After what seemed like a few minutes, the time machine appeared at its' destination.
"Here we are, Danville in the past," Phineas said proudly "wow, it doesn't look much different from normal."
"Worry about that later," Candace 2 told him "right now, we have to find Doofenshmirtz and stop him from wiping you out, remember?"
"Doesn't look like he's here," Phineas 2 said, scanning the area "maybe we were lucky and beat him here."
"Could be," Candace 2 mused "his lack of knowledge of Phineas's age could be an asset in this case. Okay everyone, let's move!"
"Hold on," Phineas said "since there's no sign of the evil guy, you could at least tell me the story of what happened in your dimension."
"I told you, that's not important right now."
"I'll tell you," Phineas 2 chimed in "it started after you guys left for your own dimension. With Doof in jail, we were finally able to do whatever we wanted, and it was great. But there was one problem."
"We had lived under Doofenshmirtz's tyrannical rule for so long, it was difficult to make the transition," Candace 2 piped in "fortunately someone offered to help us; the doctor's own daughter, Vanessa."
Ferb perked up upon hearing the name of the brown-haired Goth girl who often sent his heart aflutter. His alternate counterpart watched on in confusion.
"Vanessa offered to help get rid of everything connected to her dad, so the Tri-State Area could return to normal," Candace 2 continued "and she did, or so we thought. Little did we know she was just as, if not more, evil than her father."
"That doesn't sound like the Vanessa I met," Phineas said.
"Am I exactly like your dimension's Candace?" Candace 2 asked.
"Good point."
"Anyway, Vanessa promised to help us, but all she wanted was access to the O.W.C.A's prison," Candace 2 added "then she broke her father out of prison, and they fled back to his base. To make things worse, Carl turned his back on the O.W.C.A and sided with Doofenshmirtz."
"How come?" Phineas asked.
"Well, in both our universes, he's just an unpaid intern," Candace 2 explained "once Doof offered him a salary, he was more than willing to switch sides. With that little traitor's help, Doof rebuilt his transmitter and his Normbots, making them stronger and slightly more competent. It wasn't long before things were back to normal, only now, Doof has become more determined to destroy the Resistance."
"Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that," Phineas said "I guess you guys might have been better off if Ferb and I never visited your dimension."
"Are you kidding?" a shocked Phineas 2 asked "if it wasn't for you, Ferb and I never would've learned about summer and how cool it is. Now all we want to do is experience a summer. Plus you helped us get Perry back."
"And you taught me how important my brothers are," Candace 2 added "before your visit, I would've never let them in the Resistance, let alone know about it. But now, their intelligence and skills have proven invaluable, and I can't imagine anyone else I'd rather have by my side."
"Aww, thanks sis" Phineas 2 said.
"And without you, we never would've been free of Doofenshmirtz's reign, even if it only was temporary," Candace 2 told him "that's why he cannot be allowed to succeed with this plan; if he does, everything you helped us with will be reset and our world will be worse off than it is now. You and your friends gave us hope for a better future; without you, we'll know nothing but serving Doofenshmirtz."
"I never realized the impact I could have by traveling to another universe," Phineas said "but hey wait; how come he doesn't want to destroy Ferb?"
"You alone defeated him," Phineas 2 explained "so you're the one he probably has the most hatred for. Besides, if you don't exist, that means you'll never meet Ferb."
"Oh man! I'd hate that," Phineas exclaimed "meeting Ferb and having him as my bro is the best thing ever, even better than meeting you guys and saving Danville."
"And that's why we're not going to let Doofenshmirtz succeed in his plan," Candace 2 explained "okay, here's the plan; we gain access to the house, then, when Doofenshmirtz shows up, we take him down."
"Um, how exactly are we going to get inside without messing up the space time continuum?" Phineas 2 asked.
"Relax, I have a plan" Candace 2 explained.
Meanwhile, inside the future Flynn-Fletcher home, a very pregnant Linda Flynn was sitting down on a chair.
"Hey mom" said a young Candace "how much longer till the baby comes?"
"Oh, could be any day now" Linda replied.
"I'm just so excited. I can't wait to meet my new baby sister" young Candace said excitedly.
"Now Candace, we don't know for sure it's going to be girl" Linda told her "it could end up being a boy."
"Yeah, but I hope it's a girl" young Candace said "that way I can teach her to be just like me."
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Candace sweetie, could you get that?" Linda asked "I'm not supposed to get up too much in my condition."
"Sure mom" young Candace said, and ran over and opened the door. Behind it were an older girl and four young boys.
"Hello little girl" Candace 2 began "we're baby proofers; we're here to make sure your house is safe for when the baby comes."
"Aren't you a little young to be baby proofers?"
"Yes, yes we are."
"Candace, who is it?" Linda called from the living room.
"They say they're here to baby proof the house" young Candace replied.
"Oh, let them in" Linda told her.
Young Candace stepped aside and let them in, little knowing that one of them was her future brother that her mother was currently carrying.
"I'm so glad you're here" Linda said "I haven't a lot of time to do this, on account of…well, you can guess" she added. "Hmm, you all seem awfully young for this job."
"Well, being younger means we have a better knowledge of babies and what dangers they face" Phineas explained.
"And those are very odd outfits for baby proofers to have" Linda added.
"Yes, well…" Candace 2 began "that's what we told corporate, but they didn't listen to us. Always trying to cut costs you see."
"I guess that makes sense" Linda replied "Okay, there's a room for the baby upstairs, you can start there. And I'd also like some work done here in the living room, and downstairs, if possible."
"Of course ma'am" Candace 2 said "I'll send my two best men, er... boys, to take care of the room for you" she said, gesturing at her brothers. "And Fer…Fernando" she addressed the normal Ferb "why don't you take care of things here, since this woman hasn't met you yet, and keep and eye out for that 'thing' we talked about earlier."
Ferb saluted her and headed off.
"He doesn't talk much" Candace 2 explained to Linda "I'll check the basement, with Phineas here."
"Phineas" Linda said wistfully, "that would be a good name for a boy."
"I'm sure it would" Candace 2 said quickly, ushering Phineas towards the basement "well we've got lot's to do, busy busy busy" she said, before closing the door behind her. "Okay, that was a close one."
"I'll say" Phineas replied "I'm not sure how things would work out if my mom found out me and Ferb are from the future, and her sons."
"It wouldn't be good for the time stream, that's for sure" Candace 2 replied "anyway, now we have the advantage over Doofenshmirtz. All we have to do now is wait for him to make his move."
In the next chapter, you'll find out exactly how Doof plans to do that. Plus Candace 2 revisits her childhood. And back in the present, Isabella and crew become more worried about the fate of their friends.