When they arrived back at the palace later that evening, they were met by the most extraordinarily beautiful sight. The two yellow circles in the sky were setting, painting the Outer Zone with the warmest orangey-red colour. Everything looked like it was one big scorching bonfire. Clutching the bump, Glitch exhaled serenely. Soon the baby would be able to see a picturesque scene like this one. He was suddenly broken from his trance as Kalm came rushing up to Raw to give him a huge embrace. Cain smiled, eyeing Glitch's belly somewhat nervously.

The four friends walked towards the door and unexpectedly, DG appeared by the window on the second floor. From afar, the four of them could see the anxiety, concern and fear on her pasty pale face. Even though they couldn't see it, her dark and unruly mop of hair had been brushed back and an Alice band had been carefully place on the top of her head, and if one should look closer they'd see silver glitter sprinkled in the big black frenzied curls. Her face was not as pale since she had put on a small amount of foundation, as well as a thin layer of reddish-pink lipstick. It wasn't like DG to be self-conscious and wear make-up, so there must have been something important occurring.

" Where were you guys?!" she snapped in a royally manner. She cupped her hands around her mouth to amplify her voice.

Cain followed suit. " Glitch had a close encounter of the floor kind!" he joked, which resulted in him being tapped on the shoulder by Glitch. It wasn't his fault the sun bed gave way.

" Everything's fine! The baby's OK!" he added.

Raw simply shuffled his feet and lowered his warm chestnut orbs. He kicked a loose piece of dirt and tightened his grip on Kalm's paw. He could barely look up to the window.

" Well c'mon in, guys. I've got something to tell you!" the Queen cried.

Cain pushed open the large and heavy wooden doors to let his delicate, fragile porcelain doll pass through with any troubles. As Kalm scampered off to play with Kiz, the maid's young daughter, the others turned and walked up the stairs to the drawing room where DG first learnt that she was going to be queen. This particularly grim room didn't have any furniture like the one where they discovered Glitch's pregnancy. The ancient, cracked walls were made of stone to make it look like a mediaeval castle, and it was complete with fire lit torches. There, they spotted their female companion. Beside her, a man stood tall and proud with a shapely jaw and piercing brown eyes.

" DG…Uh?" Raw whimpered. He didn't like the look of this man. He cowered as he fell weak with shyness.

" Oh! Um, men, this is Mabu. My boyfriend!"

The man stepped forward with an outstretched hand. In the dimly lit room, his dark skin of chocolate seemed to shimmer, like the sparkling blue water underneath the blazing hot suns. He had a rather thin face with full cheeks and a vastly thick nose with only tiny curves for nostrils. His kind mouth was curled up into a sly grin. He had black curls, just like his girlfriend, which had been straightened and gelled back so it wouldn't get in his eyes. It was clear that his dangerously generous thirty-something year old man didn't exercise that often. His belly was nothing but a bump that stuck out as if he was the one who was pregnant.

" So you are the infamous saviours I've heard so much about?" he said in a low voice that had a hint of an Upper-class English accent. Neither of them were brave enough to respond so they just nodded, their mouths going dry. " And congratulations, Mr. Glitch!" he added, only just noticing the bulge; which wasn't that invisible to begin with!

" Thanks!" he cried in a bigheaded kind of way as he swayed from side to side. Cain smiled slightly at his partner's behaviour but Raw glared right ahead, his eyebrows fixed downward.

" Uh, since I've been away a lot lately, I thought you might wanna meet him!" DG explained. Raw snarled, hissed and bared his razor sharp teeth so subtly that no one noticed.

" There is absolutely no need to be so quiet. I won't bite," the young kind king reassured them.

Then came the question that only Cain could ask. " How's your police force over at Ket?"

" Fine, fine. We have an excellent chief…"

And so the evening dragged on by, which went so painfully slow. King Mabu bored the gang to tears when he talked about his boyhood as a prince and how his stern widowed mother would sit down with him to pray under the moonlight. Cain told him all about the injustice of having Adora taken away and together, they discussed how Mabu would punish Zero and his soldiers. Glitch indulged him on the details of how he came to be in such a condition, though revealed too many of the details! Raw, however, was not keen on conversation and especially with this man. He sat in silence the entire time. He didn't even talk to Kalm at dinner. All he did was stare at DG, fuming with rage and jealousy. By ten o'clock, being pregnant, Glitch decided that he was tired and wanted to go to bed. He requested Cain to come and keep him company. Around this time, Mabu chose it was best for him to leave. He wanted to be home by midnight, he explained. That meant that DG and Raw were left on their own.

" So…" DG said. " What do you think?" she asked hopefully and excitedly.

Raw lowered his eyes, thinking of what he could say without causing offence but he also wanted to be honest. Viewers were very honest creatures. " Uh," he stuttered. His bottom lip quivered nervously. " Very…uh-um…He's nice," he said finally, almost amazed at came out of his mouth.

" Yeah, yeah. I know that! So you like 'im?"

The chronically timid kitten-like lion gave a sharp shake of the head. " Sorry, DG. Raw don't like him."

Letting out a frustrated groan, the queen stamped her foot. It was just like when she was fourteen years old. She had brought home a boyfriend which her adopted mother did not like at all and, unfortunately, it all ended in tears. " Why don't you like 'im? He didn't say anything to ya!"

Subtly, Raw shrugged, hung his head shyly and let his shaggy mane flop over his eyes. " Nice but bad."

" Whaddya mean 'bad'? He's not bad. He's kind and considerate, and he's polite!" she cried, her voice getting higher as she became angrier.

" Viewers know these things. Second sight sees wickedness," he explained. DG lowered her sapphire jewelled circles. Raw watched her face fall with disappointment. Obviously, she had been anticipating a better answer. She edged away from her friend but he squeezed her shoulder comfortingly. Digging his claws into the delicate body part, he grinned in the most reassuring way he could muster. He didn't fully understand the concept of humans reassuring their peers but he sensed DG's unhappiness. " It's OK. Don't be sad. If you like him, Raw like him!" he laughed, making DG laugh too.

" I owned polo ponies when I was a boy," Glitch mocked and giggled like a little schoolchild. " There was one I particularly liked. She was named Daisy!" He guffawed so much that he was almost rolling around on the bed.

" Yeah, yeah, yeah. Joke's over now, Glitchers," answered Cain from the bathroom. He spat the bubbles in the sink, grabbed a towel and wiped away the toothpaste from his mouth.

" Oh, c'mon, hon, it's just harmless fun. At any rate, Mabu is an awful man for our girl!" The raggedy old scarecrow swung his legs around and sat up straight, grunting along the way.

" Well, yeah, but it's not nice."

" Says the man who shoved a gun in my face just for entering the van at the Northern Island!" he retorted and scoffed.

Cain popped his blonde head around the door to give his lover a scowl. Who still cared that he threatened him with the pistol? It had been put behind them when they decided to give each other to one another. " Just think a little in the future. You're gonna set a bad example for our kid."

Glitch smiled to himself. Think. If only! As the infant did a somersault of some kind, he massaged the place on his belly where a tiny foot was visibly trying to push through the white skin. " Hey, Cain?" and he received a grunt as a response. " Do you think the baby's going to be like me?"

Cain came through to the bedroom, wearing nothing but boxer shorts, showing off his miraculous torso. " 'Course it will, man. It'll have your DNA, stupid!" he joked.

Glitch's expression stayed serious. " No, I mean, would it…you know…" He gestured to his zipper, indicating his concern for the child's brain function.

Realising what Glitch really meant, Cain gave a long and drawn out, " Oh!" He went to sit on his side of the bed. Smiling somewhat uncertainly at the man beside him, he shook his head slowly and said in a confident voice, " Nah. You weren't born like that, were you? So it isn't hereditary. Don't worry, sweetheart." He patted the bulge lovingly and felt a hand trying to reach out to his. " It'll be fine. You'll see," he added with a grin.

Gently bouncing up and down on the bed with excitement, Glitch snuggled closer to the father of his baby. " You deserve a great big kiss for that! C'mere!" He drifted off to sleep feeling satisfied after that, although there was still the last piece of doubt in his so-called mind.