WILL I FINALLY BUST MY BROTHERS?

"Mom!" CANDACE, one early morning, shrieked as she ran frantically towards her dumbstruck mom. "MOOOMM! Mom, mom, mom, mom!"

"Candace?" Linda almost tripped as she was being dragged by her panicking daughter. "W-What's with the screaming...?"

"Mom, you're definitely gonna see this!"

As they finally reached their backyard, Candace lifted her right arm and held it up the air as she introduces nothing.

"Candace," her mom still tried to calm herself down. "All I see is our backyard tree, grass and fence. I don't think there's something here that's worth emptying your lungs out."

Candace looked behind her and indeed saw nothing. She rubbed her eyes a bunch of times until she finally accepted the fact that it really disappeared.

"But, but... It's right there earlier! It was this giant robot-dog and he was eating a giant dinosaur bone and..."

"Candace, Candace..." Linda grabbed her daughter's shoulders and allowed Candace to calm herself for at least this time. When she finally reduced her panic a bit, Linda tried to talk Candace out of it.

"You know what? I think you should probably consult a doctor. This habit of busting the boys is getting worse... What if it's a sickness already? Try to snap out of it."

Candace's eyes are wide open and undoubtedly blank.

"Look, honey. If those boys are indeed making these kind of gigantic inventions and robots, where do they get the money to afford those?"

Candace raised an eyebrow. "What? I thought you knew! It's actually because..."

"Hey, Candace! Hi, mom," Phineas and Ferb greeted as they stepped inside the backyard bringing Isabella's dog, Pinky, with them.

As Linda waved back, Candace strongly pointed a finger over the two surprised boys. "Phineas, Ferb! You go tell mom about where you get the money for your inventions!"

Phineas widely smiled. "Oh, okay. All we did was..."

"Oh, no!" Linda suddenly squealed as she stared at her watch in shock. "I didn't know I'm this late! Sorry kids, I have an errand to go to. This is very important - and quiet - so I'm hoping not to receive any phone call from you, Candace. I'll see you guys later."

Phineas and Ferb nodded and waved good bye, leaving Candace in a dazed state, sounding like a broken casette player with her famous "B-B-B-B-But".

. . .

After Phineas and Ferb watch their mother leave, they headed inside the backyard again, catching sight of a depressed Candace under the tree.

This is weird; sometimes Candace would refer to their backyard tree as an incredible nuisance and always getting in the way... But now she's actually taking the boys' usual positions under the tree. Later, Phineas threw a disappointed look when Candace gave out a deep sigh.

"Candace, it's so unusual hearing you sigh like that," Phineas worriedly stated, sitting beside his sister with Ferb doing the same. "Is everything all right?"

Candace rubbed her head nonchalantly in response, giving another sigh. "You don't suppose I'm all right, do you? Because of my obsession of busting you guys, mom thinks I'm already mentally insane that she even thought I should consult a doctor now! I just want to bust you... Is there something wrong with that?"

Candace then sobbed as loud as she could, making the boys wear their 'In-Case-Candace-Screams' earplugs. After allowing her to finish her dramatic scream, Phineas finally gave his reply.

"Well... Sorry, Candace."

Candace opened her teary eyes in wonder. "What's with that?"

"Well... If I understand correctly, we're the one at fault why you're like this today, am I right?"

Silence passed for a moment, leaving Candace in a sudden trance. Is it really their fault? Not even once did she blame them for being too panicky and insane. She always failed to bust them, but she never hated her brothers for that. But now that I think of it, maybe you could really put it that way...

Before Candace was about to talk, Phineas has finally answered the question she's supposed to ask.

"We'll make it up to you, Candace," she heard his brother remark this, printing a huge grin on his face. "Since you're desperately trying to... um... 'bust' us since the first day of summer, we'll be helping you do that today."

Candace's eyes widened. "Wait, what? You're helping me bust you?"

"Well, yeah... If that's what you call it."

Wait, did I hear right? Candace stood up on her feet and stared at her confused brothers. Do they actually know what would happen if they were indeed busted? But they seem very serious with it... Well, it's their own outcome anyway, not hers.

"Good, then." Candace just replied, a bit hesitant about this, but she's willing to try. "You guys go make the largest and most expensive thing that you could ever do! Now!"

Phineas twitched an eyebrow. "Why most expensive?"

"So you'll never be able to make inventions again."

"But Candace, the money we use won't wear off 'til the end of summer."

Candace crossed her arms. "Why? I didn't know that! Ugh, whatever. You're going to busted this time anyway. Just go ahead and start building, will you?"

Phineas and Ferb exchanged looks, but proceeded to plan their 'Largest and Most Expensive Thing' the very moment.

. . .

An hour later, several trucks came entering the backyard and lowering their stuffs on the ground, while Phineas discusses them with the contractor and signed them all up .

The contractor threw a deep stare over the kids and scoffed. "Aren't you guys..."

Phineas smirked. "...a little too young to be buying stuff like these and building things? Yes, yes we are."

The contractor glared at Phineas, then glanced at Ferb who's incredulously arranging the materials alone. "No. What I'm asking is... Aren't you guys a little too wealthy to be buying... Ahem, GOLD?"

Another truck is revealed to be dropping bars of gold on the grass and the entire backyard shone so bright that it almost blinded their eyes. Ferb then proceeds to cover the gold with a huge black sheet.

"No, no we're not," Phineas replied honestly, handing the contractor the signed papers. "Actually, we..."

"PHINEAS! Ferb!" Candace came calling from inside her room upstairs, seeing the trucks spread over randomly and stuffs almost covering their whole backyard. She slapped her forehead in furiousness, and hurriedly rushed down the stairs.

"What on earth is this?" Candace asked in a very harsh tone, waving an arm to the contractor to leave. "What are you planning to do now?"

Phineas rubbed his head. "I thought you want us to build the most largest and expensive thing to help you bust us..."

Candace's eyes widened, almost forgetting the incident. She stared at the stuff worth screaming her lungs out, and felt shivers down her spine when she caught sight of a pyramid-shaped thing covered with black sheet.

"What's that?" She pointed to the black sheet, causing Ferb to unveil what's behind it... And that's when she felt that she's almost beside the sun.

"Aaaagh!" Candace screamed on the top of her lungs, eyes in deep wide as she stared at that blinding object. Was that just... GOLD?

"Are those REAL? Why is something like that here?"

Phineas stared at his sister in confusion. "You told us to build the most largest and expensive thing we could build... And that's the most expensive thing we could afford."

Candace raised her eyebrow. "Are you SERIOUS? Is that even possible?"

Silence occured as Phineas and Ferb exchanged looks. Phineas then shrugged. "Isn't it?"

"Ugh! You are SOO definitely gonna be busted this time!" Candace shrieked as she grabbed her cell phone and started dialling.

"Candace!" Phineas halted her, grabbing her arm. "Mom said that you shouldn't call her! We will be busted later on, won't we?"

Candace stared at her brother, realizing the overall motive of this day is to bust her brothers for good. Well, perhaps she could leave them in their will and just wait 'til her mom gets back. In short, she's taken advantage of the whole day.

"You better be, okay?" Candace just scoffed as she headed back to her room. At some point, she was feeing really hesitant and anxious about this, but at the same time she feels that her long-time dream will finally come. But what is this feeling of nausea?

Phineas and Ferb watch their sister leave as Phineas suddenly realized something.

"Hey Ferb, have you seen Perry?"

A chatter sound was suddenly heard as the aquatic mammal came crawling beside them. Phineas blurted a "There you are, Perry!" and lifted him. It kinda feels weird though, since it's very unusual to see Perry at home today... Which is because today's actually his day-off.

. . .

"Hello, Stace?" Candace uttered from her room as she sticks her cell phone close to her ear. "I'm freaking out here."

Stacy's voice was then heard from the other line. "Hey, what's with the noise?"

Candace decides to higher her voice up since the drilling and hammer noises kept intercepting their conversation, which was actually Phineas and Ferb's building in the backyard.

"It's Phineas and Ferb," Candace almost yelled, still unable to hear her own voice. "They're building something again!"

"Woah, isn't that different. Usually you'll hang up on me and go scold your brothers."

"Yeah, I mean no... This is different." Candace sighed. "I... I think I'm the one that asked them to build this time."

"You THINK? What was that supposed to mean?"

"Well, I told them about my obsession to bust them and all, and they proceeded to help me bust them! Now they're building something bustworthy!"

A gasp was heard from Stacy's line. "Whew, they actually have NO idea about what would the possible outcome be?"

Candace shook her head. "I-I don't know. I don't even know if they're actually playing with me or something. Stacy, what am I going to do?"

Suddenly, silence occured. No response from Stacy was heard, but she doesn't seem to hang up yet. All Candace hear is the noise from outside, which is actually getting very irritating.

"Stacy? Still there?" Candace called out.

"Y-Yeah..." Stacy then uttered from the other line. "Tell me, Candace. Is the 'thing' your brothers making is HUGE?"

"Well, that's what I think it is."

"Is it kind of like a STATUE?"

Candace raised an eyebrow. "I-I don't know. I guess...?"

"Is it 10 meters* high with something resembling you as the Statue of Liberty and there's a trophy at the top saying 'Victory! Candace finally busted US!' kind of thing?"

"Okay, I give up. What's going on there?"

"Is it made of GOLD?"

GOLD? Candace hurriedly opened her window and saw a ten-meter* statue of... Herself similar to the Statue of Liberty holding a trophy at the very top saying 'Victory! Candace finally busted US!' kind of thing... Just exactly what Stacy described.

Candace suddenly rushed down the stairs, shock still overcoming her, as she headed out the backyard and saw Phineas looking at the sky.

"PHINEAS!" Candace yelled as she approached him and grabbed him on his shirt. "What on earth is this?"

Phineas grinned and lifted his arm, proudly introducing his work of art. "We made a statue of you, Candace! We decided to resemble it with the Statue of Liberty and it turned out great! It'll be perfect in the very time you bust us. There's even an elevator inside so everyone could go to the very top and see the whole Danville! We call it 'The Statue of Candace'. Cool, huh?"

Suddenly, a 'ting' sound was heard and an elevator door opened at the very base of the statue and there came out Ferb. He gave a thumbs up to his brother, meaning that the statue's finished. As they looked back at their sister, they saw her eyes wide open and jaws almost reaching the ground in shock.

This. Is. INCREDIBLE. To be the actual model of that statue, to be carved in gold, to be a re-model of the Statue of Liberty... This is just like a dream come true for Candace. Now what? This is the number one candidate for busting the boys. What if her mom finds out about this? This is equally worthy like from Mt. Rushmore... But probably better!

When she's finally gotten back to her senses, she noticed almost everyone from the neighborhood were gathering in their backyard just to see this shocking new landmark. Because of this statue, she'll be an absolute STAR!

"Phineas!" Isabella then entered their backyard with her fellow Fireside girls behind her as her eyes were glued at the sight of the statue. "You guys made this?"

Phineas smiled innocently. "Yeah, did you like it?"

"Are you kidding? It's brilliant!" Isabella's eyes shone in reflect of the gold statue and continued to stare at it.

"Come on, let me show you the rest of it," Phineas offered his hand to Isabella, and the two - along with Perry and a handful of people - entered the base elevator of the statue. "Candace, wanna come?"

Candace's still in her dazed state, making Phineas shrug and entered the elevator without her.

. . .

"As you can see," Phineas started 'tourist guiding' as Ferb served as the elevator's operator. "The statue has mini-windows so you can see some parts of the Tri-State Area from here. When we reach the Statue of Candace's head, you'll feel like you're on the top of the world and you'll be able to see the entire Danville!"

Everyone cheered in excitement as they waited for the elevator to take them at the very top. Once there, the Statue of Candace's head opened and they can indeed feel like they're on the top of the world. They can see the entire city of Danville, which leads them jumping up and down in severe excitement, causing this terrible incident that Phineas and Ferb were very doubtful of.

Because of the continuous impact of the people jumping for joy, a crack on the statue's long neck caused the head to become unsteady and slowly off-balanced everyone over it. Candace noticed the ruckus from below and realized that her brothers - and a few people - were in possible danger.

"Phineas! Ferb!" Candace tried to call out, but was obviously isn't heard. She began to panic, running at different directions thinking of what to do.

Meanwhile, at the statue's head, Perry realizes that it's time for him to act what to do and puts on his fedora. He quickly wounds his grapnel hook to the trophy (which is higher than the head) and tried to stop the crack with everything he has. He threw a durable rope and it wrapped around the statue's big head, trying to maintain its steadiness for the boys to be able to reach the ground safely.

When realizing that it's not that unstable anymore, Ferb adheres his ability of engineering and successfully lowered the elevator and passed the crack in the neck. The elevator's successfully descending when Phineas noticed that Perry's not with him anymore.

"Ferb!" Phineas called out to his brother, who's busy controlling the elevator. "Have you seen Perry? H-He's not here with me!"

Ferb just shrugged as he sweats in maneuvering the contraption. "You're supposed to look out for him while I do... This."

Phineas suddenly felt extreme anxiety and nervousness that Perry might still be stuck at the head. He suddenly shoves Ferb and took over the controls of the elevator, causing it to open.

Ferb's eyes widened. "What are you doing?"

Phineas steps out of the door and headed up to the emergency stairs. "You handle this, Ferb... I'm going to look for Perry. He might be stuck up there!"

"No, Phineas!" Isabella tries to come after him, but Ferb stops her. He tries to stop Phineas as well, but his brother quickly ran upstairs, making him just to shake his head in compromise. Phineas knows what he's doing... Ferb does trust him in any way.

The elevator finally reached the ground, and everyone successfully leaves the crashing statue. Candace heads to hug Ferb tightly, incredibly worried about...him.

"Oh, Ferb! Thank goodness you're all right!" Candace exclaimed, and then looks around. "But... Where's Phineas...?"

She saw her brother shake his head and points up in the crashing head. Candace began to sweat and widened her eyes in complete SHOCK.

"He's... UP... THERE?"

. . .

Meanwhile, Phineas continued to climb up the collapsing statue. He luckily avoids any debris that'll fall unto him, slightly depressed since this project's really expensive and he considers it the greatest thing they've ever built this summer.

"Perry!" Phineas called out as he successfully reached the head. Everything's quaking, and only moments later, it'll collapse. "PERRY, where are you?"

On the other hand, when the aquatic mammal thought that everyone's already on the ground, he lets go of the rope and proceeds to slide down the statue. It is then when he heard Phineas call him from the very top, making his eyes widen in shock as well.

Honk, honk.

"Oh no, that's mom!" Candace, from below, stated nervously when she heard her mom's car arriving the house. This is it... She can finally do it. She'll be able to bust her brothers now and claim the victory... But of course, in exchange of Phineas dying on the statue.

Thinking she can't save Phineas by herself, Candace thinks she'll head first to her mom and she'll be the one to come up with a plan to save him. But no... Her mom won't be able to think of anything the very moment. It'll get worse, too... If Phineas is indeed saved, her mom will go even in the very depths of grounding him and will give all the punishments Phineas'll have for his entire life. SHE CAN'T BUST HER BROTHERS.

Candace then suddenly grabbed Ferb by his shirt. "Ferb, you go distract mom from coming inside the backyard. I'll save Phineas. Do everything you can to prevent mom from seeing this."

She then threw Ferb out the backyard door, in which the latter saw Linda preparing to get down the car. Ferb quietly approaches her.

"Oh, this is new!" Linda greets her son happily. "Usually Candace will drag me out of the car as a greeting, but now it's actually the quiet Ferb welcoming me."

Ferb suddenly grabbed a MP3 player from his pockets and inserted it at Linda's ears, adjusting the sound volume.

"Ferb, honey? What's this?"

Ferb forced himself to smile. "A new hit single. Thinking of making you hear it."

He then gave her a sign of 'halt', preventing Linda from getting out of the car.

"Uh, Ferb?"

. . .

"PHINEAS!"

Candace suddenly remembered of her dad's modified car as the 'Flying Car of the Future... Today' and decided to use it to reach the collapsing head.

The ground then shook as soon as the 'Flying Car of the Future... Today' ascended off the ground. The incredibly heavy weight of the statue causes the ground to even collapse, making the statue slowly descending underground.

"Phineas!" Candace called out again as she saw Phineas gripping tightly at the stairs to prevent from falling and losing balance.

"C-Candace...!" Phineas yelled from inside the collapsing statue. Candace slowly drew closer to him and finally stretches her arm for Phineas to reach.

Candace then finally reached his hand and pulled him inside the car while watching the gold statue to collapse to the underground, creating a huge hole. Perry witnessed this from above the tree, deeply sighing of relief when he saw his owners were safe.

Once they finally landed, Candace depressingly watched over the big hole as she hugs Phineas tightly in tears.

"You dumb, crazy, reckless kid!" Candace continuously stated as she 'strangles' Phineas with her tight embrace. "Aren't you still young to be committing suicide? Have you even thought that your family's still here worried for you? Why on earth did you ever let yourself be stuck in my head?"

Phineas then smiled tearfully, hugging Candace back. "I'm sorry, sis. Thank you for saving me... But how about the statue? It's gone now, we're not able to help you..."

"What, and leave you dying on that incident? Do you really think I'm that crazy?"

Phineas grinned a bit and realized his real intention of climbing back the head. "But, where's Perry - "

Perry's chatter was then heard from under them, rubbing his head on Candace's legs as a sign of his affection.

"Oh, Perry! You're safe!" Phineas then proceeds to hug him tightly as well, overjoyed.

After a few moments, Candace remembered that her mom's outside and is being guarded by Ferb. She began to panic since there's a huge hole in their backyard... And not to mention, scared people gathered around them.

"But Phineas," Candace shook Phineas shoulders and pointed at the hole. "How do we explain that to mom?"

Phineas grinned and proceeds to grab a remote control from nowhere and pushes the button, revealing another land surface exactly covering the hole, leaving Candace in another level of shock.

"Don't worry, we expected that to happen." Phineas smiled. "Gold is probably very heavy especially if it's built as a large statue, and our land cannot hold it too long... So Ferb and I decided to make an emergency backup if it did happen. And... It actually did."

Suddenly, Linda just entered the backyard with Ferb following behind.

"What's going on here? Ferb won't leave me alone and he won't let me get out of the car! He made me listen for my Lindana song for five repeats! What's with that?"

Candace and Phineas exchanged glances and then looked at Ferb, who in turn just shrugged. Linda then caught sight of trembling neighbors gathered around the backyard, who just hurriedly ran outside and left the Flynn-Fletchers alone.

"Hey mom!" Phineas greeted, clutching Perry in his arms. "Guess what happened to us today! We - "

Candace then cupped Phineas's mouth with her palm, cutting his sentence. She then laughed nervously and sighed.

"...We have a very fun day, mom. The funnest day that we'll never forget."

*Darn another mistake. I should stop writing at Midnight. X(( EDITED thanks to SyahirSQRT2.

"Having annoying, crazy, irritating, and reckless brothers aren't really bad at all... But who says I'll stop? They're still worth busting."

- Candace Flynn

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I deeply apologize for the outcome of the story if it ever displeases you... That's just means that Candace will never bust her brothers (well, apparently so far). I'm sure many of you knows that of course, she won't be able to bust them in this story anyway. I know right... I just made a story.

Please review guys! I appreciate criticisms and compliments! :D

P.S: Never mind the quote, everyone. XD

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