Andie: I apoligize for what occured last chapter. Because of that, this chapter won't have a commentary. I feel like the last chapter was pointless anyway, but I'd get flamed if I skipped it. Ah, well.

So let's get going!

Main Characters

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy - Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles

Princess Minnie - Amy Rose

Lady Daisy - Cream

Lieutenant Clarabelle - Rouge

Beagle Boys - Chaotix

Captain Pete - Eggman

Troubador (The Turtle) - AndieTiggerPyro

Andie stepped up to the director's podium at the orchestra pit, she gestured to her polo shirt and khakis, explained.

"Band Joke." And started setting up her music. She held up her baton, and the orchestra started playing. Almost as if they were cued, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles ran into the opera house on a mission: Save the Princess, and stop Eggman. Meanwhile, Espio and Vector were sneaking behind the sets of the opera, carrying the trunk Princess Amy and Cream were in. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles headed backstage, and Tails cried.

"Sonic! It's those bad guys from earlier!"

"Sonic! Help!" The princess cried from inside the chest.

"Alright, you two, drop the princess!" Sonic yelled. The Chaotix smirked, threw the chest into the air, and let it drop. Sonic and Tails pulled out their swords, and they started swordfighting - fistfighting in Knuckles's case - with the Chaotix. They didn't stop when the set in front of them was pulled away, or when the audience gasped when they saw them.

"Nice! Some action!" Andie cried, picking up the tempo of the song. Her excitement quickly turned into annoyance when the singers sharing the stage with the battlers let out loud shrieks and fled the stage. Eggman woke up when he heard the screams, and looked down to see the battle on the stage.

"What the?" he asked. He noticed the chest sitting on the stage, and started to panic. Charmy then emerged, grabbed the chest, and started to drag it away.

"No one walks away with the princess when Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are on the job!" Sonic announced. Tails pulled his sleeve, and said.

"Uh, Sonic, someone's walking away with the princess."

"What?" Sonic turned around to see Charmy, then he called.

"Let's get him!" He, Tails, and Knuckles all tackled Charmy, and started beating him up. Sonic and Tails started to carry the chest away, and Knuckles picked up Charmy, yelled.

"Catch!" And threw him at Espio and Vector. The bee slammed against his comrads, knocking them to the ground. The Three Musketeers tried to get away by running up onto the catwalk, but they were quickly trapped because there was no way across the stage.

"Let's use this!" Knuckles announced, grabbing the wire for a suspended light and pulling it toward his teammates. Sonic and Tails tossed the chest onto the light, and then Knuckles and Sonic quickly climbed on as it started to drop toward the stage. Tails, by simply spinning his namesakes, followed them.

"They're getting away!" Eggman cried, jumping onto the light connected to theirs. He started to drop toward the stage, jerking Sonic and Knuckles back up into the air. Tails got his uniform caught on the light, and he was violently jerked up along with them. Eggman jammed his foot into the wire to keep it from going anywhere, and he tried to grab the chest from the trio. Everyone's attention was on the Tug O' War above the stage. Suddenly, Eggman lost his grip on the chest, and it dropped down toward the stage. Sonic jumped off the light, and ran down off the catwalk to where the chest was falling. He tried to catch it, but got squished under it instead. Everyone in the opera house gasped, and the song abruptly ended because Andie forgot to keep conducting. Knuckles did a facepalm, and Tails flinched, then Eggman sneered.

"Later, Losers!" and let the wire keep feeding through the pulley so he'd drop down toward the stage. Knuckles and Tails were jerked into the air. The Chaotix jumped onto the light Tails and Knuckles were on to beat them up, and Eggman jumped off the light he was on. Tails, Knuckles, and the Chaotix all let out loud screams as they crashed through the stage floor.

"2 down, and 1 to go!" Eggman sneered, turning to grin evilly at Sonic. He was trying to unlock the chest Amy and Cream were trapped in. Amy saw Eggman's shadow through the keyhole, and she cried.

"Sonic! Look out!" Sonic turned around, and Eggman snarled.

"This is it, freak. En Garde!" Everyone in the opera house gasped, and Andie started shuffling through her music for a good battle song. When she found one , she started conducting again.

"Ha ha!" Eggman laughed, swiping his sword at Sonic's neck. Sonic dodged the attack, and lunged back.

"Ho ho!" Eggman blocked the attack. With a flick of his wrist, Sonic knocked Eggman's sword out of his hand. Andie ducked before it impaled her in the head.

"Ha ha!" Sonic laughed, pointing his sword at Eggman's chest.

"Ho ho!" Eggman stomped on Sonic's sword.

"Uh oh..." Sonic groaned, trying to pull his sword out from underneath Eggman's foot. Eggman kneed Sonic in the face, and the poor hedgehog flew across the stage, and landed on his face. Eggman stood over him, and pointed his sword at him.

"It's all over freak. You lose." Eggman sneered. Sonic heard a squeaking noise, and looked up to see Tails and Knuckles pulling the light up out of the hole in the floor. They were dirty, and their uniforms were slightly tattered, but they had big grins on their faces. Eggman, unaware of them, continued.

"With you out of the way, getting rid of the princess will be easy as pie!"

"Wanna bet?" Sonic asked with a grin.

"That's a sucker bet!"

"Yeah, and you're the sucker!" Knuckles retorted, hitting Eggman in the head. He and Tails jumped off the light, and landed next to Sonic. They pulled out their swords, and yelled.

"All for one, and one for all!" Tails flew up to Eggman's head, and asked.

"How's this for a squirt?" he poked Eggman's eyes. Eggman let out a cry of pain and backed up, then Knuckles tripped him.

"How's that for a hothead?" he asked, crossing his arms.

"And how's this for a freak of nature?" Sonic asked, speed dashing into Eggman.

"We may not succeed on our own." Sonic started.

"But together-" Tails added.

"We can do anything!" Knuckles finished. They started beating up Eggman, then he tried to run away from them, and he fell through the hole in the stage. Everyone in the opera house cheered, then Sonic felt a pair of arms wrap around his chest.

Sonic! You did it!" Amy cheered, pulling the hedgehog into a death hug.

"Not bad, Knucklehead." Knuckles turned around to see Rouge standing behind him, a hand on her thrust out hip.

"Temptress." Knuckles teased, stepping up to her.

"Doofus." Rouge retorted. Knuckles opened his mouth to call her another name, but she quickly kissed him, making him forget what he was going to say.

"I, uh, guess I saved you this time." Tails said to Cream shyly, rubbing the back of his head. Cream smiled, wrapped her arms around his neck, and started planting kisses all over his face.

"Cream? Are you kissing a commoner?" Amy teased. Cream giggled, and replyed.

"Oui, Oui." Amy faced Sonic with a grin, and Sonic surprised himself by stealing a kiss.

Andie: The next chapter is the last one! T_T

Knuckles: YES!

Amy: NO!

Andie: I'm gonna try to put off ending this as long as I ca- Wait, how'd you guys get back in here?

Shadow: Your back door was open.

Andie: YOU GUYS ALWAYS SAY THAT!

Knuckles: Then shut the door. There's an idea.

Andie: Whatever. Just review.