Yay! New chapter! XD I like how this chapter turned out more than the previous one. I've already started chapter three, so I will hurry to finish that and try and post it tomorrow. ;)
Chapter 2—Unexpected
The secret entrance door opened, and Perry stumbled out, wincing as pain shot through his ankle. It must have happened when the person threw him.
Quickly removing his hat, he flopped onto his stomach.
This situation couldn't be any worse.
He tried to think. He didn't know of anyone or anything that could match an agent's skill. Sure, an army of robots, but this had only been three people.
He buried his face in his paws, trying to clear his head. What was he going to do now? He didn't have much to go by if he wanted to track the three figures down, but he had to start somewhere.
Pulling back a layer of fur, he turned on his wrist communicator watch. He tuned it, trying to see if he could contact Major Monogram, or even Carl. But the tiny screen remained filled with static.
Sighing, Perry switched it off. He peered around the corner of the house at the two boys, happily working away at their latest invention. It would be too dangerous if he stayed around. In all likelihood, those people would come looking for him.
And he would not let them hurt his boys. But he couldn't just leave without explaining the situation to them.
Whipping out a pen and notepad, he hastily scribbled a note, then tore out the page and folded it. Again, he peered around the corner, but this time he chattered softly.
Phineas turned upon hearing the noise and said, "Oh, there you—" but stopped when he saw the anxious expression on Perry's face, and the fact that Perry was on his hind legs.
Perry placed the note in the grass, making sure that they saw it, then quickly backed away out of sight. He turned around, about to hurry away, when he bumped into a pair of legs. Looking up, he saw Candace standing over him, no doubt on her continuous mission to bust her brothers.
Perry immediately went onto all fours. Had she noticed?
He was shocked when Candace bent low and roughly grabbed him around the middle, before lifting him up and clutching him tightly in her arms. She didn't say a word, but turned around and headed for the sidewalk, squeezing him so tight that he found it hard to breathe. He squirmed and struggled against her, trying to relay the message that she was holding him too tight, but she ignored him. Gasping, Perry looked up at her face. It was hard and stony, completely void of all emotion. Her eyes were empty, as if she didn't really see.
What was wrong with her?
At first he barely even realized the direction they were heading. Then he looked up and saw the tall, purple building looming closer into view.
Phineas looked at his brother after their pet stepped out of sight, eyes wide with confusion. The two boys quickly hurried away from their creation, over to where the note lay in the grass. Ferb picked it up and unfolded it, then held it out for Phineas to read.
Boys,
There was an attack on the Agency, and all the agents were captured. I'm the only one who escaped. It's not safe if I stay or am seen with you. Meet me at the park as soon as you can.
P
Phineas looked up, taken aback.
"The Agency was attacked?" he exclaimed. The note fell lightly to the ground, unnoticed by either. "C'mon Ferb, we'd better go now!"
Both boys glanced back at their work. They had been making rocket-power bicycles, but suddenly they didn't seem to matter.
Ferb pulled out a remote and pointed it at the yard. The entire ground flipped upside down so that there was nothing but the giant tree.
The two boys then hurried around the corner of the house in their pet's footprints—only to stop dead. Their eyes widened when they saw Candace holding Perry tightly in her arms, heading away from the house.
"Why is Candace taking Perry?" Phineas whispered as they disappeared from view.
"Your guess is as good as mine!" Ferb whispered back. They crept alongside the wall to the front of the house, where they watched Candace walk away, with Perry, unseen, in her arms.
Phineas's forehead crinkled in thought.
"This doesn't make since!" he muttered, looking at his brother. He could tell by his eyes that they were thinking the same thing.
They waited a few moments as Candace got further away, then stepped out and followed at a distance.
A myriad of thoughts whirled through Perry's mind as Candace's brisk pace came to a halt in front of Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.
Doof had ordered the attack?
Candace reached out and pressed the intercom button, and Perry gasped for breath as her grip slackened slightly.
A second later, the door clicked and swung outwards. Candace pulled it open and slipped silently inside. The creek as it closed grew muffled as Candace stepped into the elevator, the doors sliding shut before they began to ascend.
Apprehension filled Perry as the door slid open again, and Candace strode over to the door behind which his nemesis lived.
At first the room appeared empty. All the lights were off, giving it an eerie feel. Suddenly Perry was unceremoniously tossed onto the floor. Shaking himself, he looked up at Candace as she flicked the on-off switch up.
Light flooded the room, illuminating things that he had missed at first.
For instance, in the middle of the room was Heinz Doofenshmirtz, wrists tied to the arms rests of the chair on which he sat, a strip of silver duct tape covering his mouth. His eyes widened in shock when he saw Perry, then they became fearful.
"Welcome Perry the Platypus," said an all-too-familiar voice. Whirling around, Perry found himself facing a tall, white-haired man with a handlebar mustache, who smiled maliciously as he raised a small ray gun and pointed it at him.
It was Major Monogram.
