Ferb's pov
He is hiding something. I don't know that. Why isn't he telling the truth? Hetells me everything!Or so I thought. Or so I thought. I closed my eyes. Okay. I thought. Okay. Show me Carter Henele. A picture of a teenage boy appeared in my mind. I almost smiled at the way my mind obeyed me. I looked at him. Resemblance to Phineas: bright red hair, pointy-ish nose, dark blue eyes, same bend in the neck – definitely related. So who was he? Phineas' uncle? Cousin? But the last name was different. I looked up at my nervous step-brother.
"Do you know anyone named Carter Henele?" I asked him. Phineas' face went pale. I'll take that as a yes. "You do know him." I said. He was afraid. I felt his fear. I switched to telepathy. Why are you so afraid? I asked gently. What's really going on here? Phineas swallowed hard, and I felt a memory come into my brain. I looked at it. It was Phineas' memory.
Phineas' pov
My name is Phineas Jesse Henele. I am 2 years old. I'm writing this because I don't know what's going to happen next. First my Dad found out I was a – what's it called again? Oh yeah, Shadow. Then my house went up in flames. Now I'm in the hospital but I don't know why and I don't know how to get out or if I even want to. And I can't find my twin Aria. I don't know where my big sister Candace and big bothers Bruce and Ethan either. But they were in here before. They won't tell me where Aria is. I need to know, she's like my second half. But anyway, this is not my most major problem. My most major problem is that my Dad is watching me. Not just looking at me, but monitoring every move I make. I'm scared. Mom and Dad always fight so I'm never sure if they care about me or not. But now I'm wondering if they want me to disappear like Aria did.
Ferb's pov
The memory was short, but I knew now why Phineas seemed to know so much about the men. His father was Carter Henele. And Carter Henele was the leader of the men who'd been chasing us. At least, that's what I got from the memory.
I also got that Aria was dead. I looked at my brother and saw the tears on his face. I felt my heart instantly soften towards him. I hugged him and felt his gratefulness and fear in my own heart. I was furious with Carter for making him feel this way. And for making me think twice about people looking my hair. Yeah, he was going down.
Phineas' pov
I hate my birth dad. I really, really do. I really hate him not only for what he did to me, but for what I did to Ferb because of him. I hate lying to Ferb. And now that he's a telepath, it's going to be even harder to lie to him. I wish I could just do what I have to do and get it over with. But hopefully, saving the others would keep Ferb's thoughts off mind probing me for long enough for me to do what I had to. Until that happened, I was going to have to keep my guard up.