OHMYGODISWEARIDIDNTKILLHIM! I SWEAR IT!
F: (has gun to my head)
Me: I DIDN'T. Dx
F: …
Me: (sigh) I swear to God, I did not kill Phineas Flynn. Are you happy?
F: I'm never happy. =.=
Current song: "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton
F: AHA! D:
Me: Wait, wait! That's just on my playlist!
F: Oh, I'm SO sure!
Me: (sighs, switching it to random Khmer music my dad has)
F: …… (glare)
Me: (shrugs) Teresa Teng.
They had barely gotten him to a hospital in time. A second later would have meant his death. The doctors claimed he would be fine, but no one was yet allowed to see him.
Ferb sat directly outside the door, a total wreck. However no one, perhaps not even his own father, could have possibly noticed. To them, he was the same as always, to some, even more of a prop than a human being. To them, he was taking this extremely well.
The truth was, he was about to fall apart from the inside.
Before Ferb knew it, Candace had run up in a panic, throwing her arms around him. "Are you okay?" she asked.
Ferb nodded.
"Have you seen him yet?"
Ferb shook his head.
With a better look at Candace, one could easily tell that she wasn't exactly 'okay' either. Her long, auburn hair was in total disarray, a look of extreme panic on her pretty, stress-ridden face. Ferb could have sworn that she'd aged ten years since that morning when they left the house.
Candace sighed in frustration, running a hand through her hair, before turning on Ferb. "You two! You finally did it! After all these years, you two just kept on, and now look! I just knew somebody'd get hurt one day. Knew it!"
Ferb stood up, starting to leave. Of course Candace would blame them. She had always been the type to go around pointing fingers. Why couldn't she just accept that some things were accidents?
Of course… Ferb had let Phineas get hurt. He agreed that he deserved to take the blame, but he still wasn't going to sit there and listen to her chew him out.
"Wait." Candace sighed. "I… I'm not blaming you. It's just… easier to rant about it, y'know?"
Ferb gave a slight nod.
"I'm going to go call Mom and Dad," said Candace, getting up.
Almost as soon as she'd left, F came and sat in her place. "Well. Now that she's gone…"
"You came to save Phineas," Ferb stated. "And that's why you're here."
"Mostly," answered F.
"And to stop the world from being taken over."
"We really are the same person. How long did it take you to guess that?"
"I had it all along, really." Ferb sighed. "And I suppose you had to explain it to Phineas, Isabella, Baljeet, and Buford."
"I did," replied F. "How did you know about the others having a part in this?"
"I didn't. You just told me." Ferb paused. "Really, that would explain where he went yesterday."
"Right."
There was a long silence. Then the younger Ferb just, out of nowhere, started laughing.
F blinked in surprise. "What?"
"I'm beside myself…" He then broke into another laughing fit.
"I get it. But why is that so funny?"
"I don't know," answered Ferb, calming down some. "Hysterics?"
"Perhaps."
A young nurse came out. "Are you Phineas's brothers?" she asked.
F nodded. Ferb sort of shrugged. Well… It was technically the truth.
"You can see him now."
She led the two on.
"That wasn't too painfully long," said F. He smirked. "Maybe that random laughing fit was a good distraction."
Ferb shrugged. "It's like our cousin says: Insanity can solve problems."
0-0-0
The older Isabella was now sitting on the edge of her younger self's bed with said younger self in her arms, moping.
"So… You're telling me… that Phineas is dead, and the world… is pretty much gone?"
Older Isabella nodded.
"And I… and Ferb…"
Older Isabella sighed. "ONE time. That was ONE TIME."
Isabella sulked. "It's official… I wanna die…"
"Little me…" sighed Older Isabella.
"I'm gonna hang myselfff…"
"Little me."
"Or maybe slam myself into a knife over and over again like Rika from Higurashiiii…"
"Little me!" older Isabella yelled, grabbing her past self by the shoulders. "Calm down! We all came back to the past to fix this, remember? None of it will ever happen."
Isabella sighed. "Well… Okay. And at least I grow up to be really pretty."
Older Isabella laughed. "Thank you!" She hugged her past self. "And you'll see… Nothing bad's gonna happen."
0-0-0
It was almost too much to see him like that. Phineas was asleep, much more still than normal. Both Ferbs knew for a fact that Phineas moved around a lot in his sleep, often making faces and even speaking. There was also the one time that they were in a car at night, on the way to their grandparents' house, and he had all of a sudden started laughing at full volume, scaring the hell out of everyone in the car, including Ferb, and almost ran their father off the road.
To see him like that… It was unnatural.
F stood back a bit, and Ferb quietly ran to their brother after the initial shock had worn off. He gently placed a hand on Phineas's bandaged little arm.
Even the light contact was enough for Phineas to blink his eyes open. He was dizzy and tired, his chest and stomach aching beyond belief. It took him awhile for his eyes to come into focus, and once they did, he was able to see his older brother's worried face above him. Phineas smiled, weakly trying to reach up. Ferb took his hand, affectively stopping him.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
Ferb noticed that Phineas's eyelids were fluttering, in an attempt to stay open. One could easily tell how weak and exhausted he was, and how hard he must have been trying to fight off sleep, even just after being awake a few seconds. Like a little child who didn't want to go to sleep yet.
Ferb sighed, moving his other hand to the boy's forehead. "Rest. Healing takes energy."
"…Okay."
At that moment, Candace entered the doorway. She gasped upon seeing who was obviously the older version of her brother. Now would be an excellent time to bust them… But after seeing the truly sweet scene before her, and the pitiful shape of Phineas, she decided to let it slide this once.
Awwwww. That was nice of her. And see? I didn't kill him!
SIDESTORY (Mildly Crackish)
OCs: Sebastian and Stan
Sebastian Schultz is the son of Lawrence Fletcher's best friend, a scientist living and working in Brazil. He loves his father's work, almost as much as going out and exploring new things, particularly the rainforest. He is an enthusiastic, hyperactive, and slightly slow-witted person who typically does things before thinking or even asking permission, and honestly believes that "insanity solves a lot of problems."
Stanley Schultz (or just Stan) is Sebastian's older brother. He is very lazy, and typically very quiet (but less quiet than Ferb). He enjoys video games, manga, and anime, and dresses in the goth style of clothing. Usually, he ends up getting yanked around by a scarf, tie, or any other kind of neckwear, by his brother.
…Like today.
The two had recently moved back to the US with their mother, and now lived just down the street from their 'cousins', Phineas and Ferb. The closeness was enough to excuse visiting one of them in the hospital… right?
Well… it would have, if only Sebastian had had the good sense to pay attention to where they were going, instead of getting sidetracked.
He had been leading Stan around by, this time, his wrist.
"Wow… This is just like on House M.D.!" he shouted.
Stan sighed. "Quiet down a little."
"Oh, sorry. Or… Or maybe, like one of those scary movies where the nurses are all crazy and they try to kill the patients! Like… "Monochrome Ward" or that thing in Silent Hill!"
Stan sighed. "Seb-"
"Is there a mental ward? I wanna see crazy people!"
Stan covered his brother's mouth with a hand. "Sebby. Two things. First off, those nurses in Silent Hill had nothing to do with what you just said. Second… We're freaking lost."
Sebastian looked around. "We're lost?"
"No. Lost would be just missed a turn. We're FREAKING lost."
Sebastian laughed nervously. "No problem… We'll find our way!"
Stan sighed. "Why do I doubt that?"
(STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THEIR EPIC SAGA NEXT CHAPTER)
