Chapter 4: Crisis Mode Activated

Doofenshmirtz pulled up to City Hall in his truck. He was greeted by a crowd of paparazzi, for everyone knew that this was going to be an important meeting. He went inside and met with his brother, Mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz, and the rest of the city council. However, two members were missing: you guessed it, Phineas and Ferb. They gave Phineas a call to see where they were. Phineas answered, but he told them they could not come to the meeting, as they were being punished. Ferb, however, took the phone, listened for a minute or two, and grabbed Phineas's arm.

"Phineas, this is more important. We need to go to the meeting, now. They're saying the mayor's brother is speaking, and it might just change all of Danville as we know it." Phineas could not come up with a good enough argument for the matter, so he and Ferb both climbed out of the window. They ran as fast as they could out of the gates, and grabbed their scooters in the yard and rode to the council meeting.

Meanwhile, at the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated building, Perry had been trying to break free of the grip of the lasers he had been captured in, to no avail. He had already planned out how to escape, but it required pulling his arm out and retrieving the glass ball Monogram gave him. Right now, it was on the floor, and Perry needed to squeeze out and throw it into the energy core of the Apocalypsinator. He had part of his arm out, but he simply could not come up with enough force to escape the lasers. On the screen in front of him, Doofenshmirtz was beginning to speak.

"Hello, citizens of the tri-state area. My name is Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, and I shall be your new supreme ruler. I have a nearby building rigged with a new invention of mine that will turn the entire city of Danville into my own creation! All I need from my brother, Roger, is the key to the city. The key that handles all important operations to the city." Roger then asked, "Why would we give YOU the full control of the city when we all know that you're going to turn us all into your slaves?" Doofenshmirtz nonchalantly replied with a simple "Leverage, my dear brother. Leverage." Before Roger could ask Doofenshmirtz to elaborate, a ladder crashed through the building. Doofenshmirtz climbed onto it, and went inside the blimp above.

"Ladies and gentlemen of Danville, this is my Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated Warship. With it, I can detonate any building in this entire town! Now, you can either peacefully hand me the key, or I can blow up half the city and MAKE you give me the key! And just in case you think I'm bluffing, I'm hovering right above a cheese factory right now. Give me the key, or you'll lose all of your precious cheese!" Screams of terror could be heard all around. Roger reluctantly took out the key, and prepared to give it to his brother.

Just then, Phineas opened the doors to City Hall. He belted out "Don't give him that key, Mayor Doofenshmirtz!" as loud as he could. Phineas and Ferb had both come armed with emergency laser guns and "wormhole bazookas" that would send the target any other random place in the universe. Phineas shot the bazooka at the warship, and surely enough, it worked. Doofenshmirtz was now located near the asteroid belt. However, his warship could travel at a fast enough speed that it would only take him about an hour and a half to get back to Earth. Phineas knew this, and that this move would only buy him time. He commanded everyone to go to Doofenshmirtz's old building to disable the Apocalypsinator. Usually, they would not know which building it was, but it was clear as day this time, seeing as it was glowing red due to the machine's power. Everyone rushed over there as fast as they could.

Meanwhile, Candace, Isabella, and Perry were watching the events unfold on television. Candace, although mad that the boys escaped their punishment while their mother lay unconscious from her injuries, left her house and went to Doofenshmirtz's building, prepared to help in any way possible. Isabella decided to join Candace, as she knew that although Phineas and Ferb were smart, this was something they may also need her to help them with.

Perry, however, was feeling a plethora of emotions at once. He knew his owners would find out about his double life; this could not be prevented. However, it was clear that everyone he ever knew or loved was in danger here, and there might not be a way to stop Danville from becoming a wreck. It was clear that everyone's thoughts were racing, and no one really knew a solution to the problems they were facing.

Phineas and the rest of the Danvilian City Council arrived at Doofenshmirtz's former building to find that the door was locked. Phineas tried to pick it, but to no avail. After about five minutes of brainstorming a way to get in. Phineas and Ferb decided to quickly make a device to blast open the metal walls. Luckily for the trapped platypus inside, they blasted right where one of the three laser generators was located. The laser was now one third less strong than it was before, making it much easier for Perry to quickly get out of the laser hold he had been put in. But before he could leave, Phineas jumped in through the hole in the wall, prepared for anything in the building. Little did Perry know that before his nemesis left, he left a fresh crop of minion robots to fight him off if he escaped, or anyone else if they entered…