Continuing from where we left off, Inspector Gadget and his cronies were falling right down the caverns after the bumbling inspector had accidentally pulled the wrong lever on some sort of wall.

"Great, just when I can't believe I have to die right now" Ivan deadpanned.

"I always thought I'd go out in some sort of car chase" Jorge remarked.

"No need to worry, Jorge" said Gadget "I can get us down safely. Go go gadget, inflatable jacket!"

Gadget pulled a button on his coat and it puffed up like a balloon, causing him and his friends to land safely on the water at the bottom. Gadget floated his friends to dry shore and his coat deflated as soon as they got there.

"Well that was a close one" Jorge sighed of relief "I think my entire life flashed before my very eyes"

"So did mine" added Topaz "And boy, was it screwed up"

"You should've seen mine" Jorge remarked.

"Anyways, it looks like we're not getting any closer to finding the diamond" Ivan pointed out "It would seem that we are between a rock and a hard place"

Gadget observed the place "Well I do see a lot of stalactites dripping water in here. Oh well, less talking, more gem finding! I'm sure the worst is over. Now, let's move!"

"Remind me to put in him Sleep Mode when we get home" Nozzaire told Ivan.

"I'll be sure of it" Ivan deadpanned.

After avoiding a few traps and getting stuck in some amber a few times, our heroes finally made it to where they were intending to go.

Jorge then saw something "Mira, mira, look!"

Gadget used his magnifying glass to see some sort of shiny, yellow stone on a rock "Wowsers! That's probably the most shiniest rock I've ever seen in my cybernetic life!"

"That's not a rock, it's the first gem!" Amethyst exclaimed "Let's get it!"

But before our heroes could get anywhere near it, something had just interrupted them.

"Stop right there, you pestering perps!" said a voice.

"Wowsers!" Gadget exclaimed "If I didn't know any better, I'd say that someone else is here"

"But of course, inspector" said the voice.

Just then, someone came down the secret passageway. It was none other than our three antagonists.

"Hand over the gem, or we'll be forced to do this the hard way!" exclaimed Clark.

"I assume you're two of Zorbad's thugs?" asked Mantis.

"Indeed you are correct" said Clark "I am General Clark, head of the staff and this is my lackey, Thud!"

"Hey, why do I gotta be your lackey?" asked Thud "I'm bigger, stronger and I'm Lord Zorbad's number one thug"

"And that makes you number two" Clark deadpanned.

"And me!" another voice said as someone slid down the secret passageway.

"Simon? Didn't we banish you back to the other realm on that island?" asked Ruby.

"You did, but I'm not willing to hold a grudge..." Simon said smugly.

"You'd better start if we you don't get out of my face!" exclaimed Ruby "I've never forgiven you for nearly annihilating our entire civilization and brainwashing my friends!"

"Oh Ruby please, I was kidding..." Simon folded his arms "I'd totally hold a grudge, and when I got banished by you five, I felt it was duty as a citizen to crush you and destroy everything you loved and cared for!"

"That's what I'd do..." Onyx shrugged.

Simon continued, "Luckily, I was able to use what magic I had left to escape and finally get rid of you meddlesome Trollz! When I met these two...two...two...things..."

"We're humans" Clark and Thud deadpanned.

"Whatever" Simon retorted "We decided to form an alliance. I'd help them get the diamonds and they'd help me get revenge on you five bimbos!"

"Now hand over that diamond, and you won't get hurt for a while!" exclaimed Clark.

"You're going to have to make us give it to you, and that's not going to happen!" Ruby placed her hands on her hips.

"You're right" said Clark "We'll have to settle this the old fashioned way. Boys...ATTACK!"

"Okay" Thud said right before charging "AAAAAHHHHHHH!"

"Wowsers!" Gadget exclaimed "That's a whole lotta muscle! No worries gang, Inspector Gadget will take care of it! You guys go get the diamond"

"He's doomed" Ivan deadpanned.

"Super doomed" added Onyx.

While the others went to the diamond's standing place, Gadget went to fight the bad guys.

"Sorry big guy, but I'm going to bring you in!" exclaimed the inspector "Go go gadget arms!"

Gadget's arms extended and he was about to grab Thud, but unfortunately, Thud had grabbed the arms and started spinning him around like some kind of lasso until he tossed him right towards his allies, causing him to knock them down like bowling pins and right out of the cave.

"Owsers..." moaned Gadget.

"That is putting it mildly..." Nozzaire deadpanned.

Luckily, the BFFL managed to dodge the tossing.

"Gee, so much for our brave inspector..." scoffed Ruby.

"Then I guess it's up to us!" said Amethyst "After all, if we got rid of Simon once, we can do it again!"

"Yeah, after all, Gadget helped us retrieve our magic spells last time, so who is to say we can't return the favor?" added Sapphire.

"I am" Onyx placed her hands on her hips.

"Ditto" Ruby placed her hands on her hips as well "But I guess it's better than nothing. Alright ladies, time to show these guys what we're really made of! Ready girls?"

"Okay!" said the girls.

The girls joined hands and raised them up together.

"Magic of the Five!" they shouted.

"Oh no" Simon groaned.

"Wh-what's going on?" Clark demanded.

The girls flew up into mid air and raised tossed their beads into the air, then recited a spell they conveniently just made up "By the spell of these five girls and their bejeweled belts, take these hooligans somewhere else!"

The spells beads started glowing and flew right towards the villains. Just then, there was a large flash of magic and just like lightning, the villains were as good as gone.

"Nothing like a little Power of the Five to vanquish some evil doers" Amethyst folded her arms.

The girls then walked outside to the trampled crime fighters.

"You guys okay?" asked Topaz.

"Sure, just a few twisted gears and circuits!" Gadget assured them.

"Well, we defeated the bad guys and got the gem!" Sapphire said as she showed the first gem.

"And more importantly, I didn't get a scratch on me!" Ruby added.

"See Gadget? That's what happens when we work as a team!" said Ivan.

"We got lucky Ivan!" Gadget replied "Clark, Thud, and that little boy could've easily killed the girls. Well, I'm not so sure about the little boy...but they could've gotten killed nonetheless!"

"But they didn't!" Jorge retorted "We all have skills to contribute!"

"Guys, we're running out of stuff to say, can we just end the story here?" asked Ivan.

"Good idea, Ivan!" Gadget exclaimed "Go go gadget, cliffhanger!"

TO BE CONTINUED...

Author's Note:

Somehow, I don't think that Gadget and his friends have seen the last of these three felons. Now that they've got the first diamond, they've got two more to go. Where on Trollzopolis could the next one be? Well I guess you'll have to wait till after our next episode, which takes us back to Penny and the Groove Squad!