A/N Okay, a few announcements here. First off, this is the last chapter.

… Sorry no, jk. Sorry, had to make some stupid joke. Anyways, I picture at least 10 more chapters.

Also, I'm going to start doing the things where I reply to your comments. For this first one, I'll do some from the last two chapters.

200TrackRunner: Thank you so much. I appreciate the bit of constructive criticism too, from your other review.

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FanFreak01: Yeah, they are shaping out to be the bad guys. Thanks for reviewing. And I'm kinda glad I lost everything, I really improved chap 17 from its original state.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Phineas and Ferb.

Isabella watched in horror as Phineas was dragged away from her grasp and into the depths of the castle. She was horrified at the sight, unable to move. The bunch of guards climbing up the wall got her attention though.

She felt as though she should move, she wouldn't help him by standing there. But she felt it would be an act of betrayal to move now.

Then, she heard it. A voice. His voice. Phineas's. It shouted, "Run!"

She was terrified. The guards were inches away, but Phineas was miles away. He was being held by the guards, no doubt to make him watch the capturing of Isabella.

She was more conflicted now than ever. She wanted to run, but she also wanted to jump in there and either help or submit herself too. As much as she hated to admit it, she didn't want to lose her best friend twice. She was about to act, when a hand reached out and pulled her. But… in the other direction.

'What the-' she thought, having he own thoughts cut off by a deep voice.

"We need to escape princess."

Usually, she'd argue the usage of the word 'princess,' but not in this case. She grabbed the stranger's hand and ran off. But it felt different from when she had grabbed Phineas's. Maybe less awkward. Perhaps less sentimental. She didn't know.

He led her far away from the castle and into little dugout nicely hidden. It was a small burrow like configure, but inside was different. On the inside, it was like a cave. Huge and best of all, easily concealed.

Now, she was afraid. "Who-who are you? Why did you save me?"

"You don't trust me? I just did all that, but you still don't trust me? Well if you must know-" he said, a bit jokingly but still irritated. He pulled off his hood to reveal a weirdly shaped face, with bright green hair.

"F-Ferb?!" she shouted, relieved to see a familiar face in the midst of all the confusion.

He nodded gravely. "I'm sorry about Phineas." he said sadly.

She was infuriated. She could no longer cry about him, she was already on her feet and yelling furiously at Ferb. "YOU'RE SORRY! YOU'RE SORRY! THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY! HE WAS TAKEN AND I WAS GOING TO SUBMIT MYSELF- BUT YOUR 'SORRY' WELL THAT MEANS A-"

"Isabe-"

"NO! Enough with the 'sorry's! JUST STOP!"

"But I-"

"NO!"

"I HAVE A PLAN!" he shouted angrily, which is different for him.

"Oh. Continue." she said, excited and interested at the same time.

"Okay. So it's pretty simple. We sneak around the castle into the back-" he said, beginning his master plan.

Her eyebrows rose once he finished. Overall, it wasn't at all original, but it was good. There's was almost no doubt in her mind it'd work. It had to. It was his only chance.

They'd leave at nightfall, that was the plan. All they were doing now was sitting in silence. Occasionally walking over to the hole in the ceiling, there only passage in or out, to check the time.

After a while, Ferb left. He was going to go out, and get their supplies from the previous camp. That one was rather obvious in retrospect. At least this one would prove a challenge to find.

With him gone, she sat in utter silence, not different from before though. After a while, she began to sob again. She huddled against a wall and hugged her knees to her chest.

"Oh Phineas." she muttered. "Why?" "It's all my fault!"

"No- it not!" a new voice said.

She immediately stood up and put her arms up, as of in defense. "F-Ferb!" she yelled. "… How much did you hear of that?" she asked anxiously.

He put his arms up in the jokingly defensive way and said, "from the part where you muttered 'Phineas."

She sighed. 'Great' she thought, a bit embarrassed.

"It's not you know." he said, really out of no where.

"No wha-?"

"Your fault. There's a reason he boosted you up." he said, semi-dramatically.

"What do you mean?"

"He cares for you. Quite a bit actually. He couldn't bear it if you were taken."

"He- cares for me?"

"How much? I don't know. He obviously thinks of you as a great friend though. That much is obvious."

She nodded awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.

After a few moments of silence, he added something.

"He remembers them- you know."

'What?' she thought. "What d'you mean?" she asked, completely confused as to what he meant.

"He felt bad for you in there. You and your parents were torn apart by the truth, and his by a lie."

He must have seen the confused look on her face, because he explained more, something he hated doing.

"His parents- he has memories of them. Several actually. What did he tell you about- you know?"

"… That his parents were murdered by some crazy guy? And that he was sent to an orphanage. Why?"

"They were killed because people thought there were assassins. I suppose Phineas became one to get back at the system."

"His parents- were they?"

"No. Did Phineas tell you about his memories?"

"What memories?"

"You see- he remembers everything about- them."

"Huh?"

"There's one memory-he'd always tell me and our other friend, Buford about-where his mum (A/N Remeber- even in an alternate time period/dimension- thing, Ferb's still a Brit.) was holding him, telling his father how blessed they were to have such a sweet child.

He even remembers- that day. It took a while for him to tell me. But one day-it was just me and him-he told me. But I think he trusts you too. You see, his mum had just tucked him for a nap. Someone knocked loudly and furiously at the door. They shouted 'Let us in! Let us in!'. They sounded mad too. His parents looked at each other, as if knowingly. His mum looked at him, then his father, and back at him. His dad looked one last time at his baby, and walked to the door. Phineas's mum quickly grabbed him and ran into the other room. In the corner of his eye though, he saw his dad open the door and struggle to keep the two men out. He heard a scream but that's it. Previously, his mom had been cradling him, and telling him to be quiet. But after his father made the bloodcurdling scream, he asked his mum what was happening. The door had opened, and immediately closed at he sound. His mum was silent for a second, with a look of relief on her face. Seeming to remember something, she looked worried again. You know- her husband is either injured or dead. In an instant, this door flung open, revealing two large and burly bodies. His mum screamed, and begged for mercy. She tried to hide her son. She shouted 'No! Please no!' At this, they shouted back, 'Sit back you assassin scum.' She had a confused look on her face, but was replaced by a vacant, one within a second. The next second he saw her, she was on the ground. Phineas, confused and young, didn't know what was going on. He peeked out from the closet. The men saw him, and ran to him. One mumbled something like, 'What should we do?' and the other muttered, 'Maybe we should kill him too. You never know.' The original had a weird look, and said no. With that, he picked him up and they left. But on the way out, Phineas saw his dad on the ground too. And that's-"

"How it happened." she said, voice empty and sad. She couldn't believe it. He was so young, and to remember something so horrific- it must have been (and still is) terrible.

He nodded. "He doesn't tell people. He thinks they'll judge him or feel bad for him."

She was about to say something, albeit there was awkwardness in the air.

Ferb sensed this and spoke up, "I think it's time to go."

'What? Oh yeah.' she thought. She was excited to see him again. For the past hours, she has been so torn, and now she has to fear for his life. And her own, as the rescue mission is pretty dangerous. But not anything new. It's simple. Sneak around the castle. Creep into the dungeons, hope Phineas is still there and alive, and get him out. The hard part is if they'll be seen. That's when the toughness'll come in. Hopefully they won't have to worry about that though. Hopefully…