Chapter 8
Isabella awoke the next morning to the smell of pancakes. "I think your spoiling me, dad." She joked jumping up to get to the plate that was just being set for her.
"Well today's the day the supplies truck comes so we can catch a ride back on that and you can finally go home." Isabella still didn't know how the 'going home' was going to work, neither did her father, but they were trying not to worry about it. They still had a rather long flight to think things over on.
"Come-on guys we over slept." Phineas yelled waking up Candace and Ferb. He had had a timer set on his phone to wake them up bright and early but with the phone having died that was no longer helpful. They quickly threw all their stuff into their bags and rushed out trying to navigate the streets to get to the truck. When they got there they saw the dust trail of a truck that was leaving "We missed it." The guy who was standing next to them responded.
"Don't worry we're sending out another one in a couple hours. That one was packed with food and supplies you didn't want to be crammed on that one anyways." Phineas's face clearly showed he would have been more than happy to get on that truck.
Around noon the supply truck showed up and Isabella and her dad jumped aboard. There were a couple of stops before they headed back but it seemed worth the wait.
Finally Phineas, Ferb, and Candace were able to get moving on the second supply truck. The driver agreed to quickly pass through the area Phineas described to him and they headed off with the rest of the food for the people out here. About halfway there Phineas saw a weird dust cloud emerge in the distance off the hot ground. He walked up to the driver.
"What's that out there?" The man squinted
"That's the first supply truck. Looks like he's all finished with his route." Phineas sat back down looking around at the desert. As the first truck got closer he watched it change shape waveringly in the heat. Finally it passed him and Phineas just caught out of the corner of his eye
"Isabella!" He jumped off the back of the truck rolling into the sand. The first truck driver saw this in his mirror and stopped causing everyone on board to look back
"Phineas?" Isabella jumped off the back of the stopped jeep and began running up to Phineas waiting for the mirage to disappear. Eventually they made contact in a huge hug with Phineas spinning Isabella around
"You okay Isabella?" Phineas asked after putting Isabella down.
"I'm fine. How did you even get here?" Phineas was about to answer/ask her the same thing when
"Isabella you can't just run away like that in the middle of the desert." Phineas heard the man call Isabella by name and after a moment's pause let go of Isabella and tackled him to the ground. For anyone who even knew Phineas a little this would have seemed odd but Ferb would have expected nothing less from his step brother after all of these years.
"Who are you and why did you take Isabella here?" The man looked shocked at Phineas having tackled him. He also looked a little embarrassed that a kid was able to get him to the ground so quickly.
"You must be Phineas. Isabella's told me a lot about you. And I think you should know she likes.."
"Dad!"
"Dad?" Phineas asked tentatively getting off the man.
"Yes I'm Mr. Shapiro." He held out a hand for Phineas but Phineas looked at Isabella first. She gave him a quick nod and he took the hand and shook it.
"Good to meet you but that still leaves the second question unanswered."
"Well we still have a bit of a trip back so I'll explain on the way." Candace and Ferb finally walked up after Candace had to bribe the driver to turn around for them.
"Phineas you found Isabella! Who's this guy." Candace asked clearly glad this adventure was almost over
"This is Isabella's father." Phineas said clearly shocked Candace and Ferb both looked at Isabella with faces that asked 'really?' but all they got in response was a shrug and a nod.