Chapter 7, The Truth Behind Evil Tommy

Location: Yucaipa, California, on the evening of May 25, 2014

While everyone sat in the waiting room, waiting for Taffy to be finished being examined, as a result of the first degree burns she had on her ankles, Peter had finally figured out who was at fault for Tommy's becoming evil-fied.

"No, not Angelica Zack." Said Peter.

"Then who?" Zack asked.

"Dr. Doofensmirtz." Said Peter.

The toddlers gasp.

"Who's Dr. Doofensmirtz?" Phil asked.

"He comes from the Disney world of Phineas and Ferb, and he's an evil villan." Explained Peter.

"An evil villan?" Didi asked, confused.

"Why yes Didi. Do you know something I don't?" Peter asked.

"A Dr. Doofensmirtz came to see Tommy when he was in the hospital the other day. He used a special machine on Tommy, and claimed he was all better, and told me to take him home immediately." Explained Didi.

"Do you recall if this machine showed beams of green light upon his using it?" Peter asked.

"I recall it shooting beams of light. It made Tommy, who was asleep at the time, wake up and start crying. The doctor got very hostile, and told him to be quiet, that it would be over in a second. Then, when it was done, he said Tommy was cured, and to take him home. I couldn't help notice that Tommy has been extremely aggressive lately, and while we were driving home, I caught a glimpse of his eyes in the rear view mirror, they seem to be appearing as red and green." Explained Didi.

"Didi, and the rest of you, you're not imagining things, I've been noticing this glow for quite sometime now, and Tommy has been acting rather aggressive and distructive ever since then, and I think I know what's going on." Said Peter.

"Well, what is it?" Stu asked.

"Your son, was hit by a machine called the Turn-Everything-Evil-Inator. I'm not sure how it works entirely, but bottom line, it makes a person, purely evil." Explained Peter.

"Is there any way to stop this?" Didi asked.

"I'm not sure, but seeing that I've run into Dr. Doofensmirtz every place I've taken Tommy over the last couple of days, and he was the last person Tommy saw at the hospital prior to being released, then I know for a fact it was him, and now, I must find him, and get to the bottom of this." Said Peter.

"Good luck." Said Didi.

"Thank you Didi." Said Peter.

Just then, Taffy was released, and had her ankels wrapped in some bandages, with a note from the doctor, to go home and soak them in ice, and to put some Alavera on them to help heal the burns. Once everybody knew that Taffy was going to be ok, all of the kids and their families, headed for home, where everybody ate early dinners, and headed off to bed, as they were exhausted. But Peter, was far from hitting the sack. He was off to look for Dr. Doofensmirtz, and to see if he couldn't get Tommy rescued from the ocean, and turned nice again.

Recalling what Peter saw earlier that evening on that news report, that Tommy was out at sea in the Reptar wagon, he decided, to head straight for the beach. If Dr. Doofensmirtz was continuing to spy on Tommy, watching his every move, surely that's where he'd be. When Peter got to the beach, he found an entire swot team and several coast guards, patrolling things.

"What's going on?" Peter asked.

"Didn't you hear? A two-year-old is out in the middle of the ocean." Said one of the Police officers.

"Listen, I know what's going on." Said Peter.

"You do?" Said a coast guard.

Peter nodded.

Just then, he spotted Dr. Doofensmirtz off to the side in a beach chair, so made his way through the crowd of people, to where Dr. Doofensmirtz was lounging.

"Heinz, what brings you out here on this fine evening?" Peter asked.

"Ah Peter! How good to see you. Please, do sit down." Said Dr. Doofensmirtz.

"Listen Heinz, you and I need to have a talk. I know what you're doing, and I'm not at all happy with you right now." Said Peter.

"Whatever do you mean?" Heinze asked.

"I think you know exactly what I mean. You used your Turn-Everything-Evil-Inator on Tommy, didn't you?" Peter asked.

"I think what I did with Tommy is none of your business sir." Said Heinz.

"I think it is. Look, Tommy is one of my good friends. I've known him for a very long time. He's brave, bold, adventurous, and he's always looking out for his friends, has a lot of optimism, and perseverance, but thanks to your Turn-Everything-Evil-Inator, he's still brave, with a lot of perseverance, but because he's so mean, now that he's stuck on this idea to take over the world, it's not going to be easy to stop him." Explained Peter.

"Oh yeah? And what do you want me to do about it?" Heinz asked.

"I think you know exactly what I want you to do about it. If you don't want to spend the rest of your life in the prison of the Confederacy, and if you're really my friend, then you will fix what you broke. Is that clear?" Peter asked.

"Yes, sir, but I should warn you, it won't be easy to fix. You see Peter, when I use my Turn-Everything-Evil-Inator, it creates an evil copy of the person, that lives inside of the good person I've zapped." Explained Heinz.

"So there's a copy of Tommy inside of Tommy?" Peter asked.

"Yes, it's like, a shadow. Their eyes glow an eary color, and they take over the body of the person they're possessing. Also, that person can hear their evil counterpart talk inside their head." Explained Heinz.

"Well, Tommy did mention to me he was hearing voices. Though he told me he was hearing two voices, and his eyes have been displaying a bright red and green." Said Peter.

"Hmmm, I'm not sure why there are two shadows controlling Tommy's body, but, we won't be able to get to the bottom of this, until we rescue him." Said Heinz.

"So, you'll do it?" Peter asked.

"Anything to help my good friend, King Peter Albany of the Confederacy." Said Heinz.

So Heinz and Peter got on to a little wooden boat they found tied up to a dock on the beach, and took it out to sea, where they found Tommy, and the Reptar wagon, being attacked by a shark.

"Tommy! It's me!" Said Peter.

"Go away!" Tommy snapped.

"But Tommy, a shark is trying to eat you, and, I can explain why you've been so evil." Said Peter.

"I'll explain." Said Heinz.

"Oh yeah? What's that creap gots to do with it?" Tommy asked.

Dr. Doofensmirtz went on to explain himself to Tommy, while Peter pulled a tunafish sandwich out of his gray Confederate uniform, tossed it in the direction of the shark, who immediately started chomping on the sandwich, while Peter grabbed some roap, tied it to one end of the Reptar wagon, and using his boat like a tugboat, Peter and Dr. Doofensmirtz pulled Tommy and the Reptar wagon back to shore.

Once they were safely back on land, the three of them headed off to the castle of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, where Peter put Tommy's Reptar wagon out of reach. Then, he took Tommy to a new room to sleep, where he would spend the night in a crib, with tall wide bars on it.

"Why are you putting me in there? Don't you know I'm two-years-old now? I haven't slept in a crib since before that little brother of mine known as Dil was born." Said Tommy.

"Yes, but, until we get to the bottom of this, and get those evil voices in your head defeated, we need to lock you out of harm's way." Said Peter.

"Go ahead and try, cuz once I use this, I'll be free! Ha ha ha ha ha!" Scoffed Tommy, as he showed Peter and Heinz his infamous plastic screwdriver.

Peter snatched the screwdriver out of Tommy's hand, and put it in one of the pockets of his gray Confederate uniform for safe keeping.

"Hey! Give that back!" Tommy shouted.

"You'll get it and your Reptar wagon back, once you've been unevil-fied." Said Peter.

But Tommy wasn't having it. He started to cry and scream at the top of his lungs, grabbing at the bars of the crib, shaking them until he managed to pry the side of the crib loose, so he could climb out and make his escape. But the two-year-old toddler was already exhausted, thus, he didn't get far, as his strength started to ware out, causing him to grow more and more sleepy every second. Eventually, Tommy gave up trying to escape, as he collapsed against the large white fluffy pillows that lined one end of the crib, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

At this point, Peter and Dr. Doofensmirtz were in the kitchen, dining on some corndogs and sodas, trying to come up with a plan to fix Tommy.

"I do have one question for you." Peter said.

"Oh yeah? What's that?" Dr. Doofensmirtz asked.

"Did you use your Turn-Everything-Evil-Inator on famous Psychiotrist, Dr. Lepetomaine?" Peter asked.

"Yes, I did." Dr. Doofensmirtz replied.

"Then that would explain the yellow glow that came from Dr. Lepetomaine's eyes, and the hostile attitude he had towards me and Tommy at the emergency appointment we had with him yesterday, but why hasn't he reeked havoc on the world then?" Peter asked.

"Because when he had that heart attack and died, it destroyed both, Dr. Lepetomaine, and his evil copy." Explained Dr. Doofensmirtz.

"So are you telling me that the only way we can defeat Tommy, is by killing him?" Peter asked, about ready to cry.

"So far, that's the only way I know of." Dr. Doofensmirtz replied.

"Come on Heinz, Tommy is one of my best friends, surely there's got to be a way to get the old Tommy back, without having to destroy him entirely. We've got to think of a way to fix this, without having to rely on death as the only solution." Said Peter.

So he and Dr. Doofensmirtz thought about it for several minutes as they ate their supper, but even they were exhausted. The only thing Peter could even think of, was to convince Tommy, to try to ignore the voices in his head. He also thought he'd enlist in the help of the other rugrats, and all of the Disney characters, to see if they had any ideas. But at the present moment, Peter was exhausted, so as soon as he finished his fill of corndogs and soda, he headed off to bed, as he knew trying to put his plans into action, would go better, after both, he and Tommy, had a goodnight's sleep.

So Peter headed off to bed, but unlike most nights, when he'd undress out of his gray Confederate uniform to sleep, he decided against it that night, since that's where he had stashed away Tommy's screwdriver for safe keeping. Heaven-for-bid Tommy were to wake up in the middle of the night and attempt to escape, he'd have a better chance of escaping if he could get that screwdriver back, if Peter wasn't wearing the suit. So Peter made himself comfortable in his gray Confederate uniform, and drifted off to sleep.

Meanwhile, Dr. Doofensmirtz also made himself comfortable, on an air matress in Tommy's room. Surely, if Tommy tried to escape, Dr. Doofensmirtz would wake up, and be able to stop him.

And this, ends chapter 7. So, what will happen next? Will the shadows get released from Tommy's body and defeated, making Tommy once again, the good, braveliest toddler we've all known and loved for years? Will Tommy ever see his screwdriver and Reptar wagon again? Will the rugrats and Disney characters, all join forces, to help Peter and Dr. Doofensmirtz, get the good Tommy back? We'll find out, in chapter 8, so please, do stay tuned!