WHERE IS PERRY?

PERRY is suddenly contacted by his boss, Major Monogram, while watching TV with his owners one morning. He covered his beeping watch and avoided it from being heard, and glanced up at the couch where Phineas and Ferb rests. He sighed in relief when he saw that they're ultimately focused on the TV show, so he sneakily crawled out from the house - just what he always does.

Once he finds that no one's around anymore, he quickly got up his webby feet and puts on his fedora, and looks over his beeping watch just to find Carl in the screen.

"Uhm, good morning Agent P," Carl nervously reported. Perry raised an eyebrow, of course wondering why it is Carl on the screen. "The treehouse passage to the hideout is under-construction, so please use the couch passage for the meantime inside your house."

Perry's eyes widened, since that's the place where he is earlier... And the place where his owners are residing on. The screen then turns black, so it's up to Perry how he could convince Phineas and Ferb to leave that couch.

He returned to the living room in his mindless-pet cover up, and he sees the two really focused over the show. Perry glanced at what that show is and realized it's sci-fi related. When the show finally reached commercial, he heard Phineas and Ferb sigh deeply.

"Woah, I actually didn't breathe for ten minutes," Phineas laughed, "That show's one of a kind... It's a good thing we learned it'll air today."

After a moment of faint silence, Perry heard Phineas landed on the floor from the couch. "Oh hey, where's Perry?"

Perry saw Ferb peeked from above the couch and the latter picked him up.

"Oh, there you are," Phineas chuckled as he went back to his seat. "I really should get used with our platypus who doesn't do much."

Perry started to sweat - he's gotta find a way to get these kids out. He's gotten free of Ferb's grip of him, and landed on one portion of the couch... WHICH the seats accidentally spun number of times, until those sitting on it - Phineas, Ferb and Perry himself - disappears.

. . .

Before they knew it, the three of them landed on Perry's hideout, and consecutively landed on the platypus-sized chair landing over each other.

Oh. My. Krrrr. Perry's face was ultimately blank and he just sweated more. His owners just discovered his ultimately kept secret... And worse, they're just in that place.

"Ohohohoh, WOW!" Phineas exclaimed as he circles his head in all directions. "I don't know there's some kind of place under the couch!"

Ferb shrugs. He quietly glanced at Perry, in which the latter just chattered and remained in his mindless state. Perry tried to chatter in the most loudest sound he can make to warn his boss about what happened, but it turned out to be the opposite of what he hoped.

"Oh, Agent P." The screen turned on but no one's on it, even though Major Monogram's voice is heard. "S-Sorry, I'm working on something here... Carl and I decided to switch places for the meantime... You know, I will be the cameraman and the engineer and he's the boss. I don't know why's this, though. But Carl is now in the kitchen grabbing snacks since it took you so long to arrive."

Phineas just stared at the screen with a very sweaty Perry in his hands.

"Anyway," Major Monogram continued, refusing to appear. "Dr. Doofenshmirtz had made his second version of Mind-Erasing helmet. I don't know why, just put a stop to it! Mono - I mean - Carl... Out?"

And the screen turned blank.

"Hmm." Phineas stated after a moment of unsure silence. "That was... Weird."

While both Phineas and Ferb were staring at each other in confusion and wonder, Perry decides to use the opportunity to sneak out. He slipped himself from Phineas's hands and slowly crawled all the way out. When thinking he's out of sight, he got up with his feet and puts on his fedora again, and plans to leave his owners in Major Monogram's hands.

At the same time Phineas realized Perry's gone again. "Okaay... Where's Perry?"

Ferb caught sight of the tip-toeing platypus and pointed at him.

"Isn't that him?"

Hearing those words, Perry stopped, now in incredible shock. He glanced slowly at the two boys who, in turn, are staring deeply at him. They. Just. Discovered. His. IDENTITY. For heaven's sake.

Perry's now caught red-handed; he realized he has nothing to do with this anymore. He cannot change the fact that Phineas and Ferb had just known his identity just like that. He knows what's gonna happen next: if Major Monogram discovers this, he'll either send him to another family or interrogate and do something harsh with the Flynn-Fletchers. He absolutely cannot allow that... He should prevent those from happening.

"P-Perry!" Phineas slowly approached the helpless platypus, in which the animal just stared at him blankly, still on his agent form. "I don't know you have a hat!"

Perry gave a sarcastic look, but proceeds to think of a plan to get these two out of here.

A minute later the computer screen's slowly activating again. To avoid Phineas and Ferb to be seen, Perry quickly drags the two out of the computer's sight and gave them a swift signal to keep quiet. The two were very confused of course, but decides to obey him anyway.

"Oh yes, Agent P, are you still there?" Major Monogram finally appeared on the screen. He saw Perry quickly jumped over the chair, panting. "Ooh, I'm sorry for calling you back... B-But I don't think I remember calling you back, though... Oh well. I finally knew what that Mind-Erasing helmet is for. It's..."

"Sir!" Carl was then heard from off screen. "Aren't I supposed to be you today?"

"O-Oh, yes." Major Monogram replied in a confusing manner, but allowed Carl to conquer the screen for just today.

Carl cleared his throat and tries to mimick Major. "The Mind-Erasing helmet is for the new video footage of Dr. Doofenshmirtz taken in high school... Again. Only this time he slipped on a mud and had his pants ripped off. AW, MAN! That's one heck of a laugh! Just as better as the previous one!"

"Carl, stop that and continue with the report! I'm not like that, you know."

"Ooh, sorry sir. I just can't help it." Carl wiped off his tears of joy away. "Anyways, go ahead and put a stop to it, Agent P!"

And the screen turned blank again.

Perry wiped the sweat off his and sighed in relief afterwards, in which Phineas and Ferb finally appeared from hiding.

"Agent P?" Phineas stared wide-eyed over Perry, covering his mouth in shock. "You're a secret agent?"

Perry closed his eyes in deep apprehension, disappointed of himself not being to be too careful with his actions. He has now put his beloved owners into possible danger... The very thing he fears of.

"B-But Perry," Phineas rubbed his head, who still can't absorb the fact. Platypuses aren't supposed to do anything! That's his lifetime belief! But what's this? His platypus isn't just doing anything... It's actually a secret agent working for a secret organization!

"I-I can't believe that you didn't even bother to tell us. I know you're not talking but... At least you should give us the idea! S-So that's why you're always disappearing everyday. I-I don't... I can't believe this."

Perry can see Phineas really upset about the situation. He then felt the same way too... He regretted this very moment. He just wished this hadn't happened.

Silence passed and Phineas still seemed not to get over by that fact. Perry's now a bit worried since Dr. Doofenshmirtz might be starting with his plans, and he needs to get there quick. But what's he going to do with these boys?

Ferb, unusually and surprisingly, breaks the silence. "I think it's cool."

Phineas looked at him anxiously. "Yeah, I know... I think so too, but... I still can't get over it. I mean, being a secret agent is dangerous, right? H-He could've died! There's that possibility, right? Like Albert Smith!"

Albert Smith? Ah, that must be the protagonist in the Sci-Fi TV show they're watching earlier.

"I-I... I loved the fact that our pet's a secret agent... Since I, myself, wanted to be one as well... But still! There's no way I..."

Ferb grabbed on to Phineas shoulder and calmed him down by his deep stare. Phineas sighed, finally calming down, and thought about it for a while.

"S-Sorry, Ferb, it's just really... Shocking. But I have to admit it's really cool. Anyway, let's go check out that Dr. Doof-and-shitz. If it's not that dangerous, at least I could let him do this everyday."

Perry had his face wrapped with extreme apprehension. There are times his work is dangerous, there are times it's like he's just hanging out with a doofus. He wonders what it could be today...?

. . .

Perry uses his hovercraft - with Phineas and Ferb - and headed towards the Doofenshmirtz building. Phineas stared at Perry driving in great admiration, deeply impressed with his pet's skill in flying - for all of the ships - a hovercraft.

Once they arrived at the building, Perry decides to enter the main entrance than to crash at where Doofenshmirtz is. He, along with his owners, stepped inside the elevator and listens at the 'I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun' music inside... Then finally reached the floor to where the scientist resides in.

Perry knocks over the door instead of kicking it into bits, to at least show how gentle he is to his owners. The scientist opened the door, and he exclaims the exact thing Perry desperately fears of hearing.

"Ah, PERRY THE PLATYPUS, you've finally arrived!" Doofenshmirtz stated, ignoring Phineas and Ferb's sight. "I've been waiting for over an hour for you to appear! I was about to start with my Mind-Erasing helmet when you knocked in!"

Perry started to wave his hand in signal to STOP rambling continuously... But Dr. Doofenshmirtz continued ranting on (still ignoring the boys).

"Why didn't you crashed over my roof this time? Are you trying to be decent? And you didn't kick my door out! That's new! Usually..." Doofenshmirtz rants as Perry tries to shut him up. "...you always kick yourself in - I don't even know how your little webby foot could do that - and you land over any object that coincidentally happens to be my trap... Then I'll tell you my plans then you get out from my trap - which I've been wondering ever since how on earth that happens - and we fight, then I activate my inator, then you try to stop it, then my inator likely hits something who-knows-what, and you destroy it, then you leave me and I say 'Curse you Perry the Platypus'. Hmm... Am I forgetting something?"

Phineas then snapped. "And then that must be when he appears in our house and I say, 'Oh, there you are, Perry!' "

"Hmm, you're right, that's it..." And that's when Doofenshmirtz realized that there were actually two boys standing on his doorway. "Wait, who are these kids? Your reinforcements? Are your boss sending you reinforcements now? Haha! He must've realized that you're already too weak, aren't you?"

Perry was now getting dizzy in shaking his head a million times now. He wished he could talk and say 'SHUT THE HECK UP DARN IT, WILL YOU?', but of course he can't. He can't even kick the scientist's face since his owners might think something negative about it.

"But hey," Doofenshmirtz continued, "Aren't your organization's agents supposed to be... You know, animals?"

Phineas's eyes widened. "There are more agents? And they're animals?"

Doofenshmirtz nodded. "Aren't you supposed to be knowledgeable about that? You're a backup, right?"

Phineas and Ferb shook their head. "No, we're Perry's owners."

Perry's eyes ultimately widened and turned blank in shock. His owners just revealed Perry's 'mindless-pet' identity to his nemesis.

"Ooooh..." Doofenshmirtz suddenly moaned in mischievousness, indicating that he has now acquired the victory of knowing the platypus' OWNERS. This michievous face of his seems like he has already thought of a plan about what to do with it.

"So you kids are Perry the Platypus' owners, I see? May I know your address?"

Phineas raised an eyebrow. "For what?"

"Hmm..." Doofenshmirtz opened his mouth but no words came out from it... Why does he wanted to know of Perry's residence again?

Ferb suddenly gave a faint gasp, which alerted Phineas a bit.

"Uhm, Mr. Doof-and-shitz," Phineas stated as the scientist corrected his name. "Oh, sorry. Are you evil, sir?"

Doofenshmirtz gave a big roar of laugh, which made the three completely silent. "Don't I look like one? I am absolutely EVIL, boy!"

Ferb gave another faint gasp.

"You told us a while ago about the sequence on how your 'fight' with Perry goes." Phineas says as he placed an emphasis on fight. "Are those true? Does Perry really crashes and kicks himself inside?"

Perry started to sweat really heavily.

"Oh yes," Dr. Doofenshmirtz stated. "That's definitely true."

"So if all of those are true, then the part where you state your plans is also true... Right?"

Doofenshmirtz rolled his eyes. "You're one annoying kid."

"Weelll..." Phineas winked at Ferb. "Would you tell us your plans now?"

"Of course not!" Doofenshmirtz roared, in which gave the three a big wide stare at him in confusion. "He's not in my trap yet!"

Phineas gave an 'oh, sorry' look, and proceeds inside (finally). Suddenly a metal clamp captured Perry's body which puts him on hold, making Ferb give another faint gasp.

"Perry!" Phineas yelled out, and realized this is the very same thing that happened to Albert Smith in the TV show.

Perry lifted his little palm directly in front of Phineas and Ferb, signalling them to stop and not to go near him. He gave a studious smile which surprised Phineas and Ferb - this is the supposed smile of a cool and great person... It means that Perry has everything under control.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz then proceeded to his plan. "I suppose you've heard of me, right? Yeah, yeah. I'm that weird guy on the internet who slipped over a mud and got his pants ripped off. Start laughing at me, I don't care anymore."

The two boys just gave a wide-eyed stare at him.

"What?" Doofenshmirtz raised an eyebrow. "You don't know anything about that?"

Phineas shrugged. "Well, no... I'm not using internet much. Maybe Candace knows you."

Ferb shrugged as well. "But indeed, what you just said is awfully humiliating."

Doofenshmirtz groaned and slapped his forehead. "You should've just said that in the first place!"

"But we - "

"Anyway!" Doofenshmirtz brought out his newly revived invention, the Mind-Erasing Helmet-inator, and quickly puts it over his head. "Since everyone in the world knows about that leaked video from high school again, I have created a Mind-Erasing helmet to erase the minds of people! OR maybe not... I-Is my sentence correct? What I mean is I'm gonna erase the video from their minds. That's it, yeah! That's my EVIL plan!"

Ferb gave another faint gasp.

Phineas just raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "Hmm, I don't know. It seems pretty evil, but at the same time it's not really... Since you're just gonna erase the memory of the video from their minds, right? I don't think there's harm done, really."

Doofenshmirtz smiled ear to ear, just very delighted with what this triangle-head kid said. "I-I can't believe it! You agreed with me... Unlike your pet! You're also evil!"

"I didn't say I'm evil - "

"You just proved that!"

Doofenshmirtz and Phineas started to - uhm - argue, and exchanged different words. Ferb decides to use this opportunity to free Perry (using his handy toolbox hidden nowhere with him) and at the moment Perry's free, he has had enough with this mad scientist and non-hesitantly kicked him on the face.

Ferb gave another faint gasp.

"P-Perry...?" Phineas watched Doofenshmirtz fall down in shock, not knowing that his mindless pet's this violent.

Perry avoids Phineas and Ferb's sight and tried to focus on his nemesis for a while. He had to take care of his mission first before his owners.

He took the helmet from Doofenshmirtz's head and gave him another kick, causing him to fall unconscious for some reason.

Ferb gave another faint gasp... In which Phineas commented, "That's enough, Ferb."

Phineas and Ferb then approached Perry who's staring at the helmet. Phineas gave him a light rub on the back, smiling.

"I think I understand why you didn't tell us this. Maybe you're protecting us from danger? Thank you Perry... Your job's not bad at all. You could continue with your work."

Perry's eyes widened in delight... Glad that his owners understand him.

"Hey Ferb," Phineas turned to his brother. "What do you think mom and dad would react to this? Especially Candace? They will be happy knowing our pet's a secret agent!"

Perry's eyes widened... IN SHOCK.

"Oh, we could also join together and form a team! We could defeat bad guys in a mission! That would be cool!"

No... Phineas and Ferb aren't supposed to team up with him. The rest of the family shouldn't know about his identity. He's actually supposed to work alone; he shouldn't have any owners in the first place anyway... But since Phineas and Ferb's house was the closest passage towards his hideout, he became their mindless pet... And it should remain at that.

Perry sadly puts on the helmet which made Ferb give another faint gasp, in which Phineas rolled his eyes. "Ferb, seriously."

Phineas slowly approached Perry and wonders. "What are you gonna do, Perry?"

At the screen of the helmet, a picture of the hideout and his agent form was shown. He sadly pushed the 'Activate' button, in which strikes Phineas and Ferb directly, making them pass out for a moment.

Since he hopes to abhor further problems and not to spread more, Perry decides to ERASE Phineas and Ferb's memories for the past two hours... Starting from the spinning couch until here. He can't afford to lose his beloved owners for his missions, so even if it hurts a little (because he's intercepting their minds), he should do this for their own good. He then proceeded to destroy the helmet to prevent worse things to happen.

Phineas and Ferb, now with their past-2-hour memories erased, rubbed their heads and glanced around the building.

"Where are we?" Phineas muttered, clearly very dizzy. "I-I feel weird... I can see two Ferbs."

Ferb shrugs, faintly slapping his face to get in reality. They saw a very messy room with an unconscious old man lying in front of them (in which they seem to ignore). Phineas got up and looked around, with suddenly the first thing coming into mind is...

"Hey Ferb, where's Perry?"

And then they heard the chatter sound of their pet platypus, now in his mindless-pet state again... With the wall-eyed expression.

"Oh, there you are, little fella!" Phineas smiled and picked him up. "Well Ferb, wherever we are, I have a feeling we should get out of here before that man wakes up. The sci-fi show's not yet finished."

Ferb got up and continues to stare at the snoring scientist, in which scares him away a bit. He catches up to Phineas and sighed.

"Agreed."

"Krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..."

("I don't think I made the wrong decision. If you love someone, do what it's best for them even if it costs you an entire repentance for the rest of your life.")

- Perry the Platypus

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

It turns out that the "Where IS Perry" question hasn't be thoroughly answered after all. :) I thought of leaving the rest in the upcoming P&F movie "Across the 2nd Dimension" since it focuses mainly on this kind of theme. Sorry if Perry disappointed you in this chapter.

SyahirSQRT2 Thank you again! I really appreciate your reviews! About the quotes I write there, I only make those. Haha. I'm just remiscing the chapter then I write a quote corresponding there. :) I do hope the one with Perry is good as well. Yep, I'll accept the question of yours.

I got a little too excited with this chapter so I updated early... Oh well. Please review everyone!

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