Antoine once again regained control of the microphone. "Well… bad luck, girls. Appearing next is a beautiful young man who may ignite some fiery ladies, it's Espio the Chameleon!"

As promised, Espio regained his visibility having already been on stage. He was dressed in his traditional white shouzoku minus the headgear, holding a small bunch of roses banded together. Without warning, he drew his wakizashi and cut the roses from most of their stems, scattering them throughout the audience. He smirked confidently as all were quickly caught.

He also cut the front banding of his uniform, letting the top down. This afforded the ladies a look at his lean figure. He put the sword away amid some cheers. The chameleon's self-made player card appeared next on the screens.

Espio - Age: 21? - Height: 188cm - Looking For: A new headquarters. - Skills: Combat, Invisibility, Speed, Getting paid on time.

"For this man, I don't see why not also start at a hundred pounds. Take it away, Bunnie!" Antoine announced, handling the microphone over.

"Let's get this show on the road, shall we?" She asked, being met with an initial bid from Amy.

"Hundred pounds from Amy. Perhaps this rebound could do her some good. Oh! And there's 150 from Sonia the Hedgehog! Sonic's own sister has entered the ring! His sister against his self-proclaimed girlfriend. Let's see how this one goes."

A new person placed an unexpected bid. "Interesting. Two hundred pounds from Nicole the Lynx. These two have met before. Current price set at two hundred pounds. Do I see 250?"

Sonia, much like her brothers, wasn't going to let this slide too easily. She offered 250 without much hesitation. She bid three hundred pounds in under a second.

"Oh, my!" Bunnie gasped. "Fierce competition between these two. Will Amy place another bid to break these two?"

"Five. Hundred. Pounds." Everyone turned in shock as Tangle the Lemur placed a bid four times the standard raise. In a show of confidence, she placed her feet on the chair in front of her, seemingly not minded by its occupant.

Bunnie didn't even say anything. She stared in shock at what just happened. Espio took his chance to speak into the microphone.

"Good luck beating that, ladies. Oh, yeah. Good luck topping off the bid too." Espio suddenly took on Tangle's accent. "Sit tight and wait for me, gorgeous. Won't be a minute."

Gasps rang out in the audience as Tangle blushed pink over her grey muzzle. Was Espio really flirting with her? In front of everyone? No one said a word as they all stared.

Antoine took the microphone. "Five hundred pounds by Tangle the Lemur, going once…" Then, he was interrupted.

"550 pounds raised by Nicole the Lynx! I didn't expect any more bids would follow that. And here comes Tangle once again! The new bid now stands at six hundred pounds."
The audience was growing tenser. Who would place next? Tangle or Nicole? "We got a new bidder!" Antoine announced, seeing a pink lynx placing a bid. "I can't say I know who it is. 650 pounds placed by the pink lynx in second row."

Immediately, her fellow lynx had to top that. "Nicole the Lynx, seven hundred pounds." His speech was met with silence. "Seven hundred, going once, going twice, never mind! The pink lynx rebounds at 750 pounds! It's really heating up! Nicole looks angry!" She raised her hand. "And there's the eight hundred pound bid. Nicole the Lynx, going once, going twice, GOING OUT with Espio the Chameleon!"

The 58 remaining bidders applauded as Espio walked offstage to meet Nicole, a friendly face and previous ally. She quickly stood up to hug him. He grabbed another small set of roses from behind his uniform and presented them to her. Much to her shock, and to Bunnie, who could see from where she was, the name NICOLE was already printed on the band.

"You knew." Nicole gasped.

"You couldn't leave me alone." He snickered. "You needed to find me here."

"This is unexpected. Seems Espio already knew Nicole would not only be here, but place his highest bid as well! Certainly it's going to be an interesting evening for these two." Bunnie said, as the others were seated.

{That's bachelor two down. Eight remain.}