In the last chapter, one of the eggplants found the formula that brought it and it's comrades to life. What shall become of this?
The eggplant-creature was exploring the garage/workshop of Phineas and Ferb, who at the time, were searching the tri-state area for their pet platypus, Perry, with their friends. The eggplant was intrigued by all the interesting things inside. He quickly climbed up a nearby work table and peered at what was up there; his eyes rested on the elixer that created him and all the others. Carefully, the eggplant stepped towards the liquid and stared at it. Though he didn't completely know how, the eggplant knew he was looking at the thing that brought upon his origin, and that is something worth staring at. the eggplant snapped out of his trance and stepped around the flask containing the liquid, and he was tempted by it. The eggplant then looked behind him and saw numerous seed packets hanging from a nearby wall, literally dozens of them. Peas, potatoes, celery, asparagus, beets, turnips, cabbage, rutabagas, artichokes, onions, cabbage, and even ones like Chili peppers and rhubarbs. The eggplant didn't know much, but he did know a thing or two about seeds. The eggplant had a thought.
"Warraa!" It said in its strange tongue. The eggplant quickly shimmied up the rack the packets hung from and grabbed five of them in his mouth and little arms before hopping down onto the floor, where he found several planting pots filled with soil. He grinned and ripped open the seed packets, and proceeded to plant the seeds in each pot. He then climbed back up to the table and gripped the flask containing the formula, but realized that he would not be able to climb down the table leg and hold the flask at the same time, so he did something more Phineas & Ferb-like. The eggplant took a small sip of the formula, swished it in his mouth, and spat it out into the air, where it landed right in the pot containing asparagus seeds. He kept doing this until each pot had been fertilized, at which point he put the flask back and hopped to the floor to watch his new brothers and sisters grow. However, while he had been spitting the formula into the pots, a tiny bit of it had been swallowed.
While the eggplant grew more companions, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Irving were scouring the tri-state area for Perry, even hanging up posters and openly displaying pictures of the aforementioned monotreme on billboards. Unfortunatly, they would have no luck, for Perry was still trapped in Doofenshmirtz's apartment, guarded by fearsome Rabbot-inators. Ordinarily, Perry would have escaped and foiled Doofenshmirtz by now, but he could not see any way to get out of the cage with the Rabbot-inators tearing him to pieces. Perry looked around, searching for some mode of escape, but so far he could see none. He then got an idea: Doofenshmirtz said that the Rabbot-inators' prime derective was to destroy vegetables of any and all kinds. Thinking quickly, he reached into his hat and somehow pulled out a large potato, which he proceeded to toss out of the cage and several meters away. Immediately after witnessing said events happen, the Rabbot-inators guarding Perry obeyed their programming and went after the tuber, leaving Perry completely unguarded. Perry then took a nearby paper clip and bent it into a shape and used it to pick the lock on the cage. The platypus dashed out of the cage as the Rabbot-inators made short work of the potato. Suddenly, the Rabbot-inators looked up and saw Perry making a run for it. They shrieked and chased after Perry, dead set on tearing him to bits. Perry, realizing that he would never be able to destroy the Rabbot-inators AND the Rabbot-inator Creatorinator under these circumstances, so he ran towards the balcony, activated his glider, and flew away before the Rabbot-inators could get him. He would have to complete the mission another day. Right now he needed to inform Major Monogram of what Doofenshmirtz was doing. Perry activated his wrist communicator, and an image of Monogram appeared on the screen.
"Agent P? What's happened with Doofenshmirtz?" He asked. Perry responded with his usual chatter.
"Unbelievable!" Monogram yelped, astound. "Doofenshmirtz is repsonsible for the rabbit-bots ravaging town?!" Perry chattered again.
"And you weren't able to defeat him or destroy his -inator because his rabbit machines nearly killed you?" Perry nodded.
"This is very bad news. I'll have to consult this very carefully with the other leaders of O.W.C.A."
"You mean me?" Carl said off-screen.
"Shut up, Carl!" Monogram angrily yelled at his intern. "Anyway Agent P, stand by until we can get this mess sorted out. That is all." Perry's watch flashed off when his boss was finished. Perry then changed direction and headed back towards his family's street.
Late that afternoon, around 7:00, Phineas, Ferb, and their friends all returned to the Flynn-Fletcher residence with sullen faces. They had had no luck in their search for their beloved pet platypus. Phineas and Ferb themselves were affected worst.
"It's OK, Phineas." Isabella said reassuringly. "I'm sure he'll come back soon."
"I sure hope so, Isabellla." Phineas said with an obvious hint of sadness in his voice. Suddenly, the children heard a distinctive chittering noise beside them. Phineas, shock and surprise defined on his face, looked down and saw Perry. This, of course, filled the kids with joy.
"Perry!" Phineas exclaimed. He grabbed his pet and hugged him, gladly reunited with his beloved platypus. "Where've you been, boy?" Perry chattered again as his owner set him back on the ground.
"Well, it looks like everything turned out OK." However, Ferb took that moment to point out the fact thet the gate to the backyard was open. Needless to say, this shocked the children.
"I hope our vegetable-creatures didn't escape!" Phineas said. The kids all hurried into the yard, but were met with a surprise: all of the veggie-creatures had reproduced!
There were now 2 more carrot-creatures, 3 parsnips, 9 tomatoes, 2 more eggplants, 3 pumpkins, 5 zucchini, 4 cucumbers, and 3 broccolis. The new veggie-creatures were playing happily with there parents.
"You know, we probably should've seen this coming." Ferb stated.
"Ferb's right, as usual." Phineas said. "Since the carrot reproduced on its own, it makes sense that the others did too." Suddenly, they heard a excited yelp from the garage. The kids and vegetables all turned to see one of the eggplants scramble out of the open garage. It chattered and clucked, telling the others what was happening in the garage. The kids didn't understand, and the eggplant frustratedly motioned for them to follow before heading back into the garage. The children followed, and all gasped in unison when they saw what was inside: more veggie-creatures! 5 new kinds, to be exact. 3 asparagus, 2 potatoes, 3 turnips, and 1 chili pepper. The new veggies were excited to see their creators. The asparaguses stood flat out with 2 root-like legs and arms and the leafy tops were like tails. The potatoes were big and doofy-looking, and had two strong arms to drag their large bodies and wide mouths and distinct eyes. The turnips walked on four legs like the broccoli, and their snouts were the long and narrow roots with closeby eyes, and the pepper stood on two legs with its snout pointing down, looking a bit like the carrots.
"Wow. That formula really works." Isabella pointed out the obvious. The new veggie creatures scurried over to the kids, showing that the asparagus were very fast runners. The veggies crowded around the kids and chattered happily.(A/N In my honest opinion, the turnips are cutest)
"Aww! They're so cute!" Isabella said as she picked up a turnip in her arms, and the veggie joyfully licked her with its pale purple tongue.
"I wonder how these new veggies were created." Phineas pondered. The eggplant then waddled over, and it explained to them by pointing to the elixer, then to himself, and then to the new veggies. At once the kids realized; the eggplant had created more veggie-creatures by will! Suddenly, the chili pepper saw a roach on the floor. Seizing the chance, the pepper faced the insect and shot a huge blaze of fire out of its mouth, incinerating the pest. Needless to say, the kids were amazed.
"Wow! A pepper-creature that breaths fire! That actually makes alot of sense." Buford said, impressed by the pepper-creature's talent. The vegetables in the garage then all charged outside and into the backyard, where they immediately befriended the other veggies. The kids all watched happily while the veggies played in the grass. Soon, however, some of the veggie-creatures crawled over to Phineas & Ferb and whimpered, seeming to ask them for something.
"Maybe it's food they want." Isabella inquired. Phineas pondered this for a minute, and then said,
"You could be right, Isabella. But what would vegetable-creatures eat?"
"Meat?" Buford suggested.
"I don't think so." Said Phineas.
"Plants?" Baljeet suggested.
"That would technically make them cannibals, Baljeet."
"Oh, right."
"Maybe they'll something from the kitchen." It was Irving who braught this up.
"Hmm. You may have a point, Irving. Let's try it." Phineas said. The kids all went into Phineas and Ferb's kitchen and began looking through the cupboards for something the veggie-creatures might eat. While they were doing that, a hungry tomato wandered in through the door. It then followed its sense of smell to one of the cupboards and picked up a strong scent. The tomato quickly went into a frenzy and dashed into the compartment and came out struggling to drag a large bottle of vegetable oil with it. The kids noticed this.
"What is it doing?" Baljeet asked as the tomato tried to screw the cover off the bottle...with its mouth. After several minutes, the cap popped off and veggie oil spilled onto the floor, which the tomato lapped up hungrily voraciously. Phineas, not wanting vegetable oil to get all over the floor, hastily picked up the bottle so it wouldn't spill all its contents all over the place. the tomato made short work of the puddle, and started to whimper again when it was all gone.
"Hmm. Apparently, the vegetable creatures feed on vegetable oil." Phineas observed.
"Wouldn't that make them cannibals as well?" Baljeet said. No-one answered him, though. Outside, all the other hungry vegetables smelled the food and stampeded into the kitchen and begged for food like dogs.
"Well, I guess we should feed them." Phineas said. The kids then all took out enough bowls for each of the vegimals and filled them with the oil, which the veggie creatures gratefully slurped up. Once they were all satisfied, the veggie creatures thanked the kids and headed back outsideto sleep for the night. The kids followed the vegetables back into the garage, where they watched the creatures all curl up together beneath one of the tables and fall asleep.
"Aww, isn't that cute?" Phineas said. Soon, all there friends went back home, and Phineas & Ferb went inside to watch some TV before dinner. Their mother got back from the grocery store not long later, and at dinner, the two boys decided to skip on the salad.
End of chapter. Lot's of new veggies, ad I hope you're impressed with the fire-breathing peppers!