The Day

Hello again and welcome to chapter two! I'm amazed at how fast you reviewers responded! Thanks for the wonderful reviews because without them, this story wouldn't exist. So, without further ado, here's part two!

Disclaimer-I only own Andrew, no one else from Tin Man

"Cain. Cain! Wait up!" DG picked up the hem of her dress and made her way over to Cain as he went to leave her bedchambers where she was preparing for the wedding.

"Yes, Princess?" Cain stopped with his hand on the doorknob to leave. DG gave him her signature look as he turned his head. "Sorry….yes DG?"

"Cain, is something wrong?"

"Wrong, DG?" Cain faked innocence.

Yeah. Ever since Andrew proposed to me you've been quiet and distant and sullen…..more than usual I mean. Did I do something to offend you?"

'You mean more than breaking my heart and marrying another man?' Cain thought as he turned around completely and sighed. "No, DG, it's nothing you did. I've just been a little distracted lately because of the whole 'head of security' promotion and with Jeb settling down and……other things," Cain said as her thought of DG and Andrew together, laughing and kissing and- "I didn't realize I was being withdrawn. It won't happen again. Forgive me."

"Of course you're forgiven," DG searched his eyes for a deeper meaning to his words, but they were carefully guarded. "Well, how do I look? DG twirled in her wedding gown to show it off and to take her mind away from other things that she didn't need to be thinking about on her wedding day, at least not about this man.

"You look like a princess on her wedding day."

"Cain-" DG started hesitantly.

"Princess, it's time," her maid interrupted her thought.

"Yes, of course. Thank you."

"DG, since things might be a little hectic after the ceremony, this might be my only chance to say this," Cain took a deep breath and looked into DG's baby blue eyes, searching for strength to say what he needed to say to her, to lie to her. "I wish you and Andrew the best of luck. You'll make a great queen. May your hearth be warm-"

"-and your smoke be blue," DG finished quietly. Cain started to turn away when DG grabbed his arm.

"Cain, I---thanks. For everything," DG kissed his cheek in what she hoped seemed like a friendly way, Cain turned away quickly and left the room abruptly. His heart was breaking too much to properly say goodbye. DG sighed and left the room shortly after, her heart breaking just as much as Cain's was.

The opening chords of the traditional O.Z. wedding march filled the room as everyone turned around in their seats. Cain gasped when he saw how radiant DG looked on Ahamo's arm. She had looked beautiful in the room, but walking down the aisle, she seemed to glow.

The ceremony itself was very concise, but still beautiful in its own way. When the officiator asked if anyone objected to this union, Cain's hand had twitched ever so slightly.

"Cain, don't even think about it. You know you have to let her do this," Ambrose whispered in his ear.

The couple lit the unity candle and then Andrew said his vows. Now it was DG's turn. Cain held his breath in disbelief that she was actually going to go through with it. DG took a breath to speak when suddenly there was a loud noise like shattering glass. A masked figure crashed through the glass ceiling and landed in between DG and Andrew. Cain was on his feet and sprinting towards DG, drawing his gun when the man grabbed DG and tugged twice on the rope attached to his waist. Cain let off one shot, catching the captor in his leg. He had time to hear DG's surprised gasp as she pulled off the mask and recognized the scarred face. "You!"

"Yes, me"

Cain would have recognized that voice anywhere. It had only been haunting him for years on end. Zero was back.