The Factory

Chapter 6
Epilogue

The rather large scale apartment that the Vocaloids used was empty. Or at least that's what Gakupo thought. He hadn't checked since he was currently in the middle of a life or death situation that required his full attention. And then he got blown up by a Creeper.

"Are you kidding me? Where did he come from?" he shouted at the screen. He then sighed, respawned and reminded himself to get back at Miku somehow for hooking him on this. It was around here that he found out he wasn't alone.

"What do you mean you don't know where they are!" Someone shouted from downstairs. Gakupo was a little shocked since he thought Meiko was asleep right now. She shouted a bit more about something or another. He was so focused that he didn't notice the second Creeper until it was too late.

The resulting scream was loud. A few seconds later, Gakupo stormed down the stairs to meet the source of his pain. Meiko and Kaito, who had nothing better to do that day, barely looked at Gakupo before returning to their argument.

"I didn't say I didn't know where they were. I said that they left a while ago and they haven't come back yet," Kaito said.

"So, in other words, you don't know where they are," Meiko said back.

"… yeah I guess you're right," Kaito relented.

"What the hell are you two talking about?" Gakupo asked.

Meiko looked at him and answered. "Dumbass here was supposed to watch the twins today, and then he went and lost them."

Kaito gave her an accusatory look. "Excuse me? No one told me to look after them," he said and looked back at Gakupo, "Len and Rin left to do something about two hours ago and Meiko's freaking out because they won't answer their phones."

"They could have been kidnapped or something," Meiko said.

"Just because that happened once to you, and only because security wasn't doing their jobs right, that doesn't make it a constant threat," Kaito said.

"Oh shut up, it's not like your immune to danger either. Remember that one con where you got yelled at by the-"

"Shut up!" Gakupo yelled, which produced the intended result. "Look, this is cutting into my game time, so why don't you stop arguing and go look for them?"

Before they could do that, there was a knock at the door. The three of them looked between them before Gakupo went to answer it. The guy at the door was nothing to speak of. He wore regular street clothes and his brown hair looked pretty normal, though considering present company, that's a given.

"Hi, this wouldn't happen to be the place where the Vocaloids live, would it?" he asked.

Gakupo looked back at Kaito and Meiko, who gave him a confused look, then turned back. "No, really, what gave you that idea?" he asked sarcastically.

The man gave him a look. "No need to be a smartass. Well if this is the right place, then you know these two," he said and pointed behind him. Gakupo looked and saw Len and Rin, on the verge of dozing off. Kaito moved past them to check on them.

"Where did you come across them?" Meiko asked. The man shrugged.

"I found them asleep on a park bench. I woke them up, asked them where they lived, and took them here," he explained.

Kaito scooted the twins into the apartment. "They're going to need some rest," he said. Meiko and Gakupo nodded and then turned their attention back to the man. Even though Kaito said that, there was still something that itched at his mind. Len and Rin seemed…off to him. Maybe it was just because they were tired.

"Well, if there's nothing else, I'll just get going. Nice meeting you," he said then started walking down the hallway. Gakupo nodded, closed the door, and decided to return to his business.

The man got to the staircase and went down a floor before he ran into another familiar face, one Miku Hatsune. The girl almost didn't notice him, which he would have been grateful for, but she did and struck up a conversation.

"Oh hey, what brings you here?" she asked. He cursed his bad luck before replying.

"Not much, just showing some friends of yours home," he said. Her light green eyes were making him uncomfortable, so he sighed and rubbed his eyes. "It's been a long day," he said, mostly to himself.

Miku sighed as well. "Yeah, tell me about it. At least the weather's nice," she said. He nodded in agreement, and then began to continue down the stairs. She spoke up before he got too far.

"Hey…" she began but stopped.

He stopped and looked at her, green eyes meeting grey. "Yeah?" he asked.

Miku shook her head. "Never mind," she said then waved and started up the stairs, "Later."

He nodded and replied, "Yes, ma'am."

He walked down the stairs and decided to listen to some music. The song he chose had a very heavy beat that seemed reminiscent of a factory line.

It was one of his favorite songs.