Glitch smiled as he stared in to the tank that held his brain. After much begging and pleading on his part, the Queen agreed to keeping the organ in it's place. Leaning closer, he saw the liquid bubble up from the bottom of the green-ish liquid.

"Ambrose… guess what? It turns out that I really am smart! I completed the population experiment! It's a success and everything! Isn't it wonderful?" Glitch rambled excitedly to the brain, as if he was talking to a friend or a sibling. Another bubbling sound came from the tank. Glitch's grin spread, as if the brain inside had answered him.

"I know! Cain seems pretty excited too… though I may not see him for a while…" Glitch sighed, resting his chin on the top of his hand. Cain was going with DG and Raw out to Central City to check around for any left over Long Coats. They had sent out a couple dozen troops about a month or so before, but either nothing was found or they just kind of disappeared. The Queen asked them to go and see what was happening. Glitch felt a bit left out, seeing as he wasn't mentioned in the group that was leaving, but he didn't want to question the Queen's choices. He let out another breath and glanced at the tank. Another gurgling sound escaped it. He suddenly sat up, eyes wide.

"That's it, Ambrose!" he yelped excitedly, "If I could just follow behind them quietly until we are far enough away from the castle, they'll have to take me along!"

Glitch ran out of the laboratory, stopping only to grab the book he took the notes of the child's progression in. He raced out to the stables, getting on one of the horses and hurrying out in to the forest near the path that the group would be traveling along.


Cain looked up suddenly, hearing a noise coming from the right of the group. His eyes narrowed, trying to see the inside of the forest.

"What is it, Mister Cain?" DG asked, pulling back on reigns of the horse to make it stop. Cain shushed her and pulled out his gun.

"Hold on tight." he whispered and shot his gun at the ground, the noise of the gun shot erupting through the quiet woods. In the forest, the neighing of a horse, the sound of a scream and a loud crash emerged from inside. Tying his horse to a tree, Cain slipped in to the wooded area, looking around for what made the noise. He eventually came a across a horse that trotted around calmly and he saw a figure trying to get up off the ground. He started to point his gun at it when he noticed the metallic glint of a zipper on the top of the figure's head.

"Glitch!" he yelled, stomping over to the other man. The advisor yelped, standing up straight and looked up at Cain sheepishly. DG and Raw ran in behind him.

"What are you doing here! You're supposed to be at the palace!" The Tin Man shouted, putting his gun furiously back in to it's holster.

"W-Well, I wanted to help you guys out!" Glitch blathered, twiddling his fingers nervously.

"You could have helped by staying at the castle!" Cain continued, then sighed, "Glitch, this is really dangerous. We don't know what's going on and we think Long Coats may be capturing some of the O.Z. military troops we've been sending. We don't want you… or the baby to get hurt, understand?"

Glitch crossed his arms and he furrowed his brow before he spoke, his tone coming out like a nagging wife "Wyatt Cain, just because I'm having a child doesn't mean I'm automatically useless. I'm joining you three and that is the end of it." DG and Raw snickered in the background as Cain's face turned slightly red in embarrassment. Glitch climbed back on to his horse and smiled.

"Let's get moving!"