The flames intensified, and I froze. Phineas grabbed my hand, and I looked down at him. There was no way I'd be able to do this. I looked back at the normbots. I couldn't let them grab the boys because of my fear. I picked up Ferb, and I looked over at Candace.

"Jump through, Candace!" I shouted, and Candace jumped through, scared, but in no way as scared as I probably would have been.

Perry also jumped through. Being a secret agent, he was probably trained to work with fire and such. I still find it funny he couldn't get his feet out of that skull. I snapped out of it, and I then tossed Ferb over the flames and into Candace's arms. She put him down, and he clung to her. Phineas' eyes glistened as I picked him up. I bet he thought we were jumping together. Without warning, I tossed him over the flames, and Candace caught him. My siblings stared at me, waiting for me to jump over...only I wasn't going to. I looked over at Other Dimension Candace, and I nodded.

"Cut me loose," I said.

"What?!" Phineas and Candace both exclaimed, and Ferb's eyes widened.

"No!" Phineas cried out, but it was too late. Other Dimension Candace cut the cart loose, and I watching as Phineas reached for me and he and my siblings got further from me.

Phineas' eyes sparkled as his arm was outstretched to me, but they were soon gone from my sight since Other Dimension Candace shut the security door. Suddenly, I felt metal claws grab me, and I was taken away. I hung my head. I was scared to be taken away, not to mention the heartbreak Phineas and the others might be feeling.

But at least my family is safe.

Phineas' POV

I couldn't believe it. Marissa was just gone like that. The memory was fresh in my mind. Did my eyes deceive me? She threw me just over the flames, and candace caught me. I turned, and I waiting for her to jump through, but she didn't. She looked over at Other Dimension Candace, and she nodded. My eyes widened as she ordered her to cut Marissa loose. Candace and I cried out, but it was too late. The bow staff was already making impact, and we kept going as Marissa stopped. I reached out for her but she got further and further away from me. The last thing I saw was Marissa's apologetic face, and she was grabbed by the normbots. Suddenly a door was shut, and I didn't see Marissa beyond that. Candace and Ferb were equally shocked at Marissa's sacrifice. I assumed Perry was too. All our jaws were dropped, not just Marissa's sacrifice, but that Other Dimension Candace just let her go. I turned toward Other Dimension Candace, anger written all over my face.

"WHAT THE HECK?!" I screamed, "You just left her! You didn't even give it a second thought!"

"I was following orders and doing my job. I have to protect my family, Phineas- -"

"Protecting your family?! What about your family from another dimension?! That could have easily been your Marissa! Would you have cut her loose?! HUH?!" I shouted, "That's MY family, and you just gave her up! She sacrificed herself for us! The least you could have done was try to save her too!"

"We were running out of time, kid. The normbots were closing in on us and we wouldn't have made it to the security door if we didn't cut those cars loose. The normbots would have gotten all of us- -"

"So what?! You don't just sell someone out to the normbots!"

"It was her choice."

"I don't give a damn! We have to go back and help her now!"

"Look, kid, this isn't my fight. This isn't any of our fight. My only duty is to protect my brothers and sister, and if that's happening, then my job is done."

"What if it was your Marissa? HUH?!"

Other Dimension Candace was speechless after that, and she turned her back to me. I looked back at the security door, knowing Marissa was in trouble...and there was nothing I could do to help her now.