Team Chaotix on Tour Chapter 3
By Angnix

(Man, I wasn't paying attention, its Emerald Town and Emerald Shore. . . anyway I have made it through all of Battle's storyline and I have read all of Gerald's journal entries too, so I'm caught up now. And yes this story does take place after Heroes, during Battle. Anyway Chapter 3!)

The next day, Vector had no sleep at all the night before, the entire night and all of that day he had been straining his brain trying to figure out exactly what had happened. He decided he better talk it over with Espio and Charmy, who happened to be watching a special on the American Idol Band Edition. They were very confused.

Charmy: "Hey Vector! Aren't those the guys we somehow blew up yesterday?"

Vector: "Confirms what I suspected all along, they were robots, not the real Randy, Paula and Simon, which is why they blew up."

Espio: "But Vector, then how do you explain this?"

On the television was them! But instead of what they remember happening actually happening this was the scene they watched:

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Randy (crying): "That was the most touching thing I've ever heard!"

Paula: "You are the best band in America, no doubt about it."

Charmy starts erratically flying around the room, Espio tries to stand there looking respectful, Vector starts stomping around scaring everyone.

Charmy: "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!"

Espio: "This was all made possible by ULTIMATE NINJA POWER!"

Vector: "OH BOY! OH BOY! OH BOY!"

Simon: "Chaotix, you're going to Hollywood."

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After watching this they all stood there looking at each other very, very confused.

Charmy: "I don't remember that."

Espio: "I cannot recall that particular incident either."

Vector: "I don't know what is up, but whatever it is is awfully strange, if only we had a clue who this "Maria" is."

Suddenly in a flash of light a strange envelope appears right in front of them.

Vector: "Okay, this is getting very weird. . ."

Espio cautiously opens it and starts to read the letter.

"Dear Chaotix: Congratulations, you will indeed be going to Hollywood in 2 weeks, but I have another assignment for you. 10:00p.m. tonight I need you to go to Club Rouge, a battle and night club located in Night Babylon, you will be performing in front of a full house, so I expect your best performance! Maria."

Vector: "Night Babylon. . . been there before. . . I don't think we should take Charmy there, it's not a place for little kids."

Charmy: "Huh? Why?"

Vector: "Well, it's kind of adult. . ."

Charmy: "But I'm part of the band! I have to go!"

Vector: "Fine, but I'm bringing the blindfold. . ."

They hop in their vehicle once again and find themselves in the middle of Night Babylon, they kept running into drunk guys aimlessly walking down the street and very shady-looking women, Vector accidentally walks into one of the drunk guys.

Drunk guy: "Whatta think your doin, looking for a fight bub?"

Vector: "Umm, no. . . sorry"

Drunk guy: "You don't look so tough. . ."

The man swings at Vector, but he trips and lands facedown in the street. He stops moving.

Vector: "Umm, I think we should go somewhere else, if I recall Club Rouge is this way."

They walk past a bar, when suddenly Knuckles and Emerl come walking out of the bar.

Knuckles: "Stupid bar, stupid guard robos. . . great booze though."

Emerl: "I tore those stupid rust buckets apart. But I have not mouth, so I had no booze."

Vector: "Hey Knuckles!!!"

Knuckles: "Hey Chaotix! What brings my old buddies to a place like this?"

Vector: "What brings you to a place like this?"

Knuckles: "Long story, but anyway while you are here watch out for the Phi robots, they look just like my buddy Emerl here but are evil, got it?"

Vector: "Okay, well, I don't know if I should really tell you this, but I trust you Knuckles so I will. Basically this strange new client that calls himself Maria. . ."

Knuckles: "Maria? Does this have anything to do with Shadow?"

Vector: "Shadow? That black hedgehog that was with that broad and that psycho robot?"

Knuckles: "Yeah, he has a complex past, part of which involves Maria, Eggman's long dead cousin. That broad by the way is Rouge, she owns, lives in and runs Club Rouge, in my opinion the worst dump in this town."

Vector: "Hmm, could have something to do with Shadow, but would our client give out such an obvious clue to his identity? And I know her name, I just like calling her broad. Why does she live in a dump like this?"

Knuckles: "Beats me, but me and Emerl have to go now!"

Vector: "Strange, I wonder if that broad has something to do with this. . ."

Charmy: "What's a broad Vector?"

Vector: "Uhhh, it's almost 10:00, time to go!"

They arrive in to the club making their way thorough the crowd of dancing people.

Charmy: "I like this place! Reminds me of a giant pinball machine! I want to be in a giant pinball machine!"

Vector: "Um Charmy. . . Remember our last mission?"

Charmy: "Oh yeah. . . that was fun! ^-^"

Rouge in her Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Battle outfit walks up to them.

Rouge: "Hey boys, ready to rock this place?"

Vector: "Oh yeah, by the way who booked us here?"

Rouge: "Do ya really want to know?"

Vector: "Sure!"

Rouge: "Well, ya have to give me that gold chain around your neck first."

Vector: "What???"

Rouge: "Ya heard me, show me the gold, then I'll talk."

Suddenly Shadow uses Chaos Control to appear out of nowhere.

Shadow: "Leave them alone Rouge."

Rouge: "Shouldn't you still be sleeping? Now go back to bed like a good boy."

Shadow just gives her a cold stare.

Vector: "Wait a minute, you live with her? O-o"

Shadow: "Long story. . ."

Rouge: "Anyway, time to take the stage! You have a lot of fans to please!"

The Chaotix take the stage, the entire crowd stops dancing and stares at them.

"TWANG TWANG TWANG! BEE BEE BEE CHARMY BEE! ROOARVECTORTHECROCODILE!"

Then they look around, everyone is gone.

Vector: "Not again!"

Charmy: "Wow! We got 2,950 more Rings! But after our client takes 20% of them we will only have 2,360! But that's 29 extra lives! Cool!"

Vector: "Wait a minute, you can't read but you can do math?"

Charmy: "I can do what now? What did I just say?"

Vector: "Never mind."

Suddenly in a flash of light they were in the same mysterious room as before, the mysterious client was standing in front of them.

Mysterious Client: "Good job! Very good job!"

Suddenly they were back in the Chaotix Detective Agency again.

Vector: "Okay, either that really didn't happen and we are experiencing a mass hallucination, or our life doesn't make sense anymore!"

Espio: "Hmm, maybe we all ate something bad."

Charmy: "Not me! All I eat is. . ."

Espio: "Flower nectar and honey, we know, we know. . ."

Charmy: "No, I drink flower nectar and honey, I eat pollen!"

Espio: "-_-"

(So, good or not? Anyway if you haven't seen Battle, yes, Shadow gets beaten up by a guard robo, Rouge drags him unconscious to Club Rouge, the game is kind of weird in that you find out Shadow lives with Rouge before they explain why O-o.)