Disclaimer: I do not own Phineas and Ferb or any of the characters. It is the property of Disney, Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. I am just a fan and I always will be.
Bath Time For Perry
Chapter 8: Oh, there you are, Perry
A few moments ago
In the Front Yard
While Perry was busy fighting and foiling Doofensmirtz, Candace was waiting for her mother in the front yard, only for Jeremy and his sister to arrive.
'Candace?..."Jeremy asked and Suzy sent her a malevolent.
"J-Jeremy?...'Candace exclaimed, worried over the bratty little girl.
"What happened back there?..."Jeremy asked, while little Suzy sent her a warning glare.
Before Candce could say anything, she saw her mother's car coming up the street.
"Hold that thought, I got brother's to bust..."Candace said as she ran to her backyard and was relieved to see that the Super Dooper Pet Wash Machine was still in the backyard.
"Yes!...'Candace said as she saw her mother's car coming closer and closer.
And this time, there is no way this is going to go wrong on her.
Phineas and Ferb soon arrived to their backyard and saw that most of the people who had come to wash their pets had gone home.
"Hi Phineas, did you find Perry yet?...'Isabella asked her crush.
"No, we thought he might have come back home...'Phineas said.
Unknown to the children, Perry's parachute had landed into a nearby bush, since Doofensmirtz coincidentally ended up on their street, not that anyone noticed. Also, while the kids didn't see the shoot, they heard a rustling in the bush. Perry tried to sneak away, only for Ferb to finally grab him.
"Oh, there you are, Perry, we have been looking everywhere for you...'Phineas said to his pet.
Perry, however, tried to wriggle out of his owner's grasp but no dice. Phineas just smiled at him.
"Hey silly boy, don't worry...I know you don't like bath's but we promise that this will be fun...look..."Perry said as he gestured to the machine they made.
"We made this especially for you...it's to make taking a bath a lot easier and more fun for you..."Phineas said to his pet platypus who, while in pet mode, looked at the device curiously.
"Start her up, Isabella...'Phineas said to his female friend.
Isabella pressed the button to activate the device, Ferb placed Perry on the device and he was rolled insisde. Once he was sure that the kids couldn't see it, Perry dropped his "mindless expression" and look around, curious.
The inside of this device looked like a spa on a conveyor belt, he could even hear some light, soft music to put him in a relaxing mood. Soon a red light scanned him and a robotic voice said.
"Perry The platypus...in need of the platypus treatment...'The voice said.
Perry blinked and was confused, wondering what the boys have planned for him here. He was quickly rolled over to a bunch of mechanical hands, a pair of then gave him a little massage, calming his muscles and even relaxing the little platypus a bit, another pair was giving him a little manicure, as in, cleaning his little paws, another pair had placed some cucumbers on his eyes and a nostril plugs, just as another pair rubbed in some shampoo into his fur, lathering him up, some warm water fell on him, rinsing it out. Then condition was rubbed into his fur and the process repeated himself. After that, Perry passed by some heating lamps and some hands started brushing his fur and the during this entire time, the first pair of hands continued to massage him on certain points, making him too relaxed to bother to move.
After a few more moments, Perry was rolled out, his fur now clean, neat and shiny, his bad smell was long gone, his fur was brushed so professionally and while he still looked "mindless", he looked good as far as his owners were concerned.
And the little platypus just let out a little sigh, in relaxations.
"See, now that wasn't so bad, now was it?...'Phineas asked as he picked up his now clean and nice smelling pet.
Perry heard this and decided that his owner had a point, that actually wasn't a bad experience. He didn't get shampoo in his eyes or the taste of bath water in his mouth. In fact, he hasn't felt this relaxed in a long time.
And only Phineas and Ferb could come up with something like this.
"That's the last of them...I think we can turn the machine off now, Ferb...'Phineas said to his brother.
Ferb raised a thumbs up, pressed a button and in one second flat, the Super Dooper Pet Wash Machine soon changed back into Perry's regular platypus bath, for space convenience, according to Phineas.
With Doofensmirtz
Dr. Doofensmirtz heard the countdown and closed his eyes, worried that it would explode...only to blink when nothing happen. He even wiped the sweat from his brow in relief.
"Oh, what luck...looks like this self destruct button was a total du-
KABOOM!
He didn't even get a chance to finish that sentence, as the machine sent off a couple of random blasts and then exploded, destroying the machine and managing Doofensmirtz hover board, sending it spiraling out of control.
'CURSE YOU, PERRY TE PLATYPUS!..."Dr. Doofensmirtz shouted as he clung to his out of control hover board, which soon crashed far, far away from this neighborhood.
Before it exploded, Doofensmirtz device had hit little Suzy randomly, now making her completely dirty and stinky. Jeremy and Candace didn't see the blast but got a whiff of her.
"Suzy, what did you do to yourself?..."Jeremy asked as he held his nose in disgust over the smell and the state his little sister is in.
"I...I didn't do anything...'Suzy said, while Jeremy sent her a look, only for her mother to suddenly appear with their now clean poodle.
"Mom, what are you doing here?...'Jeremy asked in confusion.
"I came for the pet wash for Fluffy..."Mrs. Johnson said, only to frown at her daughter.
"And it seems Fluffy isn't the only one who needs a serious bath right now...'Mrs. Johnson said.
Suzy heard this and frowned, she doesn't like baths.
"But mommy..."Suzy started but her mother grabbed her hand.
"No "buts" little lady, now come with me...see you at home, Jeremy, bye Candace...'Mrs. Johnson said as she took her daughter away.
Candace saw this, smirked, happy that Suzy was gone now. She then turned to her mother, who just pulled into the driveway.
'Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!...'Candace said as she grabbed her mother's arms.
'Candace..the groceries...'Linda said, but Candace is having none of it.
"Later...hurry...'Candace shouted as she opened the door and pointed for her mother.
"Look!...'Candace shouted.
Unlike most times, Linda gasped at what she just saw and Candace got hopeful, even more when her mother frowned.
'Phineas! Ferb! What in the world is this?!...'Linda shouted.
"YES! YES! YES!...'Candace cheered, feeling that this is finally it.
"You two are completely filthy!..." Linda shouted, making Candace's jaw drop.
"WHAT?!..."Candace exclaimed and then turned her attention to the yard.
The Super Dooper Pet Wash and the crowds were gone, the only thing in the yard was a small, plastic bath, a now clean looking, well groomed Perry, Phineas and Ferb's friends and Phineas and Ferb themselves, and Candace was that for some reason, the two are completely dirty and stinking quite a bit.
"Oh, hi mom...'Phineas greeted his mom, only to look at himself and his brother, who just shrugged.
"What happened here?..."Linda asked, with her hands on her hips.
"We gave Perry and a few other pets a bath...as for how we got dirty...I'm not sure..."Phineas said as he and Ferb just shrugged.
"Just go upstairs and take a bath, the both of you...'Linda ordered to her sons, who obeyed.
All the while, Candace was stunned that her brother's didn't get busted for the crazy device they made today and they just got scolded by their mother just for being a little dirty.
It's...not sitting well with her.
'B-But...but..."Candace let out, only to groan in exasperation.
Unable to believe that yet another crazy invention got away. However, before she could sulk about it, Jeremy walked up to Candace, with a gentle look on his face.
"Hey Candace...are you feeling okay?..."Jeremy asked.
Candace saw him, and sighed.
"I will be...'Candace said with a grumble.
It's not like this isn't anything that she isn't used to after all, even if she dislikes it.
Jeremy smiled at this.
"Well,that's good...since mom took Suzy home and we already went to the park, how about we go take a movie now?...'Jeremy asked Candace, who smiled upon hearing this.
"I'd love too...'Candace said, feeling glad that at least there is some silver lining here.
At least now she can be alone with Jeremy, with no Suzy the terror to deal with.
The two teenagers soon left to go to the movies, hand in hand. Phineas and Ferb went upstairs to get clean themselves, their friends soon left for home. Perry crawled into the house, noticed his reflections in a nearby mirror, looked around to make sure no one was looking and smiled at his reflection.
He was happy that he no longer stinks and that the boys managed to make something to make him not hate baths anymore, something only Phineas and Ferb could come up with. The monotreme soon went upstairs to go await his beloved owners, who were still busy washing away Doofensmirtz latest scheme off of them.
Speaking of Doofensmirtz.
The mad scientist had crashed into the city dump, becoming even filthier in the process. He got up, saw the state his I-Nator and hover board was in and just sighed.
"Darn it...Oh, well...I think I better just go take a shower...'Dr. Doofensmirtz muttered as he soon walked back to his home, smelling even worse than earlier but not caring at this point.
Yeah, it was more or less a happy ending for those who mattered. Perry got his bath in a way that he actually enjoyed, Candace got to spend some alone time with Jeremy and everyone's pets got washed in a new, fun way and while Phineas and Ferb had to wash themselves to free themselves of the Stink-I-Nators effects, they didn't mind.
Overall, it was yet another great day for these two brothers and their special pet, and they are sure that tomorrow will be even greater.
The End
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