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Perry had no trouble breaking open the door. Even though he knew it was a serious breach of boundaries, there would never be another chance like this again. And he was going to take it. Besides, he wouldn't put it past the major to keep a secret stash of weapons in his office.
The platypus began searching. He pried open the drawers, and inspected each. They were mostly full of books and CDs. One of the drawers had been opened already, which Perry suspected used to have ammo in it. Looks like someone got here first.
Not satisfied, the agent turned his attention to the book shelves, and felt around the shelves, looking for any signs of a secret trap door. Despite the five minutes of searching, his results were dry. Frustrated, Perry crossed the room and felt around the filing cabinets and underneath the striped couch that sat opposite the desk.
The file cabinets were useless. But there was something fishy about the couch.
Perry's hands felt a small loop just behind the couch's back. He pulled it, and shouted in jubilation as a secret stash of pistols and ammo popped out, as well as a small medical kit and a tourniquet. Perfect.
Perry pocketed his treasure, and headed for the door, but something pulled him back into the room.
The agent cringed. This is a crime, agent. What are you thinking? But the temptation was too strong. Perry jumped back into the man's chair, and opened his laptop. It was password protected, and encrypted, and Perry had a little trouble trying to bypass it. Carl had clearly set up the man's computer. However, with a little effort, the agent was able to get past the security settings.
Major Monogram's desktop looked like any other working man's. He wasn't very organized, with clutter ranging from important reports to screenshots of memes littering his work space. However, Perry easily pulled up an alphabetized list and began scanning through the data.
There was nothing mind-blowing. The agent was about to close the computer, his curiosity satisfied, when a file name popped out at him.
MCM. Operation Cobra.
Now extremely curious, Perry clicked on the file. It, too was encrypted, far beyond anything Carl could manage to do. Perry wasn't sure even he could crack it, but the agent gave it a shot.
A few minutes later, and he was finally in. Maybe Agent Pinky was rubbing off on him a bit too well. The agent pulled up the documents and began skimming.
He couldn't believe what he read.
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"There you are, Perry!" Lyla smiled. "Where have you been?"
Perry shifted uncomfortably, but chose not to say anything about Major Monogram's office. "I found some weapons." He replied. "Three pistols and some ammo. But the upstairs was pretty much bare."
"I'm surprised you found even that." Peter shook his head. "I got a pocketknife, but nothing exciting. Lyla, on the other hand-"
"I found the jackpot!" She intervened. "Did you know that your headquarters had a weapons closet for code alpha red emergencies?"
Perry raised an eyebrow. "No.. I didn't. What did you find?"
The assortment of weapons that Lyla placed in front of them was impressive. Perry wished he could take them all, but decided instead upon an upgraded blaster. Once they were carrying and ready, they walked over to the emergency exit.
"The doors will open any minute." Perry whispered harshly. "Get ready!"
The three agents braced themselves, the hover-car they were crammed into idling and ready. Once the doors open, they pounded forward at full force, knocking the animals out of their way as they darted into the sky. The blaster felt confident in Perry's hands. It was definitely an upgraded piece of tech.
Soon, they were out of most of the animal's way, and far above where any compromised human could reach them.
"What do you think Dr. Tecton is planning anyway?" Lyla asked off-handedly. "I mean, there's no way he can get very far, even with all of Danville on his side."
"Revenge." Perry and Peter both replied at the same time, before looking at each other, a little surprised.
Lyla raised an eyebrow. "There is definitely something neither of you are telling me."
Perry glanced at Peter, but the panda wasn't looking in his direction anymore. He shook his head and turned his attention back to the road.
"Well?" She pressed.
Peter sighed. "Look, it isn't my story to tell."
"That makes no sense."
But Peter wasn't saying another word. Lyla looked to Perry expectantly, but her eyes softened when she saw his embarrassed expression. "I'm sorry if he did something to you." She said hesitantly, putting a hand on his shoulder. "I promise, we'll get him."
Perry sighed. "You know, there's a reason I don't have a known life from before I started at O.W.C.A. I'm sorry, there's just some things I wasn't ready to tell you-"
Lyla's eyes widened. "What are you saying?"
Perry briefly retold the story of what happened in Dr. Doofenshmirtz's apartment. Thankfully, Lyla didn't interrupt, and continued to pat his shoulder, even when he was finished. He cringed, waiting for her judgement. But nothing came.
Instead, the crazy girl.. laughed.
"And here I thought you used to be a drag queen or something. This doesn't change anything, Perry."
Perry smiled, relieved.
Peter guessed Dr. Tecton was probably still somewhere near the Mayor's office, at the center of power. As the trio headed that direction, they noticed a seemingly alarming set of citizens gathering near the footsteps of the building. Not good.
As they grew closer, Perry's eyes landed on Heinz. His heart began to race. Heinz looked absolutely terrified. They both did, but Vanessa seemed bent on not letting it show, simply glaring at Dr. Tecton every time he looked their way, despite the gag and restraints keeping them hostage.
"Let me approach first." Peter said as they pulled forwards.
"Peter-"
"I mean it, Perry." The panda sighed. "Get Heinz and Vanessa to safety."
The platypus nodded. He and Lyla watched as Peter activated the rocket boots, and floated upwards, right behind where Dr. Tecton was flying around in his own rocket boots, another light saber in hand, this time glowing red, monologuing to the citizens that were gathered beneath him.
"You've put on quite the show, Doc." Peter smirked from behind.
Dr. Tecton turned around. Perry watched as his face grew bright red with pure anger.
"But it's game over."
The evil scientist let out a long, low laugh. It grew from mildly amused to completely mad. Zachary lifted his light saber and pointed it straight at the agent. "Peter the Panda. My nemesis. I'm sorry to see you so well. Of course, I'm glad you're here. I'm going to have fun breaking you."
Peter chuckled in return, and lifted his blaster. "Then come and get me."
Dr. Tecton growled, and darted towards the agent, completely forgetting about his hostages. As Peter flew backwards, distracting the doctor, Perry took the opportunity to jump up and grab onto the building. He climbed his way up to Heinz, whose eyes lit up as soon as the platypus pulled up to him.
Perry ribbed off Vanessa's gag, and then did the same to Heinz.
"You're alright." Heinz breathed.
Perry smiled, and cut loose the ropes. "Come on, let's get out of here."
At this point, Lyla had jumped onto the building and helped Vanessa into the hover-car. However, as Perry held out a hand to help the teenager in, a blast shot both of them backwards, and damaged one of the car's engines.
"Don't think you're going to get away that easy!" Dr. Tecton cried. "We had a deal!"
"Psycho!" Perry screamed, lifting his blaster and shooting at the man. However, the scientist managed to dodge every blow, and punched Perry in the face, sending him backwards. Peter, thankfully, was able to catch him and lower him to the ground, before turning around and landed more attacks on the villain.
"You fools!" Dr. Tecton laughed. "You can't win!"
Peter smirked and blaster forwards in his rocket boots, going straight for the man's neck, which Perry knew was a weak spot of his. The man gargled in rage as he swung his light saber around. The two tumbled backwards in the air.
Lyla lowered the hover-car and let Perry back in. However, with the four of them on board, the now-single engine could only keep up with so much weight. They began to sink back down to the ground. Frustrated, Perry pulled out his grappling hook, and swung over to the next building.
Dr. Tecton began shooting at him. Perry felt the energy hit him in the stomach, and he cried out in tremendous pain. Zachary fluttered over him, ready to swing the light saber, when the evil scientist was pushed into the air. Perry looked up to see Heinz in front of him, triumphantly raising his fists in the air.
"HA! Beat that!"
"Heinz?"
"Come on." The doctor helped him up. "Let's get out of here!"
The two were about to jump back into the hover-car, when Peter came crashing down, hitting the side of the building, badly injured. Perry gasped. Dr. Tecton held out his light saber, ready for the final strike, when Peter rolled over, dodging it, and kicked the man straight in the crotch. Dr. Tecton wheezed in pain.
Suddenly, the air began to whirl. Perry looked up to see a giant helicopter begin to hover over the area. FBI agents flooded onto the scene, each carrying a loaded rifle. They shot at the evil scientist, hitting him in the side and arm. Dr. Tecton scowled, knowing he was too injured to continue fighting, and teleported out of the area.
Perry saluted to the men who landed on the building. One lifted his helmet and reached out to shake Perry's hand.
"Agent Barker. FBI. We heard you needed backup."
The platypus beamed. "Thank you. You were just in time."
"We have developed the cure. Our team has already begun administering it to the people below. We should have the drug annihilated in just a few hours."
Perry saluted again. "Do you think I could have a sample? I have some civilians that need it.."
Agent Barker handed him a small case with two vials. "Be my guest. Although that terrorist is still at large. It would be wise if you were assisted-"
"I'm coming." Peter smiled.
"Me too!" Lyla volunteered.
Agent Barker raised an eyebrow, but didn't argue. He instead saluted to the three agents, and continued down with the rest of his team. Now that the area was secure, Perry turned his attention to Doofenshmirtz, who was watching the scene with a mixture of uncertainty and awe.
The platypus didn't even know what he was thinking. He immediately grabbed the man in a hug and pulled him in for a kiss. Their lips touching was like lightning to the platypus, who couldn't seem to find it in him to let go.
Heinz seemed in shock at first, but almost immediately, something broke within the scientist, and he kissed back with the same about of fever.
They lingered there for a moment, savoring the feeling, until Perry let go and looked deep into the man's eyes, blushing.
"Wow." Doofenshmirtz commented, grinning from ear to ear. "I thought you didn't-"
"Are you kidding?" Perry cried, still gripping onto the man's shoulders. "I can't live without you."
"If you both are done sucking face.." Vanessa smirked, coming up behind them and hugging them both, "We have a job to do."
The two blushed but didn't make another comment. Perry, Heinz, Vanessa, Peter, and Lyla gratefully hopped into one of the FBI's police cars and raced as fast as they could to O.W.C.A.'s prison facility, where Phineas and Ferb and their friends were locked up.
Please, boys, just be okay.