Chapter 25 Playing hard to get

Quanktumspirit hiding, "I have an idea for it... Just... Please don't kill me. You will see why."

Back at home, Perry placed the jars on the table and explained to Phineas and Ferb that Heinz made the jam for them.

Phineas and Ferb beamed, as a cover, they just claimed to their parents that they invented this new jam flavor.

But Perry could barely smile back at them, Ferb bent down and picked the Platypus up and walked him into the back garden, Perry looked confused, until suddenly he noticed how warm it was today.

At least 27 degrees Celsius or something like that. Perry had no idea what the boys were up to, but he just didn't want some cheering up.

The Fire sight girls were also there, and Perry then noticed everyone dressed in bathing suits. Ferb and Phineas were filling water balloons up with the tap water, and Perry was plunked in the center of the grass.

"Ok guys, the game is 'Wet the Pet'" Isabella called out.

Perry looked around confused and saw Pinky the Chihuahua (Isabella's pet), Steven the chameleon (Phineas and Ferb's other pet coming round for a visit), were there also.

Before Perry could even speak out, he and his other 'friends' were launched with the water balloons, the animals ducked, dodged and ran around the garden in a panic.

Pinky managed to tackle Perry down, and as the kids changed the game too, swim with the chameleon, Pinky decided to have a chat with Perry.

"Is everything ok, Perry? You look like 7 days of rainy weather, and I don't mean that your fur is now wet from the water balloon fight." Pinky asked Perry.

Perry sighed and hung his head, "It's about... Heinz. He has told me a few days ago that he... that he's..."

Pinky hugged Perry as Perry shook madly, Perry cried for about 2 minutes before facing Pinky again.

"Heinz is dying Pinky. Heinz told me that he is very, very sick with a tumor in his brain, and he only has, from today, 6 days left... And I... I just don't want to lose him. I love him Pinky," Perry explained and cried again.

Pinky hugged Perry hard, "Please calm down, Perry."

"Everything will be ok, Perry. Heinz is probably getting something for his treatment anyway," Ferb suggested.

Pinky froze on the spot, how could Ferb have known what they were talking about? Perry sighed and rubbed his head.

"Pinky, Phineas and Ferb know about the OWCA, they know about me and Heinz, and they have animal translators in their ears to understand us," Perry explained.

Pinky sighed, "Well, as long as you guys don't rat us out, then ok."

Perry chuckled, and Phineas and Ferb gave Pinky the promise.

After that somewhat adventurous game, Perry left in his OWCA burrow. He turned his CCTV camera to Heinz's home, to check what he was doing.

He saw Heinz wasn't alone today. He was sitting at the table with his lawyer and talking about something written on a piece of paper. Perry couldn't see any clear, apart from the names: Vanessa, Charlene and his name, Perry.

'What's he up to?' Perry asked himself confused.

As the document was closed, Perry read on the outside: Will.

'Something I have to know more about.' Perry thought.

He left his hideout and activated the CCTV Cameras around Danville, trying to locate the lawyer.

Perry found him that he was heading to the lawyers' office by Heinz's will. Perry looked around his own CCTV cameras and escaped from his family's home.

In his car, Perry drove down to the office and entered it with no problem. The lawyer blinked as he looked down at the Platypus, Perry sighed and pulled his OWCA badge and hat out, to show he was there on business.

"Ah, you must be Agent Perry the Platypus. Yes, I take it you are here to see what Heinz's last will stipulates, correct?" The lawyer asked.

Perry blinked and nodded his head. He sat opposite of him and waited to see if he was to be told. But the lawyer shook his head.

"Sorry, Perry, you aren't allowed to know. It's Heinz's personal matter and what he has planned no one is to know about until his funeral. Please leave now." The Lawyer stated.

Perry gritted his teeth and tried to snatch Heinz's folder. But the lawyer boxed it in and shooed Perry out of the office.

Perry grinned, 'Well, if he won't show me... I will... 'Sigh' have to go undercover and steal it myself.'

Perry waited until midnight, he crept back out of Phineas and Ferb's home and headed first back to Heinz's home.

Once there, he saw everything was slowly vanishing again. Heinz only had a few small possessions which held little to no meaning.

Perry checked Heinz's desk if there might be a second will, but nothing, just blank blueprints with nothing drawn out on them.

'Well, the will is not here, I'll have to head to the lawyers' office then.' Perry thought.

He quickly headed back out of Heinz's home. Before leaving, however, he walked up to Norm the Giant Robot man. He placed a paw on the sleeping android and felt a little sad that he will sooner or later be nothing more than a rusted pile of trash, and the squirrel will be released back into the wild.

Perry walked outside and flew to the lawyers' office.

As Perry got there, the office was closed. Perry rolled his eyes and shut himself up as he broke into the lawyers' office. All the desks were cleared of any paperwork.

Perry scanned, trying to see if he could find anything to indicate where the files or wills were placed. Instead of finding something small, Perry came across a gigantic vault with a turning handle. Perry turned it around 5 times before it opened to the D surname section.

He looked around the office, making sure he was all alone, then he hurried into the D section and scanned for Doofenshmirtz.

Doacurits, Dofomingus, Doocuringus, Dooesam, Doofenshmirtz there it is.

Perry pulled the file out and scanned through the countless documents. Heinz and Charlene's birth certificate, marriage certificate, immigration document, Vanessa's birth certificate, divorce certificate, alimony certificate and many others.

After about 3 minutes, Perry found Heinz's will. There it was, Perry read over it, and he blinked shocked over what Heinz has written.

1st) His house was to go back to the landlord. (Obviously.)

2nd) His alimony is to be cancelled and every penny he still owns is sent back to Charlean Doofenshmirtz. (Ok)

3rd) His robot is to be given to Perry the Platypus as his new friend and master.

Perry blinked again and again.

'What, Heinz wants me to own Norm the Giant robot man?' Perry asked, surprised. 'Where the hell am I supposed to hide him now?'

That was all that stood on the document. Perry packed them back into the file, packed the file back into the draw and left the safe, while also locking it back in.

Was reading that document really worth breaking and entering? Sadly, no.

Perry raced back home, jumped through his pet flap and raced to his basket.

Phineas and Ferb saw Perry coming home. Quickly Ferb scooped Perry up, he felt Perry's forehead and Perry's entire body was shaking again.

Phineas plugged a heated blanket and the boys wrapped Perry in the sheets, trying to keep him warm.

The warmth of the blanket surrounded Perry. And calmed Perry's mind down, whiles also warming him back up again. But Perry wasn't feeling any better. The days were now getting shorter and shorter for him.

Quanktumspirit emerging: "We good?"