"I've said this already and I'll say it again: it wasn't me!!"
"Oh, really?! Explain how Rock got reprogrammed again, then!!"
By 'family meeting', Guts Man had apparently meant 'screaming match with Dr. Wily'. He and the not-so-good doctor had been arguing back and forth for a while now, with Dr. Light panicking a little and trying to calm Guts Man down. The others were helping to keep the foreman from getting aggressive as well, even if he couldn't do anything to Dr. Wily. Unbeknownst to anyone in the room, a fire-based DWN was listening in to the conversation.
"Rock's malware should have been entirely vanquished by the antivirus Thomas coded! There is no possible way I could have brought it back!" Wily snapped, perfectly free to move his hands as he talked while the foreman was restrained.
"Oh, really?! You don't have a copy of it lying around somewhere??"
"If I did- entirely theoretically- I wouldn't have access to it! I can't get to my computer or the data on it from here! And before you ask, even if I DID have contact with my robots and hypothetically if both that AND the existence of another copy were true, THEY wouldn't have the know-how to implement it and the antivirus would've kicked in again!"
Guts Man growled. "You could've coded a new one! Easily!"
"On Thomas' computer? And besides- speaking as someone who was forced to do evil- the timing is all wrong! If this were in any kind of- again, theoretical- plan, it would be convoluted and badly thought-out! I know you aren't the smartest of Thomas' boys, but give me a break!"
The foreman snarled in anger. How dare this balding, lying, back-stabbing old man...
... Of course, Fire Man then pitched in to remind Guts Man about the captured Elec- and they needed a plan. Taking the time to calm down, Guts Man started to formulate a plan.
"... We don't know what weapons Rock has. But if he's disabled Elec, then we can at least assume he has the Thunder Beam." The foreman turned to the children. "Time Man, Ice Man, I want you two to track the call Elec sent out. I want you two on standby in case we need your help fighting, but you're not coming in with us in case Rock tries to pick you two off first. Roll, stay back and keep an eye on us the way you and Pops did for Rock."
He looked over at the rest of his siblings. "The rest of us are all going in together- nobody splits off for any reason, understood? We trashed that copy robot easily because even Rock isn't as strong as all of us combined- and that was when it was just the industrial line. We all know very well what the kid's capable of, but it only goes so far. Once we disable Rock, we bring him and Elec home for repairs.
... Oh, and keep an eye out for DWNs. We don't want them getting involved."
With that, they had a plan. Everyone left the room after further, minor discussion- left in the room was Dr. Wily, who was soon confronted.
