Author's Note:
Welcome folks to my newest story based on "Gadget and the Gadgetinis." This is a little project that I am making with the help of my newest collaborators, Ellis97 creator of the Awesome Adventures of Inspector Gadget and Gadget30thAnniversery, the creator of Inspector Gadget and the G Squad!
Our story opens at WOMP Headquarters, where we see Inspector Gadget up with his usual antics with his tiny robot replicas, the Gadgetinis by his side. Just then, he received a secret call from Penny from his built in communicator.
"Fidget, what's going on?" Penny asked on the other end.
"The inspector is using his water hose to clean the Chief's antique clock." said Fidget. "However, I don't think he'll be only cleaning the clock."
"Why is he doing that?" Penny asked.
Fidget gulped, "Well, he..."
"GADGEEEEEEEEET!" Chief Quimby screamed through the water.
"Hang on Chief, I'm turning it off right now." said Gadget. "Gadget-Hose, stop!"
The hose retracted back into Gadget's sleeve and converted back to his hand.
"Ugh..." Penny sighed. "I'm going over there."
Penny ended the transmission and went outside to the secret entrance to WOMP Headquarters, which was cleverly disguised as a soda machine.
"My uncle can be such a klutz..." Penny mumbled to herself as she dug into her pocket.
She put a coin into the machine and an elevator opened up. As Penny descended into the secret lair, she strapped on her new power skates and helmet that she made. Just as the elevator stopped, she accidentally pulled the trigger on the skates.
Penny turned her head a fraction of seconds in the direction of Nozzaire's office, so she couldn't see she was going to skate right into someone else.
"AAAAHH!" She screamed.
A bunch of papers were launched in the air, a red tie slapped its owner's face, and Penny fell on her back. Just then, the fire propelling her roller skates was dangerously close to the other person's face, which was buried in papers.
"Oh, sorry..." She chuckled. "Still having a little trouble with my triggers."
She turned the roller-skates off and jumped back on her feet, but then got back down.
"Let me help you..." said the man.
She reached for the guy's hand and saw that he was about her age, and he seemed to have issues seeing anything, his eyes half-closed.
"Are you alright?" asked Penny.
"Sure, I just lost my glasses." said the man.
Penny rummaged over the papers and found the glasses, "Here they are."
"Oh, thank you." said the man.
The man put his glasses back in place, and Penny met his deep brown eyes now wide open.
"Sorry about that." She chuckled nervously.
The man smiled, "That's okay."
Penny and the guy started to clean up the mess that Penny accidentally caused by her rocket roller-skates.
"Say, I haven't seen you before..." said Penny.
"Oh, I wouldn't have thought so, I'm new here." He tapped the "Trainee" badge on his chest. "I'm Alec Howell, pleased to meet you."
Penny had a nervous giggle, "Well, I'm Penny Brown."
Alec gasped, "The niece of Inspector John Brown AKA Gadget?"
Penny rolled her eyes. She encountered that kind of reactions too many times to ignore that people were actually excited to meet the closest member of the famous Inspector Gadget.
-"Yes, the niece of Inspector Gadget." She deadpanned.
Alec gasped, "Penny Brown! I... I don't know what to say, I...I'm one of your biggest fans! I followed your work from the time your uncle worked for the police department, this is why I wanted to apply here.
Penny raised an eyebrow, "Wow. That's great."
Alec nodded, "Yeah. But what I never understood..."
"ALEC! WHERE IS THE MEGSTA FILE?!" a voice shouted.
"Oh, I gotta go!" Alec chuckled. "I'M COMING, BOSS!"
Alec ran so fast, that Penny thought he was going to lose his papers, but nothing fell off.
"Hey, wait!" She called out.
Alec stopped, "Yes?"
Penny hesitated and took a deep breath, "Do you think, I'll see you again sometime soon?"
"I hope so." said Alec. "Maybe you'll bump into me again?"
"I'll make sure to find a better way." Penny smiled
Alec smiled, "I've gotta go. See you soon!"
Penny watched him to see in which office he was going, but she shook her head: Why did she want to know that?
Her communicator screeched. It was Digit's face that appeared onscreen.
"Penny! Penny!" Digit chanted.
"Yes, Digit?" She replied.
"Your uncle and the chief left the office. What do we do?" asked Digit.
"Follow Uncle Gadget, I'm going to the rendezvous point." said Penny.
"I read you." said Digit. "Over and out."
Penny went through the WOMP headquarters at the speed of her power skates, took the vending machine elevator, arrived in front of her uncle's house and stopped there to trace her route:
"Okay, I'll be there in ten minutes..." She said to herself.
Penny then went full speed, sliding down the safety rail on one foot. After a couple of flips and jumping a bunch of staircases, she landed on a beach. But when she got there, it was empty. She looked around: there was no one in sight.
"Just in the nick of time, Agent Brown." said a mysterious voice.
It was a man wearing a mask and a long coat showed up from behind a wall. Was it a man though? Penny couldn't really tell.
"Who are you?" asked Penny.
"Just trust me." said the man. "Here's your mission order, Agent Brown."
The man gave her a WOMP Mission Ball.
Penny just looked at it for a second, and the man vanished.
"Here'." said the man. "Here's your mission order, Agent Brown."
Penny just looked at it for a second, and the man vanished.
She shrugged, "I guess I should be already used to it."
She pushed the button activating the mission ball, and the face of the Chief appeared on it.
"Congratulations, Agent Brown." said the Chief. "You have been chosen for a mission of extreme importance."
"Mission?" Penny raised an eyebrow.
"Today the world is counting on you...to capture Doctor Claw." Chief Quimby continued.
Penny shrugged again, "Just that? Okay."
"Now you might be wondering: Why isn't WOMP giving this mission to your uncle?" said the chief.
"Because he always failed to do so?" She sarcastically commented.
"Well he currently is on another case." the chief continued. "So you will get the honors "
"Okay then." Penny nodded. "How am I supposed to do it?
A map showed up on the holographic screen:
"Our latest information points at The Mountain of Limbo as one of the most probable Doctor Claw's hideout." Chief Quimby explained. "It is the most dangerous place around, so you should get prepared well."
"Yes, thank you, Chief." Penny saluted.
"All the information you need is being transferred to your video watch." said the chief. "Make sure to memorize them all well, because you will not be able to consult them once you are there."
Penny nodded, after all, she always has had a great memory.
"Do not forget the usual G.R. protocol." Chief Quimby added.
"Of course not, Chief." Penny saluted.
The Chief nodded, "All that needs to be said is: Good luck Agent Brown!"
"Oh you're welcome," Penny replied.
"And by the way, this message will self destruct." said the Chief.
"Oh Crumbs." Penny deadpanned.
The message then exploded and left Penny all black with soot.
The "Good Riddance" protocol, best known as G.R., was a list of ways to get rid of any evidence of the support that contained a secret mission. It was only a few years old, but Agents like Penny had to memorize it whole to be accepted in WOMP and hope to be one day anything else than paper holders or printing machine heaters. In other words, what was waiting for this Alec, no matter how talented he had been proven to be.
"That's hardly fair," Penny thought.
She traced her route to go back home and fired her roller skates.
Soon enough, Penny arrived back home, where she saw one of the Gadgetinis waiting on the porch.
"Penny!" Fidget ran to her, a big smile on his robot face.
"Fidget!" Penny took her helmet off and patted his back. "So, what are you doing back here?"
Fidget shrugged, "Well, Digit is still after the inspector, I stayed here as you asked me to.
"Very well." said Penny. "Guess what, Fidget? We're going on a mission together!"
Fidget clapped, "Nice! I was looking forward to this! Where are we going?"
"I can't tell you that here." said Penny.
"Oh of course." Fidget rolled his eyes. "No matter, anywhere but near your uncle!"
Penny sighed, "I know what you think about him, and for once, I won't blame you."
"Really? Oh, thanks I guess..." Fidget said, uncertain.
"Well, we need to pack, it's not a regular mission." said Penny.
"Already on it!" Fidget saluted.
They went inside and started to prepare food, climbing material, flashlights, and automatic diving suits. Penny then opened her closet and lifted a hidden trapdoor to unveil...
"My Computer Book!" She exclaimed. "It should come in handy."
"How?" asked Fidget.
Okay, so what do we have...
The Computer Book showed all the information about the Mountain Of Limbo, and she read everything very attentively. There were all kinds of dangers to be aware, there...
Penny's Computer Book was her M.S.D. In other words, Most Secure Device. The one she registered as her trusted device on which WOMP could send her any sensitive information -for a limited time - without a risk. Obviously, if they knew this M.S.D. was that some old thing she used when she was a little girl, they wouldn't have accepted it.
"Okay, I got this." She turned it off and hid it back in the closet.
Fidget glanced at Penny, "Looks like we're off for a dangerous trip."
"You'll understand when we'll be there." said Penny.
They left the house, Fidget following her on his own implemented rocket boots.
As soon as they arrived at the seaside, and Penny's communicator rang. It was Digit, calling from wherever he was.
"I'm on a mission, Digit, what's going on?" She asked the blue robot.
Digit showed up on the screen, "Things are getting complicated here."
"What do you mean, "complicated"?" asked Penny.
"See for yourself..." said Digit.
The camera turned: Gadget was dancing on one foot, and showing about eighty percent of his load of gadgets out of his body.
Penny raised an eyebrow, "What's happening to him?"
Digit explained, "I think one of his brain processors failed, he is unable to..."
A big explosion resounded, and the connection was suddenly lost.
"Digit? Digit!" Penny tapped on the screen.
"What happened?" asked Fidget.
Penny sighed, "Uncle Gadget is in trouble and Digit is too. We must tell someone at WOMP, but that could reveal our position.
"I have an idea!" said Fidget. "I make enough distance between us, send the message and then get back here!"
"Good idea!" said Penny. "I'll be waiting here, be quick!"
Fidget left at full speed and disappeared at the horizon.
After five minutes, he came back, "Message sent!"
"Alright, we can move on." said Penny.
"Deactivate your communicator We can't afford to be disturbed now."
Fidget obeyed, and Penny did the same with her watch.
"We're good to go." said Penny.
She reprogrammed her roller skates and jumped on the water.
Fidget imitated her, and they sled along to their destination.
"So, can you tell me where we're going now?" He asked her.
"We're going to capture Doctor Claw." said Penny. "Remember?"
"Of course I remember, but where is he?" Fidget rephrased.
Penny shrugged, "Apparently, he's hiding in the Mountain of Limbo."
Fidget almost lost his balance out of terror, "The Mountain Of Limbo?! Isn't that..."
"The most dangerous place around." Penny nodded. "Yes, it is. You want to join Digit?"
Fidget shook his head, "Oh no! Anywhere but that!"
"Then Mountain of Limbo it is." Penny proclaimed.
They sled until a dark peak showed up in the middle of the ocean.
"Is it true that this mountain is originally an artificial structure created by some eminent aquatic fauna specialists?" asked Fidget.
"Yes, Fidget. It's been in use for ten years, then it's been abandoned because the government cut off the credits. Then a big company reconverted it in a giant offshore safe and added all sorts of autonomous security systems." Penny explained
.
Fidget nodded, "That's why it's so dangerous..."
"Most of the systems failed, but the most lethal ones are still active for what we know." Penny told the robot.
"Lethal?!" Fidget gasped.
"Lethal for humans, Fidget." Penny assured him.
"Oh yes right... I forget all the time." replied Fidget
Penny smiled. She never actually got to catch it, but that was the cutest thing about Fidget, forgetting he's actually a robot. In comparison, Digit was kind of boring and this was why she chose to send him to watch over her uncle, and take Fidget with her on this mission.
Author's Note:
Well folks, looks like I've got my first story all intact and I've got my good pals, Ellis97 and Gadget30thAnniversery to thank for that. Stay tuned for more updates!