(A/N) I am sooo sorry:( I have been so busy this week, I haven't had time to do anything! This past week has been super stressful, and I'm bashing my head against a drawer! Bad SM, bad! But anyway, this story has passed the 600 view mark, so thank you anyone who has read, and an even bigger thank you to my follows/favourite! *Bear hugs you all* It really cheered me up when I read my three reviews, and I just thought, 'Story, why haven't you updated yet?!' But, because of the delay, I will have this story updated and a little surprises (Hopefully) by Wednesday this week! Any way, enjoy:*

Chapter 7

*Hookensmirtz evil pirate log*

Finally. I, the greatest pirate ever, Heinz Hookensmirtz, have almost found the mermaid's hideout. I located it using my mermaid-track inator! Mwahaha. Now, their magic is mine for the taking, and I can use it to take over the entire Never-State area! Somehow. All I need to do now is trap one in my mermaid-trap inator!

"You gave a jingle to your log book?" Oh, great. Now Rodney is looking over my shoulder. Excuse me, but he has rudely interrupted my train of thought. Now, where was I?

"And why have you got all these inators. Do they even work?"

"Quiet Rodney! And of course they work; look we've nearly found where the mermaids are!" He can be so obnoxious. He clearly doesn't understand true evil genius.

"No it didn't. You just followed a ship and hoped for the best. And now we have lot said ship!"

"No! No I did not!" I started to protest, but then my crew all looked at me.

"What, none of you believe me? This is mutiny I tell you! Mutiny!" I yelled and stormed into my cabin. What did they know anyway? My inators are going to work. And I can't wait to rub it into Rodney's face when they do! I mean, when I've proven they do. Because of course my previous inator worked... And didn't blow up when I tried to activate it. I'm sure that ship was just a coincidence. I didn't follow it, knowing that they were in search of this place too. Okay. So maybe I followed them. But I came up with my evil plan all by myself. And besides, I'm evil. I'm allowed to do things like this. And the plan was all mine! "Flashback!" I sang to myself. Then I heard Rodney shout "I worry about you sometimes, Heinz" The obnoxious...

*Flashback*

Right, yes. I interrupted my own train of thought there. Ahem...

'It all started back in Ye Olde Danvilee. We were sat in the tavern and I overheard the red-headed bar-maids conversation with the owner.

"I just don't know if they'll be safe, Laurence. I mean, who knows if the place even exists." She sighed and put an empty glass on the counter.

"Listen, darling. I know our boys will be fine. It's not like they've never done it before, and they'll look out for each other. Besides, Ferb is always very precautious. He will keep a close eye on Phineas." Just then, two boys came out of a stall.' Well, they weren't really boys, but they were quite young. I'm interrupting myself again...

'They walked over to the counter and sat on a stool. "Don't worry, mom. We will be fine. We've got everything mapped out and we know it exists." He smiled at his green haired friend who was sat next to him. "We're gonna be the first ever people to go there! We'll go down in history!" The green haired one smiled and shook his head.

"Well, not including all the pirates of course." He replied. The red head laughed. Uncharted waters? Going down in history? This sounded good. No, evil. I laughed to myself, and caught their attention.

"Excuse me, but where might this place be?" I asked them, thinking that I could beat them to it.

"Oh, its right here, look!" The red headed lad pointed to a point on a map. It looked familiar to me. Then, a story of my great, great, great... (Let's just say several greats) grandfather came into my head. Of a place where magical creatures roamed.

"Mermaids!" I exclaimed out loud. Everyone looked at me as if I was an idiot, but I would be the one who laughed last. I rushed out of the tavern, and bumped into Rodney (I know. Ergh) who was sat stupidly by his pirate ship.

"Heinz Hookensmirtz. What brings you here?" He scowled at me.

"Well, Rodney. You are soon going to be looking at the best pirate in the world! I'm off to find the mermaids and take advantage of their magic!" I was so proud of my evil scheme. And it was all my idea. Rodney just scoffed.

"Well, how do you plan to do that... Without a ship" He smirked. Hmm. I hadn't thought of that part yet. I sighed in aggravation.

"Fine. Do you want to join me?" He stood up straight and walked onto his ship.

"I expect to be co-captain, since you almost defiantly can't handle it on your own. Next, since I have more knowledge on the creatures than you do... I get to ask for something first!" He demanded.

"Wait... Wait! They are mermaids, not genies, Rodney. And more knowledge, than me?!"

"My father once discovered their hideout, and caught one. Almost had her, but then a semi-aquatic guard came and took her back. My father never told me what it was, but I assume it was an incredible semi-aquatic sea monster!" I rolled my eyes. Stupid Rodney, with his pirate ship and crew and father who almost got a mermaid.

"Fine. Co-Captain." He clapped his hands together.

"Good. Now, crew, we set sail tomorrow morning."

"Great, that gives me plenty of time to build my mermaid track-inator!" I shouted triumphantly. But everyone on the ship seemed to put their head in their hands and groaned. Hmm, they must all have had headaches that day.

Review Response!
Monkey lover 911: This review made me smile! Thank you! And Phineas and his crew, despite curiosity, are the good guys;) I'm sorry about the late update!
Elizabeth: I forgot the fireworks! *facepalms* And about the whole Queen/Mom thing, well, I think Candace is always just used to referring to her as Queen like as a formality, and forgets to call her Mom kind of thing. And the waters are unexplored as the Mermaids previous tried to scare them away, by using a certain crime fighting semi-aquatic mammal;) And yes, their mom will find out about that little trip, but that's another chapter;) And glad you re excited, trying to get that up soon, but didn't have the time:( Sorry for the late update, but thank you for the review!
Chaos Infinity-X: Yes, yes they are. They'd probably be classed as explorers me thinks. Thank you for reviewing!
Thank you for reviewing guys, and since I forgot them last time *sets off an extra set of fireworks, and throws confetti!*