**Cain**

"Thanks for helping me today Cain." Ambrose smiled. "Your a good friend. Quite possibly the best friend I ever had."

I mumbled he was my friend too. I'm not really the touchy feel type. Never really was.

He just smiled and nodded. Glitch is good like that. I mean Ambrose. It had been a month and we were all still getting used to Ambrose. In a lot of ways, he was a lot like Glitch.

"Can you pass me the thinggummy please?"

For instance, he▓s still confusing as a munchkin on Vapors. I picked up a random piece of equipment and handed it to him.

"No, that▓s a Thingy. The thinggummys are on the other side of the whatchacallems."

I turned back to the table.
They all looked like thinggummys I picked up another random piece and handed it to him.

"And I thought you were weird as Glitch."

Ambrose chuckled.

"What are we doing? What are you inventing?"

"If it works right, I▓ll be Glitch again."

I was surprised. No I was shocked.
His answer surprised me.

The tone of glee in his voice shocked me.

"Are you sure that's ..Safe?"

"Positive."

I nodded uncertainly and his stomach growled.
He looked down the length of himself.

"It appears I am hungry."

I laughed. Brain or no brain, the apatite's the same.

"I could do with a cup of joe myself. How bout I bring you something back?"

Ambrose thought it over, but the part that was still Glitch had already agreed.

"OK " Ambrose finally consented. He pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to me. "Give this to the cook and please stay and see that he follows it to the letter. So to speak."

I nodded "Sure thing." I turned back at the door. "Why do you want to be Glitch again anyway?"

He smiled lightly and replied "Because Glitch can love."

I took my coffee and handed the note to the cook. Then sat to await the preparations.
A minute later, the cooks assistant came up and handed the note back, looking confused.

"Its a letter sir, addressed to you"
I took it back and looked it over. There was a short message written in Ambrose's elaborate hand

Dear Wyatt (Known to most simply as Cain)

The experiment is probably not safe.

I lied

sorry

Ambrose (Formally Glitch)

Damn! this guy was too smart for his own good.

I tore down the hallway as fast as I could, hoping despite the odds I'd get back in time. He'd sent me far enough away that most likely couldn't

I remembered one time Ambrose - no it was Glitch - went rambling on about probability versus possibility. (How it went from that to dancing, I'll never know)

He said possibility could happen. Probability is more likely to happen.

It was still possible to get to Ambrose in time and save my friend.

But not Probable.

I was still two yards away when the explosion went off.

"Glitch!" A high pitch, heartbroken wail came from behind me.

DG was trying to pull away from her family. The king and queen were rather hysterical in trying to calm their youngest. Azkadellia stood a little to one side, pale and shaky, but not making any noise.
From another corridor, Raw and Toto joined the commotion.

Toto was running in circles. I think he was panicking, but it just made me want to punt him.

I wrenched open the door to the lab. Ignoring the green smoke, I ran in. He was lying face down on the floor. He was breathing, but wouldn't wake up. No matter how hard I slapped him.

"Well I'll be." All this time, I was trying not to feel and this guy goes and blows himself up just for love.