Isabella was next to fall asleep and Ferb and Vanessa retired to the living room till they were ready for bed. Phineas was thrown back into his cell and he sat up against the wall as he sighed to himself. He concluded to himself that no matter how hard he'd try, there wouldn't be anyone to talk to him now. Nobody liked him enough to come to his rescue. Nobody cared. After all, AltVanessa hasn't returned throughout the course of the day. Heinz was never coming back and probably didn't think that much of him to start off with. Perry always had a hard time trusting him. Candace yelled. Ferb hardly ever spoke to him and was always off somewhere else. Buford and Baljeet were more caught up in their things. Irving was a creep and was most likely to swing away from him and Ferb to whatever else as fans often did. Isabella-
'Isabella...', Phineas thought in his mind for a moment.
The girl who always came over to see what he was up to. The girl who would throw herself into detention during the school year to be with him. Who looked to him for help when Meap was in trouble. Who kissed him before they had their memories erased.
'Oh who am I kidding! That was the heat of the moment.', Phineas interrupted himself with an angry sigh. 'Of course. In times of crisis, what's the first thing you wanna get out of the way before your memory's wiped or you're going to be under the control of the cutest thing ever? Make-out. All the movies do it and of course people do to. It's human nature. I know that as much as the next kid-genuis. She doesn't ACTUALLY like me... Like I liked her...'
'"Nice hat Isabella!"', Phineas complimented to her back in his memories.
'"I like to think the real question is, why wouldn't we?"', he said, hoping she'd get the idea it was supposed to be for them.
'"Isabella! You're the best!"'
'"So.. What you're saying is.. I'm cute?"'
'"It's a scientific fact!"'
'That was a direct flirt with her! How'd she not pick that up?'
'"I don't know what I've BEEN doing. All this worthless stuff I've been doing to impress you. It's YOU I care about Isabella!"'
'No no. Wait a minute, that was Isabella Land.', he corrected himself.
He remembered, way back in time. Back to when they were mere toddlers in a nursery together. And how he had crawled over just to give her a kiss on the head.
'Whatever happened to that?', he asked himself in despair. 'It's like she doesn't even notice me...'
With tears in his eyes, Phineas curled up and tried to go to sleep though the night was hard on him.
It was very late in the other dimension. Everyone's gone to sleep including Perry till he woke back up, hearing something. With a yawn and a stretch, Perry came out of his pet basket, deciding to check it out. He looked around the room to find Candace was still on the couch. Isabella was curled up in the recliner. Ferb was hanging over the arm of the other couch with Vanessa's head on his shoulder. But..
'Hey, where's Heinz?', he wondered.
He heard another thud. A metallic thud. He walked into the backyard to find that Heinz was still busy and trying to keep himself awake at the same time.
"Heinz..", Perry started to say as he came over, shaking his head and giving a yawn. "It's 2:30 in the morning."
"I don't care...", Heinz mumbled a bit, rubbing his eyes. "I've gotta keep working if I wanna get to Phineas..."
"Yeah but if you lose sleep, your work's gonna get sloppy and you're already ugly enough.", Perry argued slightly.
Heinz gave a violent yawn and slumped over the work.
"I'm..not tired..", he said like a little kid.
Perry started pulling on him, taking him away from it.
"Come on.", he simply said.
"Noo... I gotta find..", Heinz grumbled sleepily as he walked behind Perry.
"You'll see him in the morning."
"But I'm not tired..."
"I know you're not."
Perry lead him through the house and to the other side of the couch from Ferb and Vanessa. Heinz slumped over the arm and Perry wedged a throwpillow underneath him.
"I wanna see Phineas...", Heinz whined.
"You will. I promise.", Perry reassured.
He pulled a blanket over him and made sure he was comfortable before walking off.
"He called me dad...", Heinz said finally before going to sleep.
The platypus paused and looked back. It was a little surprising for Phineas to do so, but at the same time, it would be just like him. Perry smiled a bit and went back to his own bed. He nestled down and soon went back to sleep.
The next morning, Perry could smell something nice and felt something soft. He nuzzled closer and slowly opened his eyes. He looked up and soon saw Candace's sleeping face.
'...EW.', the platypus groaned in his mind, as he sat up.
He got off the couch and went into the kitchen. There was already a pot of coffee, though it hadn't fully occurred to him why it was there. He simply hopped on the counter, grabbed a mug, and poured himself a cup. He came out into the backyard, with a yawn and a scratch when he saw Isabella, already hard at work on the near-complete inator.
"Morning!", she said cheerfully.
"What the heck of a time did you wake up at?", Perry asked sleepily, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Oh, about 5:30.", Isabella replied, causing Perry to spew his coffee out.
"Where the heck do you get the energy?", he asked in utter astonishment.
"Well I couldn't sleep good last night. I kept having bad dreams about Phineas..", Isabella looked a little crestfallen for a moment before shaking her head and getting back at it while saying, "I didn't wanna wait around for everyone to wake up so I've been working on it by porch light till sunrise."
'...Darn I thought I had determination..', Perry thought to himself. 'Well that explains the coffee.'
He walked back in as he woke up and was good in his timing as Heinz was next to wake. The grown man stirred a moment and tried stretching till he felt his feet hit something. He woke up, looked over and was ready to jump up with a yell before Perry came over and slapped a hand over his mouth.
"SHH!", he hissed.
"Mmheebithmim!", he said angrily, muffled through Perry's webbed hand, pointing at Vanessa and Ferb on the other side.
"DON'T wake them up.", Perry said in a harsh whisper. "Let them have their moment. They're fine."
"Oh yeah right.", Heinz growled quietly. "Better not have TOO much of a moment..."
"Like you and Linda?", Perry teased, making the other blush slightly.
"Yeah yeah and a good morning to you too.", he grumbled, getting up.
Heinz walked into the kitchen with Perry and decided to get himself a cup of joe as well. He opened the cabinets Perry directed him to and paused in slight surprise.
"Oh my gosh she has that?", he said in astonishment.
"What?"
Heinz pulled down a rather odd looking coffee mug. It was in the exact shape, size, and design of a man's head with extra large ears for the handles.
"What the heck is THAT?", Perry asked, staring at the mug.
"The 'Cup of Joe' mug I made for Linda when we got together!", Heinz said with a smile. "I can't believe she still has that!"
Perry looked at the faded out colors, and saw it was dust covering over the entire thing.
"Doesn't really look like she uses it much.", he remarked.
Vanessa was next to wake up on the couch. She heard a soft thumping as her mind was being pulled into wakefulness and for the moment, among the blurry thoughts in her mind, it was nice to hear. There was something warm that she was hugging and when she looked up to see what it was, she gasped at seeing Ferb. At finding herself completely locked in an embrace with the smaller boy. And to make matters worse, as she sat up, she saw how they were even holding hands. A terrible bright red blush crossed her face with these thoughts and she tried to pull her hand away to find that Ferb held on tighter as he turned more into the couch to sleep more. She tried to pull her hand out of it, tried to wrench his fingers away from being entangled with her own, making sure not to wake him up. Finding these attempts at fail, she simply pulled hard on her hand, trying to get it loose when Ferb slouched over and fell over on her lap as her hand became free. The blush only darkened with the more awkward position and she prayed her dad wasn't about to walk in, seeing them like this. Ferb finally woke up himself. He sat up. Gave a yawn and stretch and headed off into the kitchen. Vanessa only watched in confusion and after a moment, Ferb quickly came back into the room with wide eyes, burning, red cheeks, and a absolutely scared expression on his face.
"...W-w-were we..?", he began to ask.
"Y-y-yeah...", Vanessa shyly answered, playing with her hair.
"...And I was..."
"Uh...", Vanessa played with her hands indicating it was the other way around.
Ferb's blush only darkened a bit and after a moment, tried to stammer something out but opted to just walking back into the kitchen as the embarrassment, excitement, and fear crashed over him. Vanessa, however, remained on the couch, as she tried to get her own mind on straight. She soon found herself smiling and then began to wonder WHY she was smiling.
'Th-the heck? I-I mean- Wh-what if Dad saw- O-or what if we actually- But.. But it...he's...', she shook her head, trying hard to clear her thoughts when Ferb walked in.
"Would you like some?", he asked.
Her head snapped up as her mind instantly rushed to an image that made her brain reel to try to comprehend it.
"Wh-what?", she asked, her blush, soon returning.
"S-some coffee.", he offered, pointing to the kitchen. "Would you like..?"
"OH! Oh uh.. Y-yeah, I'd.. Yes. Yes I would.", she finally said. 'What the heck am I trying to think? It's just Ferb!'
She walked in and they both got a cup. Soon Candace was awake and after breakfast, everyone was back at it, though there wasn't much left to do, thanks to Isabella. As they worked, they would talk. Ferb would try to make Vanessa laugh, but Vanessa, giving good thought to the events of that morning, tried to stay away from anything that would push her thoughts more towards him. Though she had to admit, the jokes she did hear, she couldn't help but laugh at. Candace was one to notice and she saw how Vanessa tried to distance herself. She smiled a bit, looking between Vanessa and Ferb and strolled over casually while Vanessa took a small water break. Being one who lived with Ferb her life, Candace knew what was holding Vanessa back. It was pretty common.
"...You know, Ferb's a really funny person, huh?", she started as she poured herself her own cup of water.
"Hm? Oh.. Oh yeah..", Vanessa gave a half-shrug. "I guess."
"...Hey Ferb?", she called out of the window, earning his attention. "How old are you gonna be again this year? I keep forgetting."
"18 this November.", he replied.
"18? Really? Aren't you a little short for that?", Heinz was blathering on.
Candace looked back at Vanessa who was only staring past her towards Ferb. Candace simply chuckled, closed the window, and opened the conversation.
"You like him.", she stated, catching Vanessa's attention.
"Wh-what? What on earth-?", Vanessa began to argue.
"Vanessa, it's written all over your face. Ever since you first came over and told us about Phineas, you two kept talking together and hanging out. And Ferb doesn't do a whole lot of talking.", Candace pinpointed. "And you blush around each other a lot."
"...I don't really know what to think of him. He's a nice guy and all.. But I dunno.. I've tried boys before. They can be real jerks."
"Yeah I know. But trust me. Ferb's the real deal. I've already got another but for you, being so small and unrelated of a connection between you family-wise..", she gave a definite nod and smile. "Oh yeah. Besides, he's BRITISH..."
Vanessa begged to differ, not really wanting to be found that easy. Candace had fun teasing her and watching her half-sister's cheeks darken in pinks and reds. The inator was just about finished and Isabella came up with a curious question.
"Hey.. I wonder what everyone in the other dimension's been up to this past year.."
In the other dimension, AltCandace was wiping down the tables, setting down plates of scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon, and talking on the phone with her shoulder.
"Yeah it's been pretty nice around here since Mom and Dad decided to get away and spend their anniversary in the basement.", she was saying.
"Yeah, even though it's starting to not become common for people now, it's still a real nice thing they get to spend it together like that.", AltStacey was saying over the phone.
"Oh hey, since you're in town, can you see if Jeremy Johnson's at the gun shop? No no. He's the blond one. Yeah he's pretty tough. Yesterday I was walking over to say 'hi' and this guy gets in my way and was like, 'hey!' and I was like, 'Oh no you di'in!' and he was like, 'oh yes I di'id!' and so Jeremy- Oh hang on a sec Stace. I'm gonna have to call you back. Breakfast.", Candace cut off, hanging up. "FLYNN! FLETCHER! Breakfast!"
AltPhineas and AltFerb soon came rushing into the kitchen after navigating through a torturous and difficult obstacle course. Phin slid in just as the large door to it all closed and chopped off the bit of his hair that had actually started growing out. AltPhineas sighed with relief as he collapsed on the floor.
"You're gonna have to pick it up a bit, Phineas. Ferb's carrying you.", AltCandace remarked.
"I thought self-defense was.. You know.. That whole, 'wax on wax off' deal...", he panted.
"You wanted to learn what I learned. Not domestic chores.", she reminded him.
"Right..."
He got up and came to sit at the table when, walking in through a different door, AltIsabella came in casually.
"Morning everyone.", she greeted.
AltPhineas was the first to look over with an eager smile.
"Hi Isabella!", he said happily, and if this was a cartoon, with hearts in his eyes.
"Hey Phineas.", she replied flatly before approaching Ferb with more interest. "Hey Ferb... Whatcha dooin?"
"Eating.", he simply replied, pointing at his food with a fork.
"Oh, that's nice.", she said with a smile.
AltPhineas could feel his emotions burn with envy as he was shot down, yet again, by one of the coolest girls on his block and the love of his life.
*WOOSH!*
They all looked over and saw a familiar green portal open up to a slightly familiar backyard.
"Oh no.. No. Not this time..", AltCandace growled as she walked over to the kitchen, already understanding what it was.
In the first dimension, everyone was happy for their success but celebration had to be cut as soon Owca agents came into the backyard.
"'Perry the Platypus, you're under arrest for breaking Dr. Doofenshmirtz out!'", a bear agent growled.
"'WHAT THE-?'", Perry chattered in shock.
Before much was said, everyone was soon pushed through the portal and Perry jumped onto the console, slapped the self-destruct button on it, and jumped back through as it closed once again with an explosion.
"Whoa whoa wait! What was that for?", Candace asked angrily, looking back at where the portal was.
"Sorry but apparently with Doof gone from jail, I'm linked to his escaping cause I was the only one that said I believed him.", Perry explained. "The LAST thing we need is agents trying to arrest us."
"Ugh! Well that's just great.", Candace groaned. "All that hard work, wasted in less than a second."
"2 minutes and 3.5 seconds to be exact.", Perry corrected, brushing himself off as everyone got up.
Alternate Candace, watching from the glass-sliding door, laid a reassuring hand on her brother's shoulder and then stepped out with her trusty stick in hand. Candace saw the other her and reassured her group she had the situation. She approached with a friendly smile and an outstretched hand.
"Hey! Sorry for just.. Dropping by like this unannounced but-"
She was cut off as AltCandace got ready to attack, holding her stick up at the other in position.
"GET. OUT. Of my yard.", she first ordered before yelling. "Get out of my dimension!"
"Whoa! Whoa hey what's going on? I thought we were friends!"
"Yeah but you know. If you guys hadn't shown up with THAT clown..", she aimed the stick at Heinz. "I wouldn't have nearly lost my brothers to my Doofenshmirtz. I wouldn't have gotten captured. Everything was fine till you guys showed up here last time."
"Well hey! In case you don't remember, we helped SAVED your dimension last time!", Candace argued, getting angry with the other her's attitude.
As the two argued over the matter, Platyborg came up and soon spotted Perry.
"'Hey!'", he chattered as he approached them.
"'Oh hey man.'", Perry chattered back.
"'What are you...?'"
"'Our Phineas is captured by YOUR Doofenshmirtz who's, apparently, evil still.'", Perry the Platypus explained.
"'No I mean what are you doing on two legs?'", the cyborg asked.
"'Oh. Quit my job to help.'", he shrugged.
"'Oh wow.. Really?'", he asked. "'And they know?'"
"'Yup. It's all out now.'", the platypus gave a nod.
"If you value ONE iota about your life, you'd leave my dimension RIGHT NOW!", AltCandace insisted.
"We can't you freaking woman! Can't you see that?"
"HEY!", Platyborg spoke up, his voice more robotic than Perry's. "Candace, they need our help. Their Phineas was kidnapped by OUR Doofenshmirtz."
"What?"
"Yeah, that's what I was trying to tell you!", Candace snarled.
AltCandace glared back menacingly before she glanced down at the Perrys and then looked over at Heinz and pointed her stick at him again.
"And him?"
"He's with us.", Perry reassured.
"And you two talking?"
"We're genetically engineered.", they answered in unison.
AltCandace looked at them, looked back at Heinz and lowered her weapon.
"Okay I trust you for now.", she stated.
It was moments later that AltCandace and 1Doof were looking over a map while the others got more familiar with one another and the situation.
"So THAT'S how I dress in your dimension..", 2Izzy remarked to her other half.
"What do you mean by that?", 1Bella asked curiously.
"When your Candace first saw me, she said I was suddenly fashionable. I can see why she would say that.", the second remarked.
"Hey! What's wrong with my outfit? It's better than all black.", Bella retorted with a slight huff of indignation.
"Yeah but you're so...bright and out there..", Izzy shook her head in uneasiness. "What's the point of wearing that?"
"Uh, to look cute. DUH. I mean if you want a guy to like you, why not try to catch his attention?", Bella reasoned, smiling over at the other Phineas, thinking that she knew who her doppelganger should be admiring.
"Well yeah, but I don't think Ferb would really care for a girl in pink.", Izzy replied with a shrug, causing 1Isabella to slip off the counter she was leaning on.
"FERB?", she asked in shock as she picked herself back up.
"Yeah. What?", the other asked.
"Uh, hello! What about Phineas?", Bella replied.
"What about him?"
"Well don't you think he's awesome or cool, or cute?"
"Uh... NO. He's a little kid who doesn't have half the backbone his brother has.", was the answer.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Phineas is NOT a little kid.", Bella defended.
At that moment, 2Phineas walked over to the two, asking if they'd like to play Doofopoly with him. He focused the question mainly on his Isabella.
"Uh, Phineas? You do know that everyone's already burned their copies, right?", Izzy asked him.
The boy's eyes became large in fear as he listened.
"Wh-what?"
"I heard that someone barbecued their board and ate it.", 2Ferb chimed in.
Phin clutched it closer in fear and possession.
"But.. But this one's different! I've made some changes to it. Look!", he opened the lid to show.
Izzy looked in and raised an eyebrow.
"Oh goody. Another one on the spinner.", she said sarcastically.
"Now there's TWICE the chance of moving!", he smiled proudly.
"Oh Phineas, you have broken all laws against having too much fun.", Izzy continued.
Even Bella didn't really seem all that thrilled with it.
"Well I like it..", 2Phineas pouted a bit, putting the lid back on.
"Phineas... Give me the game.", 2Ferb asked with a sigh, holding out his hand for it.
2Phineas only hugged the game closer, turning away from his brother.
"N..no..", he said quietly.
"Give me the game.", 2Ferb insisted, coming closer as his step-brother moved away.
"No!"
"Gimme it!"
The chase was on as 2Phineas ran towards his sister for protection and his brother tried to take the game away from him, finding it high-time for the boy to grow up past it.
Okay, here's the list of characters from what dimensions with what nicknames;
Dimension 1:
Candace - 1Candace, Candy
Dr. Doofenshmirtz - 1Doof, Dr. D., Heinz, 1Doofenshmirtz
Isabella - Bella, Isa, 1Isabella
Phineas - 1Phineas
Ferb - 1Ferb
Perry - Perry the Platypus, 1Perry
Vanessa - 1Vanessa, Vanessa
Dimension 2:
Candace - 2Candace, AltCandace, Sir.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz - 2Doof, Doofenshmirtz, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, 2Doofenshmirtz, AltDoof(enshmirtz)
Isabella - Izzy, 2Isabella, AltIsa(bella)
Ferb - 2Ferb, AltFerb
Perry - Perry the Platyborg, Platyborg, 2Perry, AltPerry
Vanessa - 2Vanessa, AltVanessa, Nessie
Phineas - 2Phineas, Phin, AltPhin(eas)
Lemme clear up that there was NO real romance-whatever nonsense that happened between Vanessa and Ferb. They just fell asleep on each other, is all while they watched a movie.
Also, funny fact about Heinz's mug. I used to love to design crazy mug ideas and that was one of them. n_n Not my best, either, but I hope you enjoy the joke. "Cup of Joe", Joe's head? Eh? Anyone? *crickets.* ...Ouch..