I don't think I made this clear at the beginning of the last chapter. This is occurring directly after the Mini-series ended. . 3 Yuki
Glitch looked at Cain hoping he had some sort of explanation for this because it was scaring him witless – well, MORE witless. "What happened?" He breathed into Cain's ear. The whole of the world stretched out beneath them and it was in ruin. There was no blooming tree, or blade of grass, just…the chaos of war and destruction.
"I don't know," He admitted, squinting into the blinding light of the twin suns. "But whatever it was, it wasn't good. And there's not enough left to give me an idea where we are. If this is the O.Z."
Glitch clutched Cain's arm, but otherwise showed no sign of the distress he was feeling inside. "Oh…I don't like this at all…not one bit."
The Tin Man glanced at him, "Relax Glitch. We'll figure it out. Or am I supposed to call you Ambrose now?"
"What?"
"You told me to call you Ambrose, that IS your name right?" Of course it was, they'd been hearing it all along their journey.
"I don't know, do you WANT to call me that? It really makes little difference to me at this point," He turned to look at the other and both were rather startled to discover how close they were. Glitch could feel the warm breath that came from Cain's full lips and brushed at his skin. He licked his lips, and then looked away.
A flash of ginger fur caught his peripheral vision and he turned to try to catch what it was and in the process forgot he was holding Cain up.
The other fell with a crash, but wasn't hurt at all; he fell on his left side. "Glitch…do you mind? What is it?" He asked, pushing himself up on the arm and struggling to his feet again.
"I thought I saw…a fox…or a dog. I'm not sure which."
"I suppose there are lots of mice to eat."
A fox like face peaked it's head around the door at the end of the corridor, but the rest of the body trotted it way out. It was a dog, with short legs and a stubby tail. The face was set in a huge smile and it was panting, large ears perked up, listening to the two newcomers.
"That's a dog," Cain said, and only got it out before Glitch was crouched calling to the stupid thing.
"Come here pretty doggie!" He cooed. The dog barked then lay its ears back and charged at Glitch full speed, tail wagging happily. The advisor laughed as he was thrown back by the weight of the tiny dog and was licked all over his face by a hot wet tongue.
Cain rolled his eyes and picked up the dog with one arm. She yelped as she was picked up but then fixed her brown eyes on the blue of Cain and began to lick and bite his ear. "OW! Knock it off!"
"I'm going to call her Aggie!" Glitch exclaimed and took the dog from him.
"You're NOT keeping her."
"You are not my father, or brother…or…wait…are you?"
Cain squinted at him, brow drawn down but ignored the question. Stupid, half-brained scarecrow of a man, father indeed. He was hardly much older than Glitch himself. "Let's go." He pushed off the wall and began down the cellblock.
The dog leapt out of Glitch's arms and took off past him in a streak of ginger fur. "WAIT!" And away went Glitch, who had completely forgotten about Cain in place of the small animal.
"GLITCH!" The Tin Man yelled after him. But the other was too far to hear him. He cursed that he wasn't strong enough to run, because he was sure Glitch would forget about him until he wandered up here again…or didn't. He sat against the wall to wait and found himself drifting off to sleep.