Phineas' pov
"Hey Phineas, how do you know this guy again?" Buford asked. We all stared at him. Then I realized he had called me Phineas, not Dinner Bell. Which meant he either had a plan, or was so freaked he forgot about bullying me for the moment. (not that I cared or would ever tell him that I didn't.)
"Um, he's my insane abusive birth father." I said. (Did you know that people don't like it when you call them insane?)
"Shut. Up." Carter said. I smirked.
"I got done listening to you when I realized how that would probably bring me even closer to death." I said.
"How could you get even closer than you already are?" Carter asked.
"What are you talking about? He's an Ember, which means he could probably kill all of you with his little finger." My mom said. I gulped. She didn't know. None of them knew.
"Do you mean you don't know? None of you know?" Carter asked in mock surprise.
"Thank you Captain Obvious." I muttered. Carter turned to me and smiled evilly. I knew what he wanted. He wanted me to do what he said. He thought he could control me by telling me just how long my life was supposed to be. But I wouldn't let him. I would get away from him by saving someone else's life, and ending my own.
"Phineas is going to die today." Carter said in a calm voice. "Or he could live for a long time. If he does one simple thing." He stared into my eyes. "Do you know what that thing is?" I covered my ears.
"!" I screamed. What's going on? What does he mean? What's the thing? Ferb asked. I tried to keep Carter's voice out of my head.
"He has to suck the life force of someone with strong mental powers. Like a telepath. Like Ferb." Carter said slowly and distinctly. I shoved at him telekinetically with all my anger and pain. He flew backwards so far I never saw where he landed. With any luck he was gone for good. The guards attacked. My friends ran to help me. The fight was on.
I telekinetically pushed people away, as well as physically fighting them. But as many as I threw off, ten more came back on. It was chaos. We couldn't win. We. Couldn't. Win. I had to save my friends. Even though I would die, I had to save my friends. I concentrated, then pushed out a thought wave at every one of the men. It wasn't enough. Not nearly enough. But it was all I could do. I had used up all my power. I was exhausted. I felt the turmoil in my brain as I couldn't hold the confusion back anymore. All my powers were fighting to get out. All the ones that I couldn't control.
I knew what was about to happen. Carter had explained it to me in great detail when I was younger. I never forgot it. First, all the powers I didn't know about would surface, then they would try to find somewhere or some part of me that could control them. And when they couldn't find it because I was different and didn't have the full mental control of a telepath or something they would destroy my body and mind. Yeah, really a pathetic way to die. I felt the first clutches of pain from inside, the same time that I felt the hurt of someone pressing down on me from the outside. Then they were gone. I opened my eyes with effort and saw Isabella and Ferb protecting me. Protecting me until the end. "I love you." I whispered. "Both of you." Then I curled into a ball to try to ease the pain of my self-induced death.
Wow intense. Thanks for all the reviews and sorry if you hate long stories but thanks for sticking with me. Should be winding down a bit now so buckle up because I always have a big dramatic fight scene. This is just the beginning. Don't forget to review!