Azkadellia, lacking even a shadow of her trademark grace, was on Raw's back with a handful of his mane fighting to reach his hand before it could touch the door handle. Her hair was hanging down in her face wildly – a stark contrast to her normal perfectly quaffed up-do. Her jaw dropped open and eyes nearly popped out of her head when she spotted Cain, freezing mid-struggle and serving to prolong his well hidden amusement.

Jeb and Glitch were wrestling around on the ground, and despite Glitch making a break for the door on his hands and knees, Jeb grabbed a hold of his ankle, pulling him backwards. The result was an extremely flabbergasted Glitch crawling in place on the marble floor.

The two didn't stop until Cain had cleared his throat, the sound echoing down the hall and causing his son to let go, sending Glitch skidding face first toward the now opened door.

All four were slack jawed, caught like unruly children with their hands in the cookie jar waiting for the paddling to begin.

"Uumm…uuummm….." Az tried, but couldn't come up with anything. Her eyes flew to Jeb for support.

"Uh…hey!" Jeb laughed nervously. "Funny story…true story…um, we were just…" Jeb tried, having no more luck than Azkadellia but doing a better job of stalling.

"Practicing self defense techniques!" Glitch interjected, raising a finger and grinning at his uncharacteristically quick thinking.

Jeb held a hand out to Glitch, nodding fervently. "Yes, yes. Thank you, Glitch. We were just practicing what we should do if attacked by stray Long-Coats. Right. Good job, Princess Azkadellia." He said, getting to his feet and trying his best to mimic his father's serious expression. "You'll need plenty more lessons, of course, but I'd say that was an excellent start, wouldn't you agree, Raw?" He asked, his eyes silently pleading for Raw to go along with it.

Raw, however, still had a Princess planted on his back with fistfuls of his hair and looked less than happy with the situation.

She let out an embarrassed little laugh and climbed off quickly. "Well, sorry to have bothered you…we'll just be moving on now." She said with a quick curtsy, her eyes darting past Cain quickly to see if she could spot DG.

The four tried to scurry away but Cain was having way too much fun.

"Nice try." He said coolly, and they all stopped mid-step. "Now, all of you get back here and tell me what is really going on."

Jeb cursed under his breath. This was not the group you wanted to help you try and make up a lie on the spot, especially when he knew his dad would use Tin Man interrogation techniques on them. He glared at Glitch and Raw. They'd be the first ones his father would break. Within the first two minutes Glitch would definitely have a synapse misfire, forget what they were talking about and spill.

He sighed, giving in and deciding to get it over with. "We were just trying to give…" He caught himself, if he said 'you two' his father would undoubtedly get defensive. "…DG some privacy."

"So she could rest." Az chimed in, casting Jeb a sideways glance.

Cain was still struggling to keep up the façade of aggravation. He narrowed his eyes on Azkadellia. "Right. And it had nothing to do with the guards telling you I was in here?" He said, and before Jeb could jump in to save her Az took the bait his father had laid down.

"How did you know--?" Her face froze as realization hit her but it was already too late. Cain had her. Jeb said a silent prayer for her and any of the guards who could be held accountable by his father.

"I didn't. But I do now, don't I?" Cain said, his eyes settling on her and making her squirm guiltily.

"Pfft…come on! Even I didn't fall for that one." Glitch said, and much to Cain's surprise Az stuck her tongue out at him in response to his teasing the way DG always did. Not smiling was becoming more and more difficult.

"Alright, I've heard enough." DG's voice came from behind Cain and he smiled over his shoulder as she approached, careful not to let the others see it. "What is going on out here?" She asked, her eyes taking in the four suspects.

"Hi!" Az said and waved, a goofy grin on her face as she threatened to burst with a million questions.

She gave her sister that little look, the one that clearly said 'oh my God we have to talk later', but spoke as if she had done no such thing. "I don't know what the attraction is to my doorway all the sudden, but if you all don't mind I was trying to get Mr. Cain here to teach me a few 'self defense techniques' of my own." She said in a serious tone, but Cain couldn't keep his eyebrow from arching at the implications. "Now, if there isn't anything else, good night." She said, turning on her heal and grabbing Cain's hand, pulling him inside and closing the door in their faces.

Az's mouth made a little O and she grinned, turning to Jeb and cracking up at his shocked expression. "Come on, you heard her. Let's clear out." She said loud enough for DG to hear and ushered the others as far away as possible.