"You ready, Ferb? Let's boot it up." They both clicked switches on the bubble and it shook, spewing smoke from every orifice. "Right. Well, we know what that robot thing does. At least that's one thing on our side." As he finished speaking, the grass around him began to twirl in the opposite direction. A huge, obviously metallic robot lowered himself to the ground. "Hey, Ferb. Does he look familiar to you?" The British genius nodded. "I thought so." The bot stepped forward and raised a hand in greeting.

"Hello, boys. My name is Norm." Phineas squinted at the robot for a moment.

"Does he look familiar to you, Ferb?" No reply was forthcoming. "Yeah, I guess not. Anyway, what's up, Norm?"

"Well you see, my creator recently built another robot, but like many of his creations, he lost control of it. So I've decided to take things into my own hands and eliminate the danger it poses." Phineas nodded, picking up a wrench and toying with it on instinct.

"Well, sounds like a pretty solid plan. What do you need us for?"

"I couldn't help but notice the fact that you have a functioning energy containment unit here, and so I came to ask if you could apply the same technology to me." Ferb set down his toolkit and walked a quick circle around Norm.

"I guess so. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."

"Hey Phineas! Watcha doin'?" Phineas turned to see the adorableness that was Isabella strolling toward him.

"Applying last night's energy containment technology to this robot." Norm threw up a hand in welcome.

"My name is Norm."

"Hi, Norm. Anything I can do to help out, Phineas?"

"'Sup, nerds?" Buford stomped through the back gate, dragging Baljeet by the straps of his overalls.

"Hey, guys. We're just putting last night's invention onto this robot."

"My name is Norm."

"Phineas and Ferb! You guys built a robot again?" Candace's head was sticking out of the window as she screamed.

"My name is Norm."

"You guys are so busted! I'm getting Mom!" Her head shot back into the window as she ran back down the hall and started slamming on her parents' door. The door creaked open and Linda's head peeked out, squinting. "Mom, you've got to come see what Phineas and Ferb are doing!"

"Candace, I can't see much of anything. I'm still a bit shine-blind from the Steel Needle Knitting Competition last night." Despite her protests, Linda was dragged by the arm out the door, down the hall, and out the back door.

"See, Mom! I told you!" Linda grinned as she looked up, covering her eyes from the sun.

"Oh, you boys made a new friend. Good for you."

"My name is Norm."

"Nice to meet you, Norm. Candace, if there's nothing else I'll be in my room with the lights off."

"But... Fine. But I will bust you for this, trust me." This last was to the boys as she stepped away, closing the door behind her. There was silence for a few moments before finally they couldn't take it anymore and all asked the same question simultaneously.

"Hey, where's Perry?" Once again, he was gone. Nobody had particularly noticed when he'd reappeared last night, mostly because he had done so while they were asleep. But now he was back in his lair, rushing up to the monitor once again.

"Ah, Agent P. Today, you won't actually be dealing with Doofenshmirtz. So far as we can tell, his only scheme today is to work on more Inator patterns. Instead, you will be sent to the outskirts of Danville to locate this." A metallic ball popped up on the screen beside Monogram's face. "We have reason to believe that this ship contained alien life forms that may or may not be hazardous to our planet. We need you to find them, establish communications if possible, and detain them if necessary. Good luck, Agent P." Perry nodded, rushing back to his jetpack.

On the surface, Phineas and Ferb were almost finished with the modifications to the bubble technology. "Alright, Ferb. Hand me that torque wrench, aaaaaand done! Norm, you're all set."

"Thank you, boys."

"No problem, but are you sure that'll be enough? If this robot's as strong as you were conveniently telling us offscreen, that absorption suit might not cut it." Norm put a hand to his chin.

"Well, now that you mention it, it's very possible that I might not be able to defeat my brother robot, even with this new ability. Do you have anything else that you could give me to assist in the battle?"

"Well, not you, but we do have a few ideas of our own. Ferb, Baljeet, if you would." Ferb grabbed a metal pole leaning up against a tree and jammed it down the back of his overalls, pressing a button on the top. Baljeet propped himself up against the tree and began tapping on a keyboard. With each tap, Ferb began to execute kicks and flips that seemed anatomically impossible. "We took the Ferbalistic Groovatron and installed the same propulsion systems in the limbs that we used for Meap's spaceship. Baljeet controls it from this computer, and with his typing speed combined with the strength of the machine, Ferb should be a lean, green, fighting machine." Ferb nodded, and they set off through the front gate.

So, this chapter was a little bit short, mostly because I wanted to introduce the prospect that both Ferb and Norm would be contenders here. I promise, all the DBZ characters will be met in the next chapter. Leave feedback in the reviews, and I'll see you in the next one.