CHAPTER 1

I had always thought that it was us... only us... and us together. But whatever fate had in store, we began to disappear one by one... and never to come back... ever.

At the end, I was left by myself. And now, I'm about to disappear too... never to come back... like the others. Who knows, I just might see them again. But maybe its just better not to...

What is it that I am thinking about, right now, as my breath is slowly meeting its demise?
What's happening now? No... I already know that... I just said it...
What will happen? Not really much to think about if I already know what's happening...

It's what has happened that I'm replaying in my head, like a long old film with its clicks and whirs as it spins around with the gargle of the starting sounds that don't quite register to the ears. That's about all I can think of right now... How it was the six of us that all managed to disappear...

It could have been anyone else... It didn't have to be us. There are a whole ton of people out there... But we were the "chosen ones". We all were special ever since our childhood... if you can even call our "childhood" a childhood.

We weren't born. We were created. We were the Vocaloids... we weren't... normal...
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"There seems to be a slight disruption in the experiment, Doctor Hideki."
"What seems to be the problem Sato-kun?" replied the slightly white haired man, flipping through a clipboard of papers.
"Vocaloid Letter E... seems very uncooperative... as always." explained the prim white coated young man.
"Ah... the Gakupoid... He's always trouble isn't he?" mumbled Doctor Hideki with a slight chuckle, "He's been have good progress thus far no?"
"Yes Doctor... "
"Good... so what is it that you need?"
"Sir, we need to have your permission to administer a sedative to force him to cooperate." requested the young man.
"Sure thing. I'll head over with you right now." answered the Doctor as he rose from his chair and dropped the clipboard full of papers, "I could use a good break."

Doctor Hideki and Sato-kun walked down the corridor, their footsteps being the only sound echoing off the white speckless walls with the stench of antiseptic in the air. But soon the sounds of their footsteps were accompanied by the muffled sounds of crashes and scattered screams, coming from Lab Experimental Room Number 4.

The two of them stopped in front of the door. Sato, feeling awkward, decided to say, "This is where the Gakupoid was going to be administered the new chemical formula-"
"I am aware of what is going on Sato-kun. I've taken a keen interest in the few successful Vocaloids that we have and I won't let this small bit of trouble stop its progress." interrupted the Doctor grimly. With that he slid opened the door and watched.

A tall boy was in the center of it all. He was in the middle of the chaos, trying to fight his way to the entrance. The many scientists in the room were knocked out and he was fending off... or at least trying to fend off the attacks of the X-Loids, the failed Vocaloids that were used as the military strength of this Lab. His vivid dark eggplant hair whipped about as he toppled one of the X-Loids over, which showed his surprisingly strong strength, despite his nimble, almost feminine-like build. His icy violet blue eyes showed no mercy as he took an IV stand and crashed it into another X-Loid's neck. But it was obvious to see he was at a disadvantage of number, and was being pushed back. Doctor Hideki just patiently waited until the chaos died down a little bit and the X-Loids had pinned the young boy to the ground.

As the Doctor slowly approached the boy, who was pinned to the ground with an X-Loid on top of him, twisting his arms back into an awkward position, he noticed a fiery look in the boy's eyes. This never failed to amuse the doctor, which is why he took an interest to the boy. Despite the fact that he was created in this Lab, and was experimented on all his life, the Gakupoid acted against it, as if he didn't accept the one thing that he was exposed to since birth and should have thought was normal. All the 6 Vocaloids had that trait. Most of them weren't this violent, but they all had this reluctance and unacceptance to being experimented on... They had learned to acquire their own minds of common sense and knowledge. All the X-Loids thought being experimented on was normal, because that's how they've been treated since birth... but no matter how enjoyable this was to observe, he couldn't just let it pass... it could grow into a bigger problem.

"Gakupo... are you going to cooperate with us or do I have to force you to cooperate?" calmly asked Doctor Hideki. He had always called the 6 Vocaloids by their real names, not their Lab names/numbers.

"I'll ask one last time... are you?"
-No response-
"Alright I guess we will have to force you." Doctor Hideki got the sedative ready and motioned the X-Loid on top of him to yank back the specimen's head so that he could insert the needle right into the jugular so that the drug will take immediate effect.

As the Gakupoid slumped into his forced slumber, he was dragged away and tossed onto the steel metal table as the metal clamps on the table secured his limbs, neck, and torso. Sato walked over to thank the Doctor, "I'm truly sorry for the inconvenience Doctor. We will proceed with the experiment and submit a full report as soon as possible."
"It's quite fine. I would personally like to carry this experiment out myself if you would not mind." said the reserved Doctor with a smile.
"Uh-um...Oh.. of course Doctor Hideki!" stuttered the young man, "How will we restrain the Gakupoid from now on? Should we-"
"I'll handle that myself after this experiment. Let's get on with what's going on now."
This was all amusing, they were trying to improve the specimen's regenerative abilities. But what Doctor Hideki was REALLY looking forward to was the "punishment" afterwards...

When Gakupo came to... well he wasn't sure if he was was really conscious or not. He felt famished, due to the experiment before. He was usually famished after being tested, but being injected with a whole bunch of catalysts that speed up chemical reactions, added to his already fast metabolism. He would usually wake up after an experiment, with an IV, which didn't make him so weak afterward. Gakupo had never tasted "food" before... he was brought up with IV so that's all that really relied on.

The thought of the IV made him realize that he wasn't where he usually was... he usually would wake up from a small cot or in his usual caged confinement. But he wasn't in any of those two places. Just utterly surrounded by a suffocating darkness. He tried to move but he couldn't budge. His limbs were bound down by thick metal cuffs connected to a link of chains that were grounded into something far off in the darkness. Gakupo knew he wasn't on the ground, he didn't feel the ground. He tasted his own blood as the gag bit into his mouth and felt an obstruction as he tried to open his eyes underneath a tight blindfold. He felt fear grip him from inside as he was confused in the middle of the darkness.

"I wonder what happened to Gakupo..." came a flutey worried voice.
"He should be fine Miku" said another more deeper womanly voice, "It is Gakupo after all.
"But Luka... He's been gone a while now... it has been more than half a day almost" mentioned a man's voice.
"You don't know anything right Kaito?" asked Miku.
"No... not really. Security has been tight these days. I can't really get to the computers." replied Kaito.
"I wonder what he's up to?" came two voices at the same time.
"Hey! Don't copy me" said one child's voice.
"Same to you, don't copy me!" said another more mature boyish voice.
"Both of you keep it down a notch will you?" said Miku.
"Lin.. Len... I'm sure Gakupo is going to come back to us soon. Let's get some rest." came Kaito's voice.

Then everything was pretty silent. A couple mumbles going on and about. Some moans and sighs, as the five vocaloids went into their own worries and hopefulness in their ever deep sleep.

Things weren't as quiet in the other room where Gakupo was. After a while Doctor Hideki opened the doors to the room and flicked on a couple switches. Gakupo himself could not see what was going on. He was blinded, gagged, and suspended above the ground by his arms by chains. Behind him was a metal screen. The Doctor approached him, his civilized expression gone, instead... a crazed expression of a lust driven madman. His voice, tense, almost excited, " You seemed to be some trouble for us today..."
Gakupo didn't answer... or it was more that he couldn't answer with the gag in his mouth. His arms ached and the realization was slowly coming to him that this was going to be something bad... really bad.
With a chuckle, the Doctor clasped a black band around Gakupo's neck. Suddenly realizing what really was going to happen, he started to struggle against his restraints to no avail.
Already having his hand on the lever, Doctor Hideki smiled like a madman as he pulled on the lever. Electric currents traveled up the screen and into the metal chains and rammed directly into his body at full strength and speed. Gakupo gave a muffled scream as he felt his body writhe in pain. When the lever was pushed back, Gakupo felt exhausted and raw. He was panting and felt the sweat dripping down from his body , stinging the the slightly burnt places on his slightly olive skin. His long strands of deep violet hair stood slightly on end.

He knew it wasn't over. He had been here before. What was worse was that he couldn't pass out any more. The black band around his neck actually was a needle forcing adrenaline through his veins, which couldn't let him lose consciousness. He gave a slight moan. He felt the blindfold being removed and winced at the light. He steely stared at the Doctor, his worst enemy.

The Doctor felt a chill go up his spine. He had always loved the look in this boy's eyes. The deep violet eyes that looked almost blue in his cold icy stare. It wanted him to experiment on him harder. But he was a success, you had to be careful with him. But that didn't stop him from torturing him in anyway he could, like now. For other subjects, only a good whipping was given, but Gakupo was special... and he needed to treat him special too, same for the other Vocaloids. With that, he pulled the lever down again and watch as the violet haired boy struggle in pain, and smiled to himself.