"...So you're my father?", Phineas asked, wanting to break the awkward silence.
"...Yes.", Heinz hung his head in slight shame. "I'm... I'm actually breaking law here, spending time with you. But when we met and you said your mom was Linda, I knew I was breaking it there and I didn't want to care. I.. I was so proud to realize that not only did I have a son, but that you were so happy and cheerful, even without knowing me. And so skilled too. But see, Phineas, when I was with your mother, she.. She met Vanessa at a bad time and placed a restraining order on me. I couldn't be with you, even by this weird of circumstances. You, Candace, anyone of the Flynn family."
"Oh..", Phineas said before it suddenly hit him what may have been Linda's reason for a restraining order. "Oh! Ooh! Oh, I'm sorry."
"It's okay. I'm glad I got to know you.", he smiled at Phineas and ruffled his hair a bit.
Phineas chuckled and then thought about the family tree with Heinz being placed into it.
"So.. wait a minute! My dad's evil?", he said in surprise.
"Ha ha! Yeah, that's what Vanessa said too when I started. Then she started to say something about busting and I haven't been able to make heads or tails of what she's saying since.", he shrugged before suddenly realizing something. "Wait! don't tell me you're going to be that way too!"
Phineas, still being hung up on his dad being an evil scientist only repeated that part, trying to understand it in his head. "My dad is an evil scientist? M-my DAD is an... evil.. scientist.. My dad is EVIL?"
"And a scientist!" Heinz reminded him, hoping it would help though Phineas' expression was enough to show that it didn't. "...I'm just trying to help. Sorry."
"...Why on earth would you even wanna be evil?", Phineas asked in desperation, wondering slightly if it was maybe cause he never got the chance to live a happy family life but instead bitter and alone.
"Actually Linda's the one who started me on taking over the Tri-State Area.", Doof noted as he began to tread on memories.
Phineas seemed calm for a moment. He walked about the room as he tried to imagine how it could've possibly went. About his mom encouraging the very man who's other dimensional self had taken him hostage, to be evil. After a moment of silence he kicked on the bars to the cell and turned to his father in a explosion of emotion and flailing arms.
"DOES ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD MAKE SENSE ANYMORE?", he yelled, feeling more or less at a lost for his sanity and patience. "Mom's an antique dealer! Why on earth would she encourage a SCIENTIST to be EVIL?"
"Phineas, what's wrong?", 1Doof said, surprised, but trying to keep his own temper.
"Well it's just that all this time I thought my dad was some kinda nice, sane, world-loving, not evil, laying-dead-in-his-grave guy!", Phineas explained, also having to remind himself that it wasn't the case.
"Wait! You thought that I was DEAD?", Heinz said, backing up a bit with fear of the idea.
"Well that's what Mom said!", he said helplessly. "How on earth could YOU be my dad! You weren't even at my birth! I-I always though that if I WAS gonna EVER meet my dad through whatever circumstances, it wouldn't be in a jail cell in another dimension with his other dimensional self threatening to kill him if I didn't help! Oh! Well! Of course my life's so out of whack! OF COURSE I'd meet my dad like this!"
Phineas only sighed and leaned back onto the wall before sliding down and burying his face into his knees. Reality crashed around him and Heinz was speechless. His own son. The son he never had. And the kid knew how to cut deep. Almost disowning him. Everything he was worried about ever doing to any of his kids, and it had to be his son suffering through an emotionally scarring moment. After finally regaining himself, he crouched down and came a little closer though Phineas flinched to keep back.
"Phineas why are you having such a hard time with this?", 1Doof asked, feeling clueless. "I-I mean it's not like I really had much of a choice to leave before you were born."
Phineas simply turned his head away with a sigh, not wanting to listen to what the man had to say.
"Phineas, you gotta believe me. I- I would've loved nothing more than to raise you and be there for you when you were born. To actually have you, Candace, and Linda as my family.", he said, hoping his words would come through.
Phineas looked back with a doubtful glance, "I'm sorry but quite frankly, I can't even see any physical relations between us. Besides, you're evil. How can I believe you?"
Heinz only sighed, understanding how Phineas would still be hung up on that. The boy thought so much more than what the truth really was. After a moment he kinda smiled and then sat down before reaching out and poking Phineas in the nose.
"Well we both have pointy noses.", he began to list.
"Dude, I'm not a five year-old.", Phineas sighed, feeling a bit annoyed now.
"We have messy hair..", the man continued, ruffling his hair.
Phineas turned away to resist smiling.
"And I bet..". Heinz pressed on, "that you're as ticklish as I am!"
He reached over to tickle Phineas. The boy tried hard not to laugh and began to to try to push his hands away.
"No! St-stop!", Phineas said, almost laughing.
"No! Not until you laugh! Ha ha!", he persisted, teasing the fact that he's evil.
Phineas finally broke and laughed but also began to tickle the scientist. They both tickled and laughed and soon what had happened wasn't so much of an issue. After the ice had broke and the two settled down, they began to talk more casually about the discovery.
"I guess now this explains why Candace is always trying to bust what Ferb and I are building.", Phineas shrugged. "I mean if you blew up that many toasters when she was little."
"Ha ha! Yeah and it explains why your mom moved to antiques.", 1Doof laughed.
After a small moment of silence, Heinz finally found something more to say, understanding the consequence of it.
"H-hey.. Phineas?", he began, earning an happy look from his son. "You.. you don't have to work for him for my sake. I.. I wouldn't mind dieing."
Phineas' smile fell as he listened.
"What?", he said softly.
"You've been living so good of a life this whole time. You don't need to be dragged down into this because of me. And you don't need to call me 'dad' or anything either. I kinda like the 'Dr. D' nickname more.", he offered a small smile.
Phineas opened his mouth to talk, but Doofenshmirtz walked in at that moment. He sneered down at Phineas, knowing what the answer would be.
"...Well?", he asked.
Phineas looked at 1Doof who silently reassured it was okay. After a moment of thinking, Phineas looked up at Doofenshmirtz solemnly.
"...I'll help."
1Doof's face fell into shock and 2Doof's face only smiled more.
"What! Phineas no! I just said-!"
"Dr. D., I don't want you to die! Especially not on my account! If helping the other you keeps you alive, then I'll do it! I want to help then!", suddenly he noticed what he just said and how AltDoof had said before he left.
Alternate Doofenshmirtz gave a cold laugh and opened the cells. A normbot came in at that moment and placed a couple of shackles on the captives and then they were escorted to a large room with everything they needed to make normbots. As they sat down and got to work on a couple that were already started, AltDoof said he'd be back and headed out of the room.
"...You didn't have to say that.", Heinz finally said after he was sure they weren't heard.
"But I wanted to..", Phineas said quietly. "You're not only one of my best friends, you're my dad."
He gave a small smile and Heinz only sighed and looked away glumly. Now they were in trouble. Hours passed and the dreary work continued.
Got these chains on me!
They won't let me fly..
Got these chains on me!
Won't tell me why..
Got these chains on me!
Oh mister, hear my song..
*SMACK!*
"OW!", Heinz grumbled as he rubbed his head sorely.
He and Phineas were singing like black slaves to somewhat enjoy the time and his other dimension copy threw a muffin at him.
"I don't WANT to hear that song!", his other complained. "You're giving me a headache!"
"Oh, I'm giving YOU a headache?", Heinz grumbled quietly to himself.
Phineas tried hard not to snicker at the comment. Suddenly at that moment, Alternate Vanessa came in, obviously upset.
"Dad! Did you kill Monty Monogram?", she was yelling as she walked into the room, causing Phineas and Heinz to exchange fearful glances on the key word, "kill". "If you keep doing that to every boy that shows an interest in me, I'm never going to have a social life!"
"Done and done.", her father smiled with pride as he continued to write on a notepad.
Vanessa looked over at the two captives as they looked back curiously, before raising an eyebrow and turning to her father to say, "Who are they?"
"Oh that's just your father and half-brother from another dimension.", he shrugged.
"Whatever.", she said indifferently before walking back out. "I'm going to hang out with my friends. And I still think your plan is lame!"
She slammed the door as she walked out and Heinz and Phineas flinched hearing the slam. Heinz then turned to his counterpart with a sarcastic smile.
"Charming girl.", he said.
"Yeah. She gets it from her mom.", 2Doof smiled to himself.
"...So I guess Vanessa in our dimension is my half-sister then?", Phineas asked Heinz who gave a nod and a smile.
"Yeah.. She's a cutie.", he said before his smile suddenly faded as he remembered attacking her earlier. "Oh my gosh, VANESSA!"