he waves at him.

Well I didn't get to say goodbye because I was too stunned at what just happened.

Phineas POV

I can't believe I almost forgot that this entire thing was a date. At least only 3 people now. Maybe now it might be 4 because he winked at me. Ferb decided to go back to his dancing with the squirrels. Now Isabella's face was red again.

"You know, if that face of yours turns red again I'm gonna send you to a doctor."

"Oh!" She covers her cheeks. "Hehe! Sorry."

We made it by the exit. Luckily there was a manhole on the road and we looked around to find no cars. We opened the manhole and Isabella climbed down while I put the lid back.

"Umm… It's pretty dark." I said.

"No problem." She said.

I can hear her rummaging through her satchel and she turned on a flashlight with her left hand. She gave me another one in case we got separated. She rummaged her satchel again and she turns on ARChie but he doesn't lift off.

"Hold on. May I?" I lended my hand.

"Sure!" she gave me ARChie.

I flipped a switch on ARChie and the viewing screen now sees a lot of things that are green and I activate his propeller.

"Night Vision mode!" I said.

"Cool!"

We walked a few meters in the sewers

"Grrr!"

"What was that?!" she said. She pointed her flashlight behind us only to find nothing.

"I'm guessing that's either a crocodile or an alligator. It came from there." I pointed towards the direction we were heading.

"Oh!"

We walked a few more inches.

"Grrr!"

"Phineas! They might be following us." she's trembling.

"Maybe it's because of the meat."

"Oh! Right!"

"ROAAARRRR!"

She held my hand immediately.

"Stay close to me." I said.

She nods.

If either the crocodiles or alligators are a hungry group, they might attack with the meat still on her belt. If that happens, we'll have no choice but to let go of the meat, worst case scenario is that they are crocodiles and it will be a waste of precious time.

"Grrr!"

It was louder than before, that means we're getting closer. The flashlight finally hit something grey in the water. Yep he has a flat and wide snout and he's… HOGTIED?

"Hey! I recognize this alligator!" I said.

"Huh?"

"How?"

"Don't you see? It's the same alligator Candace hogtied in a wrestling match!"

"Oh yeah!"

The alligator was still hogtied with the artificial torch stuck in his mouth. Now he's whimpering as we got closer to him.

"Aww. Let's help this guy up!" she said.

"Won't he attack us?" I asked.

"Trust me."

She first rubs the stomach of the alligator which makes him finally stop whimpering. We cut the bonds and I pulled out the artificial torch from his mouth. He makes the first move by getting back on his feet and he stands there glaring at us.

"Umm… Isabella?"

"Here boy!" she pulls a chunk of meat from her belt.

She throws it and ARChie, still in action mode, makes a flash while the alligator snatches the food from the air. The alligator then swims away hastily from us.

"That's one down!" I said.

"Let's look for another." She said.

We continued venturing into the sewers, going the opposite direction from the alligator. Looks like the growling and the roaring came from that alligator since the growling stopped.

"Keep an eye for anything suspicious in the water." I said.

I followed what I said maybe a little too much, because at that moment a baby crocodile jumped up and almost snatched my nose.

"Woah!" I said.

"Hehe! Are you *snicker* alright?"

"Yeah yeah! Make fun of my big nose!" I smirked.

"Just be careful. Alright?"

"Yeah! Wait! If that was a baby crocodile then that means…"

I pointed my light towards the direction we were heading and we saw a line crocodiles blocking our way glaring at us.

"Hehe! Nice crocodiles!" said Isabella.

The crocodiles took a step forward together and we took a step back.

"Maybe they're like dinosaurs. They won't eat us if we don't make any sudden movements." I said

The moment I said that, the crocodiles started walking towards us slowly and their growls were getting louder. Isabella looks at me pleadingly.

" Okay. On the count of 3, we run! One!"

The Crocs stop moving.

"Two!" The Crocs raise their tails.

"Three!"

We sprinted away from the crocodiles but they were catching up to us real fast. We tried running faster but the crocodiles were just a few meters from us.

"Isabella! The meat!"

"But! But!"

"Do you want to be Crocodile food?"

She hesitated. She took one last look at her belt and as she was about to take off the belt we heard something approach us from the front. I pointed my light in front of me and… AN ALLIGATOR IS IN MIDAIR, JAW OPEN, HEADING TOWARDS OUR DIRECTION.

"ISABELLA!"

I braced myself and Isabella and tried to protect her by hugging her… well it was worth trying. Isabella shut her eyes and so did I as we waited to get eaten. We heard a big splash behind us and we thought it was the end. About 3 seconds passed and we were still breathing, unhurt.

I turned around and I saw the Crocodiles a little thrown backwards by what I suspect was a wave of water, since the water was now on the sidewalks. Suddenly I felt something from behind flip me in the air. I landed safely… ON THE ALLIGATOR'S BACK?

"What?!" I said in surprise.

The alligator looked back and the Crocodiles were recovering from that wave. The alligator nudged me and he gets ready to leap. Wait! Is he trying to tell me to grab on? I didn't really know what was going on but I just went with it.

"Isabella! Get behind me and grab on!"

She complies by letting go of me for a moment and hugs my stomach. I then tug on the alligator's head and he leaps into the water and we surf through the water. At first I thought we were going to drown but the alligator maintains his back above water level. I didn't know where he was taking us but surely it was away from those crocodiles. I held tighter and tighter as the alligator swiftly turned to different directions in the sewer tunnels.

"Oh! They're gaining on us!" said Isabella.

Something suddenly hops on my head and I shake it off. I opened my eyes and it was the baby crocodile that almost bit me earlier. Uh oh! We were about nose to snout. Please don't bite me, please don't bite me please don't….

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!"

I felt Isabella turn her head around and she wacked the head of the baby crocodile with her fist. The baby crocodile finally lets go and gets knocked out unconscious. She picks up the baby Crocodile and slips it into her satchel. Isabella giggles and I nudge her by the shoulder.

"That is not funny." I said while smiling.

"Hehe! Sorry."

She rests her chin on my head but we came across a sharp curve which made her squeeze me tighter. I squeezed the alligator's head tighter as well. I looked at her to check if she was alright but we ended up having eye contact and giggling. The alligator suddenly makes a left turn then turns around and stops.

"Why are we stopping?" I asked as if it was an actual person.

He doesn't respond, obviously, instead he just holds his ground facing the incoming crocodiles. Isabella looks at me worriedly and we just sat there and waited until the crocodiles finally caught up to us. They finally caught up to us but stopped as soon as they saw us.

"ROAARRRR!"

That roar came from behind us as well. We braised ourselves on the alligator by that massive roar. After they stopped, we caught the crocodiles running away in fear. I turned around, so did Isabella, and we saw a line of Alligators behind us. ARChie finally catches up to us blinking red.

"Cut!" said Isabella.

ARChie finally stops blinking. Suddenly we heard dog bark… Pinky's bark! We looked to our right and Perry and Pinky was there.

"Perry!" I said

"Pinky!" said Isabella

The alligator then swims to their direction and we got off safely.

"Oh Perry! Where've you been?!" I said as I hugged my pet.

"Oh Pinky! It's so good to see you!" she said as she hugged Pinky.

"Grrr!"

It was a soft grrr. We turned around and we saw the group of alligators crowding towards us in the water.

"Isabella! The meat!"

"Wha-! Oh!"

She removes her belt and holds it in front of them, making the alligators' jaws open. ARChie makes a flash.

"Here you go boys!" she throws the belt.

As the belt of meat reaches the alligators the alligators then scrambled on top of each other, fighting on who will get the meat. ARChie then makes flashing lights like a paparazzi, which bleaches my eyes. I turn around to shield my eyes and I saw a spotlight with a ladder a few meters up ahead.

"Hey! " I tap her shoulder. "Look!"

I point towards the spotlight. We walk towards it and we looked up to check if it was town. That was confirmed when we saw one of the city buildings.

"Cool!" she said.

Perry POV

It was very fortunate that our owners got distracted by that spotlight. At the moment I gave a taxi whistle to the alligators. The alligators stopped whatever they were doing immediately. Pinky and I got on our hind legs and we saluted. They got on their hind legs on the other side of the sidewalk and saluted back. As soon as we got on our four feet again, they continued fighting over the meat. Our owners did a taxi whistle, which caught our attentions and we ran for our owners. I hopped on Phineas's arms and Pinky hopped on to Isabella's. Seconds later, a camera with a propeller on it (must be one of Phineas's inventions) got inside Isabella's bag.

"Wait! How do we go up with Perry and Pinky?"

I forgot that they can't carry us while climbing. Pinky and I can't climb ourselves up either because that would blow our cover.

"Hmmm… Ah!"

She opens up her bag wide.

"Come on boys! Hop in!"

Pinky hopped in first and I followed. As soon as I got in I heard a soft growling in front of me. There was a baby crocodile in front of me and we were bill to snout.

"Shhh!" I said.

The crocodile stops growling.

Phineas POV

Isabella suddenly gets a hard time lifting his bag since it's too heavy.

"Here! Let me!" I lend both of my hands.

She gives me the bag and I have to admit that it was quite heavy but I can still carry it with less difficulty than she had.

"Thanks Phineas! Now let's get back up!"

-End of Chapter 8-