Disclaimer- Well since I'm tired of writing these let this be the final disclaimer for all chapters: I DON'T OWN TEH VOCALOIDS kbai.

Author's Note- School is starting soon. Nooo Dx. Another update while I can. Gakupo, Luka (kinda not really lul), and Leon make appearances! Enjoy! -cries-.

It had been two weeks since the incident, and Rin hadn't moved an inch from her position.

…Except to lift her finger and change the channel every now and then.

Ever since the day they were attacked, Rin and Len had been grounded and the house was put on lockdown. News spread like wildfire about the sudden appearance of "Len Kagamine: CEO Kagamine's secret 'super' son". For days, every news station broadcasted Len's photo, which was snapped secretly by some passerbys, and raised speculation over his identity. Was he an illegitimate son Mr. Kagamine had locked away to avoid public humiliation? Was Mr. Kagamine using him for drug and steroid testing, which would explain how he defeated those thugs? What about Rin? Day after day the media flooded their phone lines and showed up at the gates of the Kagamine estate trying to gather any bits of information they could and snap some photos of Len. One had been daring enough to trespass and sneak into the house, frightening Rin. Luckily, it was a Sunday, and Mr. Kagamine had been home and thus able to call the police to arrest the man before he could gather any information, much less see Len.

Mr. Kagamine decided that was the last straw. The next day he arranged to have a press conference where he announced that Len was indeed his son. Len, he explained, had been born with very ill health and was sent to live with a family friend; only a few months ago was Len finally recovered from his mysterious affliction and able to be reunited with his family. The media, though, was still unsatisfied. Who was this family friend? And how did Len defeat those four, burly men if he was supposed to be of weak constitution? But the CEO of Mirror Corp. refused all questions and left it at that.

After the press conference, Mr. Kagamine blocked all channels that broadcasted the news and cut off all phone lines to the estate. Rin and Len were no longer allowed to go outside or even near a window. The only communication they were allowed was a single phone line connecting them to Mr. Kagamine's cell phone in case of emergency. In a sense, the two were now isolated. Thus Rin had been left with little to do except watch TV. And that is exactly what she had been doing for ten days now. The only time she got up was to use the bathroom or eat, but other than that she would just sit and watch movies or random shows until she fell asleep, and then Len would have to carry her to her room.

"Rin," Len sighed exasperatedly, "you've been sitting in front of the TV for days now. Please get up and do something else?"

"Nngh," was the reply.

Len furrowed his brows in concern, "Maybe go read a book?"

"Nngh."

"Clean up your room?"

"Nngh!!"

"Okay, okay, sorry!" Len threw his hands up in defense and sighed, "Err… take a walk around the house?"

"Ugh, what's the point!" Rin sprawled herself out over the couch, "It's not like me wandering aimlessly around the house will be productive either." Len pouted. Rin sighed. "Okay I'll go… check my e-mail, or something."

Len sweatdropped. Well, at least it wasn't watching TV…

"The media don't seem to be letting down, do they?"

A man who looked no older than 23 flicked his silky, lavender hair from his face and flipped through a rather sketchy looking magazine. On its cover were two familiar, turquoise-eyed children. Across from him sat the CEO of Mirror Corp.

"No they don't, Professor Gakupo," Mr. Kagamine folded his hands in front of his face, "All these phone calls tie up our lines and we haven't been able to keep in touch with any of our clients. I'm surprised Luka hasn't quit her job as secretary yet. And that damn press conference only made things worse! Now they've even taken to waiting in the parking lot and crowding me as I try to drive away! I've given them their answers, what more could they want?"

Professor Gakupo smirked. He had been hired at Mirror Corp. at the mere, tender age of 16 but was armed with a full college education and graduate's degree. He was a prodigy, who, despite his young age, rose quickly to the highest researching position in the company and became one of Mr. Kagamine's most trusted acquaintances.

"Well it's not every day you find out some nine year old took down 4 armed grown men," Gakupo remarked smartly, "And then to find out that that nine year old was only a few months earlier supposed to be sick and bedridden seems awfully fishy. The public is hungry for answers, Mr. Kagamine, and the media's job is to satiate said curiosity, even if it means whipping some garbage together and spray-painting it with colorful adjectives." The scientist threw the magazine onto his boss's desk, which contained the headline "Len Kagamine: Actually a 37 Year Old Champion Midget Kick Boxer Hired to Pose as Rin Kagamine's Brother/Bodyguard? Close Family Friend Tells All!"

"You'd think they'd be sick of it by now," Mr. Kagamine grumbled and threw the magazine into his wastebin.

"I believe it'll only get worse," Gakupo grimaced, "Results came back from the medical examiner at the prison. Apparently Len was brutal. One of the men experienced severe internal bleeding and several organ ruptures from having that trash can lid thrown at him so hard. Two had several bone fractures that will take months and many surgeries to recover from; doctors said it'll be a miracle if they could throw again. The last one might have permanent head trauma and is now blind in one eye. The men said that when they recover they're going to file a lawsuit against you. With our lawyers the case should be a piece of cake; however, this definitely won't look good for you, Mr. Kagamine. Nor will it help the media situation die down."

All the older man could do was groan.

"Amazing how such a small thing can stir up so much controversy."

The men looked up at the sudden interruption. In the doorway of the office stood a man dressed in the same lab attire as Gakupo but with a much different appearance. His hair was a darkened, sandy blonde that was slicked back into a solid conglomerate of dried gel. His face and manner of air was impeccable, almost to a frightening extent. There was no sign of any stray, unshaved hair on his smooth, waxy skin, except for two perfectly angled eyebrows that accentuated a pair of dark, brown eyes. The right part of his lip was twitched upward in such a way that suggested mischief looming in his intentions.

"Ah, Professor Leon, can I help you?" Mr. Kagamine motioned for the man to take a seat.

Leon continued to stay where he was, "I was just wondering if you could send Len back for a quick check-up. You know, to see if he was damaged in that nasty little skirmish."

Gakupo narrowed his eyes. Six years ago, he and Leon were put in charge of Len's creation. At first it had only been Gakupo acting as director, but when it was revealed that the DNA was to be extracted from Leon's late son, the lower scientist took an avid role in the project, so avid that it became almost, if not already, obsessive. He pored over the project day and night, studying and refining every detail, living only on coffee and four hours of sleep. Gakupo understood why the man would take such an interest to Len, since it was from his son's DNA that Len was made. Gakupo had a feeling that to Leon, this project was like giving his son a second chance to live, yet Leon had yet to realize that the end product was not Leon's son.

"Len?" Mr. Kagamine frowned, "He didn't seem hurt at all. Not even a scratch."

"Perhaps he might have some internal damage," Leon persisted, "A part slipping out of place?"

"We created Len to be much stronger than that," Gakupo responded with a detached tone, "A simple push into a brick wall wouldn't have hurt him."

Leon's lips set in a firm line, "I apologize for being concerned, Professor Gakupo."

Mr. Kagamine sensed the quickly tensening mood, "It's fine, Professor Leon. Len hasn't seemed out of place to me. If anything does happen though I'll make sure to bring him immediately back."

"Hn," Leon grunted his response, "I see. I apologize for having taken up your time. Please continue whatever it is you were discussing." He gave a respectful bow to which Mr. Kagamine acknowledged with a nod. Gakupo refused to express any words or signs of parting. Leon closed the door quietly behind him as he exited the office and headed back to the lab.

"I don't trust him," Gakupo said after he was sure the other scientist was out of earshot.

"What do you mean? Professor Leon has been at this company for 22 years and I've had no problems with him so far."

"I don't know… Something about the way he carries himself… and his eyebrows…"

Mr. Kagamine chuckled, "Come now, Gakupo. All this work is getting to your head. Professor Leon is a decent man, and I think he did raise some good points. Do you think we should run a quick check-up on Len? Just to make sure?"

"I don't believe it's necessary," the lavender haired scientist snorted, "But if you want to."

"Alright, alright," the CEO of Mirror Corp. smirked, "You're dismissed."

Rin blinked when a pop-up on the side of her screen alerted her to the arrival of two new e-mail messages. At first it had said two, but when she opened her inbox there was only one. She furrowed her brow in wonder. Who could it be from? Meiko and Kaito were both grounded, so they couldn't have possibly sent her an e-mail... Her surprise grew when she saw it was from Mirror Corp.

"Daddy's company...?" Rin clicked the message and noticed an attachment.

"Hello Rin,

Some questions were raised about Len's condition and any damage he could have sustained from that nasty incident two weeks ago, so we're sending you a program that will run a check on him and report if anything is wrong. All you have to do is plug Len into the computer with the cable he came with and download the file directly onto him. Don't worry, if it sounds confusing ask Len to do it. He'll understand.

Best Wishes."

Rin tilted her head to the side. There didn't seem anything wrong with Len... but oh well, it was better to be safe than sorry. "Len!" the girl shouted down the hall. He was probably downstairs and at the other end of the house, way out of earshot for the normal human ear. But no matter where he was, Len always seemed to be able to hear when Rin needed him, and within seconds he would be at her side, "Len, come here I need to show you something!"

"Yes?" the aforementioned boy arrived only ten seconds after she called.

"Look here!" she pointed to the screen, "Read the message while I go get your cable."

Len looked confused but obeyed nonetheless. A patch, huh? He suddenly felt a rush of cool air over his backside as Rin lifted up the back of his shirt. "H-Hey!"

"Hold still," Rin stuck her tongue out the corner of her lips, "I'm plugging you in."

Len winced at the strange sensation when the plug entered his spine and the rush of electric signals flowed back and forth between him and Rin's computer.

"Okay Len, I'm not sure how to do this, and the letter said you would know how."

The boy nodded, "Once hooked up I can access your computer remotely." He demonstrated said feature by moving the cursor around the screen without even touching the mouse.

"Woaah," Rin's eyes widened in wonder. Len smiled and turned back to the message. He ran one last check over the attachment and e-mail address to make sure it was safe and truly from Mirror Corp. Yup, everything seemed alright.

"Download commencing," Len stated. A popup box appeared on Rin's screen alerting her of the file's progress. 25% complete… 50%... 75%...

Suddenly, Len felt a pang shoot up his spine and into his brain. "Aah…" He sank to the floor and clutched at his head.

80%

"Len?" Rin hopped off her chair and kneeled behind him in worry, "Len are you alright?"

85%

Another pain ripped through his spine, but this time it was far more intense than before and permeated him down through his toes. Len cried out in agony.

"I-It hurts, Rin… AHH!" He jerked as another nasty jolt assaulted his senses.

87%

Rin bit her lip. Was it supposed to hurt like this? She rubbed a reassuring hand across his back. "Len…?"

She gasped when he let out another scream, this one exponentially more intense than the last. Beads of sweat began to form on his forehead and he was doubled over in pain, "R-Rin! Take the cable ou-AAHH! T-This isn't a p-AAHH."

89%

"W-What?!" Rin's face paled. Why was it hurting him so much? Something was wrong here… Horribly wrong. She ran to the computer and tried to find the cancel button, but to her horror there was none.

Len seemed to sense her worry, "T-The cabl-AHH!"

90%

The what? The cable? Rin glanced at the wire connecting him to the computer. He wanted her to disconnect him? Was that even safe? Her dad had told her never to disconnect things while they were downloading or it would mess up the system…

95%

Len let out another bloodcurdling scream that silenced all her doubt. She had to do it!

Rin gripped the cable with one hand and placed the other one on Len's back for balance. He was panting heavily now, and his skin had paled to a sickly, ashy hue. Rin tugged at the cable, but for some reason it wouldn't budge.

"W-What…? What's going on here?!"

She yanked again, but it was only met with another strangled cry from her Vocaloid. No! This couldn't be happening! Rin felt worried tears prick at her eyes as she wrestled with the wire again.

97%

The computer! That was it! If she could shut off the computer, the download would stop, right?! Len let out another scream and started thrashing against the floor. Rin sprinted to her desktop and furiously yanked its power cord from the outlet. Instantly, the computer screen grew black. At the same time, Len's eyes widened, and his brilliant turquoise irises dulled to a dark, murky color. His body grew rigid as he collapsed to the floor.

"Len!" Rin cried and pulled his head onto her lap. He was sweating profusely, indicating he must have felt hot, but at the same time his teeth were chattering as if he was cold. Rin held one of his hands in hers and used her other one to brush his hair from his face. She froze. His hands were so clammy, yet his forehead was burning... A fever? She tried to straighten him but the cable prevented Len from moving much further. Maybe now that the cable wasn't active she could pull it out?

Rin gave it a slight tug and it came out with relative ease, but not without some consequence. Rin stifled the urge to gag as a few drops of blood leaked from his outlet and stained the tip of the plug.

"Len? Can you hear me? Len??"

"R-Rin," he groaned weakly and buried his face in her stomach. His grip on her hand tightened as his other arm wrapped around her waist, "D-Don't leave me…"

Rin bit her lip. She had to do something, but what? Out of the corner of her eye she spied a phone. Maybe Daddy would know what to do.

"Len," she whispered softly into his ear, "I'm going to call Daddy. He can have his scientists come help you, but you need to let me go, okay?" Rin gasped when his grip around her tightened, "It's okay! I'll be right back- only two seconds!" But he refused to let her go. He was muttering something, but it was so weak and incoherent that Rin could not decipher his words.

"Let go, Len…"

He refused.

Rin tried to pry herself from his desperate clutch, but he was much too strong for her.

"Len, please, I'm trying to help you…"

He shivered and kept his hold. Rin sighed. Guess she had no choice.

Mr. Kagamine jumped slightly when he felt a vibrating in his shirt pocket, signifying he had an incoming call to his cell. Without looking away from the papers he was examining, he flipped open the device and set it on speaker.

"Hello?"

"Daddy…? Something's wrong with Len…"

Mr. Kagamine straightened in his seat and dropped everything at the sound of his daughter's sobbing voice, "Len? What's wrong with him?"

"I-I don't know… I got an e-mail from your company that said to download something onto him that would check if anything was wrong, but I think it made him sick…"

"Sick? What exactly happened? Where is he now?"

"He's here, sleeping next to me. When he was downloading the file he said it was hurting him and I tried to disconnect him but the cable was stuck, so I had to unplug the computer. He has a fever now and I think all the pain eventually made him pass out. Took him two hours, though."

"Two hours?!" Mr. Kagamine's eyes widened, "This happened two hours ago? Why didn't you call earlier??"

"I couldn't," Rin's sobs were more audible now, "He was in so much pain and I tried to comfort him but he wouldn't let go when I tried to call you. So I had to wait until now…"

There was a long pause on the line as neither party was sure what to do next.

How could this be? Perhaps something was wrong with Len after all, and that program brought it out…

"…Alright Rin," Mr. Kagamine sighed, "Try and make Len as comfortable as possible and wait until I call you back. Put a cold towel on his head and wrap him in a blanket, but don't give him any medicine. I'll go speak to the scientists now and see what can be done. Be good, okay Rin? No more crying, you need to be strong for Len."

Rin sniffled her understanding and hung up the phone. She did exactly as her father told her to and went to pull the blankets and pillows from her bed, arranging them as comfortably as possible about Len's immobile form. She then wetted a facecloth in a bowl of ice water and draped it over his forehead, refreshing it every now and then so that it stayed cold.

"It's alright, Len," she whispered, "I'm here… You'll get better, I promise."

Uwaah cliffhanger! What's wrong with Len? Stay tuned for the next update fufufu~. And remember to review :3!