Part 3

"Wait again, Perry the Platypus!" Dr. Doofenshmirtz called. He ran out of his apartment room. He had just reached the elevator when he saw one close with Perry in it.

"Drat!" He cursed. "I can't let Perry the Platypus get away." He ran for the door to the stairwell.

By the time he reached the bottom, he was out of breath. But he had to stop his nemesis from getting any further. The doctor ran outside and looked around. When he saw Perry walking slowly on the sidewalk, he ran to catch up with him.

"Wait, Perry the Platypus!" The doctor caught up with him. The platypus stopped and looked at the exhausted Dr. D. "Don't…go…any further. I...need to…catch my breath. Can you wait…a minute until I can…breathe normally…again?" Perry waited until the doctor caught his breath. "Thanks Perry the Platypus." The doctor looked at him.

"Listen Perry the Platypus, I don't want you to leave." Perry gave Dr. D a sad look. I don't want to leave either. "It doesn't have to be this way. The only reason my brother Roger is banning platypus ownership is because Rodney told him the laws in other states and zapped him with his Persuadeizer." Perry's eyes widened. What?! "This is all Rodney's doing! I never agreed to it!" Perry gave him a look.

"Okay, I went along with it at first, but then I realized my mistake." The doctor bent down and put his hands on the semi- aquatic mammal's shoulders. "I need you Perry the Platypus. You aren't just my nemesis, but you are also my best friend." Perry stated developing tears of joy in his eyes. "And if Rodney can't see what a great platypus you are, then its his loss." Perry smiled and Doctor D smiled back. The evil scientist and animal agent both hugged each other. When they were done, Dr. D stood up. "Now let's show Rodney and the others what true frienemyship is all about." And with that, Dr. D, and Perry held hands and went to the park.

When they got to the park, Dr. D took the teal mammal to the bush near the LOVEMUFFIN party. A long table with punch and snacks was already there. So were Rodney and the other LOVEMUFFIN members. In the bush, Dr. D bent down to Perry.

"You stay here Perry the Platypus until I give you the signal." Dr. D instructed him. He stood up. Perry tugged on his lab coat. The scientist looked at him. The platypus gave him a questioning look. What signal?

"Oh right! We don't have a signal yet." He thought about this. "How about…hmmmm, how about I just give you a whistle?" Perry nodded. Alright. A simple whistle. Sounds good to me!

"Perfect, then we'll do just that! Now, I'm going. You just wait until you hear that whistle." Perry saluted. You can count on me!

So as Dr. D went out from behind the bush, Perry stayed to watch, waiting for the signal.

"Heinz, you're late!" Rodney said as soon as he saw him. "What took you so long?"

"Oh well I…"
"It doesn't by chance have anything to do with your nemesis, does it Heinz?"

"What? Heavens no!"

"Good, because he should've been on his way to the airport with those other beaver duck creatures this morning."

"Yeah he was! I saw a truckload of platypuses pass by on my way over here."

"Good. Now, let's go get some punch to celebrate the victory that is Aloyse Everheart Elizabeth Ott.."

"Dude," Dr. Doofenshmirtz interrupted. He and the others were already at the punch table. "Not to be mean or anything- oh who am I kidding? To be mean, are you going to have some punch?" He drank some. "They're really refreshing!"

"Yes; yes I am!" He went to have some punch. Dr. Bloodpudding then saw something teal in the bushes. He went to investigate.

"And who do we have here?" Dr. Bloodpudding asked himself when he saw the agent platypus spying on the party.

A shiver went up Perry's spine when he heard Dr. Bloodpudding's voice. The platypus turned around slowly and his heart skipped a beat when he saw the evil scientist. He gulped and gave the scientist a lame smile. The platypus then dropped it. He was about to run when Dr. Bloodpudding grabbed him.

"Nice try platypus!" Dr. Bloodpudding snarled as Perry struggled in his grasp. "You're coming with me!" And with that, Dr. Bloodpudding went out of the bushes with a still struggling Perry. He went towards his comrades.

"Rodney," Dr. Diminutive told him. "Since you succeeded so well with banning all platypuses; do you think you can help me with getting rid of my nemesis, Newton the Gnu?" Dr. Doofenshmirtz gave him a puzzled look.

"Who would have a gnu as a pet?" The short scientist just looked at him.

"Who would have a platypus as a pet?"

"Okay touché; you got me there." He went back in drinking his punch. So did Dr. Diminutive.

"Sorry." Rodney said to him. "You have to do that on your own." The small scientist was disappointed. "The only reason why I helped Heinz was because he's an idiot and was a lost cause."

"Hey!" Doof snapped.

"Anyways, with my machine, I'm going to persuade the mayor to ban all kitty cats."

"Because you can't do it yourself, right?" Doof put in.

"Shut up Heinz!" Doof just drank and said nothing more. Rodney drank as well.

"Rodney!" Dr. Bloodpudding spoke. They all looked at him. "Look who I found spying on us from the bushes." He threw Perry to the ground.

"What?!" Rodney wanted to know. "That can't be! The mayor banned them. He should be on the way to Australia."

"He must've escaped." A scientist piped up. "And was planning to ambush us."

"But he's not a spy anymore. His boss should've fired him."

"Maybe he convinced his animal friends to ambush us at the right moment. Let's see if there's more." He was about to check when Doof spoke up.

"I brought him." The scientists all looked at him like he was crazy.
"You bought your nemesis?" Rodney questioned.

"Rodney," Doof started. "I can explain…. Actually no I can't… Actually I can, but don't want to." Rodney released a deep sigh.

"Unbelievable! This is just unbelievable." He looked at him. "And I suppose you helped him escape."

"No, he did that on his own I think."

"But he's your nemesis! You're supposed to hate him."

"Oh, I hate him all right. I hate him with every bone in my body." He then smiled at Perry. "Which is why I can't bare to lose him. You could say I love to hate him." Perry smiled up at the doctor, stood up and ran to hug him. Doof bent down and petted his head. "I just can't imagine a life without this little fella." Every scientist's jaws dropped.

"What on earth are you saying, Heinz?" Rodney questioned. "You're not actually saying you are friends with your nemesis?"

"I guess I am. And I think the term is frenemy."

"So, you're saying you like it when he thwarts your evil plans? You like it when he causes you pain? You like it that you lose and to know that your evil scheme is ruined?"

"Yes, yes and yes. And I think he does too, don't you Perry the Platypus?" Perry nodded. Doof looked at Rodney again. "Does it say in the villain handbook that the villain can't be best friends with their nemeses?"

"Well, no. But it's a known fact, Heinz. Just like it's a known fact that Santa Clause doesn't exist. There's no dang way a chubby man can deliver gifts to good children all around the globe on a sleigh with flying reindeer. There's no dang way!"

"Oh he's real all right." Doof told him. "I have his CD. Perry and I saw him, isn't that right, Perry the Platypus?" Perry smiled as he nodded. He even rode in the elevator with me. My owners, Phineas and Ferb and their friends saw him too. Rodney sighed.

"Fine. But my point is that you and the beaver tail thing shouldn't be friends. It's against the rules."

"Wait, you just said there aren't any rules about that sort of thing, and now you're changing it? You can't do that; only an evil person would do that."

"My point exactly."

"Oh, right." He looked at Perry who looked back at him all teary eyed again. Doofenshmirtz then was determined again.

"You know Rodney, I don't care if you think it's stupid that my best friend is my nemesis! It's my decision, not yours!" He looked at Perry and smiled. "And I think I did something right after all." Perry smiled through his tears.

"But your nemesis doesn't talk! Doesn't that bother you?"

"I don't care if he can't talk, that's why he's an animal. You don't need words to communicate. Facial expressions and body langrage are plenty." Perry was touched that the doctor was standing up for him. You go Dr. D!

"Wow!" Rodney observed. "You must be the dumbest villain in the world to believe that."

"Make that the universe!" Dr. Diminutive added.

"That's fine." Doof said. He looked at Perry again. "That's just fine."

"Heinz! You're a disgrace to villains everywhere. We don't want you or that beaver-tailed freak of nature's presence anymore." He pointed out of the park. "Out! If you can't be a normal villain and hate your nemesis, then you can just leave!"

"Fine! I don't want to be here anyway. Perry the Platypus and I are out; peace!" He leaned back towards Rodney. "Oh and FYI, Perry the Platypus is a platypus. That's why he's called Perry the 'Platypus'".

"Go away."

"Right, but before we go, we're going to help ourselves to some cake, okay?" He jammed both his hands into the cake and ripped out a huge chunk.

"JUST LEAVE!" Shoving gobs of cake into his mouth, Doofenshmirtz bolted out of the park. Perry followed.

"So, where're you going now?" Doofenshmirtz asked Perry, crumbs and frosting flying out of his mouth. "I mean since you got fired from the OWCA and you can't live with a family because you are banned." Perry shrugged. I don't know what I'll do. I could board the next airplane to Australia or something. Doof then snapped his fingers.

"I know!" He exclaimed. He looked at Perry. "How about you live with me!" Perry stopped. What? He looked at the doctor. "I mean, sure platypus ownership might be banned, but hello? Evil!" Perry shook his head. No, I can't let you do that. You probably deserve going to prison, but not like that.

"Oh come on; Perry the Platypus! Just because you don't work for the OWCA anymore doesn't mean we can't be nemesises anymore." Perry sighed and went further ahead. "Perry the Platypus?"

The doctor went towards him and saw that his nemesis was fighting back tears. "Perry the Platypus?" Perry didn't respond. He just kept fighting back tears, thinking about the Flynn-Fletchers.

The doctor felt sad seeing his nemesis so gloomy. He then thought a bit and snapped his fingers.

"That's it!" He looked at Perry who gave him a puzzled look. "Perry the Platypus, I'm going to fix this ugly mess once and for all; come on!" And with that, the doctor took Perry's hand and dragged him to DEI.

"I'm going to call my brother." Doofenshmirtz told Perry once they got into his room. Perry sighed. This isn't going to work.

"Oh, come on! I thought you were a platypus, not a sourpuss. I'm going to try. You can sit and read magazines if you want." He went off. "I'll tell Norm to bring you some muffins." Perry sat in a chair and picked up a magazine to read.

Doof came back minutes later with a sad expression on his face. Perry looked at him, muffin in hand. "It didn't work." Perry sighed. "You knew that it wouldn't work, didn't you, Perry the Platypus?" Perry nodded.

"Well, I'm not going to fail this time, Perry the Platypus! Be right back!" He went to his room to get some tools. He returned minutes later with his tools and he and the platypus went to work building an inator.

Hours later, they were done. It was basically a helmet with an attached remote that was plugged in the helmet.

"This, Perry the Platypus, is my persuadeinator. We're going to see my brother and convince him again. If we get the same result, I'll press the blue button, which will atomically change his mind. I'll get you back in the agency yet!"

Before Perry could think about this, his nemesis took his hand and dragged him out of the room. "Come on Perry the Platypus; there's no time to lose!"

They saw Roger beside the road looking at the sea. It was sunset. Doof went up to him. Perry hid in the bushes.

"Hey Rog!" Doofenshmirtz greeted his brother. Roger saw him and gave him a friendly wave and smile.

"Heinz!" He said. He looked at the sunset behind the sea. "Isn't this beautiful? I came here just to watch the sunset. Care to join me?"

"Actually I came here to ask you something."

"Sure, ask away."

"Well, remember I called about the new platypus laws earlier."

"Yeah."

"I came back to ask if you changed your mind." Roger looked at his brother like he was crazy.

"What?"

"Did you change your mind? Can we have platypuses as pets and can they have their jobs back? Say, working as secret agents?" Roger burst out laughing. "Well, is that a yes or no?" Roger looked at his brother, still laughing.

"Oh, you crack me up sometimes, Heinz! The answer is no."

"What? But I know a platypus who wants his job back." Roger stopped laughing and looked serious.

"Heinz, I'm sorry that you don't approve of this new law, several people don't, especially the kids. But if waves of people get injured from platypus venom, guess who they'll blame? Me, for allowing platypuses as pets. I'm doing everyone a favor Heinz, platypuses are just too dangerous. I'm sorry but that's the way it has to be." He looked at the sunset again. "But I'll never ban watching a glorious sunset! People will hate me for sure then and they won't re-elect me; I know I wouldn't!" Doofenshmirtz looked mad.

"Roger, you will unban platypus employment/ownership!" He was about to press the button when his brother turned around again.

"What did you say, Heinz?"

"Nothing." Roger was about to turn around again when he tripped on a stick. "Whoa!" He tumbled over down the cliff. Perry ran over and leaned to where the mayor once was, fear in his eyes.

"Darn it!" Doofenshmirtz cursed. "I was going to push him. The mayor splashed in the sea and the current dragged him away.

"HELPPPPP!" He screamed. "SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, SAVE ME!" Doofenshmirtz was thinking. Hearing the mayor's cry for help, Perry took off his hat and ran to the water on all fours. "Say, wasn't Perry the Platypus right next to me?"

The platypus dived in and swam after Roger at top speed.

"HELP ME!" Roger cried again. "SOMEBODY HELP M…" Perry chattered to get his attention. Roger opened his eyes and looked at Perry. He noticed the stick. "Oh." He held on to the other end of the stick. "Swim me to shore, fella!" Perry tried with all his might, fighting the current and now the extra weight. Still, he managed to get him to the rocky ledge.

They both laid exhausted when they were out of the water. Roger looked at the semi-aquatic mammal who just saved his life and petted him. "Thank you, little fella." Perry smiled back.

Roger then stood up and picked up Perry. He carried him up the rocky cliff and stepped over the metal barrier. Doofenshmirtz ran up to them.

"This is a good platypus, Heinz." Roger told his brother. He stroked Perry's fur again.

"So does that mean you are going to change back the law?" Roger stopped petting Perry and frowned. He shook his head.

"Sorry, I can't. They're still too dangerous with those spurs." Perry frowned. He knew this was too good to be true. Roger put him and the ground and petted his head.

"Sorry, little buddy." He got up and walked away. Seeing Perry down in the dumps, Doofenshmirtz pressed the button.

A beam shot out and struck the mayor. Roger turned around.

"What am I saying? That platypus saved my life; I'm re-changing the law. Platypuses are once again allowed as pets and are re-employed." Both doctor and platypus smiled. Roger stroked the platypus's chin. "I don't know what I was thinking. We need more animals like this one." He then picked him up and took him to his limousine.

"Come on fella; you'll be the first ever platypus to ride in a limo." He opened the door and put Perry in. "Now sit tight, you'll be home tomorrow."

"Great," Doofenshmirz told himself. "Figures, Roger didn't invite me to ride in the his fancy limo. It's not fair; that platypus gets to ride in the limo but not me." He left for the DEI. "I have to walk."

"Mom, is the mayor going to ban something else?" Phineas wanted to know. They were with a huge gathering in front of city hall again. There were cameras all over, ready to record the whole thing.

"Don't know sweetie." Linda answered. "The mayor didn't give out a reason to why we're all here. He says it's a surprise." Linda looked at Candace with her cell phone. "Maybe it'll be cell phones." Phineas laughed at that as he looked at his sister texting away.

"I don't think it'll be cell-phones Mom."

"I do not want to be around Candace if that happens." Ferb put in.

"You said it bro!"

"If only he can outlaw little brothers." Candace said under her breath.

Moments later, the announcer over the loudspeaker announced Roger's arrival. There were cheers all around. They did the same routine as the last one. As the fog died down, Phineas was confused when he saw a pet carrier in his hand.

"I didn't know that our mayor had a pet." Phineas observed. Linda shrugged.

"Maybe he just adopted recently and just wanted to show the pet off." Linda responded.

Roger then put the cage on a nearby stool and opened the cage door. He gestured for the creature to come out. A teal platypus strolled out. Phineas recognized immediately that the platypus was Perry.

"Mom, what's Perry doing with the mayor?" Phineas asked his mother. Linda looked shocked; so did Candace.

"How d'you know that's Perry?" Candace questioned. "That could be just a other teal, tangerine-billed platypus." Phineas looked on stage as Roger carried Perry to the microphone, then back at his sister.

"No, it's Perry; I know him from anywhere."

Roger then tapped the microphone. The noises from the audience died down.

"Earlier," Roger spoke. "As you all recall; I had put a law into effect stating that platypus ownership is banned in all of Danville." The audience all nodded. "Well, I made a mistake." The audience was confused. Roger then petted Perry's fur. "Yesterday when I was watching the sunset, I tripped on a stick and fell off the rocky cliff." The audience gasped.

"This platypus then bolted from out of nowhere and saved my life by pulling me up with the help of a stick, maybe the same stick that tripped me."

"Anyways, if it wasn't for this remarkable creature, I may not be here today. Therefore, platypus ownership/employment is now legal again." Everyone cheered, even Monogram, Carl, Doofenshmirtz all of the kids' friends and other people who all watched from their TVs. "I called the Australian refuge and the platypuses had all just arrived. They're now bringing them back so you should all reunite with you platypuses in the morning." There were more cheers from the audience, especially from the children. "Now, would this platypuses' owner step forward? I want a picture with you and the platypus." Phineas and Ferb went up.

"Make that owners!" Phineas corrected. Roger chuckled.

"Oops, my bad. I mean owners!" As soon as the boys came on, Roger lowered the mike to Phineas

"And what are your names?"

"My name is Phineas and my brother is Ferb."

"And what is your extraordinary pet's name?"

"His name is Perry." Roger looked at Perry. He placed a medal around Perry's neck and shook the platypus's hand.

"Thanks for saving my life Perry. You are something special. Your owners are lucky to have you." Perry chattered.

"And we're lucky to have him as our pet." Phineas smiled and petted his pet. "There's nothing like the special bond between boys and their platypus."

"Well that's great to hear. It sounds like you two really love him."

"Yes, yes we do. We can't imagine a life without him."

"Well, it's picture time! You hold Perry. Ferb will stand next to you and I will stand behind you guys."

"Okay, let's do it." The redheaded boy picked up Perry and went into position with Ferb and Roger. The photographer readied his camera.

"Say cheese!" Said the cameraman. Everybody smiled except Perry.

"Cheese!" They all said at once. And with a flash, the picture was done.

"Okay boys, you can go home now and take special care of that platypus of yours."

"We will!" Phineas promised and he and Ferb went off the stage and back to their parents and sister. They all admired Perry's medal except Candace as Roger spoke to the audience again.

"Well, that concludes this town meeting. Until next time, Roger Doofenshmirtz is out, peace!" And with that he left the stage and went behind the curtain. Everyone cheered and left.

Phineas, Ferb and even Candace hugged their pet before they followed their parents.

That night, the OWCA had a 'Welcome Back Perry' party. Perry was wearing his hat again (Agent E, the bald eagle, had retrieved it for him from the cliffside where he saved Roger. Carl brushed it clean before putting it back on Perry's head). Both Monogram and Wanda's divisions were there; all with cake, punch, music and all were having a good time.

"But wait a minute," Carl spoke. "Now, I'm happy that Doof's brother did this, but that doesn't change the fact that male platypuses have poison in their spurs. Platypuses are still dangerous if you're not careful."

"Just shut up and boogie down, Carl." Monogram told him.

"Yes sir." And with that, Carl started boogying again.

After the party, Perry made a pit stop at DEI. Doofensmirtz's door still had the cutout of him breaking in. Doofenshmirtz opened the door. He was wearing his robe and panda slippers.

"Perry the Platypus?" He asked, then getting mad. "Don't you know what time it is? It's almost midnight! You know I got to recharge my brain so I can think of an evil plan! Now, have a bad night, Perry the Platypus!" He was about to close the door when Perry embraced him in a hug. Doofensmirtz smiled. He didn't need an explanation to why Perry was hugging him, he already knew.

"You're welcome, Perry the Platypus." Perry then left. Doofenshmirtz looked out after him. "You're welcome." And with that, he shut his door.

Perry smiled. Despite all that had happened, he was glad he and the doctor would always be BFFs…best frenemies forever.