Authors Note: I hope to finish this fic soon…

WordNerb93, I poked a little fun at one of your stories. Keep in mind I still love you and mean nothing by it. If you didn't catch it then fine but just in case you did, I wanted to let you know beforehand.

Perry watched as his nemesis fell, time seemed to slow and he made a conclusion with himself. He couldn't live. He couldn't live without Doofenshmirtz. The man brought a certain aspect to his life that just couldn't- to put it simply- he just couldn't live without the man. Sure he had the boys to comfort him- (Candace would probably just trash talk the man after his end) –but that was only half of his life. Doofenshmirtz was one half and Phineas and Ferb were the other. Could he truly go on when one of those halves was gone? Could he be half a person? Errr platypus? The truth? Honestly?

No. He couldn't.

Blocking out all thoughts that were screaming no to him, he snatched his claws from the glass and then began falling.

He was so sorry boys.

…

Phineas watched, mouth agape and eyes glued to the binoculars "Dr. D let go! What type of a crazy person would do something like that? I mean, seriously? He's got to be the dumbest- wait. Perry just let go too! Oh, we are going to have a serious discussion about this when we get home!"

Isabella, Ferb, Jeremy, Baljeet and Buford kept pushing on the gigantic inflatable bag. It was moving, but only by mere inches. Candace- who somehow managed to get down there with them without a logical explanation –marveled the sight of her boyfriend pushing against the rubber. (That kind of sounded wrong.) She was flustered and couldn't get her words right so she talked the way she did in the 'Spa Day' episode.

Candace giggled "Wow Emeny…hehe…I mean- Wow Jeremy! Who knew you were so strong? You moved that whole thing like…FIVE centimeters! I don't think any other person here could do that!"

Buford, Ferb and Baljeet got steamed at that. With new found strength, they pushed with all their might (maybe even extra). The bag moved a whole five feet! Whether they intended for it to run over Candace was an unknown factor.

…

Doofenshmirtz felt the wind rush past him as he kept falling, the ground nearing and he decided, he didn't want to see it. He didn't want the pavement to be the last thing he saw before he died, he wanted to see…something more special. The scientist twisted his body in air, turn himself over so that he was facing up instead of down. What he saw made him pale and frown almost instantly. He saw a pair of dark brown eyes, yes, but they closer than he imagined they'd be.

His nemesis, the one who both made and ruined his life, was only a mere foot away, and was falling along with him. The man reached out his arms to pull the platypus down against his chest, he embraced it, telling it over and over again how stupid it was. How stupid it was to put up with him every day, to let go and more importantly to want to die with him. He wasn't worth both their lives, he really wasn't…

Perry didn't answer and buried his face into the man's lab coat, knowing the end for both of them was near and not wanting at all to see it. At the last second, the animal twisted both of them over, so that they would land on their sides. Either neither of them would live or both of them would. Finally they hit something, not feeling anything after that.

Everything was silent.

…

Everyone coughed as the cloud of smoke dispersed. The force of the impact caused dust to bounce up, that's right, I said bounce. Like I'd kill my favorite people- err, man and animal -in the whole entire universe off….pfft!

Okay…I have done it before…but I'm Natty. I can do what I want and not a single SCREW will be given from me. See how I bleeped that out? Nice right?

"You're stupid! You're so stupid, why would you do that?" Doofenshmirtz scolded the platypus, both unharmed and on the giant airbag. "What if we didn't land on this bag? What would have happened then?! You know I can't live without-" He stopped himself mid-sentence, looking at his nemesis' awaiting gaze. "Nothing. Just don't do that! Ever again! Okay?"

"Hey, Dr. D!" Phineas called up to them "Are you guys alright?"

"Y-yeah." The scientist called over the edge of the inflatable bag "We're alright. How do we get down from here?"

"Ferb's already on it! I can't believe we were able to fit a whole crane in here!"

"Crane?" Doof questioned and a shadow rose over them, a metal claw closing around them and lifting the two in the air. They were lowered safely to stand on the ground in front of everyone else. The man sighed. "Well, I'm glad that's over. Uh, how…how many more tasks did you say there were left? One? Half of one? None?"

"Four, actually." Phineas affirmed and everyone groaned, except for Ferb who hopped out of the crane and stood next to his brother. "We still need to go to the 12th Dimension and find knots, go to a film school and prove a film is stupid by watching a science fiction action horror film, interview a bunch of people that aren't from our world, and last but not least, destroy a television set."

"You can't make this go smoother, can you kid?" The scientist sighed.

"No, no I can't. So we better get a move on if we want to be done by between 3:30 and 4."

"Why between 3:30 and 4?" Isabella asked her crush.

"Because that's when somebody, somewhere is showering and I want to be finished before they step out. Any more questions?"

Everyone raised their hands, questions of why any of that mattered in their heads but the young inventor went on anyways.

"Excellent! So, uh…" Phineas suddenly looked very bothered "Let's start crossing dimensions so we can…so…we..can…" The boy frowned, letting his hand that was holding the portal remote droop by his side. "I- I can't do this!"

"What do you mean you can't do this?" Candace asked him, irritated "We're almost half way done and you just want to give up on this? What's your problem?"

Jeremy tried to calm her "Candace, can't you see he's upset? If he doesn't want to finish what he started, he doesn't have to."

"No…" Phineas told them "I want to finish this, I really do! It's just…in order to go to the 12th Dimension, we have to go through the 2nd a-and…"

They all understood instantly, looking solemn. It was a few months since they found out the current situation of the 2nd Dimension. Rodney taking over, Platyborg and the 2nd Doofenshmirtz being killed as a result. They were all affected of course, but Phineas was hit harder by it. He was too optimistic to deal with death and defeat and tragedy with ease. It was harder for him because he cared too much, about everyone and everything. It was like two of his friends had died, and they had, to him. Going through the 2nd Dimension would take a lot, who knows what it looked like now and it would only bring up memories, no doubt that would make him start crying.

"Well, we don't have to go to the 2nd Dimension if you don't want to. We can all just go home, it's fine. We all respect your decision." Isabella put her arm around him supportively.

The boy looked like he was about to object but Buford stopped him.

"Look Dinnerbell, if you don't go, we won't go. I don't care, I could just go back with my usual plans involving Jeet."

Baljeet crossed his arms "And just how do your usual plans, involve me?"

"I thought we'd go for a walk in the park." The bully said and the nerd was taken aback for a second. Buford changed his tone instantly and grabbed Baljeet by his underwear, lifting him off the ground and giving him a wedgie. Buford laughed. "What else did you think we'd do in the park? Have a romantic date? Ha!"

Baljeet sighed as he dangled in the air by his undergarments "I suppose this was inevitable…"

"Great!" Candace smiled, grabbing her boyfriend's hand and starting to lead them both to the exit "We can have our date, our real date, and not a cheap one like a stupid picnic!"

"I thought you liked picnics…" Jeremy said, sudden concern for his wallet arising in him.

Just as everyone was about to disperse, all except a blank Ferb, a on looking Perry and a head hung Phineas, Doofenshmirtz stepped forward cuz he's just awesome like that.

"Wait! Phineas, if uh, if we stepped through the portal together and you held my hand and I promised not to let go, could we…could we perhaps go through the 2nd Dimension?" The man surprised quite a few in the group. The truth is, he wanted to visit the other Dimension, where his counterpart used to live before he- …Some statistics show that what happens to one's counterpart could affect them as well. If your counterpart gets hit by a bus unexpectedly, then you might feel this both unpleasant and sick feeling, almost tingling sensation. This was the case with Perry and Platyborg, and his nemesis always complained about how his counterpart needed to watch where he was going and look both ways before it crossed the street. The feeling he kept getting was annoying and happened once every few weeks. It hasn't happened in a while…but that's because their counterparts were no longer with them.

Heinz was bothered greatly by these would-be feelings, and for one reason and one reason only. He couldn't feel anything, and he didn't know if that was any type of sign or not. He didn't feel empty or like something inside of him was gone, there was just no other way to describe the feeling. He just felt absolutely nothing and it pained him. What if feeling nothing was a sign that his counterpart was fine and wasn't in any pain at all? What if that meant that his counterpart was still alive and well somewhere? Or, nothing could just be a symbol of non-existence. Maybe it was because his counterpart didn't exist anymore in this world, he didn't know. Why didn't things like this come with a manual or handbook, or maybe even a pamphlet? Sometimes he'd place his hand to his chest, trying to stop and feel something, anything! But he couldn't, he just felt the same thing no matter how hard he tried to connect to his counterpart. He felt nothing. This was why he wanted to go to the 2nd Dimension. Maybe looking around and recollecting old memories will trigger it. Trigger something.

Phineas blinked "I- I guess that would make me feel a little better…"

Ferb grasped his brothers hand, giving it a light squeeze and giving him a small smile.

"Thanks bro…" The young inventor smiled back, pulling out the portal remote and activating it. A hole, almost like a tear in the universe, opened up in front of them. Unlike a normal portal where you could see through, this one was just fog, so there was no telling what was on the other side. Phineas let go of his step-brother's hand, reassuring him. "I'll be okay, Ferb." He grabbed Doofenshmirtz hand and the two inventors stepped through the portal, the other side awaiting them.