The loud talking could be heard down the halls of Kong Studio's as the Gorillaz plus new musical collaborator Paige were making conversation. Mostly, they were asking Paige about her interests and favorite types of music and other miscellaneous topics. They discovered that she liked many different types of music and had an open mind to them. The one genre that stood out to her most was rock and alternative, which included some bands like "The Used" and "My Chemical Romance". Paige also told them about her meeting with the up and coming band "Baumer" whose first album would be released in September of that year. She told them about their music, explaining their 'tronic and original music style.

The Gorillaz, not including Murdoc who had left the room for a minute, also found out about her fear of jellyfish after being stung back in Australia, her obsession with Oreos and cookies an' cream ice-cream, the scars on her knees from childhood accidents, and her worship of frizz control hair products. Just as Paige began to tell the story about the time she fell off stage, Murdoc came in holding an arm full of cans. He placed them all on a table. The tall blue and white can read "White Light". 'Where have a I heard of this?", Paige thought but took one anyway.

"Drink up, luvs." Murdoc said, taking a sip of his already open beverage. He stopped mid-slurp and pulled out an apple juice box from his pocket and tossed it to Noodle.

"Don't think I forgot you, Doll." He said and went back to his drink. After seeing both Russel and 2D have some of the drink, Paige came to the decision that it must have been good. She opened the can and downed half of it, not knowing what would come afterwards. Her face cringed up a little and she licked her teeth in an effort to get the tingling sensation out of her mouth. The four others looked at Paige as she did this, even Noodle since she understood the strength "White Light" had on her band mates and fellow friends.

"Whoo! Good stuff!" Paige said, taking a smaller sip of her drink this time. It wasn't long until all four drinkers felt the affects of the alcohol creep up on them. They were laughing for no reason, pointing at each other, and the only sane and sober person was Noodle who just decided that it was getting late and she went to her room. Paige and Murdoc both began to strike up a loud conversation.

"So you got lost in Kong today, Luv, didn't you?"

"Yeah, had a hell of a time. Like a corn maze, it was. Then I had to take a piss so I found the toilets and I also found your monkey playing in the sink." Paige was now sitting very close to Murdoc, a hand on his arm.

"Mike? Yeah, best pal I got. I think 'es got a thing for Noodle but 'ow would I know. Just wondering, what stall did ya go in?" Paige giggled and pocked him in the chest.

"Why would that matter? I think it was, uhh, tw-three. Yes, three. That's what I meant." 2D turned his head around to the conversation after over hearing this. Murdoc burst out in laughter.

"Oh, tha's a good one. Numbe' three, eh? I…" he paused for a second and began doing circular motions with his hand, trying to grasp what he was about to say, " I, I, I did uh, what's his names girl friend in that stall. Wild night, until our oversized drummer decided to smash my face in! Ha! Great story, right?" Murdoc was holding onto his knees with his hand, laughing uncontrollably for no reason. Paige was dead silent. So were the others.

"Uh, Murdoc, tha's not funny. Tha's terrible." 2D put in quietly in his high pitched voice. Murdoc continued to loudly rant.

"It was funny fa meh, tha's who it was funny for." He said giving him a drunken half-punch in the arm. Paige grabbed Stu's arm and gave it a kiss near the place that he had been hit.

"All better. Murdoc wasn't very nice! He's just a drunk bastard." Paige said as she turned to face Murdoc. Suddenly she got up and sat on Murdoc's lap. He grunted at the sudden weight and she wrapped her left arm around the back of his neck. Murdoc put a hand on her thigh and smiled up at her.

"Wot can good ol' Santa Niccals getcha, luv?" Paige made a face as she thought.

"Well, I always wanted a dog, and I always wanted to go sky diving and scuba diving and cliff diving and I also wouldn't mind another drink. Would you mind getting me one?" Murdoc obviously couldn't get the drink since Paige was on top of him and he wasn't about to move. Paige then lifted herself off of Murdoc and made her way over to Russel and gave him a big hug around the neck. She giggled and teetered back and forth on her heals.

"Uh, Paige? Why am I being hugged?" Paige snickered to herself, leaning in to whisper into his ear.

"You smell good."

"Oh, so do you." Everyone was laughing and Paige walked over to 2D, grabbed his hand, and hoisted his long arm in the air.

"I declare this man to have the best teeth in all of England. I mean look at those choppers! Marvelous, no?" She was pulling his mouth open to show the gap where two teeth should have been. She stuck her finger in-between his teeth in the gap and then let go of his face. Paige began to flaunt around, strutting in a circle and then stopping.

"Yanno, these two days have been pretty swell." She began to talk, her speech slurred. "I get thrown into this big ass place, hang out with four famous people, eat your friggen cereal, use your toilets, sleep in your bed," pointing to 2D, "play music, sing songs, eat some more, get drunk as a skunk, and then get to hang out with you guys but I think I mentioned that already. What else can I ask for?" Paige slumped to the floor where she lay on her back with her legs and arms spread out and stared at the ceiling.

It was quiet for a minute and then Paige started again.

"I think it's funny how Murdoc wanted to have sex with me as soon as I got here. I think you still do, Murdoc. I'm not going to fib about it. I'm not surprised if you all want to have sex with me. But, No! Not me! No sex with you or you or you or you or anyone of you, got that! Nope." 2D saluted her.

"Yes, Sir!"

Murdoc on the other hand said nothing, and Russel was already out cold. An hour passed by of more drinking and more fooling around and talking. Paige began to yell out random Aussie insults like "May all ya chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down.", telling 2D "You're an accident looking for somewhere to happen." And the last thing she said was "Avagoodweegend!" The rest of the night is really unknown or just a big blur.

The next morning was a different story. The first person to awake with a pounding headache and hangover was Paige, to her own dismay. She and 2D had fallen asleep on the same couch, both packed together on it with 2D's leg dangling off. Murdoc was sleeping in a slumped sitting position, his back rested against the back of the couch. Russel was sleeping in the same chair he had fallen asleep in not that many hours ago.

She got the drive to get up from the couch and she felt her head spin and her sight go starry for only a second. She slowly began to unsteadily walk away towards the corridor. Paige's contacts in her eyes where dry and worn out, sticking to her eyes and her sight blurring out of focus. Continuing towards the lift, she felt a strange tapping on her upper abdomen. She looked down, only to be stared in the face with her shirt tag. 'Why the fuck is my shirt backwards?' she thought but her eye caught sight of two strings that went down her chest. At the end was a gold inverted cross. 'Shit!'

Paige continued to the lift and took it to the basement and 2D's room. Taking what she needed she proceeded to find a shower. After finding it, she stripped of everything; her contacts, Murdoc's crucifix, her alcohol stenched clothes, and the hair band that was holding her curls up. The warmth and the steam felt extremely comforting for Paige, as if she was melting away all the filth and hangover that was afflicting her. After coming out, Paige wrapped herself in a towel, brushed her teeth and wet hair, put her now freshened contacts in, took her things, and proceeded back to 2D's room feeling recharged.

Before Paige could even start to get changed, she saw that her phone was on the floor. It was picked up and put on the night stand. Paige got changed into her clothes and shook her damp hair out, putting anti-frizz cream thoroughly and with expertise. She turned around and saw her phone, deciding that she should check for any calls. Paige took it and flipped it open to see in red letters "One Missed Call: Amy Baby 3". She dialed in the speed dial number and the phone rang on the other side.

"'Ello? Who the fok is callin' meh this early?" said a clearly English woman. Paige smiled when she heard the familiar voice.

"Ams. It's almost noon. It's me. Little Sis." It was quiet on the other side of the conversation. Then it came loudly.

"Paige! Are ya ok, sweety? Oi, sorry for yellin' at ya. I called ya yesterday. How's it goin'?" Paige held the phone at a safe distance as her friend yelled through to her.

"I'm fine, Amy, but I might be deaf now. Yeah, I saw you called so I called you back. I'm sorry I didn't answer. I've had a lot of stuff going on."

"Like wot? Are ya, yanno, where ya said yous was goin'?" Paige nodded to herself.

"Yes, I'm at Kong." Silence once again.

"Are ya gonna be famous?"

"I don't know, but they liked me so I don't really know what's going on."

"Holy Shit! I can't believe it. You and the Gorillaz!" Paige laughed at her friend's enthusiasm but corrected her. "Gorillaz and me, you mean." She continued.

"I'm kinda scared. I don't think I really deserve this all. I'm not even that good, but they all think I am. Not really sure what to do." Amy sighed.

"Listen, sis. They'll keep ya for a reason, if they din't like ya then why keep ya around, right?" Paige didn't respond but instead heard the deep raspy voice of a bassist yelling from the car park.

"Where the bloody fuck is my cross? I'm gonna bash in the bonce of whoever took it." Paige's face cringed at the remark as she looked down at the pile on the floor where the gold cross glimmered. She called out with a hand over the mouth piece of her phone.

"I have it!" She put the phone back to her ear after the exclamation.

"Amy, you still there?" There was no response.

"Amy?"

"Was tha' Murdoc?"

"Uhh, yes." The shriek shot into Paige's ear as Amy jumped up and down on her bed. It took a minute for the Eurasian girl to calm down.

"I'm so jealous of ya, Paige. Get meh a picture, please." Paige rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. I'll try." Amy continued to giggle and scream on the end of the line. Murdoc once again yelled out, this time to Paige.

"Paige? Wot ya say? And why are you in 2D's room?" Paige told Amy to wait for a second, who wasn't really listening anyway. Before she could yell back, she heard the shuffling of bare feet, a yelp of pain, and the sound of someone hitting the floor.

"It was you, you git! Give it back. Think your smart taking my cross, huh dullard?" 2D had walked into the car park at the wrong time and got a nice punch in the gut. Paige's eyes went wide in alarm.

"Uh, Amy I gotta go."

"No, I wanna talk."

"I'll call you later." She heard more yelps and mutters of pain as Murdoc continued to punish the poor man for something he didn't do.

"Jesus! I gotta go."

"Remember to call back and send the picture, ok?"

"Yeah, ok. Love ya. Bye!" Paige hung up, dropped the phone, grabbed the black string of the cross, and ran out the door. There was 2D against the wall, Murdoc pinning him by his shirt and an armed fist about to punch the already bleeding singer.

"What the fuck, Murdoc. I have it!" Paige said as she raised the cross up. Murdoc's grip loosened on 2D and the lanky man fell like a sack of bones. Murdoc walked over with his head down cast, yanked the crucifix from Paige's outstretched hand, and walked away muttering and cursing himself. Paige looked to 2D, who was still sitting on the floor and gave a small cough.

"Aww. D! Are you ok? Here, let me help you up." Paige leaned down, yanking up 2D from under his arms and he wrapped his arms behind her neck, interlacing his fingers as he was lifted. He wobbled a little as he made it all the way to his feet, they still were holding on to each other. Noodle then came in, her fists clenched and her expression showing rage.

"What has Murdoc done to you again?" She said walking over to the two tall persons. Paige took him with her hand behind his back and 2D's arm on her shoulder, supporting him as they slowly walked.

"Don't wowrry. 'e only punched me and kicked me a couple times. I'll be ok." Paige looked at 2D, his nose bleeding and face red.

"Only!?" Noodle went over to help 2D as well, taking him to his room to lie down. After taking his shirt off, the bruising could be seen on his ribs, stomach, and chest but they couldn't see the bruises on his legs from under his jeans. Paige went to get some ice for the bruising, leaving 2D and Noodle alone.

"2D san. I wish that Murdoc will stop hurting you. You have done nothing wrong to him." 2D smiled weakly.

"Yeah, Noodle, I know. He's just cranky from his hang over." They both laughed, even if it hurt for 2D. He smiled for Noodle, not for himself.

"I will have to punish Murdoc for all the times he has hurt you." 2D laughed painfully again.

"You don't have to do tha', luv." Noodle leaned forward and kissed 2D's stomach where most of the bruises were. Then she gave him a light kiss on the forehead.

"Yuuri?"

"Not really. But I'll lie and say it is." They laughed again and then Paige came in with a bag of ice. She placed it on his stomach and 2D winced at the cold and the tenderness.

"Anything I can get you?" she said concerned with the man. He racked his brain for a minute and replied.

"Some pain killers and water to go along wif 'em?" Paige got these things and 2D hungrily swallowed the pills that always seemed to make him feel better as soon as they went down his throat.

The rest of the day was uneventful, 2D stayed in bed and both Noodle and Paige played baby with him, feeding him and bonding along the way. It was a good opportunity for Noodle to become friends with a female human being. 2D was enjoying himself, all the while, having the two girls feeding him and playing wide screen pong with him.