Teddy's arms slid round Billy's waist, and his face nuzzled into his shoulder. Billy would have liked to think he was just being affectionate, but "What have you done, and how long is the warranty on it?" He felt Teddy's smile on his neck.

"I had an audition today."

"A what?" He turned round to face his fiancé. "You don't act."

"Not for the stage." He leapt back and suddenly a cape hid his face, he lifted it up to reveal a half-face mask. "For the opera."

Billy rolled his eyes and went back to washing up, leaving Teddy to petulantly change back to normal. "Teddy, when you sing in the shower, the bats don't have haemorrhages out of respect."

His fiancé spun him round to look him in the eye. "But that's the brilliant part, with my powers, I can change my voice to be a bit more OPERATIC!"

Billy dropped the plate he was washing. "Whoa! Why didn't I think of that?"

"'Cos you're a moron?"

"Say it in the opera voice."

"Because you a-" Billy leapt on him.

Tommy fidgeted in his tux, fiddling with his bowtie. "I look like a dork."

"And yet lime green spandex is the height of fashion."

"It's the opera, Tommy." Kate straightened out his jacket. "Black tie's mandatory."

"That means you have to do it." Billy added helpfully.

"Shut up! Why are we going?"

"'Cos if you don't Teddy will beat you up, and then so will I."

The curtain lifted, and music began to fill the room. Tommy leant sulkily back in his chair. Onstage, Teddy swooped on, opened his mouth and-

"Whoa," Tommy whispered, "I can see why you sleep with him." Kate and Eli both turned quizzical looks on him. "I stand by it."

"VAMOS A MEJORAR,

VAMOS A MEJORAR,

TODOS LOS BANDIDOS VAMOS A MATAR!"

Backstage, the front of house was running frantically around looking for one of the Viking hats, when something smashed against the back of his head.

"Vamos a mejorarnos!

Vamos a mejorarnos-"

The room plunged into darkness.

There was a scream from somewhere in the front row, and then a spotlight appeared on stage: it highlighted a man made entirely of glass. "Operagoers, have no fear! I shall not hurt thee, as long as-"

He was interrupted by a Tommy to the face. "I hate villains that talk in antiquated English, I can never understand what they're-"

A glass fist smashed down on his head. "Hope this makes my intentions clear."

Eli charged. "Billy, starting casting! Kate- Agh!" The shuriken he'd just thrown bounced off the villain's arm and slashed across his face. Kate readied an arrow, but the glass man grabbed Tommy's unconscious body and threw it at her, knocking her bow from her hands. She jumped down, drawing a fencing blade from nowhere.

"A duel? With a strumpet? What will the neighbours say?"

She thrust but the blade but he dodged to the side, elbowing her in the side and kicking her in the stomach as she fell.

Billy's hands lit up bright blue, "I'd go all Inigo Matoya, but somehow I know that glass is magic repellent."

The glass man lunged and grabbed him by the throat. "Very astute. So what now?"

"We're in an opera house," the villain turned at the sound of Teddy's voice, "I guess I'll just have to sing. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Billy wrenched himself free and dived to the floor.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The glass man started vibrating, "What?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Stop it!" Little cracks spidered along his body.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The glass man shattered.

Teddy ran over and scooped up his fiancé, planting a loving kiss on his forehead, Billy looked up and smiled.

"I can see why Tommy wants to sleep with you."