Easy as Cherry Pie and Tuna Rolls
Life on Earth has changed as we know it. Music and any form of art has become illegal, and the Vocaloids are on the run to prevent from going jail. But will they be able to prevent their feelings from getting in the way? And how will the new girl help love prevail?
Prologue: Forever on the Run
A young girl with long, cherry red hair and matching, lifeless eyes stares at an empty chair in the middle of a grey, boring room. She has on a dress that is white and goes to the middle of her thigh and cherry red and navy blue touches everywhere including her boots, gloves, and headphones. A loose piece of hairs pops up into a simple C shape on the top of her head. An annoyed man walks up behind her and fixes it, only to have it pop back into place.
"Is she ready yet?" a young woman asks, stepping forward.
"Not yet," the man replies. "We still have to charge her with the 100 years battery."
"Furukawa Miki," the woman strokes her perfectly manicured finger down the length of the girl's chin. "You will teach the world that music is important. And more importantly, you will teach my children how to love and how to save themselves. They are in grave danger, and you will save them."
"Lola," a voice calls. the woman turns and runs to the arms of the man calling her name. "This is the last child you are taking, correct? It is cruel to take them from their parents and change them into robots."
"Leon, dear, they are not robots, they are humans with a program injected into their brain. People love it when they sing!" Lola replies.
"Do you know why music and such became illegal?" a new voice asked. "Because people started to recognize the Vocaloids. Put the pieces together. They wanted it to stop, and so it became illegal. By stealing Amika Hashimoto from her home, you are causing more disruption! People are going crazy trying to figure out if these creations of yours are their children who have been missing for so long!"
"Miriam, calm down. Their features are completely changed, and the only reason people changed the law is because people are stupid and crazy and the authorities think taking away music is the only way to make less people stupid and crazy." Lola replied, stroking the face of her creation again.
"And the fact that you did it to Kaito and Meiko, our own family, is even worse! They don't remember anything about themselves whatsoever!" Leon screamed. He grabbed his hair and pulled it as he walked back to the Master's area. Miriam followed him.
"Hey you!" Lola called to the man behind the newest Vocaloid. "Go charge her up and then bring her back here immediately after. GO!"
The man nodded, and then dragged her away to a side door that led to a long hallway with a bunch of rooms and another hallway at the end. Lola smiles and then goes to sit in the empty chair. Ah, it feels so good to be in charge!
Somewhere else…
Luka Megurine sits huddled in the dank corner of a smelly warehouse, her face buried in Lily Masuda's shoulder. Around her, Neru Akita, Rin Kagamine, Megumi Poid, Haku Yowane, Teto Kasane, Gakupo Kamui, Kaito Shion, Oliver Jones and Len Kagamine sit huddled in separate corners, all staying away from the door and one window. All of them are sobbing quietly, and watching for a sign of something, anything.
"We're all gonna die! All of us are gonna die!" Len suddenly burst out. Rin quickly covered his mouth with her hand.
"Shh! Len, it's okay. Everything is gonna be okay. We're all gonna be fine." Rin whispered reassuringly.
"We have to leave, soon," Lily whispers in Luka's ears.
"What? Why?"
"Because Len just burst out, really loudly, and we could be caught any second!" Lily rage-whispers.
"Okay, we need to move, but where would we go?" Luka questions again.
"The second mansion," Lilt replies, as though it were obvious.
"What? Are you insane? That's in the middle of... the mountains!" Luka exclaims, realizing at the end of her sentence she was being too loud and started lying.
"Exactly!" Lily hisses. "No one will think to look in the 'mountains'."
"So let's go!" Gakupo jumps up, startling Len and nearly knocking over Kaito.
"Lily'll go first, everyone else follow her, and I'll go last," Luka says, not bothering to lower her voice. If there were people out there, they would have struck already.
"If we get separated, keep heading towards the second mansion. Everyone knows it's in the Andes Mountains, right?" Lily asks loudly, maybe too loudly, and shakes her head. "Not in YOKOTE, or Tokyo, or any other city in the world, the Andes Mountains. Try to avoid cities and we have 30 cars across the lot that we can use."
"GOT IT!" everyone cheers. Lily nods and sneaks outside. Slowly, everyone follows until it's just Luka and Kaito. Finally, they both slip out into the cool night air.
Suddenly, Luka feels hands slither around her waist and a hand covering her mouth. "I got her!" a voice yells in her ear.
"Run! RUN!" Luka starts screaming, struggling to escape successfully, and all the Vocaloids scatter off into different directions, trying to escape the fate that was surely in their hands at this point. Brightly coloured hair flashing beneath black and brown hoods escaped into the darkness of the night.
A cop suddenly slumped to the ground with a thud. The other cops looked around but saw nothing. Then slowly, they all fell unconscious as something hit them hard in the back of the head. When all the cops were out, a tall man stood in the centre of the rough circle shape with a piece of a metal pipe in one hand.
"That'll keep 'em down for a while," the man said. He turned to stare after the direction one of the Vocaloids took, then he stepped into the shadows and vanished into the night.