The Red Bomber's Quest, Part 2: The Plan
Any characters mentioned in this aren't mine, so sorry.
Last time, Rock fell into a comatose state with a high fever, and a ruptured wrist, thanks to a severe power core malfunction. Dr Light unfortunately doesn't have the materials to repair Rock, and the Blue Bomber doesn't have long left.
In the boy's room…
"W… what?"
Blues was lying on his bed, and he thought at first that the horror from last night was just a dream. He then looked over at Rock's bed, only to remember by the fact that it was empty and there were stains on his bedsheets. He sat up, a fresh wave of remorse washing over him, and he sighed depressedly. He'd grown so attached to Rock ever since he saved the smaller bot's life when he was crushed under collapsing debris, and now that attachment, that feeling of love and fuzzy warmth that seeing Rock smile gave him, it was dying along with the little hero. Even so, he still wanted to see him again, and so walked into the repair lab.
Rock had been transferred to a workbench with glass walls surrounding it, the same one he'd been created on, born on in a sense. There was still wires attached to his failing core, but he now had a small tube connected with the rupture in his wrist, supplying him with the cooling fluid.
"I'm so sorry, little bro. I wonder if you can hear me, but, well… your core is breaking up, basically. It malfunctioned to the point of severe damage." Blues sighed, head against the glass that Rock was kept behind. It pained him to see his brother like that. Dr Light came in to see Blues quietly talking to Rock, telling him how amazing and brave he was. It was heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time, so hard to understand the feelings. Blues looked up to see his father, and quietly asked "How long do you think he has left?"
"I'd say about only a few days, maybe less. His power levels have been… erratic." Dr Light shook his head slowly, sadly. He placed his arm on Blues' shoulder and stroked his sticky-out hair with one hand.
The teenage bot stared at his smaller brother, a brother who wasn't going to be around by the end of the week. The feeling of remorse laid heavily within his mechanical heart.
Then, it hit him.
"Dad, Dr Wily might have the things to repair Rock! I know, it's a really bad idea, but he still owes us a favour, right?" Blues explained
"Blues, I can't have him repair Rock. You know what he'd do to win, sabotage and bring him over to his side! How do think Quint happened?" Dr Light scowled.
"Good point… but if I can infiltrate his base, I can collect the stuff I need! And maybe the Robot Masters can help, too…" the Red Bomber continued. Dr Light stopped scowling at him and replied "A possibility… A risky plan, but it could work. Go wake up Roll. She'll need to know about this, after all."
Roll's room…
Blues sprinted upstairs and into his sister's room. "Roll! Wake up, we have a plan that could save Rock's life!" he yelled enthusiastically. It was the first time in the past few hours that he wasn't depressed, and he was definitely enjoying the feeling. Roll immediately sat up and asked "You mean it? Y-you really mean it?!"
"Yes! Dad needs us, so let's go now, sis!"
Roll, still in her nightdress, leapt out of bed and ran alongside Blues to the repair lab. When they got there, some of the Robot Masters, namely Ice Man, Guts Man, Wood Man and Shadow Man were waiting. They'd been told about what had happened last night and they were worried as all heck. Ice Man was in hysterical tears, with Guts Man trying to comfort him. Wood Man and Shadow Man were silent, but definitely hurt by what they'd been told. "Robot Masters, I believe that Blues has a plan to save Rock. We need your help though." Dr Light explained. Ice Man immediately stopped sobbing, and the two silent robots looked up, suddenly hopeful.
"Care to elaborate, young Blues?" Wood Man asked in his soft yet strong voice.
Blues began to think of a way to explain his plan. Finally, he came up with this:
He was going to sneak into Wily's base to retrieve the parts for building Rock a new power core. Roll was going to scope out the base for him using the supercomputer's locators. He would need Ice Man to freeze the heat-seeking cameras so he could go undetected, and whilst that was going on, Shadow Man and Wood Man would be distracting any enemies around the place, so that Blues had enough time to get to the parts storage and back for Dr Light to build a new power core. Guts Man would help him by forcing the doors open, and if Wily caught them, intimidation tactics.
Each of the people present (Asides from Rock) clapped quietly once Blues finished explaining what to do.
"Shall we launch, Father?" Blues asked Dr Light. The scientist nodded, and in a flash of white light, Blues armoured up into Proto Man!
"Let's go, team!" he shouted as they ran together from the building.
Phase one of Proto Man's plan will launch tomorrow! How will the plan fair? How long will it take to find Wily's base? Will they succeed, and if so, in time to save Rock? Wait and see what tomorrow brings!