Ferb blinked at his brother. He had heard this very sentence many times by now, but he was still curious as ever about what idea Phineas had come up with today.
»Remember when we built those teleporters in the beginning of summer?«, the red-haired boy, who was wearing his usual outfit, a t-shirt with orange and white stripes and blue shorts, continued. »You know, the ones that kinda turned Candace into Perry.«
Ferb nodded. That adventure was just one of many, and he remembered them all. From the rollercoaster to space travel, they had done so many things, making the summer truly unforgettable.
»Well, as you know, we never actually got to build working teleporters, so why don’t we do that today?« Phineas sounded excited already, even though they had not started working on their new project yet.
The green-haired boy shrugged. There was nothing he had to say against this plan - not that he ever really said much at all. Ferb stood up from his usual spot beneath the tall tree in the backyard to fetch his tools, but stopped when he heard a familiar voice.
»What’cha doin’?«
»Oh, hey, Isab-« Phineas quickly cut himself off when he turned around to greet the person that had just arrived.
»Got you there, huh, dinner bell?« A boy in a black t-shirt with a skull on it grinned as he approached the two brothers.
Phineas blushed a little. »Well, yeah, I’m so used to Isabella saying that!«
»You’re missing her already, don’t ya?«, the other boy, Buford, laughed.
»Of course I do«, Phineas agreed, and Buford exchanged an amused glance with Ferb. Even after so many days of summer, his brother was still completely oblivious to Isabella’s feelings for him - unlike everyone else in the neighborhood. Even Ferb had to agree that it was quite hilarious to tease him about that, especially because Phineas did not even notice that either. Just like right now.
»She’s visiting her family in Mexico for a couple of days«, the redhead continued. »I bet she misses us too!«
»And one of us in particular«, Ferb remarked, quietly enough for only Buford to hear. The self-proclaimed bully snorted, nudging his friend.
»Anyway, dinner bell, what are you guys up to?«
»Remember when we built those teleporters in the beginning of summer?«, Phineas repeated, but Buford shook his head.
»That was before our little thumb wrestling duel, I’d say. Or after that, whatever. Either way, I haven’t been here that often back then. You really gotta fill me in on all that stuff you did without me!« He sounded more frustrated than he most likely was - Buford tended to exaggerate.
»That’s a plan for another day, Buford«, Phineas replied. »Because today, we’re gonna build a teleporter!«
»And?«, Buford demanded.
»And… that’s it.«
»That’s it?«
»Yeah! Well, it’s just a teleporter.«
»Are you serious ?«, the bully replied, sounding somewhat angry. »All summer, you’ve built really big and amazing things; time machines and rockets and all that great stuff. And now you’re telling me that all you’re gonna do today is build a little teleporter?«
Phineas shrugged. »Just building tall and extreme things all the time is kinda lame, don’t you think?«
Again, Buford shook his head. »Nah, dinner bell. You know what’s lame? A small and so not extreme teleporter!«
»The simplicity of modern art should not be underestimated«, Ferb added calmly, paying no attention to Buford’s tone.
»Well, I think it’s lame«, the bully repeated. »I’m gonna leave, and I’m gonna come back in some hours. Maybe you’ll be able to convince me of the not-so-lameness of this thing then.«
And with that, Buford turned around and left the backyard with a slam of its small gate.
When he was gone, Phineas shrugged, not letting himself get brought down by his friend.
»I like the teleporter«, he said, looking back to Ferb. »Now let’s actually build it, huh?«
It turned out that Buford had actually been right - partly, anyway. After all, they finished building the teleporter in less than an hour. One reason for that was indeed that it was small and not too fancy, but another was that they simply reused their old blueprints of the first teleporter they had built.
So here they were, standing in front of the machine that looked exactly like its first version - only that this time, they had built only one, and for a simple reason: with two machines, one could only teleport to the location of the other device. But now, they just had to enter coordinates and the portal would bring them there.
»Okay, Ferb, where do you want to go?«, Phineas asked, his voice showing how excited he was to finally try the machine out.
Ferb just blinked. He had no destination in mind, but he knew Phineas would come up with one any second now.
»Oh, I know! Why don’t we visit our grandparents in London?«, the redhead asked, already figuring out the coordinates of the location with the machine's built-in computer. Ferb did not have any chance to reply even if he had wanted to, because seconds later, the portal was already opening with a spiral of all kinds of colors, not revealing anything of the set destination.
Phineas was even more excited now. »Shall we?«, he smiled at his brother, who just nodded in agreement.
Right next to each other, and at the same time, they entered the portal.
A bright flash of light blinded the boys as a crackling noise was heard. They were tossed around as if caught in a heavy storm and, eventually, forcefully pulled into one direction.
This only took moments too short for the brothers to actually be aware of the incident. They did not feel any consequences but dizziness - and ruggedly crashing onto grassy ground. Luckily, they had gotten away with no injuries at all, and after shaking off the dizzy feeling, they stood up and looked around.
They had landed on a glade amid a thick and seemingly endless forest with no signs of civilization in sight. The sky was as blue as it had been in Danville when they had finished the teleporter, but the place itself was completely unfamiliar.
»I have the feeling this isn’t London«, Phineas stated, looking at his brother - who, actually coming from England, knew that city far better than him.
Ferb nodded. He had no idea where they had ended up either, so he approached the trees to examine them.
His breath caught as he realized what tree the leaves he had found belonged to.
Aren't those...? It can't be. Not here. Unless -
Footsteps.
Ones that were approaching the brothers quickly.
Ferb only had enough time to pull out his pocket knife for possible self-defense when a black canine beast twice the size of a wolf jumped out of the bushes and ran right over to Phineas, who, without any kind of gadget with him, stood no chance against the creature.
The green-haired boy reacted quickly and dashed over to his brother, his knife equipped and ready to strike. »Ferb!«, he heard Phineas exclaim, but he was completely focused on the beast at this point. It was about to attack his brother with its sharp claws, but Ferb reached it just in time. He stabbed it with his knife, thus causing it to screech in pain. Now the greenhead had the beast’s complete attention and was able to direct it away from Phineas.
Ferb had no intentions of killing this creature - yet he knew he could not be too sure of the other way around. The beast furiously attacked him, but luckily he was able to dodge and avoid its claws most of the time. Not always, though, for it eventually managed to cause him to drop his knife - and now he was completely defenseless as well.
Completely? Not quite.
»That was before our little thumb wrestling duel, I’d say.« Buford's voice echoed inside his head - and with it, Ferb remembered the moment after that very duel, the moment he had knocked Buford unconscious by pinching just the right nerve.
Now this beast just has to have this very nerve as well...
»Ferb, there are more!« Phineas’ voice interrupted his struggle to locate the nerve of the wolf, and now he heard, and saw, two more of these beasts approaching them at an immense speed. He knew he could not defeat all three of them, but one at the very least… so as the creature launched another clawed attack, he pushed himself forward, grabbed the beast’s throat - and pinched it.
The wolf fell down with a thud, just as the sharp hiss of a flying arrow cut through the air. After that, another thud as the second creature fell to the ground. Just moments later, the event repeated, with the third and final beast getting pierced by an arrow.
Ferb believed he heard voices, and from the corner of his eye, he saw someone, a human this time, knocking Phineas unconscious with a hit on the head.
Ferb opened his mouth to scream his brother’s name, but he too felt a sudden pain on the back of his head.
And then everything went black.
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