The theatre room was dark and now occupied by the five people. Paige began her way over to the band, leaning on one of the seats with her hands.

"Alright. Were taking this ride to the next loop. I made a video of myself and others I've worked with and compiled it into one presentation of everything. It's nothing special. There's no sound affects, or visual affects, or funny little titles. Just some clips and some music. That's it. Enjoy."

After finishing, Paige made her way to the row behind the band, sitting in the window seat between Russel and Noodle. On Noodle's right was 2D and to Russel's left a seat away was Murdoc. Paige took a controller in her hand and pressed a button, starting the video. The first clip was of a little girl, only about five years of age. She had a cute smile that was so wide that her eyes were squinted. She was laughing and spinning in circles, her wavy, light blond hair flying around as she spun.

Paige leaned over to the seats in front of her. "That's me. This video goes in chronological order so I'm starting from here and going on up until my late teens." Noodle was smiling.

"You were so cute!" she said happily as she watched the screen. Paige smiled back saying thanks and then returned to sitting in her seat. That's when little Paige began to sing a song.

Hello, Mommy.
What is today?
I'm so happy
For this special day.

Happy birthday.
Now you're thirty- two.
I'll sing this song until
I'm as old as you!

Russel, Noodle, and 2D laughed at the silly song and Paige explained it was the first song she had ever written. The clip ended and it went black until the next clip began. A few of her younger year clips played. Some were of her singing while others were of her playing an instrument.

The clips then gradually made their way to the year 1997. Paige was twelve years old at the time, only in the seventh grade, and it took place at her old grade school. It was a talent show. A teacher announced a band called "Headphone Trauma" and the kids in their seats applauded as the curtain opened up to the stage. Behind the drum set in the back and center stage was a hefty boy with black hair that covered most of his face. On the right side of the stage was the guitarist, flipping his brown hair with the motion of his head. On the left was another boy, holding his bass and looking at the people nervously. Finally Paige walked onto the stage holding a microphone in hand as the cord followed behind her.

The students cheered on as she placed the mike on the stand. She looked different then she did now at twenty one. Her hair was straightened and some longer bangs swept over her right eye, striped with dark blue streaks. The song started with a bass line and then both the drums and guitar joined it. The song had a punk rock beat and Paige held the mike on the mike stand while the intro played, tapping her foot to the beat. Then she leaned in slowly, opened her mouth, and let out her voice.

Pick me up, I am falling.
Place me somewhere safe.
Bring me back to the memories,
Of that artificial place.

The lyrics continued on as the Gorillaz and Paige watched the video. Murdoc turned around to face Paige.

"So this was your first band?"

"Yeah. To be more specific, my only band. The first and last you could say."

Murdoc turned around back to watching the video. Paige began to explain that her voice had changed a lot since then and that this wasn't one of her best performances. Lucky for Paige, they liked the sound of her singing voice pretty well from what they could tell. The song came to an end and so did the clip. Paige paused the video before the next clip could start.

"Ok, that was my band. We started only a few months before that clip so we were pretty new to each other and performing. I obviously was the singer of the band. The guitarist's name is Gavin and he is probably the strangest and most perverted person you will ever meet. I still love him down to the core, but he had me worried when we first met. Our drummer's name is Shaun. He looks like this big scary guy, but in all actuality he is just really shy and such a softy. Our bassist was Greg who was always the sweetest thing. He was such a good guy like he had no bad in him." Noodle fidgeted with her fingers as she began to mumble.

"So, I see you are not currently in this band anymore so, I was wondering. What broke it apart?" Paige closed her eyes for a second as she remembered the events that led to the break up. She looked at each person in front of her and then began to talk.

"Well, you see, we never intended to break up. We all wanted to make it big someday, but things turned out for the worst. It all started in the summer of 2002. It was midway in the summer when there was an accident. Greg had been injured in a hit an' run. He didn't make it. After he died, I didn't know what to do. We all didn't know what to do. We hadn't just lost a band mate, but a friend, a part of our family. We didn't really talk for a while and we just stopped caring about music.

A year later, the remains of the band came together and decided that we should move on and try again, since Greg would have wanted us to. Once again, the universe tried to prove us wrong. Shaun couldn't pay for his college tuition and had to drop out. His father saw him as a failure, and so did he. Shaun was so hurt and confused and me and Gavin tried to make him feel better but it never really worked. Sean continued to be mad at himself and anyone he was around.

Just one day out of the blue, he enlisted and left for the army to fight in Iraq, leaving only Gavin and I. We played together on street corners and small gigs, but it wasn't doing it for us. The replacement members weren't what we wanted. We weren't satisfied. That's when it officially ended. At that moment, I realized that our dreams, and our band, were dead…" Paige paused and gulped after saying the dreadful word.

The entire theatre was so silent you could probably hear a pin drop. They all felt terrible about the story, except for Murdoc who kind of felt bad. Paige looked up at them from the corner of her eye shyly and gave them a small reassuring smile.

"This video is in memory of the band all together. I still get calls from Gavin and I have some pictures of Shaun in the army. These are some of the best memories I have of Greg. These are some of the best memories of my life that I'm showing you. And don't think I'm trying to wussy into this band, I want you to see these clips for my talent, not that sad story I just told. The next bunch of clips are of later performances and lives that I had with the band. So, here we go."

She pushed the play button and the screen went from black to the next scene. This time, the band wasn't at a school but at a party of some sort. Paige slouched lower into her seat.

"Pft! Birthday party." She mumbled out while shaking her head a little. All the while, she had a grin on her face. The song started with a familiar drum line, one that all the member's of Gorillaz picked up. Guitar followed and then…

WOOOHOOO

"Song 2" by Blur was a well known song during 1999 so it was only customary for them to play it. Teenage Paige was jumping up and down holding the mike with both hands. Her hair was down, straightened, but had red streaks this time. The other teens were also jumping up and down with their hands in the air. Paige sang the song very well; the only real difference was that she didn't have a British accent and wasn't a man.

The song ended and another song began. Gavin started off the next song "Heaven Beside You". Paige sang into the mike, leaning over the crowd. She was a good performer, giving the other teenagers just the right amount of attention. Greg sang the back up vocals and played the bass at the same time and the song went on.

Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you... hell within
Like the coldest winter chill
Heaven beside you... hell within
Like the coldest winter will
Heaven beside you... hell within
And you think you have it still, heaven inside you

Just as the song came to a close, so did the clip leading into the next few clips. They spanned over the next few years; they played some cover songs and some original songs. Each band mate's appearance also changed. Shaun's hair grew longer and longer and he also acquired a nose ring, adding to his intimidating appearance. Gavin went from brown hair, to white, to white with a big black streak that he kept for a longer time. He could be seen with eyeliner, a cigarette, and a groupie throwing something for him to wipe his sweat on. Greg changed into a less shy and taller teen with spiky dark brown hair. His outlook went from "momma's boy" to "individual" over a year or two.

Paige grew taller and more mature. Before, she looked like a plank of wood wearing a tomboy's wardrobe. In front of their eyes, she developed into a more defined shape and a more revealing stage style. In one performance, she was wearing black leather ass-less chaps, bright green undergarments and Converse sneakers to match, and a black tuxedo vest that revealed most of her back, shoulders, chest, and hips. A certain Satanist obviously loved the outfit and of coarse made a comment, which led to the good (in Murdoc's opinion) knowledge that Paige still owned said chaps.

The main change was the band's name: "Ants on Life Support". After starting high school, the name changed and the name stuck. 2D turned around to Paige when he realized this, which was about four clips after everyone else had realized.

"Paige?"

"Hmm?"

"You guys changed your name?"

"Yes. We felt it was more fitting. Both me and Greg decided on it." Russel turned around as well, also interested in the subject.

"What's it mean? Like, the reason you picked it?"

Paige leaned forward so she could explain and the group in front of her also turned to give her their attention.

"It's actually a simile of how most bands feel when they first start out. It's just my opinion, but they usually feel shocked that they have fans and that there were people who wanted to hear their music. We were totally confused on why people liked us, too. But then there was a part of us that felt like we couldn't live without music, that without it we would be nothing. We felt so insignificant and undeserving of fame but we stayed alive anyway by writing songs and playing gigs together. Ants on life support. That's pretty much the gist of what it means." The four just looked at her for a second, taking in the philosophical mumbo-jumbo of it all.

"Did that clear it up? Or did I just yabber too much? Once again, being a whacker. And I'm still talking!" Paige, as always, was stopped mid-rant and reassured that what she said made sense. Russel saw it as "deep" while Noodle thought the idea was "realistic and relatable to teenagers". Murdoc didn't think much of it since he was always sure of his success in the music industry and 2D didn't have much to say except "Tha's interestin', Paige."

Then the song "Ants on Life Support" began to play, one of Paige's original songs that she had written. In this clip, Paige was sitting with her cello and was about sixteen years old. Her hair was down and curled like it naturally should have been. The song was slower, and the cello slipped through the sound of the drums and bass. Gavin wasn't playing at this point. The lyrics were vague and mysterious, leaving you to think. Then the chorus kicked in and Gavin joined in the song.

Complex questions
Such simple solutions
Trying to escape
But the tight noose just wont losen

Just want to know
Why I'm still not cured.
I'm just an ant on life support
Please don't pull the cord

By no means
Don't want to go
Don't you know

How it feels to be on your own
Without a place
Without a face

Empty and lost from home.

After the chorus was a cello solo that lasted for about thirty seconds. Paige was, admittedly, very in tune and exceptionally good at playing her key instrument. Her face was serine as she swayed back and forth, following each stroke of her bow across the strings. The next set of verses continued afterwards and then the chorus once again, this timed joined with back up vocals from Greg. The song ended and so did the clips. All that was there to see on the disk had been seen. It was silent as the lights in the theatre suddenly turned on.

"AaCHOooo!"

The four in the front row jumped up at the sudden noise, which was followed by two more sneezes. They all looked at Paige, who was now rubbing her nose with the back of her hand.

"Sorry. I'm a photic sneezer. I think I'm gonnAAachoo!"

"Shi kaze o hiku."

She rubbered at her nose again, hoping that another sneeve would not escape her sensitive sinuses. She looked up at Noodle and gave her a arched eyebrow and a small smile as if saying, 'Uhm, I don't speak Japanese.'

"Uhh. Thanks?"

Murdoc walked out of the seats mumbling under his breath about a "strange girl" that he hoped wasn't "diseased … or contagious."

After her sneezing fit, she got up and joined the rest of the now confused and bewildered band members to the aisle leading out of the theatre into the corridor. Murdoc draped an arm on the tall Australian.

"I liked it. I ain't gonna lie, luv. I genuinely liked it." 2D flinched.

"When 'ave you ever been genuine about anyfink, Murdoc?" 2D received a quick jab in the ribs.

"Ow!" Murdoc cackled to himself. 'That's better.' He thought. Paige looked on, feeling bad for 2D but also glad for the compliment.

"Well, thanks 2D."

"You have a good voice, a lot of experience, and stage presence; ya'll know what I mean." Russel commented on Paige. So did Noodle.

"Yes. I believe that you have a vast imagination and an open mind musically and artistically. I find you, uhh, pleasant to be around and an honor to meet and possibly work with." Noodle gave her a warm and wide smile. Paige was now smiling and blushing. Her modesty was taking the best of her.

"Thanks, guys. I really am thrilled to hear these things. I should probably be saying the same to you. YOU all inspired ME to do this." 2D was sitting on a table scratching his chin.

"Paige? Can I 'ear ya sing in person? I know we just watched the video but I want to 'ear ya in person." She looked over to the blue haired man.

"Well, I guess. I don't really have a song to sing. Ummm. Pick one." It was quiet for a second until Russel blurted out, ""Roxanne" by The Police."

"Wot?"

"Hmm?"

"Huhh?"

"Uhh… Sure. I can sing that…" Paige replied.

"Where the bloody hell did tha' song come from?" Murdoc interrupted.

"I watched a movie the other day and it was in it." Noodle pocked Russel.

"Oh. Oh. You mean the one with Eddie Murphy and he goes in jail."

"Yeah, that one."

"Are we going to let 'er sing or not?" Murdoc interrupted once again.

Paige was just standing in the background during the conversation. They made a hint to her that she could go when she was ready. Paige started to snap her fingers, getting the beat and playing the song in her head. She started to sing, putting a little character in her voice to fit the song. As she got to the chorus, Paige sang "Put on the red light" repeatedly, but the second time around for the chorus 2D suddenly joined in with a background "Roxanne".

Paige was some what surprised at first, but mostly taken aback that 2D, lead singer of Gorillaz, was singing to her. Well, not to her; with her. It was like a duet and the both of them continued to sing the rest of the song. The harmony just worked with 2D's high angelic voice and Paige's rich and slightly raspy voice.

It was incredible. They were incredible.

From that moment, they all knew that Paige was going to do just fine with the group.