Yet another! So glad I have time to type these with the way my computer's been acting up, blue screening and all. To those still reading this, you people are the best and deserve a cookie.
Go have a cookie. Now. xD

The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku
Chapter 4: Liberate
7/27/11

"I tried to tell them! It was Sony! I'm telling you, they are our leading competitors as of recent… I heard they're even working on their own voice synthesizers." Animatedly, Meiko explained with agitation slamming her bottle of vodka down on the table as she leaned over it. "I heard her. There's no disguising a voice like that. It was a message from Miku. No mistaking it."

"Are you sure… I mean-" Kaito was cut off as he tried to defend the masters' reasoning.

"You see! No one believes me! I thought you said you trusted me?" At this point, Meiko was furious. She swung around face him from where she had been pacing angrily, hurt reflected in her hazel eyes. "What do I have to gain by making shit like this up?"

"You could have beer- uh, I mean been…" He trailed off.

"I was not dreaming. I was not drunk. I was perfectly sober." Spat Meiko scathingly. "As much as they would like to pin everything on my being an alcoholic, that doesn't always apply."

Surveying the deer-on-headlights expression, Kaito had adorned, she calmed herself down and continued a bit more reserved. "Besides, they're our competitors. We have practically a monopoly on musical instruments, synth systems, etc. And the over all, success of the VOCALOID project.

"True… but-" Kaito persisted but it was once again in vain. Wincing as she spoke over him again.

"There is not but, don't you understand?" Continued Len as he pieced it all together. "We've got to do something, Rin!"

"But what can we possibly do about it, Len! We're on freaking lockdown!" Countered Rin facing her brother, flustered as he lectured her. Next time he complained of her rash behavior, this was definitely a lovely an example of Len's hypocritical tendencies. There really was nothing that could be done. But perhaps it was that poisonous seed of jealousy that really had Rin. But what sickened her more than that was how the masters' turned Meiko's story away, including confiscating her desktop as well.

It was no good, and they'd end up losing privileges too if they persisted.

"Well, we've got to do something. I can't just sit here and watch this unfold…" Muttered Len.

"Fine, if you can think of some super awesome plan." Answered Rin sarcastically.

"I can't believe we're doing this. I feel like I'm in a shitty sitcom or a bad action movie." Rin whined to herself as she snuck through the halls, following closely behind her brother. It was well past midnight and well past the new 6 'o clock curfew the masters' had put up for everyone's "safety". Much rather more control it seemed. An attempt they would make until they could get their shit together or so Rin thought.

"We've followed through worse, senseless, foolish ideas or yours might I add. Is it not my turn yet?" Len smirked as he led her through the ward to their destination, Meiko's room.

"How are my ideas-" Rin was cut off when he shot her a look that instantly silenced her complaints. Yeah, most of them were pretty stupid. "Fine."

"Like you have a choice, I love it." Snorted Len as they snuck into Meiko's room, it was just like her to leave the door unlocked. Dropping to his knees, he checked under Meiko's bed to grab a crudely tied bunch of ropes, leaning back to untangle them with a pang of sympathy for Kaito. Poor sap. Joining him on the ground, Rin helped him undo the rest. They remained completely silent in order not to wake Meiko's double. Wrapping the ropes around the foot of Meiko's bed, Len knotted it up tightly while Rin opened up the window before tossing it out over the side, letting the ropes trail down the side of the building from the second story, just about the common room.

"Alright, let's do this." They murmured in union. Climbing out of the window, Rin slid her way down but losing grip she fell the last five feet landing on the ground with a thud, her brother following close behind her, tripping to land on her chest knocking the breath out of her. Rin let out a pained whine. Maybe this is why Len hated her plans so much, he was always the one who got hurt or died… Ugh, so it's my turn? Rin thought in annoyance as she shoved him off.

"Sorry." Len extended his hand to help her, Rin grasped it and pulled herself up to kick him in the shin. He just laughed.

"Jerk." Rin answered with a cough, shoving him weakly.

"Oh, quit it. You're fine."

"Whatever."

With neatly cut, green summer grass kicking up behind them, the Kagamine duo ran across endless fields and gardens, paved walkways, shrubbery and statues that stood between the ward and the edge of the grounds. Soon, out of breath and ragged, they reached the edge of a sun bleached highway through the parted line of sakura trees. Exhaustedly, Len leaned against a tree clutching his stomach. Rin was hunched over with her hands on her knees.

"You realize… That was the prettier equivalent of a Lord of the Rings film, right?" Muttered Rin practically delirious, bringing herself to stand up straight again, still panting.

"You realize that was a mile and a half and there are several more into town?" Countered Len with a smirk.

"We could hitchhike."

"We could get axed to death and end up in someone's basement as stuffed collector's items."

"Or lamps."

"I really hate you right now."

"I'm sure you do." Len laughed at his steaming sister. This would be fun.