Phineas and Ferb: A Stitch in Time

Chapter Two: A Stitch in Time

Phineas's POV

After working for hours he had finally done it. He had invented a device that would measure "All that was right in the universe" I looked over at Ferb who had an exalted look on his face. We knew we had successfully seized the day.

"Well, that was certainly a great way to spend the day, but I got to go. Emily's meeting me for an early dinner so, I'll see you tomorrow bro!" Ferb spoke as he left the building. I wasn't done yet; I was working on a way to use the energy in the air to create a field unaffected by the alteration of space time. Unfortunately, something so simple in nature was very complex in construction. However, glancing at my family photo every once in awhile helped. So, on Phineas worked to find a way to protect his family. He and Ferb already built a device similar in nature but it only protected the objects in the room, like the computers and the molecular transporter they had made for their warm up project. Phineas worked and worked until he had finally been able to miniaturize the device and adapt its use to meet the needs of his family. He had planted this device in a watch but only had three done, one for each of his children. He was working on a watch for Isabella when a message popped up on his screen followed by an alarm. "Space Time Continuum Distorted, Alternate Future, Time till Dissipation: 1:30:00"

Adrian's POV

"All right guys, thanks for coming!" I yelled at my friends as they left.

"How is your mom gonna react when she sees your knew, reckless endangerment of life patch?" a fireside boy scream at him from across the yard. I glanced down at my most newly acquired patch; the resulting mental images it brought up made me smile.

"What she doesn't know won't hurt her!" I replied. It had been a fulfilling day. So, I sat under the tree and prepared to relax, my sisters soon coming to join me.

"So Adrian, Whatcha thinkin?" Julia popped up still holding her bear. Me and Angela had been born at the same time, twin. We were both ten, but Julia was seven.

"Just how lucky I am, to have such a fun life!" I replied as happy as ever. It was true; I did things that no one else could, with the exception being my father.

"Well, that's all fine and dandy but you were hanging out with Derek today weren't you?" Angela nervously said. I had known that she had a crush on my best friend for awhile now and to be honest it still made me a bit uncomfortable.

"Well, Angela, the thing is-"I began to say but was cut off by the transporter. We rematerialized to see our worried father. He quickly grabbed us and threw some sort of watch on our hands. I glanced over at the screen: "Time till Dissipation: 00:01:45" Whatever that meant.

Phineas's POV

"You know mom's gonna freak when she sees we're gone!" I heard Adrian say. It didn't matter; Phineas had failed to solve the problem with the hour he had been given. He could now only hope his children would be able to fix the timeline. It isn't fair that they should be the ones to fix this when I know it has something to do with me and my life.

"No time for that (Computer Announcement: Time Till Dissipation 45 seconds) listen, this room is safe, it won't change like everything else!" I frantically began informing them.

"What do you mean daddy." Julia popped up with scared look in her eyes.

"I mean everything's gonna change because someone went back in time to change the timeline, in this room you will have the technology to fix this but… I won't be able to help you. I know it isn't fair but you have to do this" I felt ashamed telling my kids this. I glanced over, tears in my eyes. This could be the last time I ever see my kids. He felt himself began to fade from existence.

"I love you" he managed to say before it was too late. Then he thought of Isabella and then there was darkness.

Adrian's POV

I knew instantly what was going on and I could tell Angela knew to because she was trying to calm down Julia, who was too young to understand. She explained that it was a stitch in time that needs to be fixed in order to restore life to normal. She makes it sound like it would be easy. I wish I could believe in fairy tale endings. He couldn't think of a way to fix this.

"So, what do we do now?" Julia finally broke the silence. I glanced over to see the tear streaks in my sister's eyes, watching their father vanish in front of them had taken its toll, on everyone.

"I…I don't know Julia. But I'll think of something." I replied flashing a reassuring smile her direction. She immediately cheered up and I longed for the days when I was ignorant enough to be cheered up with a smile.

"I just wish dad was here to help us." Angela added, staring down at her feet, her red hair soaked with her own tears. Then it hit me, if we could go back to before the stitch we could theoretically, bring Phineas to the future without disrupting the space time continuum. Good thing I don't have to explain this to anyone. But where to go? I began to type on the computer, ignoring the plethora of questions my sisters had been shoving at me. Then, a date popped up: "June 21st, 2010"

"Guys, I know what we're gonna do today!" Adrian spoke as he pulled the lever and the portal to the past opened up. The three siblings held hands as they went through, not knowing what to expect.