"Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated!"

Perry flew towards the tall purple building that vaguely looked like Ferb's head, which was the locale of his nemesis Dr Doofenshmirtz.

As he landed, Perry jumped out of his hovercar... right into a trap. The tile he landed on unfolded itself in six more tiles, folding itself in a cube that encased the platypus in a way so only its head and arms remained visible.

Then his nemesis showed up.

"Ah, Perry the Platypus", Dr Doofenshmirtz began. "Nice of you to fly by. Too bad you've been blocked."

Perry looked at the lanky doctor with a weird expression on his face.

"Be-because you're in a block", Doof explained. "And 'being blocked' means you can't do anything and…" Heinz stopped himself. "Eh, whatever, I'm rambling too much over a stupid pun."

"You might be wondering what my evil scheme for today is", Doofenshmirtz continued. "To be fair, it's a scheme that's been collecting dust for a while. I had a terrible night after what happened yesterday thanks to NORM destroying a slide, so I didn't feel like actually building something from scratch. Anyway…"

Perry seemed to look intently at a square machine that had a vacuum bag and a nozzle like that of a vacuum cleaner.

Doof understood what Perry was looking at, but seemed offended. "What, no, not that one", he exclaimed. "That is my Dust-Collectorinator! I used that one to clean up the Inator I was actually referring to!"

Doofenshmirtz went to a machine covered with a cloth. He removed the cloth, revealing a portal that somewhat looked like a huge washing machine.

"Behold", he presented, "the GHOST PORTALINATOR!"

"You see, Perry the Platypus", Heinz explained, "there's a theory going on that ghosts are real and that they live in an alternate universe. This was theorized by some guys in Amity Park or something... what's their name, Fenton? Whatever. When I heard of this theory, I wanted to test that myself, so I made a prototype that would allow me to travel to their world! The reason why I haven't finished it until now, is rather embarrassing... you see, it was the day before Vanessa's Sweet 16 and I realized that in the middle of working on it... Speaking of Vanessa, she'll be coming over soon for the rest of the week, because Charlene's busy with cooking school and her usual partner's on vacation, so that'll be fun. A-anyway, you remember Vanessa's birthday, right?"

Perry drooped his eyes.

"Oh, right, you're wondering what kind of evil I can do with this Inator", Heinz realized. "Well, first, I'm going to travel there, see if that ghost world is real. THEN, I'm going to look for the Ghost of Christmas Past, see if HE'S real. THEN, I'm gonna ramble at him for my terrible childhood, and convince him to change it. And if he can't, I'll convince him to compensate for it. You know, making me the leader of the ENTIRE Tri-State Area! Ba-basically, It's fool-proof!"

Perry was rather unimpressed.

"What, you don't expect me to find the most evil ghost out there and convince him to work for me, do you", Doofenshmirtz asked. "I'm sorry, but that scheme holds no water. That evil ghost will probably betray you in the most vile of ways. I'd be mad to go along with such a scheme, and as you know, I'm not a MAD scientist, I'm an EVIL one. I-I know that's technically the same thing, but you know what I mean."

He turned to the machine. "Anyway", he said, "I'll be turning on the Inator and then we'll be the very first people to witness the world of-"

Then Doofenshmirtz was interrupted by the beeping noise of Perry's wrist communicator.

Perry turned to his left wrist as Major Monogram appeared on the screen.

"Agent P, we need you to abort your current mission", Monogram said. "We've received word that your owners have been abducted. We need you to go back to Dimmsdale immediately and look for them. This mission has priority over Doofenshmirtz."

This alarmed Perry. Phineas and Ferb, kidnapped? He immediately busted out of his trap and approached his hovercar.

"Wait wait, what does he mean, 'this mission has priority over Doofenshmirtz'", Doof asked. "You're not seriously leaving me to find some snotty brats, are you, Perry the Platypus?"

Perry looked at his nemesis for a second, before jumping in the hovercar and flying straight back to Dimmsdale.

"He is..." Heinz sighed. "You know, it just occurred me that more interesting stories, like my evil scheme right now, always seem to be shoved to the sidelines to make room for such clichéd stories you've heard a million times before, like family and loved ones getting kidnapped. It's as if this was a bad fanfiction written by some amateur writer or something, and it's not fair! To be fair, however, trying to visit the Ghost of Christmas Past as the first thing you wanna do after discovering that there's a world full of ghosts also seems like bad fanfiction material..."

Doofenshmirtz sighed. Then, he made a decision.

"You know what", he said, "I'm gonna find that kidnapper all by myself, and I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind!"

Doofenshmirtz's mind has been set. He was going to the front door, but was passing Norm first.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO, SIR?" Norm asked.

"I'm going back to Dimmsdale", Doofenshmirtz said. "Apparently, Perry the Platypus has more important things to do there, like finding a kidnapper, and I'd like to say a few words to that kidnapper."

"CAN I COME ALONG?" Norm asked.

"Sure, but don't break anything like last time", Doof responded.

And so, scientist and robot man went down the tall building.

Meanwhile, Major Monogram continued communicating with Perry while the latter was heading back to California.

"According to our intel, Phineas and Ferb seemed to be kidnapped by an individual with a short black toupee and an ear on their neck", Monogram said, "and his choice of transport appears to be a black van."

Perry stared back at his boss on the tiny screen, hoping for more information.

"...I'm sorry, Agent P, that's all we got about the abductor", Monogram informed Perry. "Their whereabouts are completely unknown, it's like finding a needle in a haystack! Also, Phineas and Ferb's friends might be searching for this kidnapper too. Make sure you won't get seen by any of them. Good luck, Agent P."

Monogram ended the call. This gave Perry some time to think. He understood about Monogram's order to avoid Phineas and Ferb's friends, seeing that his secret identity should remain hidden. But he could still help while acting as a mindless pet, right? Or would that also blow his cover?

Perry shook of these thoughts and decided to stick with his boss's orders until it becomes clear he could help out as a regular pet. Besides, there are more important things to worry about. Like the whereabouts of this kidnapper.

Where could this kidnapper be?

As Doof and Norm went outside, they were met by a brunette teenager in black leather clothing, Heinz's daughter Vanessa.

"Hey Dad, Mom said you have custody over me somewhat earlier, because she's busy with her cooking class", Vanessa explained. "She told me you've been told about it. You remember, don't you?"

"Oh, that's right", Doofenshmirtz said. "Well, that means you've to join me for a trip to Dimmsdale. Perry the Platypus left me to go look for a kidnapper, before I was able to do anything evil! Can you believe that?"

"Well, I can see why you're upset…", Vanessa said.

The fact that Vanessa seemed to reason a little with him uplifted Heinz. "Great", he said. "So does that mean you wanna join your father and go look for that kidnapper and give him a piece of my mind?"

"Umm, is that really necessary?" Vanessa asked.

"Vanessa, this is really important to me", Doof said. "That guy, whoever he is, is basically driving me out of the evil business. You don't want your dad to be out of a job, do you?"

"...Not really, no", Vanessa said.

"So let's go, then", Doofenshmirtz said. "Let's make this one of those special father-daughter bonding trips-slash-lynching hunts. It'll be fun!"

Vanessa sighed. It's gonna be a long day.