Title: Thank God it Only Affected my Nose!

'Verse: Tin Man

Characters(/Pairings): Glitch, Cain, DG, Ahamo, Jeb

Rating: Teen - Mature

Word Count: About 1313 according to Microsoft Word.

Warnings (inc. Spoilers): A naughty word here or there, no real spoilers, and a mature topic near end. But really there isn't much that's bad.

Disclaimer: I do not own Tin Man or any of its characters. I'm sure I'm not the first in saying…damn.

Summary: A growth experiment goes wrong. Oops, wrong nose.

Table/Prompt: Fairy Tales – 02. Pinocchio

The loud explosion startled everyone in the palace. Purple smoke snuck out under the locked door to Glitch's old lab, bringing with it the smell of rotten eggs and mayo which everyone near would linger in that hallway for months. DG and Ahamo were the first ones to make it to the bolted door, but DG's father was smart enough to grab the extra spare key he had in his office. It became apparent to the princess that Ambrose had his own share of explosions which Ahamo had to safe his butt from. To be honest, it made her rather proud.

"Shield your eyes." Ahamo said as he pushed the heavy door open and they ran inside. Thankfully the purple smoke wasn't as thick as they had thought. The large laboratory allowed much room for the smoke to be not quite the nuisance it could have been.

The father and daughter gasped at the sight before them. Sitting on the floor, legs stretched out straight, was a familiar scrawny body. Brown curls clung to sweaty skin, and long lashes hid dark eyes. The man held his nose with his hand as his body shook lightly.

"Glitch!" Yelled DG, "What happened?" She ran over to her friend and kneeled down beside him. His eyes opened and shocked, but not frightened, brown eyes looked up at her. Ahamo walked around the lab picking up papers and equipment.

"Experiment gone wrong, I suppose." Said Glitch. DG stared at the hand on his nose.

"Um, are you okay there?" Her friend looked down to try and take a peek at his own hand, only making himself go cross-eyed. The youngest princess laughed. "Take your hand off your nose, Glitch. Let me look at it." Glitch shrugged and put his hand down.

DG screamed. "OH MY GODS!"

"What's wrong?!" Ahamo jumped to her side, grabbing his daughter's arm. "Is Glitch ok – OH MY GODS!" Glitch jumped up and felt for his nose.

His eyes grew wide as his fingers ran across his snout, which now just happened to be double its original length. His hands began to tremble. "This wasn't supposed to happen?!" He declared.

"What kind of experiment where you doing, Glitch?" asked Ahamo.

"It was just a simple little idea! This is so wrong!" The headcase shut his eyes and started hopping up and down in shock. DG tried to hold him down, but the eccentric man wouldn't have any of it.

"Glitch it isn't that bad!"

"DG, have you looked at my new noise?!" He pointed to his new facial feature. DG grinned.

"Actually this is kind of funny." She said as a laugh broke out of her. Glitch groaned and threw his hands into the air. Ahamo couldn't help but chuckle himself.

"You really didn't know this would happen?" He asked. Glitch shrugged.

"To be perfectly honest I though my experiment would go as planned." Suddenly, like the magic words had been spoken, the zipperhead's nose sparkled and shrunk back to its normal size.

DG's laughter stopped as all three stared at the nose. The stood stock still for a few moments, until a certain tin man and his son came rushing in.

"Sorry we didn't get here sooner! Is everyone – " Jeb stopped mid-sentence and just looked at his three friends staring at one of their noses. Wyatt cocked his head.

"Did we really miss this much?" The three turned and grinned at the father and son. DG ran over and gave them a hug.

"You missed it!" She said, "Glitch's nose was freaking huge!" Glitch blushed and stomped his foot, anger bubbling up inside of him.

"It was not big!"

"You mean bigger than usual?" asked Wyatt.

"WYATT!!" Glitch ran over and was about to pop him one, but thankfully Ahamo grabbed his arms just in time.

"This isn't your fight." The headcase said to Cain's savior.

"Glitch, I am not going to let you beat the crap out of Cain." Responded the Royal. Glitch placed his arms across his chest and stuck his chin up.

"Fine!" He said, "I didn't want to punch Cain anyway." Suddenly his nose grew back to double its size. Everyone just stared at the oblivious brunette. That is, until Jeb and DG fell on the floor in a fit of laughter.

"What?" Asked Glitch. Cain pointed to his face with a grin. "…Damn it!"

"Wait a second! Wait a second!" Called DG. She stood up, holding her side and gasping for air. He face was a cherry red and she smirked at the nosey – literally – man. "Glitch? Answer me this: Did you really want to fight Cain just now?" Glitch looked between her and the other three men. They all just shrugged.

"Well, yes." His nose sparkled again and went back to its original size. Glitch stared in wonder, cross-eyed, at the strange event. "Deeg, what just happened?" He asked the princess.

"He's like Pinocchio!" She pointed and said cheerfully. Ahamo grinned and started laughing.

"Hey, your right!" He walked over and started poking the headcase's noise, "To bad that purple smoke didn't turn you wooden." He said happily.

Not really sure why the two where enjoying this situation, and not really sure who the Hell Pinocchio was, the born and bred O.Z. men gave the two Royals a questioning glare.

"Pinocchio is a story from back in the Other Side." Started DG, "He was a wooden doll who could never tell a lie. And if he did, then his nose would grow longer." Glitch's face turned red. "So if any of you guys has an answer you want out of our zipperhead, than now would be the perfect time." Everyone turned to Glitch, who gulped loudly.

"Um…I'm pretty sure this experiment will wear off by tonight." He said, "I only wanted my real result to last a short while."

"That is plenty of time to embarrass the living crap out of you, Glitch! Plenty of time!" Said Jeb. Cain smirked.

"Hey Glitch?"

"What?"

"Where you the one that stole my hat the other day?" Asked the tin man. It had taken him hours to find his oh-so-loved accessory and when he did it was just sitting on the floor in the most random hallway, as if the person who stole it forgot why he had it and just let it drop.

"Uh, no?" The nose grew. Cain laughed.

"My turn!" Called Jeb, "Let's see…Glitch?"

"Yes, Jeb?" strained the brunette.

"How much wood could a wood chuck –MMPF!" Cain slapped his hand over his son's mouth.

"That's it, you don't get a turn." He said sternly. DG jumped up and down.

"I have one!" She said, "Glitch, do you know who was peeking through my bedroom window last night?" Asked the princess. Ahamo's eyebrow rose.

"Yes, princess. I do." Glitch turned to Jeb and smirked as his nose shrunk again. The youngest Cain man froze up and looked straight ahead. Wyatt stood over his son.

"What?!" Yelled Ahamo. Jeb opened his mouth like he was about to explain, but instead darted out of the room, a trail of dust being left in his path. Ahamo ran after him, followed by DG. Cain turned to his friend.

"You want to tell me what the real experiment was?" He asked, "Because I see no logical reason behind making you nose grow when you lie." Glitch blushed and looked at his feet.

"I forget." He said before his nose grew. "I mean…I wanted to make my nose bigger." Cain stared, still confused, "…but not this nose." Said Glitch in an innocent voice, a shy smile spreading across his lips as he tapped his pale finger in his snout. Cain fell over, aggravation and annoyance racing through his body.

"That is so wrong, Glitch." The headcase giggled.

"Good thing it affected my nose instead of my fireman," He said, "Because my forgetfulness would be awkward enough!" Cain groaned.

"I hate you."

FIN! (Next up: Beauty and the Beast!)

A/N: Anyone know the 'fireman' reference? Cookie if you do!