Perry flopped down onto the floor and sighed. He and Ava just returned to the agency from their mission. Bad ol' Doofensmirtz tried to turn the agents into school supplies. That whole ordeal had to do with the scientist hating school.

Rolling onto his back, Perry thought of the conversation he had with Ava the day before. "Look, it's not like I know why Monogram chose me. I can ask him for you, if you want." That's what Ava had told him. The fox hadn't spoken a word to him since.

Suddenly, Perry felt like he was being watched. He stood up, and looked around wildly. The room grew dark. Perry looked up in time to see Kenny falling towards him. He jumped out of the way of the pouncing koala.

Kenny landed and rolled onto his spun around and charged, throwing his fist at Perry. The monotreme caught the mammal's fist, and swung at his face. Perry's fist connected with Kenny's nose. The koala yelped in pain, and pulled away from his opponent. Dropping down, Kenny kicked at Perry, swiping his foot at the monotremes legs. The platypus jumped, dodging the kick. He kicked the bear in the stomach. Kenny staggered.

The koala bear whipped out his claws, and attacked the monotremes face. Perry did the same. Kenny pushed Perry down and slashed his claws at his face. Perry winced. The platypus shoved the Australian off of him, and stood up. He growled. Kenny mimicked the sound emitting from the monotremes throat.

Panting hard, the agents circled each other, hate in their eyes. Suddenly, Perry fell, hitting the ground hard. Kenny smirked.

"Lookit that. You fell, and I barely did anythin' to ya." The koala bear sauntered over to where Perry lay. He wore a look of triumph as he picked the monotreme up by the scruff of his neck. "Ya see? I am stronger than you. When are ya gonna learn ya lesson?"

"I fell on purpose, you moron."

"Huh?" All of a sudden, Perry started screaming. Taken aback, Kenny stared at Perry in shock. The look turned into one of horror as the bear realized what Perry was doing. He stepped back.

"Shut up!" Kenny yelled. "Shut up, shut up, shut up!

The door burst open. Monogram, Ava, Pinky, Star, and Devon dashed into the room.

"What on earth is going on in here?" The major exclaimed. Perry stood up. Pointing at Kenny, he answered,

"He attacked me for no reason!" Monogram turned to Kenny.

"Is this true?"

"I-um-well, it's-it's, um-I-you see, he, well I-!"

"Agent Kenny the Koala!" Said agent flinched. "Are Perry's words true?"

"Yes." Kenny squeaked.

"I am sure that you know that fighting is not permitted in the agency."

"Yes, Sir. I know that, Sir."

"Hmm..." Monogram began to pace the room. "You're scheduled to go on vacation next week. Am I correct?"

"Yes, sir."

"As punishment, not only will you not go on vacation, but you won't be paid for your work next week." Kenny's pupils dilated.

"N-no pay?! B-but Sir I-!"

"Are you arguing with me, agent?"

"Sir, no, Sir!" The koala bear became major stopped pacing and glared at the agent. Said agent did his best to look emotionless. His attempt failed.

"You are dismissed."

"Aye, aye, Sir!" Kenny saluted, pivoted, and ran out of the room. Monogram's hard gaze softened to a look of concern.

"Agent P, are you alright?" Perry nodded.

"You sure, Perry?" Star had her hands on Perry's shoulder throughout the whole confrontation. She started massaging his shoulders.

"I'm fine, really. I only screamed to get someone's attention. I'm fine, really!"

"Your face is bleeding." Ava started bandaging Perry's face.

"I thought I told you not to touch my face again."

"Ava, you can't just put band-aids on Perry's face." Pinky instructed. "You have to clean the cuts first."

"Oh, whoops. Guess I forgot."

"You guys, I'm fine." Perry protested as Devon sprayed his hands with antiseptic spray.

"Perry, take your sweater off."

"No." Devon gave Perry a look.

"Why not?"

"'Cause I don't want to." The dog sighed.

"Ava, Pinky, hold his arms up." Star commanded.

"Seriously, guys! You don't have to fuss over me!" Perry complained as Star pulled his shirt off. Everyone stared at the scars on Perry's arm and stomach.

"Agent P, what happened?" The platypus shrugged.

"C'mon, Perry!" Pinky said. "This is serious. Tell us what happened!" Perry sighed.

"Kenny happened."

"Wait!" Everyone turned to Ava. "This wasn't the first time Kenny attacked you?" Perry shook his head.

Agent P, why didn't you tell us about this before?" The platypus shrugged again.

"Didn't feel like it." Ava folded her arms.

"Probably 'cause you didn't want anyone thinking that you're weak? Which, you're not." Perry didn't reply.

"Perry." Agent P turned to Monogram. If anything else like this happens again, I want you to tell me. Are we clear?" The platypus looked away. "I said, are we clear? Perry, I'm not taking no for an ans-"

"We're clear." With that, Perry walked out of the room, the others following him.

~PNF~

"So now you think that you're in even more danger than before?" Isabella inquired. Ferb nodded. He and Phineas had just gone over everything that they discussed over the weekend. "And you still think that you can trust Jamie and Jay?"

"Like I said before, yes, because they saved me before."

"Do you think they're trustworthy, Phin?"

"I honestly don't know." The redhead leaned against his bed. "They didn't seem any different today than before. Do you think it's an act?"

"It probably is."

"Even if their personalities are just an act," The sophomore started. "I don't think they're trying to trick us. They might be trying to protect us." Phineas and Isabella shared uncertain glances. Ferb sighed. The green haired boy stood up from his spot on the floor and sat on Phineas' bed. "When I first met them, Jamie and Jay were quite different. But I'm sure that's because of the situation we were in and their father. If you think about it, they weren't supposed to help me. They shouldn't have helped me. They were supposed to stand back and watch as-!"

"Hey, wait!" Ferb glared at Phineas.

"I thought we agreed that no one would interrupt me anymore." The redheaded teen cringed.

"Sorry, Ferb. I forgot. But I just thought of something. What if their father has hurt other people?" Ferb's eyes grew.

"N-no...That can't...Y-you think? Has he...?"

"I think Phineas is right." Isabella commented. "You probably weren't his only...Victim." Ferb paled.

"Y-you think those people made it out of there alive?!"

"Who knows?" Phineas dropped his gaze. "Maybe Jamie and Jay helped you because t they didn't want to see their father do anything to anyone else." They all sat in silence for a moment.

"I think you're right, Phineas. And the fact that they helped me in the first place...I don't think their father let that slide. They took a huge risk saving me."

"And you think that they'll do it again?" Ferb stared at Isabella with uncertainty clouding his eyes.

"They might. They might not." The green-haired teen shrugged. I think they might, since they seemed really worried."

"And what if they don't?"

"I told you already, Izzie. Ferb and I are gonna build something just in case. Ferb will be safe."

"And what about you?"

"Me?"

"How do you know the guy won't go after you?"

"Ah.." Phineas looked over at Ferb. He stared back. "We...We don't know. We don't know."

"But...Why would he go after Phineas?"

"Why did he go after you?" The ebony haired girl retorted. Ferb fell silent.

"How the heck am I supposed to know?" Ferb shouted, standing up. "How the HECK supposed to know?! We don't! We don't know why, I don't think we ever will! I don't even know why he-!" The British teen was interrupted by his cell phone. Looking at the caller I.D, he recognized Jamie's phone number. He gulped.

"It's...It's Jamie."

"What?!" the other teens exclaimed. Phineas spoke up.

"Since when did you have her phone number?"

"Since last week." Ferb put the phone to his ear. "'Ello?"

"Hey there, Ferb!"

"Hi, Jamie. What's up?"

"Jay and I were wondering if you, Phineas, and Isabella would like to canoeing with us this Saturday."

"Uh, sure? Just let me ask the others fir-wait a minute. How did you know that Isabella is at my house?"

"I didn't. She's your neighbor, right?"

"...Right. I'm going to ask the others now." Ferb put his phone face down on the bed. "She wants to know if we want to go canoeing on Saturday." Isabella tilted her head.

"She knew I was here?"

"Nope. She knows that you live near us, though."

"Oh."

"So," Ferb looked at Phineas. "Should we go?"

"Hm..." Phineas tapped his chin in thought. "If we say no, they might think that we don't trust them. And we do trust the, right?"

"Right." Ferb replied.

"Or, at least, you trust them." Isabella countered.

"Exactly! Ferb trusts them, so we should, too! If we go, then we can find ways to earn their trust!" The raven haired girl nodded in agreement.

"I guess we're going. Now all we have to do is ask our mums."

"I'll go ask!" Phineas ran downstairs. When he came back, Perry was on his head. "I found Perry, and Mom and Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro said yes!"

"So, why is Perry on your head?"

"I'm not really sure. He just kinda dropped onto my head head, ya know?"

"Um, Phineas? What happened to him?" The green-haired teen questioned. Phineas took the monotreme off of his head and gasped.

"Perry! Why are covered in so many band-aids? What happened to you?"

"Looks like he got into a fight." Ferb replied.

"With a platypus?" Isabella asked.

"Or with a completely different animal." Phineas stroked the monotreme's head. He chattered.

"Don't get into anymore fights, okay boy? We don't want you to be in danger as well!"

"I can't promise you anything, Phineas, but for you guys, I'll try."

~Doobie Doobie Doo Ba~

Ava walked into the majors bedroom. The man was reclining in a soft, plush chair, reading.

"Hey, Monogram?" He looked up from his book.

"Yes, Ava?"

"Remember when I told you that Perry wants to know why you never adopted him, but you "adopted" me? What am I supposed to tell him?" Major Monogram set his novel down, pursing his lips in thought.

"Well, it can't be the truth."

"I know that, Sir. What am I supposed to tell him?" Monogram stood up from his seat and started to pace his room. Stopped. Picked up a photograph of Agent P and himself. Put it down. Sighed.

"I don't know what you're supposed to tell him. Just don't tell him the truth."

"Wow, Major, that was so helpful. I just knew that you would know exactly what to do."

The man sighed again.

"I'm sorry, Ava, but I don't know what you can say to him. Just make something up." The fox mimicked his sigh.

"I'll try to think of something." Walking out of the room, muttered, "Some help that was." She walked into her room, closing the door behind her.

"...I don't want to lie to him, though. I really don't think it's a good idea...But what else can I do? I can't tell him the truth..." The fox sat down in the middle of her room, and hugged her legs to her chest. Digging her face into her knees, the girl let out a long, sad sigh. "If only I could tell him..."

Okay, first of all, I am soooooooooooo sorry that it took so long to post this! I had to study for finals, and a bunch of other stuff came up. But school is over now, which means that I'll have more time to write!

SO! Will Kenny ever stop attacking Perry? Will Phineas and Isabella be able to trust Jamie and Jay? Who the heck is Jay and Jamie's father, and what does he want with Ferb? Has he hurt anyone else? What book was Monogram reading? What exactly happened to Ferb? What are Ava and Monogram hiding from Perry?