The next morning, when Phineas woke up, he was quickly reminded of how sore he was. 1Doof was awake as well and greeted him as best as he could. Phineas offered a smile but then heard footsteps in the hall and quickly fell onto his bed-space, playing dead. Alternate Doofenshmirtz soon walked in and was, of course, surprised to see a prisoner dead.

"What happened to him?", he ordered the other to say.

Heinz only shrugged and shook his head, not really understanding what Phineas' was doing himself. The eviler opened the door and walked in, up to Phineas' body, and crouched down. He picked up one of the boys' arms and dropped it, watching it fall limply back to the ground. After a moment's more of watching, waiting to see if he was breathing, AltDoof stood back up and walked out and down the hall.

"Great, now I gotta bury him...", he grumbled as he walked away.

Phineas waited for a moment and after finally working up the courage, opened his eye. He sat up, seeing AltDoof wasn't in sight and gave a long-held sigh of relief.

"Good...", he sighed to himself.

"AHA!", Doofenshmirtz exclaimed, stepping right back from behind the wall and causing Phineas to yelp in fear and shock. "Nice try kid but I'm not THAT stupid!"

Phineas only sighed as the two were chained up again and hauled away.

"Nice try..", Heinz whispered to him.

As the duo worked under surveillance, Phineas on the cloneinator, Heinz on robots, AltDoof decided to take a walk about his lair as he scribbled away at something in his notebook. As soon as he left the room, Phineas sighed and leaned against the machine.

"Tell me there's a way for us to escape..", Phineas asked desperately.

"I've thought about it and I think I found a way. I'm building another dimensioninator here so we could escape to about... I'm guessing Mrs. Thompson's living room, guessing by our room now.", Doof explained. "It should take a while to finish though but at least I have a good memory."

"The sooner the better...", Phineas sighed and continued his work.

"...Phineas, what did he do to you yesterday? You're acting so...different.", Heinz asked, unable to help but look back at the bruises and scabs.

Phineas instinctively rubbed his face sorely as he remembered yesterday. The idea of being alone like he was fell back over his mind and he tried hard to push it out quickly.

He shook his head quickly and replied, "I... Got a little cocky yesterday and tried to stall as best as I could... You're...not very easy-going in this dimension.."

Heinz not only felt his concern growing but also his anger towards the other him. For him to push Phineas around like this after everything Heinz KNEW Doofenshmirtz had been through. His own son! Of course though, who ruled the Tri-State Area and who killed a guy who had a MOMENT with Vanessa?
As the hours passed and AltDoof had reappeared into the room, the two couldn't help but notice the eviler staring at one in particular. Phineas to be specific. Phineas tried to ignore the stare but when he wasn't staring, he'd draw something in his notebook or making a hushed remark to his robot.

"...He's very skinny isn't he?", he asked the bot who said he was. "Yeah.."

He continued to look as Phineas tried to pull on a large wrench to tighten a bolt. The lack of food and small sleep had been taking its toll as anyone could see in the boy's face as it grew red with strain.

"...Kinda weak too.. Surprising with Linda's cooking."

Heinz's head flew up hearing Linda's name and Phineas lost his grip and fell over, surprised to hear about his mom.

Doofenshmirtz noticed this and got up from his chair, turning to his normbot.

"I'm gonna go work on it a bit more. Keep an eye on them and if they try to escape, let me know.", he ordered before walking out of the room.

The prisoners looked at one another with wild and surprised expressions. Phineas got back up and brushed off some dust.

"Why on earth was he talking about Mom's cooking?", Phineas asked aloud.

"I hear it's delicious and filling!", 2Norm said cheerfully.

"Heh, I hear that!", Heinz smiled to himself as he got back to work. "Doesn't look like she's changed in dimensions."

Phineas gave a nod and a shrug as he thought of his mom's home-cooked and very unique meals. His stomach then growled loudly and he held it in pain as he remembered how hard he was trying NOT to think of his normal meals back home.

"You okay Phineas?", Heinz asked as Phineas climbed back to where he was.

"Yeah.. Um... Hey Dad? If you're as hungry as I am, how come your stomach isn't growling?"

"I dunno.. I mean I can hear it. It's not as loud as yours but I dunno. Maybe I'm just used to hunger pains..."

"Whatcha mean?"

"Well aside from accidentally skipping breakfast on a daily basis, when I was a kid and quite a good bit of my teenage life, my parents didn't cook for me as they did for themselves and Roger. And table scraps went to the dog so I had to look for my OWN meals. I managed some. The same thing from my basic training in my foster ocelot family but I still sometimes, forget breakfast. So yeah, I'm used to a hunger pain or two.", he looked up with a small smile before he held his own stomach in slight pain. "Oouch.. Although it's a little harder this time..."

Phineas sighed and got back to work. Heinz resumed his work as well and then paused and looked more carefully at something.

"Uh.. Phineas? Would you come look at this with me?", he beckoned, hoping that Phineas would oblige him.

Phineas looked over and saw Heinz mouthing, "I'm done." and quicky understood. He came down and came closer to take a look. The normbot couldn't help but notice and hovered a bit closer.

"It's small and unstable but it should give us some time..", he whispered to his son.

Phineas gave a nod and Heinz continued the masquerade.

"I can't tell, is this a cockroach or...an inkblot?", he asked, pointing to some wires that engaged the laser canon.

"Hmm.. Well there's only one way to tell..", Phineas said, noticing the robot getting closer.
He quickly pushed the wires together and the robot Heinz was working on lifted its arm and quickly destroyed the guard. Heinz turned on the inator inside and the portal soon opened up but by that time Alternate Doofenshmirtz was already walking back in, hearing the explosion.

"What the-! HEY!", he began to run over and the portal finally opened up though there was little time.

Without much time to give it thought, Phineas quickly pushed Heinz through but because it was unstable, Doofenshmirtz was quick on his feet, and Phineas didn't have a lot of time, the moment Heinz went through, the portal collapsed, Phineas destroyed the robot with a self-destruction button and began to run for his life.

"GUARDS!", 2Doof yelled.

As Phineas ran through the room, looking for an exit and trying to avoid the activated robots, the boy soon came up to a corner and looked back as the normbots surrounded him while AltDoof watched from the sidelines with a dark, sinister, scowl.

Heinz crashed onto the floor and quickly leapt to his feet but it was too late. The portal was gone and he was left back in the first dimension without Phineas, AGAIN!

"CURSE YOU-! No I can't- But-! AAUGH! Strong-headed boy! Phineas you ignorant child!", he groaned and yelled bitterly to himself.

Vanessa, finding it was safe to be home at this point, came into the room and was surprised to hear and see her father in the room.

"DAD?"

"Vanessa!", Heinz turned around with a half-smile.

"Dad, I thought you were in jail!", Vanessa began to back up, still misled.

"No! No!", Heinz came up faster and quickly hugged her before saying, "Look I'll explain on the way but we gotta find Perry the Platypus."

"Wait. Wha-?"

"I'll let you drive.", Heinz offered, holding up the car keys.

Vanessa looked at the keys then at her dad and quickly snatched them up and ran out with him. Heinz explained along the road everything that had happened and Phineas' grave situation with what they had done.

"Wait wait.. So lemme get this right. You were kidnapped into the other dimension Ferb told me about.."

"Yes."

"Forced to kidnap Phineas so you would be framed later by Perry and then held as a threat and threatened that Phineas would be hurt if you didn't work for the other you.."

"Yes."

"Put in jail, snatched back out of jail, and managed to make an unstable escape route that collapsed when Phineas pushed you through it."

"Yes. It's all true. And let me get this straight. Perry the Platypus knows my innocence by Norm and you and Phineas' friends and family are all working on a way to get to the other dimension and save Phineas and originally me as well."

"Yes. Yes we were. But it's been hard. Candace is taking it hardest with Phineas and could barely come out of her room. Isabella still falls in and out of depression and I'm not mechanically inclined like Ferb and Perry and they have to take turns consulting Candace since they're more intimate than I am.", Vanessa explained.

Heinz gave a nod of understanding and as they pulled up to the house, he tried to get out of his seat quickly but was reminded he hasn't unbuckled his seat belt yet.

"AH! Stupid-!", he muttered to himself as he undid it and ran out.

He came into the house and began to search around for his nemesis, calling out while doing so before he suddenly felt a very sharp and hard pain on the back of his head. He held it tightly and looked over to see Candace standing behind him with a terrified expression and a skillet in hand.

"OW! What the heck was that for?", he asked, rubbing it sorely and checking for blood.

"It was supposed to knock you out!", she said with a voice higher and squeaker than usual.

Heinz only groaned and began to look around more for Perry as Vanessa came up to explain. Heinz turned the corner and quickly came face to face with Ferb and the end of the shotgun in Ferb's hands. Heinz quickly froze in his tracks and raised his hands as Ferb only stood his ground with a stern look of determination.

"N-now l-l-let me..", Heinz began.

Ferb cocked the gun, ready to pull the trigger when Perry came up.

"What's th-? Ferb! Put that down! He's innocent! Remember?"

"You said he kidnapped Phineas.", Ferb remarked, mistaking the two.

"No! The OTHER him.", Perry corrected.

"Oh... Sorry.", Ferb apologized and sat it back up.

"Thank you.. Are you even licensed?"

Ferb only looked back and gripped it tighter as he lifted it away from the wall.

"Never mind... Never mind..", Heinz said, trying to backtrack and retain his life.

"Sorry, Dr. D. I must've left out details.", Perry apologized.

"It's okay it's okay little platypus."

Perry sighed and rolled his eyes and left the room asking for Heinz to stay where he was. After rummaging around the house a bit, he returned with a large fedora on his head.

"Oh Perry the Platypus!", Heinz smiled and stood up a bit more.

"Hey Heinz.", Perry greeted with an eye roll before the fedora fell over him being a few sizes too big.

"Perry the Platypus you can TALK?"

"I'm capable of learning how to, yes.", Perry explained, lifting it back up.

"Uh, Perry? What's with Dad's old fedora?", Candace asked.

"It's the only way Doof recognizes me.", Perry said, starting to get frustrated with constantly pushing it back up above his eyes.

"Doesn't Major Monogram have one YOUR size?", Doof asked.

"I QUIT MY JOB YOU MORON!", Perry yelled, hating the badgering.

"Okay! Sorry! I.. Wait you did WHAT?"

"If you're here to help us with Phineas, we're working in the backyard.", Perry cut to the point.

"Oh. Okay yeah. I brought the original blueprints.", Heinz held them up.

"Perfect. That helps a good deal.", Isabella smiled.

After small introductions were made, everyone got started. With Phineas, however, he wasn't working anymore. He was tossed back into his cell and the boy rolled over onto his side as he coughed out abit more blood. He had a black eye, several spots bleeding badly, burn marks from the lasers, torn clothes, and was certain there were a couple of internal bruises. His body was weakened by the harsh beating from the Normbots along with AltDoof's own punishment and was left laying on the ground as he shook violently. The images of robots and red lights wouldn't escape his mind as he laid there helplessly and the last thing he physically heard, was Doofenshmirtz's footsteps going out of the room and closing the door.

'Well... At least Dad's safe...', Phineas thought to himself, hoping to find a bright side like he usually did. 'But.. Wait, he could be arrested again.. So that was kinda pointless... At least if I die here, Candace, Ferb, Isabella, and Vanessa would be okay.. Unless Dr. D. decides to use them to work for him instead... But Perry's gonna protect them.. Ugh but I miss them so bad... I'm all alone.. Bleeding to death if not being infected by whatever kinds of diseases, half-dead, and with nothing to look forward to other than eternal slavement...'

Phineas tried to lift his head, deciding sitting up would be better than laying down but as he did so he could hear cicadas chirping in his burning ears. The room quickly grew dark like a head rush and he quickly laid back down.

'I'm about to pass out if I move... Great.. I'm starving, thirsty... Cicadas? Cicadas... Summer...', Phineas' blurry mind began to churn over the past Summer and he sighed to himself. 'My whole Summer's shot...'

And with that, he quietly passed out as his tears mixed with his blood on the floor.