Phineas continued to work, still angry with his captor and annoyed with his constant remarks of how slow the boy was going.
"I swear, I've seen turtles walk faster than you working.", 2Doof complained.
"'I've seen turtles walk faster than you working.'", Phineas mocked to himself.
"What was that?"
Phineas heaved a sigh and said it was nothing. After a moment's pause, the boy was curious of something and decided to take his chance.
"Hey, can I ask something?"
"Ugh, what now?"
"Why is it that you're trying to take over the WHOLE WORLD?", Phineas asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Well think about all the pressure from every country and its problems. The major responsibilities you'd have in running an ENTIRE planet."
"Well it's the planet. I've already taken over the Tri-State Area and handled it pretty well.", he shrugged. "Why NOT the whole world?"
"By handling it well, you mean banning Summer and making everything gray and miserable for everyone?", Phineas retorted.
"Yeah. See? Perfect. You're catching on already.", the other chuckled.
"...Okay.. WHY would you wanna take over the world then?", he said, backtracking.
"Well long story short. Once you have everything you could possibly imagine taken away from you, you're willing to do anything to get it back.", the man explained. "Yes, I was glad to have Choo-Choo but then losing EVERYTHING else, it really wasn't worth it in the end."
"Well gee that sounds real mature.", Phineas noted to himself.
"Wait now what do you mean by THAT?", the other stopped his walk about the room and glared down at him.
"I mean by the sounds of it, you're acting like a spoiled, two year-old brat!", Phineas replied, also glaring back. "You're throwing a hissy fit just cause you can't get your way!"
The man's glare was turned into a scowl and Phineas quickly regretted his decision as he was smacked across the face and sent tumbling to the floor.
"SHUT UP!", AltDoof yelled at him.
He walked back to the front of the room as Phineas picked himself up, rubbing his cheek sorely.
'Okay, not one of my better choices.', he thought to himself.
He gave a sigh and wondered what the others were doing, unaware of Perry running up to the Flynn-Fletcher's house at that moment. He didn't care he was on two legs. At this point, there was only one group of people who could help him with the situation. Isabella had walked in earlier to ask if Phineas was located and her dog Pinky sat on the porch while he waited. He saw Perry run over into the backyard where he last knew everyone was and quickly sprang into action. He took the platypus down before Perry had a chance to open the door and was soon over top of him as he pinned Perry to the ground.
"'Perry! Are you out of your mind? You're about to go into the backyard while there are humans on your hind-feet!'", Pinky warned.
"'I know Pinky! I need to talk to them! They need to know something!'", Perry chattered as he struggled to get up.
He suddenly realized what he was saying to a fellow secret agent and paused to look up at the shaking dog who only stared back in shock.
"'...Now.. Now Pinky. Pinky!'", Perry began to chatter, wanting to clarify his statement.
Too late. The dog jumped off and ran into the backyard on its four feet to warn the agents. Perry came back in and fortunately everyone had moved inside. This not only gave Pinky a chance to open the tree but also for Perry to be on his hind feet where he'd be faster to catch up. The two slid down the tunnel while the elevator shaft was out for repairs. Perry reached his base but Pinky had a head-start and was already at an intercom, alerting the other agents.
"'Code Orange! Subject Blue!'", Pinky was barking. "'Rogue agent. Repeat! Rogue-'"
"'PINKY!'", Perry hissed as he tackled him down.
It was too late. A bright red light began to flash as the alarm went off. Perry looked around in slight panic and then quickly ran off to the nearest exit. Before he could reach anything, large steel walls came crashing down to block him. He tried running out of the room hoping to get out at headquarters but the moment he came to the closest door, it opened up and Penny the Platypus stood there glaring at him angrily.
"'Aayyeee! Penny!'", Perry skidded to a stop, narrowly missing a run-into her and offered a weak chuckle as he backed away from his ex-girlfriend.
"'Perry the Platypus...'", Penny hissed, walking closer.
"'P-penny, it's not what you think. I mean I-!'"
He looked behind him and soon saw all the agents were piling into the room, sorrounding him and pushing him into the middle. Even Agent E and Agent V circled above him to make sure of no arial escape. Before Perry had time to think, Penny launched the attack and he was soon swamped all the other agents in a massive dog pile.
"'NO! You gotta listen! NOOO!'"
Back on the surface, Isabella sighed, hearing no good news of Phineas' whereabouts and rested her head in her hands as she leaned against the table.
"Oh Phineas...", she sighed to herself before a curious question came to mind. "...Hey, wait a minute! Where's Buford and Baljeet?"
Out in Paris, Baljeet continued to try to coax Buford as the large kid looked nervously down the street.
"I'm telling ya, I can't do it!", Buford was saying. "There is NO way I can work up the nerves to ask Brigitte out!"
"Yes you can! That is the whole reason we are even here!", Baljeet argued. "It can't be nearly as hard as talking to Mishti!"
"Wanna bet?", Buford groaned and turned away, though his eyes still laid on his french love. "I think I'm gonna be sick..."
"Well do not look at me!", Baljeet exclaimed, backing up before chunks were blown on him.
In the OWCA, Peter the Panda and Pinky the Chihuahua held on tight to Perry's arms as he struggled to break free. Soon every agent's attentions were drawn to a large pair of doors as the leader of the organization, Major Monogram, stepped in. Carl trailed behind him and Perry only sighed, knowing he was going to get the lecture of the century from him. Monogram finally came up and glared down at Perry, obviously displeased with the news he's heard.
"Agent P.. Were you really going to blow the OWCA's cover?", he asked, to make sure he heard right.
Perry sighed in an exasperated manner and gave a nod. He was. It was the only way to tell the kids.
Monogram's glare deepened and he sighed, disappointedly before saying, "I can hardly believe this of you, Agent P. One of our top agents and you're blowing your cover on PURPOSE. Do you remember what had happened last time they found out, merely by accident?"
Perry rolled his eyes, 'Oh brother... Here we go.'
"I have trained you, further yet, I've RAISED you better than this Agent P. And you very well know that.", the major continued, pacing back and forth as he talked. "Do you WANT to lose your host-family? Do you want to lose your JOB? I know you're feeling a loss for a member of your family but to take such extreme actions would only lead to-"
"SHUT UP ALREADY!", Perry yelled in English, causing everyone aside from Major Monogram to gasp.
"Agent P you can TALK?", Carl said in astonishment.
"Well I am genetically engineered aren't I?", he said more calmly.
Everyone gasped and took a step away. Even Peter and Pinky backed up as far as they could while still keeping a hold on Perry. Monogram simply looked back at him expectantly and Penny, far off in the back, worked hard to suppress the surge of vomit in her throat.
"And I have a bigger cerebrum than ANY of you morons."
Perry glared around the room for a moment, though he kept his main attention at Monogram. The major, noticing this, only raised a part of his unibrow in return.
"Aside from the...exaggeration.. For 5 years of not saying this... Why choose just NOW to start?", he asked, as murmurs flew around the room, questioning of how he knew Perry's condition.
"Because Doofenshmirtz is innocent!", Perry explained, yanking his arms away from the other two. "We've got the wrong guy and the entire Tri-State Area's at stake! Or worse, possibly the whole world! I know it is but if you're going to act like THIS because I'M trying to do my duty, then forget it. Don't worry about me blowing secrets Franny.", the agent took off his fedora and tossed it to land at his exboss' feet before heading out of the room. "I've got a dimension to save."
Everyone continued to talk to each other in their little animal sounds about what had just happened while Carl only looked up at Major Monogram in slight confusion. The major looked down at the hat, picked it up, and stuffed it into his pocket before heading out the other way.
"Everyone, back to work.", he simply ordered.
Perry reemerged from the tree and shook off some dust from him before heading into the house. Before he reached the kitchen, he could hear the others talking about the other dimension.
"So.. So you guys think he's in this.. other dimension?", Vanessa asked, just recently filled in on their past adventures.
'They remember?', Perry asked himself while he listened.
"It's possible if he can't be located on GPS and if he's not on the moon.", Isabella shrugged.
"You sure he can't just be on the moon?", Candace asked Vanessa.
"No.. My dad wouldn't kidnap him there. Not after the were-cow incident.", Vanessa shrugged. "No real place for him to hide Phineas at, really."
"Phineas IS in the other dimension.", Perry said, walking into the room.
Everyone looked over, obviously busted on their talk, but more shocked with seeing the platypus talking to them.
"Perry? You can talk?", Candace exclaimed. "Ferb did you-?"
"No no. I was bred this way.", Perry explained. "I mean, not with the ability to talk. I learned that. But bred for a bigger brain. Anyway, how do YOU guys remember the other dimension?"
"We wore our hulls for our skulls when we were going to get hit by the amnesiainator.", Isabella explained, taking hers off for a demonstration.
Perry only shrugged and rolled his eyes, "Of course."
"Uh, Perry? Isn't your secret agency or whatever seeing us right now?", Candace asked, looking around nervously.
"Don't worry about it. I quit the organization.", Perry reassured.
"Whoa.. You did?", Vanessa said. "But.. You're Perry. My dad's nemesis."
"And the company has terrible hours. Besides, Phineas is more important to me than they are.", Perry smiled for a moment but then grew serious. "But we've gotta hurry. Who knows what's going to happen to Phineas.."
"I have the otherdimensionator remote.", Ferb said, pulling it out. "But it's short circuited."
"Well after all those dimensions..."
"Wait wait, how long have you been keeping that?", Candace asks. "Ugh, never mind. I can't bust you anyway."
"We're going to have to use it as a model.", Perry continued. "So let's get to work."
"I'll go ahead and call Phineas' companies.", Isabella smiled, happy to find hope.
"'Phineas' companies'?", Vanessa asked.
"Yeah. Everyone Phineas and Ferb call for their gear and whatnot.", Candace explained. "Ferb, draw up some blueprints, kay?"
Ferb gave a thumbs up and pulled out some paper. Everyone was busy working and so was Phineas as he stood his ground.
"There is NO way I'm going to make a CLONEINATOR.", Phineas argued to Doofenshmirtz. "Don't you watch the movies?"
"Those are just movies. Follow MY plans and they're not going to malfunction.", 2Doof pressed on, holding up his designs. "You're going to make it!"
"No! And you can threaten me all you want! I'm NOT going to build it!", Phineas continued. "Smack me all you want with those prints, you're just wasting your time!"
"Ugh! You kid inventors today! So stubborn! Look, this would ultimately save YOU trouble. Don't you see that? Build it and we could take the 10 robots you've built and make hundreds and thousands of them in no time at all!"
"Look you just said I had to build the stuff I 'broke'. I don't have to make you new stuff at the same time!"
"Look Kid, if you ever want to see your father again.."
"It's not gonna work on me.", Phineas scoffed.
"I mean if you want to be CONSCIOUS while you see him.", he pressed on. "There's another one just like you here and I wouldn't mind using him either. Just need to work out how to get by his sister. I don't care if you die of starvation. I don't care if you get poisoned. It'd help me in the long run if you didn't but still."
"Exactly! If I was alive, I could be of great use. But being dead, I wouldn't be. I don't care if I'm alive or not and if we're exactly the same, the other Phineas would be just as stubborn.", he argued. "There isn't anything you could do to force me to say I'd build it for you."
Doofenshmirtz simply stood there with no real expression. He turned to his robot, gave a nod, and it raised it laser cannon and fired. The laser just scratched Phineas' skin, causing him to flinch in pain. He grabbed where he was hurt and looked at his hand. Feeling squeamish at the sight of blood, he couldn't help but look up at the man in slight fear. The older male sneered down at him and that's when Phineas realized all the other working normbots had their laser cannons pointed at him.
"Honestly I'm not going to kill you... I'm going to make HALF dead.", he chuckled. "So yeah. You keep telling yourself death's the easy way out."
Phineas sighed and some hours later, after working on the cloneinator, was back in his cell. The normbot pushed him in and Phineas picked himself up once again, wiping a bit more blood from his face as he walked to the sink and washed his hands. It was a rough day and Phineas was dreading the next. Suddenly, he heard footsteps and looked over to find Doofenshmirtz walking into the hallway, dragging something behind him. Phineas gasped and jumped back as Heinz was pushed into the cell with a muffler over his mouth.
"DAD!", Phineas exclaimed, quickly coming down and taking the muffler off.
"There you see? I still have one over you.", the other smirked before locking the door and walking away.
"Dad, you okay?"
"Yeah yeah, I'm okay. Phineas are you okay? You're bleeding! What happened?", Heinz asked as he checked Phineas' face for anything else.
"I'm okay I'm okay.", Phineas reassured before hugging him. "I'm so glad you're back."
Heinz returned the embrace, wanting to be happy for the moment, but also remembering the trouble they were in still.
"Okay, now I got to ask. Why did you call me 'dad'? Don't you have a step-dad?", he asked, looking down at the boy.
"Sorry, I.. I don't know. Now that I know you're my dad, I can't really bring myself to keep calling you Dr. D.", Phineas smiled a bit. "I.. I mean you are my dad and so is he.. Can't I call you both 'Dad'?"
Heinz only sighed and gave a smile with a small nod.
"Sure Phineas. Whatever you feel comfortable with."
Phineas smiled too. Things seemed a bit better now. The only worries he had left was if anyone else knew their situation.
Phineas hung onto the ledge for dear life as his worst enemy stepped closer to the edge. Even with that dark mask covering his face, Phineas knew the man was grinning underneath.
"Join me Phineas...", he breathed through the mask. "...and together, we'll take over the Tri-State Area!"
"I'll never join you! You killed my father!", Phineas argued.
"No Phineas...", AltDoof took off his mask to reveal himself and grabbed the boy by the shirt to hold him dangerously close to his face. "...I AM your father!"
"NOOOOOOOO!"
"AAH!", Phineas yelled as he sat up from the floor, waking up from his dream.
He sighed and hung his head as he tried to calm himself down. He looked over at his dimensional Doofenshmirtz who only continued to sleep and gave another shakey sigh.
'Why did we have to joke about that?', Phineas groaned in his mind. 'Ohh man that was just freaky...'
Phineas laid back on the floor, finally noticing that he had 1Doof's lab coat laid over him like a blanket. He must've gotten cold earlier. He looked back and through the darkness, could barely make out the sleeves of his father's turtleneck sweater. He was covered too. That took care of that issue. Phineas looked up at the black ceiling, thinking over the fact that Heinz was his dad.
'So.. That means that Roger's my uncle...', Phineas pieced the family tree together. 'Candace and Vanessa are my sisters... I have a blood-sister, a half-sister, and a step-brother... A mom, dad, step-dad and three pairs of grandparents. Wow, that's a spread... So... I wonder what its going to be like in the future...'
A sudden reminder of Isabella kissing him before their memories were erased flashed by Phineas' mind along with the audio, "Did you hear that? Aunt Isabella! That means I'm gonna marry Phineas!"
'AAH! No! I don't even WANNA start thinking about THAT emotional mess!', Phineas covered his eyes, trying to make the image disappear as his face became very warm. 'Not that.. Not that I don't like her or anything. I love Isabella but no one knows what the future has in store for them! I shouldn't get my hopes up.. She might marry Ferb. There is THAT possibility. Ferb... Didn't he like Vanessa? But wait.. Their siblings. Well.. Technically, by law. Not blood. So.. So if they got together, wouldn't it be pretzeling the tree? Or.. Or maybe it's like.. Like two trees and Ferb's branch and Vanessa's branch kinda tangle up. So.. Candace and I.. Or maybe there's three trees and...'
Phineas tried to continue these thoughts but sleep was getting the better hold. As he watched them become more and more blurry, Phineas only gave a sigh and fell fast asleep.
Now for those who come up with their own OCs for Perry's animal girlfriend, don't hate me for using Penny in this. And I'm not taking anyone else' idea for Penny the Platypus either. I came up with it completely on my own...7 years ago. A blue platypus girl with blond hair who's got a lot of spunk and has a terrible grudge to Perry when they were dating. She doesn't love him, she hates him. Feel free to read the fanfic if you haven't! ^_^
