Perry met up with Peter and Terry as they explored the warehouse. He decided not to get his friends up to speed right now; they were in the middle of the mission.

The warehouse was very draughty. The corrugated metal walls and leaky corrugated metal roof made Perry wonder if the reason the warehouse was abandoned was because it was such a useless storage space. There were two levels, with a metal twisty staircase up to the upper floor. All the other agents were exploring the bigger downstairs area, whereas Perry, Peter, and Terry decided to search the top area.

"What exactly are we supposed to be looking for?" whispered Perry.

"Just any sign of LOVEMUFFIN," Peter replied.

But after ten minutes, they found nothing in the small space. They sat down on an old wooden crate and caught their breath. "This is pointless," Terry stated. "I mean, I know it's a big warehouse, but Major Monogram didn't need to send thirty or so agents. There's nothing here."

"Guys, what's that ticking noise?" Peter asked.

Perry listened hard. He could just about hear a small ticking noise. "I don't know. It's probably not important."

At that moment, Perry caught sight of something on the other side of the top floor. He got up from the crate and searched the area but there was no sign of the shadow that he had seen. As he made his way back to his friends, he caught sight of the label on the crate they were sitting on. TNT.

Oh crud.

Perry tackled his friends over the metal railing. There was no time for anybody to say anything because, as they fell, there was a sudden and massive explosion, which hit the three animal agents into the metal wall. The wall didn't break but it shuddered. The three agents fell to the ground, knocking Peter and Terry out.

All of a sudden, a pink gas flooded into the warehouse, which's door had suddenly closed and locked. Perry held his breath until something dropped in front of him. It was a gas mask, tailored for a platypus's beak. He didn't question it; he put it on and breathed normally. Around him, agents were falling unconscious.

"Come with me if you want to live," said a voice in Perry's ear.

He looked around for a moment before he realised that there was an earpiece in the gas mask.

A rope dropped down in front of him. Again, Perry didn't question it; he just clutched the rope, which was pulled up towards the roof. As he went, he saw people in black gear come flooding through the newly-unlocked doors and begin to throw the unconscious agents into cages. Perry watched as one of the people picked up Peter and Terry by their ankles and threw them into separate cages. It made him feel incredibly sad, but he had no time to dwell on it. He reached the roof and climbed out through a hole.

He came face to face with a dark brown platypus.

…

Even when nobody was in the room with them, Priya kept the egg under her tail. Apollo had told her that it was just as warm under her tail as it was when she was sitting on it.

Apparently, the room they were in used to be a main room of the LOVEMUFFIM HQ, wherever that was; there was a loudspeaker in there, just like the rest of the complex, or so Priya assumed. LOVEMUFFIN had obviously forgotten to take it out when they made the room a prison. Priya and Apollo actually got a lot of information from it.

The latest was Rodney's voice, saying: "Attention LOVEMUFFIN. One of our colleagues, Heinz Doofenshmirtz, has failed in his duty to captured wanted agent Perry the Platypus and has been captured by OWCA."

"Yes!" muttered Priya. "Well done, Perry!"

"In other news, the trap at the warehouse has been sprung. We have compiled a list of names of the agents who have been taken into LOVEMUFFIN custody."

The names were read out. Priya hoped she wouldn't hear Perry's name. She heard "Peter the Panda" and "Terry the Turtle" but not Perry. She felt worried for Peter and Terry, of course, but she was relieved that Perry had avoided capture.

"Do you think Perry will come and rescue us?" Apollo wheezed from the corner.

Priya was getting worried about Apollo. He seemed to be getting worse and worse. He had told her about his capture, including the fact that he was shot. As soon as she was told that, she was able to see the pool of blood that Apollo was sitting in. Apparently, Apollo had not been allowed a bandage.

"Frankly, I don't think they care if I live or die," Apollo had said. "They only captured me to make a statement to OWCA. They don't care what happens to me after that."

Priya wished she could help him; he was clearly in a lot of pain. He seemed to be dying slowly, and that made Priya feel very helpless and sad.

"I hope he will," Priya said in answer to Apollo's question.

There was a pause. "Do you know if the baby's a girl or a boy?" Apollo asked.

"I don't know. An ultrasound wasn't really an option, since the baby was hidden in an X-Ray-proof egg."

"Are you being sarcastic?"

"You're the doctor, you tell me."

That made Apollo chuckle. Priya was glad to see him smile, if only even for a moment.

"What'll you call it?"

Priya answered immediately, "We decided Hazel for a girl, Teddy for a boy."

"Both nice names."

Apollo closed his eyes and was silent. Priya was afraid for ten horrible seconds that he had died, before he muttered, "I think you need to sleep."

"I can't," Priya replied instantly. "I need to be prepared for if anyone comes in."

Apollo paused, and then hit the floor hard. The vibrations came through the floor and gave Priya a fairly strong shock. "OW!"

"Did you feel that?"

"Obviously!"

"Do you think that would wake you up?"

"Oh, I see where you're coming from. I think it probably would, yes."

"Okay, then. If I hear someone coming, I'll do that and it'll wake you up in time."

"Thanks, Apollo."

Priya lay her head on the floor and closed her eyes. Sleep came easily to her. The last thing she heard before she drifted off was Apollo's voice saying, "Sweet dreams."