There was nothing in the chest. It was empty. That couldnt be right. There had to be- Wait. There was a piece of paper stuck to the lid! Perry lifted the paper and unfolded it. The was a key in it. He tried the key in the box lock. Nope. It didn't fit. He stuffed the key in his fur pocket and turned his attention to the paper. It was a letter.

Dear future me. It read. If you are reading this, it means that monogram has wiped your memory. I knew this would happen. Take this key to the tree in the back yard and insert it in the lock. The door of the tree will open and a transportation tube will take you to a place only I know about. There you will find a device. Use this device and you will regain your memories. You need them.

Perry.

Wait, Monogram had wiped his memory of something? How had his past self known it would happen? From this letter, it sounded like he really needed to know whatever this memory was about. His mind was frantic. Why would his memory have been wiped anyway? He yawned. This was tiering.

His head throbbed again. Stupid headache. He'd check this place out tomorrow. What he needed now was some sleep.

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All had been quiet. Then, beeeep, beep beeeeep! Perry groaned. He'd just fallen asleep. His headache had kept him up practically all night. That and the fact that he'd found out that his memory had been wiped. He turned over and tried to ignore the noise.

"Agent P!" Monogram demanded. Perry put his fedora on and looked at the major as if to say 'This better had been for a good reason'.

"Dr. Doofensmirtz is doing something evil and you should get to the bottom of it. And your lair monitor isn't working at the moment, just so you know." Really?

That still wasn't a very good reason to wake him up at five in the morning. He went into his lair to get his handglider and then remembered about the key he had found the night before. He'd fight Doofensmirtz first, then he'd come back and see the place that the letter mentioned, and hopefully be all done before breakfast.

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"-So Perry the platypus, remember the time I turned myself into a a platypus? Well I've been thinking. What if I turned you into a human? You would be totally unfamiliar with your human body, and you wouldn't be able to fight me! So that's why I created this! Behold! The human-inator!"

What! He couldn't let Doof turn him into a human! He had to get out of this stupid cage! He grabbed the bars of the cage and pulled. Nope. Didn't work. He could use the new metal cutter that Carl gave him- No he left that in his lair.

"And now Perry the platypus. I shall turn you into a human! Then you will be called Perry the humanpuss- wait, no. That just sounds weird. I'll call you Perry the human!"

"Right, anyway. Watch, Perry the platypus, as I turn you into a human! Like me. Mua ha ha ha!" Doof fired the inator at the platypus.

Perry screamed. It hurt. It really really hurt. He bet Doof didn't realise it hurt this much. It felt familiar though. It felt the same as his dream!

The pain was unbearable now. He felt himself start to lose contiousness. Black dots danced across his vision. He barely heard Doof laughing as he passed out.

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Doof laughed. Now Perry couldn't beat him. He watched as a bright blinding light surrounded Perry's body and then dissapeared leaving a human body in the platypus's place. He was glad he had decided to make the cage bigger. He looked at the boy that lay before him. Perry looked about... mabye 17 or 18? He was probably older. The boy had teal hair and was wearing a white shirt that wasn't buttoned at the top, a loose teal tie, brown pants, a brown jacket, teal shoes and a fedora.

Doof was confused. How had Perry the platypus gotten clothes? It didn't make sense. You can't just grow clothes or something- Anyway, that doesn't matter. He'd defeated his nemesis!

He dragged Perry the human out of the cage and lay him down on the couch as carefully as he could. Perry the human was actually quite heavy.

Doof took his age-finder-inator out of his pocket. He made it ages ago. why he'd made it, he'd never know. He held it above Perry. He waited as the inator beeped. It then showed a number. 26? Perry looked quite small for 26. He was shorter than him. Perry also had some freckles around his nose. They weren't that noticeable.

"Dad?" Vanessa called. Doof forgot she was still here.

"Yes honey?"

"Where are my goth CD's?"

"The're on the shelf beside the couch." He answered. Vanessa walked into the room.

"Uh dad, why is there a boy lying on the couch?"

"It's just Perry the platypus. I turned him human!" Doof said positively.

"What! Did you even consider how he would feel about this!" Vanessa asked, grabbing her CD and storming off angrily. Doof followed her.

"Um... no. But I just thought-" Doof tried to say but Vanessa slammed the door in his face.

"Hey!" That hurt!