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Hi everyone! :D
It has come to my attention that someone (Secret Agent G) has already used the name "Time and Time Again" for a story, a story that I have been wanting to read, but haven't gotten the time to do so. So, you know what that means: I'm gonna change the title of my story to something else! YAY! 8D
...Not right now, of course, since I have no idea what I'm gonna change it to...
...That's...that's about it. :3
I own NOTHING but my OCs which I will list out later. I also own this story, though I was VERY inspired by PnF, MLP, Star Trek (sorry, but I prefer it over Star Wars any day ^_^), and a pinch of a certain video game I don't even own, nor have I ever played.
Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh own "Phineas and Ferb"
Note: ENJOY!
P/F/P/F
Chapter 1: Welcome, Visitors!
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(Hello! Welcome to New Danville!)
(Happiest place of earth!)
(It's the perfect place to live!)
The almost robotic voice rung in the air in a welcoming tone. A woman roughly at the age of 29 ran down the streets of her rather large home-town, a wave of panic filling her every being.
She was never later.
Ever.
For anything.
Well, maybe not never. There was this one time...and then that other time...and then those twelve other times too...but other than that, she was NEVER FREAKING LATE!
Except for now. NOW she was late. Now she was EXTREMELY late.
"MONTY'S GONNA KILL ME," she shrieked, "He's gonna have my head on a plaque, on a wall by the time I get there! Oh-ho-ho, why is this happening to me?!"
Monty.
As in her boss.
As in the leader of the official Tri-State Undercover Union: The T-S.U.U., if you will. It had been around for many years, since 2021.
Now, it was 2257, exactly two thousand, two hundred, forty-two years after.
But we're getting off topic. Monty. Monty Monogram V. He was head of the T-S.U.U. for quite some time now. Having a similar appearance to his ancestor, Francis Monogram, although looking much younger since he WAS in his early thirties. It used to be called the OWCA, but things had changed over the course of history.
Meet Alice.
The one who's late.
Very late.
Alice is one of Monty's scientists, who are currently working on a particular project that requires her presence. She had another job there as well, but that was classified. She was very well-rounded in mechanical skills, every since she was a child. In fact, her ancestors built things just like her. It was practically in her blood stream, she told herself proudly.
But now wasn't time to be prideful for her talents. She was late. And she could not tolerate being tardy AGAIN for the sixth time this week!
And it hasn't even been six days yet!
"I can't make it," Alice panted, "Ugh! Why did I forget my jet pack at home? WHO FORGETS THEIR JET PACK?! It's a STINKING! JET PACK!"
The woman finally made it to her work place: The T-S.U.U. building, that everyone passed off as a business place rather than a secret agency. It was also the tallest building in the entire city; very hard to miss. Alice went through the slide doors in high speed, pushing dozens of people out of her way as she went. Completely ignoring people's glares, Alice continued to run until she reached the elevator, and pressed the highest number.
The door shut.
She panted heavily.
"I've...I've gotta," Alice wheezed, "Get a new...alarm clock...cough..."
The T-S.U.U. building consisted of seventy floors, each with it's own work facility that was aligned with the T-S.U.U. There were several, smaller buildings owned by T-S.U.U., and so on since the OWCA expanded. The secret agency was no longer working with only animals. They were working with humans too. Almost every human had an animal partner, and vice versa. Even Alice had a partner to torture the heck out of her as she put it.
After half way up to the top floor, the doors opened again. Speak of the devil himself, in trotted a small goat wearing an old looking fedora on his head, slurping on his coffee. He gave a smirk at Alice, who glared hatefully. "Don't say it," she growled, "Don't you DARE say it!"
The goat stared up up the woman with a sly grin. "Don't," the woman said in a warning tone, "You," the goat opened his mouth, "DARE!"
The goat shut his mouth, a satisfied look on his face. Alice let out a deep sigh. "Thank you..."
Dead silence.
The elevator doors opened to Monty's Office. "I'm glad we had this chat," Alice said casually as she left the elevator.
The goat followed his partner.
"...Late again?"
"SHUT IT!"
"Ahem."
Both heads turned to their boss, Monty Monogram V, whose gaze looked rather dark. It pierced through Alice's very soul as she felt herself wanting to crumble to the floor in order to hide from the gaze, while the goat beside her calmly sipped his drink. "You're late again, Alice," Monty noted, "What's the reason this time, hm?"
"He-he, oh you know," Alice rubbed the lobe of her neck, "The usual."
"You slept in again, didn't you?"
Alice looked like she had been insulted for a few seconds before letting out a sigh. "Yes..."
Monty face-palmed lightly whilst the goat snickered. In an act of vengeance, Alice kicked the cup into the goat's face. The goat reeled in pain for a couple of seconds. "Idiot," he hissed as he wiped his face with his hoof, "Stupid, short-tempered, floozy!"
Alice shot a death-stare. "Floozy my big fat a-!"
"That's enough, both of you."
Alice and her partner glared at each other for ten seconds, then turned back to their boss. "Alice, I will not tolerate this any farther," Monty stated, "I mean, what in the world have you been doing?"
"Working on the blueprints of the project," Alice said plainly, with hints of an obvious secret.
"And," Monty asked.
"...Maybe," Alice fiddled with her fingers, "Another project..."
Monty rose an eyebrow. "And that would be...?"
"It's...it's classified, sir," Alice explained, "Really, it's more like, a couple of projects. One is obvious, of course!"
The goat groaned. "Not that time machine again..."
"It WILL work," Alice yelled, "It worked before and it can work again! I KNOW I can make it work again!"
Monty folded his hands together. "And what exactly would that do to help us in our research," he asked, almost impatiently.
Alice began to stutter a bit. "Well, um, you see," she said, "I'm, uh, not really sure, exactly, but-"
"Then it shouldn't be your main priority," Monty interrupted, "The X-Z Project is much more important. Once we finish, we'll finally reach our goal."
Alice lowered her head. "Yes, sir," she said, "I apologize..."
"Good," Monty nodded, "Now, this second project-"
"-is classified," Alice quickly stated, "With all due respect, sir, the other...project, per say...is much more private."
Monty opened his mouth to say more, but sighed. "Very well," he said, "I can probably figure out what you're talking about anyway...just, don't look too much into it, Alice. It might hurt you more than it has to."
Alice nearly winced at those words. "Yes sir," she said, "Anything else?"
"No. That will be all, Alice."
The woman saluted before heading for the elevator. The goat turned to follow her, still feeling boiled about his partner in general. "Hold on a moment, Agent P," Monty said, "During your next break, I would like to have a word with you in private."
The goat looked to Monty and nodded. "Alright," the goat said, "Will do, sir."
With that the two partners left to the elevator. Alice pressed the button to get to the twenty sixth floor, where the laboratories were. Her animal partner was headed for the floor just above her's, which was where the gym/training facility was located. Their partnership consisted of certain tasks and missions that involved investigations, and rarely had anything to do with fighting some kind of bad guy. That wasn't really needed, since crime hadn't been happening much for years.
Some worried about the sudden low of crime, though those were few, and were obviously thought by the insane. After all, this made Danville, along with the rest of the Tri-State Area, a paradise for the most part. In reality, it wasn't really the lack of crime that worried them. It was what they thought people were planning on the sidelines.
Peace was scattered in the Tri-State Area, and had stayed that way for several decades. Many cherished the moments of tranquility, while others feared for the worst. The people who were in strange, unneeded fear, had a strong belief that something bad was going to happen. Something that would bring an end to them all.
Now, Alice was not one to believe these claims. She herself was one of the many who found calmness in her home-town. She admitted, however, that it was strange that those who spoke about their fear were quickly placed in prison or an asylum, as if they committed a felony of some sort. It was one thing to shoot someone down for speaking out of turn, but arresting someone for it?
It was almost mind boggling. No one was ever put in prison, not that Alice or her partner could remember. Nobody but those who spoke of their fears of what time held for everyone. It was like they knew something, but someone didn't want anyone else to find out, so they muzzled the witnesses. It was probably pure paranoia, but still, from time-to-time it would bother her.
But there were other things that bothered Alice besides what seemed to be a conspiracy...
"That 'secret project' of yours," the goat's tone was serious, "You weren't talking about that birthing serum, were you?"
Alice stayed silent.
"...Al?"
The woman turned to the goat with a stressed look on her face. "YES," she yelled, "I was working on the birth serum! Will you shut up about it?!"
The goat flinched. "Sheesh, calm down, Al."
"Calm down," Alice twitched, "What do you mean by that? I'M PERFECTLY CALM!"
The specific serum that she had been working on was a touchy subject for her. Alice had been working on it for five years now, almost non-stop. She had missed holidays, get-together's, and even vacations in order to possibly finish the project. It worried every one of her friends and family, considering she had shunned the entire world for weeks at a time. It had even, though he refused to admit it, cause some bit of strife for the goat.
"Al," the goat sighed, "It's been a few years since...you know...but, I don't think even science can-"
"Science has allowed us to see the world in a different view," Alice stated like the science-geek she was, "We can deduct the universe from particles, atoms, or something completely mathematical from a logical state of mind," the words of intelligence began to crack at this point, "If we can traverse the dimensional continuum that is outer space, then I most certainly can have a child, thank you very much!"
Ever since her husband left her since they got the news, Alice had been devastated. She had temporarily fallen into depression before being told that there were several women unable to give birth to children, just like her. That somehow gave her the inspiration to make the serum. It wasn't just for her, it was for all the woman suffering with the same ordeal as her. And thus that made it worth while.
And yet, Alice's partner, along with everyone else, kept being skeptical about it. They all said that although medicine had advanced to a high degree over the course of years, it wasn't possible yet, if at all, to cure barren women like herself. Alice herself even had doubts that the serum would succeed, but it was worth it if it meant having...err...if it mean seeing other women...
Alright, maybe this was mostly for her own desires, but she planned on sharing the serum once she made it. She wasn't selfish.
"Science has only gone so far," the goat shook his head, "We may have been able to get to space, but we could do that for years. Over a century has gone by since space ships have been crafted. You keep saying that this serum, this, cure, is just as easy as rocket science. Well, if that's true, why hasn't there been a cure for it yet?"
"Because they never tried looking for a cure," Alice argued, "Have you ever heard in history books whether or not they tried to find a cure to being sterile? NO!"
"That's probably because they know that it's close to impossible," the goat said slamming his hoof down a few times as if to get the woman to listen to him, "I'm sure that there have been people who tried to find the cure, but failed and didn't want to be disappointed further. They didn't mention it in history because either they didn't feel that it was necessary to mention, or they didn't want to mention it. This is trying to give life to children, Al! And from barren women, no less."
"Yeah, well, every test can tested at again," Alice said confidently, "Just because someone might have failed before, doesn't mean it can't be tried again...and don't call me Al. I'm not a boy, you dork."
"I just don't want..." the goat muttered something.
"What," Alice eyed her partner.
"I...I don't want you to-"
The doors slid open.
"Oh, look at that, looks like I have to go," the goat quickly said as he stepped off the elevator, "Have fun with the X-Z Project!"
"Hey, wait, what were you-"
The doors closed.
Alice groaned angrily. "That pygmy goat is IMPOSSIBLE," she said.
One floor later, the doors opened again, and she was greeted with several of her co-workers, some of whom teased her about being late again. Just the usual day at work. It was a usual day in general, even. Yep, not one thing fell out of place that day. No surprises.
No surprises at all.
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Doofenshmirtz was beginning to have second thoughts right as he stepped through the green swirl. Now that he thought about it, this was not one of his better ideas. It seemed more like a suicide mission than a simple trip through time...simple trip. Yeah. Let's leave it like that.
Sarcastically speaking, of course.
He had thought about it before. How he was the bad guy, and that helping a family member of his nemesis was unlawful to his standards. Doofenshmirtz admitted, he cared for those kids, but why risk his hide for them to begin with? Then again, Perry had saved him several times in the past. Doofenshmirtz only recalled doing something for the platypus once, and that was when he saved him and his two owners from his alternate self.
That was nothing compared to all the horrible things that Perry helped him through. And so, Doofenshmirtz decided that this was just another way to thank Perry for all the times he helped him. And he was more than certain that he was going to die for it.
...Crud.
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Many hours later, nightfall came. The X-Z Project wasn't any nearer to being completed as it was the other day, but there had been enough progress made to satisfy the scientists, including Alice. She was walking home, with the annoying goat beside her, with a content look on her face. "I think we'll finish it tomorrow," Alice said.
"Doubt it," the goat rolled his eyes.
"...Jerk," Alice muttered earning an eye roll from the other, "Say, I just realized something. If you and I live together, then why didn't you wake me up when it was time to go to work?"
"You just looked so peaceful," the goat said sarcastically, "It's not like you tried to strangle me last time I even attempted to wake you up for work."
Alice gave a cheesy grin. "He-he, right," she sweated.
The night sky was beautiful that night, as it was every night. Again, there was not one cloud in the sky. Only the stars and the moon hung above everyone and thing. Alice let out a sigh. "I think I'm gonna go for a walk at the meadow," she said.
The goat looked up at Alice. "Fine by me," he shrugged, "Just don't do anything stupid."
"If anyone does anything stupid, it's you, goat-breath," Alice countered.
The secret agent slowly began to grin. "Touche," he said with a nod.
Alice did this from time to time, forcing her partner and roommate to follow her. She did own their house, after all, and she was the only one with the keys to their home. Alice just didn't trust the pygmy goat enough to leave him alone in the house for even a minute. Last time she did that, her house went into a wave of flames, and she and the goat were forced to stay at a motel for several weeks. Who knew pygmy goats were secretly pyromaniacs ready to strike at any moment?
Getting outside of town felt like some kind of release, though Alice didn't feel stressed. It amazed her that the world around the meadow had changed, yet, it had stayed completely the same. She smiled at that, while her partner would snicker at her sentiment. And then, get a kick to the head in return.
"Ow," the goat groaned.
"Shh," Alice hushed even though there was no one there, "Take in the beauty...take it in..."
"You're strange," the goat rolled his eyes and kept walking, "I'm gonna go graze. Be back in a jiff."
"'Kay," Alice said casually as she sat on the grass and lied down.
What felt like a few, peaceful hours was merely thirty minutes as Alice stared up to the sky. The sky itself seemed more beautiful at the meadow. Alice smiled. "Yep," she said, Life doesn't get any better than this..."
A rabbit doing an all-nighter searching for food foraged for morsels in an empty field. A particular blade of grass with a few flowers caught it's eye. It happily bounced over to its meal, opened it's mouth, and-
"Nothing can ruin this...hm?"
-then the blade disintegrated. Strips of emerald flare rose from the ground, scaring the little creature off into its burrow. The woman's eyes widened as she stared for a moment. As the flames grew, she ran for cover behind a hill, letting out a shriek as she did. "GAH!"
"Alice, what going on," her partner called from afar in an annoyed tone.
"Uh, uh," the woman began to fall into panic.
The goat soon came by Alice, noticing the green flames in sheer horror. "Alice," the goat said in a warning tone.
"Uh, uh, uh, don't look at me like that, stupido!"
The goat glared fiercely at Alice. "WHAT DID YOU DO, AND WHY DID YOU DO IT," he roared.
"I dunno, but I'm gonna fix it," Alice yelled in a panicked state, "Just give me a few minutes to think!"
"If you don't fix this soon, I'm gonna blame this whole thing on you when Monty finds out," the goat said.
"SHUT UP! I'm trying to think!"
The random flame rose high into a circle big enough to look much like a doorway as it blasted some grass and dirt away. The portal spanned to about 30 feet, and a large amount of light emanated from it. A faint scream grew louder and louder. It was loud enough to at least grab the attention of the woman and the goat, pulling them away from their arguing. "Did you hear..." Alice trailed off.
Suddenly, two people fell out of the energy-hole, one a man, the other a child.
Thud!
"OOF!"
The two just lied there for a few minutes, one panting, the other almost completely still. Alice and her partner stared for a moment, ignoring the emerald fire. The man groaned and pushed himself up to his knees. "Ugh...not what I was expecting," he groaned, "Phineas, I think we-"
"LOOK OUT!" Alice and her partner both screamed.
"Huh?"
Doofenshmirtz looked behind him to see the portal made of fire beginning to fall over like a spinning plate or coin. He gasped, grabbed the kid, and ran before the portal fell, the flames dispelled almost immediately but manage to give the ground twenty degree burns in the span of a second and a half. The man stared for a moment, panting heavily while Alice and the goat ran to him, their eyes staring at where the portal once was.
"What...what the..." the goat was speechless.
Alice looked to Doofenshmirtz, who stared at the area around him for a moment before looking down to the boy in his arms. He suddenly began to panic as he went to his knees, set the boy down, and tried to shake him awake. "Phineas? Phineas?!"
The boy didn't move.
"No, no, no, no, no! Not now! Not like this!"
"H-hey, is that kid alright," Alice asked, noticing tears in the other's eyes.
The goat examined the boy, checked for a pulse, and finally placed his ear against the boy's chest for a few seconds before sighing in relief. "He's breathing," he said.
Doofenshmirtz ignored the fact that the goat had just talked, grabbed Phineas, and bolted towards New Danville. "HEY! WAIT!" Alice yelled giving chase, the goat following him, "COME BACK!"
Doofenshmirtz panted, and felt his legs slowly down. He was tired. So very tired. "No...not now...no..."
"HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!"
Doofenshmirtz stopped, his legs feeling like noodles. "Need...to keep...oogh..."
Thud
"Oh my gosh!" Alice ran over to Doofenshmirtz, who lied on his side unconscious. "Hey! Hello? Are you okay?!"
The pygmy goat soon came after, examining Doofenshmirtz the same way he examined Phineas. Finally, he looked to the man's shut eyes. "He looks like he hasn't slept in months," he deducted.
"Oh, gee, ya think," Alice asked.
"Well, it could have been something else," the goat said, "He could have suffered from a heart attack! That kid on the other hand..."
The kid named Phineas was next to Doofenshmirtz, out like a light from the start. He looked rather pale, and was barely breathing. More discouragingly, his breaths sounded weak, and hoarse. Alice glared, turning to the goat. "Take the kid to the hospital," she said in an authoritative tone, "Now."
"What? But, what about-"
"PERRY THE PYGMY GOAT, TAKE THE KID TO THE HOSPITAL, NOW!"
The goat gasped a bit. Alice never used his name unless she was being completely and utterly serious. After glancing at Phineas and Doofenshmirtz a few times, he grabbed Phineas and threw him onto his back. "What about you," the goat named Perry asked curiously, "And what about the man?"
"I'll take him," Alice said grabbing Doofenshmirtz's arm, standing up, and slumping his arm around the lobe of her neck, "I can get a taxi, or something and meet you there. Now move! Time is of the essence! That kid could be dead by now!"
Perry nodded and zoomed off. With a lot of struggle, Alice soon followed, dragging Doofenshmirtz with her. "...Phin...Phineas..." Doofenshmirtz murmured blankly, not really conscious despite his words.
"Don't worry," Alice said, "You're son's...gonna be just...ugh! You are heavy..."
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Everything was black for a few seconds. Well, a few seconds to Doofenshmirtz, anyway. He heard several voices murmuring, and footsteps. Finally, with little strength, he groaned, loud enough for someone to hear.
"Hey he's w...are yo...kay?"
The voice was vague, but it sounded like a woman. Doofenshmirtz began to open his eyes.
"Hel...lo...Hello..."
"HEY!"
"AUGH!"
Doofenshmirtz gasped heavily while people around him and the other shushed the one beside her angrily. The woman chuckled. "Sorry," she apologized.
"You idiot," another voice said, "We're in a hospital. Indoor voices, please?"
Someway or another, that brought back horrible memories of Phineas's trip to the hospital...
"Phineas," Doofenshmirtz said, gasping back his energy. He grabbed the woman beside him by the collar of her coat. "Where is he?!"
"Calm down," the woman said, "He's been taken to the emergency room."
Doofenshmirtz panted a bit more, allowing the woman to pry his hands off. "So...he's...he's alive then?"
"For the most part, yes," the woman said, "Yes he is."
Doofenshmirtz looked around the hospital, wondering if he was dreaming or not. No, no, they had made it to the future. Then what happened...oh. Right. He took a nap...and then ended up here.
"Anyways...I'm Alice," the woman greeted before motioning to the seat next to Doofenshmirtz, "And this is my partner, Perry."
Perry's here?!
Doofenshmirtz's head turned, but was disappointed to see a goat instead of a platypus. "Oh, I thought you were-"
"-a handsome, suave sailor man? Sorry, dude, you're mistake."
Thud
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"He fainted again," Alice said, staring at the man with an unamused look on her face.
"Strange," Perry blinked, "It's as if he's never heard an animal speak before."
A/N:
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