Authors Note: Epilogue next…I can't believe this is over! Well…I WAS rushing to finish it, but I think it turned out nice. Although next chapter you're probably going to want to either throw things at my face orrrrrr cry…maybe. I thought up a hospital name on the spot so if the name is someone else's here on Fanfiction then sorry that the name stuck to my brain. Can't be helped. Brain is boss.

Perry's POV.

I walked down the long hallways of the Danville General Hospital downtown. Carl called an ambulance for my nemesis and he was quickly taken here. The bullet was removed from his chest and he was patched up. He'd be alright and he'd live which was a relief to me. Oddly enough, the room he was put in was the same one that I was registered in just two days ago. Major Monogram tried to force me to go back to the hospital and be on bed rest but I refused. I had to be here with Doofenshmirtz when he woke up and if I stayed in the agency any longer I would have had it out with the major for pulling the trigger in the first place. Everything would have been fine, I would have gotten him out of his trance and everything would have worked out smoothly. At least I hoped that's what would have happened. The thing could have overpowered me for all I knew, but I didn't have a chance to know and now I never would.

I opened the door and quietly stepped inside the room. My nemesis laid in the bed before me, unconscious and unmoving. I made my way over to his side and I sat in the chair next to him. After a few moments of me sitting there studying him, the door opened slightly and Carl peeked his head through.

"He awake yet?" The intern whispered.

I shook my head no. 'Not yet'. He nodded and walked into the room, standing by my side. We both stared at the man before us. His eyes were closed and we both feared for when he woke up, whether his eyes would be turquoise and lively…or dark and soulless. We'll know for sure soon, he's supposed to wake up any second now. While we waited, Carl made conversation.

"The majors mad at us for leaving when there was so much stuff to clean up."

I rolled my eyes. Cleaning was not my main concern right now.

The intern laughed. "Yeah, mine either." He frowned and continued "I don't know…sometimes it all feels so pointless. Is the college credit even worth it?" Carl sighed.

I patted him on the arm reassuringly; the chair gave me some height so I could easily reach.

"Thanks."

I nodded. 'Any time.'

"Hey Agent P, I was wondering-"

We both stopped to return our gazes to Doofenshmirtz who was slowly waking up in front of us. Carl put his finger to his lips and tiptoed out the door, he gave me a thumbs up before leaving. I hesitantly turned my head to look at my nemesis. He was stirring and he looked like he'd open his eyes any second. I looked away and took a deep breath. I heard a moan and I knew he was awake. This was it, the moment of truth. I snapped my head around and was met by a pair of very shocked eyes.

A pair of very shocked turquoise eyes, that is. I sobbed in relief and jumped on the bed, hugging him close. I was so happy to see the Heinz Doofenshmirtz I knew in those eyes. He hugged me back, rubbing my back. I purred happily, nuzzling into his shoulder.

"Perry the Platypus…you did it…" The scientist repeated his sentence from earlier.

I shook my head no.

"What do you mean you didn't do it? If you didn't shoot me, then who did?" Doofenshmirtz gave me a quizzical expression.

I pulled out a note pad and pen from my hat and wrote down on it, handing him the pad when I was done.

Major Monogram.

"Monobrow shot me?!" He said in disbelief as if he never would have suspected it.

I nodded.

"Oh, that jerk! What nerve! He has no right to shoot me! NO RIGHT! …Stupid Major Monobrow…" The doctor muttered.

I smiled at his stupidity and shook my head at the way he was acting. He just found out that someone that wasn't me shot him and he's saying they had no right to do it, like I have all the right in the world! Wait…

Why do you think I have the right to shoot you and the major doesn't?

Doofenshmirtz read my question and then handed it back to me, he shrugged. "Well you're my nemesis, it's your job to stop me and thwart me so I just assumed that you'd take any measure to do it. Even-"

I tugged on his shirt, effectively cutting him off and handed him the note pad again.

I would never take such measures. Not even if I absolutely had to, you saw for yourself didn't you?

"Well yeah but-"

I am perfectly capable of driving a knife into someone that's trying to kill me if I absolutely had to. It'd be a last resort, but I am absolutely NOT capable of doing that to you. Understand?

"Yes, I do."

Good.

He reached up a hand to pet my back, he stopped after a moment "But what if I-"

I put my hand on his lips to silence him and wrote on the paper.

Not even then.

We smiled at each other.

"Thank you Perry the Platypus."

Our moment was interrupted when Carl knocked on the door, using that secret knock we established while in the waiting room. I chatter at him to come in. The door opened and the red head stepped through the door.

"Good to see you're finally awake." The intern smiled and sat on the edge of the bed. "We need to talk."

And they did. The talked about every dream he's had and everything that the evil being had said to him and more. Soon Carl finally came to a conclusion.

"It's simple." The intern told us "The dreams are telling you that you're both going to-"

"Die."

Before anyone could look and see where that voice came from, it was right in front of us. It glared with its dark and soulless eyes. The eyes weren't Doof's either, it was outside of my nemesis body and looking as fierce and evil as ever.

Carl picked me up and carried me all the way to the other side of the room, ignoring my struggling and objections. I wiggled out of his grip and landed in a pose on the floor, a determined look in my eyes.

"I see the platypus has stepped up to the plate once again." It sneered at me. It was a black shadow like being in its own shape and no longer taking the shape of Doofenshmirtz. It had a circular head and pointy teeth, but they didn't look like regular teeth. They blended in with its whole body just like everything else did in a black color. It had a phantom like tail that blended in with the rest of its body. There were two arms and black hands on the thing, each with five black fingers. It also had pointy black spike like hair. It was scary but there was no way I'd be scared of a measly shadow. "Measly you say? Well platypus I am afraid that you are about to eat those words and bite the dust. Farewell animal."

It turned into a simple streak of black as it bounced around the room, knocking into things and making us all duck. The evil being stopped bouncing and straightened its course, coming directly at me. Doofenshmirtz screamed at me to get out of the way or move or something but I couldn't. I didn't have time. I may not have had the time, but Carl did and he jumped right in front of me.

A/N: Epilogue next! Can one of you draw or photoshop or make a picture of 'It' for me? And also, I'm letting you guys come up with a name for 'It'. I know it's a little late in the story to ask but I really wanna see what you guys come up with. You have to have an account so you could PM me for the picture contest...thing.

So be sure to get those reviews in because the Epilogue is already finished and the faster you review, the faster I post it.

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