Chapter 4 "Start a Harlem Shake Patch"
Phineas POV
"Can I borrow your manual again?" I said
"Sure!"
She takes manual out of satchel and hands it to me. I open the manual and turn to page 394.
Ok! So we pretty much covered up for the conditions on the first date patch. I just have to present myself to them to prove that we had a date. There's nothing wrong with that right? I mean it's just a friendly date after all. But this one... *gulp*
"You nervous?"
"About what?"
"About the patch we're going to do."
"Oh! Yes! Yes I am!"
I couldn't help but scratch my ear. Thankfully my lie was covered by my fake nervousness. Now where were we? Oh yes!
We didn't get a picture of the kiss and nor do we have any evidence of proving that we did, which only means one thing. We're gonna have to kiss again.
"How do we get a bunch of people to dance the Harlem Shake with us in the public fountain?"
"Maybe we could catch their attention if we just started dancing."
This is exactly what was in the manual:
Patch # 483
Start a Harlem Shake Patch
Instructions: Start a harlem shake in a highly improbable and crowded place to dance.
Goal: Uplift the moods of people or at least bring fun to the people.
Central park is pretty crowded but the people there are scattered on the lawns surrounding the fountain. Some are doing picnics while some are flying kites and some are just lying down for the sake of enjoying the fresh air. In other words, they're pretty much doing their own thing.
The both of us head to the center of the park where the fountain is located. Isabella began taking things out of her satchel. Isabella took out an ipod and docked it on the stereo.
"Ready?" I asked
"Ready!"
I took a deep breath and raised my voice in order for everyone to hear.
"Hey everyone! Me and Isabella are gonna start a Harlem Shake! We're hoping that you would join us."
I caught a lot of people's attention. Some got interested and abandoned their posts to join, some just got confused on what was going on but most just ignored me.
ARChie was turned on by Isabella.
"Shoot!" she said.
ARChie ascends sky high.
"Hey guys! Thanks for joining us! We aren't that much but we really appreciate you to be kind enough to join us. Hopefully we'll be able to make the entire park join us. Now let's get started! Hit it Isabella!"
She pushes a button on her ipod and the music starts playing.
Con los terroritas!
The both of us start dancing. The other participants joined in after a few seconds making an effort to draw attention from the crowd. The people in the central park are unfortunately still ignoring us.
"It's not working!" said Isabella
"Well there has to be some way to get their attention." I said
I was about to devise a plan to catch their attention again but at that moment there was a sudden flash of purple light heading straight to the park.
And do the Harlem Shake!
The music becomes suspiciously louder and everyone in the park suddenly starts dancing uncontrollably.
"Hey! What the… hey! I kinda like this dance!" said a guy from the crowd
"Hey! Me too!" said another guy.
Everyone starts cheering and rocking on to the dance.
"Wow!" said Isabella
"Well ain't that serendipitous!" I said
I look at Isabella and she starts pulling off some cool dance moves that I never thought she could pull off.
"Uh… Phineas. I-I can't stop!"
"That's it! Go Isabella!"
"No! Really! I can't stop!"
"What?!
I try to stop myself from dancing but it's as if someone was controlling me instead of my brain.
"Hey! I can't either!" I said
"How are we doing this? More importantly, how did this happen?" she asked
(10 mins earlier)
Doofenshmirtz's Evil Incorporated!
Perry POV
It's another day of paying a visit to Dr. Doofenshmirtz. Sometimes I hope that my life would get any better than this but then I realized that it's better than having the Regurgitator as your nemesis. Major says that I gotta stop Doofenshmirtz, as usual =_=, for some sort of plot to turn the tri-state area into a dance club, as if it gets anymore ridiculous and yet hilarious. I sometimes pity a grown man for having to deal with me and get foiled everyday but he should be thankful that he's not dealing with a nemesis with mad martial arts skills like they do in the movies. I'm just the typical CIA style fighter, just like the soap operas I watch; at least that's what I think.
I set my hovercraft in auto-pilot and jump kick towards the window (the same window I used when I saw the boys with Dr. D.) Thankfully it just slides open to my kick. As soon as I was about to land, I felt tears of pain come out from my eyes as I felt something snatched my tail. It was so painful that it took me several minutes to adapt to the pain. I looked behind me and apparently a metal claw was holding me by the tail. I tried reaching it by adducting my arms towards the claw but every movement caused more pain to my tail rather than progress. I gave up on trying escaping and the claw brought me to Dr. D.
"Ah! Perry the Platypus! So nice of you to "hang out" with me *snickers*."
Not funny Dr. D. Not funny at all.
"Now on to my diabolical plan. Recently there has been a viral internet sensation going on and on and on and it won't stop! And do you know what that internet sensation is?"
I kinda hoped it wasn't what I was thinking but I didn't really know what he was talking about.
"It's Harlem shake!"
I was afraid he was gonna say that.
"It's been bothering me wherever I went to find some peace and quiet. The Library! The Beach! My occasional dates! The BATHROOM! Oooooohhhh it's been driving me crazy!"
He takes a deep breath before continuing.
"Apparently I'm not the only one with this problem. You see Perry the platypus recently there have been cases filed against people for doing the Harlem Shake, meaning people are starting to hate it and pretty soon the government will ban it for good. Which is why I created this, behold the Harlem Shake-inator!"
Doofenshmirtz walks to the device which looks very similar to the Dance-inator but decorated into a hippy color scheme.
"This baby will give everybody a taste of their own medicine. I will fire it on every corner of the tri-state-area making people dance the Harlem Shake. Once every citizen in Danville dances the Harlem Shake it will force the President to arrest everyone in Danville, except me because I'm the only one who isn't dancing, thus leaving me the only good citizen of the city. The president will then gladly pass the leadership as mayor of Danville to me! Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz!"
I gasp in horror. Not the fact that the plan was evil, well… according to Dr. Doofenshmirtz it is, but by the fact that I hated the Harlem Shake. It was too crazy for my taste. All you do is just toss your arms everywhere and do some crazy random stuff such as dancing under the table or jumping on your bed.
"Terrible isn't it? Why don't you become my first victim!"
*gulp*. No! I refuse to become part of this sorcery! This is one of those times where I question why I have a tail. Every movement I do in order to break myself free just hurt sorry behind. I searched for something, in fact anything to just prevent the beam from hitting me. I can hear Doofenshmirtz playing Harlem Shake on his phone. As soon as I reached for my hat a purple light ray hit me and I start tossing my arms everywhere.
"Laahahahaaaahaaahaa! Now! Onto the next victim! You see that stereo over there?"
I turn my head to look at a giant boombox just across me in the middle of the room.
"Apparently the effect only has a limit."
He turns off his phone and I suddenly stop dancing.
"Anyone who hears the song and gets hit by the Harlem Shake-inator will dance until the song stops, which is what I don't intend to happen. The song, unless I put a stop to it, will go on forever and ever. Now where was I? Ah yes! The next victim. Let's see hmm…"
Doofenshmirtz chooses a target with his telescope installed on the machine
"Ah! Central Park! Perfect! There are always a lot of people there."
He activates the machine again and I can only watch helplessly as the people in Central Park are about to get hit. Doofenshmirtz walks to a lever, which opens the roof, near the stereo and pushes it. He pulls out a remote from his other pocket and turns the stereo on. As soon as the stereo played the music the beam has fired.
"And do the Harlem Shake!"
People in the central park start dancing uncontrollably. Doofenshmirtz looks at the telescope again.
"It's working! It's working!"
Doofenshmirtz walks over a couch and turns on the tv in front of it.
A female news reporter appears "Breaking news! A flash mob has been started in the central park and it seems that they are doing the Harlem Shake. The mayor is now reacting to the situation by sending in the SWAT team."
Seriously?! The SWAT team?
"Everything is falling according to my plan! Laahaahaahaa!" says Dr. D.
I should've done something about it. I should've done something to prevent this from happening. Now all I can do is watch helplessly as the citizens the Tri-State Area get arrested by the SWAT team just for a stupid viral sensation. After a few moments the SWAT team surrounds the central park. Troops come out from their vehicles in a military fashion. The SWAT team surrounds the crowd of dancers in a square formation.
"What are you waiting for? Arrest them already!" says Dr. D.
As the music comes to the 2nd "And do the Harlem Shake!" line, The SWAT team drops their shields and weapons and they… Toss their arms around uncontrollably?
"Wait? What! I never hit them with the inator!"
I never saw them get hit either.
"Surprisingly the SWAT team is dancing the Harlem Shake as well. Here's the mayor, Roger Doofenshmirtz, to comment about the situation happening in the central park." Says the Reporter on tv.
"They needed a well deserved break for being such a hardworking team recently so I decided to let them join in the dance." Says Roger.
"No! This can't be!"
Ha! Take that Doofenshmirtz! Now if only I could get free of this claw. *pop* Wait. What's that sound? Suddenly a nail falls on my hat and rolls to the my front view. *pop* Another nail pops out. *pop* *pop*. *CRASH!*
"What the…?!"
I fall chin-first on the ground with the metal claw released from my tail. I wanted to rub my chin but my arms refuse to stop dancing. I had to wobble myself to get up.
"How did you escape?"
Never have I been thankful for the Harlem Shake saving me. I cartwheel to Doofenshmirtz and I sweep him capoeira style. Doofenshmirtz slips on the floor. I somersault over Doof and land by the machine but I wobble in the process and continue dancing. I search for a reverse switch on the machine but I can't find it.
"There's no reverse switch in that Perry the Platypus! No one can stop the Harlem Shake! Laahaahaahaa!"
I silence him by punching him in the eye, knocking him out, but I accidentally kick him 2 or 3 times in the other eye. I have to stop the music if I'm going to save myself from this effect. I made my way to the stereo by dancing as I'm being electrocuted by every beat. I eventually reach the stereo and press the stop button. The music stops and I finally stop dancing. I look at the central park and the people are still dancing.
I already stopped the music, why are they still dancing?
I hear some music coming from the central park and my body fidgets at every small beat. Well I guess they were going to dance the Harlem Shake anyway. As soon as I heard Dr. D. conscious again I jumped off the roof.
"Wait! Where are you going?! I'm not done with you!"
Before he could catch me, I pushed the self destruct button, I jumped off and I activated my parachute
"Oooooooo! Wait! What's that sound?"
*EXPLOSION*
"CURSE YOU PERRY THE PLATYPUS!"
(back at central park)
Phineas POV
After what seemed like a non-stop dance off, we finally stopped dancing. The crowd was so happy about the recent flash mob.
"Whoo!" said Isabella while wiping her forehead.
"That was awesome!"
As soon as I said that, the crowd turned their attention to us and cheered, with the occasional loud whistles. The volunteers even gave us a lift and tossed us in the air. They eventually set us down.
"Wow!" *giggle*
"Hey! Guess what!" I said.
"What?"
"We did it! We accomplished the "Start a Harlem Shake" Patch!"
It took a few seconds for it to register in her mind. She squealed and kept jumping for joy. I was so happy for her. Then she took me by surprise by hugging me by the neck.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you!"
"You-your-you're welcome." I said
I guess she really needed my help after all. I give her a warm hug her in return. Some people awed but Isabella just giggled and lets go of me. In behalf of the both of us, I said our thanks to the crowd while she was packing up ARChie, the ipod, and the dock.
"C'mon we still have other patches to accomplish." I said
-End of Chapter 4-
