Stefano eagerly turned a lamp on as an awkward silence filled the train car. Alex smiled at Gia, who was looking at him, but quickly turned away. Y/N glanced at Vitaly, who gave her a small nod, which she returned.

"Wow! Circus Americano! You must all be very famous!" Stefano mentioned.

"Yeah, we..." Alex started.

"Absolutely," Gloria nodded.

"We're relatively well known..." Alex finished his sentence.

"But Alex is really the star," Marty replied.

"Well, I'm not...I wouldn't say 'star.' More like...well, star," Alex said.

"Real modest there, bro," Y/N commented.

"What is your act, Alice?" Stefano asked.

"Well...I basically, uh, I jump up on my rock..." Alex began.

"Rock?" Gia asked.

"Yeah. It's a very high...rock," Alex said.

"A really high rock!" Melman exclaimed.

"And then?" Stefano wondered.

"And then, well, I roar like...like a serious 'Rawrrr!'" Alex demonstrated.

"And then?" Stefano asked, excrement building up.

"And then I jump off the rock," Alex finished.

"And then?!" Stefano exclaimed.

"And then...And then what?" Alex asked, confused.

"That is all?" Gia wondered.

"Into a pool!" Gloria said.

"Full of water!" Marty added.

"Full of cobras!" Melman remarked.

"Actually, it appears like I'm jumping in to a pool..." Alex started to explain.

"With cobras!" Melman said.

"Aquatic cobras," Y/N corrected.

"Yeah. For effect. But I actually pull up at the last second," Alex said.

"Pull up?" Gia asked.

"Yeah," Alex nodded.

"How do you do that?!" Stefano asked excitedly.

"Wire harness!" Melman said.

"Balloons!" Gloria remarked.

"Jet pack!" Marty stated.

Seeing Alex struggle to come up with the story, Y/N came up with an idea.

"All of the above. It's crazy," she said.

"Yeah. I flip off the wire harness, ignite my jet pack, and then toss balloons to the children of the world. Kids love it. Kids always love that," Alex explained.

"Is this like the trapeze?" Stefano asked.

"Yes! Trapeze! Exactly!" Alex nodded.

"Wow! Trapeze Americano! Hey, I have a great idea! Maybe you come with us to Roma!" Stefano suggested.

Vitaly threw a knife toward Stefano, making the others gasp.

"Hey, Vitaly is just playing around. He is good, no?" Stefano chuckled.

"Yeah, thanks. Thanks. But we're gonna get off at the next stop so we can get back to America," Alex politely declined.

"That is such a coincidence! Because we're going...going to...Let me finish!" Stefano remarked while being interrupted by Vitaly throwing more knives then said before another was thrown at him, "We're going to America, as well!"

"What?!" Y/N exclaimed happily.

"America?" Marty asked.

"Going to America?" Gloria remarked.

"What?" Melman gasped.

"Sì," Stefano nodded.

"Wow! When?" Alex asked happily.

"After Roma, we go to London. And then a big-time promoter will see us and then send us to New York," Stefano answered.

"They're going to New York!" Y/N shouted happily.

"Well, only if he likes what he sees," Gia pointed out.

"New York? Seriously? That's our home. That's where we live," Alex told them.

"Isn't that fun?" Stefano wondered.

"Could we go with you?" Marty asked.

"Sure! You can bunk with Vitaly!" Stefano stated.

Then Vitaly threw more knives at him, Gloria, Melman, Marty, Alex, and Y/N.

"Whoa!" Alex exclaimed.

"Or not," Stefano said.

"Nyet!" Vitaly growled and approached them.

"Oh, no. I don't think Vitaly likes that idea. What's he gonna do?" Stefano wondered.

Vitaly stopped in front of them, not stopping his mean stance.

"Which one of you is leader?" Vitaly asked.

Marty looked like he was going to say him, but he then gestured to Alex, making the lion and lioness role their eyes.

"I am the leader's sister?" Y/N said, hoping it would make a difference.

"Tell your comrades there is one rule we do not break!" Vitaly said, spitting in Alex's face at the end.

"Thou shalt say it and not spray it?" Alex guessed shakily, standing on the knife to be taller.

"Alex!" Y/N scowled.

"Nyet!" Vitaly remarked, towering over Alex even more then said, "Circus owner no allow stowaways!"

He chuckled darkly until a hole was sawed from above the train car. Then the penguins fell through and landed on their feet.

"l hear you, Russki. Although, the circus owner may allow stowaways if the stowaways just happen to be the owners," Skipper smirked.

"Say what now?" Y/N commented.

"Riddle me that," Skipper said, ignoring Y/N's comment.

"What is sharply dressed little birdie talking about?" Vitaly asked.

"Show 'em, boys," Skipper gestured above.

The chimps held up a small bag of jewels with sky smiles.

The next morning, the chimps, disguised as the King of Versailles, offered the jewels to the ring master, making him and the clowns chuckle in astonishment.

"You have a deal, mi amigo," the ring master said, getting the rights to the circus out of his hat.

He gave it to him and the clowns packed in a clown car with snickers.

"I am sure this circus will bring you great success!" the ring master said, shushed the clowns, then replied as he got in the car, "I guess this is good-bye and good luck!"

Then they drove off, laughing. The main five opened the train car to see the chimps got the rights to the circus.

"What do we know about owning a circus?" Melman asked.

"Nothing. But it's our only shot at getting home," Alex answered.

"Yeah. It's not gonna be easy, but what all have we done that was easy since we left New York?" Y/N mentioned, making them nod in agreement.

"You better know what you're doing. You're risking Private's community college fund," Skipper stated.

"I'll never be president," Private complained, throwing his crayon on the ground.

Meanwhile, King Julien, Maurice, and Mort all met Sonya the bear. It was love at first sight for King Julien.

Plus, Dubois figured out that the gang ran off with the circus.

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