I'm really sorry I took so obscenely long with the final chapter everyone. Thank you very much for your kind comments and patience!

BAM! A Platypus foot kicked down the front door to Doofenshmirtz's apartment. "Perry the Platypus, how nice of you to drop by. Nope, I'm not mad about the door this time. See?" They both watched as a pincher-like device came down from the ceiling and stood the door up in its place again. A second robotic limb appeared and screwed the hinges back on. The same limbs quickly descended on Perry and held him down against the floor as they simultaneously screwed in restraints. The panel of floor then rose to an upright position. Doofenshmirtz smiled at him. "Now that's craftsmanship."

"Now I suppose you are wondering what my latest scheme is. I mean, you didn't even bother sticking around to find out yesterday," He gestured at his bandaged nose before continuing. "so you've had all night to wonder about it, right?" Perry closed his eyes and turned his head to the side, gesturing that he wasn't going to listen. "What? W- are you still mad about yesterday? I told you that was before I was married. And anyways, I didn't just run off after we saw each other again like so many other men. I went back visit her from time to time. Eh, well only a few times really. It seems she didn't actually like me very much when she was sober. She told me that she should have left me for good after that very first date at the drive-in.

"But then the baby was born." He smiled at the memory of it. "You see, I was kind of an expert at the thing by then, having just been through the ordeal with my then-wife, Charlene, just a few months earlier. I held Linda's hand and told her that it'd be alright… Well, actually she told me to bugger off and I was forced to wait in the waiting room. But then, when she had fallen asleep afterwards I got to see my second baby girl, Linda named her Candace. I don't know if I would have ever chosen that name for her, but whatever."

"I've only seen her twice after that though. Once I dropped by when she was only a baby. Just to check up, you know. She shut the door in my face, but I managed to catch a glimpse around her of baby Candace laying on the floor. A few years later when my and my wife's divorce was pending, I received a call that was quite peculiar. It was Linda. It turns out that it was Candace's third birthday, and well, Linda was feeling pretty guilty about things. The way she had broke off Candace's connection with her father and whatnot. She and I came to an agreement over the phone. I could come to visit one last time, to meet her before she would actually be able to remember me, then I would have to never see them again. And then, well, I'll spare you the details of the night." He waved it off with his hand.

Perry chittered. "Yeah, yeah, I'll get to the point. Geeze, Perry the Platypus, you are being so impatient today. Well, I guess this is going on quite a bit longer than we usually do. Okay, behold my Kin-locator-inator!" He gestured grandly at his newest contraption. "This one is very simple. You see, I'm hoping that maybe Candace might have inherited some of my evil tendencies. That way I would have someone to aid me in my ruling of the Tri-State Area. You know, when I actually… take it over. Sort of an evil heir, so to speak. I mean, I still have high hopes for Vanessa, but it's good to have a back-up plan, you know?

"So I just take one of my hairs," He winced as he plucked a single hair from atop his head. "and I put it in the DNA scanner here. Then the Kin-locator-inator uses my DNA pattern and traces it to all of my closest relatives around the world." The machine's screens ran through a series of numbers and soon flashed several maps on the screen. Doofensmirtz pointed to one of them. "See. This is my mother right here and aaalll my family in Druelselstein. And there's my cousin Gertrude in that town over there. And…here's Roger" He moved the map displaying city hall aside with a frown.

"Then there's these two identical maps… Here, let me just zoom out on this one…" He pressed a button and a loud chitter came from behind him. Distracted, the doctor turned to see an empty platypus trap. "Perry the Platypus, whe- Ooof!"

Perry made quick work of the ensuing scuffle and soon the doctor found himself pinned in his own platypus trap. Parry regarded him with a stern look as he stood on the control panel of the machine.

"Now what do you think you're doing? Hey, no, that's fragile! Don't press that butto- Aggh, curse you Perry the Platypus!"

Perry heard the doctor shout out after him as he pulled a perfect swan dive from the exploding building top, letting the air rush against his face for a few seconds more than usual before pulling the cord of his chute.

So it was practically confirmed now. Perry let loose a sigh. Strange though, he didn't feel as appalled as he felt he should be. It all seemed so clear now. So unimportant in the grand scheme of things. The children would never know of their true heritage as long as Linda had anything to say about it. They were happy with the way things were, and as long as that was true, so was Perry. And there was nothing Doofensmirtz could do to change that.

Perry lightly touched down near his home at the Flynn-Fletcher house. The sun was just setting he noted, right on time.

"There you are, Perry." Phineas greeted him with a toothpaste filled smile as he stood beside his step-brother at the mirror. He spat his mouthful into the sink. "You've been gone even longer than usual today. Busy day, huh?" He jested, knowing full well that Perry was just a Platypus. They don't do much you know.

Perry gave a soft chitter and rubbed against the young boy's pajama clad leg. "Aww, c'mon boy." He gently hefted the monotreme into his arms. "Let's get some sleep."