It was nine in the morning and the room was quite except for the sound of heavy breathing. Neither 2D nor Paige were well-known for waking up early and today was no exception. But this morning, Paige found herself awake (not fully) but unaware of where she was at the moment. It was too early for her to realize that she wasn't in the small, one bedroom, one bed, apartment room she had been sharing with a friend for some time but instead in Kong.

Her friend and fellow classmate Amy had been generous enough to share the space, if not much, with her friend for the time being. After the school year ended, she had no place to go since she had dormed at the school and was lucky to have a good friend with a place to stay. Amy was a student in Paige's painting class and she was a work of art herself. Despite the fact that she was covered with numerous tattoos, Amy's clothes were all handmade by herself and her makeup was always painted with different colors on her face and eyes.

When Paige decided that things needed to change, she left the apartment and Amy behind and had spent the whole day trying to find Kong Studios. She was about to give up when she stopped one last person who was in an old, large, and junky van with an older man in his sixties behind the wheel. He was generous enough to bring her close to the place since he himself was scared of it. Paige was unlucky to have to walk all the way to the top of the hill, through the graveyard, just to get to the door of the haunted building. The first thing that met her was the floor as she was thrown into the building by her wrist. The next thing that she saw was Noodle throwing her bags at her. It wasn't the orthodox welcoming but nothing ever went as planned for Paige. The fact that she was even accepted to stay in the building for the night was not what she had planned to happen but was good nonetheless.

After waking again after drifting asleep, she opened her eyes and looked at the clock. 10:13. Paige realized that she wasn't on her side like she was when she had fallen asleep, but on her stomach. She turned her head to the other side but only saw a blue blur and realized she felt a pressure on her back. Lowering her hand to the strange pressure, her fingertips met skin that wasn't her own. Her hair stood up and the sudden touch of the unknown and she let in a small gasp. 2D had his arm over her, his hand not far from her hip opposite him, but was unaware since he was still sleeping. Paige blushed, pushed his arm away and put her glasses on. Getting out of the bed, she left the room with a stretch and a yawn as she walked out the door.

2D opened his eyes and grabbed for the alarm clock, missed it by a foot, tried again, and finally found it with the third try. 10:32. He dragged himself out of the bed and made his way up the left, down the corridor, and into the kitchen. At the table he found Murdoc, Russel, and Noodle. After fixing himself a bowl of cereal, 2D sat down at the table with the others. Mostly it was quiet for at least four minutes and during that short time 2D dropped his spoon twice. 2D looked around after picking up his utensil for the last time and blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"Did you know Paige was from Australia?"

"Really?"

"That's what I thought."

"Where is she anyway?"

It was quite again. 2D looked around the room, even though he was pretty sure he wasn't going to find her. He blankly looked at Murdoc who had asked the question with a face full of sudden fear and nervousness. 2D could barely stutter an answer as he began to think of the possibilities of something happening to the new and not well known girl.

"Aye, uh… I don't know, really."

Paige walked into the kitchen with an air of nonchalance and stopped when she saw the band members.

"G'day. I was looking around and I just wanted to say this place is huge. It really is a piece of work." Murdoc laughed.

"Only the best for Gorillaz. Did you get lost, luv, or were you trying to grow the suspense? I think dullard here was 'bout to 'ave a seizure, no?"

"Actually, I kinda did. Again. But it wasn't that bad. 2D, I'm sorry I scared you and I'll try not to do it again. Now, where can I get some of that cereal?" After being shown where to get some breakfast she sat down on the table and began to shovel in the food.

"Sho, um ey gunna be dewin' shum sor uh … introduction or audition today? Sorry for talking with food in my mouth. Bad habit."

The band mates now remembered why Paige was even in Kong. After some discussion and talking it was decided that Paige would show the Gorillaz what she had and what she could offer. They all gathered in the instrument room to starts off. Paige stood in front of the four sitting band mates and she began to introduce herself.

"As you know, I'm Paige. But besides that I'm here for music, not to tell you my name. Most of my life I've sang and played the piano, cello, and clarinet. I also learned how to play some other instruments like the drums, didgeridoo, and violin. I…"

"You can play tha' wooden pipe blowin' instrument?" Murdoc blurted out. It was quiet for a second as they all looked at Murdoc. "Wot? Tha's wot it is. Yanno the big camp fires with those painted Indians hoppin' round to drums and that, the eehh, well wots it called luv?" Russel pushed Murdoc lightly answering for Paige, "It's called the didgeridoo. The native people of Australia play it."

"Right. Tha's all nice to hear an' all but I'm goin'n the right direction."

"Pretty much you got the point, but Russel is saying it more fact wise." Paige said and cleared her throat.

"As I was saying before, I play many different kinds of instruments. I guess I can show you guys some of them." Paige walked over to a keyboard and turned it on. She began to play a nice contemporary song but soon melted it into a more modern and funky rhythm. After finishing, each of the band members gave their thought. Then she moved to the drums, explaining that she only knew a little and wasn't very good. After playing for a minute the same happened as before as each person said how they thought she did. So far, it seemed that they liked Paige not just because of her playing but because she was fun to be around.

Paige then picked up the same case that she had with her when she entered Kong; the one that neither of them could recognize from memory. Paige sat down on a chair with an amp by her side. She smiled as she opened the case towards herself so the others couldn't see.

"I'm about to introduce you to my baby. I've had her since I was sixteen and I wouldn't give her up for the world." Paige continued by plugging the amp into the instrument, then pulling a long black bow with white horse hairs from the case. Paige now placed the case down holding a shining electric cello in her hands. It was sleek and shaped in a swirl design. It really was a beautiful instrument that shimmered colors even if at first glance it only looked black.

"Now there are a few ways that I like to play my cello. I can play it normally like what you would think a cello would sound like. Then I can make it sound totally different. This composition I wrote myself and I hope you like it." Paige lowered the end of the cello to the ground and placed the bow against the strings. She slid it back and forth as the deep and rich sound filled the room. It started slow but gradually picked up tempo and pitch. The song was no longer than a minute but was a shortened version. Paige rain her fingers up and down on the strings and ran her bow back and forth, swaying to the rhythm of her movements. It leisurely came to a stop with one last long note; the room was silent. Noodle looked around to the men, then to Paige, and then to the men again who in turn were still looking at Paige.

Clapping her hands, Noodle said, "That's was very good and strong. I liked it a lot!" Russel also commented.

"I liked how standing alone, the piece had force but could also work with a strong beat and other accompanists." 2D then put in his word, but instead of a compliment, he changed the subject.

" 'ow else do ya' play the cello?" Paige smiled.

"I was just about to get to that. Thanks you for the compliments. Really enjoyed to hear someone liked it. Now, the other way I can play the cello is like an electric guitar and like a bass guitar. I guess I can play a little bit of both."

Once again, Paige lowered the bow to the strings and as she pulled the bow across, the sound of the cello was not heard. It sounded like an electric guitar. She played a fast and intimidating guitar solo that's made her fingers move swiftly up and down the strings and shake her bow rapidly back and forth. The members just stared at her hands and gawked at the swiftness and accuracy of each finger and its placement. When she was done she lowered her bow into the case and began to pluck at the strings rather than scratch them. It wasn't as close to the bass as it was the guitar but the sound was still good and reflected the same deep and strong vibrations.

Paige was finally done and looked up to see if what she had done was good enough or just not going to cut it. To her surprise, they were all impressed and wowed by her performance. Murdoc stood up and grabbed Paige's hand, shaking it strongly up and down.

"Welcome to the Gorillaz' collaboration crew, mate."

Paige was shocked and didn't know what to say, all she could do was shake back with the same vivacity as when she had placed the onyx bow to the strings of her instrument.

"Cods Wallop! You really mean that? I'm really shocked! I'm not even done with my presentation. I didn't even sing or show you my tapes and recordings and I, I, I haven't even mentioned my previous band and I didn't play the didgeridoo for you all…" 2D stopped her mid-rant.

"We don' 'ave a didg'ridoo, anyways."

"I still want to see more, Murdoc. Paige hasn't finished showing us everything." Russel informed the rest of them. Noodle and 2D also agreed with Russel and Murdoc went along with it.

Everyone was up and out of their seats giving Paige the opportunity to ask, "Can I show you some of the rest of my stuff in the theatre or somewhere like that? It's a video including a lot of the stuff I've done a while back."

"Wot eva floats yo' little boat, luv." Murdoc replied as he walked out towards the corridor. "I'll lead the way." He said as they all exited the instrument room, Paige walking right behind Murdoc with a bag in hand followed by 2D who walked next to Noodle, leaving Russel the last person out the door.