Disclaimer: I don't own, just play around with the characters to practice my writing. This was from a quote challenge on LJ. Hope you enjoy!
"Hey, Zipperhead. You really think it's a good idea for you to be playing around in here?" Cain asked, stepping into the former advisor's lab.
"Who's playing?" he retorted, continuing to inspect various objects in the room.
"I just don't think it's a good idea," said Cain, looking concerned. "You don't even remember what half of this stuff is. What if you blow the place up or something?"
"There's that bitter cynicism again, Cain!" shouted Glitch becoming annoyed. "'You don't even remember what half of this stuff is.' Ha. I'll have you know I used to be very talented. Just because I've lost half my marbles doesn't mean I can't still make stuff. I can create stuff out of nothingness. I can alter the fabric of reality. So please, quit being a knucklehead. I know what I'm doing."
Cain still didn't look convinced and backed toward the door, keeping his eyes trained on Glitch who was continuing to put different complicated-looking things together.
"The royal family is worried about you. DG said you haven't been to a single meal today. Sure you don't want dinner?" he asked, hoping it would distract Glitch enough to get him to stop messing around with stuff. "She said something about a 'big juicy ear of corn' with lots of butter," he added, remembering DG's tale of her time with Glitch before saving him from the suit.
"Butter. I love butter! Big juicy ears of corn…you know, I haven't had any since…Hey! You tricked me! Nice try, Mr., but I'm staying right here til I finish this," he said, turning back to the notes he had been pouring over moments before. An exasperated Cain sighed from the doorway, watching his friend go from fiddling with things, to making notes, and back again at rapid speed. 'I hope he knows what he's doing' he thought to himself.
"What if you don't finish soon though? You'll starve, the princess will be mad at me for not making you eat, and Jeb will probably end up an orphan what with all the magic she remembers now…"
"Way to be optimistic, Cain," said an extremely sarcastic Glitch, sounding hurt by the insinuations.
"That's your job, not mine," Cain reminded him. "Mine is to convince you to go have dinner with the kid before she throws a royal temper tantrum because you're being silly and refusing to eat."
"Five more minutes Cain and I'll have it. I know I'm close. I have to be. If I could just figure this one part out…"
"Fine. Five minutes. Then you're going to go eat whether you like it or not."
The five minutes were almost up when Cain's worst fear came true. An explosion rang out from across the room and he raced over to pick his friend up who was coughing and trying desperately to get the dust off his beautiful coat.
"I told you this was a bad idea, Zipperhead. Look, you did blow something up," he sighed, thankful at least that Glitch wasn't hurt and he therefore wouldn't have to explain to the princess why she no longer had a friend thanks to his own stupidity.
"But Cain, that's what it was supposed to do!"
Author's Note: Hope you liked it! Please be sure to review! Also, the references to corn and butter are from the extended scenes on the DVD if anybody's wondering where that came from.
