In this chapter, the pandemic is going to spread. More and more pharmacists are going to show up...and it's not going to end well for our protagonists.
They need to get ready...and fast!
Oh, and some of the named characters are going to be infected. Kind of sad, huh? Of course, you're probably expecting that since this is based on Night Of The Living Pharmacists...that episode probably gave you nightmares, I must admit. I figured this would appropriate for Halloween.
Chapter 27: The Nightmare Begins
Happy to visit her babysittees, Kim Possible approached Phineas and Ferb. Perhaps they could fill in with Wade whenever he was absent...though since he was always in his room it probably wouldn't matter whether he was sick or not.
"What are you two doing?" asked Kim.
"Hey!" exclaimed Isabella.
"Sorry..." apologized the cheerleader. She was just curious.
"We used a device to make ourselves rubbery...and we decided to go to Danville!" exclaimed Phineas. It was good to be back at their former home...though part of them thought this was a bad time to head back.
"Alright, but you better get home soon. It just so happens to be nightfall..." pointed out Kim. Pretty soon it would be their bedtime...though to Phineas and Ferb's credit, it wasn't a school night. They had decided to test out their invention during the weekend.
Suddenly, Kim's Kimmunicator went off. She was a bit surprised as she was not expecting a mission tonight, what with several members of her rogues gallery being in prison in all.
"Yes, Wade? What's the sitch?" asked Kim. Personally she was expecting Wade to send her on a mission in the middle of the day...but apparently not this time.
Curious, she noticed that Wade's face was very pale. In fact, it looked like he was about to faint. Had he been watching too many horror movies? She had heard that a movie by the name of Invasion Of The Human Overlords had gotten rather popular lately.
What was the film about again? Oh, that was right. It was about aliens that liked to take people's heads and replace them with their own. They would assume control of the human race once over half of the human population had been successfully conquered by them. For some strange reason there was an obnoxious plumber head in one of the jars that kept yelling "I ain't go no body!" It got on her nerves repeatedly.
Eventually, the laboratory in the film disappeared. Maybe it exploded?
Curious, she decided to listen to Wade. This might be an emergency...like the time where Dr. Drakken built all those Diablo toys. That had been pretty terrifying...though she did admit that those Diablo toys were awfully cute in their base forms.
"Kim, we've got really bad news! There's a pandemic of pharmacists! And it's spreading throughout Danville!" It won't be long before it's completely overrun!" exclaimed Wade. Things just weren't turning out too well for the Tri-State Area.
"What?!" bellowed the cheerleader. She didn't know that being a pharmacist could be contagious. Was this the work of Dr. Doofenshmirtz? It did seem like something that he would do...but since when were Dr. Doofenshmirtz's schemes this successful?
"Don't try to fight them with hand-to-hand combat, Kim! You'll risk getting infected!" bellowed the boy. After all, it did appear to spread by a static discharge.
"Alright..." nodded Kim. Unfortunately, hand-to-hand combat was her speciality...with that thrown out of the window she just might be in trouble...
Sure enough, she could see evil pharmacists out in the distance. Fortunately, it appeared that they had not yet noticed them, as they were busy roaming the streets. However, it appeared that the pandemic was in fact spreading as Wade had said, as they were hunting more victims.
"Lots of me...lots of me...darn this verbal tic." murmured one of the pharmacists.
"Is there any way that we can take on the pharmacists?" asked Phineas. Entering close-range combat with them was clearly out of the question.
"I've done research...since they spread the virus with an electrical shock, perhaps you should try wearing rubber...I would also suggest to try pelting them with water..." suggested Wade.
Ferb nodded. That seemed like a good idea. But they needed to go home before they could come up with a plan to fight the pharmacists. Hopefully they could find a way to counteract the pandemic so that things would turn back to normal. If they didn't, there would eventually be no place left to run, and they would eventually get infected.
"Be careful Kim...according to my research it's only a matter of time before the epidemic spreads to Middleton..." pointed out Wade. If that happened, Middleton could very well fall in the hands of the evil pharmacists as well.
Personally, he wondered if he should lock his door just in case. He hardly ever left his room, anyway...though he did admit that it wasn't healthy.
Kim Possible nodded.
"Fortunately, your supersuit should be able to protect you from the pharmacists...just be careful..." stated the computer nerd.
"Alright...but where's Ron?" asked the cheerleader. She needed to find him before it was too late.
"He should be at Bueno Nacho. I'm not sure about Rufus though..." answered Wade. He was not in Middleton, it seemed. Where was he?
"Where is he? I was under the impression that he would be with Ron..." stated Kim.
"I was under the impression too. I'll try to track his whereabouts...but for now, you need to evacuate Danville...they've already gotten the mayor." said the boy. "In fact, for some strange reason, he appears to be the first victim...I'm not sure why."
Shrugging, Kim decided to evacuate the Tri-State Area along with the boys...and Isabella.
Fortunately, she brought her car, so it was a simple matter of driving away.
Even so, they knew that they would not be safe for long. They needed to prepare themselves accordingly.
Meanwhile at Doofenshmirtz REALLY Evil Incorporated...
"This feels like this has all happened before, I don't know why..." answered Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Dr. Drakken shrugged. This was proving to be quite entertaining. How many pharmacists were there now, anyway? It'd be hard getting an estimate judging from how fast the epidemic was spreading.
"I'm surprised your scheme turned out to be successful." noted Shego.
"Very funny, Shego." answered Dr. Drakken.
Realizing the crisis that was unfolding, Perry the Platypus and Rufus realized that they had to leave. Perhaps it would be best if they tried reuniting with their owners.
Fortunately, Rufus was able to pick the lock with his teeth, thus allowing Perry the Platypus and Rufus the Naked Mole Rat to escape the trap.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Rufus.
Immediately, they evacuated the building while Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Dr. Drakken, and Shego were watching TV.
In the process, they encountered Norm.
"My name is Norm. Having fun watching the outbreak?" asked Norm. Fortunately, since he was a robot, he didn't have to worry about being infected...probably. For some strange reason he completely disappeared off the face of the earth during that episode. Where did he go?
Rufus and Perry shook their heads as they went back to their vehicle.
Immediately, they decided to go tell Major Monogram about the emergency situation.
But as it turned out, he already knew.
"Agent P, you need to leave Danville now! OWCA is being overrun as we speak! My agents are unable to handle the pharmacists! And unfortunately, I'm probably going to be your enemy sooner or later..." noted Major Monogram. That was how the pandemic worked.
"You're the only agent left, Agent P! You're the omega platypus!" exclaimed Carl.
"Hello!" bellowed Rufus.
"Oh...I guess you and Agent R are the only agents left. Sorry about that." apologized Major Monogram's assistant.
"Since you're the only agents left...do your best to protect whoever's still uninfected...it's your duty!" exclaimed Major Monogram.
Suddenly, he let out a yelp of pain.
Curious, he looked down...
...and discovered that the other P had bitten his ankle...and he was infected! Isabella must be so sad.
"Great google moogly!" bellowed Major Monogram.
Inevitably, a labcoat appeared on him and his skin turned paler.
"Give me a hug, Carl!" exclaimed the leader of OWCA.
"Sir, I'm not sure if this the time for t-"
Unfortunately, Carl ended up being infected too once Major Monogram gave him a hug.
"I always wondered what it was like to wear a labcoat..." questioned Carl. Perhaps he could have worn one during the time that Dr. Doofenshmirtz accidentally turned him evil.
Immediately, Perry the Platypus shut off the TV. It was clear what had happened to the Organization Without A Cool Acronym...which were now the Pharmacists Without A Cool Acronym.
"What to do?" questioned Rufus.
Perry scratched his head. Well, his orders still stood. He needed to protect everyone else from the pharmacist pandemic. He just hoped that he didn't end up being infected himself. He and Rufus were the only members left of the OWCA at this point.
Once again, he drove off with his car. Surely there had to be a way to help everyone else.
Meanwhile at OWCA...
As it turned out, the now pharmacized Major Monogram had decided to gather his agents for a meeting.
"Greetings, my fellow agents turned pharmacists! As you know, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Doofenshmirtz, we've been gathering an army of pharmacists. But of course, there are still survivors out there...inevitably, they'll try to find a cure to our condition...I can't say that I approve of that..." noted Major Monogram.
The pharmacized agents nodded.
"I want you to go out there and make some pharmacists! But remember...Agent P is for me..." stated the major.
"And Agent R is for me!" exclaimed Carl.
"Whatever, Carl..." answered Major Monogram.
Immediately, the agents set out to do the bidding of their master.
In Middleton...
"It's good to see that you managed to get my supersuit working again, Wade..." noted Kim as she put her supersuit on. It had really come in handy in saving the world when Dr. Drakken built an army of Evil Diablo toys, at least until Eric the Synthodrone stopped by.
"Yes...just don't let the pharmacists touch your face..." pointed out Wade.
Kim nodded. It was rather unfortunate that the suit didn't cover her face...but apparently she couldn't have everything.
"It's a good thing that we didn't get separated from Isabella this time..." noted Phineas.
Isabella began to blush. She wondered what could have possibly started the pandemic.
Of course, Perry and Rufus already knew this...but they were kind of...busy at the moment.
Unfortunately for them, they did not have a cool hover car that they could use to escape the wrath of the pharmacists. Besides, some of the OWCA agents were capable of flight, so that probably wouldn't do them that much good.
Immediately, Phineas and Ferb put on rubber along with their teammates. Naturally, Phineas was wearing red, Ferb was wearing green, Isabella was wearing pink, Buford was wearing black, and Baljeet was wearing...yellow.
"Are you a yellow-bellied coward?" asked Buford.
"Of course not!" exclaimed Baljeet.
"Boo." said the bully.
"Aah!" screamed the boy.
"Haha!" laughed Buford.
"I thought you were a pharmacist for a second!" bellowed Baljeet.
"Enough...we need to get ready for when the pharmacists show up. And we need to find Kim's boyfriend too!" exclaimed Phineas. Hopefully he wouldn't be wearing a lab coat when they found him.
Immediately, he quickly loaded their water guns so that they could fend them off if the need arose.
Fortunately, it appeared that the evil pharmacists were not in Middleton yet...despite what Wade had claimed. Of course, she knew that they didn't have too much time.
Suddenly, she remembered something important. She needed to warn her family about all this. Wouldn't want them to become evil pharmacists now. That wouldn't be good for anybody...except for maybe the evil pharmacists.
"Tweebs, you're in danger! I need you to evacuate the house while I'm gone! I'm off to find Ron and try to do something about all this nonsense..." stated Kim. This was one serious sitch. It was so the drama.
"Whatever you say, Kim." answered Tim.
"We'll do whatever you say..." stated Jim.
Likewise, Kim went to warn her parents. There was no doubt that they would want to hear about this. Perhaps they could even help her.
"Evil pharmacists? What is up with the world these days?" asked Kim's father. It was bad enough that Dr. Doofenshmirtz was trying to take over Middleton these days. Now he had an army of pharmacists just like him?
Immediately, Kim went to look for Ron. Fortunately, Bueno Nacho was not too far from her house. However, she knew that every second counted. The evil pharmacists could arrive at any moment.
Quickly, she drove her car along with Phineas, Ferb, and their three friends towards Bueno Nacho.
"I'd love to eat here if it weren't such a serious pandemic..." noted Buford.
"They might be willing to give us a discount because of the horrible crisis." acknowledged Baljeet.
Sure enough, Ron was in Bueno Nacho. Apparently, he was not aware of the serious crisis that was about to happen.
"There you are, Ron! We've got an emergency!" exclaimed Kim.
"I'll say! I can't find Rufus!" bellowed Ron. He had tried searching underneath all the tables, but there was no sign of him. Where had he gone?
"That is a problem...but that wasn't what I was going to say. An army of evil pharmacists is going to invade Middleton!" shouted the cheerleader.
"What? You've got to be kidding me..." stated Ron.
Suddenly, Ned exited from the kitchen.
"Hey, Ned. Could you give me another taco? I'm starving! By the way, have you seen Rufus?" asked the teenager. It appeared that he had decided to leave the building without telling him. Did he head back home with his sister and parents?
"Sure I can! By the way, you get a discount if you're wearing a lab coat..." answered Ned.
"A...labcoat?" questioned Ron. That seemed rather odd. Why exactly would Ned want him to wear a labcoat? Was Ned secretly a scientist like Kim's father and Dr. Drakken?
At that very moment, they got a good look at the manager of Bueno Nacho.
Phineas gasped in shock. Ned was clearly one of the infected...and he wouldn't give them tacos without infecting them first.
Sure enough, he was wearing a lab coat.
"This is sick and wrong!" screamed Ron. It appeared that there really was a pharmacist epidemic...and it had already gotten Ned.
"Oh no! The evil pharmacists must be here!" exclaimed Phineas. It appeared that they had not wasted time getting to Middleton, it seemed. At this rate Upperton and Lowerton would fall as well. Even the military could end up being infected.
Unsurprisingly, Ned was beginning to approach them. Apparently, he wanted to make them all evil pharmacists as well, however long that took.
"We need to run, Ron!" bellowed Kim.
"But I'm hungry!" complained Ron. Why did Kim think that he went to visit Bueno Nacho?
"We can eat later! For now, we need to scram!" exclaimed the cheerleader. It seemed doubtful that Ned was the only pharmacist in the area, especially considering how popular Bueno Nacho was.
Immediately, the seven of them left Bueno Nacho so that the pharmacists wouldn't catch them. Sure enough, there appeared to be several of them outside the building.
Hopefully wherever Rufus was, he was safe. Ron was really worried about him at this point. Did he become a pharmacist? He wasn't sure if the contagion worked on animals...though it wouldn't be too surprising.
Meanwhile...
Knowing what had cured the epidemic the last time this has occurred, Perry and Rufus decided to pelt the pharmacists with water balloons.
Fortunately, this seemed to be effective at knocking them out cold, though it appeared that they would need more water if they wanted to cure the pharmacists. Perry was unsure where they could find that much.
Perry was glad that he wasn't alone to take on the evil pharmacists last time. The last time that had happened, he had ultimately ended up getting infected...though to his credit he did last for quite a while, especially with his hang glider.
Now all they needed to do was try to look for survivors.
But where could they possibly be?
Rufus wondered if he should try looking for Ron. He might be caught in the middle of the outbreak.
Sure enough, there appeared to be pharmacists crossing the bridge to Middleton.
Was Ron going to be safe?
"Middleton?" asked Rufus. There was a sign saying "This Way To Middleton" just a few feet away from them.
Perry wondered if he should head there as well. That was where Phineas and Ferb resided. It seemed likely that they were in danger as well. He didn't want anything to befall his owners.
That was why he became a secret agent in fact. He wanted to protect people that he cared about, such as the citizens of Danville.
Well, that and the pet store Phineas and Ferb found Perry happened to be owned by the OWCA. They figured that they could use some time off when they weren't out on missions.
Fortunately, it appeared that Phineas and Ferb were not in Danville, so perhaps they still had time.
Not only that, but Perry had recently included a GPS on his car to help them track their owners down. It also helped with locating Dr. Doofenshmirtz, though admittedly he was usually at Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. Speaking of which, he did think that the new design that he came up with was rather interesting. Now it was pitch-black instead of purple...though the basic structure remained the same.
From there, it should be a simple matter of finding them.
Still, Perry wondered if they would be able to stop the pharmacist pandemic this time. Things were a bit different than before, it seemed.
Immediately, Perry and Rufus went to look for survivors. They would undoubtedly appreciate their help...though they probably weren't expecting help from a platypus and a naked mole rat wearing fedoras.
As they did so, they passed by the factory that Atrosis and Professor Dementor were still using as a hideout.
"I wonder why there are so many people wearing lab coats today..." questioned Atrosis.
Professor Dementor shrugged. Perhaps there was some sort of convention? He had heard of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. and the evil things that they did for a living. Perhaps they would be interested in new recruits.
Suddenly, they heard knocking on the door.
Immediately, one of Professor Dementor's henchmen went to investigate. Who could be knocking at their lair at this time of night? It was about time for him to head back home, anyway.
"Who's there?" asked the lackey.
"Evil pharmacists!" exclaimed the man on the other side.
"Evil what?" inquired the henchman. He had never heard of them.
Quickly, an arm burst through the door and grabbed the unfortunate henchman, causing a lab coat to appear on him.
Immediately, he let the two evil pharmacists in.
"Right this way." said the reforged minion.
Atrosis rapidly noticed what was going on.
"Professor Dementor...you might want to take a look at this..." stated Atrosis.
"Vhat? Did one of my inventions explode?" asked Professor Dementor. Perhaps it was time to get invention insurance from Hench Co. Jack Hench would give him a good deal, he bet.
As it turned out, these two pharmacists were Shaun and Ed.
"Why are we turning other people into pharmacists?" questioned Shaun.
"I don't know...it's kind of fun...and I like this new labcoat." answered Ed. It did fit his size, after all.
"Labcoats are so not me!" exclaimed the blonde pharmacist. Why was he even wearing one?
Unfortunately, it appeared that they were turning Professor Dementor's henchmen into an army...an army of ferocious soldiers.
"My minions! No!" screamed Professor Dementor.
"This isn't good..." answered Atrosis.
Suddenly, Ed grabbed Atrosis.
"Gotcha!" exclaimed Ed.
Atrosis gasped in shock.
However, much to her surprise, the pharmacist's touch had no effect on her, and she did not develop a lab coat.
"Huh. I guess I'm one of the lucky people who are immune to the virus..." suggested Atrosis.
"Darn it! You are so lucky!" exclaimed Ed.
"I wish I were immune to infections like that..." pouted Shaun. It'd be awesome if he never had to visit the doctor.
"Don't we all." answered Atrosis.
"Atrosis! Zis way! Ve have to get out of here before ve end up enslaved to ze pharmacists!" bellowed Professor Dementor.
"I'm with you...though I wonder if I have anything to worry about..." answered Dementor's number two as she followed Professor Dementor into his helicopter.
Immediately, Professor Dementor's helicopter began to leave the factory.
"Darn it! They escaped!" bellowed Shaun.
"At least we got to meet some football players...I'd like to get their autographs!" exclaimed Ed.
"We're not football players..." explained one of Professor Dementor's henchman.
"Darn it! Why are we even here?" questioned Shaun's friend.
"I don't know...maybe we were looking for a video game factory?" suggested Shaun.
"I'd love to play video games once we've transformed all of Danville...and maybe Middleton too." stated Ed.
"Let's go to the arcade!" exclaimed the blonde pharmacist.
Ed nodded. Maybe there would be more people to infect. And if they were lucky, nobody would beat their high scores.
Meanwhile...
"There sure are a lot of pharmacists..." noted Dr. Drakken. Perhaps it would be best if he stayed a good distance away from them. Thankfully, they had not yet noticed the skyscraper, so it appeared that he and Shego were safe.
"I'm just glad that I managed to zap my horrible brother...usually Perry the Platypus stops me from succeeding in that sort of scheme...in fact, he stops all my schemes..." acknowledged Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
As it turned out, Vanessa and Candace were currently hanging out with their friends.
"I wonder if I should invite Jeremy..." stated Candace.
"Funny, I think I see him out the window...oddly enough he appears to be wearing a lab coat..." answered Vanessa.
"I wonder where Candace is? I would love to infect her with the pharmacist virus..." noted Jeremy.
"He sure is acting strange." thought Jeremy's girlfriend.
"I know..." nodded Vanessa.
Curious, she noticed that her sister Suzy was with him. She appeared to be wearing a lab coat as well.
"What is with all these lab coats?" questioned Candace. She was starting to wonder why she was not wearing one.
Suddenly, she spotted her parents, who had decided to go see Jeremy.
"Have you seen Phineas and Ferb? They didn't show up home tonight...and we're worried about them..." stated Linda.
"Those two boys seem to wander off as much as Perry." remarked Lawrence.
"Sorry, we haven't seen them. But we could help you find them. We would love more recruits for our pharmacist army." noted Jeremy.
"Pharmacist army?" questioned Phineas's father.
Suddenly, Jeremy grabbed Lawrence while Suzy grabbed Linda by the ankle, causing them both to become pharmacists as well.
"Let's go hunt them down, shall we?" asked Lawrence.
"Yes, dear. They should be wearing lab coats too..." noted Linda.
"Did you see that?" inquired Candace.
"See what?" asked Vanessa.
"My parents just turned into evil pharmacists!" bellowed the teenage orange-haired girl.
"They did? Oh no. Not this again!" exclaimed Dr. Doofenshmirtz's daughter. It appeared that one of her father's schemes had gone horribly wrong...and now all of Danville was suffering for it.
Personally she wondered if it was in her best interest that her father had decided to bring her here to watch the show. Unfortunately, unlike her father, she was never immune to the pharmacist virus...though admittedly her father probably wouldn't mind if she put on a lab coat. That was what he always wore, after all...at least whenever he was plotting something evil.
"We better go talk to your dad..." stated Candace.
"Stay here and make sure that the pharmacists don't get you, will you?" asked Vanessa. She remembered what happened last time.
Her friends nodded...though unfortunately they weren't very good at survival.
Immediately, Candace and Vanessa went to talk to Heinz Doofenshmirtz, AKA Vanessa's father. Hopefully he would know what to do.
They just hoped that it wasn't too late to stop all of this.
Oh no! OWCA has fallen! And to make matters worse the OWCA agents are looking for survivors to infect...and to add insult to injury Agent P (not the Platypus) was the one that infected Major Monogram. It's sad that the virus is making agents turn traitor, isn't it? Of course, it doesn't really matter since Major Monogram and Carl are pharmacists themselves now. Heh heh.
In the next chapter, well, more people are going to get infected. Sorry about that...situations like this can get rather messy. And they'll probably be characters you like to. Rest assured that they're going to find a cure to the virus eventually...just like they did earlier.
And just to be clear, Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Atrosis aren't going to be infected...they're the lucky ones that are immune to the virus. You probably already know why.