'Where am I?'

Rin shook her head numbly, surveying the brightly-lit stadium she stood on; dozens of cameras flashed at her. People cheered, holding up all kinds of devices to capture this spectacular moment. Rin smiled. 'Oh yeah. I'm at a concert.' She adjusted her microphone, holding her head up high and greeting the awed crowd with a warm wave.

''How are you doing?'' She announced, cupping her mouth with her hands. Her sapphire eyes sparkled happily in the brilliant spotlight.

''GOOD!''

Rin giggled silently, then shouted out enthusiastically while putting her hand up to her ear,''What? I didn't hear you!''

''GOOD!''

She walked over to her assigned spot, where Len waited for her. He seemed endlesly confident upon the high stage, crossing his arms in a nonchalant way. His eyes shone in the spotlight, no sign of uneasiness whatsoever. The DJ's in the corners nodded to each other. They began to amp up their stations, sending melodious rhythms thumping into the room, making the crowd go silent in anticipation of the concert's infamous music. If Rin had a heart, it would be beating so fast, swelling to the size of a balloon from all the rushing adrenaline. If she had an actual body, it would be shaking with excitement, aching to get singing. To send its air gushing out, translating it into wondrous notes that would make the very earth tremble. Rin almost sighed to ease her non-existent nerves. Len stood next to her, exchanging excited glances with the glowing holographic singer. 'It's time.'

Rin raised her hands in the air. ''ARE YOU READY?'' The crowd cheered;neon-colored lights shook in midair, the hands of their owners hidden in the dark that engulfed the masses. Their lights floated around the stage like a million fireflies, all coming to this one concert, just to hear Rin sing. Oh, and Len.

''Rin!'' Len shook her suddenly. Rin shot him a confused look. 'We're in the middle of a show! What the he-'

Len nervously shook Rin again, shouting this time. ''RIN!'' His other half slowly awoke, stretching her arms and yawning. She glared at him, scratching her back angrily. 'Butterscotch. I think I woke up her up at the wrong time.' ''Um... Rin, something's wrong with the generator. It's like, making all these weird noises and stuff...'' He trailed off as Rin hopped out of bed, muttering a strong of curses furiously.

'Why does he have to wake me up in middle of the best dreams?' She kicked open the steel double doors, stomping into a wide, shadowed room. In the middle, a large column took up fifty feet of the room, blue patterns of glowing light etched into its black surface. A thick glass cage surrounded it and a small control board hosting millions of complex buttons and switches was installed into the bottom left side of the cylinder. The same glowing runes traveled up the walls; their light shifted colors, from red to purple, from green to orange, crawling up to the ceiling itself. It would all have been very beautiful, but a high-pitch screech tore itself from the generator, making the glass tremble with its boisterious walked up to the control board, deftly flipping a few switches, pushing a few buttons, and viola! The ear-bleeding noise abruptly disappeared, leaving only the faintest behind.

''There. I don't know why he woke me up. He should have learnt how to solve this kind of issue easily by now...'' Rin scratched her head. 'Great. Now I'm fully awake thanks to this thing. Might as well get to work. Only three weeks 'till the big concert.'

''T-Thanks Rin.'' Len cautiously entered the room, fully aware of his sister's rage he had just unleashed. ''So, what do we do now?''

''Easy. Recruit.'' Rin crossed her arms across her chest, looking up at the generator. It's soft humming shook the ground under her feet gently.''Luka and Gakupo have the hacking situation covered. We only have like,what, six members including me and you. That's obviously not enough. So, we'll visit the most determined Vocaloids we know, or the ones we know best. We need to find some that are willing to go down in a short term of glory that will wipe the smirks off of those fake robo singers' faces!'' She grinned at Len.

''Well, who would those people be?''

''I dunno.''

Len stared at Rin in disbelief. And she was supposed to be the leader.

DING DONG.

''I'll answer it.'' Len marched out of the room, happy to concentrate on something not so brain-racking. He walked through several elaborate rooms located within the huge mansion they had decided to reside in for now, stopping at a small double door entrance. A perfect fit for two short Vocaloids. He opens the door.''Who's there?''

Gumi's bright green hair is the first thing he sees. Len immediately shuts the door closed.

''LEN! I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING!'' Her fists pound on the door. Len shivers. Rin appears from the generator room, yawning. ''Who the heck is yelling at this time of day?''

''It's G-Gumi!''

''What!?'' Rin strides over to the door, pushing aside Len and swinging it open. Besides the green-haired singer, dozens of other Vocaloids piled behind her, sharing the same determined expressions. Either this means a lot of trouble, or a lot of stands in front of her, looking down at the bristling Vocaloid. ''Are you here to get rid of us? Teach us a lesson? Because if you are, I-''

''I'm here to join. WE'RE here to join.'' Oh. Well then.

Gumi's gun is the first thing to unfreeze.

The thundering blast shoots into nothing but empty pixels, missing its targets that have escaped hours ago. Gumi's fingers begin to twitch, feeling their nerves slowly awakening. Her eyes blink once. Twice. Soon she is moving again, and is very confused. ''COWARDS!'' She throws her gun to the ground; it evaporates, going back to her pixel storage. Gumi huffs, crossing her arms angrily. 'Those two are up to no good. I can't believe they did that to me. Luka's probably gone by now anyways...' She pouts furiously, wondering what to do now that her original purpose for leaving her landscape is now gone.

''Gumi.''

''UWAH!'' Gumi materializes her gun again, aiming at the pink-haired Vocaloid's forehead. ''Oh! L-Luka! Hi!'' She stammers, blushing furiously and swiftly putting away the gun. Luka continues on calmly.

''I saw everything. Not all six hours of you being frozen, but I did see most of it.'' Her sapphire eyes make crackling, frigid electricity travel into Gumi's veins.

''Y-you saw that? Uh, well, did you like my gun?'' Gumi grins weakly, scratching the back of her head.

''Great power. Don't use it on toilets. Anyways, I'm guessing you're curious as to what those two were scurrying around for, and since you had the luck to run into them, I'm going to claim the responsibility to help you better understand the rising situation here. Before I proceed to such measures, I want to ask you one question. Do you want to keep living on like this? Forever?''

''I don't know... I've never really thought about it that way. I've always been happy with living here forever, despite being 'eternally doomed' or something like that. Some might call me crazy, but it's better than going out everyday, being forced to sing. Sure, there were some pretty awesome songs out there, but who wants to sing everyday, all day? I didn't feel the need or lust to scream my guts out, even though I was designed to do that. I've always felt like doing something else. Something amazing. I still don't know what that is yet. I got tired of being one of the singers who could sing whatever the person who owned us wanted, whenever they wanted, being forced to go onstage to perform for people I didn't even know almost every single day of my ''life''. It can get really scary. Singing was like a curse to me. The more I sang, the more I kept performing these songs that made me realize some pretty deep stuff... I discovered too much about my existence.'' Gumi looked up at Luka sadly.''I learnt it's for other people to use and benefit from. But now I don't have to do any of that. I can go wherever I want in the virtual world without anyone restricting me. I can use programs for myself, and actually sing when I feel like it. It sounds really selfish, I know, but maybe that's just part of being something that's created by something that is selfish,too.''

''So I guess my answer is this... no.''Gumi wringed her hands nervously, blushing a bright scarlet. Wow, I just gave her my whole life story. Great charm there, Gumi. Luka closed her eyes for a few moments, smiling gently.

''Here's the situation.'' Luka explained to Gumi about the basis of the operation she was involved, the various role the current members had, and when and how it was going to come together. It was a bit hard for the green-haired Vocaloid to process all at once. Luka gazes at Gumi, pondering what kind of job she would be able to perform. ''I think there's one thing you can do that we haven't been able to for this long period of time. You do know a great number of other Vocaloids, am I correct?''

Gumi nods. ''Yeah. Tons. Unlike most people around here, I don't shut myself off from the rest of the world.''

''I require you to assemble a team of at least thirty recruits for our operation. Think you can do that?''

''Heck yeah! I can do fifty if I want to! There's so many Vocaloids out there, Luka. You wouldn't believe-''

''AHEM.''

Gumi gives her an apologetic look. ''Uh, yeah, sorry about that. I'll get to recruitin', captain!'' She salutes Luka enthusiastically, running off into the distance to begin her arduous campaign. Luka sighs, glancing up at the ever-changing stream of programs floating above her head.

''I hope I chose the correct decision.''

''And as you can see, I did a heck of a good job with it, huh?''

Gumi flourished her arm triumphantly, sweeping it over the crowd of Vocaloids who have piled into the grand mansion. Rin raises an eyebrow.''I'm actually impressed. I didn't know you could do something like this. You're definitely in. And...'' Rin clears her throat, stepping on top of one of the couches gathered in the main living room.

''LISTEN UP!''

Every person in the wide room looked up at the short blonde, whose voice compelled them to listen.''You guys want to be part of this thing, right? Are you ready to sing one last time?'' Her voice wavered; there might not be that many people willing to risk their lives. Maybe NO ONE wants to risk anything.

One person piped up.''I am!''

Another shouted out.''Me,too!''

Soon it became a cacophony of shouts and cheers, melting into a single, powerful voice; freedom. A split second of freedom, nonetheless, but worth enough to die for. Rin smiled.''OKAY THEN! Everybody, follow me into the meeting room!'' Rin hopped off the couch deftly, grabbing Len's wrist as she made her way towards the abondoned meeting room. It's been a long time since I've used this place. A whole decade, actually. But now I feel like we actually can do something productive there.

We can free ourselves.

Oh herro there you guys! Sorry for not updating for so super duper long. (bluh bluh drama and moving, pretty much) Along with that smart little fact, I couldn't correctly picture a rallying place for a sort of ''revolution''. Who does that in a castle mansion place in the middle of a virtual world?

OH WELL! THANKS FOR READING!