Doofenshmirtz never felt so exhilarated in his life. All sorts of plans came to his head now, things he could never do before because there was only one evil genius. But now that there were two… the possibilities just doubled!

Archimedes, on the other hand, was a little more worried.

"Master, I…," He paused, thinking how to continue. "To take over only the Tri-State Area… that seems… illogical? Shouldn't you attempt to take over the entire world, or something similar?" After all, what gain could one get for just three states?

"Ah, yeah, well, you see, taking over the entire world is a tall order, you know?" Doofenshmirtz explained as he rubbed the back of his neck. "It's a lot of resources I don't have at the moment, so starting small and working my way up seems like the smart thing to do, you know?" The ancient mathematician stroked his chin, nodding as he took in the information.

"I… I suppose that is logical," Archimedes finally admitted. Doofenshmirtz only nodded in response before looking around the room.

"Well, we probably have about two hours before Perry the Platypus shows up, so we should get that MakeEverythingSticky-inator ready to go," The doctor nodded. "Can I trust you with that-," He pointed at his Servant, but then noticed something on the back of that hand. "Huh? When did I get this tattoo of my old choo-choo?" He muttered as he looked at his right hand.

Archimedes was only a little more confused than he was a few seconds ago. Perry the Platypus? Was that a title to some modern hero, like the Hound of Chulainn, or Spider-Man? What person would style themselves after a platypus? They don't do much. Pushing that to the side for a moment, Archimedes walked over to the doctor, squinting as he looked over the hand. Sure as day, that were bright red markings that looked like a simplified, three section train.

"Those are your Command Seals," Archimedes explained. "They are proof you are my Master, and they allow you to have three absolute commands over me," It was unusual for the Servant to have the threat of Command Seals looming over his head. He was usually summoned as a Solo Servant in the Mooncell for the sole purpose of repairing the giant supercomputer. Having a Master would be a new experience.

"Wait, wait, wait, these let me just command you?" Doofenshmirtz looked at the Command Seals. "I could just use my Slave-inator for that… it seems like a waste to use these," Archimedes could only blink at this statement.

"Master, are you trying to say that you've created a mind control device that works better than Command Seals?"

"Well, I mean, I dunno if it was better, after all, I did lose my birthday cake and got attacked by bats when I used that -Inator," the doctor admitted. The Servant could only shake his head. What a strange man his Master was. "Anyways, as I was saying, I'm going to go shopping real quick. Once the MakeEverythingSticky-inator is finished, the day's gonna get crazy. With a capital C! Here you go," Doofenshmirtz handed Archimedes a rolled up blueprint. "The machine is about halfway done," He stated as he pointed to the half built machine, parts and tools scattered all around the base of the -inator. "All you have to do is finish it up. Have fun!" With that, the awkward villain grabbed his keys and left the building, leaving the Servant alone.

He could work with this. Humming to himself, the Servant unrolled the blueprints, looking over its contents. The design, while a little silly looking, was perfectly efficient, and rather genius. The whole process of changing the molecular structure of an item to turn it sticky was inherently complex, almost reaching the realm of alchemy, but his Master managed to simplify it and place it in this one small machine with nothing but science. It was a thing of beauty, almost like nothing he had ever seen.

There was only one flaw in the machine, but a very easy one to fix.

The next hour was paradise for Archimedes. It was completely silent except for the sounds of creation. Hammer met metal in a nearly melodic rhythm, the wires' sparks occasionally adding an almost harmonious sound to his work.

Machines were such a joy to work with.

When he had finished his work, he found himself with a raygun that resembled a comically oversized bottle of glue mounted on a wheeled base. The original blueprints called for it to be painted with the colors white, green and purple, but he ignored that, making it a majestic silver that sparkled in the sun. There was no way his Master would not be satisfied with this.

As he stood up to stretch, the front door opened up, and his Master walked in, returning from his shopping excursion.

"Archimedes, did you finish the 'MakeEverythingSticky-Inator' like I asked?" Doctor Doofenshmirtz asked his spiky haired servant as he entered the room carrying a giant roll of tin foil. Archimedes sighed, wiping his brow and looking over to his Master.

"Yes, it's done. I even made a few improvements to its design I think you may enjoy," The Servant said, smiling despite himself. He really loved the feeling that came with finishing a new invention.

"Excellent! I'll give it a look over right away!" the Doctor dropped his tin foil and walked over to the machine, looking over it. The smile on his face was as wide as a banana, but the more he looked over it, the more his smile fell.

"Is something wrong, Master?" Archimedes asked, looking at the frown on his face.

"Well, no, no... um... well, yes. Archimedes, where's the self destruct button?" Dr. Doof asked, causing Archimedes to raise an eyebrow.

"Well... that's one of the improvements I did," the Servant explained. "I got rid of it,"

"You did what?!" Doof roared with uncharacteristic anger. "Archimedes, you can't just do that!"

"But why have one in the first place?!" Archimedes shouted back. "That's just an obvious weak point your enemies can use!"

"Archimedes, it makes the clean up easier! Do you know how much time it takes to disassemble this machine?" Dr. Doof countered, causing Archimedes to sigh.

"Master, that is the dumbest reason I have ever heard...,"

"How dare you?! By my Command Spell-,"

"Wait, wait, wait, let's not get illogical here-,"Arcimedes stated in a panic, backing up so fast his chair fell over. His Master wouldn't be that reckless, would he?

"-you will put a self destruct button on this and all future projects of ours!"

And the answer was yes, apparently. One of the sections of the Command Seal glowed a blinding red as Archimedes felt his body screaming at him that he must put in a self destruct button. With a sigh, Archimedes picked up his chair and got back to work, putting in that stupid self destruct button.

"... I did like the color you made it though," Doofenshmirtz added.

"... Thank you," Archimedes answered begrudgingly. "What's with all that tinfoil?"

"Oh, this is for my latest trap for Perry the Platypus!" Dr. Doofenshmirtz explained. "It's really creative this time, trust me on that," Archimedes raised an eyebrow, but didn't continue that line of questioning, for both his own sake, and not wanting to risk another Command Seal use.

It didn't take him long to finish installing the self destruct button. After all, it was always in the blueprints, he just did his best to ignore it. As he worked, he looked up occasionally, only to see, to his sheer bafflement, his Master just… laying the tin foil on the floor in front of the door. What was he up to? How could he be so brilliant and then… just do something like that?

"Master, I have finished," Archimedes stated in a tone that he really wasn't pleased with this.

"Excellent! Come on, we must get it ready!" The doctor ran over, and with Archimedes's help, managed to push the device to a location pointing at the door. They then took a tarp and threw it over the device, hiding it from view. "Alright, Archimedes, I want you to do me a favor," Doof asked, causing Archimedes to sigh.

"Alright, what is it Master?"

"So, I want you to stand by here, and when I give the signal, you throw the tarp off the machine! Can ya do that?" The doctor looked so excited, Archimedes couldn't find it in himself to make a smart quip.

"Yes, I can do that,"

"Excellent! So, the signal will be-," Before Doofenshmirtz could finish his sentience, the door was busted opened, and to Archimedes's surprise, a small blue semi-aquatic egg laying mammal of action wearing a fedora stood on top of the tinfoil. "-Perry the Platypus?!" Doofenschmirtz quickly reached into his coat, pulling out a remote and pressing the big red button on it.

Suddenly, two pairs of robotic hands extended from the ceiling, one pair swiping some butter on the platypus's back while the other quickly wrapped up the secret agent in the tinfoil, laying the animal on its stomach on the floor. "Or should I say, Perry the Potato?!" He laughed evilly as his Servant watched on, trying to piece together this weird scene in front of him, but his mind just… refused to acknowledge what was going on. "I bet you are wondering what evil scheme I have cooking this time! Well then, BEHOLD!" Dr. Doofenschmirtz spun dramatically, holding out his arms towards Archimedes, who stood there like a deer caught in headlights.

"Wait, was that the signal?" Archimedes asked after a few seconds of silence. Doof just let out a sigh.

"Yes, yes, that was it!" The Master called out. "I'll give you a second to reorient yourself there…," He turned to Perry the Potato. "Sorry about him, he's new, he'll get used to it, just give him time, he shows a lot of promise. Now… BEHOLD!" This time when Doof motioned to Archimedes, the Servant pulled off the tarp, revealing… "The MakeEverythingSticky-inator!"

The giant bottle of glue had a menacing glint to it that Archimedes couldn't help but to admire despite its odd look and the strange circumstances he was in. Even if it looked silly, he was feeling proud to bring this into the world.

"You see, Perry the Platypus, back when I was a child, I was forced to collect coconuts so the entire town of Gimmelshtump could record the horse sound effects in Monty Python and the Holy Grail," The doctor began to explain, causing Archimedes to look up. Where was he going with this…? "Not only was it… really hard to find coconuts in Gimmelshtump, but in the end, we were short one pair and guess who didn't get to use the coconuts? That's right, me! So now, with the MakeEverythingSticky-inator, anytime anyone has a pair of coconut halves, I will use the MakeEverythingSticky-inator to make it so when they put the two coconuts together, they won't ever come apart!"

With this, the Doctor let out an evil laugh that was frankly really good for a villain, but Archimedes couldn't focus on that. This man… made an incredible leap in scientific research, created something thought impossible outside the realm of alchemy… all for that?

"That…," Archimedes couldn't find the words.

"Hmm? What's that, Archimedes?" Doctor Doofenschmirtz looked over his shoulder as Archimedes searched for the words.

"A-are you making this up?!" Archimedes nearly pleaded. "This- You- you can't be doing all this for something so… petty!"

"How dare you Archimedes! By my Command Seal, you will sit in the corner and think about how much you've hurt me for doubting my backstory!" Doofenschmirtz raised his hand up high as his Command Seal glowed, causing Archimedes to groan in frustration as he marched to the corner, sitting down and folding his arms. Doofenschmirtz turned back to the Perry Potato. "And now Perry the Potato, all I need to do is push this button and-," He turned to walk to the MakeEverythingSticky-inator only to see a sight that shocked both him and Archimedes.

There was another Perry the Platypus ready to push the self destruct button.

"Perry the Platypus?!" Doof called out in complete shock as he turned back to look at the Perry on the floor, who was in fact still there. "There are two of you now?" The only response he got was the strange clicking purr from Perry as he went to push the self destruct button…

Only to have to dodge what looked like a levitating gear flying towards him. Archimedes could only grit his teeth. He wasn't going to let all the work he did be destroyed that easily. He moved his hand, the gear responding to the movement and flying towards Perry the Platypus. Perry backflipped over it, landing by his doppleganger.

"Ah ha ha ha! It's too late Perry the Platypus! I win!" Doofenschmirtz gloated as he ran to the button, ready to press it, when a voice called out to him.

"You sure about that?" The Perry wrapped up in tin foil asked, stunning the doctor.

"A talking Perry the Platypus?" He asked in confusion, the confusion not going away as the trapped platypus began to morph, changing from a small semi-aquatic mammal to a tall chinese man with long black hair done up in a ponytail, his shirtless top showing off his many tattoos.

"Servant, Assassin, at your service," The man teased with a bow.

"Servant? More like… um… Sticky Servant! Ha!" Doof pushed the button, the beam flying at Assassin and his Master. Neither were worried at all, the platypus kicking the ruined tin foil up to his Servant, the Servant flicking the easily malleable metal towards the beam. The force of the flick sent the tin foil flying, colliding with and overpowering the beam until it hit the nozzle, the beam's power making the tin foil stick to the nozzle, blocking it.

"You have got to be…," Archimedes could only curse under his breath as he watched.

"Oh, don't worry, Archimedes, this is just like those champagne bottles with the cork stuck in it. I just gotta keep putting up the pressure until…," The doctor began to rapidly press the button, the machine inflating and straining from the pressures, sparks flying everywhere.

"Um… Zài jiàn!" The Assassin called out as he and his Master ran out the door, carefully closing it behind them.

"Master you have to sto-," Before Archimedes could finish his sentence, the machine explodes, rattling the entire top floor as if in an earthquake, splattering the sticky purple substance all over the room, drenching the two scientists in it and sticking them to the floor. Archimedes could only sigh. This was going to be one long Holy Grail War.

"Curse you Perry the Platypus! And your mangy Assassin too!"