Note: In the last chapter, Miku and Rin were brutally and senselessly attacked on stage by Miku Zatsune and Rin Arakawa. Not only that, but some of the Vocaloids were almost electrocuted by an electric barrier around the stage. And to top it off, countless members of the audience were burned by a ring of fire around them. This chapter will explore the aftermath, but trust me, it's not a pretty sight to behold.

3:45 pm

Even though the battle was finally over, there was widespread panic. Many of the audience members who were not too badly hurt ran for their lives. Trust me, if I was caught in that horrific mess, I would be running for my life, too. And I am certain that any sane person would agree with that statement. But I digress. Now getting back to the story.

On the stage, most of the Vocaloids were piled on top of Zatsune and Arakawa holding them down and taking their weapons away. But since they were so strong, the others had to use all their strength to keep them away from their prey. "Get off of me!", Zatsune shouted, "I have to show that bitch who's boss!". "Ah, shut the fuck up!", Arakawa growled at her, clearly having had enough, "I didn't really want to go through with this anyway".

Meanwhile, Mikuo and Len had managed to pull themselves out of the maylay for a moment to inspect the damage. And quite frankly, it was not a pretty picture. The two were stunned to see the damage. Some poor souls in the audience were burned really badly. Many others were too badly injured to move at all.

"Oh man, this totally sucks, dude!", Mikuo observed. "I agree with you. This is just wrong!", Len empathized. "All those members in the audience did not deserve this!", Mikuo adknowledged. "Not at all!", Len implored.

At that moment, over the wailing and moaning from the audience, the two boys managed to hear their sisters crying from a few yards away. "Oh shit. We nearly forgot about Miku and Rin", Mikuo realized. "They need help ASAP", Len told him. They could not have been more right about that.

Miku and Rin were laying on the floor of the stage in a crumpled heap, and both were obviously in excruciating pain. The former was clutching her left shoulder, and that arm was bleeding quite a bit from a 12 inch long cut. The latter was holding her right knee, and that leg was bleeding heavily from a 24 inch long gash.

Additionally both of their faces were beaten almost beyond recognition. Upon closer inspection, the boys could see that both of the girls had tears streaming down their faces. "What the fuck did those two do to you?", Mikuo demanded. "They just beat the l-living d-daylights out of us, that's what they did!", Miku sputtered. "S-Speaking of, w-what happened to the audience", Rin wondered. "Well, a lot of people got burned and some can't move", Len told her.

"I'm gonna call 119", Mikuo announced as he pulled out his cellphone. "That's a really good idea", Len agreed. "You might find that to be a challenge", Zatsune boasted, "I disconnected the phone lines".

"Just how antiquated are you two numbskulls?", Neru asked. "Cellphones don't need phone lines. They use cellphone towers", Haku added. Upon hearing this, Arakawa turned to Zatsune and yelled at her, "You fucking idiot! You made us go through all that trouble of disconnecting the phone lines! And that doesn't do a goddamned thing!". Zatsune could only hang her head in humilation.

"Well, we have numerous people with injuries, including two of our own. Some can't even move", Mikuo told the 119 operator. "Do you know how many exactly?", the operator asked. "I don't know. My guess is at least 100, but that's probably too optimistic", Mikuo explained. "How many units should I send down", the operator questioned. "All of them!", Mikuo called out, "Send them to Yamaha Park immediately!".

As soon as he ended the call, he went back to check on Miku. "This is terrible! How am I going to provide for the family?", Miku wondered, clearly more concerned for the well being of her siblings than her own injuries. "Don't worry about that, Miku", Mikuo assured his elder sister, "Hopefully you won't be laid up for more than a few weeks". "Are you sure, Mikuo?", Miku asked her younger brother. "Of course", Mikuo told her.

"Now where do you hurt the most?", he asked. "Well I hurt all over the place", Miku explained to him, "But it's mostly my shoulder. I think she dislocated it". "The important thing you have to do is not to move that arm", Mikuo told her. "Yes sir, I won't move it one inch", Miku said to him. At that moment they heard a voice from over the chaos.

"Hey we need some serious help over here! Rin's losing a lot of blood!", Len shouted in a very nervous voice. Miku turned to Mikuo and told them, "Go over there and help your teammate". "But what about you, big sis?", Mikuo asked, "Don't you need help?". "I'll be fine! Now go!", Miku demanded. With that, Mikuo reluctantly stepped back to help Len out.

"All right, Rin. Where do you hurt the most?", Len asked. "Everywhere I think", Rin answered lifting her head, "But the place where I hurt the most is my knee. I think it's been broken". "Don't worry little sis, the ambulances are coming", Len tried to assure her. "Uh, i-is that m-my blood on the f-floor?", Rin gasped. "Well, yes, it is. But we're working on trying to stop it", her elder brother told her.

Rin dropped her head back down on the floor and began to sob. "Oh my god! Len, I don't want to die", she cried out with tears running down her pale round face. "Calm down, Rin. I'll make sure you don't die", Len explained to her. But those words did little good as Rin was now shaking like a leaf. Len turned to Mikuo and called out, "Go get me a tourniquet, stat". "I'm on it, dude!", Mikuo replied.

He then gathered materials scattered around to create a makeshift tourniquet. He managed to gather several sheets and a little pole and he quickly brought them back to Len, who tied the sheets around his younger sister's leg and held them in place with the pole. It seemed to slow the bleeding quite a bit. "It seems to be working. This will do until the ambulances get here", he told her. This helped Rin calm down somewhat.

4:00 pm

The ambulances got to the park within 10 minutes of being called, and the police were not far behind. Most of the paramedics tended to the injured in the audience. At least two of them were tending to Miku and Rin. "Okay we're going to transport these two to Crypton General Medical Center in Tokyo", one of the paramedics told the group, "It has one of the best trauma centers in all of Japan".

Meanwhile, Zatsune and Arakawa were being handcuffed and led away in a squad car. "When we get out we'll murder those bitches, I swear it!", Zatsune shouted as she was kicking in the air. "Ah shut your god damned mouth you asshole!", Arakawa yelled at her. "You two are in a LOT of trouble for what you have done", one of the officers explained to them as they tossed the girls into the back of the cruiser van and drove off.

Not long after, Miku and Rin were lifted into stretchers, fastened in and wheeled into an ambulance. Predictably, Mikuo and Len went with their sisters. The rest of the Vocaloids would follow the ambulance to Crypton General in the buses. Before they left, Kaito and Meiko did a roll call to make sure none of the group had gotten lost.

"Well, we've got everybody here except for the Hatsunes and the Kagamines", Kaito called out. "And that's only because they were in the ambulance", Meiko added. And with that, they walked single file into the buses.

4:30 pm

After about a half hour's drive, the group made it to Crypton General, just in time to see Miku and Rin being wheeled in through the emegency entrance. A few minutes later, Mikuo and Len rejoined the group. "So any word on how the girls are doing?", Nero wondered. "They're doing the X-rays right now", Mikuo stated. "How long do you guys think will that take?", Ted asked them. "I don't know, about a few minutes perhaps?", Len told them.

"I really hope nothing too bad happened to them", Teto chimed in, clearly quite worried. "Now now, I'm pretty sure that Miku and Rin will be just fine", Luka tried to assure her, even though she herself had no idea how bad the situation was. All of a sudden, Chibi Miku and Chibi Rin came in and they were really upset.

"Big brother Mikuo, you promised that big sister Miku would be all right! You lied to me!", Chibi Miku yelled with tears streaming down her face. "Same with you, Big brother Len! You told me that big sister Rin would be all right!", Chibi Rin shouted with tears filling her eyes. Seeing their little sisters look so upset really put the boys into despair.

"I know we did promise that, didn't we", Mikuo admitted, looking down at the floor. "We tried to do everything that we could", Len added, also looking down. "You two are the worst big brothers EVER!", Chibi Miku shrieked. "It's your fault that they got hurt!", Chibi Rin screamed. At this point, neither Mikuo nor Len knew what to say, and they were both close to tears. That does it, looks like I have to step in.

Note: This is my first time attempting to talk directly to the characters, so please go easy on me. I know it deviates a bit from the form of the story, but I just felt like doing this

"Hey you two!", I told them, "Your big brothers were not at fault here, all right?". "They lied to us, though", Chibi Miku sniffled. "They told us that they wouldn't get hurt", Chibi Rin squeaked. "Now, now, blaming your brothers is not the solution to the problem", I explained, "They're the ones who tried to stop it. It could have been a lot worse". "I guess it could have been worse", Chibi Rin admitted. "At least they're alive right now", Chibi Miku agreed. "I know you two are upset, but that's no reason to call them bad brothers or blame them for everything", I asserted.

"Now I want you two to apologize to Mikuo and Len right now", I continued, "They've had enough to deal with today". Chibi Miku and Chibi Rin then hugged their big brothers. "I'm sorry, big brother", Chibi Rin apologized. "We didn't mean what we said", Chibi Miku added. "It's all right you two", Mikuo assured them. "You two were just really upset", Len added.

"Well, my work here is done", I said. "Wait a minute, who are you?", Mikuo wondered. "Yeah, how do you know about this?", Len questioned. As I stepped out of the scene, I told them, "Well, I'm a writer". And with that, I walked into my portal which took me back to my keyboard.

"Who the hell was that?", Gumi wondered. "I don't really know, and I've seen a lot of weird things in my day", Gakupo told her. Just then the doctor came out holding a file in her hand. "Excuse me, are you the Vocaloids?", she asked. "Yes we are", Kaito said to her. "So what's the status on Miku and Rin?", Meiko asked. "Well I have the X-rays right here, but I should warn you they're not pretty", she warned the group.

"Well, what exactly is wrong?", Mikuo questioned. "Well, Ms. Hatsune has obtained a dislocated left shoulder, a sprained knee, a broken left ankle, and two of her teeth were knocked out", the doctor explained, "And Ms. Kagamine has obtained a sprained left wrist, a broken right knee, a broken left leg, and two of her teeth were knocked out".

The group murmured as they heard this. "Where are they now and can we see them?", Len wondered. "They're waiting in Room 48 in the ER department and yes you can see them, but try not to alarm them too much", the doctor explained. And with that the group walked through the double doors to check on their injured colleagues.

Author's Notes

Chapter completed on Sunday February 19, 2012

119 - Japan's emergency number, basically their version of 911.

Tourniquet - a device you can make that will slow or stop really heavy bleeding long enough for help to arrive.