Isabella looks at Perry, who nods. She gets up and follows Candace up the stairs to her bedroom, leaving the boys on their own. Phineas watches Perry carefully. He starts to move into mindless mode, but re-thinks it. “Krrr?”
Ferb surprises everyone by replying, “Really?” Perry stares at him, just as surprised as everyone else. “I’ve been working on our old animal translator. I’ve managed to shrink the technology down to the same size as a normal hearing aid.” He throws one to Phineas. It’s bright orange, his favorite colour. Jeremy stares at the boys.
“Let me guess, you’re all secret agents too?” Perry chuckles slightly.
Phineas smiles, “No, Ferb and I are technology scientists for O.W.C.A. Perry’s the only secret agent in the family other than Candace… At least, I think so.” He looks at Perry for confirmation.
“Krr.” Phineas hears it through his translator, “I think so too. I’m not sure, though.”
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Candace takes off her necklace and hands it to Isabella. “Open it.”
“Okay…” The nineteen year-old carefully opens the locket and looks at the pictures inside. “Is that Bucky?”
“Yes. And when Major Monogram came to our house and told us that he was a secret agent and had died on a mission, I was heartbroken.” Taking the necklace back, Candace bites her lip. “I hated it when Mom and Dad decided to get another pet.”
Isabella tilts her head, “What does this have to do with anything?”
The older girl sighs, “Pinky was a secret agent. He died on a mission. It hurts, and I know that. But if you want to see the things he left for you, I’ll take you down to his lair.” Candace clips the necklace around her freakishly long neck, stands up, and offers her hand to Isabella.
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