The next day was a school day. Gadget was leaving for work with the Gadgetinis.

"Good-bye Penny, I'll see you after school. Or after work, whichever ends last." Gadget said.

"Bye Uncle Gadget, bye Gadgetinis." Penny smiled, just finishing breakfast.

"Bye Penny." The Gadgetinis said.

Gadget and the Gadgetinis headed to WOMP headquarters. There were no messages from the General Sir, so Gadget and the Gadgetinis went to relax in the cafeteria.

Penny was heading out to catch the school bus, but when she got to the door two of Dr. Claw's goons were standing there! She paled, recognizing the red cat symbol on their one-piece suits. She ran towards the back door, but the goons followed and one grabbed her by the arm. She quickly tried to contact the Gadgetinis on her radio transmitting watch.

"Oh no you don't!" The other goon said, ripping off her watch and breaking it.

The first goon then knocked her out with chloroform and the two of them carried her away...

Meanwhile, the Gadgetinis still had their stomachs that allowed them to digest human food so that's exactly what they were doing. Fidget was enjoying a waffle while Didget was just finishing a bagel. Their screens suddenly popped out but instead of Penny's face they got static!

"What the?" Didget said, confused.

"What's wrong Privates?" Gadget asked.

"We use these screens to communicate with Penny but they had never gotten static before." Didget explained. "And she built them so that they couldn't get static even if we were on opposite sides of the planet, so the only reason for static would be if her watch broke. But it would take something strong to break her watch, and she never takes it off..."

"She must be in trouble!" Fidget panicked. "Come on!"

Fidget ran off. Didget and Gadget followed. When they got outside they saw the front door of their house wide open!

"Oh no, there's no way Penny would leave the door open. Unless..." Gadget grew very worried.

They ran inside. They didn't see anything at first, but then Gadget smelled something.

"What's that smell?" He asked.

Didget analyzed it.

"Chloroform!" He gasped.

"Oh no, no wonder we got static earlier!" Fidget said, worried, holding up Penny's broken watch. "She must've been kidnapped!"

"By Dr. Claw no doubt, he must have laid a trap for me." Gadget guessed.

"I'm afraid you're right Lieutenant." Didget paled (expression wise, not color wise). "I found this note on the coffee table."

Gadget took the note and read it:

Gadget

I have discovered the secret of your success: your niece. I saw her helping you during my past plans. So, I am going to get rid of your secret and have my own success. You have a chance to save her, if you can win on your own. We will be in a desert in Texas.

Instead of a written signature, Dr. Claw's trademark image was on the bottom of the page.

"What?" Gadget said, surprised. "Penny was helping me during those past missions?"

"Er...yes." Didget said awkwardly. "She worked behind the scenes to solve each mission you were assigned."

"But then...what was the point of me going on the missions?"

"Keeping Penny safe." Fidget said. "By taking the credit you allowed her to live without fear of being captured. Unfortunately Dr. Claw ended up finding out the truth anyway."

They then heard a noise outside, and rushed out to find a helicopter landing on their front lawn. William came out of the helicopter.

"Billy!" Didget said. "What are you doing here?"

"I found out about Dr. Claw kidnapping Penny while I was spying on him." William explained. "So I decided to come to you guys and help you rescue her."

"You were spying on Dr. Claw?" Gadget said, confused.

"Yes...he's my uncle I'm ashamed to say." William hung his head.

"Your uncle!" Gadget gasped, looking distrustfully at William.

"Easy Lieutenant." Didget said. "He's on our side. Penny told us that when Billy found out about his uncle being Dr. Claw he threatened to throw himself to wild beasts unless Dr. Claw left us alone. Luckily Dr. Claw listens to his mom and his mom cares about Billy."

"Oh, I see." Gadget relaxed.

"Come on, I already got the radar locked on my uncle's jet!" William ran back into the helicopter.

Gadget and the Gadgetinis followed inside. William flew the helicopter towards Texas and towards where the signal on the radar was located. During the trip Didget contacted General Sir and told him of the situation. General Sir was surprised to hear that Penny had been helping Gadget the whole time, but said that he will send back-up after Penny is safe.