This is sorta my tribute to Paul, the mobile logistics technicians. I thought he was a pretty cool character, so I decided to include him in this chapter. Hope you like.

Through his tightly clenched eyes, Perry felt the obtrusive green light finally die away after what seemed like eternity, but he didn't dare open his eyes. He didn't want to know where he ended up. He could be in an underground sewage tunnel, in Antarctica, or, God forbid, actually midair and falling to his death right now…

"Hey! Haven't I seen you before?" Perry heard someone next to him say. Relieved that he wasn't at least in a volcano or something else life-threatening, he dared to open his eyes a tiny crack, and then opened them wide, shocked at what he saw.

He was at a beach. It was a perfect day; the sun was shining bright, warming his skin, but not too obtrusively, so that he wanted shade. There was a slight breeze ruffling his hair. The crystal clear blue water rippled with sparkles from the sunlight. Perry looked around in amazement. There was white sand everywhere, and people were milling around or resting under umbrellas, enjoying the beautiful day. Coconut trees dotted the landscape, and behind him he saw huge, new-age glass buildings he assumed were hotels.

"Aren't you that platypus I helped a while back?" asked the man next to Perry again. Perry turned and recognized the man as Paul, the delivery guy.

Perry chattered in agreement.

"How'd you get to Hawaii? No, don't answer that question. Your friend Doofyshmitz probably zapped you with something, huh?" He cracked a grin. Perry chattered in amusement.

"Yeah… remember last time? He was gonna try to turn City Hall to juice. And his little thing actually worked… 'cept, we stopped him, 'course. Man, that was weird.

"Well, good to see ya! Dad said I'd been workin' hard and I deserved a break, so here I am, at a resort in Maui! Whoa, you're trapped in a glass ball," Paul noticed all of a sudden. Perry chattered in annoyance. "You want me to go get a hammer? I can smash you out and…"

He was interrupted by Perry putting up his hands and chattering urgently. As much as Perry wanted to stay and enjoy Hawaii, he knew he needed to get back. But this was his chance to get an upper hand on Doof. He chattered again.

"You need what?" asked Paul in confusion. Perry chattered again.

"Oh, macadamia nuts. You hungry or something? There's a bunch of stuff a lot better than macadamia nuts," said Paul, a look of reminiscence on his face. Perry chattered again, snapping him out of it. "Okay, not for food. Whatever. You need a metal helmet – hey, cool, I'll just lend you mine! I rented this sweet bike for transportation," said Paul, pointing at a motorcycle in the parking lot of one of the resorts with a silver helmet dangling from the handlebars. "And a universal self-destruct button… Okay, little dude, be right back!"

Paul got up and sprinted away. Perry had to smile in appreciation. A platypus suddenly appears out of nowhere on his vacation from a stressful job and he gladly helps the platypus gather the obscure materials he needs. Plus, he could understand platypus talk. Paul was a good guy.

Twenty-five minutes later, he returned with all the things Perry requested. And fast, thought Perry, feeling respect for Paul. He was good at his job of getting things where he needed to be.

"Okay little dude… here's a bag of macadamia nuts, my helmet, and a universal self-destruct button. You're gonna go back to stop Doof, right?" asked Paul, handing Perry the objects. Perry nodded.

He took out the remote from inside his hat he had stolen from Doof before he got sent away. His suspicions were confirmed when he saw the big red "REVERSE" label on the remote that it would take him home.

"Well, good luck, little dude. If you have some time afterwards or some other day in the next week, come visit again! I can show you around – they had some pretty sick places here," said Paul. Perry smiled and chattered his consent. He put on the helmet, which was a little big, and tucked the bag of macadamia nuts and self-destruct button under his arms. Then he pushed the button on the remote, and the whole thing, sphere and all, glowed a bright green light and disappeared.

A new chapter will follow extremely soon. I'm excited how it's all gonna go down at Doof's. *Phinbella Ferbnessa* what?