Author's Note: I'm back already! This is the next story in the series. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I only own Pansy and the plot.
Perry's POV
"So, what have you been up to, Perry?" Pinky the Chihuahua asked me. Almost all of the agents in the OWCA were gathered in a meeting room, and there were a lot of agents. Peter, Pinky, and Pansy sat close to me at a long table. Major Monogram and Wanda sat beside each other on one end of the table (Carl and his sister had stayed in the main part of the building to monitor the computers). Several dozen chairs surrounded the table on all four sides, each seating an animal agent. All of the animals had translators (except me, I have a magical human voice box or whatever), so instead of hearing animal sounds, English words echoed throughout the room.
"Not much. How about you?" I replied.
"I'm good. I hope Major Monogram explains that rumor about a new enemy threatening the agency…" Pinky said.
"I bet it's not even true." Peter said with an eye roll. "It's probably just made up to scare us." No one replied to that.
Major Monogram gaveled to call attention, and all of the agents immediately quieted down. Every pair of eyes stared at one of the two superiors.
"You all may have heard rumors that we have a new enemy to look out for…" He started. The room was filled with deadly silence.
"…and those rumors are true." He admitted. Several shocked murmurs and gasps rippled among the animals. Peter just grunted.
"All of the members of L.O.V.E. M.U.F.F.I.N. have disappeared." The animals gasped in horror.
"How is that even possible? You think they could have just vanished into thin air?" I shouted out. Several other agents protested along with me. He didn't reply.
"We guess that they have gone to join the main threat." He said. "Both Wanda and I advise you to be careful outside of the agency. Do not wear your fedoras outside. Protect your host families, if you have them. Stay safe." He said to all of the shocked agents.
"That doesn't sound good…" Pansy remarked. I silently agreed.
"Are you going to tell us who the enemy is?" A sarcastic, anonymous voice called out over all of the other the hushed murmurs of the agents. Monogram visibly swallowed.
"And why are they a threat? You did say that the agency is unstoppable before…" A different voice called out. There were several other protests.
"Um… believe me; you seriously don't want to know the answers to all of these questions. That would just lead to fear and confusion, and I know that none of you want that. Just stay safe, and-" He was cut off by a loud crash. Every head in the room whipped around to see the door to the conference room flying off its hinges, landing on the floor with a crash. A tall, skinny man with black hair and a mustache slowly walked through the door. The members of L.O.V.E. M.U.F.F.I.N. filed in around him and surrounded the man. They seemed to be… mindless. Their eyes were glowing an unnatural color of red, and their movements were jerky like a robot's. There were so many that each agent would have to fight at least two or three at a time. Luckily, I didn't recognize Dr. Doofensmirtz in the large crowd of lab coats.
The agents didn't know what to do. Some sprang to their feet, some were paralyzed in fear, and some shrunk down in their seats. I looked frantically at my friends. I made sure that they were ready to run if we needed to.
"Why, hello, the great-and-powerful Major Monogram of the OWCA." The man taunted. "So very nice to see you…" He said with an evil smile.
Monogram was frozen, his eyes staring straight into mine, his expression shouting 'run'. And, of course, we did the opposite.
As soon as I glanced at Peter and nodded, he shouted "ATTACK!" The agents jumped out of their seats and started attacking the scientists. I ran toward my bosses and started to pull them toward the opposite door.
"Agent P, what do you think you're doing?" Monogram demanded.
"Saving your life, thank-you-very-much. If you escape in time, you can find a way to defeat these guys later." I told them, still pulling them across the empty part of the gym.
"What are you going to do?" Wanda asked, looking quite surprised.
"Attack, and hopefully achieve something. Even if we do get captured, we'll escape and come back. Now, hurry, before someone sees you leaving!" I hissed and pushed them out the door. "Find Carl and his sister, they're good at locating us."
"Thank you, Agent P. This says a lot about you. You're not the best in the agency for nothing!" Wanda complemented, as Major Monogram blinked in gratitude. I saluted and ran back to the main fight. I heard the door close softly before I leaped into the battle.
Pansy's POV
As soon as Peter yelled, I attacked a random guy in a lab coat. He screamed as I kicked him in the face, knocking him to the ground. There he remained, unconscious. I quickly went over to Perry, who was coming back from saving our bosses.
"They left to go find Carl and his sister." He told me, looking anxiously at the battle. So far, the agents had knocked countless scientists to the ground, but there were still a lot.
"What are we waiting for? Let's fight!" I said bravely, and we leapt back into the brawl. Perry jumped onto the tall man's shoulders and pulled his hair. The man growled like an angry dog and tried to yank the teal platypus off. A shorter, chubbier man crept up behind the two. Before anything else could happen, the short man stuck a needle directly under Perry's tail. He yelped loudly, earning the attention of everyone in the room. Before he could react, the tall man threw him onto the ground with an earsplitting thud.
Perry slowly stood up and yanked the needle out. He crushed it easily between his fingers, spilling the green liquid onto the floor. His angry snarl made everyone in the room flinch, even all of the agents. The short man backed away slowly, muttering things like, "Good little platypus" and "Please don't hurt me!" I noticed that Perry looked more tired with every passing second. He tackled the short man, and sent him flying toward the wall, instantly knocking him out.
"And that's how the platypi do it…" He muttered drowsily and fell to the floor, sound asleep. Every agent stared in horror, for the OWCA's best agent was asleep on the floor in the middle of a battle.
"It's… that stuff that doctors use to put patients to sleep before surgery!" I shouted in disbelief. The agents backed away from the man in horror. But the next thing I knew, I was falling asleep, too.
"Ugh…" I groaned. I felt cold metal underneath me. My whole body ached. When I opened my eyes, all I saw were bars and bright lights.
"So, Pansy, you're finally awake. Good to know that you aren't dead." A grumpy, feminine voice said. I looked over and saw a white shape in a cage next to mine.
"Where am I? And who are you? And how do you know my name?" I asked, feeling rather frightened.
"I thought that you would recognize me…" The voice said. As soon as the head turned toward me, I growled. It was Patricia, the she-platypus who had threatened my husband.
"Great. How did you get here?" I groaned. Another thing to be angry about was just what I needed.
"That mean skinny man kidnapped me quite a while ago." Patricia said.
"What is this place?" I asked, not exactly liking that the only other living thing I had to talk to was Perry's old girlfriend.
"You don't know? It's a breeding shelter. I think you can figure out the rest." She growled.
"What? That man kidnapped us so he could… make us do THAT?" I asked with a disgusted expression.
"I know, right? But here's a tip for surviving here. You see, he only feeds and waters you if you cooperate. So, just pretend like you did it, then you get food! It's a great system!" Patricia told me.
"Why should I trust you after what you did to Perry?" I asked, holding back a growl. Patricia looked at the bottom of her cage.
"Look, I realize that what I did was wrong. I can only imagine what you and Perry think about me now. Even if it doesn't make a difference, I'm really sorry." She explained sadly. I wanted to be mad, but I could tell that she was sincere.
"Fine, I forgive you. But I'm not sure that Perry will…" I said.
"Thank you so much! I feel much better now, with that off my chest." Patricia smiled, her light blue eyes sparkling happily.
"So, what do we do now?" I asked, after a moment of hesitation.
"We wait for that guy to bring the boys to us. Just remember, they can be… aggressive…" Patricia said.
"Perry's never been aggressive…" I frowned.
"Has there been competition for him?" Patricia asked with a small smile.
"Well, no, but I still can't imagine him acting that way…" I thought for a moment. Just then we heard footsteps and some growling coming from down the hall.
"Here they come…" Patricia muttered. Some shoes stopped outside our cages. Patricia's cage door opened with a creak. A teal platypus was basically thrown in, its head facing away from me. The shoes then walked back down the hallway.
"Ooh, that smarts. Dude, seriously, what's your deal with throwing me?" The platypus growled. It was Perry!
"Perry!" I yelped. The platypus turned around and smiled.
"Pansy!" He said and rushed towards me. He hadn't noticed Patricia yet.
"It's so good to see you!" I said happily. Patricia looked really nervous.
"Yeah… I guess that battle was a gigantic fail for… PATRICIA?" He gasped and backed away from her.
"Oh… Hi, Perry…" Patricia smiled nervously.
"Get away from me!" Perry hissed and moved as far away from the white platypus as possible.
"Perry, she's not going to hurt you." I muttered to him.
"Oh, gee, surely not..." He growled sarcastically, "But if you don't remember, SHE DID THAT LAST TIME I SAW HER!" Perry snarled, causing Patricia to flinch.
"Perry, she apologized, and I believe that she's sincere…" I argued quietly.
"You really think that I can forgive her that easily? For what she did?" He growled.
"Perry, I really am sorry. I-I wasn't in my right mind that day…" Patricia apologized.
"You bet you weren't!" He hissed angrily.
"I promise it won't happen again… please forgive me!" Patricia pleaded.
"Ugh, fine. But there's nothing between us." Perry said, his arms crossed.
"Agreed." Patricia said. We sat in silence when we heard the shoes again. The face of the skinny man smiled evilly down at us. We all growled at his smug expression.
"What is the point of this?" Perry growled at the man.
"Why, I don't think that Agent P knows what to do… Let my good old friend show you…" He said with an evil laugh. The door to my cage opened, and a very large, fat, black platypus with bright green eyes wobbled in. I cowered in his big shadow.
"Have fun! And try not to die!" The man laughed as he walked back down the hallway. We were all alone.
"Um… Hello…" I squeaked. "You know what? Let's introduce ourselves… My name is Pansy. What's your name?"
"Poison." The black platypus said loudly, his voice very deep and raspy. He could speak English, too.
"Oh… nice to meet you?" I held out a paw and smiled nervously. Poison wasn't impressed.
"Let's get down to business. It'll only hurt a lot if you don't cooperate!" The black platypus laughed evilly. I shrunk.
"Um… no thank you…" I squeaked. The black platypus growled and advanced towards me. I backed away slowly.
"You know what? We can start by getting to know each other…" I suggested, "Or we could avoid doing what you want to do…" The black platypus was crowding me against the cement wall.
"Get away from her, you big fatty!" Perry snarled. The black platypus turned toward him and bared his sharp teeth.
"You want a piece of me?" Poison yelled. Perry growled. Poison walked over to the bars separating him and Perry. He grabbed them with his paws.
"You really think you could bend the bars? Look, buddy, I tried that earlier! It's impossible!" Perry crossed his arms and smirked. The black platypus bended the bars like they were made of rubber. Perry's smug expression faltered as the black platypus stepped in front of him.
"Ha ha…" Perry laughed nervously. "Let's not do something you might regret, buddy…" The black platypus lunged at Perry. Soon the two were locked together, snarling and biting each other. Patricia backed into my cage nervously.
"So this is what you meant by aggressive…" I said quietly. Patricia nodded and we watched the fight anxiously. Perry climbed on top of the other platypus and bit his neck. Poison didn't even flinch. He started jumping up and down, trying to shake Perry off. Without a moment of hesitation, Perry dug his ankle into Poison's back. The black platypus howled in agony, running in circles in the cage. Perry was thrown off, into the cement wall. Poison crashed through the bars into the hallway, creating a big hole in the cage. He kept running in circles like a maniac.
"That's what you get for moving in on my girl, you big fat meanie!" Perry snarled. Poison was still howling in agony. I stared at them both in horror. So Perry could be aggressive…
"See?" Patricia muttered. "They act like crazy, drunken men during mating season." I silently agreed, even though I still couldn't believe that Perry acted that violent.
"Perry?!" I said with a questioning tone. He blinked a couple times and looked at me. I walked over to him slowly.
"What?" He asked. He was shaking slightly under my questioning gaze.
"What… What happened back there?" I asked him. He looked at the floor guiltily.
"Look, I don't know why I acted like that…" He didn't meet my eyes.
"Perry, you could have gotten seriously hurt back there! What were you thinking?" I asked angrily.
"I-I don't know! I just felt different all of the sudden, like Poison was my worst enemy, and that I had to fight him! I didn't mean to… to…" He lowered his head. "…poison Poison…"
"Ha, poison Poison." Patricia snickered. Perry and I looked at her. She stopped smiling and turned around.
"If you got poisoned by Poison, then I don't know how I could live with myself. You have to be more careful." I scolded him.
"Look, that seriously wasn't like me. I just don't know why…"
"Mating season." Patricia said. "A cruel time of year." She shook her head.
"Wh-What?" Perry asked.
"It's mating season. That's why all of you boys want to kill each other." Patricia replied. Perry looked down and blushed.
"What is going on?" The man with black hair screamed. All of the platypuses froze. He picked up Poison. "Poison, what happened?"
"That stupid teal platypus poisoned me!" Poison screeched. Perry flinched and cowered in the man's fierce gaze.
"Come on, Poison. I'll deal with that idiot later." The man's footsteps echoed as he walked down the hall. Perry looked away. I could tell that it really bothered him that he acted so violent.
"It's okay. You were brave back there, challenging Poison." I smiled. I decided not to mention the things he said to Poison.
"I guess, but I wasn't in my right mind." Perry replied with a shrug. "So it doesn't really count." I giggled and kissed him playfully. I mentally cracked up when I saw Patricia silently gagging and turning away from us. Then we heard footsteps again. Perry pulled away and growled at the evil, black-haired man.
