Hello everyone! Gonna keep things short today...but as always, I'd like to thank everyone who read, and especially my faithful reviewers: Shiningheart of ThunderClan, iheartphinabella05, WordNerb93, and TheCartoonFanatic01! Of course, I do not own Phineas and Ferb. And now: Chapter 10!

"Candace? Perry? Are you out here?"

Phineas called out into the night as he and Ferb hurried down the street, but heard no reply.

"Perry? Candace?" Phineas called a little louder, but still silence answered him. Phineas stopped and turned to his brother, fear etched into the redhead's expression.

"I'm getting really worried," Phineas said. "What if we can't find them? What if they're…?"

Phineas bit his lip, not wanting to think about what he could put at the end of that sentence. Ferb put his arm around his brother and gave him a comforting look. Ferb wasn't sure if Candace and Perry were okay either, but he knew they had to keep looking. Urging Phineas along, Ferb continued to walk his brother forward. Wherever their family members were, Ferb could only hope they were all right…

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"You know, I probably should've asked Vanessa where those two lived before I went out here," Doofenshmirtz said, poring over a map of the Tri-State Area as he flew his hovercraft aimlessly through the air. "That probably would've been helpful…"

Doofenshmirtz had looked all over downtown Danville by this time, only stopping twice: once to save the Duplicator-inator 3 from falling off the back of the hover pad, and the second time to avoid hitting a dump truck driven by a none-too-happy driver. The evil scientist's coffee burst was beginning to wear off again, and he was afraid he'd fall asleep before he'd find any sign of the boys.

"Just keep flying, just keep flying," Doofenshmirtz hummed to himself as he sailed over the city buildings. Eventually, the scientist reached the downtown limits, and stopped as he pulled into the suburbs.

"Okay, that's probably enough evil searching for tonight," Doofenshmirtz yawned to himself. "You know, it's hard to find two little kids in the middle of the night, especially when they're probably not exactly awake and out and about…"

The evil scientist was about to turn his hover pad around, when he spotted something further down on the street beneath him. Squinting, Doofenshmirtz saw that it was two kids walking down the street…and one of them had green hair.

"Well, what do you know, it's them!" Doofenshmirtz exclaimed excitedly, remembering Ferb's telltale green hairdo. "And they're awake and up and about in the middle of the night! What are the odds on that, seriously?"

Doofenshmirtz quickly pointed the hover pad in the boys' direction and zoomed forward.

"It's working, it's working!" Doofenshmirtz sang gleefully to himself.

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Norm soared at high speed through the midnight air, narrowly missing buildings as he went. And Agent P was right behind him, hanging for dear life on his back.

Perry thought back to the note he had written Norm when he was trapped in Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc. The platypus had been able to convince the robot that if he were to help stop Doofenshmirtz, Norm might be able to stay as the scientist's assistant. So, Norm had let the platypus out of the closet and cage, and allowed him to grab onto his back as they took off with the robot's rockets after the evil scientist.

Perry held his breath as they flew through the air, hoping that everything was all right. They were now soaring towards the edge of downtown, and heading quickly for the suburbs. Perry could only hope he and Norm would reach Doofenshmirtz before the evil scientist could find Phineas and Ferb…

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Doofenshmirtz pulled the hover pad to a quick stop a few yards behind the boys, and hovered several feet above their heads. He was afraid for a moment that the boys were going to notice him and run away, but they seemed too preoccupied with something else to pay much attention to what was above their heads. The scientist hurried back to the controls of the Duplicator-inator 3 and quickly began to power it on.

"Almost there!" he sang gleefully to himself.

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Norm shot down Maple Drive as Perry looked out for Doofenshmirtz. Searching either side of the street, Agent P almost forgot to look in front of him, until he saw Doofenshmirtz's hover pad straight ahead, situated right above Phineas and Ferb. Doofenshmirtz was standing at the controls of the Duplicator-inator 3, beginning to aim it at the boys. Perry grabbed tighter onto Norm's back: it was now or never.

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"Gotta turn the de-Ethicator-inator on," Doofenshmirtz said as he pressed a button, then grinned evilly. "And now, time for the money..."

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Everything seemed to move in slow motion. Norm was inches away from hitting the hover pad. Perry watched in horror as Doofenshmirtz's hand began to lower towards the fire button. Looking down at the ground, Perry saw his owners, who seemed almost oblivious to what was going on above them…until Phineas began to turn around.

Out of instinct, Agent P grabbed a hold of Norm's back and immediately pulled the robot upwards, following a habit he had built up for years to keep the boys from learning about his secret agent identity. Time seemed to move even slower as Perry pulled Norm out of the way of the hover pad, narrowly missing Doofenshmirtz's invention, and sending himself and the robot spiraling away from the evil scientist. And Perry was powerless to interfere as Doofenshmirtz slammed down the fire button, and a green light appeared on the nozzle of the machine, firing straight at Phineas and Ferb.

Cliffhanger! But I'll post the next chapter soon, I promise! I'm pretty far ahead on writing now, so I should be able to keep up for a while. And of course, please don't hesitate to drop a review!