Author's Note: Howdy all! We draw nearer to the finale as an enemy ups the ante. Not much else to say on this, except yay writing through 100% awfullest flu ever!

P.S. Yes, if any of you got it, in the last chapter Omega was referencing TheHunterPersian's awesome college-AU fanfic, Transfer, which you should all go and read posthaste! I added in that little reference after Hunter was finished writing the chapter, I thought it fit in perfectly :)

Enjoy, dear readers, and I will go back to my hot chocolate and sweater-in-bed-with-heat-on-full madness!


Everyone immediately got out of the way.

"Whoa!"

Vector hit the ground, landing on his stomach, body frozen in momentary shock. Espio was on top of him.

"Are you okay?" Espio asked quickly.

"Y-yeah. Yeh okay too?" responded the large green reptile.

"Yes."

Vector started to rise. "I thought that dumb vacuum was-"

He was interrupted by a familiar voice. "Blast! I wanted to get in a pre-emptive strike!"

"Eggman!" Sonic said.

Everyone stiffened. They put on a defensive stance as the ball-shaped vehicle came closer to the gang. Dr. Eggman looked down upon the group as Orbot and Cubot stood next to him.

"Yes, it's me! Hellooo, everyone! A little birdy told me there was a wedding going on, so why not come and crash it?"

He floated down in his Eggmobile, staying relatively out of reach.

"So… Eggman was the ball shaped figure in the photos…" Espio muttered.

"You've got 10 seconds to explain yourself before I beat the living daylights outta you," said the blue hedgehog.

Seeming to ignore Sonic at first, Eggman turned his head to look at the pink hedgehog.

"Sorry, Amy! I know you've been waiting for this moment for a long, long time, but it looks like Sonic's about to elope with a guided missile!"

"Huh?" Amy said.

He looked back at the blue hedgehog. "And now, Sonic! I'm here to kidnap your bride, and force her to do my bidding! And none of you can stop me!"

"It's a shame really, you two were made for each other," said Orbot.

Sonic ignored what the red robot said. "'Bride'? What on earth are you talking about, Eggman?!" The blue hedgehog asked, quills bristling.

"Your bride! Amy! This is your wedding, isn't it?!"

"W-What?! I'm not getting married to Amy!" Sonic stuck out his tongue in a mock expression of disgust.

"I wish..." Amy muttered to herself.

"Wait, what?" said Orbot, confused.

"Then, if you two aren't getting married, WHO IS?!" Eggman yelled.

"THEY are." Tails pointed to Vector and Espio.

The evil doctor looked dumbfounded. "...Oh."

"Well… that's unexpected," commented Cubot.

"Yeah, and thanks for disturbing our wedding, Eggman." Espio said. "You weren't invited."

"Tsk, tsk. How rude." The mad doctor pressed a button inside his machine. "Regardless of whose wedding it is, and even if I didn't even know about whoever's relationship, since I'm already here, I guess I'll just take care of ALL of you here and now! All my enemies in one place, quite convenient!"

A slot opened underneath the Eggmobile, releasing a missile.

"No!" Tails shouted.

Sonic leapt high above the crowd, landing on top of the missile. Its course became confused with something atop it, and started moving erratically.

"Go, Sonic!" Vector yelled.

"Be careful!" said Amy.

Sonic leapt off just in time as the missile headed straight for the same tree he'd hit himself. It exploded into many pieces as he landed on the ground.

"That all you've got, Eggman?" challenged Sonic.

"Yeah, not like our yard can get any worse," Vector sighed.

Eggman fired three more.

"You asked for it!" he cackled. "Get a load of this!"

Everyone ran for cover. Sonic dodged one of the missiles, but he was still dizzy from his previous injury, too close to it, and the explosion knocked him into the air.

"Sonic!" Amy yelled.

He hit the ground, fainting.

"Hahahah! One down! And the most annoying one, too! You'll all be pieces of cake compared to him!"

Eggman shot another round of missiles. And another.

Everyone was becoming increasingly tired and finding it harder to avoid them.

Tails barely leapt out of the way of one.

Knuckles had managed to hide behind a bush.

Amy tried to throw her hammer up at him, but he remained too high in the air to reach.

"Subject detected; Dr. Eggman, ultimate eradication is prime objective!" Omega exclaimed. The robot was firing bullets at Eggman, barely denting the sturdy, fast-moving Eggmobile.

Big cradled Froggy in his arms, yelling as he ran away from any missiles coming towards him.

Much like during the Room-bot incident, Vanilla scooped up Cream, Cheese, and Chocola, getting them inside the Chaotix Detective Agency. While she knew her daughter could fight, things were much more dangerous now that Sonic was out.

Rouge tried to fly up and attack him, but after nearly being shot multiple times she gave up.

"We'll never get him," Shadow panted. "There's no way to get up there… Damn… and just when I thought I didn't need my Chaos Emerald… Chaos Control would be perfect here…"

Charmy buzzed quickly away from the missiles coming towards him. "GET AWAY, GET AWAY, GET AWAY!" he yelled. "VECTOR! ESPIO! HELP!"

Vector and Espio were behind the tree, a shell of its former self with scorch marks and holes everywhere. They held each other close.

"Is this it?" Espio said.

"Maybe not…"

"How are we going to reach him then?"

Vector pulled out the shuriken Espio had given him. "I really appreciate this gift, Espio, but I think ya need to fulfill its legacy, Esp."

Espio's eyes widened. "I don't think I can throw it that far, though. And if I could, it would barely make a dent."

"If you were up close to him, do ya think ya could hit a soft spot in his machine?"

Espio glanced around the tree at Eggman. "If I broke through the window in the front, perhaps I could damage the control panel. But that's impossible from this distance and angle..."

"I ain't talkin' about throwin' it from down here. I'm gonna getcha up to his level, then you take him out."

"How?"

"Hop in my mouth. We're gunna bust out an old move."

Espio's face lit up with recognition. "Oh! That!"

"Ready?"

"Wait... do I REALLY have to get covered in your saliva?"

"Wouldn't be anythin' new for you, hon." Vector stuck his tongue out.

"...Fair enough, I guess."

"Make yerself inviz' before he sees what's goin' on," Vector suggested.

Espio nodded. Activating his Chroma Camo ability, the chameleon vanished from sight, the space he occupied rippling for a moment, before it stabilized as if nothing had been there.

Vector opened his mouth wide, head upward.

Espio leapt, curling into a ball and landing in Vector's open maw. Vector puffed his chest up.

"Ptooo!"

He launched the rolled-up Espio into the air from his mouth like a cannon.

Espio uncurled mid-air and kept shooting upward. His ascent slowed as he rose a bit higher than Eggman.

It was then that Espio made himself visible.

Their eyes met.

"Death will not do us part today, Doctor. Or in other words, don't interrupt the day I'm getting married."

Eggman's mouth opened, but before he could respond, Espio revealed the shuriken in his hand.

The chameleon tossed it.

As his purple frame descended, the shuriken went through the glass window on the front of Eggman's vehicle, jamming into the control panel with a steely noise.

Electricity crackled.

"Oh no!" Eggman frantically messed with the controls, but nothing happened. He could still steer, but nothing was saving him now.

"This isn't the last you'll see of me! I'll get you next time, Sonic! And the rest of you too!" Eggman shouted, hovering away, his Eggmobile slowly descending, smoke coming out of it. Its dying noises grew louder as something sparked. Orbot and Cubot fell out from the Eggmobile.

Espio was falling. He looked up at the sky, wondering where Eggman would land.

"Please, don't hit the house," he begged mentally.

Just then, he felt strong, large arms catch him, stopping his fall. He looked up at his husband.

"Hello again." The chameleon smiled.

"Well hi there, beautiful," Vector chuckled.

They heard the explosion as the doctor's vehicle finally gave up. Thankfully, it was much past their house when it did.

"Yer all sticky," Vector commented.

Espio shrugged. "Well, whose fault is that?"

"Always mine... on that note, how come we've never brought that move into the bedroom?"

"Vector, dear!" Espio turned bright red, chuckling. "Be serious! Everyone's watching!"

As the crocodile let his husband go, everyone saw Orbot and Cubot, who were still in the Chaotix's backyard. When the married couple stared at them, the two robot's eyes became full of worry.

"Eheh heh… well, we just wanted to say, congratulations on your marriage, Vector and Espio…" said Orbot, rather quickly. He put his hands together and gave a fake smile.

"Y-Yeah! I'm sure you two are gunna be real happy together!" added Cubot.

"Anyway, if you will excuse us, we shall be going now!"

Orbot and Cubot quickly made their way to Dr. Eggman's ruined Eggmobile.

"Dr. Eggman! Don't leave without us!" called out Cubot.

Everyone stared at the two robots.

"Well, that happened," commented Espio.

Attendees started to approach after taking their attention off from Orbot and Cubot, a bit shell-shocked but no worse for wear. First Charmy, who flew over quickly and hugged the pair tightly.

"Y-You guys! I was so worried about you!" Charmy was softly crying. "But you're okay! You're okay…"

The bee sobbed a little more as the two reptiles rubbed their son's head. "Dun worry 'bout it, Charmy, it'll take more than Eggman to take us both down," Vector said.

Tails, after finding out Sonic was coming to, rushed over to tell the family, "That was BADASS!"

"Tails, language," Vanilla called out as she, her daughter, and the two chao exited the house, though with a smile this time. Holding Cream's hand, she walked over to everyone and brushed some dirt off of her long dress and slowly walked over.

"Sorry..."

"But you're right," Vanilla agreed. "Thank you for saving all of us!"

"Are you and Cream alright?" Tails asked.

Both of the rabbits nodded.

"Good job, guys!" Big said, ambling over with Froggy still in his arms. The amphibian seemed to be shaking. "I hope he didn't destroy our art for you!"

"Y-Yeah," Vector said.

"We... we hope so too," Espio nodded. He looked over and saw it on the ground, perfectly intact. "Oh, how wonderful..."

"Both Tails and I wanted to fly someone up there, to attack him," Cream said. "But he would've shot us right out of the air. Of course, I don't think Mommy would like that very much…"

"The invisibility was a great idea," Tails said. "I hope you only use that power for good," he added, laughing.

"I'll never tell," Espio joked.

They all laughed as Rouge approached, with Shadow and Omega behind her. "Sorry we didn't help more. You kind of upstaged our coolness, there... so, kudos."

"You bested me at beating Dr. Eggman… however; the doctor has been bested for today. Should I say what you fleshlings call, 'good job'?" said Omega.

"Y-Yeah…" Vector nodded.

Shadow had his arms crossed, looking like his usual self. The ultimate life form turned to face the married couple.

"You guys did good…" he muttered sternly. Vector and Espio smiled at each other.

"You know when you get complimented by Shadow that you did a good job," Espio whispered to his husband.

Next came Amy, who was supporting Sonic as he hobbled over. His arm was over her shoulder as she held him up.

"Guys, I've been so useless in both these fights," Sonic moaned. "First, I get blown up by a destructive Roomba, and then I get hit by one of Eggman's missiles. I dunno what to say..."

"You brought booze. You'll never be useless," Vector comforted him.

"Speaking of alcohol, where's Knuckles?" Amy wondered.

"Huuuuuurk!" came a noise from behind the bushes.

"Okay, guess he's alive. That's a relief," Charmy said.

Knuckles stood up from the bush, lazily walking towards the group. "Can- can we get a... huurk... Can we get a round of applause for the heroes of the hour? Not enough to get married, they have to save all our lives on... hic... top of that?"

Everyone started clapping. Except for Shadow, of course.

Vector and Espio looked embarrassed but smiled anyway, doing a mock bow for the audience.