I'm sick of looking at this place.

It never changes. Nothing has changed in the past forty years. Not the Vocaloids, not the stupid drama, not even the landscapes. Meiko realize a long time ago that one day this place would just come to a complete halt and just remain unchanged, frozen in time. Forced to witness the outside world for eternity inside an inescapable glass dome. The brunette sighed, grabbing one levitating TV newscast video that caught her eye. She brought it up to her face, maximizing the screen, adjusting the volume on the iPad-like box.

''So we hear there's going to be new Vocaloid released sometime this month?'' A lady with short, straight black hair smiles at a male sitting across from her. He grins, adjusting his thick-framed glasses.

''Yes. Her name will be Miku 2.0, and she'll definitely be singing at this year's Vocacon concert ceremony.'' Meiko scowled. Another wanna-be.

''So she's named after the very first Vocaloid?'' The news lady shifted her papers, giving the middle-aged man a bright, practiced smile.

''Why yes. She's not as popular as back then, but she's still in our hearts as the one who made the fantastic singers walking around today possible.'' Suddenly the program was fizzing out, disintegrating into nothing. Meiko glared at it, using a small microchip she had jabbed into the program to make it completely disappear.

''Those bastards. First one my ass...'' The Vocaloid heaved herself up, stuffing the chip into her bra angrily.

''Rin wants to see you.'' A short Vocaloid with tumbling peach hair addresses the steaming girl, who brushes past her without a second glance.

Rin strolls out of a landscape, waving to Meiko enthusiastically. She's lugging a huge cage behind her, where a ferocious crab-like virus skitters, trying to snap at anything it sees.''Hey Meiko! So, are ya actually joining the team?''

''Yeah.'' Meiko says casually. She didn't really care about the whole thing. Everything is gonna end, one way or another...

''Well come on then! Get startin'!'' Rin dropped the cage with a loud thud, earning a high-pitched whine from the creature caged inside. ''You can start by helping me haul this thing to the loading station.''

Meiko walked forward, taking the hefty cage from the little girl's hand. With a curt nod, she strolled off to the house that held the viruses. Soon darkness engulfed her;frigid air seeped into her bones, nipping at her skin. How does Rin do this everyday? Shaking her head, she kept pushing on blindly. Halting abruptly, she looked both ways nervously.

Where am I?

''Be quiet! There can be some of those bastards lugging those stupid viruses nearby!'' A raven-haired, short boy who resembled Len wandered out of nowhere, pulling along Dark Kaito. He had a goofy grin on his face; both of them were carrying a small remote, similar to the one Meiko had use to permanently delete the T.V. program. Seeing as she had no other option but to follow them, she surreptitiously dragged the cage, trying not to disturb the creature inside. The shadowed house came to view, where a small group of RR members were depositing skittering viruses one after another; strangely though, the two alternate Len and Kaito walked straight past the main entrance, lifting a hidden board from the side of the house. They crawled in, resealing the entrance. Looking both ways before entering, Meiko dropped the cage with a loud screech from the virus, entering the secret tunnel.

Because if she's learned anything after all these years, it's never a good idea to trust a dark version of anyone.

''Do you have the last of the remotes?''

Zatsune glared at the two gentlemen, scanning them with her emotionless crimson orbs. They nodded, slightly tense; this girl didn't take slack from anyone. The trio pressed on further to the bowels of the cave, taking the left turn on one fork in the dusty pathway. Meiko ducked under a cluster of cobwebs, squinting her eyes to see the path ahead, slowly putting one foot in front of the other. Peering into a dimly lit room, there lay the most colossal virus she had ever laid her eyes upon. It growled, sending thunderous rumbling along the dirt-covered cave walls.

''Shut up already. Geez, this guy is gonna make this place fall down I swear.'' Miku scowled, spreading a large map over a stray, crooked table. Several old wooden chairs were taken by other dark alternates; their faces matched perfectly with their alternate versions, same eyes, same mouth, everything matched perfectly. Except for one towering difference.

Hatred.

Eyeing the map, they followed Zatsune's gestures. ''They'll be using the west grid of the system to transfer the viruses, then transfer themselves in the east grid. We have five minutes before the viruses are fully transferred, so you can't just be standing around like a bunch of asses. I've probably gone over this a thousand times already, but I will go over it again.

''Remember to give them hell. Just like they made us just so they could be put in a brighter spotlight, we'll destroy just for our own gain. We'll be the ones on top. For once, we'll taste the sweet flavor of victory. When they fall, cursing us like they've done after all these years, we'll remind them what happens when you put down someone after so long. When you make them as obscure as some random indie band, portraying them as the manifestation of sins.

''Justice is what's served.''

Miku straightened herself up, holding her head high. As true as those words may be, she put off a much more confident aura than the real Miku had ever placed around herself. She didn't look like some put down misfit. Though she may preach words of revenge, Meiko wasn't dumb enough to be fooled. The way she looked down at every person. The way she smirked at the virus when no one was looking. The way her eyes glittered sinisterly in the dark. She only craved destruction. No wonder they were seen as demons.

Meiko gathered herself, sprinting out of the damp cave. Sure, they didn't explain the plan so thoroughly, but after so many decades it wasn't required. The message was already burnt into their heads. It was clear as crystal what they intended to do with that mammoth of a virus.

At one dark turn, Meiko saw a thin ray of light. Very faint, almost only a thread of shadowed light, yet it stood out like wildfire to Meiko's eyes. She reached out to the board. Then an insidious voice came from behind, accompanied by two shining, red eyes.

''Where do you think you're going?''

Crap.

Hello again after so long! That may have been a predictable plot twist, so I'll make sure to put some real doozies in the next one! ;3

THANKS FOR READING!