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Finding the Right Leverage

In the Second Dimension

"Honey, I'm home!" Heinz hollered, barging into the main office of the O.W.C.A. headquarters with a fleet of Normbots. "Did you miss me?"

No response.

Eye narrowing, Heinz snapped his fingers. His Normbots immediately scoured the building, throwing aside desks and tearing apart cubicles. After ten minutes one Normbot floated back to Heinz. "Area has been investigated. No signs of agents or superior."

"So, they're playing hard to get, eh?" Heinz turned on his heel and stormed for the main computer system. "We'll see about that."

But to his surprise, his hacking abilities could not overcome the firewalls that had been established by one talented Karl Carl. Heinz slammed his fist against the console in frustration. "Alright, so they one-upped me this time. But no matter. The pesky agents are out of the way and I still have free reigns to take over the Tri-State Area."

"Not if the Resistance stops you," a Normbot said cheerfully.

Heinz bristled. The annoying group of adolescents had proven to be worthy opponents. Every malfunction in his computer systems, every destroyed Normbot found in the streets was the cause of the Resistance. And no matter how hard he tried he couldn't discover their identities.

Until he got arrested, that is.

"Those little brats won't mess with me this time," Heinz said firmly. "Especially if I kidnap their precious little Firestorm Girls. You!" Heinz pointed at a cluster of Normbots. "Go and get me the Firestorm Girls."

"Yes sir." They flew off instantly.

Heinz clapped his hands. "And I will recruit General Platyborg. Perhaps this time I will give him a few adjustments so that he will never remember his life as a secret agent." The evil doctor pulled out his own laptop and booted the program that was connected to Platyborg's electronic system.

With flourish, he pressed the button that would override the agent's system and put him back in control.

Zzzzt!

Heinz dropped the laptop in shock as it started to smoke. He managed to catch the bright red warning before the screen fizzled to black.

Cannot override system. Platyborg in complete control over electronic system.

Heinz's eye twitched in fury. "If I ever get my hands on that annoying little intern, he will get a one-trip ticket to the Goozim."

...

The following dawn found the Firestorm Girls striding down the sidewalk. They were the only ones out and about that morning, as the rest of the Tri-State Area was cowering in fear. "So, what do you think Chief will want us to do first?" Adyson asked.

Ginger shrugged. "Probably put a trace on Doofenshmirtz's systems. Baby stuff like that."

"Besides, we can't pull any major missions without having an idea of Doofenshmirtz's plans," Gretchen added. "He's not going to be so easy to overthrow this time around, so-" She suddenly halted in the middle of the sidewalk. The other girls copied her action, sensing that something was wrong.

"We're about to be ambushed," Gretchen muttered. Years of being in the Resistance had given the members sharp instincts. "Get ready for battle."

Just as the words left her mouth a dozen Normbots swooped in from all directions, bearing down on the six girls. They jumped into action, ripping their sashes off of their shoulders and using them as ropes.

"Circle formation!" Gretchen barked. Her friends immediately obeyed. The Normbots hovered around the girls, lasers ready to strike. "Lasso them girls, and don't forget to duck!"

Lasers ricocheted off of mailboxes and lampposts. The girls duck and rolled to avoid the projectiles, all the while using their sashes to entangle the robots. Holly grunted as she snagged one Normbot by the arm and used all her strength to tear it off. The mechanical limb flew into the air and slammed into another Normbot.

"Nice one," Katie called. The blonde used her sash to rip off one of the Normbots' lasers. "Alright girls, hit the deck. It's firepower time."

The other Firestorm Girls dropped to the ground as Katie took out the remaining Normbots. Satisfied, she blew the smoke away from the mouth of the laser cannon. "Piece of cake."

"Time for more practice in constant vigilance," Milly muttered as she brushed the dirt from her uniform.

"What happened?"

The girls looked up as Candace stormed over to them, staff in hand. The redhead had heard the commotion and had come to investigate. "We got ambushed by Doofenshmirtz's lackeys. But we kicked their butts."

Candace regarded the smoking remains of the robots littering the street. "You did a good job, soldiers. But I think I'll keep you all on security watch for the next while. We can't take any risks."

"Whatever you say Chief." Gretchen saluted the teen.

Candace nodded in approval. "Let's head out before Doofenshmirtz sends out another fleet. We've got a lot of planning to do."

...

Heinz sat in his large office chair, fingers pressed together. After the news a Normbot had relayed to him, he had a lot of thinking to do.

The Firestorm Girls had defeated the dozen robots he had sent out to capture them. Platyborg would never be under his control again. The entire O.W.C.A. seemed to disappear off the face of the Earth.

Things were not going quite as he planned.

"I need an edge," Heinz muttered to himself. "Something that will throw the Resistance completely off-guard...and also seal my victory in the First Dimension."

But what? What would give him leverage over both the First Dimension and his dimension?

Heinz shot upwards as a brilliant idea hit him. An evil grin curled across his face.

He recalled two certain boys from the First Dimension that would make perfect leverage.

...

"Does Dr. D really create a new –Inator every day?" Phineas asked as he, Ferb and Perry flew through the skies the following morning for their daily battle with Doofenshmirtz.

Perry nodded, guiding the hang-glider towards the roof of the tall purple building. Phineas gripped the metal bar as they swooped in for a landing. "And are they all odd like the one yesterday?"

The platypus nodded again. Phineas grinned slightly. "He's not really evil, is he?"

Perry could not help but smile. Not entirely. He's definitely an annoyance, and some of his plans can border on evil, but for the most part his plans would only irritate people rather than harm them. He tries, he really does.

The trio touched down on the roof and Perry tossed the hang-glider aside. He motioned for his boys to climb into the airshaft, which would lead directly to Doofenshmirtz's penthouse. Ferb removed the cover and they all climbed inside.

"Isn't this a bit obvious?" Phineas whispered as they wiggled through the narrow metal ducts. "If I were an evil scientist, I would suspect that the air ducts are the first place my nemesis would-"

Before the redhead could finish his sentence a hatch opened up from under the trio, causing them to tumble to the room below. Before they struck the ground ropes shot out and twisted around them. Phineas glanced at Heinz from his upside-down vantage point. "That was a good one."

"I thought so." Heinz smiled proudly. "I like to keep the traps interesting, you know? It continues the flow of evil creativity."

Perry rolled his eyes.

Heinz clapped his hands together and moved towards his latest –Inator, which was the usual green and purple ray, but this one was attached to a hovercraft. "This one is a doozy! I call it, the Lazy-Inator! There's really no backstory this time. I've noticed that when people are tired and lazy, they do a less efficient job in whatever they're doing! So, if I blast Roger with it, he'll do such a terrible job at being mayor that the people of the Tri-State Area will boot him out of office. That means I will take his place, being blood-related and everything."

Phineas blinked. "Uh, we're a democracy, so we actually vote a leader in rather than having one chosen by family relation."

But Heinz was too excited to process what the boy was saying. "Can you imagine, Perry the Platypus? Me, as mayor!"

The platypus frowned as memories of the Second Dimension Doofenshmirtz came rushing back. He didn't really think his Heinz was capable of the evil the Second Dimension Heinz was, but the idea of Heinz as mayor still worried him.

Time to foil his plan. Perry used the laser on his watch to cut through the ropes.

Heinz noticed this and raced over to the Lazy-Inator. "I don't think so!" He hastily slapped a button on the console beside the hovercraft and the windows opened wide, allowing the scientist to blast into the early morning skies. "Woo-hoo! Catch me if you can, Perry the Platypus!"

"We can get out of this," Phineas assured his pet platypus. "Go get him! We'll catch up."

Perry nodded and activated his hat propeller. Phineas watched as Perry went after the evil doctor. "I really want one of those hats."

Ferb managed to slip a hand into his pocket. He grabbed hold of his favourite screwdriver and used it to saw at the ropes.

When you were Phineas and Ferb, you always had some tools handy.

Phineas grinned as his brother freed himself. "Nice one! Now it's my turn."

The green-haired boy untied Phineas' ropes and the two high-fived. "Now let's catch up to Perry and Dr. D!"

The two boys took the elevator to the main floor and raced outside. "Which way do you think they went?" Phineas asked, glancing up and down the street.

"Well, Dr. Doofenshmirtz did say he wanted to hit the mayor with his Lazy-Inator," Ferb said.

"Oh, yeah! To the mayor's office we go!"

The brothers raced down the sidewalk. They were about to pass an alley when a bright green light flashed. Phineas skidded to a stop and backtracked, peering curiously into the alley. "Did you see that?"

Ferb nodded. "Perhaps Perry cornered him down here?"

"It's possible," Phineas agreed. The duo jogged into the alley to investigate.

"Targets located!"

A Normbot popped out from behind a stack of trashcans, red eyes glowing menacingly. Phineas yelped in shock and turned on his heel. "Ferb! We need to book it!"

They didn't get far. The Normbot grabbed the boys by the backs of their shirts. "Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz would like to see you again."

Phineas twisted madly in the robot's grip. "I thought we destroyed these things! And isn't the Second Dimension Dr. D reformed?"

Ferb shrugged, having no answers to his brother's questions. The green portal returned and the Normbot started to fly through it.

Phineas kicked off his shoe and Ferb managed to remove a screw from the Normbot. The brothers hoped that the tiny clues they left behind would be enough for their platypus to realize what had happened to them.

If not, then there was a good chance the brothers would never see their dimension again.