Chapter 5

Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated…

Perry burst through the door of Dr. Doofenshmirtz's apartment.

"Perry the Platypus! Being fashionably late, I see," Dr. D said. He looked at what the platypus was wearing.

"What's with the suit? Are you wearing man perfume? What's the occasion? Is it like a wedding, or a formal party. A tea party? A prom? You're too old for a prom though, so… Ooh! I've got it! You've decided to give up your days as a secret agent because you are so self-conscious about your duck bill, so you've decided to live among the penguins. Am I right?"

Perry squinted at him. He pulled out a piece of paper from his jacket and handed it to Dr. D.

"Oh! An awards ceremony, huh? Well congratulations. Wait a minute, why am I congratulating my nemesis? You know this reminds me of a back-story when there was this trophy for pony- riding at this fair and- No wait! We're already running late, let me just get to my evil plan."

Doofenshmirtz led Perry to a room in the back of the apartment. He explained, "Okay, my darling daughter, Vanessa has moved in with me for the school year and it's very important that she likes living here so much that she will never want to move back in with her mother again. So, in honor of her arrival, I've decided to redecorate her room. What do you think?"

Dr. D opened up the door to the room. Perry grimaced at the sight. The room was covered in pink, floral wallpaper. The ceiling had gold stars and butterflies hanging from it.

"I'm still painting the furniture. Oh! I almost forgot!" Dr. D picked up a small net gun and trapped Perry in a net. It was odd that this net was hand-knitted and with purple yarn.

"Yeah, about that. Well, I was going to give Vanessa this knitting kit, but then I started to get really into it and well…"

Perry looked at him funny.

"Men can knit things too, Perry the Platypus. Don't judge me. Back on topic! Now, you're probably wondering what's so evil about this. Well, my first evil plan was to sign up to be a substitute science teacher for the school district so that I could get children to build evil inventions. And wouldn't Vanessa be surprised to see her old dad working at her school! Unfortunately, I'm going to have to wait until a teacher gets sick or something. For my second evil plan, I'm going to build Vanessa a present."

Doofenshmirtz walked over to a big invention under a tarp.

"Behold! The Vanessainator! See, I thought she'd be happier if it was named after her. Anything that she despises will vanish in the same sort of manner that magicians do with this! I hope that I can convince her to dislike things like bellhops, taxi drivers, and platypuses. Nothing personal, Perry the Platypus, it's just- you know what? Maybe it is something personal. I mean you do foil my plans about every day."

Candace burst through the office doors.

"Principal Tom! It's me! Candace Flynn! I don't know if you still remember from when I went to school here, but there's something very important that I need to inform you of!"

The secretary at the front desk said, "Indoor voice, Candace. Principal Tom is conferencing with some teachers at the moment. Just take a seat and he'll be with you in a moment."

Candace slumped down into a chair. She tapped her foot impatiently.

Outside, all the kids were bouncing on the huge trampoline. Isabella did a flip in the air. Baljeet tried to just sit on the trampoline, but with so many kids bouncing on it at once, he flew up into the air anyway. Buford tried to jump as close to Baljeet as possible to make him bounce.

Django cried as he jumped up into the air, "Why can't recess always be like this!?"

The recess monitor blew his whistle signaling everyone to line up.

Phineas said, "Whoops. Time's up I guess. Our lunch/recess period is over. Time for the older kids to come out."

All the kids lined up sadly.

"Awww…" came from the crowd.

"It's going to be there tomorrow though. Right? You're not going to take it down?" asked one kid.

"Well, we're not going to take it down, but I can't guarantee that it will be there tomorrow. This stuff usually just mysteriously disappears as the day wears on," Phineas explained.

"Man, that's a bummer," sighed another kid.

They all went inside. The older kids came out looking shocked and amazed. They hesitated at first, but then once one kid got on to play with this new playground, the rest followed.

Vanessa still stood there and then said; "So Candace's brothers built this kind of stuff pretty much every day?"

"Yep. I don't see why Candace thinks this is such a bad thing. What Phineas and Ferb create, is just soooo cool! Come on, Vanessa! Let's go ride on the water slide while we still can before Candace comes out and tells on her brothers." Stacy grabbed Vanessa's arm and pulled.

"Uh- I'm not much of a water slide kind of person," Vanessa said slowly.

Back at D.E.I…

Doofenshmirtz pulled out a piece of paper.

"You see, when we were eating dinner last night, I asked Vanessa what her new likes and dislikes were, so that I knew for certain what to zap with this inator. She told me she didn't really like pink, but I made her room pink because I figured she just wanted to look like a big girl by claiming she didn't. Here's the first thing on the list. She's not fond of water slides."

Doofenshmirtz went up to the machine and turned it on. He turned the device around, searching for any water slides.

"Let's see… Whoa! Now here's a big one. Funny, it's at her school."

Perry looked at the yarn net he was in. Of course, Dr. Doofenshmirtz did not think his trap through. Perry easily chewed his way out of the net.

Dr. D hit the water slide and it vanished.

Fortunately, no one was on it at the time. Everyone seemed amused by the unexpected puff of smoke. They all stopped what they were doing hoping to see something else disappear in a cloud.

The recess monitor was stunned.

"That was odd."

"Can we see if more disappears?" asked one kid.

"Well, if we all stand at a safe distance, we can see. Why not?" he answered.

Everyone stood back and cheered.

As Candace waited in the office, the tune of "Gitchee Gitchee Goo" played on the radio. The principal walked out of a back room. He was a very short and stubby man. Candace ran up to him screaming, "Tom! Tom! Tom! You've got to see what my brothers, Phineas and Ferb just built! They made a water slide and trampoline and all this other crazy stuff! Come on! I'll show you!"

Candace dragged the principal off. He said, "Miss Candace Flynn, you are to address me as Principal Tom."

Vanessa stared at the smoke suspiciously and then she said, "This has my dad written all over it."

"Nuh-uh. Really?" Stacy said.

"Trust me, this is definitely his work."