Chapter 4

William George Strosniders (Scolex)

April 1988

At Dr. Claws hideout William Scolex was walking around his uncle's hideout, he doesn't know it but his Uncle Sanford was known around the world as the world's most evil man he thought his Uncle was a zoologist. William was a tanned young man with a big nose and slicked-back chocolate brown hair with greyish blue eyes and wore big square eyeglasses he often dressed handsomely in a grey/black waistcoat with matching dress pants a white crisp shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows with a black-tie loosely done and black boots.

He was deep in thought about how to confess to his longtime crush Penelope Brown better known as Penny when he overheard what was a conversation about something suspicious

" Pretty soon we will not only destroy Inspector Gadget we will also destroy his troublesome niece!" Claw then pulled out a picture of Penny and said "Ever since her uncle started stopping me from what I do best. She has decided to be nosy in her uncle's assignments although she does make a formable foe for a child."

Claw then began to make an evil grin "And the fact she is Gadgets heart we are going to kidnap her while she is on her way home from school and since Gadget is willing to do anything to save his only niece from me he will be flattened by my Abominable Snow-Bot HAHAHA!"

William's eyes widen as he heard those words and his fists tighten as he thought "So Penny is a junior WOMP Agent and her uncle is the world-famous Inspector Gadget and he is Uncle Sanfords archenemy I knew there was something strange about my uncle!"

William was about to leave when he stepped on an empty can of soda which made a huge crunch noise.

Dr. Claw and his minions turned to the noise and saw William there trying to back away

"Billy, How much did you hear?" Dr. Claw asked in shock

"Everything and why do you want revenge on the girl I love" asked William as he walked over to his uncle.

Dr. Claws' eyes widen "YOU WHAT!." Dr. Claw grew angry as he gripped his chair with his claw "YOU LOVE GADGET'S NIECE!."

William gained the little courage he had to speak his heart "That's right I LOVE her, I love Penny Brown, and there is nothing you can do to change that Uncle Sanford and I'm NOT going to stand by and watch you kill her AND her Uncle!."

William charged at his Uncle to stop him only to be grabbed by the MAD Agents.

"Agents take my rebellious nephew to his cell and make sure Gadget's niece joins him, I want to see if she loves him after she finds out his secret." Claw growled, "Especially when he is destined to take over Thaw's organization."

William's anger faded into sadness hearing this there was no telling what Penny's reaction would be when she found out his unknown secret as he was led to his cell he said to himself "Penny forgive me."

William was thrown into his cell and he wept over the fact his whole life was a lie that his family was nothing but a bunch of crooks.

An hour later:

William heard the cell open and a young girl was thrown in the cell and the cell slammed shut as the girl picked herself up.

"What am I gonna do?" the girl asked William immediately recognized the voice "How am I gonna get outta here?" as Penny looked around the cell "I can't contact my friends".

"William then got up and asked "Penny?".

"Penny then turned around and saw him "William?" She gasped

Penny then ran over and hugged him for a full minute as she released him.

"William what're you doing here?" she asked

William immediately dreaded telling her but she had to know

"My Grandmother sent me here to spend time with my uncle,"

He started to explain "When all of a sudden, I overheard my uncle plotting to capture you and take over the world."

Penny's eyes widen "Oh my god!" She gasped.

I know" William continued "I told him she wouldn't get away with it but his agents locked me in here. And guess what? I called Grandma and she said she wanted me to become an evil mastermind like my parents, her, and my uncle. I don't wanna be a crook like them."

Penny put her hand on his shoulder "I know William; I want you to become an honest citizen too." She said, "I can't contact Uncle Gadget or any of my friends, so I think we must find another way out of here."

Penny got up and began to search for a way out

"Hmm we could crawl out through that ventilation shaft but it looks too small." As William watched Penny with the renewed fascination he suddenly decided to talk with her about something that was troubling him since he found out about his uncle's true nature.

"Hey, Penny?" William asked

Penny turned around to face him. "What is it William?" she asked

"I'm thinking of disowning myself from the Scolex family cause as I said I don't want to become a crook like my family," William told her.

Penny then scowled at him. "William why would you do that?"

"Well you see I want my family's evil ways to be stopped for one and two I have a crush on a girl since I was twelve but never got the courage to ask her on a date. And now that she knows my secret I think I destroyed my chances with being with her for good." William hung his head in shame.

Suddenly Penny realized something she was the only girl who knew William's secret "Does William have feelings for me?" she thought then turned to William "William?" she asked

"Yes, Penny?" William answered

"This girl you have a crush on can you tell me about her?" Penny asked her cheeks blushing furiously

William then turned away his face red as a tomato "Well she is smart, has loads of spunk and is kind-hearted and the nicest girl in our science class, she is also classmates with me, she has blonde hair in those short pigtails which I think suit her just fine and those amazing purple-blue eyes I get lost in every time I looked into them" William then turned to Penny who was blushing as hard as he was.

"William I think you're a great guy and I'm sure the girl you like will be lucky to have you as a boyfriend" Penny smiled

"Well I think now is my chance because she is right here" William was closer to Penny with his face inches apart from Penny

"What do you me-mmph!" Penny started but was cut off by William kissing her right on the lips she was startled at first but she finally gave in to the temptation and closed her eyes and returned the kiss.

Soon the two science lovers were running out of air and used their foreheads to gently pry their lips apart.

"Penny I know this isn't the best time since we are in an evil dictator's cell but if we get outta here would you like to go on a date with me?" William held Penny's hand.

Penny smiled and said "William you have no idea how long I have been waiting for you to ask me that" William gulped and prepared himself for rejection "My answer is yes I would love to go out with you"

William then said "And to think I scared to death you would hate me for being your uncle's archenemies nephew"

Penny gave a chuckle "My late father always told me, It doesn't matter where you come from, what matters is what path you take in life and what you choose to be. Besides William, I fell in love with you the moment I got to know you better"

Penny then sat down and so did William "Penny do you remember the time we accidentally took each other's suitcases on Uncle Sanford island's," William said as he wrapped his arm around Penny.

Penny laughed "Yeah I do and then I went up the mountain only for some reason the stairs became a slide and I ended up hanging off a cliff and you caught me."

"And we got to know each other better," said William laughed.

Suddenly Penny yawned "I don't know about you but I'm exhausted from all this William."

William let out a yawn too "Yeah I am too I think learning your family was evil to the core got me utterly drained, Come on Penny let's get some sleep."

William lied down and started getting comfortable even though it wasn't easy with the floor being stone suddenly he had got an idea "Hey Penny isn't it kinda cold in here?"

Penny had a good idea on what William was asking but she decided to play along."Yeah it is too bad your uncle doesn't have heaters for his prisoners."

William suddenly got a mischievous glint in his eyes "Since there is no heaters in here,I was thinking you want to

snuggle up with me to keep each other warm?"

Penny couldn't refuse the puppy dog eyes William was giving her it made him look more cute in her opinion though she wouldn't tell him that. "Sure I love too William" She came over and laid down next to William and wrapped her arms around his back and buried her head on his chest.

William was afraid of facing Penny's uncle and telling him of his relation to Dr. Claw but he blushed at the closeness of his now girlfriend and how her breathing was making him sleepy. He gently held on to Penny and closed his eyes the fear of facing Penny's uncle was far from his mind as he dozed off to dreamland.

Authors note:

Well that's William's Backstory what did you think of it?.It was also a deleted scene of Claw strikes back. I wanted to show that Penny loved William for who he was not for who is family is. Next Up is Mikayla's backstory it was when she was Kidnapped and how she got rescued by Jackie and Gadget.

Stay Tuned.