in this chapter, well, more people are going to become pharmacists. Sorry, but that means Kim and Phineas's group is going to dwindle. This is a crisis of epic proportions. Can you guess whose going to get infected next? Mind you, it's not going to be in the same order as in Night Of The Living Pharmacists...I wanted to be more creative this time. Of course, there are more characters than there were in the special.
And yes, I know that I'm making this fanfic depressing. Sorry if I'm making you cry. But I figured this fanfic could use a change of pace every now and then, if you get what I'm saying.
Chapter 28: A Turn For The Worse
Fortunately for Isabella, she was able to find the Fireside Girls. They were currently held up inside a hut, much like they were before. However, they were not in a mood to sing a song about triangulation this time. Besides, they already had their geometry patches. It seemed only a matter of time before they were infected anyway. That fort of theirs wasn't going to hold forever.
"Who goes there, friend or pharmacist?" asked Katie.
"Friend!" lied a pharmacist.
Katie immediately opened the door, and then closed it when she realized that it was a pharmacist.
"We need a new security system." noted the Fireside girl.
As it turned out, thanks to the efforts of Perry the Platypus and Rufus the Naked Mole Rat, they weren't any pharmacists nearby...other than the lying pharmacist.
Shrugging, he decided to go elsewhere to find potential victims.
"Good find, Isabella!" exclaimed Phineas. Perhaps the Fireside Girls would be able to help them through this.
"Where are the pharmacists though?" asked Isabella. Oddly enough, she thought that she saw a hovercar for a second...though she figured that due to the fear that she was experiencing her eyes were probably playing tricks on her.
"Thank goodness you found us, Isabella. This is awful..." remarked Gretchen.
"I know..." nodded Isabella. And to think it felt like this had all happened before too. She never even got to confess her feelings to Phineas.
"I'm scared..." stated Adyson. Who would have thought that they would end up in a crisis like this? Admittedly the Fireside Girls had gone through tight spots in order to get their patches...but they never thought that things would go this wrong for them.
"We all are. And I have no idea where's Perry!" exclaimed Phineas. He was under the impression that he would be back home by the end of the day...but unfortunately there was no sign of him. Hopefully he was fine. However, he got the feeling that for some strange reason his parents had already gotten infected. Was there anyone in the world that was safe?
"Wade, do you know where any survivors are?" asked Kim.
His answer was not what she was expecting.
"Hey there, Kim! I'm about to cut off the power throughout Middleton!" exclaimed Wade, typing on his computer.
As he cracked the code to the Middleton Power Plant, he began to laugh manically.
Unfortunately, it appeared that the evil pharmacists had managed to catch him. Where exactly did Wade live, anyway? She had never really bothered visiting him in person.
"What? No no no no..." murmured Kim.
Immediately, Wade cut off the power throughout Middleton, making life more difficult for our heroes. How were they going to see their surroundings now?
"The power's gone out? We need that for our inventions!" exclaimed Phineas.
Ferb frowned. That presented a problem indeed.
Reluctantly, she shut off her Kimmunicator. There was no use trying to contact Wade now.
"How was talking with Wade?" asked Ron.
"I'm afraid that the pharmacists got him. Now he's on their side..." noted Kim. She felt rather upset about it, to say the very least. There went their source of information out the window.
"That is sick and wrong!" exclaimed the blonde.
"Everything about this is sick and wrong...this is so the drama." answered the cheerleader. Thank goodness she still had her supersuit.
"I sure hope that there's a way that we can fix this..." noted Phineas.
"There may be. But for now we need to find a place where we'll be safe...I don't think this hut will hold out forever..." answered Kim.
"I suggest that we try to find the source of the epidemic...though for some strange reason I get the feeling I know it already..." questioned Isabella.
"Maybe we could try to figure it out? We need to find patient zero..." remarked Baljeet.
"Patient who?" asked Buford.
"The first victim of the pharmacist pandemic..." answered the boy.
"That makes sense..." noted Isabella.
"We better hurry...whoever our mysterious savior is, they're not going to be able to help us forever..." acknowledged Kim.
Suddenly, they began to hear animal noises.
"The pharmacist virus wouldn't happen to work on animals, would it?" asked Ron.
"Why do you ask?" inquired the cheerleader.
As it turned out, several animals had shown up...and they appeared more aggressive than the regular pharmacists.
Unfortunately, it appeared that the virus did work on animals. Also for some strange reason, they all happened to be wearing fedoras.
"They must be friends of Agent P...poor things." thought Kim Possible.
Speaking of which, she did not seem to find Agent P among them. That was a relief. He was doing his best not to get infected, it seemed.
Immediately, the animals began to attack Phineas, Kim, and their friends. For some strange reason Kim got the feeling that they used to work with Perry and Rufus. Woe the fate that had befallen them now.
Did this mean that OWCA had fallen completely?
At that very moment, a blimp stopped by...a blimp that belonged to Major Monogram and Carl.
"Get out there and look for survivors!" exclaimed Major Monogram, who was now an evil pharmacist.
"Oh wait, you already found some...make sure to infect them for us, will you? We can't rest until the whole town's under our control..." noted Carl.
"I was about to say that, Carl." answered the major.
"Sorry, sir." apologized Major Monogram's assistant turned pharmacist.
Kim began to worry. It appeared than even the OWCA had turned against them now.
Fortunately, it appeared that their costumes were protecting them from being infected by the pharmacized animals. However, they were anything if not persistent.
Immediately, Kim began to use her supersuit to shoot blue energy to knock back the animals. This worked surprisingly well.
Likewise, the water from Phineas and Ferb's water guns appeared to do the trick as well.
Suddenly, Isabella noticed something that alarmed her.
"No! They got Pinky!" bellowed Isabella.
She began to cry.
Wait, why was Pinky wearing a fedora?
Shrugging, Pinky decided to remove it so that his cover wouldn't be blown as an OWCA agent. It probably didn't matter now...but anyways...it was time to infect his former owner.
Phineas began to comfort her.
Unfortunately, it appeared that the epidemic would not stop with simply her pet. Unfortunately, it appeared that the Fireside Girls were being overwhelmed by the former OWCA agents.
Suddenly, Adyson ended up being clawed by Agent B, causing a lab coat to appear on her.
"Curse you, Barry the Bear!" exclaimed Isabella. For some strange reason she felt like saying that.
Unfortunately, the animal pharmacists were infecting the other Fireside Girls as well. Agent O (aka Orville the Owl) pecked Katie on the head, turning her into an evil pharmacist as well.
"I did hear that owls came out at night..." noted Katie as she was infected.
Peter the Panda gave Gretchen a bearhug, causing her to turn into a pharmacist as well.
"I thought you were in Seattle..." questioned Buford. What was he doing in the middle of Middleton?
Peter the Panda shrugged. Perhaps he had decided to visit Middleton so that he could meet the world famous Kim Possible. He couldn't quite remember.
Agent G (aka Gary the Goat) hit Ginger with his horns, causing her to become a pharmacist as well. If only they had rubber protection.
"Why don't you give me a hug, Baljeet?" asked the now evil Ginger.
"No thanks!" exclaimed Baljeet. Sometimes he wondered just how obsessed Ginger was with him.
Agent M (aka Marvin the Monkey) infected Milly next, who was wondering why her friends were getting infected so quickly. They weren't ordinary animals, it seemed. It was as if they were combat specialists.
Last but not least, Holly ended up being infected by Horace the Pig. Oddly enough, he was Agent H instead of Agent P...apparently they figured that people would get him mixed up with Perry the Platypus but not Pinky the Chihuahua.
At this point, Phineas decided that it might be best to run. Enough of them had already gotten infected as it was. Isabella must be heartbroken.
"Run!" exclaimed Phineas.
Immediately, the eight of them began to do so.
Fortunately, at that very moment, Perry the Platypus spotted them.
Quickly, he pressed a button and the hovercar fired a net, trapping the evil pharmacist agents.
Rufus then followed by using his water balloon launcher to knock out the Fireside Girls...who were now Pharmaside girls.
"Yeah!" cheered Rufus.
Perry the Platypus sighed in relief. It appeared that so far they were doing a good job at protecting the uninfected...though he wondered just how long they were going to be able to save them.
"Rufus!" exclaimed Ron.
Rufus immediately gave Ron a wave.
He then left to look for more survivors.
Personally, Ron was rather happy that Rufus and Perry were still not wearing a lab coat...by the looks of it they were trying to prevent others from being infected.
It was too bad that they weren't able to save the Fireside Girls though. Apparently, they couldn't have everything.
Satisfied at his victory, Buford decided to blow the Fireside Girls a raspberry.
This would lead to his undoing.
At that very moment, frustrated at her inability to pharmacize the survivors, Gretchen decided to pull out a lasso.
Immediately, she threw it at Buford, who was still gloating his victory.
"Um, Buford..." said Baljeet.
Suddenly, Buford found himself being grabbed by the lasso.
"Huh?" asked the bully.
Quickly, Gretchen began to drag him towards the pharmacist girls.
"Aah! Baljeet!" screamed the bully as he was taken away.
"Buford!" exclaimed Baljeet.
Unfortunately, it was too late for Buford. The pharmacist girls immediately grabbed his arms.
"Let go!" bellowed the bully.
They then proceeded to infect him, and he sprouted a lab coat.
"Let's go make some more pharmacists!" exclaimed Buford.
Baljeet began to cry. It appeared that it was too late to save him now.
"You're not going to take your clothes off and offer yourself as live bait, are you?" asked Phineas.
"Why would I do that?" inquired Baljeet. That was kind of...weird. And it would make Buford's sacrifice a bit redundant if he ended up wearing a lab coat too.
"We're just going to have to come up with a method to save him..." noted Isabella. Was the water tower back in Danville still operational? It appeared that might have a use for it.
For now, they needed to find a way past the evil pharmacists.
Suddenly, they noticed Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated out in the distance. It appeared that Dr. Doofenshmirtz was using his former headquarters once more.
It seemed a bit of a stretch...but it appeared that he might be able to help them with their plight.
"I think we ought to visit Dr. Doofenshmirtz..." suggested Kim Possible. Fortunately, Danville wasn't too far from where they were.
Reluctantly, Ron agreed to do so.
Meanwhile at Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated...
"Oh look, the Fireside Girls are selling me cookies again...they're simply irresistible." remarked Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
However, something appeared different about the Fireside Girls this time. They were now wearing lab coats. It appeared that they had been infected.
"Sheesh...I end up infecting them with my virus and they're still giving me cookies...oh well. At least now they're baking them with evil instead of love..." answered Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Fortunately, the infected Fireside Girls did not notice Dr. Drakken, Shego, or his lackies inside the room. Otherwise they would have been in danger of becoming pharmacists themselves.
However, there were several of Dr. Drakken's minions outside the building. Dr. Drakken had sent them in case Kim Possible showed up to thwart their evil scheme. Oddly enough, she seemed absent.
"Where is Kim Possible? I hope that something nasty happened to her." remarked Dr. Drakken.
"It appears that she's running late..." acknowledged Shego.
Suddenly, he noticed that some of his henchmen had been infected with the virus.
"Dr. Doofenshmirtz, your pharmacists are infecting my minions!" exclaimed the scientist. He was rather miffed about it, to say the very least. They were supposed to be his loyal followers, not Dr. Doofenshmirtz's.
"Uh-oh!" bellowed Dr. Doofenshmirtz. Unfortunately, he hadn't thought of a cure to the pandemic yet.
"They were kind of...incompetent." acknowledged Shego.
"I just wonder how Vanessa and Candace are doing..." questioned Dr. Doofenshmirtz. He was starting to wonder if he should start protecting them from the pharmacists. He remembered what happened to Perry and Vanessa the last time that this has happened. Perry had become Perry the Pharmapus and Vanessa had become...well, her father.
Afterwards he had offered himself as live bait. Personally he wondered if he should have simply turned on the vortex sprayer himself since he was immune to the virus.
Oddly enough, the water tower that they had used earlier was still on top of the building. Wasn't that nice. Maybe he should try climbing up the tower.
Unfortunately, it appeared that the pharmacists were smart and were guarding the tower to make sure that nobody was cured of the virus. It appeared that they were smart like that. Dr. Doofenshmirtz probably wouldn't be able to get to the top of the tower alone.
"I'm thirsty..." complained Ed.
"We need to guard the tower!" exclaimed Shaun.
"But I want water..." answered the somewhat chubby pharmacist.
"If you drink water, you'll turn back to normal!" pointed out the blonde.
"Sorry..." apologized Ed. Why was that so hard to remember? At least his friend would be able to change him back into a pharmacist if that happened.
Suddenly, Atrosis and Professor Dementor landed their hover car at Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.
Curious, Dr. Drakken wondered what the duo were doing at a place like this.
"What are you two doing here?" asked Dr. Drakken.
"You've got some explaining to do, Dr. Doofenshmirtz!" exclaimed Professor Dementor.
"You turned all of my boss's henchmen into pharmacists!" bellowed Atrosis. What was he supposed to do now?
"Sorry about that. To be honest, I'm not really in control of the situation...even if I'm the one that caused it. On the plus side, I'm completely immune..." remarked Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
"More zan I can say about myself!" bellowed Professor Dementor.
"You're immune to the virus too? What were the chances of that?" asked Atrosis.
"How are you immune to the virus?" inquired the hunchback. It appeared that he and Atrosis were the only ones that weren't in danger of being infected.
"Well, they do seem to let out a static discharge to transfer the virus...and I'm basically made of rubber so..." noted the supervillainess.
"Yeah, that makes sense..." nodded Dr. Doofenshmirtz. Atrosis was so lucky. Vanessa was his daughter and not even she had that luxury.
He was a bit worried about her to be honest. If the Fireside Girls had paid him a visit, perhaps the other pharmacists would eventually enter the building as well.
Perhaps it would be best if he went to go fetch her.
Meanwhile...
"Ribbit..." murmured Newt. He was worried about the growing amount of pharmacists outside Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.
Not only that, but he was worried what would happen once they got inside. He couldn't simply trip them with his tongue like he had done with Gill. That would result in him becoming infected.
"You have a pet frog now?" asked Candace.
"Yeah...I got him from Lake Wannaweep...the scientists said that he was safe to keep so I figured why not." answered Vanessa.
Candace noted that he was a bit similar to Perry the Platypus...though he seemed to be more active than he was. He did seem to not wander far from his bowl of water though. He liked to be moist.
"Ribbit!" exclaimed Newt.
At that very moment, Atrosis knocked on their door.
"Hello?" asked Candace.
"Hey there!" exclaimed Atrosis.
"Who are you?" inquired the long-necked teenage girl.
"She's Atrosis...my dad told me about her. Apparently she works with Professor Dementor...the archrival of his friend Dr. Drakken..." noted Vanessa.
Atrosis stretched out her arm to shake Candace's hand.
"She can also stretch herself pretty far..." acknowledged the teenage girl. It wouldn't be unusual to compare her to a rubber band or taffy.
"How does she do it?" inquired Candace.
"She got exposed to a meteorite apparently." noted Vanessa. She was surprised how that worked. Of course, her father had been struck by meteorites a few times and he hadn't gotten any powers...unless you counted his freakish durability. How else did he keep getting back up from his beatings from Perry the Platypus?
Meanwhile, Monique and Felix decided to pay Dr. Doofenshmirtz a visit.
"Why are we visiting him again?" asked Monique.
"Well, I was hoping that he could repair my wheelchair...the alarm system keeps going off and I don't know why..." answered Felix.
Monique did note that was rather strange. Oddly enough, they had not yet noticed the pharmacist pandemic. They were rather lucky that they were not wearing lab coats, to say the very least.
Personally they wondered where Kim was. Was she out on a mission this late at night? It was about midnight by this point. Her brothers were probably asleep by now...unless they had decided to stay up all night playing video games.
Meanwhile...
"I can't believe that the pharmacists got Buford..." said Baljeet as he went inside Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. He was feeling awfully lonely all of a sudden, even if his other three friends were still not wearing a lab coat.
"I'm afraid that you're going to have to press on without him." answered Phineas.
"Didn't he give you a wedgie last week?" asked Isabella.
"Yes...but I never wanted him to become an evil pharmacist..." noted the young boy.
"I'm sure that we'll find a cure to the pandemic eventually..." stated Ferb. Water seemed to be effective, but they needed lots more if they wanted to put a stop to the epidemic for good.
Still, they were a bit worried about the Fireside Girls. They never thought that they would be their enemy...and judging from how good they were at helping Phineas and Ferb get their projects going...they might be a dangerous threat. And to make matters worse, they had Buford on their side...and he was rather strong for a kid his age.
Meanwhile, Perry the Platypus and Rufus were still driving Perry's hovercar. They probably would have gotten a medal from the OWCA for their efforts by now...if it weren't for the fact that the OWCA was now full of evil pharmacists.
However, Major Monogram was about to throw a wrench in their efforts.
He decided to start by destroying their vehicle.
"Do you have him in your sights, sir?" asked Carl.
"Yes, Carl. I do. Don't distract me." answered Major Monogram.
Immediately, he pressed a button and launched a missile at Perry and Rufus's car.
Unfortunately, it was a direct hit.
"Oh no!" bellowed Rufus.
Unsurprisingly, the hover car spun out of control and it eventually crashed. Perry was rather shocked at the occurrence. If only the OWCA weren't his enemies now. Surely they would be able to repair it.
Luckily, Perry and Rufus were uninjured, as they had remembered to put on their seatbelt.
However, the fact remained that they no longer had their hover car to help protect them from Major Monogram and Carl, who were still hunting them down.
"What to do?" asked the naked mole rat.
Suddenly, Perry remembered that he still had his hang glider from the first time this had happened. Of course, Pinky had destroyed it because he had gotten tired of him flying around the first time he had become an evil pharmacist...but it had been repaired since then.
It would probably be best if he took care to make sure that it wasn't destroyed again.
Immediately, Perry and Rufus grabbed onto the hang glider and began to fly across Danville.
"You can run around me, Agent P, but you can't hide!" exclaimed Major Monogram. He was going to infect Perry eventually. He promised himself that.
"You sure we shouldn't have the OWCA agents take care of him, sir?" asked Carl.
"This is a matter between him and me alone, Carl!" bellowed the major.
"Yes, sir." nodded Major Monogram's assistant. Hopefully without Perry's hovercar Perry and Rufus would be easier to deal with. Still, that hang glider seemed awfully obnoxious.
Personally, he wondered how the OWCA agents were doing. They seemed to be doing their job well judging from all the infected citizens in Danville.
Meanwhile...
"Why are we barricading the house again?" asked Tim.
"I'm not sure..." answered Jim. Why exactly did Kim want them to barricade their house?
Suddenly, Agent B burst down the door.
"Oh, that's why." stated Tim. Perhaps they should have locked it.
Immediately, Agent B sank his teeth into Tim's arm, causing him to become an evil pharmacist.
"Do bears even live in Middleton?" inquired Tim.
Tim then proceeded to turn his brother into a pharmacist as well.
This was then quickly followed by James and Anne Possible.
"Wait, where's Kim? I want to turn her into an evil pharmacist!" exclaimed Tim.
"Yeah, me too!" bellowed Jim. The rest of the Possible family were wearing lab coats well, why not her?
Wait, wasn't Anne wearing a lab coat to begin with? It seemed rather pointless to turn her into an evil pharmacist. Oh well.
Unfortunately, it appeared that she was not at home. Apparently, she was trying to prove that anything was possible for a Possible as usual.
"I guess we're just going to have to look for her..." noted James Possible.
Surely she couldn't have gotten that far, right? Maybe she was at the mall.
Smirking in satisfaction, Agent B realized that his work was done. However, he was a bit worried that Kim Possible would end the pharmacist pandemic. They said that she could do anything.
Perhaps it was in the OWCA's best interest to try to stop her.
Where could she possibly be?
Meanwhile...
Unfortunately for Phineas, Ferb, and their assorted friends (scratch the now infected Buford), the Fireside Girls were now plotting against them.
Quickly, they noticed that they were smart and had barricaded the front entrance. They clearly weren't getting in that way.
"Greetings, my fellow Fireside Girls...and Buford. As you know, Phineas and Ferb are still uninfected. They know what they're going to do today...which is to cure the pharmacist pandemic. It is our sacred duty to prevent that from happening..." explained Gretchen.
"They're going to turn us back to normal! We can't let them do that!" exclaimed Ginger. She hadn't even infected Baljeet yet.
"I want to infect Baljeet!" bellowed Buford.
"Can't I infect him first?" asked Ginger.
"Me! Me!" demanded the bully.
"Enough, you two. You can both grab his arms and infect him together. But for now, we need to think of a plan to infect them before they reach Dr. Doofenshmirtz...who incidentally is immune to the infection. Kind of unfortunate..." acknowledged Gretchen.
"We're going to have to find another way to take care of him, I suppose..." noted Katie. No doubt he would help Phineas and Ferb in their quest to cure Danville and Middleton.
"Maybe we could get in through the window?" asked Milly.
"Maybe, but they would hear us if we tried breaking it..." noted Holly.
Gretchen continued to think of a plan.
Suddenly, Roger Doofenshmirtz stopped by.
"Roger Doofenshmirtz!" exclaimed the Fireside Girls.
"I am so honored to meet you..." remarked Ginger.
"You raised our taxes..." complained Buford.
"Do you need help with something?" inquired the mayor.
"We're trying to get into your brother's building...but unfortunately a bunch of survivors barricaded the front entrance. We're trying to infect them..." explained Gretchen.
"Have you tried using the back entrance?" asked Roger Doofenshmirtz.
"There's a back entrance?" asked Ginger.
Sure enough, there did appear to be a back entrance.
"Huh. I guess we didn't notice it before." acknowledged Gretchen.
"People don't use it much." noted Roger. Perhaps Dr. Doofenshmirtz had only built it recently.
"Thank you!" exclaimed the Fireside Girls as they went towards the back entrance.
As they did so, they began to laugh evilly. They were looking forward to transforming Phineas and all his friends, including his babysitter and her boyfriend.
It was certainly something to look forward to.
Oh dear. Buford, the Fireside Girls, Kim Possible's family, and Wade all got infected. There goes their support out the window. But this arc isn't over yet. There are still uninfected characters left. Of course, that isn't to say that there aren't going to be more infections.