"Oof!"

Phineas and Ferb are thrown onto the shore from the waves of the departing ship nearby. It was no use for Ferb to kick as his whole body froze up from the freezing waters, so thank goodness the waves saved them from drowning.

"Phin…?"

Both boys are lying on their backs. Not hearing a response, Ferb turns his head and looks at the almost lifeless body.

"Phineas?" Ferb slowly gets up and crawls over to Phineas. He couldn't tell if he is dead or alive.

"No… Please, Phineas… Don't leave me…" Ferb starts to sob again.

Come on, you idiot. You know what to do. Ferb thought.

He puts his hands together on Phineas' stomach and starts pumping, attempting to expel the water out of his system. This was a skill taught to only a few people out of the entire world.

"This had better work! Please wake up!"

Realizing nothing is happening, he puts his mouth on his mouth and starts breathing air into him.

He pulls out and groans at the lack of success he's getting. "Come on!" Ferb cried out.

He puts his mouth onto his one more time and blows more air into him.

No… I'm alone now….

Ferb moves his head away and realizes that he still isn't breathing.

"No… Phineas…"

Ferb starts to sob uncontrollably and buries his head into Phineas' chest.

"I'm- … I'm alone now… I miss dad… I miss home… And I don't want to lose you so quickly..."

Ferb's head rises and his eyes meet the pale boy, "Please don't leave…"

Suddenly, Phineas' chest starts rising and he begins to cough up water violently. Ferb moves back in surprise. Unsure what was to happen next, he shuts his eyes.

Phin slowly opened his eyes and looked at Ferb, "Ferb..?"

He opens his eyes quickly and gasped in awe, "Phi-Phineas…?"

Phineas blinked and squinted his eyes. He rubbed both eyes with his right arm from the itchiness of saltwater.

After a couple of seconds, Phineas notices the fresh streams off of Ferb's cheeks.

"Were… Were you crying?"

"Wha…" Ferb suddenly realized he had been sobbing controllably for a good while. So naturally, he wiped his tears away.

"No… I wasn't, it was from the sea… I- uh..."

Phineas slowly tried getting up and winced in pain.

"Wait, Phin," Ferb moves towards Phineas and kneels next to him as gently puts his head on his lap. "Feel better?"

"Yeah… Ferb, you don't have to lie to me if you're crying or not. I would never attempt to hide my fears away from you. Or anything…"

Ferb groaned inwardly. The green-haired boy almost turned adult is a man of action. He doesn't say much, neither does he show any emotion on his face whatsoever. It was harder for him to express anything, probably because he never had to. Until earlier…

Ferb sighs, "I know… It's just hard for me because I never had to in the first place… Today was the only time I pretty much let a tear fall from my eye."

"... Why?"

Ferb winced in horror and looked away. It had only happened a couple of minutes ago!

Deciding that Phin should know, he looked back at him in pain.

"Phineas… A man tried to kill you earlier, so that's why I threw us into the ocean."

"Ah…" Phineas chuckled, trying to make light of the situation, "That was my next question."

Ferb didn't laugh or giggled in return. Phineas knew something happened, he could tell from the sorrow and the tears from Ferb. The only time he could tell any emotion from him.

"My… Dad… Was…"

Ferb started to cry again, not going to try and attempt to wipe it away or hide in shame.

"He was sh-shot, and I'm not sure if it was in the heart or in the shoulder… The wa-water was too strong to tell…"

Phineas' eyes widened and started filling up with tears.

"Oh Ferb… I'm-... I'm so sorry…"

Phineas rose up, not caring about any pain he has and put his arms around Ferb's neck. They both pulled in for a tight embrace.

Ferb silently cried into Phineas' shoulder, "I miss daddy… Why did he have to be the one to get shot…"

Phineas sniffles and replies in return, "It's all my fault… I'm so sorry of the burden I've given you…"

Ferb pulls back and wipes his face, "No Phineas…" He looks straight into Phineas' eyes. "This was NOT your doing… They.. They have to… Pay…"

Phineas furrowed his eyebrows, "Ferb… We're only kids, we can't kill anyone." He then takes Ferb's hand and tightens them. "We need to find another way out. We're not staying to kill, even if…"

Phineas looked down and sighed, "Even if they killed da… I mean, Mr. Fletcher."

Ferb wiped another tear falling from his eyes. "You know, he was like a dad to you… He felt it too…"

Phineas smiled, "Yeah… It did feel that way."

Ferb pulls Phineas back into embrace and half-smiled, "But I'm glad you're okay."

After a while, they both pull away from each other and just sat on the shore, looking at the sun setting.

Suddenly, they hear a growl from behind.

Both boys turn their heads around and sees Perry, wet and both eyes looking at the boys at the same time.

Phineas picks up Perry and puts him on his lap.

"Oh… There you are, Perry."

Author's Note: Seeeeeee. Told ya I'll find the time. So, yeah, if you're just jumping on the boat you should totally read this entire story from the beginning. I promise this story won't be too long, I wasted its momentum a long time ago. Now I'm just writing it for the pain Disney has caused me this past week for the P&F meet and greet closure. Anyways... Have a good weekend! 3