The previously mentioned hedgehogs stood up to face each other. Silver was the first to speak.
"First Manic, now you, then Sonic." He threatened.
"Making a list of people who can beat your girlfriend to sleep?" She fired back.
Silver grimaced. "Uncalled for, Sonia."
She grinned back hauntingly in silence. She flipped her grip on the tonfa and set them up to the torches, igniting the handles.
Soar seemed to allow it. He separated the two competitors. "Round three. Fighters ready? ENGAGE!"
Silver and Sonia swung at each other like a dogfight. Sonia followed up after they traded their initial blows. Silver ducked under her right to left swing, but she brought her left tonfa down on his back. She quickly jumped over his crouched form and hooked her weapons around his chest, setting his fur patch on fire.
While trying to extinguish himself, Silver got pulled back and choked, also burning his neck. He pushed hard enough to escape her grip and take a tonfa with him. He kicked Sonia away and threw it at her, forcing her in front of it. The tonfa hit her head and she was down.
She held her hand out and seemed to gesture to Amy. The other pink competitor grabbed her hammer and ran to the combat zone. Silver forced the hammer from her hands and suspended it midair. Amy's forward momentum caused her to nearly trip, but she launched herself at Silver, hands around his neck. He dropped the hammer and hit his head.
"ROUGE!" He screamed, extricating himself from under Amy. The bat sauntered confidently towards an unarmed hedgehog. Both instinctively took stances, as if this were their own match. Rouge sent a right punch towards Amy's face, which was immediately blocked. Amy returned a lower punch which Rouge stopped as the two grappled. In seconds, Rouge let go and grabbed Amy's quills, painfully tugging her around before slapping her face.
Sonia had regained the tonfa and stood ready to fight again. Rouge returned to her stance as Sonia approached. Rouge blocked from the side, giving her no advantage as Sonia kicked her jaw. The original two fighters squared off once again.
Silver widened his stance as he got low and landed a right hook at Sonia's stomach. She dropped her right tonfa. Silver reached for it, but she threw the other one right at the center of his head. He covered the top of his head in pain. Sonia swung her left tonfa at his head and Silver stumbled slowly backwards. Throwing the other tonfa at his stomach sent him to his knees. He fell over and did not get up.
Soar came over to Silver and delivered the ten count. He remained motionless. "...Ten! Round three ends in favor of Team France!" He cheered. Sonic ran on and hugged Sonia excitedly. He helped Shadow carry Silver back to Blaze, setting his head on the cat's lap to rest.
"Sonia evades many blows this round and heads to round four against Shadow. Will it end with victory for Team France? Find out soon!"
