A/N Thanks for reading and/or reviewing so much guys. It means so much.

Sorry about that huge cliffhanger last chapter, I couldn't resist.

Well, here's the next chapter.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Phineas and Ferb.

He gasped for breath, but he couldn't stop running. He had the leader, now known as Serena, behind him, not to mention the heavy thought in his mind that Isabella may or may not be dead.

Had it not been for that thought, he'd be dead by now. You see, as her sword had approached him more and more, he had been thinking solely of Isabella. That's all. All he could think about was how he would see her soon, as in after death. But, then a thought, from out of nowhere, came to him. What if Serena was lying? What if she just said Isabella was dead so he'd be more inclined to give her information. The information, actually, that she stopped caring about once she found out he knew about her. The information that made her want to kill him.

Deep down, he knew he was being downright hopeful for her life. However, he also knew that Serena would lie like this in the past, when he was next to her in those rooms. When he would help her in those retched rooms…

But, all he could think of now was, 'I must find Isabella!'

He continued to sprint, not daring to stop. Who knows what would happen should he not get there in time?

'Wait. What if it's a trap? What if it's either Ferb or Isabella, and they'll only allow one to live? Or, maybe she only tricked me into thinking that they were alive and I'm about to run into an army of assassins.'

As you can see, Phineas was having many complicated thoughts. He couldn't help but think this was all a trick. However, he knew deep down that no one, not even the assassins, would be that low.

He quickly left the huge room, and entered slyly into the hallway. If he remembered correctly, there were a couple more torture chambers down this way…

But, he may need something first…

It slowly dawned on him, that even though Serena wouldn't be there, someone would be. He couldn't just jump in the room, grab Isabella or Ferb and run away. Surely that's not what he thought would happen.

Not to mention, he must not run into anybody here. And if he isn't quick enough, Isabella and Ferb will both be killed, if not him, too. As you can see, there's almost no good ending here.

He quickly darted into one room that he remembered to contain several weapons. As he entered, he noticed two other assassins talking in the corner. Luckily, the door was left opened, so at least they wouldn't notice a randomly opened door.

"Did you hear the leader finally captured them?"

"Yeah. Who hasn't? I heard she plans on killing all of them."

'He just had to say that, huh?' Phineas couldn't help but think.

"Wouldn't put it past her…"

"Meaning?"

"You know how these assassins are. They all-"

"They all what? You DO realize you are talking about your FAMILY here, right? And that if you are even in the slightest disrespectful-"

"What, you'll report me?"

Phineas didn't hear anything else of what they said, because he had slowly and silently crawled in the room, and grabbed several small daggers. They may not be his weapon of choice, but it was the only thing he could grab without being heard or seen. Luckily the two men had been rather preoccupied with their… conversation.

He quickly snuck out and crept towards another door. He creaked the door open slightly, and peeked in. Phineas was absolutely shocked at the sight. It was… her. She was lying on the ground. There was blood all around her, but not a whole pool of it, so maybe there was some hope.

He was about to jump in to help her, when he spotted a second person. Serena. She was in the room. She was in the room with Isabella.

Serena went up to Isabella, with her weapon in hand. "Well, Isabella, looks like your boyfriend," she said, "didn't come to your rescue."

Phineas was a bit surprised by the wording of this. 'Boyfriend' was one of these.

"But-but-" she whimpered.

"In fact, I told him you were dead."

Isabella's head darted up in shock. There weren't tears in her eyes, one of Isabella's signs of toughness. Phineas knew this well, in her last minutes, Isabella would not be giving Serena any satisfaction whatsoever.

"W-what?!"

"You'll like the next part." said said smiling widely.

Isabella did not answer, but she put her head down.

"He gave up. He stopped struggling. He just sat there, ready for his death." she said, somewhere between laughing and throwing a fit.

"WHAT!" She yelled. Well actually, she just said it, but considering she's been whispering the whole time…

"Relax girly. He made it out. Some last-minute encouragement or something…"

Isabella actually smiled for a second. It was quite a surprise, to both Phineas and Serena. She was glad that at least Phineas was safe. Even if she only showed it for a split second, it was still rather apparent.

"Well then, let's get going with this…"

Isabella showed no sign of fear, but instead she looked back at the floor.

Serena slowly equipped her blade and muttered something to Isabella curtly. With that, she brought the sword back, and was about to bring it towards Isabella.

She was about to.

Phineas pushed the door open noisily and quickly, and jumped at Serena.

At the sound of commotion, Isabella glanced up. She saw Phineas and looked excited for a second. A second was it though. Then fear took over. In fact, she looked closer to crying now than she had before.

Phineas, using the element of surprise, tackled /Serena to the ground.

Serena, still in shock, just glared at Phineas.

"Try to explain to me something."

"Yeah?" Phineas said with a smile.

"Why didn't I kill you earlier? Why did you suddenly get hope?"

"I knew you were lying about Isabella. I honestly don't know why I'm not dead yet. You've had several opportunities to kill me."

With Phineas thinking, Serena grinned widely. In a second, she flipped him over. Now with an advantage, she grabbed her sword again. Luckily being able to react quickly, Phineas kicked the sword out of her hand. She immediately grabbed him by his shirt, and threw him into the corner next to Isabella.

Isabella, seemingly unable to move, whimpered yet again. Phineas was limply lying next to her, afraid of what he knew was coming next.

Serena instantly jumped up, grabbed her weapon again and came upon them.

"Now Phineas, I would kill you…"

"But?" he asked angrily.

"That'll just end your pain. No. In my opinion, you need more… torture."

Phineas gulped slightly, and Isabella whimpered yet again. Phineas now took it upon himself to slowly grab her hand and hold onto for dear life, as if attempting to comfort her.

"No, you see. I think you know where I'm going with this. How would you feel if I told you I'm killing the girl first?"

"NO!"

"You're both dying anyways. All I'm changing is who gets to watch who die." she said.

Phineas couldn't help but see how malicious and intimidating this sounded. He knew she was serious, but it seemed so overboard somehow, even though he knew it would come down to this.

Serena smirked and approached the two in a sprint. She drew her weapon back, and back again towards Isabella. As she was inches away, Phineas and Isabella curled up together, as if in defense. She smirked even more at this.

The sword was making contact with her skin now.

For one moment, everything paused. The world went slower. In fact, it almost stopped. The sword was to hint Isabella's skin. Then there were streams of red. Finally, an arrow that came out of nowhere, struck her. Serena. Serena dropped her sword and flew back towards the wall. Unfortunately for her, it hit her square in the neck.

There in the doorway, Ferb stood, looking rather haggard.

"F-Ferb?" Phineas, asked, full of incomprehension.

He walked into the room and narrowed his eyes at Serena, as she slowly faded away.

They would never admit it, but the three of them had almost felt bad watching it. Almost. Considering she was about to kill them, they really couldn't do anything.

She began to cough, as her own pool of blood surrounded her. She beckoned for them to come closer, which they cautiously did.

"Listen… carefully. *cough* If you want… want to find… him… Baljeet… you must… be careful. He… has too… many p-people… on his side. And-"

Her eyes became very distant, and she died.

Phineas actually felt pity for her. He was shocked, but he did.

What he did next really surprised himself. He leaned over and shut Serena's eyes. Ferb actually left the room, sayin he had to take care of something.

"Ph-Phineas?"

"Yeah?" he said compassionately.

"Th-thank you."

"Huh-?"

"You- you risked everything. You almost submitted yourself."

"Well, you see, I don't think I could survive. Without you, I mean."

Without another word, Isabella moved over carefully. She leaned closer to him and quickly kissed him.

Within seconds, they were kissing and somewhat leaning back into the corner, both thinking the same things.

'Finally!' and 'Ferb better take his time!'

A/N Well, there's a happy ending to that cliffhanger. I hope you enjoyed it, even if it was a bit fluffy (you know, minus the killing and stuff).

Please review, tell me what you thought. It overall helps the story and its developments.