"All contestants are asked to come to the judging stage as we announce the winner.", an announcement said over the microphone.
"Oh cool! It must be time!", Phineas smiled.
The boy scooped up the empinator and started to run off to the stage but stopped and looked back at Heinz who only had his arms folded with an uneasy look on his face.
"...You go on Phineas I uh.. I think I'll wait here.", he called out.
"...Dr. D, you should come on over.", Phineas suggested, as he walked back over.
"But what if we lose? What if we don't win? I'm just gonna drag us down...", Heinz sighed, looking off.
"Mr. Heinz, you gotta trust me. I just KNOW we can do it. But you can't win anything if you keep letting your past hold onto you like that.", Phineas encouraged. "You need to let it go and forget about it.."
Heinz only sighed, seeming not to move. He thought about what all the young boy had said. The work they had put into the machine and how it actually worked. Nothing had thwarted him yet and Phineas was just so...optimistic about it. He never heard anyone telling him to let go of his past. Never. He looked back at Phineas who only waited hopefully and finally smiled.
"...Welp. I guess we got a trophy to win, huh?", Doofenshmirtz said, feeling his smile widen a bit more.
Phineas' own returned and the two walked off, both excited for the turn-out. At the stage, other contestants waited eagerly including Thaddeus who bumped Phineas aside to get a bit closer to the stage.
"Hey watch it!", Thaddeus complained. "Make way for the REAL winners, why don'tcha?
Phineas only sighed and then smiled a bit deviously.
"I'm sorry, Thaddeus.", he said casually. "You're absolutely right. Here, let me take your picture, No. 1 Inventor."
He held up the empinator and Thaddeus only stood proudly next to his brother as Phineas snapped the photo. He looked down at it casually.
"Oh yeah. That's a keeper. This is just before you win. I'm gonna have to get one after wards too."
"Heh, fine with me." Thaddeus shrugged uncaring as he blew a bubble from his gum.
"And the first place winner is...", the Judge began to say, taking a moment to build anticipation in the crowd. "...Phineas Flynn and Heinz Doofenshmirtz!"
Thaddeus cackled with delight as he began turn around to face Phineas and said, "Ha! I told you I'd- Wait. Wait.. What?"
His expression fell with dismay and shock and Phineas took the picture with a chuckle of his own.
"Told ya, I'd need another shot.", Phineas smirked and then smiled up at his partner. "Dr. D, isn't this great? We-"
He stopped, seeing Heinz's eyes are shut tight and ears covered in fear.
"W-we lost didn't we?", he asked nervously.
"No! No, Dr. D. look! We won!", Phineas explained, shaking his lab coat.
Doofenshmirtz hesitantly looked up and saw Roger holding the first place trophy and looking down at him expectantly from the stage. He nodded to beside him, silently urging him to come up.
"We... We won?", Heinz repeated in absolute disbelief.
"Yeah we did it!", Phineas nodded.
"We.. Oh my gosh, we won?", Heinz chuckled a bit, still finding it hard to believe.
"Well come on!", Phineas urged, pulling him by the hand. "Let's go!"
"I-! I can't believe we won!", Doof continued, following Phineas. "I never won anything!"
"Yes you did. Right now!", Phineas only complied as they came up stage and received the trophy.
Roger stepped up a bit closer so only Heinz and Phineas could hear as the crowd gave a cheer, "Good job, Heinz. I guess I owe you an apology for teasing you earlier."
"R-really?", Heinz asked.
Roger held out a hand and after staring at it for a moment, Heinz happily grabbed it and shook.
"Thanks Roger.", Heinz smiled. "That.. That really means a lot to me."
"Figured.", Roger nodded a bit and then returned to his position with the other judges as Phineas and Doof walked down.
After the crowd dispersed, Phineas came up to Thaddeus and Thor before they started to climb into their mom's car.
"Hey Thaddeus!", Phineas called out as he came up.
Thaddeus only turned around, obviously still sore about the loss. He was somewhat surprised to see Phineas hold out his hand in a friendly gesture.
"Come on. Let's be good sports, eh?", Phineas offered.
After a moment, glaring down at Phineas' hand, Thaddeus looked back up at Phineas, as if to make a smart remark before smiling a bit and extending his own in return. Just before his hand reached Phineas' though, the other hand was snatched away.
"PSYCHE!", Phineas gave an evil smirk at the boy who only stared back with a dropped jaw as Phineas began to indulge in some dance-gloating. "L-O-S-E-R! Who's the loser? You are? That's right! Let's boogie!"
Heinz came up with an evil chuckle and the two high-fived each other.
"Ha ha! Sorry Thaddeus! I mean, not to go rub it in your face or anything but.." Phineas shrugged and picked up dancing and singing with Doof.
"We're the ones! Yes we're the stars! Not hairdo kings or fashion czars! We're fabulous!", they began to sing.
Thaddeus only fumed underneath the two's gloat-fest before he stormed into the car and slammed the door shut behind him. Phineas and Doof broke down into a fit of laughter. Even to the point of having to fall to their knees as Phineas held his side in pain and Doofenshmirtz rolled about the ground, kicking his feet in delight.
"Ow! Ha ha-ow it hurts!", Phineas cried between laughs.
"I know! Ha ha ha!", Doofenshmirtz agreed. "I mean that look was just PRICELESS!"
"Ha ha! No I mean really! Ha ha ha ha! It hur-hurts!", Phineas couldn't help but still laugh as tears fell down his face. "I-I-! I pulled a stomach muscle recently! Ha ha ha!"
Doofenshmirtz cracked up even more, pounding the ground as he laughed out, "OH NO! HA HA HA! You poor soul! HA HA HA!"
After a moment, they finally calmed down a bit into quiet giggles till it finally died away. They sighed, allowing their innards to rest a bit before they looked at each other and broke back out into laughter again.
"No! No that's it!", Heinz finally said, forcing himself to stand up. "No I gotta go use the bathroom!"
After bladders were back in control and organs and muscles were mostly relaxed, the two went back to their table and began to clean up though a small argument arose.
"Nah, I'm serious.", Phineas said, pushing the trophy closer to Dr. D. "You deserve this! This is your best day ever. I already have plenty of my own."
"Yeah but Phineas if it wasn't for YOU and YOUR plans, I would've lost!", Heinz argued pushing it back.
"No come on. Mr. Heinz.", Phineas said laying his hand on the trophy and looking up at the man. "It's yours. It's all yours. This is for YOU and only you. It's the whole reason why I really wanted to win in the first place."
"But-"
"If I take it with me, you'll be ruining my day more than making it awesome. It's for you and I want it to be yours."
Heinz smiled and took the trophy, unable to argue the point with that.
"Thank you Phineas.", he said, feeling very grateful. "This.. This whole day's really meant a lot to me."
"Well then my mission is completed.", Phineas joked.