Disclaimer: I own nothing in the Tin Man 'verse. Nothing and no one. Because (at the moment) I'm playing only with the Sci-Fi original characters.
He burst through the door, in the middle of the robots and DG's conversation, warning of the Longcoats. She'd been standing, staring at her hand for some reason. With a concerned glance he didn't allow to be longer than a fraction of a second, he walked past to check out yet another crack in shoddily repaired building's walls.
The Longcoats riding past were nearly blurs, so fast and so close to the wall as they cantered past. Immediately he started running through any and all possible avenues of escape. He'd caught sight of Zero for the first time in the flesh for so many years when he heard the robot leader suggest that a 'wizard' would help DG on her search for her mother.
He'd ripped his eyes off his enemy's face, recognizing the description as belonging to the Mystic Man, the man he'd served to protect for so many years. In an instant her wide blue eyes were focused on him, hope filling her expression, and he had to resist the urge to bask under the glow of her attention. With a quick explanation he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the door, only to be stopped when she begged her parents…or rather 'nurture units, to come along.
Frozen in the doorway, he watched the trio express love and then embrace. He wondered what would have happened if he could be reunited with his son after all these years, had he survived. Would it being loving, with a bear hug, or manly with exchanging curt nods? But he quickly shook off the line of thought, grabbing a hold of her once again.
Her small hand, soft and fragile within his own large, calloused one was a fierce reminder of how in need of protecting she was. Zero hadn't hesitated in hurting Adora, a girl they'd both known since childhood. What chance would DG have against him?
They met up with Furball and Zipperhead outside, and run out into the beginnings of the forest that was just outside Milltown. He'd paused for a full second, his hand resting on the butt of his gun. He could go back, kill Zero, most likely get killed in turn. But DG's hopeful face flashed in his mind. He couldn't let her down. He had to at least get her to the Mystic Man, he would be able to give her at least a measure of protection.
He followed Dg and the other two, his revenge would have to wait a little longer. Damn it.
A/N: I know this is really short, the next chap is way longer. Like I said earlier, it's really due to what scene we're on. And this one was really lite on the Cain-ness. /cries/ As for my other fics, I just finished my last final so I should have more time to break through my various writer's blocks.