That night, Gadget, Penny, and Brain had gone to the Crime Fighter Awards ceremony downtown. Since Gadget had no car, he and his family had to catch a bus. They arrived at the building only to find out that reporters were taking photos of Devon and the Debonairmobile. They were praising and Devon was posing.

"Devon is so amazing Uncle Gadget!" Penny said "He's got all those reporters and women fighting over him."

"You won't be saying that when you see the amount of awards I win." Gadget huffed.

Gadget was sure he'd win awards and win Penny back. But he assumed wrong, Devon won every single award and guess what? Penny was cheering with as much gusto as possible. Luckily, there was the final award, Crime Fighter of the Year.

The woman spoke into the mike "And the winner for Hero of the Year is..."

Gadget crossed his fingers, he wanted it to be him.

"DEVON DEBONAIR!" She finished.

However, Gadget thought he won. He extended his legs up to nearly the wall.

"Uncle Gadget, you didn't win, Devon Debonair did." Penny lowered Gadget down. "He's so amazing."

Gadget growled. Penny used to look up to him and now she ditched him for that ego-maniac Debonair.

"Just doing my job." Devon gloated.

"And for the first time in this category..." The announcer woman continued "For 'Best Crime Fighting Car', he winner is...THE DEBIONAIRMOBILE!"

Debonairmobile came driving onto the stage to accept his award, he spoke into the microphone.

"It is such an honor to accept this award." He said "I'd like to thank the best crime fighting partner a guy could ever have, Devon Debonair."

Gadget was appalled. Debonairmobile didn't mention him at all! After all those years of fighting crime, he acted as if Gadget never existed.

"How could he not mention me?!" Gadget asked. "He's only been with Devon for two days!"

"Well, you did turn your back on him Uncle Gadget." Penny said.

"THE CHIEF DID IT! IT'S NOT MY FAULT!" Gadget yelled.

"You know you always told me not to blame others for what I did." Penny pointed out "But now, I realize you were just a hypocritical bum."

He would've scolded Penny, but he felt really awful. This wasn't his fault, he had no choice. His little angel was turning into a smart mouth.

LATER...

Penny dragged Gadget to the parking lot to congratulate Debonairmobile on winning the award. Gadget didn't want to for obvious reasons.

"It's called good sportsmanship Uncle Gadget." Penny dragged her uncle "And you should be supportive! It's the least you could do after you selfishly disowned him!"

Gadget tried to explain, but he knew Penny wouldn't listen at all. Penny just took Gadget to where Debonairmobile was and left him there.

"So, um hi." Gadget said.

"Hi." Debonairmobile smiled.

"So uh you check out that new auto-parts store on Main Street?" Gadget asked.

"Haven't had the time." Debonairmobile said "Devon and I have been you know, saving the city and all."

Gadget looked down "Look just so you know, Gadgetmobile, I'm sorry about this."

"It's Debonairmobile now." The car said.

"You took his name?" Gadget asked.

Debonairmobile sighed. Just then, Penny, Brain, and Devon had arrived at the scene.

"This guy messing with you?" Devon rudely asked.

"No, it's okay Dev." Debonairmobile assured. "Penny! Brain! Great to see you."

"Congratulations on your award Debonairmobile." Penny said.

Just then, Brain sneezed and landed in Gadget's arms.

"That's weird." Penny said "Brain only does that when he's around cats or someone who owns a cat."

"You own a cat Devon?" Gadget asked.

"Of course not haven't had much use for them." Devon answered.

Penny noticed a hair on his sleeve "That's weird, because that looks like cat hair on your jacket."

"Probably just a hair from one of the adoring women, who have been fawning over me." Devon gloated "Unlike you Gadget."

"Grrrrrr." Gadget grunted.

Just then, Devon noticed his hand was cracking and hid it in his pocket.

"Well guess I'd better be going, need my beauty rest." Devon gloated "Which what you lack Gadget!"

Devon got into the Debonairmobile and left, laughing. Gadget was so furious, that guy was getting on his nerves.

"That guy gives the heebie ba-jeebies." Penny looked at the hair.

LATER...

Gadget, Penny, and Brain went home and Penny used an electronic microscope plugged into her computer book and analyzed the hair.

"Analysis done." Said the computer book "Cat hair."

"So Devon lied about being around a cat." Penny said "I wonder what else he lied about."

"Yeah!" Gadget said "There's no telling what other animals he's been with."

Penny turned to and searched for Devon Debonair. No match. She then did a worldwide universal search for Devon, including all aliases. No match found. It was like the guy came out of nowhere.

AT DR. CLAW'S LAIR...

Claw had been holding up a trophy. He looked at it with as much evil as possible.

"Devon Debonair." Claw sinisterly grinned "Crime Fighter of the Year. What an honor for him! Just doing my job!"

MEANWHILE...

Debonairmobile had been thinking and decided to pay a visit to the Gadget house. Penny and Brain went outside to see him.

"Debonairmobile?" Penny asked.

"Hey Penny, hey Brain." Debonairmobile said "Just visiting."

"I can't believe this Debonairmobile, you're living a life of luxury, you have a great partner, and you won an award." Penny said.

"Yep! It's the best a guy could ever want." Debonairmobile said.

"And you don't miss Uncle Gadget?" Penny asked.

"Not even a little." Debonairmobile said.

"It's not surprising." Penny crossed her arms "After all, he dumped you and turned his back on you. The nerve of him. My so-called uncle."

"Yeah, but he maybe he didn't really have a choice." Debonairmobile said "He did try to explain, maybe we should've trusted him. Maybe it was us who let him down. Well, see you around."

Debonairmobile drove off, he thought, did Gadget really turn his back on him or was it the other way around?

He returned to Devon's luxury mansion in the Diablo Mountains. He looked at his old license plate with Gadget on it.

"So where have you been?!" Devon demanded.

"Just driving around, you know." Debonairmobile said.

Devon knew what was going on and thought of something. But it wasn't a good thought.

"Say, Deobnairmobile, I got an intel on where Claw's lair is." Devon said with a smug look. "And I was thinking we could ask Gadget for some assistance."

BACK AT THE GADGET HOUSE...

Gadget had been sitting on the couch, looking at his photo album. All the memories of times spent with his angel Penny, his faithful companion Brain, and his partner Gadgetmobile. And he wouldn't have any more wonderful times with them, he lost everything he ever cared about. His family, his job, his partner, everything.

Just then the Gadget-Phone rang. Gadget pulled the phone antenna out of his thumb and spoke into his pinky.

"Hello Chief." He answered "Devon Debonair? You did? Really? When? Now? I'll be there."

Gadget easily fell for the trick and told Penny and Brain he was on his way.

"I don't get it." Penny said "Why would Devon want to team up with you?"

"Penny, isn't it obvious?" Gadget asked "It's because your uncle is a super intelligent and brilliant crime fighter who everyone once looked up to."

"This all seems strange Uncle." Penny said. "Why would someone like Devon wanna help you?"

Gadget was finally fed up with Penny and her smart remarks.

"LISTEN PENNY!" Gadget snapped "EVER SINCE I GOT FIRED, YOUVE BEEN TREATING ME LIKE A BACKSTABBER! All I want is to show you what a hero I really am and you're just making it hard on me! I just want you to know what a great detective I am! And thats what I'm gonna do!"

Gadget's copter came out of his hat and he flew to where Devon said Claw's lair was.

"You'd better follow him Brain." Penny said.

Brain ran fast and followed Gadget's every move. Penny thought, maybe she did kinda let him down. He just wanted Penny to look up to him again and she made it hard on him. Penny didn't know what to think.

Meanwhile, Gadget called the Chief and told him everything. He figured it would be the perfect way to prove to the Chief how great he was of an inspector.

"Wait Gadget!" The Chief noticed something on his map "That's not-"

But before the Chief could say anything, Gadget lost the signal and hung up. Gadget was too way up in the air to hear anything.

Author's Note:

Gadget is on his way to Dr. Claw's lair. But, this is very strange and Devon is acting very strange. There's no record of him anywhere! Who is Devon Debonair? and what does Claw have anything to do with this? And will Gadget get his job back?