Disclaimer: I don't own Phineas and Ferb or any elements (i.e. Character, Places, Music, etc.) Disney does, specifically Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and Dan Povenmire or any elements (i.e. Character, Places, Music, etc.) in the Ginga Series, it is owned by Yoshihiro Takahashi.
Author's Note:
The long-awaited Pageant is here, and the next phase of SICO's plan is about to commence. I have been doing two-parters lately… Anyway, enjoy and review.
Previously…
Agent Boris the Bear and other OWCA agents attacked Hannibal's army that invaded Futago Pass in Ohu. However, despite holding fast to defend Gajou, the home of their friends, when Norm arrived as a reinforcement for Hannibal, the balance of the battle tilted in favor of Hannibal, Boris and the other agents had fallen, and Paradise was now seized by SICO.
Meanwhile, Phineas and Ferb had done a historical play based on the reign of Akakabuto, the climax paralleled the mentioned fight. Afterward, Phineas, Perry, and Sheila met up with Valiant for the long-waited rescue mission. Unknown to the three agents, Phineas' siblings followed them. The rescue mission did not turn out to be successful.
Chapter Summary:
The mission went horribly wrong, only Phineas and Perry can continue with the mission. The evil scientists compete for the leadership position of LOVEMUFFIN.
Chapter 12: Valiant Phineas Part 1 of 2
Phineas' P.O.V.:
I woke up from our totaled hovercraft as it smoked, and I heard Valiant barking for us, "Phineas, Sheila!" I am rubbing my head, it feels sore, checking myself for more injuries, pushing myself off the deployed airbags, thank goodness for airbags, I could have died without them. I must have been grazed by glass shards, because I noticed some blood spots on the bag, and felt wetness on my head as I saw some blood when I moved my paw from my head. I begin looking at my surroundings. I noticed Sheila stirring as she woke, I checked her as I chittered, "Are you okay, Sheila?" she nodded, barking "I am..." and she checked me, "Are you okay, Phineas?" she checked under my fur, "Phineas, you have a minor cut." I flinched when she touched the sore spot as I replied, "At least, it won't be another scar, but after we get back from the mission, we should check for any serious internal injuries. You never know if there is an unknown potentially fatal injury sustained from an accident like this, well not exactly like this with the swapping with chickens, but you know what I mean." We saw Valiant walking towards us with a limp, favoring his right hindleg, and we got out of the vehicle to check him, he barked, "I'm fine." We checked his right leg, and he winced, Sheila barked, "You don't act fine." Valiant turned to her and replied with determination, "It's just a sprain, Sheila." We felt doubtful but accepted, but Gin barked, "You're not fit to fight in this state." Valiant sighed, Sheila reassured him barking, "We'll rescue your father and my brother, don't worry." I can hear her tone betraying her as I sense worry as she says that.
And then I noticed Perry wasn't around here and neither was Valiant's pack, I was worried, scared even, because he was in the hovercraft with us, and being thrown from a crashed vehicle has a high chance of fatality. I felt my heart race, beating against my chest, and I could hear it beating in my ear, I chittered my classic question in a more worried, scared tone, "Where's Perry?" Valiant ran towards the busted gate and answered, "He's alright." Signaled towards a silo, with a window and door that looked like it was forced open from the inside, which was better than being forced open from the outside because that means the feed absorbed the impact when he was thrown in, landed in it, and figured kicked the door open. Valiant continued, "I had Kevin carried him towards the woods." And Sheila barked, "Where's the others?" Valiant replied, "Jeremy communicated with us through Perry's watch that the others ended up at another chicken farm a few miles down." Valiant continued to the gate, Sheila got all four and went under him to carry him on her back. Valiant looked at her and barked, "Sheila, I'm alright." Sheila looked up at him and replied, "You're favoring your leg, Valiant." And turned to the gate, and Gin came up to me and carried me like a pup, Sheila asked, "Where are they now? Where do we meet up?" as we noticed a commotion coming from the house nearby, Gin replied leading the way, "They will be waiting for us at the woodlands between the farms." There was stirring at the house. "Hurry!" We nodded and the two carrying us started to run towards the group of trees as we saw another farm in the distance and a group of dogs coming from it. I sure do hope we don't get blamed. Only a few days ago I just got off from being blamed for horrific crimes committed by my clones, we don't need to get blamed for the chickens going missing. I heard the farmer yelling, "WHO CRASHED THEIR CAR AND LET MY CHICKENS OUT?!" This mission did not turn out as well as we hoped, a bad start and a bad outcome. I can't believe our covers have been blown.
Earlier that night…
Ferb's P.O.V.:
Candace and I were following Phineas, Perry, and Sheila. They were running on their hind legs… Phineas, I get it, but Perry and Sheila? And they were also wearing fedoras. What's going on? We saw Sheila pull out a remote and summon a hovercar, Candace whispered, "Sheila drives a car?" they turned around and we hid behind a vending machine, as much as we wanted to confront them now, we were curious about where they are going. The three shrugged and got into the hovercar and started to head back to the stadium. Candace and I rented some bikes and followed them. We made our way to the parking lot and Candace exclaimed, "Hey, look. Jeremy!" I looked at her as if to ask why Jeremy Johnson was here, too. She read my expression and answered, "I mean Nicolette's dog, Jeremy the German Sheperd." As I turned and saw the dog, standing on his hind legs, wearing a Fedora, Candace took a picture of the four animals as a… secret entrance opened… "And send." Candace exclaimed, "I've just texted Nicolette that I found her dog." We noticed the entrance started to close and we paddled our way inside as Candace asked, "Are Phineas, Perry, Sheila, and Jeremy some sort of secret agents or something?" when we got in just as it closed, we put our bike down and I answered, "I don't know, but Phineas has some explaining to do." We followed the four through the tunnels, and we hid behind pillars. We took out our animal translators and put them on.
I heard a young Akita bark eagerly, "They're here!" and saw a large group of dogs meeting up with Phineas, Perry, and Sheila, as Phineas greeted the three of them, waving, "Hey, Valiant, Kyoushiro!" The two dogs named Valiant, and Kyoushiro, came up, and greeted them back, "Konbanwa." Valiant turned to me to the older Akita, as the dog barked "Great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, this is Phineas." An even older dog with three scars on his head walked up to them, "Glad to meet you. I'm Gin." the first introduced himself to Phineas, "I'm Weed, Valiant told me how brave you all were against Liam." Gin began sniffing him, Phineas awkwardly holding his limbs up and chittering, "Oh, hey… hi?" he stopped and apologized, "Sorry, thought your scent was familiar." Phineas looked at him. Gin looked at a white fur Saluki and barked, "Cross, I need to talk with you." She nodded as she followed him, and she replied, "Okay, Gin." I heard Perry chittered, "Okay… anyways, we should get to know each other. Everyone this is Phineas the Badger." Phineas waved at the group of dogs, "Hey, everyone. I am Agent Phineas the Badger." Gesturing to himself, "I'm an agent from OWCA. I guess you guys already know Perry." As the others introduced themselves to Phineas, Candace whispered, "OWCA? Agent?" I put my hand on Candace as she was about to go to Phineas to inquire about Phineas, she turned to me, she asked, "You think we should observe first?" I nodded. She sighed, Perry chittered, "Okay, let's discuss the mission. To recap the situation, evil scientists are transporting your Leader, Echo, and Sheila's brother, Hawk, to the Stadium. And to keep unwanted attention away from us as we attempt to rescue them…" Perry revealed his watch which displayed a hologram with the city map with areas covered in red, "OWCA had closed off these areas. When they arrive at the parking lot, Phineas, Sheila, Jeremy, and I are going to use the hovercar to pursue them. When we get close, I will open the van back doors, and with Jeremy's help, will transfer the two to our hovercar." He turned off the hologram.
Perry gestured to Phineas while looking at the Dalmatian, and continued, "Thanks to Ace's intel, Phineas will confront his Nemesis, Doctor Heisuke Locogisu, and arrest him, so he does not make it to the competition for the leadership of LOVEMUFFIN." An American Setter asked the question that's surely on our minds, "LOVEMUFFIN?" Jeremy turned to him and answered, "It stands for 'League Of Villainous Evildoers Maniacally United For Frightening Investments in Naughtiness.'" Weed barked, "Yeah, the guy who came up with that name didn't realize the acronym before committing to it." A Kei Dog barked looking at Weed and back at Perry, "That is some poor planning skills." Perry chuckled as he replied, "That's Doofenshmirtz for you. Anyways, if Locogisu is prevented from becoming leader of LOVEMUFFIN, then that will deliver a massive blow to SICO's plans and cripple their operations." Weed came up to Phineas and barked, "Okay, Phineas. Once Echo and Hawk are rescued, the rest of this operation will be dependent entirely on you, and Perry." Phineas rubbed the back of his head, curling his tail, kicking the air, "No pressure, though." And straightened up as he chittered, "Not the first time the fate of the world all came to me, and Perry. When the Second Dimension Doofenshmirtz invaded my Danville last summer, it all came down to me and making a homerun to destroy his satellite dish controlling those Normbots." Candace nearly slipped from behind the pillar, and I caught her as she whispered, "What I don't remember that?" I turned to look up at her and replied, "Well, it does sound really familiar." Perry looked at his watch and chittered, "Okay, it's time.", Valiant turned to him and nodded, "Okay, let's get into position." The dogs nodded.
As they got ready, I nodded and said, "Okay, let's confront Phineas." We ran out from behind the pillar and Candace immediately yelled, "Phineas! What are you doing?!" Phineas all tensed up, as did Perry, and Sheila as the three and the dogs turned to us with surprise, Kyoushiro the white Kishu dog covered in scars barked, "What the (BEEP) are you doing here?!" Yeah, our animal translator has a language filter. Although didn't expect that feature to be triggered. Phineas turned to him and chittered as he raised his foreleg, "Hey! Language, bro!" Kyoushiro rolled his eyes, as Candace came up to the Kishu, "Hey, I asked Phineas first!" Kyoushiro barked at her, "Go the (BEEP) back to the hotel!" Phineas ran between his sister and Kyoushiro, keckered at the dog, "Yo, man! Don't swear at my sister!" I can hear the infamous angry tone in his voice, I think it is not just Kyoushiro cursing at us, but also the fact we followed him and discovered he's a secret agent. Kyoushiro turned to him and growled, "The (BEEP) Phineas?!" and hunched over at him, "They are in your (BEEP)ing business, Phineas!" Phineas rubbing the bridge of his muzzle, "I know, I know, Kyoushiro."
I came up to Phineas, as it was my turn to say something, "Phineas, you're a secret agent!?" Phineas dropped his paws back to his side, lowered his head, and replied, "…Yes… ever since that one time when I was put in the 'special program' before being sent to OWCA animal shelter." Candace then stepped around the Kishu to get closer and yelled at him, "AND YOU DIDN'T TELL US?!" Phineas winced, ears pulled back, tail more tense, fur on his back stood up, and retorted in an angry tone again, "BECAUSE I WOULD HAD BEEN RELOCATED, JUST LIKE PERRY, SHEILA, AND I WILL BE AFTER THIS MISSION!" Relocated? Phineas read the question on my face. Phineas pulled out a pamphlet crunched it to make it throwable and tossed it at us, "Take my (BEEP)ing pamphlet!" Candace, Perry, Sheila, and I with everyone else here were shocked, there was an awkward moment of silence as was Phineas as he widened his eyes realizing he swore, cupping his mouth, Sheila turned to him and barked with shock, "Phineas!" Perry darted a look at the Kishu, folded his forelegs, and chittered, "Kyoushiro! Your potty mouth rubbed off on Phineas!" That would happen when someone who normally doesn't curse hangs around a foul-mouthed literal dog too long. Kyoushiro teased, "Ha! Now who should watch their language?" Phineas cupped his face in his paws, ears, and tail dropping, as the shock subsided Candace pulled out her phone, 'I'm telling mom about this…" and looked up from her phone, at Phineas, "… and also about your language, buster." And then Valiant came up to us and barked, "Okay, we don't have time for this. We can sort this whole thing out afterward. Let's get this mission going." And I picked up Phineas by the scuff of the neck as he chittered, "Ferb!" as Candace exclaimed, "You're not going to go on this mission, mister." Phineas kicked around trying to pry himself free. As Candace exclaimed, "Why isn't she picking up!"
Perry came up to us, "Let him go. We need Phineas on this." I sighed and relented as I lowered Phineas back to the ground, I looked at Jeremy who barked, "We talk about this later." I replied, "We know your secret now, you can just go." As I said those words, I felt a sense of déjà vu, like I heard those words before. Phineas before going with Perry, Sheila, Jeremy, and Valiant, looked at us with a downcast expression and went to the passageway to the parking lot.
I walk away
I walk away
From you my friend
I hope that this
Is not the end
Of all the times we figured out
How to seize the day
And I walk away
…
Ooh...
I picked up the pamphlet and opened it, I turned to Candace, and told her, "According to this if the host family (or family) discovered the agents' secret identity, we'll have to get our memories erased via the Amnesia-inator or agent(s) would have to be relocated. The Amnesia-inator is less effective on the second use, as any verbal stimuli may nullify the effects. Any other affected memory may be ineffective on the third use of any individual. And there is an addendum: Due to Mayor Roger Doofensmirtz's recent regulation on memory-erasing devices, the red tape has caused this option to be unavailable. The only available option is relocation."
Back to the present…
We decided to retrieve the bikes, ride them back to where the other dogs went, and follow them. We paddled faster to catch up when the hovercar was chasing a van, until suddenly, they were all turned into chickens, and then I called our friends… and Irving over to help us find which chicken was Phineas, Perry, Sheila, and Jeremy.
Phineas' P.O.V.:
Once we made it to the woodlands, to meet up with the group, again, Sheila put Valiant down, and Gin put me down, I sat down, holding my knees, tail curled in front of me, our cover was blown, miles away from where we were supposed to be. What a way to end the night, failing the rescue mission. I heard Kyoushiro curse, not that I can say anything about it now, not in the mood anyway, and he barked, "That was close… at least Jeremy had smoke screens on him." Guretora looked at him, "The stray dog hunting might have been reinstated." Valiant limped up to them and barked, "Is everyone alright? No injuries?" Dein then came up to him with concern looking at the leg the Akita is favoring, "We are." Gure added, "But we should be the ones asking you that." As I rest my chin on my arms, I see Valiant turn to Gure and reply, "It is a sprain, I am fine." As Perry walked up to me and sat, putting a comforting paw on me as I sadly looked up at him. Kevin noticed my downcast mood, very unusual for me, he asked, "Is Phineas okay?" Kagetora answered, "His cover has been blown, he will have to be torn away from his real family, what do you expect Kevin?" Kevin turned to me and barked, "Oh, right." As Valiant came up to me, and sat on my other side I chittered, "I'll be honest, Perry, Valiant. I am having a hard time putting a positive spin on this." I lower my legs, putting my paws at my side, "I mean, one moment my friends and I did a grand historical play reenacting your history, and the next getting my cover blown and being swapped with chickens." Valiant nudged me as he barked, "Sorry about your cover, Phineas. But you got to pull it together, we still have a mission." I looked up at the young leader and he was right, the mission was not over yet, so I nodded and stood up.
Perry jumped up on his legs and chittered, "But what are we going to do?" We all were thinking, brainstorming, trying to figure out our next case of action, Perry facepalmed himself, and chittered, "There is an emergency jet cycle fit for two in a hovercar!" Perry pressed his watch.
General P.O.V.:
An angry farmer was standing at the wrecked vehicle that crashed through the gate and was covered with rubble from the chicken coop while on his phone with the farm insurance, "Yeah! Some dweeb crashed their car into a farm…! No, I have not seen the person! They had run away after they crashed!" Then he noticed the trunk door open, saw and motorcycle pop out, and drove away, "What is this? Some sort of self-driving motorcycle popped out of the trunk!... I'm serious…" the farmer checked for the license plate on the hover car.
Perry's P.O.V.:
Valiant sat down with the others as he barked, "Okay when the hovercycle arrives, you and Phineas will go ahead while we catch up." Phineas came up and chittered, "Okay, you can count on us, Valiant..." we noticed the hovercycle arrived as I got in the front and Phineas sat on the passenger's seat, and he chittered, "We'll do what we can to save your dad and Sheila's brother." Valiant nodded as I drove. Sheila looking at the size of the cycle, "If it was bigger, I would have come, too." Sheila folded her forelegs as she continued, "So, I will be counting on you two." I nodded, replying, "Don't worry Sheila. We will save them and stop Locogisu." Sheila barked, "Thanks, Perry. Thanks, Phineas." As we rode off Kevin barked off with me looking over my shoulder, "Good luck you two!" I turned to look forward again, Strider added, "Do your mission, well." We then make our way back to the stadium.
Doofenshmirtz's P.O.V.:
We arrived at the stadium, again. I know Perry the Platypus was my nemesis, but while the others were laughing and Locogisu reveling in the fact that some farmers were going to think Phineas the Badger, Perry the Platypus, Sheila the Gerbersian Wolfhound, Jeremy the German Sheperd, and the dogs that they were with ate the chickens, I have mix feelings about this. I wanted Perry the Platypus to witness me becoming the new and true ruler of LOVEMUFFIN, it wouldn't feel the same without him. Look, I know I tried to eradicate him a few times, and I did pull the trigger, swapping him and others with chickens. I haven't felt this empty since I thought I vaporized him when I detonated the Bug-Eye-Bot, but somehow, he was okay… maybe he might be okay and got away before some angry farmer shot him thinking he had something to do with the chickens going missing, which in a way he did, but that was because of me.
Isabella's P.O.V.:
When Ferb called and told us that he and Candace discovered that Phineas was a secret agent and while on his mission he got turned in a chicken, along with Perry, Thomas's dog Sheila, Nicolette Johnson's missing dog, Jeremy, I was surprised. Along with the rest of the gang left the hotel with the animal translators to meet up with him. I saw Candace sorting through the chicken, saying "Which one of you are Phineas, Perry, Sheila, or Jeremy." Ferb was looking for them, too as he added "And which one of you are Kyoushiro? Because apparently, his foulmouthed habit rubbed off on Phineas." I came up to them and said, "Okay, I'm here… I can't believe that Phineas kept the fact that he is a secret agent from us…" specifically kept the secret from me. Buford added folding his arms, "Yeah… but for Perry, it was obvious in retrospect." We look through the chickens.
Then I looked at Ferb with more surprise, "Wait, Ferb, what did you say about Kyoushiro's foulmouthed habit rubbing off on Phineas?" Candace while looking for Phineas and the pets among the chickens replied, "Just that. He tossed a pamphlet at us and said, 'Take my beeping pamphlet!' Only, he didn't say 'beeping' that was the animal translator censoring another word, possibly that word." I cupped my hands, and the gang gasped and exclaimed, "So Phineas, the Phineas Flynn swore, he cussed?" they nodded. Regardless, we sorted for the chicken, and as we asked which were the ones we were looking for, they answered "No…" each time.
I looked at the herd of chickens, and asked, "Which one of you are Phineas? Where did he go?" the chicken all clucked, "None of us are Phineas, Perry, Sheila, or Jeremy!" another clucked, "We don't even know where we are! One moment, we were relaxing, another we were here." Baljeet pointed at the chicken, then asked, "Are you saying you were teleported here?" And Buford then leans and corrects, "Clucking." Baljeet let out an exasperated sigh replying "Whatever… do you think they might be swapped?" we all looked at his question. Thinking back at the time we confronted Super-Super Big Doctor, and her mind-controlling plant called Mama, I asked, "You mean the Chicken-Replace-Inator?" Ferb's expression says apparently. Was Doofenshmirtz an evil scientist? I thought, then we checked the tags, maybe we can call their owners and locate their owners, and by extension, Phineas, Perry, Sheila, Jeremy, and the dogs, especially Kyoushiro, I also need a word with him for rubbing his language on Phineas.
Echo's P.O.V.:
I was lying in the cage next to Hawk and saw Hannibal arrive 20 minutes after Norm did before the Pageant started. We thought he was he to rescue us, Hawk barked, "Great you're here." And Hannibal barked, "Unfortunately for you, I am not here to rescue you. I am here to ensure SICO's plans go off without a hitch." Once, he revealed his true intentions and allegiance, we were shocked, and Hawk growled, "You traitor! You piece of trash…" trying to get up, barely got to as the traitor kicked him back to the ground before regaining his bearings. We glared at Hannibal as he barked, "I trust my cousin Alpheus told you what's come, right?" we bared and snarled at him, "Thought as much, so no need for a monolog. Then just enjoy the show while I keep up appearances." Hannibal evilly grinned as we glared at him, as he the fake cage next to ours.
Perry's P.O.V.:
This mission is not turning out as well as we hope, one major setback after another, covers blown, failed rescue operation, our hovercar crashed after the whole group got swapped with chickens… and not to mention Kyoushiro's foul-mouth rubbed off on Phineas, never expected him to drop the f-bomb like that or at all. As we make our way to the stadium, Phineas chittered in a tone I never thought he would be in, "Perry what are we going to do?" As I looked ahead of me as I drove, and briefly looked over my shoulders seeing him crying in my fur as he held onto me, I turned forward and answered, "Perhaps, our Mayor would come to his senses and allow us to use the Amnesia-inator, so we don't have to be relocated, mainly, so you don't have to be relocated to Gajou. Not there's anything wrong with them." I felt Phineas lifting his head from my fur as he replied, "But even if Roger let us use the Amnesia-inator, it would be ineffective the third use." I sighed and corrected, giving him some sort of hope, "May be ineffective. May... be ineffective Keyword: 'may', meaning there's a chance that it could work." I heard Phineas replied, "Okay, yeah. Hopefully, it will." Seeing our destination in sight I chittered, "Alright, let's focus on our mission, here and now." I looked briefly over my shoulders seeing him nod and put on a brave and determined face, before returning my attention ahead of me.
Once we made our way back to the parking lot, we entered the back entrance doors, and we were under a giant vacuum tube that suck us through tubes as we bounced around the tubes and got squeezed into a bottle, first me then Phineas into another next to mine. As Locogisu walked and said, "I had hope that you got shot and expired by some angry farmer." Heisuke shrugged his shoulders as he continued, "But I figure that you might make your way back." As he picked up Phineas' bottle trap, I could see the look on Phineas' face, one I never thought he gave, it's one that says that he will take out his frustration on the mad scientist badly, as his Nemesis noticed and asked, "Oh, what's that like about, Phineas the Badger?" he placed his head on the bottle and mocked, "Is it because you nearly got blamed for the disappearance of the chickens?" he chuckled and pointed at Doofenshmirtz who was talking with Norm and said, "That was mostly by him." And then he carries Phineas' bottle trap to the front row seats.
As Doofenshmirtz, came to me finished whatever he was talking about with Norm, "Now if you performed as well for me as you did for Locogisu in the Minon Exchange Program, then we will see." Norm replied, "Okay, dad." And my nemesis, "Oh, Perry the Platypus! What a relief seeing you here!" as he picked up my bottle trap holding in front of him, "And by relief, I mean relief. I mean I know I pulled the trigger and swapped you with the chickens, but it would not be the same without you." Heinz looked at where Heisuke went, "And besides, I didn't want to get involved with his scheme, I have my own to work on." And he carried me to the front seats, as he said, "Well, anyways. We'll be starting soon." And place me next to Phineas. We don't have our jetpacks, so we need to figure out our next move, so we can sabotage Heisuke's chances of winning. And the lights on the stage are turned on and the music starts.
LOVEMUFFIN members' Musical sequence: Evil Tonight:
L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.: If you wanna see evil tonight at its best
We're the cruelest of people, put us to the test
If you're looking for heinous and iniquitous acts
Ethics cannot contain us, sit back and relax
One of these cards will be our villainous star
So without further ado, here they are!
Rodney: I'm Rodney and I'm from the great state of South Dakota, home of beautiful Mount Rushmore...for now!
Dr. Locogisu: I'm Doctor Heisuke Locogisu, and I specialize in bio-experiment and Mutation!
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: I'm Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz and I like unicorns and rainbows... Wait who switched my...?
Rodney: Ha Ha!
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Errrr...
Dr. Diminutive: I'm Dr. Diminutive and I don't have a Napoleon complex, Napoleon had a me complex! Don't cross me!
L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.: Of course, the L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N by-laws which govern us all
Say to enter this pageant you must be this tall
So... disqualified!
Dr. Diminutive: I thought that was changed!
L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.: We have lied!
Dr. Diminutive: Why?
L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.: 'Cause we're evil!
Evil!
Evil tonight!
Echo's P.O.V.:
Thinking back at our transfer here, we were extremely worried when we saw the agents vanish as chickens were in their place, I was more worried for Valiant and prayed that he was as fine as the agents were. When I saw Perry and Phineas arrive here, fine, captured but fine. I am hopeful that my son is also okay. He didn't see me, but I saw him through the back door window, with the agents… and I noticed, he had received some training from our allies at OWCA as I saw him standing on his hind legs.
Mark's P.O.V.:
Feeling ashamed of what happened back at the rescue attempt from Valiant's pack and the agents, I still feel the need to help the Leader and Hawk, they need some sort of hydration and nourishment, so I snuck my way to one of the venders and took some food bag with some American based foods, like hot dogs, and flavor snow. I held the bag in my mouth as I went to where Leader and Hawk were being held, but I saw Hannibal, I didn't want him to catch me before I could help. I hid behind the curtains, but then I heard Hannibal's watch beep, he looked at it annoyed, as he barked, "I need to check on something." As he left, he mocked, "Don't go anywhere." After Hannibal left the area, I came up to the once-hovering cage put the bag in it, and pushed it over between the two captives. Echo saw me and groaned, "…Mark." I looked at each of them and quietly barked, "Be very quiet. I can't let them keep treating you in this disgusting way…" Hawk barked, "Thanks." As they licked the flavored snow and ate the food, I turned to Echo and barked, "The guard dogs aren't very organized. While they were eating and the others were distracted by their pageant, I was able to get past." I looked to the backdoor and continued, "There are others too who will help the real Ohu Leaders. They should be here soon. Please have faith in them." As I turned to leave I heard Leader barked, "Mark, wait…!" I turned to look at him, and barked, "Don't blame yourself, Mark. I know you tried to stop the mad scientist from swapping Valiant and others with chickens. If Phineas and Perry are alright, so are the others… so you have faith in them, too." I stared at him and nodded, before I was about to leave, I bumped into Hannibal as he barked, "Mark, Whatcha doin'?" I replied while trying to stay in character, "I just finished telling him that we may be evil, but not uncivilized." Hannibal stared at me, looking annoyed as he replied, "Another lame villain, just like the mad scientists…" he got back into his fake trap as he continued, "… while I still have acted to keep up, you may as well get me some too, Mark." I turned my head, hiding myself and narrowing my eyes.
Phineas' P.O.V.:
Perry and I were sorting through our hats looking for our gear to escape from our respective bottle traps, but as we looked, our hats had nothing in them, we turned to look at each other, as I chittered, "Locogisu must have the bottling device extracted our gears." Perry in his bottle trap replied as we put our fedoras back on, "Well, that's no good." We heard the Pageant Announcer begin speaking, "Welcome to the Second Annual L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. Pageant of Evil, where these three gentlemen will vie for the chance to tell you what's what!" as he presented the audience the three contestants, Doofenshmirtz, Rodney, and the detestable scientist, Locogisu, who's face, I will take all my frustration out on. I know that is not typical of me, not usual of me, but my cover's blown, I am going to be ripped away from my family, and I will have to leave my old life behind, possibly my future when I live as a human. I am too well known to be assigned to a host family, so I would have to be relocated to the wilds. Possibly relocated to be with OWCA's allies, the Ohu… as much as they are our friends, I would want to be with my real family. Seeing that would probably not happen, because Mayor Doofenshmirtz red-tapping memory erasure to all heck, staying with my family won't be visible, and the fact I won't be able to pursue my future goals when I am older. This is usually something Baljeet is worried about, but now I am worrying about this.
Even if the mayor comes to his senses and allows us to the Amnesia-Inator, it may not work on the third use after the whole SICO Arc is done and over with. Because my life will forever change, I would take it out on Locogisu's face. I am sure the Ohu elder, Weed, the current active leader, Valiant, and especially, Perry won't approve of me doing that. But like I said, I have trouble putting any positive spin on any of this. Feeling this way is very unusual for me, never felt this way before. The Host continues walking up to the three, "In addition to gaining total control of the iron hand of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N., our contestants will each receive a commemorative flashlight from Lackbuster, no these aren't no ordinary flashlights." I sat down and sighed, then my wristwatch communicator beeped, and I looked at it as CSM Weaver appeared, "Max is currently working on a program that will induce a hypersonic soundwave and when it's done will message you the sound file, so you can break out of your trap and stop Locogisu. So, sit tight while we work on it." As the watch turned off, I looked back at the contest as the Host gestured to the scoreboard, and announced, "Remember, points will be awarded by the audience, so get out your voting boxes." Then the spotlight moves to the front of the stage, "Our first evil event, the mechanical mother." The spotlight moves over to my nemesis, "Show us how you treat the old lady, Heity." I barely hear Locogisu boast, "Observe…" As he walked up to the mechanical mother he greeted her in a surpassingly pleasant tone, "Hello, old dear, so lovely to see you." He bowed, "I've brought you some peonies." and presented flowers. What? Are they his experiments that are going to eat the robot's face off? The robot replied, "Oh, such a nice boy." No, I guess not, but there has to be something he is up to…
Rodney's P.O.V.:
As we observed him pulling out a tea kit and table, I commented, "I never thought he would fail to meet my expectations." Doofy looking at his performance replied, "Yeah, given his track record." The Host announced, "And now, he's serving her tea without a trace of irony!" The audience was at first silent but then laughed at Locogisu.
Phineas' P.O.V.:
I know he's up to something, despite his false good son persona, as the audience laughed while Locogisu walked back to the contestants, I noticed the mechanical mother clenched her chest as she muttered, "What was in the tea?" as the Host exclaimed, "Wait, something's happening to the mechanical mother!" And yep, just as I thought, the mechanical mother coughed up the black substance and black tendrils spun out of her back, she contorted as she turned over, limbs mutated into something animal-like, like a horror movie, head twisted, belly became the back and vice versa, mandibles formed as she grew a tail muttered, "Let's go see some dogs." As the robotic monster crawled towards the windows and broke through and went outside… needless to say the laughter stopped, and the audience was gob-slapped, jaws open with shock. Honestly, it wasn't surprising, at least to me.
After a moment of silence, Heisuke revealed his teacup to the audience, the Host muttered, "Oh, oh…" before regaining his composer, "… Oh! Heisuke had an assassin's teapot. As you see, it has two holes at the funnel, and at the handles. Cover one and the air pressure will block it and allow the other to flow. How deviously, deplorably heinous that was. Good luck topping that one you two!" But the mechanical mother was mutated and became Locogisu's minion, the host realized this as he stated, "Oh, yeah!" Bring in the replacement!" The platform that the robot once stood went down and said replacement ascended. I hear Rodney exclaim with a finger up, "It may not top Heisuke's, but it will be a close second. So, prepare yourself for a stunning display of filial beastliness." As Heinz folded his arms, replied "Yeah, knock yourself out, Rodney." We saw Rodney holding a large birthday cake container, walking up to the robot, exclaiming, "Hello, Mother." Rodney kneels on one knee, says in a singsong tone, "I've brought you something special!" and puts down the cake, as he gets up the audience boos, as the mechanical mother exclaimed, "For me?" she opens the cake container, "You're such a good..." the cake exploded and gotten all over her and the audience in the slash zone, as the Host cheered, "Oh, exploding birthday cake!" and she started crying, the Host announced, "And there go the waterworks." You know, even though she's just a machine, I felt bad for her… would they really do that to their mothers, Rodney, and Locogisu?
As Rodney chuckled as he returned to the line he boasted, "And that's how it's done." But then the mechanical mother exclaimed, "Oh! My baby still needs me!" We were all surprised at this as Rodney muttered, "What?! Again?!" as the host exclaimed with shock, "Oh, no! Tears of joy? Zero points for that move!" As Rodney gets back in line, rubbing his temples, Doofenshmirtz smirks and mocks, "Ooh, you monster. Watch and learn, Rodney." Doofenshirtz walked up to the robot cleared his throat, snapped his fingers, and said to mechanical mother, "I am getting married again." He just walked back just as the mechanical mother exploded. The Host then said, "Audience, get your votes in, please." I looked up at the scoreboard, vainly hoping that at least one of the other two would pull ahead of Locogisu, but of course, that wasn't the case.
Doofenshmirtz: 132, Locogisu: 197, Rodney: 004.
Locogisu and Doofenshmirtz smirk at Rodeny as Doofenshmirtz also blows raspberries at Rodney. The Host turned from the contestants to the audience, reading the cue cards as he announced, "And we're back with everyone's favorite, the Mini-Scheme Competition. If they succeed in their mini-scheme, they will receive a bonus multiplier based on a scale of 1 to 3 depending on how the mini-schemes are rated. We will start with Rodney's Mini-Scheme as he had hidden an Inizer on top of the Tokyo Skytree." The jumbotron then shows said mall, as it cuts to the Inizer on top of the tower, "The Inizer is called the Mind-Sphere-Control-Inizer…" then cuts to the mall's Skytree base showing unsuspecting guests and staff, "…where these lovely people will become his servants." An orange tabby cat with brown stripes arrived, "…Oh there is his Nemesis, Kat the Cat. Let's watch what happens." The screen then shows the agent running towards the tower.
General P.O.V.:
The inizer glowed an ominous red glow the mall guests that were wondering and shopping, and staff that was doing their respective jobs stopped their activities and starred at the glowing inizer and repeatedly chanted, "We will follow, obey, and steal for Aloyse Everheart Elizabeth Otto Wolfgang Hypatia Gunther Galen Gary Cooper von Roddenstein." And started gathering equipment, merchandise, and valuables, cashiers taking cash from the registers, and workers taking money from the vending machines, as well as the items, even questionable items from them. Kat wash wearing special-colored glasses, so he doesn't see distracting lasers. As the people continued stealing for Rodney, he tried taking the elevator to the top, but the control panels were stolen as well, so he had to take the stairs.
After several minutes of ascending upwards, he got to the top of the Skytree, he took several breaths, leaning, paw resting on the wall. Once he caught his breath, he ran to the Mind-Sphere-Control-Inizer jumped on the control panel, pulled out a disk-shape device, and placed it on the inizer, essentially the device becomes a self-destruct button for devices that don't have them. They are newly issued devices for agents. Once, the device stopped humming, he pressed it, and the Inizer incinerated. Then he pulled out a glider, jumped off the balcony, and glided back down to the ground level. Once the inizer's gone the people come to their senses, and since even the security guards, employers, officers, and mall store owners were also in control, everyone who returned the items was not charged.
Phineas' P.O.V.:
Once Kat thwarted the mini-scheme and left the mall, the jumbotron cuts to the stage, showing the Host, announcing, "Oh, too bad. Rodney's mini scheme has been thwarted by his Nemesis! He does not get any bonus points." The host then read the cue cards and continued, "Next up is Heinz Doofenshmirtz!" then the doctor in his underwear, wearing a cape, riding roller-skates, started tripping up, losing his balance exclaiming, "Wait, I thought this was the talent competition!" He skates off balance and then falls headfirst into a toilet, we heard muffled yelling, "It won't stop flushing!" we all laughed at that as that eased up my tension. I looked at my watch as Weaver said, "Max is still working on the program. Once calibrated it will be ready. So, continue standing by Agent P the 2nd until then." I saluted as I continued to wait.
Echo's P.O.V.:
Back to the pageant, we saw Perry's nemesis skated into the toilet headfirst, and to be honest, Hawk and I laughed, and even Hannibal as I groaned, "Can't believe we shared a laugh." As Hannibal was laughing, "Oh, come on. Admit it, that was hilarious." Hawk and I rolled our eyes as I replied, "That doesn't change a thing." Hannibal barked, "No, no it doesn't." We turned our backs on him, it won't go the way you want, Hannibal.
Phineas' P.O.V.:
The Host announced, "And last is Locogisu and his mini scheme of eliminating a pack of Ohu dogs…" I jolted up at this announcement, and so did Perry as we looked at each other, we padded ourselves looking in vain for anything gadgets to break our respective bottle traps. Then we tried banging the glass at various spots, trying to find a weak point, while we were searching, the Host continued, "Well, let's see if Locogisu has better luck with his mini scheme." But until Max completes the program, we can't get out, so we leaned against the glass and slid down. We bang the glass behind us in frustration, and slightly hope it broke from that, but nope. We just must hope Sheila, Jeremy, and Valiant will be able to defeat the mutant robot Locogisu sent after them. I chittered holding my paw beside me, "Well, Perry, I guess all we can do now is wait, and hope." We looked at our watch to see if the program was ready… nope, nothing.
To be continued…