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Perry felt his whole body go cold. The doctor's face was slowly turning from shock into confusion.
"Wait.. Michael? How did you get here? And where is Perry the Platypus?" He cried.
The agent sighed, and picked up his hat. "It's me, D. It's always just been me."
Doofenshmirtz looked as if he didn't want to believe the man, and almost tried to defy it, but the Perry set the now-too-small fedora on his head, the doctor's expression turned from confused into pure enragement. "Perry? What? How? When? How?" He snapped. "You.. you are.. what?.."
Perry stood, clutching his chest in pain. "Are you hurt?"
"Am I what?"
"Are you hurt?" The agent snapped.
Heinz jumped. "I.. no, I'm not. Wait a second. So.. so you've been spying on me through this.. this human persona all this time?"
"No." Perry winced. "I didn't.."
"Yes." Heinz cried. "Yes you were! You were pretending to be.. to be a server at a restaurant- which by the way, is the worst possible undercover idea- and made me trust you! How dare you! How dare you do this to me!"
Perry's mind was beginning to break down. He was still very angry, and was having a hard time feeling compassionate for the doctor at that moment. The agent grabbed up the tools that Dr. Tecton had dropped to the floor and began reassembling them, ignoring Doof.
"Hello! Are you even listening? I said how dare you!"
"I wasn't trying to spy on you!" Perry snapped, turning around. "Do you have any idea how annoying it is to serve a customer that literally expects everything a certain way?"
"Oh, so now I'm annoying? Well how about this. I hate you!"
Perry groaned. "I don't have time for this right now. I have to go."
"Yeah, yeah, you run away." Doofenshmirtz shouted. "But just know that I never want to see your face again."
Perry was already running out the door as the doctor shouted those last words. A part of his mind was begging that he return and try to explain his reasoning to the man, but the larger part of his mind was already focused on something else far more demanding.
There was now an evil version of him loose in the streets of Danville. Dr. Tecton, the evil scientist Perry used to be all those years ago, the version of himself he'd kept inside his mind and chained up for years, was now free and out of his control. And what's worst, he was a 3D imitation of Perry's worst fear; there was no doubt in the agent's mind that this creation of a man was cruel, manipulative, and all around evil beyond any words possible to describe. Dr. Tecton was literally soulless.
Perry ran straight into his apartment and grabbed his laptop.
To make matters worse, Dr. Tecton had stolen the flash drive he was supposed to give to Professor Gevaarlijk. No doubt the evil scientist was on his way right now to deliver it, and to possibly form an alliance with the group. Perry shuddered. With the information they'd have on him now..
What should he do? Should he tell O.W.C.A.? Could he?
On one hand, Perry knew that Dr. Tecton, like himself, wouldn't act quickly. He'd linger in the shadows until it was the perfect time to strike. This gave Perry time to take care of the problem before it blew up too far. On the other hand, maybe Dr. Tecton would know that that was Perry's plan, and would take steps to make sure Perry would fail?
Perry grumbled. This was getting him nowhere. He only had one possible location for where his evil twin would be going. He had to take care of the problem now.
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The agent followed the address on his phone, using his jetpack to get there. It wasn't like they didn't know he was coming. He was armed this time, with two blasters and a SIG. If he had to kill, then so be it.
The destination was quite different from the abandoned factory he'd been in last time. Although the building was located right outside of Danville, and quite far from the largest population, it was big and absolutely beautiful, with glass windows and huge concrete steps running up to the front door.
Perry landed on top of the roof and used his X-ray pen to see what was going on.
The building was mostly empty. Dr. Tecton was definitely there, however, along with Dr. Gevaarlijk, and several other figures in lab coats. There was also a figure that was completely covered in material from head to toe. Perry recognized him as the guy that tried to follow him on a motorcycle.
Now determined, Perry crashed through one of the windows on the top floor and crawled into the air vents. Squeezing through was definitely possible, but a bit difficult as a human. However, Perry was determined to make it through with all three of his weapons. Once the agent had landed right above the scientists, he watched the scene unfold.
The room was decorated completely with wood, with three clocks sitting parallel to each other above the front doorway. Dr. Tecton and the cloaked figure stood next to each other, facing Dr. Gevaarlijk and four other evil scientists that were sitting in chairs around the table. It looked as if they were having a conference meeting.
Perry pulled out his SIG and pointed it right at Dr. Tecton's head. The solution was so simple. And it wasn't like the "man" was even real.
But the platypus hesitated. The agent on the side of good that he had become could no longer make these decisions so easily. Finally submitting to his humanity, he instead grabbed the blaster, and made the first shot.
Dr. Tecton fell to the ground. The cloaked figure ran out of the room. The evil scientists all stood and grabbed weapons of their own. Perry ducked as they fired up at the air vent. He crossed over and landed in an adjacent room.
The four burst in, ready to attack. Perry ducked two of their shots and used the blaster to knock two of the scientists to the ground, unconscious. He ducked the third's punch and knocked him in the face. The third scientist collapsed, out cold.
Perry smirked and attacked the forth. The scientist shot three blasts towards him, one which caught him on the cheek. Perry growled, feeling the blood rushing down his face. He shot his own beam at the man's head, forcing him against the wall and onto the table.
Dr. Gevaarlijk was the last woman standing. Perry held out his SIG, cocked and loaded. He growled at her smirk.
"Surrender." He gasped. "Or you're next."
Dr. Gevaarlijk laughed. It was high-pitched and chilling, making Perry's spine tingle. "Oh, you fool." She gasped for breath. "Even when you have the upper hand, you still can't seem to get it right."
Suddenly, Dr. Tecton jumped into the room, blocking Perry's path. He approached the agent with a wide smirk. The scientist stepped up to the gun, till it was pressed against his chest.
"Do it." He breathed. "I dare you."
Perry's fingers were on the trigger. Everything in his mind was screaming to just do, end it, finish him. But a small, child-like voice begged him not to. He was better than this. He'd learned better than this.
Instead, Perry snapped and hit the man across the face with the gun. Dr. Tecton stepped backwards, now bleeding across the cheek too. Enraged, he stepped forward and pulled out his own blaster.
Perry ducked. The two jumped. Perry grabbed his arm and tried to twist it. Dr. Tecton pulled backwards and tripped the agent. He then pinned him to the ground, punching him in the face. The SIG fell out of Perry's hands.
One punch. Two punches. Perry cried out, blood running down his entire face. Angry, he finally used his legs to kick the man off. Dr. Tecton winced in pain, but managed to recover quickly. He grabbed Perry again.
But Perry deflected, and punched him in the stomach. Dr. Tecton went sprawling back.
Perry grabbed the SIG and lifted it. He was almost ready to pull the trigger, when something shot him in the chest.
Dr. Gevaarlijk laughed as Perry fell to the ground. Dr. Tecton recovered and jumped on top of him, punching him again and again and again.
It was agony. It felt like hours. Perry felt like his body was breaking into little pieces. He finally grabbed his watch, transformed into a platypus, and slipped out of Dr. Tecton's grasp. He jumped out of the room and crashed through one of the windows.
The agent managed to activate his parachute. Blasts from the building tried to hit him, but he somehow ducked, and left the building using his jetpack, as fast as he could.