So I want to applaude Quanktumspirit for how quickly they finished this xD They actually finished this chapter yesterday, but I'm only just now managing to post it… Whoops xD
Leonardo walked, smiling almost drunkenly, back into the O.W.C.A. Seeing that beautiful fox had completely turned his head. As he sat down in the O.W.C.A's reception area, his parents and brother had just returned from trying to find him.
Alex saw his smiling brother and raised a confused eyebrow. "Leo! There you are, everything okay?"
"Yes, everything is perfect, Alexander." Leo beamed and raced up to his twin.
Alexander blinked, and his parents raised confused eyebrows as Leonardo grabbed his twin and seemed to be twirling his sibling round while smilling, laughing, and humming to himself, before then embracing his sibling in a tight buddy hug.
As he walked out of the room and back to his office, Perry blinked and looked at his younger pup confusedly.
Alex shook his head. "What on earth has gotten into him? Only a few hours ago he was sulking and complaining about having to work for the O.W.C.A, and now... Now he is pouncing around like as if he just had his favorite dinner."
"Should we take him to the doctor?" Perry asked, still confused.
Rosetta held her finger to the side of her beak, as if she was thinking, before smiling a bit and shaking her head. "I don't think that will be necessary, boys... Maybe Leo is in love with someone." Rosetta smiled.
Perry blinked. "Oh, boy, this will be a problem."
"Why would our son being in love with someone be a problem, Perry? If he likes some one at the O.W.C.A. then that will glue him to this very organization that we all are a part of," Rosetta pointed out.
"You are right, Mom, but how are we going to find out who it is?" Alexander asked confusedly.
Rosetta smiled again. "Leave that to me, boys. And you two better make yourselves scarce, back home, and I'll have dinner with Leo with me."
Perry and Alex looked at each other and nodded, then they left into Perry's office and closed the door behind them to get Perry's car keys.
(...)
Perry drove his car with his son in it back to their home. Once there, Perry had his wash with Alex and then began cooking an omlet, bacon, and ham meal. As he placed both plates out, he looked at a family portrait of the four of them together.
"I just have to find a way around my son's distance and unacceptance towards our larger O.W.C.A. family... But how can we make him join us in fighting on the right side? If L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. would get ahold of the information that one of the 4 platypi has chickened out of the O.W.C.A. they will do anything to have him harmed and killed... But what can we do?" Perry thought aloud to himself, feeling upset.
Alexander looked at his father as he placed the last plate, knive, and fork down and then getting two glasses of cold water. He sat next to Perry before handing him the cup. Perry blinked and looked at his eldest son. Smiling a bit, Perry sighed and rubbed over his head.
"Dad, everything will work out in the end. Leonardo is not stupid, you know," Alex pointed out.
Perry nodded. "I know Leo is not stupid, Alexander, but if L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. get ahold of him, they could- and most likely would- warp his innocent and helpless mind into turning on us all. Leo has to join the O.W.C.A, not because it's interesting being a agent with all the gadgets one has to use, but for his own safety."
"But, Dad, we all have heared what Leo has said, he doesn't want to join O.W.C.A..." Alex began slowly, "but I do have a plan for him," he finished, smirking.
"Huh? A plan? What for a plan?" Perry asked, raising a eyebrow.
Alexander looked towards the door and then walked up to the bay window. "Before I explain it out, Dad, we have to wait for Mother to come. Then lock the door to make sure Leonardo doesn't hear in on us… We need to keep this secret from him, at all costs... If he knows what I have planned, Leo will not only turn his back on us, but I fear he will run forever and never come back," Alexander explained, whispering.
Now Perry was even more worried then ever. "Run from us?"
(...)
Rosetta found her son Leo still sitting in his and Alex's cubicle and sighing happily. He was drawing a image of a creature with a long face and a lovely bushy tail.
"Leo, may I enter?" Rosetta asked her son.
Leo looked up, shocked, and he quickly covered that drawing with another piece of paper. He blinked and shook in his office chair. "Um... No…. Actually, Mother, I... I have to go to the toilet." Leo panicked immediately.
He tried to get out the door, but Rosetta grabbed her son and sat him on the couch.
"Don't talk nonsense, Leo, you've only just been back, and you haven't had a thing to eat or drink. What's going on with you, Leo? Your odd behavior has nothing to do with the O.W.C.A, or that you want to rebel against us. So what is it? What happened on your walk?" Rosetta asked her son, feeling worried.
Leonardo sighed and hung his head, "Well, Mom... It's like this." Slowly, he retold the entire story of his walk. "And... Mom… I don't know what it is about Miss Lila the fox... But I think I have a crush on her."
Rosetta smiled. "Well... That is sweet, dear. And does she know of your feelings?"
"Well... No, but she knows of my problems with you all... Lila promised me to help," Leo explained slowly, not meeting his mother's eyes.
Rosetta then frowned,. "Oh, so you have courage enough to tell a complete stranger of your problems rather then your own family?" she asked, trying to not feel hurt. "Leonardo the platypus, we can help you out and work with you to find your place. You don't have to work against us."
"See, that's the problem, Mom. Every O.W.C.A. agent, you, Aad and Alex have your heads stuck in the O.W.C.A. cycle. I don't want to be a mindless animal working after someone else's plans and against the brainless L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. scientists….. But work instead with my own head... Just let me be who I am."
Rosetta sighed, "If you say so, Leo... But please be careful. You know hardly anything of this Lila, and she knows hardly anything of you. If you play your cards with her wrong, then you could end up having your feelings hurt."
Leo hung his head. "I…. I understand. I promise, Mom."
Rosetta smiled and hugged her son. As they broke apart she left him alone, and Leonardo sighed. I have to see Lila again, he thought, before then sneaking out of O.W.C.A.
(...)
After that...somewhat interesting discussion, Rosetta walked back to the dining room. As Alex saw his mother he pulled her further in, looked outside, locked the doors, and Perry shut the last curtains in the room.
"Alex, is something wrong?" Rosetta asked her son in confusion.
Alex got a candle out and lit it on the table, so that only the three platypi could be seen. He got his notepad and pen out, and Perry and Rosetta followed their son's example.
Perry began with, "So, Alex, you said you had a plan on how we can make Leo want to join the O.W.C.A, but how? And why would he run from us if he would know the plan?"
"Well, Dad, my idea is this, take note: We know that Dr Diminutive has trained other animals to attack the O.W.C.A. and have us killed, correct?" Alex asked.
Rosetta blinked. "Huh? What has that got to do with anything?"
"Patience, Mother, did you write that point down?" Alex asked, after writing it down himself.
Perry and Rosetta both nodded their heads, still looking confused.
"So, we know other animals are going to attack us some day, and we know Leo doesn't want to join the O.W.C.A .and be trained up as a secret agent or do any form of normal training, as far as we know. So if Leo doesn't wish to be trained as an O.W.C.A. agent... Then we could have him trained just as a great fighter and understander of technology," Alex suggested.
Perry blinke., "What? And how? The O.W.C.A. is the only place every agent has ever trained. And Leo knows all of the O.W.C.A. agents."
Alex nodded his head. "True again, Dad. But there is one person I still know of in our family that has run from the O.W.C.A. and joined the other O.W.C.A. side. Your brother, Shenme the platypus."
"Huh? Dear, you have a brother? Why have you-" Rosetta was about to ask as Perry stopped her.
He jumped up and glared at Alex as hard as he could, his blood boiling, "ALEXANDER THE PLATYPUS, how do you know of my brother?! I never told anyone of him!"
Alex rolled his eyes. "The O.W.C.A's database, Dad. I placed my DNA into the system as I was signing on, and it revealed to me all the other platypi that are linked to us. Among them, your brother, Shenme the platypus."
"I WILL NOT HAVE MY BROTHER TARNISH LEONARDO'S MIND ANY MORE THAN IT ALREADY IS!" Perry continued screaming.
Rosetta looked at her mate shocked, never in her entire life had he ever flipped out so much about a small detail, and, whoever Shenme the platypus was, Perry must have downright hated him.
"DAD, WE NEED LEO TO BE PREPARED FOR A FIGHT AGAINST THIS MR. FOX CORPORATION!" Alex bellowed back as loudly as he could. "HE WON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE HERE AT OUR O.W.C.A. HOME, SO HE HAS TO BE TRAINED IN ABSOLUTE SECRECY. YOUR BROTHER IS THE BEST OPTION FOR IT. HE HAS NO LINKS TO O.W.C.A, HE IS STILL AN O.W.C.A TRAINED PLATYPUS, AND, AS FAR AS I KNOW, HE LIVES IN O.N.A.N: THE ORGANISATION OF NORTH AMERICA NATIONS!"
Perry quickly shut his beak, Rosetta checking her pulse was still beating as she shook. Alexander sighed and took a drink; this was one of the few good plans he has ever come up with, but, with his father being against it, it was a throat ache for no reason.
Perry got up and paced the floors in front of the desks. This was very risky, if... No…. Perry decided he'd better speak his mind out on this.
"Alex... This is just too risky. I know Leonardo doesn't trust anyone here at the O.W.C.A. because we all are O.W.C.A. trained..." Perry inhaled deeply to keep himself calm. "But if we send him to O.N.A.N, then there is a chance he won't trust them either. And how are you sure that my brother Shenme will train him up? I haven't spoken to him in over sixteen years, as he left our parents home back in Australia," he pointed out.
"I know it's risky, but, with Mr. Fox still running loose, we can't take any chances. I'd rather send my brother to our biggest enemy in the entire world to be trained, then... Then... Then to see him covered in his own blood, lying dead on the road because a Mr. Fox agent has killed him..." Alex begged. "Please, Dad."
Perry sighed, feeling extremely reluctant. "Okay, Alex... We will..." Alex smiled.
Perry informed his brother about it and got a confirmation for it from Shenme, as well. Rosetta sighed and walked to a window, staring out at the grey clouds. Were they doing the right thing for their son's safety, future and hope? Or could this sign the "death warrant" to wanting to work for O.W.C.A? Only time would tell.
QUANKTUMSPIRIT AND I DO NOT OWN PHINEAS AND FERB. ANY CHARACTERS YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE ARE PROBLABLY OUR SHARED CHARACTERS- EXCEPT FOR SHENME, HE WAS COMPLETELY QUANKTUMSPIRIT'S IDEA