Phineas and the fireside girls gasped as a teal haired boy fell out the other side of the machine. Ferb blinked.

The boy sat up and looked at his hand, before, quick as ever he jumped up and hid behind their tree, hyperventilating.

"Eeek! He's naked!" Candace cried. The fireside girls began shrieking.

"Quiet guys you'll scare him!" Phineas whispered.

"Oh you are so busted!" Candace said leaning on their invention.

"Quiet Candace." Phineas chastised.

Candace rolled her eyes and blew a puff of air. Like she had to listen to her little brother, but she stayed quiet.

"Perry?" Phineas asked quietly.

Perry peered around the tree and winced away.

"Hey Perry it's me Phineas. Don't worry I won't hurt you. Come on out Perry."

"Phi-Phineas." Perry said testing his voice.

"That's right, Perry! It's me Phineas!"

Perry shuddered. This was so strange. It was like an odd reverse of the day Heinz had made himself a platypus. Reverse...? Why was that striking a cord?

"Ferb go find him some clothes. Hey Perry just stay put we'll figure everything out soon I promise." Isabella said taking control of the situation. "Gretchen go with Ferb make sure the clothes are the right size. Molly go with Gretchen make sure the clothes are fashionable."

"Hey!" Gretchen said offended. "I'm fashionable."

"Suuuuuuuure..." Isabella dragged out.

A few minutes later, Perry ended up in an oversized white T-shirt and a pair of Phineas' shorts.

Candace snorted. "Yeah that's high fashion."

"Sorry chief." Gretchen told Isabella. "That's all we could find."

Perry shifted uncomfortably and tried to chatter. He somehow managed to sound like he was laughing nervously.

Hearing their moms car in the driveway Candace giggled slightly manically, rubbing her hands together, and then leaned back on the machine. She was determined to keep it where it was so her mom would see it. But leaning on it made it slide out of the gate. "No! No! No!" She cried chasing the machine.

"Oh who's your friend?" Linda asked, opening the sliding door and missing Candace perfectly.

(She somehow ignored her sons out fits. Knowing in a maternal way that it was the fireside girls doing. Who else would mix hot rod flames with pink bows? Besides Gretchen...)

"It's Perry mom! He's our Perry!" Phineas exclaimed.

"He doesen't belong to you Phineas, stop being silly. Hello Perry." Linda noticed Perry looked afraid. "Is your family new to Danville?"

Perry made an odd geusture, somewhere between a nod and a shrug.

"Where are you from?"

The former monotreme cleared his throat. "A-Australia." He answered truthfully.

Linda gasped. "Oh! That's really cool Perry."

Perry winced and tried to hide behind the tree. That was the surprised tone of voice she used when she was upset with Perry. Like when he was younger and he'd just peed on the rug.

She softened immediately. "Why don't we go inside for snacks? Come on Perry." She took him by the hand and led him inside.

Sitting at the table across from Linda Perry squirmed and didn't touch his food. He tugged at his collar and held his spoon in his fist trying to think of what to do. Linda asked the Fireside girls to leave and ushered her sons upstairs.

"So Perry." Linda started softly. "Are your parents really in Australia?"

"I...don't know. They were last time I..." He stopped and squirmed more under her motherly gaze. This entire situation baffled and worried him. Would this end up blowing his cover?

Linda took his fear and anxiety and applied them to a realistic situation. "Did they lose you?"

"I-I don't remember." Perry said beginning to think of ways he might escape.

Linda was shocked. Despite her anger her eyes welled up. "Wait here just a second. I have to make some calls." She went into the kitchen to call her husband and the police to see if maybe his parents were looking for him. From the way he was acting she thought he'd been abandoned and that stirred motherly anger deep within her.

Perry stood and made his way quietly to the screen door, but Candace, hair out of place, and clothing in an odd state, was making her way thought the backyard. Perry froze momentarily. What to do?

"Mooooom! The boys turned Perry into a human and he TALKS!" She yelled.

Linda dropped the phone and immediately scolded Candace. "Candace! Thats enough of that! Go to your room!"

"But-" Candace started weakly.

"No butts! March missy." She said with crossed arms. Then she glanced at Perry who was wide eyed with fear. "Don't worry Perry I've notified the local police. When your parents call looking for you they'll know right where you are."

Perry tugged at his collar again. "They might not be looking for me..." He said looking around avoiding her gaze.

Her eyebrows shot up and she felt a surge of anger towards his parents. "Are you sure? Maybe there's been a mistake-."

"No." Perry said quickly. "But I should leave. Thank you Mrs. Flynn. Bye!" Perry shuddered as he rushed by her. Talking felt so foreign, the ground was too far away, and everything about the situation was wrong.

"Wait Perry-" She called.

He darted to the front door just as it was opened by Mr. Fletcher. "What's all this about a lost boy then?" He asked.

Perry tried to dash past him but Linda was quickly upon him. "Perry don't leave!"

Perry looked between Mr. and Mrs. Flynn/Fletcher and gulped. What was he going to do?