Gadget and Ivan went to follow Nozzaire, since they were concerned about his odd behavior. Little did they know, that he was still being mind controlled.
"Must find key" he said in a moaning tone.
While he was searching, Bruno peeked from the plants he was hiding behind.
"He hasn't found the key yet?" he said to himself in his thoughts "I'd better investigate"
Bruno put on some sort of X-ray goggles and saw through people's bodies (not clothes, just so you know). He saw the key in Jeanette's bracelet.
"Of course" he said to himself "The key is hidden in that woman's bracelet"
At that same time, Jorge and Jeanette started slow dancing and as we all know, slow dancing is the most romantical part of any date.
"Boy, you sure are pretty smooth at dancing" Jeanette told Jorge.
"Well you know, I did learn from the best" said Jorge.
Just as Jeanette was about to kiss Jorge again, Nozzaire rudely tapped into them, trying to take away the bracelet.
"Is your friend okay?" asked Jeanette.
"Beats me" Jorge replied "He's usually not this loco"
Just then, Nozzaire ran into the drapes, which fell down right on him. Bruno was watching the whole thing.
"That French idiot" he said to himself "If I'm going to get that key, I'm going to play hardball! Nozzaire! Dance with the girl!"
Jorge was continuing to sweep Jeanette right off her feet. He twirled her and dipped her. Just then, Nozzaire rudely interrupted, causing him to accidentally drop her.
"Hey buddy!" Jeanette snapped "What gives?"
"Dance with me" he said in a moaning tone.
"Excuse me?" Jeanette asked in disgust.
"A little word of advice, colonel" Jorge walked over to Nozzaire "Women appreciate chivalry and quite frankly, I think you should get away from Jeanette. She's my priority right now"
"Must dance" Nozzaire said as he pushed Jorge onto the floor and started to "dance" with Jeanette.
"Listen pal, I already told you I don't want to dance with you, I want to dance with him" Jeanette told the colonel "Get off of me you creep!"
At that same time, Bruno was watching the whole thing.
"That pathetic cop is ruining everything" he said to himself "I've got to do something about it"
At that same time, Gadget and Jorge were still in camouflage, eavesdropping on Bruno. As soon as Bruno left to take care of things, Gadget and Jorge got out of their camouflage to investigate.
"So, he's behind all this" said Gadget "I should've thought so! Nozzaire's being mind controlled. We have to warn Jorge and hurry"
"Yeah" said Ivan "Once the colonel steals the bracelet for that crook, we're doomed"
The brainwashed Nozzaire then walked over to the flying couple and hit Jorge with a folding metal chair, knocking him down. Then, he grabbed Jeanette by the arm.
"Let go of me, you creep" Jeanette tried to pull back "Let me go!"
Just then, Jorge got up and his two partners walked right over to him.
"Jorge, wake up!" Gadget shook Jorge.
"Get up, man" Ivan gently shook his other partner.
"Huh?" Jorge opened his eyes "What's going on?"
"Colonel Nozzaire is being controlled by some sort of crook trying to steal the key to the vault" Gadget explained.
"The key is here?" asked Jorge.
"Yes" Ivan nodded "In Jeanette's bracelet"
"Aye carumba!" Jorge exclaimed "We've gotta stop him!"
While our heroes were running towards Jeanette, Nozzaire grabbed Jeanette's hand and took off her bracelet.
"My bracelet!" she exclaimed.
"Freeze slime ball!" Gadget exclaimed "I'll take that!"
Gadget's arm extended and he grabbed the bracelet. Then, Nozzaire chased after the bracelet.
"Catch!" Gadget threw the bracelet at Ivan, who grabbed it.
Ivan then ran with the bracelet, which Nozzaire chased him for. Then, Ivan threw the bracelet to Jorge, who then ran off with it. When Nozzaire was catching up to Jorge, he threw the bracelet back to Gadget, who for some reason threw the bracelet back to Nozzaire.
"Gadget!" Ivan and Jorge shouted.
"Sorry, he was wide open" Gadget shrugged.
"Don't worry" said Jorge "I'll get it!"
Jorge ran over to Nozzaire and grabbed the bracelet, then gave it back to Jeanette. Just then, he noticed something on his neck.
"That must be the mind control device that's controlling Nozzaire" he whispered to himself "I'd better get it off! Hey colonel!"
"Huh?" Nozzaire turned around.
"There's something on your neck, let me just get that" said Jorge.
Jorge then grabbed Nozzaire's shoulders and flicked the mind control device right off his neck. He was snapped right out of his trance.
"Huh?" the colonel shook his head "What's going on here?"
"Colonel!" Gadget exclaimed "You're back to normal"
Everybody clapped for Gadget, Jorge and Ivan when all of a sudden Bruno jumped out with some sort of super cannon.
"Alright! That's it!" he shouted "Hand over the bracelet!"
Everybody took off their wrist wear and held it up in the air.
"Not your bracelets" Bruno said as he approached Jeanette "I want her bracelet"
"I don't think so" said Jorge as he ran in front of Jeanette "I'll take of this, Gadget!"
Jorge reached into his pocket and took out his taser and zapped Bruno with it, causing him to accidentally pull the trigger and zap the bottom of Jeanette's dress.
"THAT'S IT!" Jeanette shouted and she walked over to a twitching Bruno, who got an electric shock from the taser "You can push me around, you can steal my bracelet...but nobody messes with my brand new dress!"
She grabbed Bruno by the shirt, picked him up and started shaking and choking him like a doll.
"Do you know how much of a salary this dress cost me?!" she shouted angrily.
She then looked at everyone, who was staring at her with surprised looks on their faces. Realizing what she was doing, she quickly put Bruno down and Ivan cuffed her.
"You're coming with us, buddy" said Gadget "You should know better then to tear a woman's ballgown"
"Unorthodox, yet intriguing" Ivan remarked as he, Gadget and Jorge took Bruno back to the patrol car.
The next day, Nozzaire and the trio met Jeanette, the general and her parents at Jeanette's house.
"Excellent work Inspector Gadget" said the general "And company"
"It was a privilege and an honor, sir" said Ivan "That Bruno culprit confessed to his bad deeds..."
"And he paid for Jeanette's dress" Jorge added.
"And as for you, Nozzaire! I'm going to have you working double shifts on the North Pole for a year!" General Sir poked Nozzaire in the stomach "Disobeying my orders? And ruining my neighbor's daughters night at the ball?!"
Nozzaire started to sweat "I...uh...well...um..."
"That's alright, sir" said Jeanette "I still had a great time with Officer Jorge"
Jorge grinned and blushed "Well, you're welcome Jeanette"
Jeanette then grabbed Jorge's shoulders and kissed him on the cheek. Jorge sighed and started moving around as if he was drunk and accidentally hit Gadget in back again, which caused a mechanical heart to pop out of his chest, which hit Nozzaire in the face and knocked him out cold. Everybody walked over to him and stared at his unconscious face.
Deep in the subconscious state of the colonel's brain he was screaming "GADGET!"
Meanwhile somewhere in an uncharted location in the tropics, a large block of ice containing a tanned adolescent male in purple had been drifting off at sea. The waves had been carrying the block for over three days from the Arctic North.
All of a sudden, the gentle waves then washed him onto the beach on some sort of tropical island and the sun started to slowly melt his icy prison.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's Note:
It looks like Jorge has found his special someone and it looks like this isn't the last we'll hear of her. That's right, there's another character arc in this series.
Meanwhile, you can see this cliffhanger happening. What could this mean? Who could be frozen in that ice? If you haven't been following the series, go check out the story, "Penny's New Boyfriend" and you'll see what we're talking about. But in the meantime, stay tuned for the next episode and find out!
