PART 9
Penny was able to sneak her way out of the door, but security cameras did catch everything that happened.
“Now we better make it out fast, Brain. There’s still plenty of suspicious people here.” Penny said quietly to Brain.
They stepped forward towards nearby stairs and elevators, looking for a way out. Observing the convenient map on the wall from an earlier version of the facility, they were not too far from the roof stairs.
“Looks like we’re far in the back of the building. That path leads to the front doors, but there’s emergency exits near this hallway and the opposing one. There’s also stairs to the roof.” Penny says to herself while observing. “We better stick to one path. I really need to figure out the technical specs for disguise equipment so this would’ve been a tad bit easier.”
Unfortunately for them, Dr Claw was right behind them after he observed the security cameras. He slowly stepped forward with quiet pacing to maintain the element of surprise, right behind the two.
“Too bad.” Dr. Claw snarled quietly, startling Penny and Brain.
Penny gasped as she saw Dr. Claw, who was quick to grab her by the wrist.
“You didn’t notice the cameras. Now come with me.” Dr. Claw growled as he dragged her to the service elevator. While he was dragging Penny, Brain ran up and bit Dr. Claw on the leg, prompting a short scream from Claw with the same demonic-esque voice effect.
The doors closed, prompting Brain to send a message to Gadget using morse code on his collar. The message read ‘SOS. CLAW HAS PENNY. GO TO DILAPIDATED MANSION.’
Gadget received the morse code message while in the sky, and was quick enough to translate the code.
“Thanks, Brain. I’m only one step closer to ending this Claw guy and MAD stuff once and for all!” Gadget uttered to herself as she hovered upwards a bit to reach the mansion’s structure.
“Now, I better pinpoint where this place is. Go Go Gadget GPS.” Gadget said.
The Maxwell voice enabled voice cues to help her traverse through the city to the mansion. As she was on the way, the mansion was more easy to point out and Gadget could fly towards it a bit easier.
Meanwhile on the same mansion, Dr. Claw kicked the door open, heads to the parked helicopter, and handcuffs Penny inside.
“Now don’t move. We’re about to go for a fly, and then drop you off. From really high in the sky and down into the town hall.” Dr. Claw growled.
He then proceeded to head inside the opposite side, and strap himself in before getting ready to send Penny to a fatal drop.
But right as the helicopter took off, Gadget flies up to the top with a makeshift megaphone in her right hand.
“THIS IS INSPECTOR GADGET! FOR THE SECOND TIME, IRVING WINCHESTER, YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!” Gadget shouted loudly.
“Damn it, she won’t give up!” Dr. Claw roared as he fired a missile towards Gadget.
It barely misses Gadget, causing her to swerve unnaturally to avoid the explosive. What she did do was send up a tennis racket, knocking the missile towards the roof of the building. An explosion sends the helicopter off faster.
“AGH! You’re just as irritating as the first time we’ve met!” Dr. Claw growled loudly.
He then deployed a turret system rapidly firing bullets. Gadget was quick to swerve out of the way while maintaining air. But eventually, the bullets hit the blades from Gadget’s copter, falling until something stops her. Her trench coat was caught on the fins of Claw’s helicopter.
“No, no, Gadget. If you’re gonna fall, this kid’s going with you.” Dr. Claw snarled sinisterly.
“Aunt Gadget, you gotta think of something! HURRY!” Penny said in a panicked state
“I’m trying! Now let’s see!” Gadget hurriedly exclaimed as she tries to look for something to help.
She removes one of the fingers on her right hand, extruding a miniature harpoon. She aims the harpoon, flexes her hand accordingly, which shoots the harpoon. It breaks some of the circuitry, although not enough to send the helicopter down. She reattaches the finger afterward.
“Keep it up, and HURRY!” Penny exclaimed before Dr. Claw forcefully pulls her closer to him.
Gadget then looked for something else. She took off the same finger of the opposite hand. What came out was some kind of gun barrel from the finger stump. She aimed at Claw’s side of the helicopter, and flexed her thumb to shoot. More circuitry was destroyed, although one more major device could be used.
“Okay, here we go. Go Go Gadget Hammer!” Gadget exclaimed.
A large mallet extrudes from her trilby hat, and flies in to smash all of the remaining circuits and controls on the helicopter. This forces Claw to prepare for a crash landing, as the handcuff was also destroyed.
“NO!!” Dr. Claw roared as he leaped out of the helicopter with a parachute.
“You’re gonna have to jump, Penny! Just right onto my back!” Gadget exclaimed.
Although she hesitated for a few seconds, she jumped in a leap of faith onto Gadget’s back. A few seconds afterwards, Gadget slips off the helicopter fin and falls with Penny.
“LOOK OUT, GADGET!” Penny screamed.
“GO GO GADGET AIRBAG!” Gadget screamed.
Her trench coat inflated to the shape of a balloon, but the weight and wind quickly deflated the ability.
“GO GO GADGET PARACHUTE! WHAT ELSE CAN GO GO GET ME AND YOU SAFE?!” Gadget cried out as they kept falling.
“Try something else! There’s bound to be something!” Penny exclaimed.
“GO GO GADGET TRAMPOLINE! GO GO GADGET MATTRESS DEPLOY! GO GO GADGET PARASOL!” Gadget kept shouting until something happened. And what happened was… “GO GO GADGET UMBRELLA!”
Suddenly her hat extruded a heavy duty umbrella, which was able to stop the two from falling and get them to safety.
“Aunt Gadget, you did it! MAD is done for and you saved our lives!” Penny gasped as she tried to hug her aunt.
“I did? Huh, I guess I did! Wowzers!” Gadget exclaimed in initial confusion, but then positive reassurance.
“Yeah! Just watch out for the big head!” Penny said.
“Affirmative, as arrogance is quite sneaky.” Gadget told her niece in a teaching way.
“No, literally! There’s a giant head of a cat!” Penny exclaimed as she braced herself.
Gadget was quick to notice although she didn’t swerve out of the way in time.
“Oh shi—!” Gadget muttered before slamming into the statue, sending them to fall in the mansion’s fountain.
And only then the parachute actually opens up from the back of Gadget’s coat. The impact from the collision sends the statue back a bit before being damaged on the ground beneath it.
“Gadget?! Jamie?!” Penny gasps as she tried to find her aunt. She does find her beneath the excessively huge parachute, although a tad bit dizzy.
“Are you okay, Gadget?” Penny asked.
“Well… I think I’m still able to breathe, motor functions for humanity and gadgetry are still up, although I could use some new tools since they got broken.” Gadget said.
“Well, I’m just happy that you’re okay.” Penny said before reaching in for a hug.
The two get out of the mansion fountain just in time to see Dr. Claw still airborne with his parachute. Gadget knew that if he landed, he could still keep going with his plan.
“Go Go Gadgetmobile.” Gadget said with a smirk.
The car was quick to arrive, with Claw landing right into the passenger’s seat. Talon ran outside with MADCat to look for Claw.
“Uncle Claw, the cat’s been shedding and… let me guess. She stopped your plan.” Talon said.
“Unfortunately.” Dr. Claw angrily grumbled.
Various police cars pulled into the building to see the commotion, and were able to spot the Gadgetmobile with the trapped Dr. Claw.
One of the cars had Chief Quimby, who stepped out and approached the vehicle.
“Well, look at that. An entire terrorist organization fell to pieces by just our cybernetic officer.” Quimby said before directing his attention to Gadget. “Nice job, Gadget. We’ve gotten confirmation to award you for your service to the city.”
And quick on arrival was Mayor Wilson with a medal of honor.
“I hope I wasn’t too late!” Wilson giggled as she handed Chief Quimby the medal. He then took the medal and placed it around Gadget’s neck.
“Thank you for your great work. And we might even continue funding for the Gadget project.” Quimby said.
“Well thanks, Chief. But there’s one other person I would like to acknowledge, and one animal. My niece Penny and her dog Brain.” Gadget said.
Penny whistled for Brain, who hurriedly ran outside the building. He lept into Penny’s arms and they both went towards Gadget.
“It might sound crazy, but my niece did uncover some dirt like how Claw’s the same guy who took me out of duty, and even tried to capture the mayor. It was dangerous for sure, but I can’t get mad at this widdle cutie.” Gadget said before she hugged her niece again with Brain. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll send off the Claw man.”
Gadget then stepped towards the Gadgetmobile with one last thing to say.
“Well, looks like you’re finally under arrest for terrorist intentions, creating an impersonation of an officer which lead to anarchy and murder, and several financial crimes of high suspiciousness. You won't be out until the next thirty years, Dr. Claw. Or should I say, Irving Winchester?” Gadget said, teasing her newfound enemy.
“Farewell, Gadget. But this is NOT the last time you will hear or see from me. I’ll get you next time, Gadget! NEXT TIME!” Dr. Claw growled from moderate grumbles to a loud roar.
“Yeah, tell it to the judge!” Gadget said as the Gadgetmobile rolled its way to the MCPD facility. “Well, gang, I call this a happy ending. Claw’s going to prison, the family’s doing great, and I rest easy until crime rises again.”
“Yes, Gadget. Things will be a hell of a lot easier with you tackling regular police jobs. That is, if you’re ready. You might want to get off duty for a while to breathe a bit. But if you’re willing, here’s some of those jobs.” Quimby said as he gave Gadget a manilla folder with various jobs.
“Well, haven’t you paid attention, sir? I’m always on duty.” Gadget said as she positioned her hat with a smirk.
THE END
Well... that's it. Thank you for reading this story. It's been fun and strangely difficult putting this together, and I hope you've all had a good time sticking through. The "finished version" is heading to an unspecified fan-fiction site sometime later in November. Or maybe December if I get that lazy.