Gadgetmobile got released early and Gadget put him right on the case. They decided to go back to the crime scene to investigate the strange and unusual transformations. Since Gadgetmobile had just gotten out of the shop, Gadget wanted to slow down a little. Of course, Gadgetmobile was unaware that Gadget was in danger of being fired.

"Any reason why you're driving like Ms. Daisy?" Gadgetmobile asked his driver.

"No reason." Gadget said "You just got out of the shop Gadgetmobile, I thought it'd be best if we'd it easy for a while."

"Say, I was just wondering, did Chief Quimby say anything about me?" Gadgetmobile asked.

"He just wants us not to have any more mishaps." Gadget smiled nervously.

"When I was laid up, there was a car next to me." Gadgetmobile said "Bent frame, busted axle, the mechanics said he'd never return to active duty."

"Wowsers." Gadget gasped.

"Look I know I haven't been my best lately, but what I just want to apologize for being such a screw up lately." Gadgetmobile confessed.

"Look Gadgetmobile, we are partners and partnership means never having to say you're sorry." Gadget assured him "We're partners till the end. Now, we've got a case to solve."

Gadget and Gadgetmobile arrived at the crime scene where the MAD Agents had their strange transformations. Gadgetmobile stretched his wheels up to the pole the agents alley ooped.

"Go go gadget copter." The Gadget-Copter came out of Gadget's hat and he flew up to the flag pole.

The two partners observed the flagpole and Gadget used his Gadget-Binoculars to find clues to the source of the transformations.

"Say what's that on the window ledge?" Gadgetmobile pointed to the window ledge.

Gadget extended his arm to find what Gadgetmobile pointed to on the window ledge and grabbed it. It was the bottle the crooks used earlier.

"Boy it certainly is vile." Gadget sniffed the bottle "Cyanide, ammonia hydrate, and just a hint of nutmeg. I'd better take this to the lab and have them analyze it to determine what it really is."

"Or you could just check the label." Gadgetmobile Suggested.

Gadget read the label "Transformation formula. Patent pending."

"Those MAD agents must've used the formula to get those strange powers and then accidentally dropped it when theu alley ooped on the pole." Gadgetmobile Concluded.

Just then, the ground started shaking like an earthquake.

"What's going on?" Gadget asked "It doesn't look like an earthquake."

"My sensors indicate that the source is getting closer." Gadgetmobile said.

"Go go gadget binoculars." Gadget's hat extended out a pair of binoculars. He looked through them and saw a giant belt buckle "Wowsers. That belt buckle looks as big as a house."

"IT IS!" Gadgetmobile exclaimed.

It was the same Italian gangster that bought a bottle of formula from Claw. Only, this time he was like thirty feet tall.

"It's Fernando Linguini." Gadget stated "Middle sibling of the notorious Linguini bros."

Gadgetmobile was intrigued by this "I thought the Linguinis were midgets."

"Apparently he's had growth spurt and hasn't lost his taste for biscotti." Gadget went back into the Gadgetmobile and they drove off.

Linguini had been feasting on buildings, as indigestible as that sounds. Gadget and Gadgetmobile drove fast to the giant Italiano, who was munching on money bags from a bank.

"Go go gadget, megaphone." A megaphone came out of Gadget's arm "Linguini! That bank your munching on is property of Metro City release it immediately."

Linguini just tossed the bank down to Gadget and Gadgetmobile. Luckily, Gadgetmobile's evasive circuitry kicked in and dodged the falling bank.

"Great thinking Gadgetmobile, now let's cut this Linguini down to size." Gadget was ready to stop the bad guy. However, once he saw the giant Linguini coming, he decided the next best thing "On second thought, retreat is a good option too."

Gadget and Gadgetmobile may have been close to destruction, but they dodged all of Linguini's attacks.

"Gadgetmobile!" Gadget exclaimed "Keep driving until we get to HQ."

"Coordinates are already punched in." Gadgetmobile drove at breakneck speed.

While Gadget and Gadgetmobile had been driving to headquarters to tell the Chief, Linguini had been catching up to them. Finally, they lost him and they were getting close to headquarters.

"Alright Gagdetmobile," Gadget said "Time to slow down."

"I can't." Gadgetmobile kept going fast "The vibration shook my brakes, we're gonna crash!"

Inside HQ, Quimby had just been finishing his house of cards. Suddenly, Gadget and the Gadgetmobile crashed right into his office. Luckily, they hadn't crashed into him.

"GADGET!" He yelled "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Remember our little chat?"

Gadget knew what the Chief was talking about "Um sure Chief. I'd love to stay and chat, but we have a Linguini to cacciatore."

Gadget drove fast out of the office to fight Linguini. He wanted to keep his job at the force before Gadgetmobile, Penny, or Brain found out.

BACK AT THE MAD HQ...

Dr. Claw had been watching the newscast on Linguini's rampage throughout Metro City.

"Identified as Fernando Linguini, destroying and devouring everything in his path." Said the Anchorwoman "Apparently, Inspector Gadget is no match for this omnivorous Italiano. Is there no hero among us?"

"Oh but there is." Claw held up the transformation bottle to MAD Cat "Behold MAD Cat, my plan is about to unfold."

Without hesitation, Claw drank the whole potion and he began to undergo a hideous, and unsightly transformation.

"RRROWWW!" MAD Cat shrieked and hid behind a control panel as he witnessed the entire transformation.

He couldn't believe his yellow, cat eyes. His master had transformed into something, but what?

Dr. Claw had chugged down that entire potion like a guy in the desert towards an oasis and had underwent a hideous transformation. What was his new transformation? And what did he mean by "there is a new hero"?

Author's Note:

Wowsers! Claw has drank the entire transformation bottle and has undergone a hideous transformation as part of his plan to destroy Gadget! What is his transformation? And will Gadget be able to keep his risk of being fired from Gadgetmobile, Penny, and Brain any longer? Stay tuned!