Hello, one and all! I haven't updated this in a while, huh? Yeah, let's chalk that up to minor writer's block. But, with this chapter, I officially introduce my new policy: updates on weekends only. Don't worry, most weeks that means two or three (maybe four or five) chapters of this at once. That said, enjoy this short!
Quote Of The Day: If you don't let her go right this moment, I will find you and I will kill you. (Bryan Mills, Taken)
Doofenshmirtz wasn't a mean man. Sure, his intentions were always evil, but he would never intentionally hurt anyone. He never even intentionally hurt Perry the Platypus. The evil scientist was sure that the secret agent would be able to handle whatever was thrown at him. Yes, even the sandpaper incident was completely unintentional.
But there was one exception to that statement. If anyone - anyone - touched his daughter.
You see, Heinz Doofenshmirtz was, above all, an overprotective parent. He would put his evil schemes aside to make sure his daughter, Vanessa, was 110% safe. Even if it meant embarrassing her. It was better, Heinz believed, than having, say, wild ocelots raise her. Or attack her, for that matter. It was his goal to make sure that Vanessa didn't have to undergo the childhood hardships that he himself had to. Doofenshmirtz believed it was better to be an overprotective parent than a... well, a parent like he had.
So you can imagine his fear when he got a phone call saying that it would cost him a million dollars to ever see his daughter alive again.
Before Doofenshmirtz even had the chance to say hello, the person at the other end spoke.
"If you want to see Vanessa alive again, you'd better do as I say."
Doofenshmirtz gasped. "Who are you?"
The reply came, cold, harsh, and final. "Let's just say that you were the mayor during my reign of terror. I'm just returning the favor, thank you very much."
The evil scientist didn't miss a beat. "You're welcome, Mr. Returning-The-Favor, but you see, I'm not the mayor. You must have me confused with my brother Roger."
"No," the voice answered firmly. "Heinz Doofenshmirtz, right?"
"Yeah..."
"You were most certainly the mayor in my reign of terror, thank you very much. Now, if you value your daughter's life one bit you will meet me in an hour in the dark alleyway behind City Hall with a million dollars."
"Vanessa!" Doofenshmirtz screamed, out of fear for his daughter.
"Yes," the cruel voice said, laughing evilly as it spoke. "I have your daughter, and you'd better do as I say, thank you very much."
With his daughter in danger, another part of Doofenshmirtz took over. The stupid evil scientist was no more, replaced by a stone-cold, overprotective, brave father that always took over in these situations.
He spoke into the phone with a voice so deep and with such menace that, no matter who was on the other end, he would have shivered.
"If you don't let her go right this moment," he said. "I will find you, and I will kill you."
Just then, the door opened, and Vanessa walked in.
"Hey, dad," she said, as if nothing were the matter.
Doofenshmirtz did a double take. Yes, Vanessa was most definitely there, stretched out over the couch, without a worry in the world. So the other man must have been... lying.
"Count yourself lucky this time," Doofenshmirtz said into the phone. Then he hung up, without waiting for a response.
The evil scientist breathed a sigh of relief. I'm so glad she's safe, he thought. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to her.
Because, at heart, Doofenshmirtz was just an overprotective parent.
First question, how many of you read the quote and thought this episode would star Phineas and Isabella? Me too, then I realized this was a much better alternative - I can't see Phineas killing, or showing intent to kill, anyone. Even if Isabella's been kidnapped.
Second question, who was at the receiving end of the phone? You know, the guy talking to Doofenshmirtz? This should be an easy one...
Third, and finally, the answer to the question posed a few chapters back: what does 47223552 mean? Well, I'll tell you. If you look at a phone, you'll see letters under each number - A, B, and C under 2; D, E, and F under 3, and on and on. So, if you look carefully, you will see 4-I, 7-S, 2-A, 2-B, 3-E, 5-L, 5-L, 2-A. Therefore, 47223552 spells Isabella. Boom! Cracked the code! Now, read, review, and request. You've got to know a quote of some kind that you want on this story.
