Team Chaotix were entering the café through the back door so the crowd wouldn't know of their arrival. Vector had his two members behind him as he opened the door. But before he stepped inside the dark room, he put an index finger in front of his long muzzle to shush them, just in case they made a sound. This was especially towards Charmy. He's usually the hyperactive one. Vector also had something he was pushing inside the room with both hands. When Charmy flew in, he found the light switch and turned the lights on. It was two huge speakers! Why did they need those for? Amy didn't have big speakers like that, but they worked just fine and were already set up for them! After giving the speakers one last push inside, Vector stopped for a moment to catch his breath, "Phew! All right boys, let's get these babies on stage!"

"OK!" said Charmy, "But, why are we bringing our own speakers again? They're huge!"

"I already told ya! I want the whole place blasting with our music! Watch 'em beg for an encore!" Vector responded as he started to push the speakers again towards the stage, "Remember, when I give you the cue, turn them on full volume!"

"Oh, yeah! Sure thing, boss!"

Espio remained quiet as he followed the two. He could care less about performing since he still believed the payment of 10,000 rings was a scam. Regardless of his stance on the matter, he was still going to do his job and get this night over with.


Amy was so busy waiting tables that she almost forgot to check the time! When she had the chance, she looked up at the electric pink clock. Team Chaotix should be here by now! She had to go meet up with them backstage, but who was going to take orders while she was away? Big wasn't around, and that really made things inconvenient. But that's when Amy remembered that she had Vanilla's help tonight! She then walked in a hurried pace towards the kitchen, dodging and saying, "Excuse me!" to the people who were in the way. When she arrived, she says, "Hey Cream! I'm going to check if the band is here, so I need you to wait tables for a bit!"

This was going to be Cream's first time waiting tables, but she was actually pretty excited to! With a nod, the little rabbit says, "OK! I'll be going mama."

"Be careful, dear. Have fun." said Vanilla. She was washing the dishes, scrubbing them until they were sparkling clean before rinsing them off with warm water.


It wasn't ideal to have Cream wait tables, especially since it was going to be her first time. But Amy trusted her enough to be responsible. She could've had Vanilla do it, but Vanilla was still more skilled in the cooking arena and could get orders out quicker. They have a huge crowd tonight, so every move counts! When Amy made it backstage, she noticed no one was around, so she checked the stage itself. There they were! Amy still greeted them with a smile even though she didn't have the rings they were anticipating, "Hey! You guys made-! WHOA!"

That's when she noticed the gigantic speakers behind them! They barely had no room for anything else! What happened to her speakers!? These were WAY too big!

Vector was adjusting the microphone to his height before turning to face her, "Hey! Impressed by the speakers, I see! Don't worry, the show's gonna be great! We'll have this place booming! 10,000 a night, here I come!"

"I-Impressed!? Booming!? Guys, I already had speakers! Where did you put them!?"

"Ah, I put them somewhere in back. These are much better!"

Amy sensed something bad coming. By "booming", she hoped that didn't mean blasting everyone's eardrums with their loud music. With hands on hips, she firmly says, "OK. But, you better not have the volume up too loud!"

But that's exactly what Vector had planned! So, he responds, "Whaddya mean? That's what a good concert is all about! Boys, let's get this party started!"

"YEAH!" exclaimed Charmy! He was on the right side of Vector and had his drum ready to go!

Espio was standing on Vector's left with his shamisen ready as well. Properly holding the guitar-like instrument, he waited for the curtains to open. Amy was starting to feel unsure about letting them play now, but she took a chance. Walking over to the curtains' pulley, she pulled it down to reveal what everyone's been waiting for! Team Chaotix!

Vector grabbed the microphone to shout, "Helloooo everybody! Team Chaotix is ready to rock the house! Get up outta ya seats and dance all night!"

"Dance all night! That's right!" added Chamy as he beat the drum a couple of times to pump up the crowd!

Their energy made mostly everyone in the café get up out of their seats to clap and yell, "YEAH!"

Amy came back from backstage to meet up with the cheering crowd. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits, so Amy thought it won't be so bad after all. Smiling, the pink hedgehog was starting to clap for them!


After grabbing the crowd's attention, Espio and Charmy began to wildly play their instruments while Vector sung loudly into the mic with confidence! More like, blasting everyone's ears off with confidence! The lyrics were virtually unreadable, the beat was off, this wasn't music to ANYONE'S ears! People were starting to angrily boo at them as they covered their ears! Amy had her ears covered with them while clenching her teeth. She was so mad! She wished she would have listened to her gut earlier! 10,000 rings? Please! They didn't deserve a single ring in her pocket! Cream and her two Chao were covering their poor ears, too!

When Vector paused his "singing" during a certain point in the song, he was able to hear the complaining crowd. But they didn't come off as angry to him and said, "Jeez, what an impatient crowd we got! Looks like they're ready to hear the best part! Charmy!"

Charmy got the cue and says, "You got it!" before fluttering over to the speakers. He turned the volume up to the max so they could perform the "best" part of the night! Together, the three used their Team Blast, Chaotix Recital! Their rambunctious performance became even worse! The "music" was so loud it was literally blowing up tables one by one, causing the people to run and scream!


Meanwhile, in the dark forest...

Big was still searching for Froggy while holding a lantern in his right hand to light the path. He could hear many crickets as he walked. "Froggy! Come out, little guy!"

At least this was way more peaceful than what's going on in the café. Maybe being late for work isn't always such a bad thing!


Back at the disaster in the café...

Amy had enough! Pulling out her Piko Piko Hammer, Amy leapt into the air and shouts, "Enough!" before bringing down the hammer with force on the right speaker! *BAM!*

Since Charmy was playing his drum on the right side of the stage, he was close to Amy's attack on the speaker and scrammed! "Aaaaa!"

Amy then charged over to the left speaker to give it a good swing! *WHAM!*

Both speakers were broken, and everyone's ears were finally saved!

Vector turned around to see Amy totally trashing his performance and snapped, "What are ya doing!? I thought you wanted a 10,000 ring performance!"

Amy sharply turned around to face him and snapped back, "This wasn't worth 10,000 rings! You're ruining everything!"

"Well, whether ya like it or not, we played tonight! Give us our 10,000, you little brat!"

"No! Back off!"

"Vector's right!" said Charmy as he fluttered to his side, "Bee bee bee! You owe us money!"

Amy was feeling too cornered about this now, so she blurted out, "I don't even have 10,000, OK!? Even if I did, it's still not worth it! You said you and your band were REALLY good!"

Espio could only facepalm. He knew it.

Vector was piping-mad now! "WHAT!? And you're a liar!? We are good! You're gonna get it now!" Then, he unleashed a powerful stream of fire towards Amy out of his mouth!

"Amy!" cried the voice of Cream as she witnessed the attack! She was coming to her rescue in the air as she scooped up the pink hedgehog in time!

"Whoa!" said Amy, "You're a lifesaver, Cream! Ah! Look out!"

Charmy was coming full force with his stinger! "Take this!"

"Oh!" Cream evaded the rushing attack as she held onto Amy, but the bee kept coming at her! She dodged and dodged, until she ran out of energy where they both fell!

"Ah!" the two girls cried out as they fell on the hard flooring of the stage! *THUD!*

"Sorry, Amy..." Cream said as she tried to get up. Luckily they weren't too high in the air where the fall could have really hurt!

"Uh, a little help here, guys!" said Charmy! He was stuck in the floor when he was trying to sting them! Espio heard his call and went over to pull him out. He was a free bee now!

As the fight continued between the two teams, people were flooding out the café in terror! It was a total war zone! But the fighting came to a stop when the voice of a woman demanded out of no where, "STOP THIS AT ONCE!"

It was Vanilla! Vector's heart skipped a beat when he saw the beautiful rabbit standing there below the stage...looking very displeased. But to him, she was still gorgeous as ever! "M-Ms. Vanilla!?"

"Mama?" Cream was standing behind Amy with her hammer held high at Vector. She was trying to protect her, but she felt comfortable lowing her hammer since her mom appeared. Not like Vector was going to attack now that she was there.

It wasn't everyday Vanilla displayed her anger, but violence was never something she tolerated. Like a mother scolding her child, she says to all of them, "All of you! Come down here and tell me what on earth happened!"


To be continued! Team Rose will be right back!