Soli Deo gloria

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Phineas and Ferb.

The person coming out of the pickup was none other than Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. He wore a white shirt, brown pants, and a slick new purple bow tie. Holding onto his jacket which lay over his shoulder, he picked out a package from the back of the truck and said to the truck, "Now, begave, Norm. Remember the last time I left you alone? You got TPed."

"But I looked so pretty in all that white, Dad," Norm said.

"I'm not your father, Norm," Doofenshmirtz hurried to point out. He sighed and walked to the sidewalk. He crossed to the grass and looked around, looking a bit worried.

"Say, where's Perry the Platypus?" he wondered to himself. "Just because it's a holiday doesn't mean that he can miss out on work."

His hand fumbled into his pants pocket and he drew out his cellphone. He pushed a few buttons and when he heard someone pick it up, he said, "Hello? Francis? Yeah, this is Heinz. I'm evil. I have sources. Of course I was able to find your cellphone number! Which is a good thing, 'cause I was wondering, where's Perry the Platypus? Yeah, he knows that he's working today, right? Evil never rests, even on Sunday. Yes, I consider myself evil. No, I'm not comic relief! Anyway, so where's Perry the Platypus? Oh, you sent him over to my place? Oh no, don't you remember? Easter Sunday, I'm at a church. Good grief, man. Yeah, just—just send him over. Thank you, Francis. Of course I can call you that, it is your name. Ta ta!"

While they were talking, Perry was driving over to Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated! He parked it right on the balcony and shot out of it, landing in a battle stance on the ground. He looked around, surprised, to see the rooms empty; messy, dirty even, but empty. He straightened up and scratched his head when he heard his watch start beeping.

He held it up to his face to see Major Monogram driving a car, no doubt on his way to his mother-in-law's house.

"Sorry, Agent P, but it appears that I had forgotten to tell you something—"

"Francis! Watch the road!" Perry knew that that must be Alicia, Monogram's wife.

"I am!" Major Monogram groaned before he turned back to the camera. "Doofenshmirtz isn't at his building. He's at a cute little church. There's a problem, though; your family is at the same building!" An image of Perry's family showed up. Lawrence had finally found a parking spot and was backing in. "You must not let your host family see you, or else your cover could be blown. Good luck, Agent P!"

Agent P! Perry dashed back to his hover car and zoomed off to the church.

He arrived and parked behind some bushes. He hopped out only to see his family walking toward where he was. He instantly dashed behind the bush again.

The five Flynn-Fletchers met up with the Johnsons. Mrs. Johnson wore a dark blue blouse and skirt. Suzy wore a pretty light blue dress, a lovely new hat, and a scowl (she was looking at Candace). Mr. Johnson and Jeremy wore polos and Jeremy a tie.

"Happy Easter, everyone," Linda said and the four adults headed inside the church.

Jeremy said pleasantly, "Well, y'all look nice."

"Oh, thank you," Candace said, clasping her hands. She bent down to Suzy's height and said politely, "Your dress looks nice, Suzy."

Suzy looked Candace over quickly and instantly stuck her hand around Jeremy's. Smirking, she stuck out her tongue and put her other hand on her hip, an Easter basket sitting in the loop.

Candace quickly straightened to her full height and said quietly, "Harsh."

"I hear that there's going to be egg dying after the service," Jeremy said. Candace nodded. She hoped that if he was dying eggs that she wouldn't spill dye on herself and humiliate her public image.

"Yeah, and then there's the egg hunt! Oh, it's going to be great!" Phineas said excitedly, bouncing up and down a little.

"Not trying to be mean or anything, aren't you two"—Jeremy pointed to the two boys—"a little old to be entering an egg hunt?"

Phineas looked at Ferb and smiling, said, "Yes, yes we are."

"Cool, cool. Little Suzy here wants to find the Golden Egg," Jeremy said, raising the hand that Suzy guarded. "She hasn't found it in years past."

"Well, I hope you find it this year," Candace said brightly.

Suzy looked at her with squinted eyes and said darkly, "As do I, Candace, as do I. Come on, Jeremy, I have Sunday school!" Suzy said the last part in her sugary-sweet-Little-Miss-Sunshine voice. "Hurry! Hurry!"

"Coming," Jeremy said patiently. He looked to Candace and said, "Hey, want to go with us while I take Suzy to Sunday school?"

Candace was about to say 'sure' when she saw the look on Suzy's face. She giggled nervously and said, "Nah, you two go on ahead. I'm just going to find Stacy."

"Okay then," and Jeremy and Suzy headed inside, Suzy smirking up a storm.

Candace sighed and looked down to her brothers' both were smiling. "Stop looking at me like that," Candace said, folding her arms. She looked off into the distance and added, "Go find Isabella."

"Um, all right," Phineas said, and he and Ferb turned around to see Isabella, wearing a pretty pink Easter dress and pretty pink hat.

"Hey, Phineas, Ferb. Whatcha doin'?" she asked.

"We were just about to go looking for you," Phineas said. He turned around and said, "Candace, we found her."

"OH. I'm going to go find Stacy," Candace growled as she walked away.

The three watched her leave before they turned to face each other. "She was having a hard time picking clothes this morning," Phineas explained.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Isabella said. At that moment, Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro arrived and said, "Come now, children, the service is about to start."

"Okay," said Phineas and practically everyone headed into the church, that is, most everyone but a certain platypus and a growing worried doctor.

Heinz paced back and forth impatiently. "Oh, great, I hope he shows up. It's so unlike him to be late, well, most of the time; he is late at times," and at that moment Perry, Easter fedora on his head, popped out of the bushes.

Doofenshmirtz clapped his hands together, delighted, and said, "Ahh! Perry the Platypus! I was starting to get worried." He bent to pick up the package that he had gotten from Norm that was lying on the ground. He handed it to Perry and said, "And as it is a holiday, I have a present for you. It'll probably go with your hat."

Perry raised his eyebrows cautiously.

"Don't worry, it's safe. Go—go on," Doofenshmirtz said encouragingly. He looked so excited that Perry just sighed and opened the present. Out bounced a bunny costume that attacked him, forcing himself to wear it. Doofenshmirtz stifled laughter as Perry tried to yank it off, to no avail.

"Ah, you look so cute in that, Perry the Platypus!" Doofenshmirtz said. "Well, now that I've got you trapped, I'll tell you the plan." And he led them to a bench were they both settled down on. "You see, Perry the Platypus, Easter was an okay part of my childhood. We went to the long church service, went home, opened eggs and ate ham. But, each year, at the church, there was always an Easter egg hunt, and like at every other Easter egg hunt, there was a Golden Egg, the biggest, shiniest, most greatest of all the hidden eggs. I was always determined to find it, but, every single year, my brother Roger would always find it. I ignored all the other eggs to focus on finding the Golden Egg, and he always found it first. Mom and Dad were always so happy, 'Roger, my son!' I mean, oy! Roger has ruined my Easter for the last time, for this year, Perry the Platypus, I will find the Golden Egg! Still—still following?"

Perry looked at him with bored and impatient eyes. Always, his nemesis wanted to take over the Tri-State area, be supreme ruler, and now all he wanted to do was find a peculiarly colored egg? Was there even an Inator involved in all this? He sighed and nodded.

"Okay, then. So, the way I will find the Golden Egg is with a SPG system, or as it is apparently called, a GPS system. Yesterday when they were stuffing the Easter eggs for the hunt, I stuck a tracking device into the Golden Egg. Now, all I need to do is wait until they start the hunt, and guess who's going to find it?" he said excitedly. Perry looked back at him, still bored. "Me, me. I-I'm going to find it, Perry the Platypus."

And so they sat there the entire time, waiting for the service to end. Doof did go in with Perry to use the restroom, the drinking fountain, and to listen to his favorite song that they were playing. He also picked up a cup of coffee as they headed out.

The service ended presently and everyone headed out to the church grounds. There was a long, long table covered with newspaper for the dying of the eggs. A little ways away from it was where all the dads congregated to grill the lunch for everyone. All the little children, including Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet headed out to the hunt.

The moms talked and Jeremy and Candace headed to the egg dying table after he took little Suzy to the front line, bunny-lined basket in tow. Mrs. Johnson was busy preparing the egg dyes when the two showed up and she said, "Oh, Jeremy, Candace, can you just put these out? We'll be ready in a minute."

"Okay, Mom. Come on, Candace, we can choose seats next to each other," Jeremy said as he carried away a couple of filled cups. Candace saw Stacy unpack hard-boiled eggs. Her friend gave her a happy thumb's up and Candace giggled as she placed the cups on the table. She sunk herself into a seat next to Jeremy and Mrs. Johnson gave the signal for everyone to start dying eggs.

"You two have fun, now. I'm going to go find Suzy," she said as she passed them.

"Okay. So, Candace," Jeremy said as they surveyed the table, "what color are you going to start with?"

"Um, it doesn't matter. Um, how about yellow so if it gets spilled and lands on me, it'll match my shirt?" Candace suggested.

"Hey, if you're worried about staining, I think Mom knows where some aprons are. I can get her to get one," Jeremy offered.

Candace instantly said, "No, no, I'm fine." She secretly didn't want him to think that she was clumsy enough to get dye on herself. Also combine that with the fact that an apron would look silly and make her look vain, she decided against it. She took the yellow and he took the orange and they both started to dye their eggs.

Back where the Easter egg hunt was about to take place, Doofenshmirtz, giggling, tossed his coffee cup into the trash. Unfortunately, he missed. Perry growled and the doctor said, "So what? I'm evil. It's my job." Perry sighed and followed him as they reached the front lines. Fortunately Phineas and Ferb were at the other end with Isabella. Buford was holding onto Baljeet's collar with a death grip as the nerd held both of their baskets.

"Buford, I didn't know you did Easter egg hunts," Isabella said smoothly as she crossed her arms, smiling. The two stepbrothers turned to Buford who said, "Naw. Jeet here's going to do the hunting. I'm just here for the candy. Especially the chocolate eggs. Man, do I love me some chocolate eggs."

"I can tell," Baljeet sniffed.

Buford began to scold him. Phineas smiled and looked over the rest of the people in line to hunt the eggs. He saw Suzy standing, basket in hand, a firm dangerous glare on her face.

"Hey, Suzy, excited?" he asked her.

Her eyes didn't flicker from the field. "Yes, yes I am."

Buford was still rambling in the background, ". . . and so when I get that Golden Egg—"

Suzy looked at the bully, stretched out menacingly, and yelled, "Hey, you are not the one who's going to find the Golden Egg. I am! GOT IT?"

Buford looked horribly frightened as he nodded and hid behind Baljeet. Isabella and Phineas's eyes widened and Phineas asked Suzy, "Are—are you okay?"

"What?" Suzy said loudly. A second passed before she realized her mistake and said, "Oh." She instantly shrank and her eyes went all innocent. "Sawry. BUBBLES."

Phineas and Isabella looked back at Suzy as she clasped her hands together. Phineas said uncertainly, "O-kay."

Back to Doofenshmirtz and Perry—they had taken their places in line. Unfortunately, they had taken places right next to Danville's mayor and Doof's brother, Roger. He wore a sporting Sunday suit minus the jacket. He had not a basket, so Perry was certain that he was going to only look for the Golden Egg.

"Oh, hello, brother. Lovely day for Easter, isn't it?" Roger said cheerfully.

Heinz scowled and folded his arms. "Yeah, it's also great for an Easter egg hunt."

"Ah, yes, the hunt. Joining again this year, Heinz? You know that you won't be able to find the Golden Egg. It's always been mine," Roger laughed.

Doof didn't look like he wanted to laugh. "As a matter of fact, Roger"—he pointed to his brother objectively—"I will find the Golden Egg this year. I guaran-tee it."

"Oh, going off and cheating to do it, are we, Heinz?" Roger wondered.

"Yep, you better believe it," Doof replied. "I will be the one coming home with the Golden Egg."

"Not if I can say anything about it, brother," Roger pointed out. The two exchanged looks as Mrs. Johnson called out to all participating, "All right, everyone. The hunt's about to start." She stopped at seeing Heinz and Roger and she asked them, "Oh, excuse me. Aren't you two a little old to be joining an Easter egg hunt?"

"Yes, Ma'am, yes we are," Roger replied.

Mrs. Johnson smiled and patted his shoulder. "All right. You two have a good time then." And she walked up to a bench where a horn was. She picked up the horn and called, "Everyone, get ready. Get set, GO!" and she made the horn let out a honking noise.

Phineas, Ferb, and their friends instantly spread out, Phineas saying, "According to the last few years, the Golden Egg is usually over by the pond," and the five headed toward the small pond that was located on the property. Suzy, basket in hand, let out a loud war cry and ran out into the field. The rest of the children headed out slowly, finding and picking up the obvious eggs.

Doofenshmirtz and Doofenshmirtz each grinned to the other, Roger's grin happy and Heinz's grin evil, and the two headed out.

There you go! I hope you liked it and PLEASE, review!