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Ch. 2: In a Platypus' Position
On the Friday before the three day weekend, Phineas and Ferb stopped at their lockers to put away their toolboxes before heading to their next class. After spending the last two days working on their newest invention, they had finally perfected a suit of armor that could withstand any force known to man. They hoped that with their creation they would not have to worry about endangering themselves or their friends, as well as having Candace worry less about their safety.
When they closed their lockers, they discovered that Candace was on the other side of the door glaring judgmentally at her brothers with her hands crossed.
"Hi Candace. Nice entrance." Phineas greeted.
"Alright, what are you two up to?" she questioned.
"Uh nothing yet."
"Yeah right." She scoffed. "You guys have been working all day yesterday on some contraption or whatever."
"So?"
"You know the rules. As long as your creation hasn't disappeared by the mysterious force, I can still bust you, and your inventions don't disappear until you play with it or it's able to be seen by mom."
"To be fair, you never really explained these rules to us. You just say that we're in trouble or busted and just storm off." Ferb responds.
"Don't change the subject. You two are hiding something big and I want to know what it is." Candace ordered.
"Well we were going to show everyone later today, but I guess we could show-" Phineas was cut off when he and Ferb were struck by an energy beam and disappeared right before Candace's eyes. Candace paused before shouting, "You won't get away that easy!"
BRRRRrrING!
"Okay you might get away that easy, but when I have time YOU TWO ARE BUSTED!" Candace shouted.
Phineas and Ferb reappeared inside a cage in one of the classrooms. It took them a moment to realize that they weren't in the hallway anymore.
"Uh Ferb, did you have anything to do with this?" Phineas asked. Ferb replied by shaking his head.
"Ah hah! I've got you know." Dr. Doofenshmirtz announced when he approached their cage. The three of them were equally surprised when they saw each other.
"Hi Dr. D." Phineas waved.
"Yes! I finally captured you thanks to my Capture-inator!" he announced as he motioned to the device. The inator resembled a desk lamp that was pointed at the cage Phineas and Ferb are in. "I was able to use it to target you two and transport you into this cage. Although, it did make a few mistakes the first few times I tried using it." He pointed to three other cages containing things that resembled Phineas and Ferb. The first had Marty the Rabbit Boy and his Musical Blender, the second had Thaddeus and Thor, and the third had a tortilla chip and a monkey wrench.
"Can we go now?" Thaddeus asked angrily.
"Alright, hang on a second." Dr. Doofenshmirtz said. He pressed a button on a remote he had that made the Capture-inator fire at the three cages and teleport the captives away to where they originally were.
"Can we go too?" Phineas asked.
"Sorry boys, no can do. I need you for my newest scheme to take over the Tri-State Area."
"Well Ferb and I are flattered, but I think we'll pass. We like how the Tri-State Area is right now."
Dr. Doofenshmirtz was about to face palm himself but instead replied, "I'm not asking you, I'm forcing you."
"Oh." Phineas realized. "Sorry, I'm not sure how to talk to you as a villain. Normally, we've been working together, aside from our race, Candace's double date, and the incident at the end of the summer."
"Trust me; I'm having trouble doing this too. Normally, I'm used to doing this with Perry the Platypus."
"Before we get off topic, why exactly do you need us?" Ferb asked.
"Huh? Oh right my scheme. You see boys; I overheard your little discussion about building a suit of armor that would make the user invincible. It occurred to me that if I had that kind of power, I could finally defeat Perry the Platypus and prevent him from foiling my schemes ever again." Explained Dr. Doofenshmirtz. "Since I don't have the resources or the money to make my own, I figured I could just steal yours and claim it as mine."
"Isn't that plagiarism?" Phineas asked.
"No of course not. I think. It doesn't really matter; just tell me where the armor is already."
"No."
"What!? What do you mean no?"
"We don't have to tell you anything. Sure you're evil and could try to force us, but you wouldn't hurt us."
"What makes you think I won't?"
"I don't know. Sure you kidnapped us in a cage as part of an ingenious plan for taking over the Tri-State Area, but other than that you seem like a nice guy."
"Really? You think it's ingenious? Wow that's so nice of you to…. oh great, I'm starting to like you guys. How am I supposed to harm you now?"
"Well if you want, we could say something like "You fiend!" or "You'll never get away with this!" or something."
"No that won't work. If anything, it just makes you look more cooperative and helpful. I wouldn't feel right. I may be evil, but I'm not a jerk. I will find a way to get the information out of you somehow."
"Actually, if what you've said about Perry is true, then he'll probably arrive eventually and rescue us before you have the chance."
"We'll see about that."
"I guess we will." There was a brief pause as neither Dr. Doofenshmirtz nor his captives knew what to say. "So where are your students? Aren't you supposed to be teaching them?"
"Mr. President! Mr. President!" shouted the president's assistant as he ran into the office while clutching a box. The president was sitting in a wheeled chair facing away from the door. The assistant placed the box on the president's desk. "Mr. President we have a crisis on our hands." He poured the contents onto the desk which were nothing but marque letters. "We have a shortage on L's and an abundance of 7's."
The President spun his chair around and began rearranging the letter and numbers. When he was finished, it read "Use 7 as L"
"Brilliant! No wonder you're our class president." The young assistant said.
President Pierre shrugged and put the letters and 7's back into the box. Suddenly, his watch communicator began to beep rapidly. The secret agent spun his large chair around and answered it as Major Monogram appeared on the screen.
"Agent P: We have a situation on our hands. It seems that Dr. Doofenshmirtz has actually done something evil enough to be considered a crime. Our intel says that along with his normal inator, he has taken two hostages that go to our school. From what we can tell, they are either Marty the Rabbit Boy and His Musical Blender, a tortilla chip and a monkey wrench, two students named Thaddeus and Thor, or possibly your owners. If it's the first one, get me their autographs. If it's the second, than bring them back to headquarters. I lost my wrench recently and I want to see if it's mine. If it's the last two, than it is imperative that you don't be spotted by your owners or those other kids or else you will be relocated to another family and never see your owners ever again." Major Monogram said.
"Sir, why are you telling him this? He was briefed on this when he first started and you've already reminded him countless times over the summer." Carl reminded off-screen.
"I'm making a point on how important it is to be careful not to be spotted. He would get in big trouble if his owners found out his secret. Well maybe not as bad as telling them his secret and keeping that a secret, but none the less trouble. Anyway, get going and don't get spotted."
Pierre aka Perry turned off his communicator and began to worry about the situation even though his face didn't show it. Perry wasn't worried about his owner's discovering his secret since they already knew it, but he was worried about Major Monogram finding out. Perry hoped that whatever Dr. Doofenshmirtz was planning, Perry could foil it quickly without Major Monogram knowing his secret. He quickly spun his chair around as fast as possible. When the chair came to a stop, he had disappeared.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz was still trying to find a way to get the suit of armor from Phineas and Ferb while the two inventors were still in their cage. Ferb brought out his harmonica and was playing the blues.
Phineas: I'm trapped in a cage.
I feel like a wuss
We're just sittin' and waitin'
For our pet platypus
"Hey! No singing the blues!" shouted Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Phineas and Ferb looked at each other and shrugged. Ferb began to play a more fast-paced happy tune as Phineas tapped rhythmically on the cage's bars. "Well aside from a catchy tune, this has been a total failure. I spend all this time making an inator that can capture anything and I can't even-wait a minute." Dr. Doofenshmirtz realized. He face palmed himself for his stupidity. "Why didn't I do this before. I could just take their device using the inator. Dummkopf!"
He ran to his inator and asked Phineas, "By any chance did you name your armor yet?"
Phineas and Ferb stopped making their music and Phineas responded, "Yeah. We were going to call it the Artificially Intelligent Protection Suit or AIPS for short."
"Hmm, nice name." Heinz commented. He pushed the boys' cage off the platform on the inator and typed the name of their armor on a keyboard on the inator. With a press of a button, the Capture-inator fired a beam at the boys' cage and suddenly a small wristband appeared on the platform. Dr. Doofenshmirtz gazed at the device before picking off the floor. "This is it? This is your fancy armor?"
"Yep. Pretty cool huh? We made it so we could take it anywhere without any heavy lifting." Phineas said.
"You expect me to believe this is your ultimate armor? What am I supposed to do? Just put my arm through it and expect it to work?" Dr. Doofenshmirtz doubtfully inquired. He placed the wristband around his wrist and suddenly it contracted to fit around his wrist. Before Dr. Doofenshmirtz could say a word, his body began to be surrounded by metal coming from the wristband. When it finished assembling, the suit looked similar to Dr. Doofenshmirtz's space suit but jet black but it made him look bigger, stronger, and the helmet had one-way glass so the boys couldn't see Dr. Doofenshmirtz's face. Inside the helmet, holographic screen appeared in front of Dr. Doofenshmirtz's face as he admired the suit.
"Greetings. I am the A.I. for the Artificial Intelligence Protection Suit. I am programmed to eliminate all hazards endangering my user. How may I help you?"
"Wow, this suit is awesome." Dr. Doofenshmirtz said. "I can't wait to test this on-"
Perry!
Perry kicked the door open and jumped into the room. He was surprised to see that not only were his owners in a cage, but there was a big, robotic creature near them. He sneered at the robot and charged right at it. He jumped and tried to kick the monstrosity in the jaw, but it caught Perry by his webbed foot.
"Ah Perry the Platypus, just the monotreme I was looking for." Dr. Doofenshmirtz said. Perry could easily recognize Dr. Doofenshmirtz's voice and assumed either Heinz was in the suit or controlling it from afar. Perry didn't think much about that and was wondering why his owners were in a cage and how Dr. Doofenshmirtz got this suit. "I see you like my indestructible armor. While I would like to take credit for this creation, I must confess this was made by your owners. As you can see, I've trapped them and managed to steal their creation so that I can finally achieve the one thing I could never do: defeat you."
As Heinz laughed, he tossed Perry to the ground but the platypus managed to land on his feet and skids to a halt and went into a fighting pose. Perry grabbed a desk and threw it at Dr. Doofenshmirtz. The mad scientist didn't even flinch as the desk hit him and the desk shattered into pieces without even making a scratch on Dr. Doofenshmirtz. "Nice try, Perry the Platypus, but I won't be beaten that easily. This armor is indestructible and programmed to eliminate all threats. Now I shall be able to best you and finally take over the Tri-State Area!"
"Threat has been detected." The A.I. announced. It targeted Perry and aimed at the animal agent. "Preparing to neutralize threat."
Perry gulped and leapt out of the way of a laser that was shot at him. The laser managed to make a small hole in the doorway the width of a pencil. Perry narrowed his eyes at attacked Dr. Doofenshmirtz. The suit tried blasting Perry but missed each time as Perry leapt at Dr. Doofenshmirtz. The armor was prepared as Perry unleashed a flurry of punches. Dr. Doofenshmirtz was able to block each attack Perry made without breaking a sweat. Perry managed to land a hit on Heinz's head, but it didn't hurt him one bit. If anything, Perry hurt his wrist punching the metal. He backed away as he shook his open hand while his nemesis smiled evilly.
"It looks like I won't be cursing you today, Perry the Platypus." mocked Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Perry knew that his normal attacks weren't going to work and that he needed a new strategy, but first he would have to lure Dr. Doofenshmirtz away from the school to avoid hurting his owners or the other students. Although he didn't want to, Perry had no choice but to retreat. He ran out of the classroom and hoped that Dr. Doofenshmirtz would follow.
"Ha! You can run, but you can't hide. Unless it's a really good hiding place than it may take some time for me to find you." Dr. Doofenshmirtz said.
"Engaging rocket pack." The A.I. said. A pair of rocket emerged on the back of the suit and ignited. Dr. Doofenshmirtz flew after Perry as he yelled, "This is awesome!"
Phineas and Ferb were now alone in Dr. Doofenshmirtz's classroom. In that moment, the two step brothers were afraid for what would happen to Perry along and also guilt-ridden for creating the armor in the first place.
End of Ch. 2
Perry is in for the fight for his life. Will Dr. Doofenshmirtz finally defeat Perry the Platypus? Find out when the season finale concludes on Christmas Day.
That's right folks, I'm going to try and write a chapter with 3,000+ words, not including end credits, in three days. Wish me luck, please review and Happy Holidays.