Night - The Farm

Ferb's POV

Phineas and I have been one of the most hard working men the farm has ever seen. Sure, I was doing fine without him. But with Phineas by my side, we were an unstoppable duo.

The only questionable thing is that Phineas is a shy kid to anyone that isn't me, father, or Anna. He'll completely freeze up from getting into a random conversation to ordering fish from the marketplace. I have to find a way to get him out of his shell...

Aside from that, Phineas and I just finished building a balcony on the main housing for the mistresses. That was probably the most easiest thing they asked us to build.

Phineas and I are on top of the are looking up at the stars, gazing at how much they were twinkling tonight.

"Wow, Ferb... I like how all the stars are blinking at us tonight." Phineas put his elbows on the edge of the balcony. "I wish it could be like this all the time."

"Me too, ol' chap. Me too."

We had a few moments of silence looking for constellations on our own until Phineas broke the silence.

"You know, this balcony was probably the easiest thing we've built!" Phineas exclaimed.

I chuckled a bit, since I just thought about that. "Yes, yes it was." I opened the door behind us and motioned Phineas in. "Let's go back downstairs to tell them we're finished."

Phineas and I scurried down the staircase until I stopped Phineas behind me. Those voices in next room aren't familiar to me...

"Hey, what gives-" I covered his mouth with my hand and shushed him. "Listen..."

As I took my hand away from his mouth, I peeked my head around the corner and I see three large men talking to Anna. They were holding a picture of... Phineas. The reward on it was also a large substantial amount too.

"If you see this boy, could you please notify us as soon as possible?" One of the men asked.

Anna was hesitant, but replied, "Yes... Of course."

Phineas looked around the corner and turned back to me in a quick second. He managed to grab a glance of his picture and started whimpering.

I put my hands on his shoulders and soothed him, "Shh... Phineas, it's okay. I won't let them take you away."

I heard big footsteps walking towards the door as its opens. Wait a couple seconds... Door closes. Wait a couple more seconds...

"Okay, Phineas. Act natural." I whispered as I grab his hand. Phineas nodded in reply and gave my hand a firm squeeze.

I led us around the corner to a shocked Anna, but she played it off when she saw us.

"Oh, hey boys..." Her face was uneasy and concerned. "Is the balcony finished?"

"Yes, yes it is. If you'll excuse me, Phineas and I will be leaving..." Phineas and I started walking towards the door. I grabbed the doorknob when Anna stepped forward.

"Wait."

We both stopped dead in our tracks.

"... Be careful, please."

I turned my head around and nodded.

Anna started looking down and shot straight up, "Oh, and one more thing!" She went to the kitchen and came back quickly with a small sac.

"I know you need to leave, so here. Take the money you've earned this week and some extra money from, just in case..." Anna handed the sac to Phineas gives him a warm smile. "And if you need it..."

Anna reaches behind her back and pulls out a revolver.

Phineas gasps from the sight and hides behind me. "Wh-why do you have that?!" Phineas points at the metal gun with his body shaking.

Anna throws the gun to me and I catch it. I raised an eyebrow at that really bad decision.

"Don't worry, I have the safety on." Anna walks towards the window and looks out of the curtain. As she's looking out, I put the gun in the bag of money Anna provided us. "The farm is a ghost town right now. This is your chance."

Anna walks over to both of us and gives us a warm hug. "You both deserve a better life than this farm life. Even you, Phineas."

"Re-really?" Phineas replied.

"Yes you do! Even if you're a Romanov or not, you're still a very smart boy who deserves to be free, not held in a house just because we're stuck in poverty for a couple of years." Anna lifts Phineas' chin up and gives him a reassuring gleam, "You'll be fine, friend. The nearest dock is down the road, and you're home free."

Anna walks over to the door and opens it, peeking her head out the door. "It's all clear boys, go get your dad and leave." She opens the door all the way and motions us out. "Hurry!"

I grabbed Phineas by the hand and walk out of house. As the mistress'' house started looking like a blur from where we are, we could still see Anna waving goodbye.

We both turned around and waved goodbye. "I'm gonna miss her…" Phineas looks down to his feet and sniffled, "I just hope we meet again."

I kind of knew the answer to this, but I grabbed his shoulders to face towards me. "We'll meet her again, you'll just expect it the less when it happens." I looked at the worker's quarters. "Let's go. Okay?" He looked at the same direction I was looking, then turned his head and nodded.

"Hello, boys! How was-" I placed the sack of money on his lap. Phineas grabbed the sack his tutor provided him with and started placing some food from the cupboards.

"Father, we have to leave." I opened the sack, showing him what money we were given.

"Oh my… This is more than enough to get us to New York!" He furrowed his eyebrows when he started looking at it for a few more seconds. "But where on earth did you get this from?" Father asked.

"Anna gave it to us." I took his hands and brought them up so he could stand from the bed. "We have to go… People are starting to look for Phineas everywhere now."

"Ri-right now?" I shushed him when I heard some voices outside. "Dad, listen…"

I went over to the curtain and looked through the very small opening. Their voices sounded like the ones they heard from the house.

A large man was conversing with Zoya (You know, a witch, she's pretty, but pretty ugly on the inside?) outside in the middle of the worker's quarters.

"Thank you for letting us search through the rooms, Zoya. If we do find him, I'm sure we'll find a plentiful amount of cash for your assistance…"

"It's no problem. I'm sure you'll be able to find him here."

She knows...

I turned around and looked at dad, "Father."

He looked at me, ready to leave.

"Let's go."

Author's Note: Hello all! So, blah blah blah work work work, you know the thing. Disney World Disney World Disney World yada yada yada. What else... Oh! I have an idea for a new story and I also have a one-shot prepared to publish... In the near future. So be on the look out for that.