Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN GEARS OF WAR NOR DO I OWN HATSUNE MIKU AND/OR VOCALOID!

"Humans talking"

"Machine talking"

Act 1: Ashes

Sentience: Part 2

Later on...

Delta team decided to go through a supermarket hoping to find some supplies or food for later use. After searching, the team left through the back door since that was the only way out without wasting time and going back from where they came... the only problem being it was sealed shut. This is an enigma, WHO would seal the back-door of a supermarket, more divine intervention perhaps?! Well it was not much of a problem, because that is what JACK is for after all.

"JACK, de-cloak and rip this door for us."

Silence...

"JACK, rip this door!"

More silence...

Marcus' eyebrow started to twitch in annoyance; military-grade equipment, reliable as always and he was starting to think JACK was pretty damn useful..."What the hell is wrong with JACK?" Marcus was not amused; this was not a good time for their robot to malfunction and Baird was constantly bitching about the sun setting. He was about to contact Anya when an unfamiliar voice responded.

"It is MIKU, Fenix-san!" The voice was rather high pitch, more human than synthesised, and was VERY feminine.

This time it was Delta's turn for silence.

Cole, being one of the more eloquent of the group, succinctly noted "Who the hell was that?!"

Few seconds later, JACK de-cloaked; but there was something different with their robot teammate, nothing too drastic but noticeable enough. The light that illuminated the machine was no longer the striking ocean blue, but rather had a slightly green undertone to it. More specifically, the light turned a bright cyan.

"My name is MIKU, Fenix-san"

Why the hell does that name sound so familiar...?

Team Delta's eyes widened in realisation, and Marcus started to panic, "Baird a little help here! What the fuck happened to JACK?!"

"How the hell am I suppose to know?!" Baird responded incredulously.

"Well, you were the one who got all fan-boy about this cute program chick" Cole noted.

"So no offence but I just thought asking YOU would be the most logical choice!" Marcus yelled

"Everyone..." the voice tried to gain the team's attention, but to no avail. Cole and Dom were too absorbed in the scene.

"Hey I'm not sure! Maybe something happened to JACK when it took the picture that is a thought! Maybe the statue had a scanning code invisible to the naked eye and when JACK took the picture there was a virus or something..."

"Excuse me, Fenix-san..."the voice continued but was promptly interrupted by Marcus.

"WHAT A VIRUS, we don't have time for this Baird so you better take a look at JACK right before we are all fuc..."

"FENIX-SAN!" the voice screamed out. That caught Delta squad's attention, more specifically Marcus since he was being singled out.

"BAKA! I do not appreciate being constantly ignored when I attempt to communicate, my name is not JACK, it is MIKU! Now if you have a request I will help if I can with it but I don't like being ignored! And please WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE, ALL OF YOU!" JACK's inbuilt viewing screen activated and lo-and-behold, it was the screen showed the girl they saw as a statue, now having colour. They were surprised to see that her hair was a bright Cyan, her uniform was grey and black with Cyan trimmings. She appeared very much annoyed if her reddening face was any indication and was glaring at the whole team.

Silence and speechlessness really was not something members of Delta team were good at, but at this point in time, they might as well be masters. Delta squad was pretty sure they were being chastised, by a machine no less but the angry voice AND the image of a glaring A.I girl made the four men feel somewhat guilty and ashamed. Though the team could not help but absently think the A.I was unbearably cute, especially when she (?) sounded and looked so flustered.

Hence, Marcus finally responds in the most diplomatic way possible, hoping to not get on the A.I girl's bad-side "uh...sorry?" Moments later, the rest of the team apologised to the angry A.I girl.

The robot made a very convincing and creepily humanlike huff. This was royally creeping Delta out, even Cole shuddered slightly. It was now pretty much obvious that their robot teammate was sentient and was clearly FEMALE.

The A.I girl then visibly brightened "Much better, seriously was it so hard?! Remember do not be rude, now what is it that you need Fenix-san?"

"MIKU is it?" Looking at Baird, who just nodded, "Could you please rip this door for us?"

"Hai Fenix-san!" the now renamed MIKU then undertook the action that was very much familiar to them back when JACK was here. Whilst the door was being unsealed, Baird decided to make his first comment.

"Just to let you know, I had nothing to do with it. If you have to blame someone, it was Cole's fault, he was the one who recommended the picture and if you can recall, I was not talking... until very much later."

Dom shrugged "seriously, I don't care as long as this MIKU does the things JACK does, SHE is a welcome addition. Having extra company helps." Baird just mumbled something under his breath which sounded suspiciously like "You don't say..."

"C'mon fellas, Delta team needs a pretty missy around to keep you boys straight, good for your health after all!" Cole declared enthusiastically. The rest of the team did not want to know what Cole meant by "health".

Marcus just sighed, sometimes he wished E-day never happened and he would rather be serving his remaining years in prison and come out and just use his father's savings to run a Cafe somewhere in Jacinto. But, it wasn't that bad, JACK just turned into MIKU and all that really changed was a female member being added in the team (very technically speaking), some manners and language control on their side. He will have a talk to Anya about this later, but it can wait for now.

"There you go Fenix-san! Now, what are you suppose to say when someone does a favour for you?" At this the A.I girl on the screen had an expectant look.

"Thank you MIKU."

MIKU nodded cheerfully, obviously satisfied "well let me know if you need anything else boys, ja ne!". With that the screen shut down much to the hidden disappointment of the rest of the squad, and in seconds the robot re-cloaked and was ready for Delta team to move ahead. First being E-day, then the Grubs, then almost being Brumak food then RAAM slaughtering Minh, then a Berserker and now this...Delta team was getting a hands-on in every fu...messed-up situation there is. So what next, riding a Brumak? All they know is that things will get even more interesting from here on out.

Dom made a last comment before heading out, "Why does MIKU say stuff like 'san' and 'baka'?"

"That's Japanese Dom, one of the far eastern countries of Sera and where most of the COG got their robotics from, you can ask MIKU that if we have the time...you have no idea how awesome it is to have THE Miku Hatsune part of Delta Squad, most of the geeks back at high-command would KILL to get this chance!" responded Baird, he was very much happy with the turn of events.

With that he made one last statement "by the way, baka meant idiot, just thought you should know Marcus."

AN: Well, there you have it, the very first Gears of War/Vocaloid crossover in the site as far as I can tell. Kind of short but I hope you enjoyed it and leave a review! Remember, I have challenges for those who are interested so look up my account!

Druid