'Why is it that the media follows me everywhere?" Red thought aloud, "There are Inkling out there that have one like ten times more Ink Cups than I have!" he blurted accidently. He knocked on the door of the house Aimee lived in. Her brother let him in, even if it did require signing his shirt. Red could hear the band practicing in the basement.

"You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

So now we see the light, we gonna stand up for our rights! So you better

Get up stand up… stand up for your right. Get up stand up….

DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT!"

Red slithered down the stairs, and was instantly acknowledged.

"There he is… the man of the year!" blurted out an all-too-happy Paul. He wore a grey Bob Marley shirt with red shorts that nicely complimented his guitar. His shoes nearly blended into the concrete floor, but his lime green hair stood out a little too much.

"Paul, you're an overexcited fan boy… buut you're my overexcited fan boy!" whispered Gyanna, Paul's girlfriend. She had purple hair that didn't exactly match her green check shirt, grey skirt and crazy arrows. She started giggling with some her other vocalist friends.

Red proceeded to give Paul a hearty handshake, until he felt someone cling onto him forcefully and shouting the word, "RED!"

Yes, this was none other than the bubbly Aimee. She wore her pink backwards cap with her varsity jacket, which matched her red hi-tops and long, pink hair. "So glad you could make it, Red!"

"Yeah…! Good to see you too, Aimee!" Red nervously responded. At least, until he heard a door slam quickly upstairs, which sent into total nervousness level.

"I got 'em! I got 'em!" Robbie rushed downstairs with a stack of large papers in his hands. "Here they are… the concert posters! Lemme read 'em… 'Commemorating the 1000th Ink Cup… The Squid Sisters featuring Roger Marley's Wailers!' "

Many whispers began to arise; debating which songs the Inkling thought they had played best. An awkward moment of silence cut out most of the whispers. Aimee took this opportunity to speak up.

"Anywaay… I've got some news! Me and the team are going on a vacation!"

The room was still silent. Red quickly whispered to Paul and Gyanna, "Us?"

"Yeah, us," Paul responded, "She went to see Spyke this morning, and he gave her four tickets to someplace… he didn't say where, though. Said it would ruin the surprise."

Red spoke up with enthusiasm, "That's great, Aimee! C'mon guys, let's go pack-" He was cut short by someone with heavy boots.

How could they go on the vacation… If Roger wouldn't let them?