Back at Dr. Claw's lair, Claw had been congratulating himself on his master plan. He looked out the window, petting his MAD Cat. His master plan was almost complete. He made a little transmission with Dr. Ganglion.

"So, Dr. Ganglion how is my new and improved batch of formula?" Dr. Claw asked.

"Results are exceedingly promising." Ganglion said "I've been able to expend the duration of the formula's effect for another few hours."

"THAT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH!" Claw yelled. "The effect needs to last much longer for my plan to succeed!"

"I'll try redoubling the isotope." Ganglion explained "But I couldn't have anything ready for the weekend if my life depended on it."

"It does." Claw said in a threatening tone.

Claw turned off the transmission and raised his current transformation bottle in his claw.

"Life is good MAD Cat!" He raised the formula "Every crook, fiend, and felon in Metro City is buying this formula. And I control it's distribution. Do you realize what that means?"

"Meow." MAD Cat stretched and yawned.

"Buckets of bucks! And the best part is, pretty soon, Gadget will be out of the way and no one will stop me!" Claw evilly laughed.

"Dr. Claw?" An agent said.

"WHAT IS IT?!" Claw yelled.

"Your new client is here." The Agent said.

"Bring him in!" Claw ordered.

Entering the lair was a guy with an ice-like head and a fancy suit.

"Aah Abominable Snowbot, you're looking cold today." Claw evilly grinned. "Care to purchase some formula?"

"Yeah, thought I'd maybe give it a shot." Snowbot said "I'm gonna bust up some stuff downtown."

"Aah, the downtown rampage, a classic." Claw handed him a bottle of formula and Snowbot handed him money. "I don't make change!"

Snowbot then spoke up "I'm a little worried."

"About Inspector Gadget?" Claw asked "Don't worry, he's off the force."

"No I'm talking about the new guy." Snowball corrected "Devon Debonair."

"Don't worry." Claw sadistically grinned "I got this situation in the palm of my claw."

BACK AT THE GADGET HOUSE...

Gadget was lying on the couch, watching TV. Usually, this would be a time when he would be spending time with Penny and Brain. But Penny and Brain were still cross with him and Gagdet had nothing better to do. Gadget flipped to the news to find the anchorwoman reporting live from downtown.

"This just in," She said "Downtown Metro City is being turned into a frozen wasteland! The culprit is-"

Before she could finish, she was frozen solid in ice.

"Wowsers!" Gadget exclaimed "Thats my one chance to get my job back. I'll show the Chief, Penny, and Gadgetmobile that I'm still a great hero!"

Wasting no time, Gadget told Penny that he was gonna go downtown to stop the villain and save the day.

"Go go gadget, copter!" The Gadget-Copter sprouted from Gadget's hat and he flew downtown.

"You'd better follow him Brain." Penny said to the dog.

"Hmmph." Brain crossed his arms.

"I know, I still don't know if I can trust Uncle Gadget either, but you have to make sure he doesn't ruin everything again." Penny assured him.

Reluctantly, Brain ran to follow Gadget downtown.

LATER...

Snowbot had been rampaging through Downtown Metro City, freezing everything in plain sight with his ice breath of doom. Up in the sky, Gadget had been flying to get ready to stop this felon.

"Go go gadget, thermometer." A thermometer came out of Gadget's hat and it froze instantly "On second thought, go go gadget earmuffs."

A pair of earmuffs wrapped around Gagdet's ears and he landed to find the culprit.

"Aha!" Gadget exclaimed "The culprit is right in front of our eyes! The oh so villainous, Abominable Snowbot. Go go gadget flamethrower!"

A flamethrower came out of Gadget's chest, but it instantly froze solid with Snowbot's breath and covered Gadget in snow.

Gadget tried calling his gadget's to help, but the gadget's were all frozen solid.

"Ha ha ha ha!" Snowbot laughed. "That's the funniest thing I've seen since my kid sister ate the yellow snow!"

"That's disgusting." Gadget remarked.

Just then, Devon and Debonairmobile arrived on the scene to stop Snowbot.

"The Snowbot cometh and the Iceman is about to melteth." Devon boasted.

Devon stuck up a ski stick in front of Snowbot and it shot a heat ray and Snowbot melted into the sewer.

"I don't believe it." Gadget saw his old car. "Gagdetmobile is better off without me."

Gadget looked down in shame when Brain came by and picked him up and carried him home to be thawed out.

LATER...

After Gadget got thawed out, he, Penny, and Brain had been watching the news.

"Devon Debonair and his new partner, the Debonairmobile dazzled the citizens of Metro City single handily stopped the Abominable Snowbot and saved Metro City once again." The anchorwoman said "Asked for comment, the fabulous crimefighter had this to say..."

"Just doing my job." Devon said.

"There was also a crimefighter who wasn't doing job, Inspector Gadget." The anchorwoman continued "While Devon was fighting the Snowbot, Gadget did nothing more than stand by and do nothing, frozen like a statue. In other words, we are seeing the rise of Devon Debonair and the fall of ex-Inspector Gadget."

Penny and Brain had been pretty mad at Gadget.

"I can't believe you just stood there and did nothing!" Penny scolded her uncle. "You weren't even supportive of Gadgetmobile! He donut himself a new partner, and you just stood there!"

"Grrrr." Brain growled.

"But Penny, I was frozen solid, I couldn't move." Gadget tried to explain.

"Yeah right." Penny rolled her eyes "Maybe you'll win something at the Crimmie Awards tonight. On the other hand, Devon is an amazing crime fighter."

"What's he have that I don't?" Gadget asked.

"Charm, good looks, nice hair, and he's...human." Penny snarked.

Gadget couldn't believe what he heard, Penny, his precious angel had just stopped looking up to him and made Debonair her hero. That may have happened, but Gadget was sure he'd win the Crime Fighter Awards. That way, he'd get his job back and win back Penny. Maybe, he'd even get Debonairmobile to be his partner again.

Author's Note:

Well, Gadget's getting ready for the Crime Fighter Awards. He thinks this is a good idea because he'll probably win Penny back and return to the force? Will this work? Stay tuned!