One of the most heart-breaking chapters of the fic. It tells the past of Agent F.

If you wanna cry, look up "Saihate (CLEAR version)" and listen to it.

There was the sound of metal crunching and glass shattering. The last thing he felt was being shoved onto the rough pavement before blacking out for a few seconds.

When Ferb came to his senses, he looked around frantically for his brother. After a minute or so of desperate searching, he saw something he would have never have thought he would see, and wished he wasn't seeing now.

Ferb had found Phineas.

But it turned out that he didn't want to.

For there under a pile of debris lay his perfect, adorable, wonderful little brother, mangled and bloody like a dead bird.

Ferb didn't blink, didn't breathe, for a long time. He didn't remember running to Phineas's side, or pulling him out, but apparently he did.

Ferb had managed to remove the worst of it, but there were still shards of metal and glass sticking out of his skin, which Ferb was too afraid of hurting him to pull out.

Phineas's chest heaved from the effort it took to draw air into his lungs. His eyes blinked open and saw Ferb, then a smile fell on his lips. The sight was heartbreaking.

"Ph…Phineas…" Ferb's voice shook.

"H-Hey…"

Ferb took his hand, trying to find the right words to say to comfort him.

Phineas gave a slight laugh. "I must look pretty bad… for you to make a face like that."

"W… Why did you do that?" asked Ferb.

"We're brothers," answered Phineas. "You'd do the same thing… Right?"

Ferb squeezed his hand. "Of course."

"You… okay?" asked Phineas.

Ferb smiled, tears in his eyes threatening to fall. "Don't you ask me that."

Phineas coughed, a waterfall of blood gushing out. Ferb gasped, propping him up to a sitting position.

"Are you alright?" asked Ferb, knowing the answer.

Phineas smiled weakly. "It… hurts," he admitted.

Ferb took him into his arms, gently rocking. "I know."

Phineas took a few more shuddering breaths, looked up at Ferb, and smiled. He whispered something that Ferb couldn't quite hear, and fell back, as if asleep. The smile never left his lips.

There was a loud sound. People were screaming, running away from the source.

"What is that?" asked Phineas.

A giant robot was crashing its way through the city. It shattered a window overhead, sending glass and other shards of broken material. Ferb grabbed his brother, shielding him from it.

"That was close!" said Phineas, sighing. Ferb nodded in agreement, unhurt.

The funeral was torture. First of all, the sky was too clear.

No rain to hide any tears.

Too blue.

Just like his eyes were.

Too sunny.

Just like Phineas.

To make things worse, this was the sort of summer day that they would usually pick to do something amazing with. Ferb realized that this would have probably been his brother's wish, but regardless, it was still like rubbing salt into a wound.

Everyone knew to leave Ferb alone before, during, and directly after the service. He had been completely silent since the accident, but it certainly wasn't the usual Ferb-silence everyone was used to. Unlike before, Ferb seemed entirely apathetic to anything that was going on. If anyone tried speaking to him, it was obvious that he was ignoring them. He was miserable, and everyone knew it.

Ferb stood in the back, alone, mind still foggy from taking everything in. Phineas was gone. His brother was gone, and he was never coming back. Not only that, but it was all his fault.

Ferb heard a voice in the back of his head. It was his voice from when he was younger.

What happened?

I don't know.

How could you let him die? You were supposed to protect him.

I…

You were supposed to keep building things together. Forever.

I tried…

You failed.

Shut up…

You were supposed to be the older brother.

Shut up!

It's all your fault.

"SHUT UP!"

People were staring at him. Ferb realized that he had screamed it out loud. Frantically, he started running. Linda tried going after him, to be halted by Lawrence's hand on her shoulder.

"Let him go."

The two agents drove frantically around despite all the chaos. They were both equally determined to get the brothers home where they would be safe, and neither would stop until they either found them or knew for certain that they had failed.

It was only a few more meters or so until F yelled, "THERE!" pointing outside the vehicle.

Without allowing Perry to fully stop, he opened the door, running. Perry attempted to get him to slow down, but knew it was already no use.

Ferb kept running until he finally just fell to his knees, gasping for air. He looked up at the sky.

"I'm sorry."

He felt a hand on his shoulder, and looked to see who it was.

Above him stood a man around Candace's age with blue-green hair. He wasn't very tall, and probably could have passed for younger than Ferb himself. However, he had a certain maturity about him that could have let him pass for fifty, despite his appearance.

"…Who are you?" asked Ferb.

The man just stood there. This struck Ferb as odd; as generally silent as Ferb himself was, he would at least give his name when asked. There was a fine line between mysterious stoicism and looking like a mindless git, after all.

Then Ferb realized that the man couldn't speak. It was so obvious, it was almost like a slap to the face.

"You're mute, aren't you?" asked Ferb. The man nodded.

He pulled out a small notebook and a pen, wrote something on it, then handed it to Ferb.

My name is Perry. Perry P.

Ferb did a double-take. Perry? It was all too coincidental.

"Perry?"

Another reply.

Yes. I've… known your family for a few years.

Ferb raised an eyebrow.

"So you mean to tell me that you used to be a platypus, and now somehow you've become human?"

The man sighed.

It's a long story.

As the machine knocked out several more buildings, the only thing that was on Ferb's mind was to get his brother to safety. Nothing else mattered: not even his own life.

An overhead beam creaked, about to give in. There would be no time to run. Ferb tensed, ready to feel the pain of impact, all the while thanking God that Phineas was out of the way, praying that he wouldn't have to watch.

But he was.

Phineas knew he had a decision to make. And he had to make it then.

I know who killed your brother.

Ferb gasped. He grabbed Perry by the collar. "WHO?"

The name doesn't matter yet. What does is that I can help you stop him. For good.

He knew what he had to do.

He just hoped that Ferb would forgive him.

LE GASP!

Hmm…. Would I sacrifice myself for my brother? ….Yeah. Yeah I would. I think pretty much anybody would, unless they were, like… Sasuke, or Inuyasha, or somebody. The brothers always do that in the games and anime. Like Edward Elric gave up and arm and a leg (literally) to save Alphonse, and in Mother 3 (Earthbound… Whatever), Claus killed himself because he wouldn't hurt Lucas… I mean… It's genetic.

……….Izzy please dun kill meeee…. ;_;