Part 2
I decided that an agent as smart as me doesn't deserve an idiotic nemesis like Doofenshmirtz. I flew to my lair to see if Monogram could place me with another smarter nemesis. I parked my hover car, locked it, turned on my monitor and hopped onto my chair. Monogram appeared on screen.
"Greetings Agent P." He said to me. "How was your first day with your nemesis?" I shook my head and gave him a thumbs down. Monogram was surprised by this.
"It was that bad, huh?" I nodded. I then was about to say something when I remembered he wouldn't understand me, I then got an idea. I put up a finger to tell him to wait one minute. He nodded. I leapt out of my chair and went to find some way to communicate.
I got back with a notepad and pencil. Once back on my chair, I wrote down what I wanted to tell him.
"What do you want to tell me, Agent P?" My boss wanted to know. I showed him it when I was done. He read it to himself and his eyes grew huge. "You want a new nemesis?" I nodded. "You don't like Doofenshmirtz, well, you're not supposed to like him, he's evil, but you still want a new nemesis?" I nodded again.
"Well, I'm sorry but I don't think we have any more nemesises on the waiting list, Doofensmhirtz was the last one; there's no one else." I wrote something else and showed it to him. 'Well, can you replace me with another nemesis and the other agent can have mine? '
"You really want another nemesis that badly, huh?" I nodded. I hope I wasn't asking too much.
"Well, I'll look into it, but in the meantime, why don't you give him a chance? He might surprise you and you might end up liking and hating him at the same time. What do you say?"
Well, I suppose this was my first day. I guess I should at least give the guy a chance. I wrote down that I would.
"Good call, Agent P. I knew you were the platypus that gives people second chances." I gulped. I sure hoped this wasn't a mistake.
"You're here again Perry the Platypus?" Doofensmhirtz asked me the next day when I entered his apartment. "I thought I told you that I don't need a nemesis." And I told Monogram that I didn't want you as a nemesis but Monogram told me to give you another chance, so I guess we both didn't expect to see each other." I went in. Let's get this over with.
"Oh, you're coming in. Okay." He walked with me to his balcony. "Well, you're not going to defeat me today, Perry the Platypus!" You wanna bet?
He made a couch-potato inator. He said with everybody glued to the TV, nobody would stop him from taking over the Tri-State Area. He was going to zap me with it, but I dodged it and destroyed it (There was a self-destruct button, surprise-surprise). He said he meant to not include that, but he 'forgot'.
I went back to HQ and turned on the monitor.
"I don't have a nemesis for you Agent P. That is if you still want another nemesis." I nodded. Yes. An agent like me doesn't deserve to fight a guy that puts a self-destruct button on every invention he makes, just begging me to destroy it. I'm better then that. I deserve better. He sighed.
"I'll see what I can do, but no promises. Why don't you fight this guy for the rest of the week and we'll see where that takes you. Deal, Agent P?" I didn't respond. He asked again. "Deal, Agent P?" I nodded. Sure, why not?
For the rest of the week, I foiled my nemesis' plans. There was the Traffic-Jam inator, because Doof was so tired of being stuck in traffic that he wanted the entire Tri-State Area to be stuck in traffic and see how they liked it. Next came the Sleep-inator so he can rule the Tri-State Area while everyone was sleeping. I was unaffected because Monogram had given me 'super-strong' earplugs. However Doof forgot to put his in, so he went to sleep as I hit the reverse button, and then the self-destruct. There was the Dummkoph-inator where he zapped everyone and turned them dumb, even myself and himself by mistake, And once again, he pressed the self-destruct button. He claimed he did it because the machine zapped him, but I think he just did it because he was already dumb and the machine didn't affect him. And finally there was the Shut up-inator and the Trap-Everyone-in-a-Box-inator. Each time my nemesis seemed to get stupider and stupider.
"Oh, and Perry the Platypus?" He asked me as I was about to leave. "I'm curious to know, what does a platypus sound like? I've been dying to know since I've met you. Plus, I bet my brother doesn't know what they sound like ether. I'll be the first one! I'm so excited? So, what does a platypus sound like?" I chattered. "Oh, so that's what a platypus sound like. Thanks, Perry the Platypus." I then left.
I was glad that the week was finally over so I don't have to fight him ever again. The only good thing that happened that week was that my owners won their soccer tournament. They had brought me along to celebrate.
When I was in my lair, I turned on my monitor.
"Agent P." My boss began. "Dr. Doofensmhirtz is…" I chattered madly at him. He looked confused. "Has it been a whole week since our agreement?" I nodded. "And how do you like your nemesis?" I gave him a thumbs-down.
"Are you gesturing that because you don't like your nemesis because you're supposed to hate him?" I shook my head. He hesitated as if he didn't want to ask the next question, fear for how I might respond. "Do you want another nemesis?" I nodded. He was surprised again.
"Are you positive?" Again I nodded. He then sighed. "Alright, if that is what you want. Although we don't have any other nemeses here for you to fight. I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but if you want to pursue your job as an agent, you're going to have to go live someplace else. My eyes widened. Live someplace else? What about my host family? I doubt I can persuade them to move just because their pet platypus has to fight another nemesis because he doesn't like the one he has now.
"Of course, when you move, you can't live with your family." My eyes widened again. What? He frowned. "I'm sorry Agent P, but if you want another nemesis, this is what you have to do. When you have a job here, you're going to have to make some sacrifices. We taught you that in training, remember?" I nodded. I remembered, but I didn't think it was true. What kind of pet would leave his own family? Monogram must have said something for what he said next was impatient.
"I said, do you understand Agent P?" I looked at him and nodded. I thought about this and grabbed the pencil and notebook. Summer's almost here. Maybe I can take the summer off and hopefully when the boys return to school Monogram will find me a nemesis that best suits me. I wrote all of that down and showed it to him. He read it.
"You want the summer off and see if I have an opening for you when your boys go back to school?" I nodded again. He thought about this.
"Well, I don't know." Please! I begged. I knew this might be a bit childish, but I didn't want to move away from my family. Please, please, please! Monogram sighed. He looked at me again.
"Well, normally I hate doing this, but since it is almost summer…okay." I jumped up and down, excitedly, wanting to hug my boss, and then I stopped, realizing what I was doing. I think I've been around my owners too long, I was acting like a kid. Aw, what the heck. I didn't care. I was going to stay!
"But this is only for the summer." He spoke. "If nothing opens up, you'll have to leave. I nodded, understanding. "Again, are you sure this is what you want?" I nodded. 'Yeah, if it means being with my family.' He sighed.
"Okay Agent P. I release you from your duties." I heard Carl snicker from off screen. Monogram looked annoyed.
"What it is, Carl?" He questioned.
"You said 'duties'." He snickered. Monogram rolled his eyes, "How do you not find that funny?"
"Because Carl, unlike you I'm not immature and don't use sick jokes." Carl stopped laughing and hung his head in shame.
"Sorry sir, it was uncalled for. It'll never happen again."
"It better not."
I was playing fetch with a tennis ball with my owners one afternoon.
"FETCH PERRY!" Phineas shouted, throwing the ball with all his might. It flew to the bushes. I ran after it.
As I put the ball in my mouth and was about to go back, I heard a faint ticking sound. What was that? I went over to where the ticking was getting louder and pulled back the bushes and my eyes widened. It was a bomb! I looked at the time on it and my eyes grew even wider. It had one minute left on it! I spat out the ball and looked at the many wires in it. I was trained in how to deactivate bombs. But it was such a long time ago, that I couldn't remember. What wire do I cut? Was it the blue, green, red or yellow wire? What? I looked at the time again and my eyes grew even wider. Now, I had 15 seconds left! I quickly looked at the wires again and made a quick decision. I really hopes this works. When I bit a random wire with seven seconds to spare, I didn't take any chances. I took the ball in my mouth and ran to my owners.
"Oh, there you are Perry!" Phineas said when he saw me. "I was just about to go check up on you." I ran into him, dropping the ball. "Whoa; what's the matter with you, Perry? You are acting like a bomb is about to go off!" I hugged him tightly, praying that it won't be my last. He hugged me too. "I love you too, pal." I shut my eyes tightly, waiting for the end.
I then opened them as I realized something. Wait a minute; it should've exploded by now unless…I smiled. I did it! I deactivated the bomb! Phineas then put me back on the ground.
"You want another one?" He asked. He threw the ball again and I chased after it. As I ran, I was thinking. Who had put the bomb there? Who would do something like that? I thought of something else, If I wasn't an agent and just an ordinary pet, my owners and me would've been dead…and maybe Candace and Mr. and Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher. I smiled again. It was a good thing I knew what to do. Maybe I should reconsider being an agent over the summer.
As the boys were inside having their supper, I decided to go into my headquarters.
"Good evening, Agent P." Monogram said as soon as he appeared on screen. I was surprised, It's like he expected me to come down here. "So, did you deactivate our fake bomb we planted in your host family's backyard?" My eyes widened. What? Fake? I narrowed my eyes at him. I was so worried over a fake bomb? My boss noticed my expression.
"Sorry Agent P. I know you're mad, but… Carl did it!"
"I did not!" Carl said off screen. He then came on screen. "Stop blaming me for things that aren't true! You did this! You planted a fake bomb in Agent P's backyard because you didn't want him to take the summer off."
"Oh well, you could've stopped me you know." Carl sighed.
"Yeah, I know."
"Well, why didn't you?"
"Because I didn't want Agent P to take time off either."
I thought about this and sighed. I was still mad at them for what they did, but they are right. Me taking off because I didn't like my nemesis wasn't a bright idea. It was selfish. I looked back at them.
"So, what do you say, Agent P?" Monogram asked. "Are you still going to take the summer off?" I shook my head. They both sighed in relief. "So are you saying you're still going to work through the summer and all year long?" I nodded again. They both cheered. Monogram became serious then.
"Do you still want Dr. Doofenshmirtz as your nemesis?" I hesitated. I still didn't want that lame brain for a nemesis, but I didn't want to leave my family either.
"Well, I'm sorry. Then you're going to have to move and leave your family forever because…" I chattered madly. Yeah, yeah, I know! Because there's no other nemesises available. I then looked sad. I didn't want to leave, but I didn't want to leave my job ether.
"Looks like you have some thinking to do, Agent P. We'll leave you to it. You come back tomorrow for your final decision. Monogram over and out!"
"Monogram and Carl over and out!" Carl piped up. Monogram eyed him. Carl was confused.
"What?" He asked. "I didn't want to be left out!" The screen then went blank.
I went off my chair and exited HQ.
I strolled by my owners' room that night and heard Phineas sniffing sadly while looking at a picture. I paused and looked in. What was my owner sad about? I strolled in. I was going to comfort him when he noticed me. He sniffed and wiped away a lone tear.
"Oh, there you are Perry. I want to show you something." I went over to him, wondering what he wanted to show me. He showed me the picture and I looked down at it. There was a picture of my owners. A brown dog was between them and Phineas had his hand over him. I just looked. It was Bucky, their old dog, and the dog before they had me.
"The dog is Bucky." Phineas told me as if he read my mind. He took it away and looked at it. "Remember? I told you about him when we adopted you." I looked at him, wondering what happened to him.
"Bucky went to Kindly Old Man Simmons' farm when he became really sick. Mom said he should live with him for a while because she said some fresh air would do him good and make him well again. It's been over a year since Ferb and I last saw him, Candace too and I'm pretty sure my parents. I wanted to see him, but whenever I ask my parents, they say no. I don't know why." Tears dropped from his cheeks. "I want to see him so badly, but I don't want to disrespect my parents either. I miss him Perry. I really do." I felt bad for him and snuggled close to him. He smiled and petted me. "Bucky must be really sick if Ferb and I haven't seen him for a whole year. But at least you're here to comfort us until he comes back. I know I told you he died, but Mom and Dad would've told us. They wouldn't lie about it. Parents think that we kids can't handle death, but we can. We can't lose hope though. Bucky's alive. He can't be dead, he just can't be!" He then hopped off his bed. "Well, I better get ready for bed." He then left. I leapt off the bed as well and went off. Bucky'll come home, Phineas. He'll come home. I'll miss you Phineas, and your entire family, even Candace. I'll miss you all. I strolled out the door. I then saw Candace in her Ducky MoMo PJs was standing by the door. I didn't get it? Isn't she a little old for Ducky MoMo?
"Poor Phineas and Ferb." She said. "They don't know." I paused and looked at her. What did she mean by that? What do they not know? She sighed. "I know by lying to them and saying that he went to live on 'Kindly Old Man Simmons' farm' is to protect their feelings from the truth." What truth? "It's nicer then saying that he died." My eyes widened. So, Bucky is dead! "I think they should have told them from the start, but at least Bucky really did live on a farm for a month until he, along with Kindly Old Man Simmons really did die, at least living on the farm was the truth. I'm old enough to know what really happened on that farm, but still! I wish Mom and Dad could tell the boys now rather then wait until they're my age." She looked at me and petted me, smiling. "Good thing you're here Perry; so when they finally tell them the news, you'll be here to console their sorrows. That's why we got you. And like the movie All Canines go to Heaven, well, all canines go to heaven." She then realized something. "Wait, why am I talking to myself?" She withdrew her hand from me and looked disgusted. "And, ewww! Why did I just pet Perry?" She then left.
Questions were in my head. Why were Mr. and Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher keeping Bucky's death a secret from the boys? Don't they trust them with the truth? I know how hurt I was when I learned Dad was an agent. Why did Candace know and not them? Well I guess nobody wants to hear about death, especially of a loved one, but still! They're good kids. I think they should know what happened. They will be so heartbroken when they find out. They'll also be furious at them for not telling them. I know I would be if I were Phineas.
I then thought of Doofenshmirtz. I didn't want him as my nemesis as much as he didn't want me, but I also didn't want to leave the boys, not after hearing about their deceased dog.
I knew the pain I felt when I lost my parents. If I leave, they'll think something happened to me. I can't let them think that.
At that instant, my choice had been made. I knew what I had to do. I hurried outside and pulled on one of the branches on the tree outside in agent mode, to unlock my lair.
When I was done, I fetched my notebook and pencil and sat in my chair. I turned on the monitor and wrote something down.
My boss appeared in his robe, yawning. I grinned at him sheepishly, afraid that I might've woken him up.
"Agent P," He began. "I had just gotten to bed when you woke me up." Sorry, but wait, why was he sleeping over there? Didn't he have a house with a wife to go to?
"I suppose you're wondering why I'm sleeping over here instead of my nice, warm bed at my house." I nodded. "Well, Carl suggested sleeping over here so I wouldn't be late getting here in the morning and briefing the other agents about what their nemesises are doing."
"Stop telling him lies!" I heard Carl yell. He came on screen with his own PJs, nightcap and slippers. He also held a teddy bear in his hands. "I did not tell you to sleep here! You suggested it and forced me too. Stop being so childish!"
"Well at least I'm not sleeping with a teddy bear!" Carl gasped and held his bear to his chest.
"You take that back!"
"No! I will only take it back when you stop sleeping with that teddy bear. As if you're seven years old" Carl huffed off. Monogram looked at me again.
"So, have you made your decision Agent P?" He asked me. I nodded and showed him what I've written. He looked at it and smiled. "Good for you Agent P. Danville is glad to have you. I'll let your nemesis know. You can go home now. We'll call you when Dr. D is up to no good. We'll see you in the morning." I saluted, turned off the monitor and took off.
When I got back to the boys' room, they were both asleep in their beds. I smiled and leapt into Phineas' bed. I circled around and rested my head by him.
I then felt a hand on top of me. I opened my eyes and looked up at a smiling Phineas.
"I knew you'd come back, pal." He said. I smiled back. Of course Phineas, I'll always come back to you as long as I can.
Phineas went back to sleep. I did too.
I was awoken by my watch seconds later. I looked at it and turned it on. Monogram, still in his PJs, appeared on the screen.
"Sorry to wake you Agent P." He began. Sure, I woke him. Why not wake me? At least now we're even. "I called Dr. Doofenshmirz and told him that you're going to fight him on a regular basis. He's already doing something and you got to put a stop to it." I yawned. Now? Can't this wait until morning? He noticed that I was still sleepy. "Listen Agent P, you're an agent now. You got to be ready at any time of the day." I stood up on all fours now. He's right. I am an agent! I got to take this job more seriously. "Good luck Agent P. Again, so sorry about waking you." The screen then went blank and I can see the time now. It was 10:00. If I make it home before midnight, I can get at least seven hours of sleep before Phineas and Ferb get up.
I leapt out of my owner's bed and went to the door. I looked at him before I made my departure. Hopefully, he won't wake up and I can get back before he notices I'm gone. I made my departure.
I went to HQ to get my hover car and my hat, and then I was off to D.E.I.
I knocked on the door to Dr. D's apartment (I would've just kicked the door open but because it was late, I didn't want to wake anyone that was sleeping). Seconds later, Dr. D opened it. He was in his PJs, nightcap, and panda bear slippers. He was in the middle of brushing his teeth. I was surprised. Isn't Dr. D supposed be doing something 'evil'? So, why does it look like he's getting ready for bed? He took the toothbrush out of his mouth, as he was about to talk.
"Aw, Perry the Platypus!" He greeted me. "Come in, come in!" I went in. He closed the door behind me. He put the toothbrush back into his mouth and spoke to me. But because he was brushing his teeth, I didn't understand any of it. He then put his index finger up, telling me to wait a minute. He went off.
I looked around, seeing if I could spot an inator. But I couldn't find it. I sat in a chair instead, got out a magazine from one of his bookcases, and read it while I waited.
My nemesis got back a few minutes later, a tape measure in his hand.
"I bet you're wondering why I have a tape measure." I nodded. Also, where is your inator? "And I bet you're also wondering why you don't see an inator anywhere. Well, that's because I don't have one because it's night, so I'm not planning anything evil at the moment." I just looked at him. What? If he doesn't have anything evil planned then why did Monogram call me over here? "I bet you're also wondering why if my nemesis doesn't have anything evil, then why the heck did he call me?" He looked at me and I nodded. Yes, please explain. He showed me the tape measure.
"Since now you're going to fight me on a regular basis, I need to measure you so I know what traps to trap you in. I told Monogram to call you over here. And if Monogram said that I needed you just for some measurements, you might've not come over." I nodded. Yes, I probably wouldn't of, but why so late? Couldn't you wait this until morning?
"I was thinking of waiting until morning, but then I might've had a plan ready and I need time to get a trap ready and I might forget. So, that's why you're here. Now, I don't have to worry about forgetting it because I did it tonight, so I can't forget it because it would've already been done." He proudly pulled on the tape measure. "So, come here so I can take you measurements Perry the Platypus; this would only take a few minutes, then you can go back to dreamland." I went to him and he took my measurements and wrote them down on a piece of paper with his pencil. "Oh, and I talked with my brother. Turns out that he already knew what a platypus sounded like. I acted like a fool, Perry the Platypus." I smiled, poor Doof.
"I'm all done, Perry the Platypus." He said when he was finished. "Now, that wasn't so hard, was it? You were a good little platypus and cooperated. I appriciate that Perry the Platypus. I'll have an inator ready for tomorrow. So, get a bad sleep and I'll see you tomorrow." He led me to the door and I departed.
I grabbed my hover jet from outside in the bushes and flew off.
I crept back into the boys' room, leapt onto Phineas' bed, did my mini circles and lay beside him. I looked at him and smiled.
I couldn't believe I thought about leaving him, Ferb and the entire family and for what, because I didn't think I deserve to fight Doofensmhirtz? Doofenshmirtz may not be like other bad guys, but if it means I get to stay here with the ones that I love, then so be it. I'd rather fight him then another nemesis somewhere else living with a family who might not love me as much as these boys do.
I know I can't be here forever, but until then, I'm not going anywhere. And even when I'm gone, I'll still be there for them in their hearts. I also know that I can never replace Bucky, but I'll try my best to make them happy.
And like all canines go to heaven, I'm sure all platypuses go to heaven too. And with that, I went to sleep next to my loving owner.