"No! You monster!" Donald cried out as he watched Douglas turn up Spike's aggression. Just as Spike attacked Bree in a serious fight, Donald lunged at his younger brother. "Stop this right now, Douglas!" he shouted.
"Lighten up, Donnie, it's just for sport; I told Spike not to hurt them too bad," Douglas said, side-stepping Donald.
"Do you really think Spike is going to listen to you?"
"Yes, because I told him that if he keeps them alive, he gets to beat them up every day."
"You are despicable!" Donald screeched, tackling his brother. The two rolled on the ground, exchanging blows, until they heard an aweful crack! and saw that Douglas' tablet remote for Spike had been crushed.
"Oops, I guess we can't turn down Spike's aggression level now, can we?" Douglas sneered at a horrified Donald.
"What have you done?" Donald asked breathlessly, looking back at the cyber desk screen in terror. "I may only be their biological uncle, but to me, they are my own children! You see them as only weapons, super soldiers you can make money off of, but they are my children! And you have just signed their death warrant!"
"I told you, Spike isn't going to hurt them (that much)," Douglas argued.
"No, you're wrong about that. You may have created Spike in the first place, but you have no clue what he's really like. He will murder Adam and Bree without a second thought!"
"I promised him more fun if he lets them live!"
"You think he's thinking about that in the heat of battle? Spike is a ruthless warrior bent on destroying anyone he pleases!"
That statement made Douglas pause, worry flitting across his face. "I don't actually want to kill them," he said quietly.
"Well then we have to stop him! Don't tell me you didn't make a backup of that remote."
"Sorry Donnie, I only had a few days to work with," Douglas said, not looking at his older brother.
Donald moaned, saying "We need a way to interfere with his chip and shut him down."
At that statement, Douglas' eyes lit up, and he said "Ah ha! I know just what to do!"
Donald frowned, warily saying "Spit it out, already."
"I've got a nice little device that will interrupt the signal of their bionic chips –" Douglas began to say.
"Yeah, I've had one of those for years," Donald said boredly, cutting him off.
"Shut up! We'll just interrupt the signal from his chip and get him into one of the capsules, where we'll extract his chip."
"Good idea," Donald said sarcastically "but you forgot the part where it fails because the signal interrupter increases Spike's aggression level even more."
"And that's where you and I will have to work together to take him down. And maybe Adam and Bree will be able to help us as well."
Donald simply stared at his brother before snorting, breaking into hysterical laughter. "That's the craziest thing I've ever heard you say, and that's saying something!"
"Do you have a better idea?" Douglas shot back.
After a moment, Donald sighed, rubbing his temples. "Just get the device."