Trouble

Chapter 10: MEIKO's plan

"Hey... Has anyone seen Renri?" Rana realized Renri was missing.
"Oh no..." MEIKO facepalmed. "Did you guys lose her?!"

It wasn't long before Renri arrived, panting and covered in scratches anf twigs.

"Are you ok, Renri?!" Yami Ryone asked.

Renri nodded. She still couldn't speak because of her hack. She looked around, wondering where everyone was.

"Everyone else has turned evil and Piko was kidnapped." Iroha explained.

Renri covered her mouth in shock.

"Renri! Say something!" MEIKO tried to convince her to speak.
"She can't speak. She was hacked into losing her voice." Meiji sighed
"Just like Moke..." Yanhe thought.
"What is your plan, MEIKO?" Ryuto was losing his patience.
"Here is the idea: We will use some hack restoring guns to retrieve our friends. And once we finished with that, half of us will defeat DIA and restore Lorra and the other half will rescue Piko."
"How will we divide our group in half?" Ritsu asked. "There's like... 16 of us."
"Duh. We make two groups of 8." Cocorobo shruged.
"Oh yeah." Una Spicy realized something. "16 ÷ 2 = 8."
"Correct." Yuki said before putting an elementary school ticket on Una Spicy's head.
"Ow!" Una Spicy whined, rubbing her head. "That hurt!"

Renri looked at the scene confusedly.

"Yuki is always like that." Oliver sighed.

"Alright: The first group of Seven will be: Lerin, Rana, VY1, Oliver, Ritsu, Cocorobo, Miko and Una Spicy." MEIKO started making the groups. "And the second group will be: Fukase, Yanhe, Meiji, Me, Luka, Renri, Ryuto, Yami, Una Sugar and the Halloween Una."

"And I am stuck with Miko again..." Ritsu thought with a sigh while he looked at Miko, who had a "yay" expression on her face.
"What about me?" Iroha said.
"You will be back up if there are any injuries." MEIKO told Iroha.
"Oh. Ok." Iroha nodded.
"Now let's get this party started." VY1 shouted.

Meanwhille in DIA's lair, Miku and Teto arrive to DIA's quarters with Piko, whose wrists are tied behind his back.

"We have him, milady." Miku said.

DIA slowly walked to Piko. The boy was crying and shaking in fear.

<UTATANE PIKO>
<SOFTWARE: VOCALOID 2>
<CURRENT STATE: RETIRED>
<HACK OR SPARE: SPARE>

DIA put one hand on the boy's chin and forced him to look at her in the eyes.

"Lorra... please..." Piko cried. "Don't hurt me..."

A huge moment of silence occured. DIA smiled and petted the boy's hair, but the P shaped ahoge popped up again. She then snapped her fingers, giving the order to silence the boy.

Miku and Teto nodded to each other and Miku picked up a piece of ducttape and put it on Piko's mouth.

"Order done, milady." Teto bowed.

DIA signalled that they are dismissed for now. Miku and Teto leave the room.

"What am I going to do now?" Piko thought. "I can't really do anything. I can't even fight back..."

DIA grabbed the boy and carried him bridal style to her throne. And to make sure he doesn't escape, she tied a rope that was attached to the throne around his neck, but not to tight to avoid strangulation. She then waited for the rebel.

"I... feel... drowsy... Everyone... where... are... you?" Piko thought before falling asleep.

TO BE CONTINUED