I promised purplangel that I would say which episode each chapter would focus on in this series of stories. This one is not based on any particular episode, but inspired by all of the episodes of Phineas & Ferb I've ever seen (which is probably 75% of all that have aired so far; yep, I love this cartoon-not as much as Castle, though; that would be impossible ). There isn't any Castle stuff in it but it gives you the background so you understand what is going to happen in the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Phineas & Ferb. If I did, Phineas would find out that Isabella has a crush on him. I guess you could call it my mini-ship. Because I am completely content to wait (in contrast to the two Castle hiatus' I suffered through). I just hope it happens before the show ends. Oh, and these kids are all ten years old. And although most of the episodes occur in the summer I have this occur in late April, since that is when 'Still' aired. So we'll say the kids have the day off from school for some unknown reason. And high school proms occur in May, right? If not, let's just pretend they do for this chapter, okay?
'Whatcha doin'?'
The sweet, high-pitched voice of ten-year-old Isabella, next door neighbor and the only girl in the close-knit group of his human, Phineas, startled Perry the Platypus awake. The semiaquatic mammal glanced up at the sun and noticed that it was higher in the sky than he had expected. He had overslept, something he rarely did. But his arch-nemesis, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, had gotten a late start on his latest 'inator invention, which had caused their daily skirmish to take place hours later than it should have. Perry hadn't really paid attention when the scientist started his long-winded explanation as to why.
"Oh, hey Isabella," Phineas greeted his friend with a smile. "Ferb and I haven't decided what we're going to do today yet. We stayed up to watch the Chompmonster Marathon and just got up a little while ago."
"Hey, I love that guy!" Buford, the tough guy of the bunch, approached them with Baljeet in a headlock. "He's my idol."
"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Baljeet muttered.
"Don't knock the Chompmonster!" Buford said, letting go of the smaller boy and putting his hands on his hips. "In 'The Chompmoster Takes Over The Tri-State Area' he was able to turn everybody into mindless drones. In three states, I'm telling you! Not even Phineas and Ferb could do that!"
"Well, we could," Phineas' tone was hesitant.
"No!" Baljeet cried.
"Don't worry, Baljeet; we're kids, not evil geniuses," Phineas assured him.
"There's no point in taking over three states," Ferb said. "The other 47 states would work together and easily put such a person in jail. A true evil genius would try to take over the world."
"The Chompmonster did that, too," Buford said, his arms crossed, glaring at Ferb. "In the sequel, 'The Chompmoster Rules The World.' It just came out last week. I snuck into the midnight show."
Perry decided he needed to pay closer attention when the boys watched one of those movies. They sounded like something Doofenshmirtz would get 'inator ideas from.
"I know what we're going to do today!" Phineas suddenly declared.
Before Perry could find out what his human's latest idea was, the watch around his wrist beeped, calling him to the secret lair for his daily meeting with Major Monogram of the O.W.C.A.
After a quick look around to make sure the kids were all too distracted to notice his departure, Perry stood on his back legs, placed his small brown hat on his head and quickly scurried to the fence at the edge of the yard. With a quick tap of the correct board the piece of wood tilted to reveal a hole in the ground just large enough for Perry. After another quick look around the platypus jumped. For a few seconds he was in free fall until he hit a small pool of water. Using his back feet for speed and his beaver-like tail to keep him going in the right direction, Perry started swimming. He finally reached the roof of the lair and pressed a button. A small portion of the roof gave way and Perry fell, landing right in his chair. Unfortunately, the roof didn't fill in right away so a rush of water came down with him. Perry was gasping by the time the water harmlessly hit the floor, covering it by less than half an inch. He had been under water for just over two minutes and a platypus could only hold his breath for that long. Sometimes he thought Major Monogram forgot that he was only semiaquatic.
"Sorry about that, Agent P," Monogram's face dominated the large screen in front of Perry. "We're still working the bugs out of that one."
Perry gave his irritated chatter growl in response. He may be a highly skilled secret agent but he was still a platypus. Using human words was beyond his capabilities.
"I told you it would keep him underwater for too long, Sir," said Carl, one of the many unpaid interns at the O.W.C.A and Major Monogram's personal assistant.
"Quiet, Carl!" Major Monogram ordered. "We've just received word that Dr. Doofenshmirtz has been buying up all of the copies of this month's issue of 'Teen Magazine.' And all of the prom dresses at the town mall. We're not sure what he's up to, but we know it's no good. So get out there and put a stop to it."
With a quick salute Perry headed over to his personal mini-flying race car and zoomed off.
In mere minutes Perry arrived at Dr. Doofenshmirtz headquarters. He quickly entered the lair through the window Doofenshmirtz had left open-to keep Perry from breaking through another wall because the cost of repairs was getting atrocious, the scientist had informed him during yesterday's battle. He had barely jumped out of his car when a heart-shaped cupcake landed on top of him. Cherry flavored, Perry noticed. The confection came up to his neck, so the secret agent didn't have to worry about being able to breathe. As many times as Doofenshmirtz had trapped him, he very rarely tried to kill him. Perry was certain that the scientist would have been heartbroken if he had ever actually succeeded in one of those rare attempts. Steel bands shot out from the sides of the cupcake, pining his arms in place.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus, how nice of you to join me," Dr. Doofenshmirtz said as he watched Perry struggle to get free. "You're just in time to witness the power of my latest invention. Behold!" With a swift yank the scientist pulled the sheet off of his latest 'inator. As were most of the things Dr. Doofenshmirtz created, it was gray and shaped like a drill. Except that it was approximately ten feet tall. And, Perry knew, would shoot a bright colored laser at whatever current target his nemesis had in mind. "The Break-Up-inator!"
Creative with names Dr. Doofenshmirtz was not.
"Why a Break-up-inator, you may ask?" Perry hadn't, but that didn't stop Dr. Doofenshmirtz. This was the part Perry had to pay attention to, though. It would let him know the intended target and what to expect if the laser hit him. That happened far more often than it should. "Well, I'll tell you. Back in high school I was something of well, a geek. I know, I know, shocking, isn't it? None of the girls wanted to go with me to my senior prom. I asked every girl in the school, Perry the Platypus, every girl. Even the freshman class, and who takes a freshman girl to a senior prom, I ask you? And it got me thinking. The Danville High School prom is coming up this next month. You may wonder how I know that, but my daughter Vanessa-you remember her, Perry the Platypus?-mentioned it when she was here yesterday. It's why I got started late on my 'inator, as I already told you, because she unexpectedly stopped by. Anyway, I got to thinking. Teenage relationships never last anyway. So I decided to create the Break-Up-Inator. That way, everyone will be too miserable to think about going to prom. I'm doing them a favor, really."
Perry blinked. Dr. Doofenshmirtz had known Perry long enough to know what he was thinking. Or at least to think he knew what he was thinking.
"I know what you're thinking. Why take the 'Teen Magazines?' Have you ever read those, Perry the Platypus? The advice in those things is horrible! No wonder teenage romance never lasts! And the dresses? Well, that was for Vanessa, to make up for ruining her prom. What teenage girl doesn't love getting a new wardrobe, I ask you?"
Perry chatter growled in warning but of course was ignored.
"And now, to unleash the Break-Up-Inator!"
At just that moment Perry was able to find the weakness in the steel bands that trapped him. With a yank he was able to break them apart. Dr. Doofenshmirtz had just pushed the button when Perry hit the machine at full speed, causing the green ray to shoot straight up.
It took less than a minute to defeat his nemesis and destroy his latest 'inator. His work done for the day, Perry leapt back into his flying car and zoomed away, just able to faintly hear Dr. Doofenshmirtz' s shout of, "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Perry just hoped that the one ray that had been fired hadn't hit anything important….
Hundreds of thousands of miles above Perry the green ray hit an orbiting satellite, bounced off of the structure and headed straight for New York City….
I don't know enough about astronomy and other scientific related stuff to know if the ray would actually bounce off a satellite like that, but that kind of thing happens in Phineas & Ferb all the time. Just so you know.
