Ch. 4: The partnership.
"So can I stay, please?" Hienz pleaded with Monogram.
"Agent P, did you give him the lie detector test?" Asked The Major.
Perry turned his arm so the watch faced him. He then nodded in reply.
"I see, do you mind if we pair Doof's good self with you?" Asked The Major.
Perry shook his head.
"Great, so he's your new partner. We'll alert the two of you if Doofenshmirtz, well the evil one, does anything. Also Agent P give Agent Doof a wrist communicator, we'll also send an extra uniform over. Bring him to HQ and see what he can do ASAP." Monogram commanded.
Perry saluted his leader. The screen on the watch went black. Perry put his arm to his side.
"This is great! I'm your new partner. I just have one question though, do you have any machines or any outdated tech that you don't use?" Heinz asked.
Perry motioned for him to follow and then proceeded to a large metal door. He typed a code into a small number pad and the door slid open.
Perry and Heinz stepped into the room. There were gadgets everywhere, hooked onto walls, sitting on shelves and on various tables. Heinz was awestruck and was standing there with his bill wide open. Perry just looked at the other platypus with a perplexed look 'What's so amazing about outdated and broken tech?' He wondered.
Heinz went farther into the room and started grabbing various things. He grabbed a broken wrist communicator, a ray gun and a chip from an old computer. He turned to Perry "Do you have a box of tools?" He asked.
Perry nods and walks out of the room for a minute, he then comes back with an orange tool box under his arm.
"Thanks." Heinz says and takes the box from him. "You mind waiting outside while I finish?" Heinz asks.
Perry doesn't reply, he just looks at him.
"It'll only take a few minutes, an hour at most. Trust me, I'm doing something that'll benefit us both." Heinz said.
Perry turned around and walked out of the room. He sat down in his chair in front of the big computer and started going through some live video footage of the DEI. But when he looked through the different camera footages nothing showed up, everything was just black.
Perry looked at the screen wide eyed "That evil scientist must have taken out the cameras..." He said to himself. He then saw a page pop up on the black screen, it was an email alert. Perry clicked it and he saw it was from Carl. It read: "Agent P, Doof must have knocked out all our cameras in and around his building. We've still got our satellite, but we don't know how long it'll be until he finds that as well, he seems to be getting smarter since he got split from his good side. Have your partner respond to this email, I need another genius to help me. Not that you're not a genius... I just need someone that thinks like Doof, and who can do that better than Agent Doof?"
Perry hopped out of his chair and walked into the room where Heinz was working. He saw him working on the ray gun.
"I'm making better progress than I thought, I'm half way done with this already." Heinz said.
Perry chattered to him.
Heinz turned his head towards Perry.
Perry motioned for him to follow and walked towards the computer.
Heinz followed, he looked at the monitor and carefully read the email. "Ah, I see." He said. He sat in the chair and started replying to the email. His email read: "I've got my robot, Norm, monitoring everything that my evil self is doing."
Heinz just sat back and waited after he sent his email. Carl's email popped up a minute later. It read: "Smart, are you sure he can be trusted? Also how are you planning to talk to him? I'm pretty sure you can't get into your building."
Heinz typed back: "I have a way to communicate with Norm wirelessly by tapping into his signal with a code only I know." Heinz sent the email.
Two minutes later Carl responded, his email read: "Genius! And I'm sure that you changed his code before you left your home so the evil Doof can't get to Norm?"
Heinz read over that email a few times, he sat back in the chair and was gazing up at the large monitor for a while.
Perry just stood there, watching, he could tell that his partner was afraid and shocked. And he knew why. 'Doofy... Typical Doofy, even when he's good does he make mistakes... But this might be a big mistake.' Perry thought.
Heinz hit his forehead with his hand, he groaned in frustration "How can I be so stupid?! I wanted to flee my apartment so bad that I forgot to think my plan out..." He dropped his head on the large keyboard.
Perry reached over and placed a hand on Hienz' shoulder.
Heinz picked his head up, he looked at Perry. "Thank you... But I probably made the biggest mistake ever. I probably gave my evil self the tri state area on a silver platter." Heinz said.
An email from Carl appeared on the screen. Heinz looked at it. It read: "You didn't change the code, did you? Don't worry about it. What do you think the OWCA did in the big world wide black out of 1998? We had spies go in and give us reports, or so I've heard. Don't beat yourself up over it, Agent Doof. By the way, The Major is coming over there soon to speak with you in person. We'll talk another time, Carl out. I've always wanted to say that..."
Heinz smiled a bit "Everyone is so supportive of one another here, if you even blinked wrong at a LOVEMUFFIN meeting you'd get shot by a laser, but here there's no threats." Heinz said, half to himself and half to Perry.
Perry smiled and nodded.
"I think I've found my place, here, working with you." Heinz said as he looked right at Perry, smiling slightly.
Perry smiled too, he agreed with Heinz.
Suddenly a door opened, Perry and Heinz looked and saw Major Monogram walk into the lair. The elderly man dressed in an green uniform with gold medals on his chest walked towards the two platypuses with his hands behind his back. Perry turned completely around and stood in attention, saluting his boss.
Heinz got off the chair and saluted him too.
The Major stopped in front of them and looked down at them "At ease, Agents."
Perry and Heinz put their arms down.
"I just wanted to congratulate you personally, Doof, or good Doof. We'll be keeping an eye on your progress. I'm sure Agent P will help you and show you the ropes, and this time you'll receive proper training. And your trainer will be Agent P, because what better way to help a platypus than another platypus." Stated Monogram.
Perry nodded.
"Yes, sir." Heinz replied.
"Heh, sir... I don't hear that word except from Agent Polly, then again she is a parrot... Gosh I wish that I understood animals. Anyways, report to HQ for the start of training at O'1500 hours. That's three in military time." Said Monogram.
The two platypuses saluted.
"I'll see you both at HQ in two hours." Said Monogram, he then exited the lair, the door slid closed behind him.
"Gee, do you always have to act like you're in the navy when you're around him?" Heinz asked.
Perry made a hand gesture that meant 'kind of'.
"I see, well if you don't mind, Perry, I'm going to use your computer to try to get access to Norm to communicate with him. My evil self did teach me something, and if he really did change the code I'll have to use what he unknowingly taught me." Heinz said and sat in the chair and began opening up all sorts of pages Perry never knew existed. He wasn't that good with computers, yes he could disassemble a machine or override something simple. Perry was relieved that he had a computer genius on his side.
Time passed and Heinz turned his chair around and faced away from the computer screen with his face in his hands. He took his hands away from his face and looked frustrated "I can't get to Norm... I've tried every method I could..." He sighed with frustration "Without me, my evil side is getting smarter by the second. I'm so sorry Perry..."
Perry walked over to Heinz from across the room, he chattered and patted his shoulder. He then handed him a watch.
"The communicator?" Heinz asked as he took the watch.
Perry nodded.
Heinz put it on and put up an index finger "Speaking of communication..." Heinz got up "Come on, you're gonna love this." He went to the room that he was previously working in. "Sorry, this'll only take a minute. I'm gonna have to make a few adjustments." Heinz said and grabbed the ray gun and continued working on it.
Perry watched him, he was a tad worried about what he was going to do. He knew Heinz' inators didn't normally work as planned. Although he too had to keep in mind that Heinz was his partner and he had to trust him, just like he trusted him for years.
A few minutes passed "Alright, It's ready..." He turned a dial on the gun and aimed it at Perry.
Out of pure instinct, Perry flinched, he almost got in a fighting stance, but he didn't, he had to trust Heinz.
"It won't hurt at all. Just hold still..." Heinz shot the gun. A yellow laser came out of the gun and zapped Perry.
After it was over Perry looked at himself, he didn't feel or look different. He sighed in relief.
Heinz pointed the ray gun at his own head and pulled the trigger. He dropped the gun as he was hit by the blast. He looked at Perry "Please, say something." Heinz said.
At first Perry's response was a chatter. Then Heinz' bill dropped as he heard something else loud and clear. "What was that about?" Asked Perry.
"I-...I can understand you..." Heinz said.