Balance of Terror
Chapter 1: Foundation of the Empire
This is the official prequel to my 4th story, The Terran Empire. This is the whole back story of how in a parallel universe, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz becomes the ruler of the whole world, which becomes the bloodthirsty and power-hungry Terran Empire. This story will be dark, but don't forget, things work out for the better in The Terran Empire and A New Star is Born.
It was 3 years before the 104-day summer vacation we all knew in the Prime Universe. The year: 2008. The place: earth, parallel universe. Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, as we all know, had a horrible childhood and decided to let himself be defined by that, thus becoming an evil scientist out to avenge himself on all who made his early life miserable. In this universe, however, he got smart early on how to successfully take over more than just the Tri-State Area; he intended the whole world as his goal of acquisition. Over a period of time, he began creating or acquiring nuclear weapons and building up a robotic army to prepare for world conquest.
In 2008, he let all Hell break loose from Professor Destructicon's secret base (after assassinating him) by sending nuclear missiles at major cities all over the world; New York, Moscow, London, Paris, Madrid, Mexico City, and many others had massive casualties within a matter of hours. The world economy was sent into frenzy while armies across the world armed and prepared for any assaults to come. It was at this armament that Doofenshmirtz sent out his legions upon legions of robots throughout the world.
Many countries fell quickly; the United States, its Allies, China, Israel, and some other Middle Eastern countries resisted valiantly, but in futility—after a year's-worth of fighting, and with all world icons of freedom in ruins, Doofenshmirtz established the United Earth Empire with himself as the ruler in 2009. Shortly before the empire's foundation, institutes of evil were promptly set up and children were taken by force from their parents to be indoctrinated in evil ways. They were placed in class by mental and physical aptitude; some of the more apt were able to escape and join military resistance groups. These small resistance efforts rarely attracted too much attention unless the rare occasion arose where severe damage was inflicted.
In 2010, satellites were able to pick up the signal from a few space exploration craft entering the solar system. First contact was made on April 5th with some adorable aliens that spoke with "meaps." When they were nearly killed and their ship nearly taken, they promptly left earth. Doofenshmirtz thereby commissioned experimentation of capabilities to break the speed of light barrier so that he might expand his iron fist's control to other worlds. It was at this moment that he also renamed the empire The Terran Empire, whose new goal was conquest of all other worlds possible.
Dark? Yes. But if you really think about it, this is how Doofenshmirtz would really get if he had the chance. I mean, come on, I presume you've all seen Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, so this should really be no surprise as being a possibility in a parallel universe. Anyway, this was just a history in brief. Phineas, Ferb, and their friends will be mentioned way more in the succeeding chapters, so get ready!