Chapter 2

Perry's Next Move

Doofenshmirtz's Living Room

6 A.M

"Perry?" Doofenshmirtz asks. Perry's on the couch; Doofenshmirtz laid him there a couple of hours ago. The platypus has yet to regain his consciousness, but the wrinkles on his skin are gone and the greying hairs have reverted to a more youthful look.

Perry regains his consciousness. To his surprise, his vision is much sharper than last night. His limbs don't feel as brittle. And his heartbeat isn't racing anymore.

"You feeling ok, Perry?"

Perry gives a surprised look and nods. He gets up and performs a backflip. He surprises himself and performs another one.

"Woah. Take it easy!" Doof warns him. "So, I guess my Inator worked"

Perry nods and smiles for the first time in years.

"Come on. I have to infiltrate a shipping center. I'll drop you home on the way" Doof offers him, but the platypus gives him a look: "No. You're not infiltrating the site with me!"

Perry nods sideways and crosses his arms.

"Ugh. Fine" he agrees, begrudgingly.

LOVEMUFFIN: Shipping Site

7 A.M

LOVEMUFFIN's leader, Aloyse, stands at the docks. He holds a c clipboard with a To-Do list on which equipment to ship. He notices a huge cargo crew stock the evil gadgets onto the shop. Once that happens, Aloyse cracks a smile and checks the boxes on his To-Do List.

Suddenly, a helicopter flies over the shipping compound. Aloyse and the rest of LOVEMUFFIN stare up in surprise. Doofenshmirtz slides open the helicopter's door and peaks his head outside. He stares below at them and speaks into his green megaphone.

"Attention, LOVEMUFFIN. Your crew has 30 seconds to exit that ship!" he warns them. "Or else the consequences will be dire"

"What will you do?" Aloyse asks. Then, Doofenshmirtz grabs a rocket launcher and aims it towards the ship.

"I'm gonna blow it up. Along with the rest of your supplies!" Doofenshmirtz warns them. "This is your final warning!"

"Don't listen to him" Aloyse tells his crew. "That rocket launcher isn't going off. He doesn't have it in him"

Then, suddenly Perry snatches the rocket launcher from Doofenshmirtz's hands.

"Perry The Platypus. What are you-"

Perry shoots a rocket at the ship. A giant hole explodes onto the ship. The ship begins to sink and all the crew inside of it jump off the ship.

"Perry! Have you lost it?!" Doofenshmirtz scolds him, but the tone-deaf platypus just nosedives into the water. He didn't care about Doofenshmirtz's orders. For now, he felt the most alive in years.

"Is that the platypus?" Aloyse asks. "Didn't he retire all those years ago?"

"Well. He's back" Doofenshmirtz announces into the megaphone. He says so with a shaky voice: He has no clue what Perry's next move is.

Perry swims and climbs up to the shipping site. He grabs his laser gun and starts shooting at them.

"Perry. Wait!" Doofenshmirtz yells at the platypus. But Perry doesn't listen and continues to shoot at LOVEMUFFIN's crew.

"RUN!" Aloyse orders his crew. They obey and run towards their parked trucks. But Perry continues shooting at them.

"Perry. Stop!" Doofenshmirtz yells at him one final time. When Perry refuses to stop, Doofenshmirtz begins to descend the helicopter.

Unfortunately, Perry begins to cough. Ok, nothing too serious. Perry shoots at the trucks once LOVEMUFFIN enters them. But then Perry's coughs become more violent and soon blood spills from his mouth, which terrifies him.

"PERRY!" Doofenshmirtz yells as he lands the helicopter, but then the platypus passes out.

OWCA Hospital: Room #666

Two Hours Later

Once again, Perry lies on the hospital bed. An IV Drip is inserted into his arm. He's motionless and still coughs out blood in his sleep.

Doof sits on the couch besides him and has a worried look on his face. Major Monogram enters the room with a defeated look on his face. He holds a clipboard which holds Perry's medical results.

"It's bad" he informs the former scientist. "That Inator de-aged Agent P. But it did so by promoting his cells to grow"

"I'm sorry. What?"

"Aging is caused by our body's inability to repair itself. So, your Inator fixed that problem by promoting Agent P's dying cells to regrow. It strengthened his body back to his earlier years"

"What are you trying to say?" Doofenshmirtz asks with a worried tone.

"That Inator gave him cancer"

To Be Continued