Chapter Seven: Full Time Agent

A beeping watch woke Perry for the second time that morning. He blinked, then his eyes focused as he activated the video. "Agent P, where are you? We haven't been able to monitor you since yesterday morning when the Flynn-Fletcher family went on their vacation."

Perry went over to the window, and pointed the watch outside. He blinked at the broad daylight, and checked the time. Eight o'clock. Annie left at four. She'll be back any minute, if she's not already downstairs. Hurry it up Monogram!

"Oh. Pet sitter, huh. That's tough luck. Remember that it's just as vital to keep your identity a secret…" The deadpan look on Perry's face stopped him. "Right. Of course you know that. Anyway, it's a good thing Doofenshmirtz has stopped causing trouble, because we've got bigger problems right now, and he goes by the name of Ver Bose. Yeah; not making this up...

"Anyway, his usual nemesis refused to thwart him today, so we had to send a substitute. Some trouble came up, and now we need you to go and see what's wrong. We're sending the address to you via video phone. Go out there, see what he's doing, and, if need be, put a stop to it."

Perry let the salute drop the second the hologram blinked out. So much for his vacation. He hurried down the stairs to his pet carrier, and took out his hat. From that, he pulled out his phone. He sighed when he saw how far away it was, and quickly decided to make a stop at his lair first. He opened the door, and left.

Ver Bose's Headquarters

Perry's destination was a building even taller than Doof's. It was perched on the side of a cliff, making the most ominous evil layer he'd ever seen.

Not to mention the most obvious one.

He slipped in through a window to hear what sounded like the end of a very long speech, to a closed cage that was dangling over a steep drop. He wasn't close enough to tell if it was a stand-in, "… and thereby I will soon seize ultimate power over denizens around the globe! I will ultimately establish a dictatorship over first planet, and then the other planets! Despair! Say your final farewells as you plummet, thousands of feet to your doom! Good-bye!"

By now Perry figured there was a good chance this wasn't a stand in. He'd worked his way closer, but he hadn't quite made it when Ver Bose pushed the button that made the bottom of the cage drop out.

Uh oh.

Perry fired his grapple-hook gun as he leapt off the edge, grabbing the victim's wrist. Her other hand shot out to grab hold of the grapple gun as their eyes met.

"Perry?" Annie?

He let her take their weight as it sank in. My cover's blown. I'll be relocated. I'll never see my family again.

Annie's face went white as she stared at his hat. She shook off her dazed expression, and started swinging them towards the safety of an open window.

She retracted the hook, then handed the gun back to Perry, pursing her lips together. "Thanks." The both stared at each other for a few minutes, then Perry's head dipped, and he turned away. Phineas…Ferb… Candace. They'll think I ran away… or worse.

A hand closed over his shoulder as Annie stooped to eye level. "What… what is it, Perry? What's wrong?"

He pushed her hand away angrily. If you weren't my pet sitter, this wouldn't be a problem.

Maniacal laughter cut off whatever she was about to reply. "I'd, uh, better get back up there."

Perry plodded after her. She hesitated. "Maybe, you'd better stay here."

He crossed his arms. I really don't have anything to lose right now.

She was clearly torn between her duty as a pet sitter, and the fact he just saved her from plummeting to her doom.

Perry pushed on ahead. I'm not staying here. He got to the end of the hall and turned. Are you coming?

She sighed and fell into step behind him. They went up the stairs. Perry motioned for her to start sneaking along the left wall. To her credit, she only blinked once before complying.

Perry crept the other way, trying to keep to the shadows along the wall. He glanced at Annie, and saw her stop and pick up a light-weight harness that had been discarded. His mind was racing with possible ways to stay with his family, but, just now, he… they… had a job to do.

To be continued….

A/N: I own Annie, Mrs. Spencer, co-worker, and Ver Bose. If you want to kidnap one of them, then take the co-worker. (Especially since I didn't bother to give him a name…) Disney owns the others.

This was going to be longer, but… I'm one of those authors who 'just has' to end on certain lines every now and then. (Okay, so it's not that good a line, but I needed to end it there, because I felt it closed the chapter.)

Wow I just over-explained that….

Anyway, thanks a million for the reviews, and thanks for reading! (I plan to write more tomorrow, but don't hold me to that.) ;D