I don't own Phineas or Ferb. I managed to barely get over 3,000 words. Just barely.

Ch. 3: Creators vs. Creation

Phineas and Ferb sat in their cage as their pet platypus is being chased by his nemesis in a suit of armor and were scolding themselves for creating the armor in the first place.

"Well Ferb, I think we can both agree that the AIPS isn't our greatest creation, if not the worst." Phineas said.

"I think we've had worse. Remember that giant tower that trapped us?" Ferb reminded his step brother.

"Yeah, but technically it hasn't tried to kill our friends, just trap them. In fact, we should really try to do something about it since it still has the entire galaxy trapped."

"Of course, but frankly I still believe the tower was much more dangerous."

"I'm not saying it wasn't, it's just that this is still very dangerous. The tower couldn't be taken over by an evil scientist and used to hunt down Perry."

"In hindsight, perhaps the lasers were a bad idea."

"No I think they were a good idea at the time. We could have used it if we were trapped under rubble and needed to blast our way out and since the suit was designed to protect anyone the user wanted protected, that function could help save our friends from any harm."

"I suppose that's one reason."

"Yeah, you see what I mean. The tower just trapped our friends; the suit is trying to kill one of them. Wait a second, 'trap our friends'." At the sound of that, Phineas was struck with inspiration. He looked at the Trap-inator and could see the keyboard on it. "That's it! If we can reach that keyboard, we might be able to use Dr. D's machine to bring someone here to help us."

Phineas surveyed the distance and could see that he clearly couldn't reach the controls. The gears in Phineas' mind began to turn as he thought of a way to reach the keyboard. "Hey Ferb, let me see your backpack." Phineas requested.

Ferb obliged and gave it to Phineas. Phineas dug through Ferb's backpack and found an abundance of school supplies. Phineas had expected this since Ferb was always prepared for any situation and began grabbing the supplies. Ferb watched in silence as his Phineas began to assemble rulers, protractors, pencils, staples, tape, markers, and a compass into an unsteady, lengthy pole. Phineas gripped the make-shift handle and positioned the pole over the keyboard.

"I hope this works." Phineas muttered.

Gently and carefully, Phineas lowered the pole so that the pointed part of the compass aimed at the letter key he wanted to press. The pressure Phineas was under felt like he was disarming bomb because if he made mistake, then everything would be ruined. Once the first button was pressed he continued to repeat the process with each letter. After Phineas pressed the keys he needed, he positioned the pointer over the button that would activate the Trap-inator.

"Here goes nothing." Phineas said. He pressed down on the button and the Trap-inator began to whir. It shot out a laser beam just as the make-shift pole broke into pieces from the weight that it bore. As the pieces rolled on the floor, someone appeared on the platform. Phineas smiled happily and cheered, "Yes! It worked!"

"Phineas?" the person asked when they heard him.

"Over here!" Phineas called out. "Can you get us out of here?"

The individual approached the front of the and replied, "Sure, just one thing."

"What's that?"

"Whatcha doin'?" Isabella asked.

"It's kind of a long story. We'll explain once we get out of this cage and get Buford and Baljeet."

Isabella began to use her skills from her Fireside Girl training to pick to the lock and free her friends. She had no idea what was going on, but she was more focused on freeing/gazing at Phineas. Isabella didn't even notice that Candace was peering in on them.

"I don't what you did with your creation or why you're in cages, but I bet you'll lead to answer of those questions." Candace said.

For once, Perry was having trouble defeating his nemesis. None of his attacks were affecting Dr. Doofenshmirtz's armor and he could barely dodge his nemesis' attacks. He had gotten far enough from the school so none of the students or faculty would be injured in the brawl. For the first time Perry wasn't sure if he could bet Dr. Doofenshmirtz. He was exhausted and felt like he would pass out soon. At the moment, Perry was hiding on a rooftop trying to plan a new attack and get his strength back. He hoped that Heinz wouldn't find him for a while.

"Perry the Platypus get back here!" yelled Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

Perry mentally groaned as he ran from the mad scientist. Normally Perry would have faced him head on but Perry needed to find cover to catch his breath. Dr. Doofenshmirtz fired at Perry again but missed by an inch because Perry rolled out of the way. Perry almost rolled off the edge of the building but stopped himself in time. He exhaled in relief but unintentionally let his guard down. Dr. Doofenshmirtz socked Perry in the jaw hard and sent the secret agent flying into a nearby construction site.

Perry landed on his back roughly and managed to get some minor bruises and scratches. He tried to get up but he couldn't get the strength to get back up. Dr. Doofenshmirtz landed right in front of Perry and stood confidently over his fallen foe.

"Well Perry the Platypus. Are you going to give up or do you want to continue this one-sided fight?" Dr. Doofenshmirtz asked.

Even though every fiber in Perry's body told him to keep fighting, he knew that he didn't have the energy to get up or a plan to defeat Dr. Doofenshmirtz. As much as Perry hated to admit it, he couldn't defeat Dr. Doofenshmirtz today. He reached into his hat and pulled out the one thing he never thought he would use: a white flag on a tiny stick.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz was actually surprised to see this happen. He had never beaten his nemesis before so the experience was new to him. He wasn't sure whether to feel sorry or jump up and down and cheer. Eventually, he chose the latter.

"Yippee!", cheered Dr. Doofenshmirtz, "I finally defeated Perry the Platypus. Now, I can finally take over the Tri-State Are-huh?"

Dr. Doofenshmirtz quickly saw that his arm was being lowered and aiming at Perry the Platypus. He quickly slapped his arm and resumed his ranting. "That was odd. Anyway, I can finally-"

Once again, his arm extended forward and aimed at Perry to fire another laser. Dr. Doofenshmirtz was getting annoyed by this and used other hand to move it away. However, this time it moved back to aiming at Perry. "What are you doing you stupid armor, we won. You can stop trying to hurt Perry the Platypus."

"Negative." The A.I. responded. "The threat has not been eliminated."

"What are you talking about? He just surrendered."

"I am programmed to protect my user from all threats. Therefore, I must eliminate all threats permanently."

"PERMANENTLY? Hold on, just because he's my nemesis doesn't mean that I want you to kill him. Stop trying to kill him!"

"I must eliminate all threats. Initiating total control over system."

"Total control?"

Heinz soon found out what the A.I. meant when the armor began to buzz with energy and he lost control of his body. This time he aimed both arms at Perry and couldn't move them. Dr. Doofenshmirtz struggled to regain control and stop the A.I. from destroying his nemesis but he couldn't move a muscle. He did want to beat Perry the Platypus, but not like this. He would have just made him a slave or his second in command after some brainwashing. Both Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Perry closed their eyes to avoid watching the gruesome events that were about to happen.

WHAM!

Perry's imminent death was stopped when a massive wrecking ball smacked Dr. Doofenshmirtz into a brick wall. Although it looked painful seeing Dr. Doofenshmirtz squished between the wrecking ball and a brick wall, Perry was glad that he was alive.

"Need some help?" Phineas asked jokingly. Perry grinned when he saw his owner operating the controls of the machinery. Unfortunately, their moment was interrupted when the A.I. freed itself and was tugging the metallic orb. Phineas quickly left the seat of the wrecking ball just as the roof and ball were torn off. Phineas ran to Perry and helped the injured platypus up. The A.I. controlling Dr. Doofenshmirtz hovered over Phineas and Perry and analyzed them. It seemed focused on Phineas more than Perry. "Sorry about that Dr. D, but I can't let you destroy Perry."

"New threat has been detected. Prepare to be eliminated." The A.I. reported.

"Help me Perry the Platypus! I can't control the suit." Dr. Doofenshmirtz cried as the A.I. made him fire at Phineas and Perry. Perry shoved Phineas out of the way and rolled away before the laser hit them. Phineas was still shocked since he hadn't expected to be fired at but he then realized what was going on.

"All targets will be eliminated." The A.I. stated.

"Not if we have anything to say about that!" a certain bully yelled. Before the A.I. could react, a glob of wet, quick dry cement hit the headpiece of the armor. The A.I. tried to clear the cement from its vision but it was already hardening. It was able to see that the cement came from Buford and Baljeet. Baljeet had placed a shovel in a pile of wet cement with the handle outside and calculated the trajectory before allowing Buford to jump on the other end and launch the clump of cement.

The A.I would have fired but it found the armor it controlled being wrapped up. Apparently, Isabella was behind the rogue machine and had lassoed it with chains she found. Buford continued to launch more globs of wet cement at armor till it covered the entire torso and the rocket pack. The armor and the user plummeted to the ground as it struggled to break free. The A.I. had expected this to be the end of the onslaught but there was one more person he did not know about.

"Alright Ferb! Now!" shouted Phineas.

The green-haired inventor heard his brother's call and got to work. He began to remove the bolts from the iron beams making up the building. Without the bolts, the beams fell to the ground and on top of Dr. Doofenshmirtz. If it wasn't for the robotic suit he wore, Dr. Doofenshmirtz would have been crushed to death. That didn't mean that Dr. Doofenshmirtz was still terrified by nearly dying or worried about what was coming up next.

Candace was watching this in shock and awe from behind a bulldozer as the five kids and platypus reunited. She assumed based on what she saw that they were making an action movie, they made a robotic friend, or it was an alien. Candace could care less what it was and more excited to see that whatever it was had been trapped and couldn't escape. She could finally bust her brothers without having their invention disappear.

"This is perfect. Can this get any better?" Candace asked herself. She got an answer when the scissors her brothers made cut another hole in reality and returned to its original dimension and landed in front of Candace. She picked it up and smiled eagerly. "Thank you mysterious force."

Once they reunited, the six looked at Dr. Doofenshmirtz. Aside from the headpiece, it was covered in cement. Buford cracked his knuckles and asked, "So when do we start beating up this loser?"

"Hold on Buford, it's not his fault. Ferb and I designed the A.I. to take over in case something happened to the operator like if they fell asleep or were unconscious." Phineas explained.

"Who cares? We beat Doofenhowser or whatever and that's all that matters."

Baljeet asked, "Does anyone find it strange how easy it was to defeat someone wearing indestructible arm-"

Before he could finish, the A.I. managed to break the chains and smash through the concrete surrounding it. The A.I. glared at the group of targets intensely. It grabbed Phineas and Ferb in a blink of an eye and held them in a death grip.

"Phineas!" shrieked Isabella.

The A.I. had the step brothers in its tough grip that neither could escape. "You two are the highest threat to my user. You must be eliminated."

"Sorry boys. I wish I could stop but I can't, sadly." Apologized Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

"We understand Dr. D. It's not your fault." Phineas said.

"Aw man, this is what I was talking about earlier. You guys are so nice. Now I'm going to feel even worse about destroying you. What I wouldn't give to have a self-destruct button on here."

"Enough. All threats will be eliminated." The A.I. stated.

SHINK!

The three kids gasped in shock as they saw what had to be one of the most painful things they had ever witnessed. None of them, not even Perry saw that coming. Phineas and Ferb even stared in surprise at the sight of their scissors piercing the arm of the suit of armor where the A.I. is placed. Electricity began to spark from the wound as the suit stopped responding. Phineas and Ferb were released as the armor began to quake.

"Error. Error." The A.I. stated.

"Uh-oh." Dr. Doofenshmirtz said. "That sounds like something before an explo-"

BOOOOM!

Perry and Isabella managed to pull Phineas and Ferb away from the suit while Buford and Baljeet ran ahead before the suit detonated. All that remained from the blast was a dirtied and hurt Dr. Doofenshmirtz. He was charred and covered in soot, but otherwise he was okay.

"Ow." He said.

"What just happened?" Baljeet asked.

"I think I broke my tibia." Dr. Doofenshmirtz groaned. "No wait, I think it's fine."

"I believe Candace saved our lives again." Ferb answered.

"How can you tell?" Phineas asked.

"The scissors were thrown from her not so secret hiding spot."

"Darn it!" Candace cursed. Since they knew where she was, Candace decided to reveal herself. "How did you know?"

"It's like you said. As long as our creation hasn't disappeared by the "mysterious force", you can still bust us. Naturally I assumed you were following us."

"Well I hope you're happy. I gave up my one chance at busting you guys, and I may never ever get that chance-"

Candace was silenced when her younger brothers wrapped their arms around her in a loving hug. Her irritation and anger melted away as she hugged them back. The boys knew how much busting them meant to her and appreciated what she did. It wasn't easy for Candace, but she knew it was worth it to save her brothers. If anything, she would have done it again if necessary.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz moaned in pain as he got up and brushed some of the soot off. Perry walked up to him and handed him a napkin to clean himself up.

"Thank you Perry the Platypus. Sorry about trying to destroy your owners and trying to annihilate you. If it makes a difference, I honestly would have let you and your family live if I took over the Tri-State Area." Dr. Doofenshmirtz apologized.

"Hey, what about us?" Buford said.

"Actually, guys it's our fault too." Phineas admitted. "In retrospect, we probably should have worked on the A.I. some more. It's a good thing neither Ferb nor I were wearing it. It's a good thing Candace found those our scissors or else we would have been done for."

"You're welcome." Candace said.

"I guess you're right. No one is to blame here." Dr. Doofenshmirtz said. "Let's just go back to school and never speak of this again."

Dr. Doofenshmirtz had hoped that everyone would agree and not blame him for starting all of this in the first place. Judging by the glares he received from everyone but Phineas and Ferb, he was wrong.

"Okay, how about I promise not to do anything evil for the next two days." He offered.

"Make it three and you got a deal." Phineas said.

The two shook hands and the group proceeded to return to the school.

"You know that we're going to have to explain to Mom why we ditched school." Candace reminded.

"We'll say it was for a science experiment." Dr. Doofenshmirtz said.

"Does anyone find it implausible that an indestructible robotic suit was stopped by a pair of scissors that can cut through anything?" Ferb asked.

"What do you mean?" Phineas asked.

"It just seems that the only way that could occur would be if either the scissors could cut through anything could cut through anything and that the indestructible suit was actually destructible or the suit really was indestructible and the scissors can't cut through everything and that it tried so hard that it broke the suit."

"…..Let's think too hard about it. It's not worth it." Phineas said.

The End

I hope you liked this chapter. Sorry if it feels rushed, I only had three days to do this, and I didn't do any writing one of those days. Stay tuned for the final end credits scene for this season.