Later that day, Phineas was heading up to the tweebs room with a mini-rocket, when he heard sobs coming from the living room. He poked his head into the room and found his sister, sitting on the couch and crying her eyes out.
"Hey Candace, what's wrong?"
Candace stopped crying and looked at him with teary eyes. "What's wrong? Oh nothing much, just that Kim hates me!" she said, before resuming her sobbing.
"I'm sure she doesn't hate you" Phineas assured her.
"Yes she does!" Candace bawled "she told me to quit stealing her life, which I was so not doing. I was just being like her, isn't that what a good friend does?"
"Actually, it sounds more like what a crazy stalker does" Phineas said.
"Oh, what do you know!"
"A lot, actually" Phineas replied "look, I'm sure things will work out between the two of you. Hey, Ferb and I are working on building rocket powered bikes, you wanna help?"
"I don't want to be part of any of your stupid little projects" Candace said.
"Okay, but if you change your mind, you know where to find me" Phineas said "I hope you feel better sis, I really do" he added, before leaving the room.
Candace just sat there and sobbed, until a familiar voice broke the silence.
"Hey."
Candace looked over at the source and saw Kim standing nearby.
"What do you want? Come to yell at me some more?"
"Look, I want to apologize" Kim said, taking a seat on the couch "I was tweaked and I exploded on you, and that wasn't right. But you have to admit, you were starting to copy me."
"Yeah, you're right" Candace said "it's just, I thought we were friends, and…"
"I never said we weren't friends" Kim replied "I mean, I wouldn't say we're best friends, but I still like you, and like hanging out with you."
"You do?" Candace asked, her voice brightening.
"Of course. But I want to be friends with the real Candace, not someone who copies me and acts all obsessive."
"Okay, I'll knock that off" Candace replied.
"Good."
"Now, we're friends, right?" Candace said.
"Sure, we're friends."
"So, we can do stuff together?"
"Sure, did you have something in mind?"
"Actually…" Candace began "could I go on a mission with you? Please, oh please."
"A mission, huh" Kim replied nervously "um, well, you understand that missions are very dangerous, and…I mean, I barely survive most of them, and well…"
"So that's a no?" Candace asked, dejected.
"Look Candace, you're my friend, but I can't take you on a mission, it's way too dangerous" Kim explained "if you had some way to protect yourself, I might think about it, but otherwise…"
"I understand" Candace replied, sadly.
"Tell you what. You know how earlier you wanted to go through my closet? I'll let you do it this time" Kim said "there's some stuff in there I hardly wear anymore, and you're welcome to it."
"You'd do that, for me?" Candace asked happily.
"Well, friends should let friends have old clothes" Kim replied "just try not to make a mess in there, okay?"
"Not to worry, I will be the perfect guest" Candace replied, before she rushed up the stairs.
"I hope I just didn't make a huge blunder" Kim said to herself.
Candace almost skipped on the way to Kim's room, happy as she was. She threw open the girl's closet and began to rummage through the clothes.
Okay, if Kim's anything like me, and I'm pretty sure she is, Candace thought she'll keep the older stuff in the back.
Candace pushed aside several dresses these would look so good on me she thought. Easy there, focus Candace, you don't want to get Kim mad at you again. Just find the old clothes, and…hello, what's this?
Candace found herself staring at a door in the back of the closet.
Hmm, I wonder what she keeps in there? She thought maybe some kind of really super secret new fashion. Like a new item that isn't even in stores yet! Oh, I want to see that, but I probably shouldn't…
Just then, a little devil of Candace appeared on her shoulder. "Come on, Kim said she was your friend, right?" it said "so friends share stuff with each other, including rare fashions."
Then a little angel of Candace appeared on the other shoulder "I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you took a tiny peek in there" it said.
"Um, aren't you supposed to tell me not to look in there?" Candace asked.
"Hello, this is Kim Possible we're talking about! How many times are you going to get a chance to check her closet?" the angel Candace replied.
"Good point" Candace replied "okay, I'll do it!" Both the angel and the devil disappeared as Candace made her way to the door, only to find a deterrent to her quest.
"A palm scanner? No way am I going to be able to get through that" then, her eyes narrowed deviously "but I know someone who can."
Back in Jim & Tim's room, Candace's stepbrothers were putting the finishing touches on the rocket bikes. They resembled small motorcycles, with rockets attached to the sides.
"Okay, if our calculations check out, these bikes should go fast enough to break the sound barrier" Jim said.
"Which will make traveling, including trips to Mr. Fudgie's, way easier" Tim added.
"And we won't have to hear Kim complain about driving us any more" Jim finished.
"Hicka-bicka-boo?"
"Hoo-sha" Tim added, high fiving his brother.
"Are you guys speaking Esperanto?" Phineas asked, looking up from under the bike he was modifying.
"Actually, I believe they may be speaking their own language" Ferb explained "I hear some identical twins do that as a means of better understanding one another."
"Oh neat" Phineas said "you and I should make our own language sometime. I'll try to remember that for when we get home. So, which of us gets to try these things first."
"Actually, they need to be tested, you know, to make sure they won't fall apart" Jim said.
"Or explode" Tim added.
"Fortunately, we've got a guy for that" Jim said.
Before he could reveal who said 'guy' was, the door to the room opened and in stepped Candace.
"Oh hey Candace, glad to see you're feeling better" Phineas said "did you decide to take me up on my offer."
"Oh Phineas, you're such a kidder" Candace said in a sweet voice "but I know you and Ferb are the geniuses in the family. And such wonderful brothers you are" she added, going over to Phineas and hugging him "I love you two, even if I don't say it very often."
"You never say it, you're always threatening to tell on us to mom" Phineas explained.
"I'm just joking" Candace said "I would never do that to you, my little invention monkeys" she added, pinching Phineas's cheek sweetly. "Speaking of which, could I borrow your genius for a few minutes?"
"Why?"
"Well, Kim has this door in her closet, and there's this pesky palm scanner on it, and I was thinking…"
"Sorry Candace, but Kim is our host" Phineas said "we're guests in her house and it wouldn't be right to tamper with her stuff."
"Fine, you little monsters!" Candace shouted, her voice returning to normal "don't help me, see if I care!"
"We'll help you" Jim said.
"Yeah, we violate Kim's privacy all the time" Tim added "it comes with the territory of being little brothers."
"We never violate Candace's privacy" Phineas replied.
"Pfft, amateurs" Tim scoffed.
A few minutes later, Candace returned to Kim's room with the tweebs in tow.
"We invented this to get around Kim's palm scanner" Jim explained, producing a plastic hand on a stick "it's an exact replica of Kim's hand."
"How did you make something like that?" Candace asked, amazed and slightly worried.
"Sorry, trade secret" Tim replied.
Jim carefully placed the hand on the scanner, which scanned it. Sensing it to be a match (despite it being made of plastic) it opened the door, revealing the contents within.
"This doesn't look like a Club Banana fashion to me" Candace said "what a rip!"
"A rip? This is Kim's super suit" Jim explained.
"Yeah, it's self-repairing, can repel energy blasts, and can even increase the wearer's strength" Tim added.
"We've tried to analyze it, and make our own, but no such luck" Jim said.
"Only Wade seems to know how to make it, and he's not talking" Tim said "maybe it's for the best, since the thing keeps breaking down."
"Wait, you guys said 'super suit?'" Candace asked "as in 'could make a normal person super powerful?'"
"Sure" both twins replied.
"Maybe it's not useless after all" Candace said rubbing her hands "thanks, you two aren't as bad as Kim makes you out to be."
"Our pleasure" Tim said "of course, it would be a shame if Kim found out about this."
"Oh yes, a crying shame" Jim added "she might stop being friends with you."
"Of course, we'd be willing not to say anything. For ten bucks" Tim finished.
"I was wrong, you're worse than what Kim says!" Candace said, as she fished in her skirt for her wallet. After producing it, she took out two tens and handed them to the boys "now scat!"
After the tweebs fled, Candace looked at the white outfit before her. "You may not look like much, but you're going to help me go on an adventure with my new friend" she said.
After donning the super suit, Candace headed downstairs to show Kim.
"Kim, guess what, I can go with you now, I…" she yelled, but stopped when she heard some conversation.
"Are you sure Wade?"
"Oh yeah" Wade replied through the Kimmunicator "I was updating my Facebook page and I got this unsolicited viral video. I didn't open it, of course, but then I learned some of my online friends got the same video, so I did some digging. Well, the footage speaks for itself."
Wade disappeared and was replaced by a video of a lanky looking teen with a glazed look in his eyes.
"I will obey Drakken & Doofenshmirtz" he said in a monotone.
"Somehow this video is hypnotizing people" Wade explained "and with the number of social networking sites out there…"
"Drakken & Doofenshmirtz could have a small army on their hands in no time" Kim finished "any idea where they are?"
"The usual place" Wade said "you'd think Drakken would quit using that lair since we know right where it is."
"Yeah, but this is Drakken we're talking about" Kim replied, smiling "contact Ron and tell him to get ready; it's time to disconnect Drakken's little Internet scheme."
From where she had overheard everything, Candace was beaming with excitement.
"Oh man, what luck, Kim has a mission, and now I can come along!" she said "I'd better…" before she stepped out, she had a thought "wait a minute. Why don't I surprise her? Yeah, she'll love that. She goes in, then a few seconds later, I'll come out, and she'll be 'Candace, what are you doing here?', and I'll be 'I'm here to help you Kim, 'cause I can fight now.' Then she'll say 'glad to have you friend, let's get the bad guys!'"
"Honey, who are you talking to?" Mrs. Dr. Possible asked as she passed Candace "and is that Kimmie's super suit you're wearing?"
"Um, bye!" Candace shouted as she zoomed off.
A few minutes later, Kim was buckling herself in when Wade appeared on the built in Kimmunicator.
"Bad news Kim, I contacted Ron, but he says he's not coming right away. Apparently, he has something else important to do."
"More important than saving the world?" Kim asked, rather tweaked "oh never mind, I don't have time to wait for him. And anyway, if I was doing something important, I know he wouldn't want to disturb me. I guess I can handle Drakken & Doofenshmirtz by myself."
Little did Kim know that she wouldn't be by herself, as she had a stowaway in her trunk.
"Oh man, Kim is going to be so surprised when she shows up at the bad guys' lair and I pop out to help her" Candace said "man, it's a little stuffy in here. I hope this thing has air holes."
But before Candace could learn if it did, Kim gunned the Sloth's engines and zoomed towards her destination.
A while later, outside the Possible house, Jim & Tim were proudly displaying their new rocket bikes.
"If these things work like we planned, we can travel anywhere in Middleton in seconds" Jim said.
"Okay, so you know how it works" Tim said to someone "just squeeze the hand brake if you want to stop. But be careful, because how fast you're going depends on how sudden the stop is."
"These bikes are safe, right?" Ron asked, looking one over "I mean, it's not going to fall apart is it?"
"It shouldn't" Jim said.
"Don't worry, Ferb and I helped build them, and we don't do shoddy work" Phineas added.
"Works for me" Ron said, as he strapped on a helmet "so, where do you want me to go on this thing?"
"Wherever you want" Tim said "we just need to measure the speed and see if these things can break the sound barrier."
"I'm pretty sure they can" Phineas replied.
"All right then, I'll be back in a sec" Ron said, as he got on the bike "or a couple of secs, I guess. Um, what's up with this harness?" he enquired about the straps attached to the rear of the bike.
"Oh yeah, we added that as a safety precaution" Tim explained.
"At the velocity these babies go, just holding on to the handlebars isn't going to cut it" Jim added.
"Well, that makes me feel a little safer, I guess" Ron said, as he strapped himself in "ready to roll buddy?"
"Uh-huh" Rufus added, popping out from his pocket, a tiny helmet on his head.
"Then let's ride this thing!" Ron said happily. He pressed the 'ignition' button on the bike, and with a flare of rockets, it zoomed off down the street.
Phineas pointed a homemade radar gun at the departing bike. "According to this, it's going 250 miles per hour. That's pretty fast, but I don't think the human body can withstand that kind of speed."
"If this wasn't safe, we wouldn't have built it" Tim explained.
"Besides, we reinforced the bikes' exterior" Jim added "it's designed to withstand high speeds."
Before either side could discuss anything further, Ron and the bike zoomed in from the other side of the road. When he was mere inches away from the kids, Ron hit the handbrake, and the bike stopped on a dime, with the rider being tossed forward, but protected due to his harness.
"Well, how did it go?" Jim asked.
"This bike is fast, I'll give you that" Ron said "I got to Bueno Nacho and went through the drive-thru in about 30 seconds."
"The bike appears to still be in tact" Phineas said, examining it "and the stop worked better than we hoped."
"Yeah, I have to hand it to you guys, I thought traveling at those speeds would cause some kind of major problems, but everything's still here" Ron said "these badical rocket bikes are the wave of the future!"
"You up for another ride, we still want to see what the maximum speed is" Jim asked.
"Just give me a few minutes" Ron said "I'm actually still a little dizzy from that ride. I guess going that fast takes a lot…" quickly he grabbed his stomach "ooh, feels like my food wants out" he said and ran over to some nearby bushes.
"Note; riding bikes will cause vomiting" Tim wrote on a notepad.
"But no death" Jim said "that's progress."
In the next chapter, Kim discovers the stowaway Candace at the worst possible time. Meanwhile, Ron, Phineas & Ferb rush to the rescue.