I think it's kind of funny how my stories almost always start with one chapter and are complete, but for some reason I continue. LOL. Anyway, ENJOY!


Caboose prided himself in being happy all the time.

After all, he was barely sad, and those times without Church wasn't there didn't count, because Church wasn't there. He was never really mean, except when it came to Tucker, because Tucker is stupid. So, he felt no harm when Andersmith came and told him he had to show everyone his super-strength. In fact, he liked how it was called super-strength. It made him feel like a superhero.

He pranced towards the little dummy head and helmet, looking around at the crowd. He waved at them. They looked amused. As he got closer, he realized he had no idea what to do. Wash came up to him and asked if he did, so he responded with a lie, not wanting to look stupid, before answering honestly. After Wash told him, he was confused for a moment. Wash gave him more details, and then he understood. Felix was a bad man, and he hurt Tucker.

Everything went red.

Caboose didn't like Tucker (Okay, maybe he liked him a little), but Wash and Church liked him. Tucker was Church's second best friend, and Wash was like a brother to Tucker. So, when Felix hurt Tucker, he hurt everyone else, because more people besides Wash and Church liked Tucker. He also lied to people, and they got hurt really bad, and you couldn't put a band-aid on it. Lots of people were sleeping forever because of the lies Felix told, even people Caboose cared And when people Caboose cared a lot about were hurt because of someone, he got mad.

It was like a fire was everywhere. He'd felt this before, once because of Church, and though it hurt it was also warm. It stung too. He summed it up as wearing a prickly blanket. That was heated. So, he ignored the gasps as he glared at the helmet, and he could hear the bad man's taunting voice coming from it. He growled, not even thinking about it. His mind went blank, something that was easy for him to do. He walked up to the helmet and reared his arm back.

And when he hit the helmet, nothing felt better than to hear the thing shatter.


It was deathly silent, save for his breathing. Wash looked shocked, along with everyone else. Andersmith was unresponsive. There was liquid on him, red, but he doesn't care. All he can think is destroy and kill, destroy and kill, destroy and ki-

Church's voice rings through his thoughts, saying he should get cleaned up. The red haze is gone, and he exuberantly jumps over and lets himself be led away. When they were out of view, Carolina yells at him.

"The hell was that!" Caboose was confused. He cocks his head to the side. Carolina sighs and explains. "You flipped out just a minute ago! Why'd you get so mad?"

"O'Malley taught me how," Caboose replies. Carolina flinches at the name, and Church flickers for a moment.

"Makes sense," He says. "Omega went forcefully in and out of his head twice."

"Felix hurt Tucker, which hurt everyone else, and he lied. He is a bad man," Caboose continues, trying to be helpful. Carolina takes off her helmet, and her green eyes soften as she looks at him.

"How many AIs did you have at one time?" She mumbles, like she didn't want to know the answer. Caboose tells her three, and pity etches across her face. She pulled him in for a short hug, saying he needed to be more careful, before walking away. Caboose stands there for a while, more confused than before. Then, he sees the red on his face. It looks like blood. He picks up the towel Carolina left him and scrubs it off, but it still feels like it's there. He understood now. He was dangerous when he was mad. He could hurt people worse than Felix did. He could put people to sleep forever. Suddenly, two thoughts showed up in his usually blank mind.

Caboose prided himself in being happy all the time.

But, when he saw Felix again, he was going to let himself be mad.