I'm finally updating! Alright, now, this chapter may seem like it was a useless bit of recap and filler, but I felt like it explained a plot hole, and, honestly, it's really cute xD xD And it has a little foreshadow for the sequel…
I DO NOT OWN PHINEAS AND FERB. ANY CHARACTER YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE IS PROBABLY MINE.
(Perry's POV)
"Oh, my gosh," I suddenly realized. "Pinky!"
"What about him?" Amy asked softly, looking at Mira.
"We left him in the meadow."
Amy's eyes widened. "You're right!"
I chuckled and pulled out my O.W.C.A. phone, sending my friend a text. "Hey! Sorry for leaving you behind like that... Where are you?"
"On my way back to HQ. Probably about halfway there now."
"OK. Text me when you get back."
After sending the message, I climbed onto the table next to my mate and daughter. "Can Pinky meet Mira when he gets here?"
Amy hesitated. "I don't know... He's just so hyper, and Mira- well, she's so little..." I could see the apology in my mate's eyes.
I shrugged. "Okay, your call. If you don't think Mira's ready, then fine."
"...But he's your best friend, and Mira's your daughter... And Pinky can calm down when he needs to..." Amy mused. "Maybe it's okay..."
"So your answer is..."
Amy smiled. "He can go ahead and meet her."
I grinned at my mate before slowly walking over and kissing her forehead. "Thanks, sweetheart."
(Amy's POV)
Pinky arrived about an hour later, and Perry walked out of the office to meet with him and explain everything while I stayed with Mira. I didn't feel like I could get up even if I wanted to.
Mira cooed and turned over in her sleep, and I smiled, softly nuzzling her. Just before Perry slowly walked back through the doorway, Pinky following him. He was shaking, but- well, that dog was always shaking, and it didn't necessarily mean he was in a hyper mood.
As soon as Pinky saw Mira, he grinned. Perry smiled while I gently nudged our daughter awake. "Come on, sweetheart."
I got a protestive squeak for a reply, but Mira crawled out of my fur, stumbling drowsily. She yawned and squeaked again.
Pinky looked concerned at that. "Shouldn't she be talking?"
"We were wondering about that, too," Perry replied. "Katrina said she should be talking tomorrow."
"And if she's not?"
I shrugged. "We'll love her anyway."
We were silent until Pinky spoke up again. "She nearly died?"
Perry and I both nodded.
"It's hard to believe," Pinky admitted. "She looks so strong and healthy."
"It is hard to believe," I agreed. "At least... Until you see her tail."
Pinky cocked his head in confusion. "What?"
Perry held his paw out to Mira, who clambered onto it, still looking tired. That's when Pinky saw Mira's tail. "Oh, my gosh," he murmured. "So that's what nearly killed her?"
My mate nodded. "That's where the egg shard cut into her. If the shard had cut any deeper she would have died."
"Wow..."
Mira squeaked again and began trying to scramble off of her father's paw. Perry, noticing this, let his daughter down.
"Can I hold her?" Pinky asked.
My daughter crawled back over to me, and I grinned. "Sorry, I think she's getting too restless to be held."
"The poor thing probably wants to sleep in peace," came a familiar female voice. I turned the most I could and saw Katrina standing in the doorway, smiling.
"Oh," Pinky blinked. "D-do you want me to leave?"
Perry exchanged a glance with me, then shook his head. "No, it's fine."
(Katrina's POV)
I grinned as I watched Amy nuzzle her and Perry's new daughter. Everything had worked out well, even if all of us were awfully scared for a while.
Just then, there was a knocking on the front office door. I quietly left the room Perry, Amy, Mira, and Pinky were in and closed the door behind me.
Through the glass, at the entrance to my office, there was a familiar panda bear pressed against the glass. I opened the door and let Peter in. "What is it?"
"I got a splinter in my paw that I can't get out."
In spite of myself, I rolled my eyes. "Peter, I remember when you were a cub, and, trust me, you're not anymore. You can get it out yourself."
"A month ago you would have helped!" Peter retorted. "But ever since, your office has been closed off to practically everyone! In fact, other than you, the only people I've seen step through this door have been Perry and Pinky." The bear's eyes narrowed at his mention of Perry.
I normally was very patient, but with all the stress of the past few weeks, my fuse was surprisingly short. "I have my reasons," I snapped. "Now, get out of the office. You can get the splinter out yourself." I shoved him back to the door, and Peter left twice as quickly as he had entered.
Perry was standing in the other doorway when I came back. "Everything okay?"
"Everything's fine, darling," I lied.
(Major Monogram's POV)
I was in my office when I heard a knock. "Yes?"
Agent Peter burst through the door. "Sir, I don't believe Katrina is doing her job."
"Why do you say that?"
"I needed her to get a splinter out of my paw, and she practically kicked me out." Agent Peter scoffed. "I mean, it's not like she has anything better to do."
I blinked. "Isn't it possible that she had a more serious problem to deal with?"
Agent Peter scoffed again. "Like what? If there was a life-threatening situation, the whole agency would know by now. Because agents would have seen it happen."
"Perhaps you're right..." I hesitated. "I'll go in and check to see if everything's okay or not."
Pushing the chair away from my desk, I stood up and walked to Katrina's office. I suddenly remembered how in the past few weeks, every time I called Agent P on his watch to brief him, he was in the nurse's office. That worried me, so I sped my pace up a bit.
I was O.W.C.A's Major, so I didn't bother knocking when I reached her office. Katrina entered the front room almost immediately, and her eyes widened. "Sir!" That still felt strange. She had been the nurse even when I was the intern.
"Katrina, Agent Peter told me what happened. Is everything okay in here?"
Katrina hesitated. "Sir..."
"As your Major, Katrina, I'm ordering you to tell me. Why aren't you doing your job?"
"Well, sir... I actually am."
I raised an eyebrow at that. "You turned Agent Peter down."
"Because, sir, I've been dealing with a life or death situation." Katrina paused. "Two, actually."
My eyes widened. "Katrina, why didn't you tell me two of my agents were fatally wounded?!"
"Sir... They're not agents."
"Then why are you helping them?"
"They're related to an agent."
I crossed my arms. "In what why?"
"Agent P's their family, sir."
"Really?" But how? When I had met Agent P, he was a two week old orphan wandering the forest! Unless...
"Sir," Katrina began. "A few weeks ago, Agent P brought in his...his mate."
I blinked. Agent P has a mate?
"She was dealing with awful stomach pains," Katrina continued. "And...she...she was pregnant."
What?!
"After I scanned her, I realized that something had gone wrong during the pregnancy. Something that could have killed both her and Agent P's unborn child and herself."
She smiled. "I fixed it. Or tried to, anyway; it just barely managed to work. Their daughter almost didn't make it."
Katrina glanced over into the other room, and I followed her gaze, immediately noticing a chocolate-brown female platypus lying on the operation table. Her tail seemed to be wrapped around something, but I couldn't tell what.
"Why didn't Agent P take her to a vet?"
"Amy's scared of humans," Katrina replied quietly. "She barely trusted me- I honestly don't know if she really trusts me that much even now. The only way Agent P could even convince her to come was because he trusted me."
"Could I meet Amy?"
"O-of course, sir." Katrina led me to the door to the other room and quietly opened it.
The brown platypus- who I assumed was Amy- smiled a bit at Katrina, but her smiled vanished completely when she saw me. I saw her tail curl up a little tighter, and she growled.
I heard the door again and turned. Agent P was standing in the room now, a shocked look on his face. "Sir...!"
"Sorry, Perry-" Katrina began.
"I ordered her to tell me what was going on," I interrupted. I hesitated. "I'm sorry you were going through all this. Can I meet your new child?"
Agent P hesitated as well before walking to Amy. He climbed onto the table next to her and murmured into her ear slit. Amy hesitated. "Are you sure?" I heard a barely noticeable female voice.
My top agent nodded and said something else I couldn't hear. Amy hesitated again. "A-alright." Once again, it was barely hearable.
Amy slowly lifted her tail up and nudged a figure in her fur. I watched in amazement as a little baby platypus stumbled out of her mother's fur. This was Agent P's child! "What's her name?"
"Mira," Agent P replied.
"Mira..." I murmured. "Short for 'miracle'." I turned back to Katrina. "You said she almost died?"
The nurse nodded. That's why Agent P and Amy named Mira that. "May I?" I asked, holding my hand out to Mira. Agent P nodded, and I picked up his daughter.
Apparently, I wasn't gentle enough because almost as soon as I did pick up Mira, all three of them- Katrina, Agent P, and Amy- practically leapt forward. Amy was growling, and Agent P and Katrina were wincing. "What?"
"Careful of the tail," was Katrina's reply.
I was about to question her when I saw Mira's tail. There was a long red gash through it. "Is that what nearly killed her?"
Katrina, Agent P, and Amy all nodded. Mira squeaked and bounced in my hand a little. It obviously felt different than anything else she had ever felt- even though part of it was that she wasn't even twenty-four hours old.
I gently set Mira back by her mother. She squeaked and buried herself in Amy's fur. I chuckled a bit at that. "Will she be joining O.W.C.A. someday?"
"It depends on whether she'll want to or not when she's old enough to decide for herself," Agent P replied.
I smiled. "Well, if she ever wants to, she has my permission."
Then I saluted. "Agent P, I'll see you on your next mission."
Agent P saluted back. "Yes, sir."
Amy just stared, seeming partly shocked at all the military formality.
I continued to smile as I turned to walk back to my office. Agent P had a daughter. The new generation of O.W.C.A. was beginning.
Okay, this may seem like the end of the story, BUT IT IS NOT THE END. THERE IS ONE MORE CHAPTER AFTER THIS xP xP xP
