His Brothers Keeper-----part 4
"Unn..nn.." Blues mumbled , he was awaken by the sound of the Tv, some time later in the main room. Getting up , he went to investigate. He heard Dr. Lights breathing as he approached from behind. "Father what's happening?" he asked listening to the reporter.
"It's Bass. He's holed up in a warehouse. He attempted to rob the cybertronics lab again.
"I have to stop him" Blues said fiercely.
"No Blues" Dr.Light cut in " Rock will handle it"
"But Father" Blues started to protest.
"No but's Blues, " Dr.Light scolded "Your brother is more than able"
Blues, stammered " but ...but this is Rock we're talking about!!!"
Dr.Light gave him a stern look "Blues, Rock is a talented and resourceful young man. He can get out of the worst scrapes ...you don't have to worry."
Suddenly , Rock came rushing in to the room "excuse me Dad, big brother,...could I have some help. I got my hand stuck in the peanut butter jar.
Dr. Light tried to pull the blue bombers hand free. Then Blues tried.
"How did you get it stuck like this?" Blues grunted.
"I don't know...I'm sorry" Rock said.
" Why the hell would you put your hand in a jar...unngg..when your wearing your armor!!!!" Blues growled.
Rock hung his head, "I'm sorry....I was hungry"
""Go get a hammer Rock" Light said finally, "we'll have to break the jar.
Megaman nodded numbly and ran off to find one.
Blues gave the good Dr. a bewildered look "Are you sure you added the brain matrix when you made him?"
"Blues!!!"
"Sorry..." Blues turned to go.
"Stop. Where are you going?"
"You know where I'm going !!" Blues snapped trying to hold his temper.
"Your brother is capable of handling the situation without you" Light stated
"But not me right!!! I can't do any thing without him. I can't be trusted to handle a situation without someone standing behind me!!!" Blues spat.
"Blues.."
"No...I'm sick of this...I don't want the little shit as my god damn shadow!!!. And I......
The small blue robot, edged back from the corner, with tears in his eyes. Rock quickly went out the back door, and ran as fast as his little legs would take him to the warehouse, he didn't want to hear anymore.
"Blues" Light said more gently .
"Father ,have I not proven myself capable...please..let me go" Blues choked
"But Blues.."
"No...,I won't hear it, all my life people have held me back, kept me safe ,took my hand......I can't accept that anymore.!!!!......." Blues jumped back ripping off his shirt, and opening the panel on his chest.
"Blues!!!" Dr.Light cried, "Close that at once. That's very delicate , you could kill yourself if you touched the wrong thing.!!!!"
A smile played on Blues lips "I can't disobey you Father, I would never do so. But now I am making a demand!!!" He held his fingers inches from his exposed chest "give me my freedom or give me my death!!"
"Go!!" Light gasped "go Blues. And know that I will worry about you as I do Rock, not because you are blind but because I'm your father and it is my job to do so"
Blues felt a strong aching in his heart for this man, his father and it dawned on him,." we've lost so much time that could have been spent together as...a...family"
"Thank you father" Blues ran from the room, rushing to catch up to his little brother.
"Maybe we still can"
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Protoman edged quietly along the side of the complex, listening carefully. He could hear Megaman's foot steps ahead of him. "Good , he doesn't know I'm tailing him.
Blues had decided to keep his presence from Rock a secret, remembering Rocks reaction when he'd tried to go downstairs by himself, he didn't want the young robot distracted by feeling he had to protect him.
"hmmm" Protoman sniffed the air "Chlorine. We're at the water treatment plant" He quickly made his way into the building, after hearing Megaman enter. "Easy, easy" he chided himself to keep behind his brothers blue form, "It will only distract him if he knew you were here"
He listened as Rock started down the hallway, then began to follow silently. "He'll treat me like all the others now" Blues thought sadly. "I wish that it....huh?" He heard Megaman turn to go into a main room.
"Stop!!" he cried out.
Megaman turned and pointed his cannon in the direction of the voice. "Come out...or I shoot!!!!"Rock snapped.
"Easy bro, it's me" Protoman stepped out from the shadows.
"Blues,..but..but you shouldn't be here...you could get hurt!"
"Not as much as you would've if you'd taken that next step"
"What do you mean?"
"There's an electrical grid on the floor and infrared laser beams crossing the room and doorway."
"How do you know?" Rock asked
"I can hear the electrical current through the walls and.." he sniffed the air "I can smell the sensors"
"Smell the sensors?" Rock looked at him confused.
Blues tapped his nose "Ozone"
Meagman gaped, he'd almost gotten himself killed.
"Watch this, "Blues said removing his visor he tilted it just so and out it between the laser beam. The beam shot across the room and disabled the beam generator.
"Wow" Rock breathed, "But how do we get across the floor, the electric grid is still on.
Protoman removed his scarf, tying his flute to one end , he swung it upwards. The scarf acted as a whip, holding on to one of the pipes in the ceiling. Blues tugged on it testing it's strength then swung gracefully to the other side. Giving a flick of his wrists the scarf unwound and dropped into Blues hand. He wrapped the scarf back around his neck, and deactivated the grid.
"Here we go, ".
Rock watched, completely stunned by this.
"You coming, ?" Blues asked.
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"Where are we?" Rock asked a while later. They had been slowly going through the warehouse, but hadn't found any sign of Bass. They had finally made it to the lower levels and to the water storage section.
"We're at the water treatment plant ," Protoman replied.
Rock glanced nervously around, they were on a narrow ramp right above the storage vats. Creeping warily over to the edge, he looked down into the yawning mouth of a vat. The water was dark....and for them ...deadly... Robots couldn't swim. If they went over their head, their internal cavities would flood and their inner workings would stop. It would be a slow painful death.
"Un...Blues how deep do you think those vats are?" Rock gulped hurrying away from the edge.
"Hmm...probably thirteen or fourteen feet.." Blues shrugged.
"Fifteen feet actually !" Basses voice echoed in warehouse. "Ha ha ha ha ha !!!!"
Protoman's head swung wildly, Basse's laughter seemed to come from everywhere. The echo was throwing off his senses.
"Blues where is he!!!" Megaman cried .
"I don't know!!!" Protoman gasped.
To be continued............