"Wew, you're more work than I thought Phineas." Isabella sighed after which she muttered "in more than one way."
Phineas grinned. "Well, that's because the sensors are quite difficult to install. You can go and wait in the garden if you like."
"Oh, don't worry about me" Isabella then said. "I only need some help." She looked at Phineas expectantly.
"Hmm, good idea Izzy. Maybe you can ask the fireside-girls to help" Phineas replied with a smile.
Isabella growled. Of course he would say something like that to her. She decided to just follow his advice and call the girls over.
"So Ferb, how many Baljeets do we still need?" Phineas asked.
Ferb looked up from his work, put 3 fingers into the air and went back to work.
"Ok then, great" Phineas said excitedly.
"We're here, Phineas, what can we do?" Gretchen asked upon entering the garage.
"Ah good. Well, you can work on the last three Baljeets, king Ferb, help Isabella on me or make yourselves." Phineas said with a grin.
"I'LL WORK ON BALJEET" Ginger said excitedly. When everyone stared at her, she corrected herself "I mean... I'll work on Baljeet then."
"Ooookay... anyway, you still have to decide on what team you want to be. Three for each team. Would you want to join Isabella and me or Ferb." Phineas said. Isabella had smiled again when he had said "Isabella and me." Phineas noticed this but just shrugged it off again. He knew something was up but decided to let it pass for now. He'd think about it some other time.
"I'll join Ferb" "I want to stick with Phineas" "I hope Baljeet also joins Ferb" "You can count on me, chief" "Phineas and Isabella of course" "Ferb, please!"
The girls had gathered themselves around each of the brothers. Holly, Gretchen and Adyson joined up with Phineas and Isabella while Katie, Milly and Ginger joined Ferb.
"Great! I'll go ask Buford and Baljeet who they would like to join then." Phineas said and he was off again.
"So nerd, I know something's up and I'm going to find out what it is." Buford said with a devious grin.
"Yeah, whatever" Baljeet said with a sigh.
"Oh COME ON. There's no fun if you let me do things. You were a lot more fun before this... whatever happened" Buford retorted.
"Hey you two! You still have to decide on who you want to join!" Phineas came running towards the two. "You have to decide among each-other who you want to join. One will join Ferb and the other will join me."
"As much as I like to take you down dinner-bell, I'd like to go against Ferb for a change. You'd better agree on that one, nerd!" Buford said, trying to get Baljeet to react.
"Oh, sure, go ahead." Baljeet said.
Buford felt ignored yet again. He decided to get Baljeet to open up again at some point this day.
"Great! Then we're settled. Now all we need is a queen for Ferb" Phineas said. He began thinking of a suitable queen for Ferb but no-one came to mind. Sure enough Vanessa came to mind but how were they going to find Vanessa on such a short term? And was she even interested? He pondered some more when suddenly, someone spoke.
"Maybe I can help?"
The three boys in the backyard turned to the gate to see someone leaning over the fence. It was a brown-haired girl wearing a fireside-girls' outfit and a red ribbon in her hair. When everyone turned to face her, her blue eyes widened in shock.
"I'm s-so sorry... I-I didn't mean to interrupt you guys... I was just walking past and I saw that giant cloth over there and... I'm off, bye" She said and she ran away again.
"No, don't go" Phineas said, running through the gates. "We were just looking for an extra girl."
The girl halted and looked around. "Well... ok then." She still felt really stupid for suddenly talking but she decided to let it pass. She then followed Phineas back into the garden.
"I bet'cha a bar of chocolate she's related to Irving" Buford whispered to Baljeet. Baljeet still didn't reply causing Buford to get even more agitated.
"Oh I'm so sorry. Where are my manners. My name is Megan" the girl said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Phineas, the big guy over there is Buford and the guy wearing blue is Baljeet. Ferb and Isabella are in the garage right now but hey, I'll call them. Maybe you know Isabella? She's a fireside-girl as well." Phineas said.
"Wow wow wow, wait, you're Phineas? Phineas Flynn?" Megan said with a shock.
"Uh yes, yes I am" Phineas said.
"W-well... So THIS is what's ticking Samantha off? I don't see why really, it all looks so exciting and... Oh I'm sorry, I'm talking to myself again." Megan could trail off on a regular basis but she quickly returned to reality when she noticed.
"Right, so who is Samantha?" Phineas asked.
"Oh, that's my troop-leader. She... well let's just say that she's not so much of a fan of your plans" Megan said.
"Hmm, well I guess you can't please everybody. We're just doing this for fun... aaand to help out sometimes. Oh that's right, you still have to meet Ferb" Phineas said and with that, he was off again.
"Well, I guess it's a good thing she came along. Otherwise we would have needed to call Irving to come here and wear a dress or something to be the queen" Buford joked.
"Who's Irving?" Megan asked.
Buford then looked at her with wide eyes after which Baljeet leaned in on Buford and said "I expect my bar of chocolate with nuts by tomorrow."
Buford got mad and turned to Baljeet "Or I will not give you anything and you won't be lying in the hospital for the night."
"Hmm, I prefer the chocolate" Baljeet said.
Even this didn't work. He had to find something to get Baljeet to get scared of him again or he was going to pop. For some reason, whatever was wrong with Baljeet made him a lot braver than usual.
"Oh, wait you guys. I forgot my money. Do you mind if we make a quick stop at my home?" Candace said.
"Sure, Candy." Stacy said.
"Good" Candace said. With that, the three took a detour to pass Candace's home which was, of course, a very bad idea.
"Oh... my gosh. Look at what Phineas and Ferb have done NOW! Those two are SOOOO BUSTED! I'M going to call mom!" Candace said upon seeing the enormous cloth covering the chess-board. She took out her cell-phone and called her mother.
"Oh, here we go again" Stacy said, rolling her eyes.
"I guess we just have to pull her away again like we did when Jeremy walked by" Jenny proposed.
"Good idea, Jen" Stacy said and with that, the two dragged Candace into her house to get her money.
Candace didn't even notice as she was too occupied by her call. "MOOOM, Phineas and Ferb have build something again!"
"Oh, what is it this time, Candace" Linda replied.
"I... don't know yet because it's covered by a huge cloth." Candace said.
"Of course it is Candace. Listen sweetie, the cook is starting to notice me calling again and I don't want to lose yet another cell-phone to his beater. I'll see it when I get home. Goodbye Candace" Linda said and with that, she hung up.
"Your daughter again?" Charlene asked.
"How'd you guess" Linda grinned.
"You know, I think my daughter Vanessa would get along just fine with your daughter" Charlene laughed.
"I'm sure Candace will" Linda laughed. The cook just had to frown at them to make them silent.