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The gang was already in London and the penguins were looking for the circus promoter up above and out of sight of the audience's view.

"Ah, come on, come on, come on. Where is he? Bingo!" Skipper said looking through the scope of the binoculars and eventually spotted the circus promoter.

The circus promoter wore a Texas-styled outfit with a eagle perched on his right shoulder as the eagle was feeding him popcorn.

"If that's not a red-blooded American promotor, I don't know what is. We need to get this show on the road. Private! Tell them the eagle has landed." Skipper said.

"The eagle has landed!" Private said talking into an old fashion phone to Alex and (Name).

(Name) wore a Circus Master/Ringmaster outfit to go with the circus with a Circus Master/Ringmaster cane along with the outfit since Gia found it for her.

"Roger that." Alex responded back into the old fashion phone that was in his right paw.

"Oh! And keep an eye out for Dubois." (Name) said taking the old fashion phone out of Alex's paw while trying to stay hidden from Dubois and her henchmen.

"Aye, aye, guvnor!" Private responded happily back to (Name).

"The promoter is in the house!" Alex said to everyone as Marty, Melman, and Gloria cheered happily about going back to New York.

"New York is closer than ever!" Marty said smiling happily.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves. First, we got a circus to do." (Name) said walking off with Alex to find Vitaly, but couldn't find Stefano to see where Vitaly was.

"Got it." Gloria said walking in the opposite direction with Marty and Melman as (Name) and Alex went around Gia while she was practicing her act.

"We're on, folks." Alex said to the other animals.

"Do we go on before or after the dogs?" One of the horses asked Alex who was still looking for Vitaly, but couldn't see him anywhere.

"Yes." Alex said somewhat paying attention to the question.

"What?" The horses asked in confusion.

"Overlap, your acts overlap." Alex said correcting himself.

"We go in between?" One of the other horses asked in confusion as well.

"Where's Vitaly? He opens." (Name) said a little worried to the same other horse who was confused as well as her other fellow horses.

"I don't know." The same other horse said that (Name) talked to.

"Stefano! Hey, Stefano! Have you seen Vitaly?" Alex asked after seeing Stefano on the other side of Gia's paper wall and went through the hole he made to see Stefano sad and crying.

This confused (Name) and Alex on why he was crying.

"Hey. Stefano, why the sad little face?" (Name) asked kneeling down on her knees to Stefano's level as he looked at her and Alex.

"Vitaly. . .He will not go on!" Stefano said trying to hold back his sobs.

"What?" Alex asked in confusion as (Name) was confused as well and shocked at what Stefano had told them about Vitaly not going on for his act.

"I tried everything I could." Stefano said almost breaking into a sob.

"Shhhhh. . .Wipe away the tears. Calm down. Where is he? I'm sure I can reason with him since he is starting to get a little comfortable around me." (Name) said.

"Just remember, (Nickname), you sing while everyone is doing their act." Alex said as (Name) smiled and nodded to what Alex said.

As (Name) went to Vitaly's train car, she opened the train car door and saw Vitaly packing his stuff in his suitcase and was shocked to see what he was doing.

(Name) grabbed a nearby throwing knife and threw the throwing knife right in the middle of one of the hoops Vitaly had hanging against the train car wall.

Vitaly stopped pack and looked to see (Name) in a throwing position and in her Circus Master/Ringmaster outfit for her act in the circus.

"Vitaly, what are you doing?" (Name) asked closing the door behind her.

"You missed." Vitaly said going back to continue packing his stuff in his suitcase.

"You're leaving? You're just gonna walk out on everyone?" (Name) asked trying not to sound angry at him for not going to do his act.

"They have good show without me." Vitaly said taking a framed picture off the train car wall off to the right that was somewhat almost up to his eye level.

"Look, I got a good left foot, but without my right foot, I can't walk." (Name) said.

"You get fake foot, then you walk." Vitaly said putting a throwing knife and the framed picture in his suitcase as if to avoid the whole conversation entirely.

"I don't want fake foot! OK?" (Name) asked almost irritated as she started to walk up to Vitaly.

"Ugh." Vitaly groaned as if she wasn't going to give up on avoiding the whole conversation entirely and didn't want to hear it no more.

"What happened to "circus stick together"? "The show must go on"." (Name) said walking right up next to Vitaly who was putting a blue ball of yarn in his suitcase.

"Clichés." Vitaly said rolling his green eyes.

"Come on, man. Stop being this guy! Be the other guy!" (Name) said taking a spoon Vitaly had put in his suitcase after gesturing to him for being "this guy" and not being the "other guy".

"What other guy?" Vitaly asked taking the spoon away from (Name) and putting the spoon back into his suitcase in the same spot he had the spoon in.

"The guy who was all circus! The guy who jumped through hoops! Give me that!" (Name) said taking the bowl out of Vitaly's suitcase.

Vitaly took the bowl away from (Name) as well and put the bowl in the same spot the bowl was in like how the spoon was put back in its spot.

"The guy everyone looked up to." (Name) said taking out the blue ball of yarn out of his suitcase and Vitaly grabbed blue ball of yarn to put the blue ball of yarn back.

The blue ball of yarn went up in the air out of Vitaly and (Name)'s grasps and made the two start playing with the blue ball of yarn.

Until Vitaly grabbed it and put it back in his suitcase angrily.

"Come on. Where's that Vitaly?" (Name) asked almost concerned about Vitaly.

"That Vitaly is no more." Vitaly said looking sad and not even looking at (Name).

"Listen, man. You may have given up on yourself, but your friends haven't given up on you. Are you just going to turn your back on them and sit and eat borscht the rest of your life? Or are you gonna get out there and jump through that tiny little hoop?" (Name) asked.

"It is impossible." Vitaly said still not even looking at (Name).

"It was always impossible, Vitaly. That's why the people loved it." (Name) said walking over to the door to go out to tell Alex that Vitaly was going to leave the circus.

"That's why I loved it. Because I did the impossible!" Vitaly said with realization.

This made (Name) stop in her tracks and turn around to face Vitaly who turned around as well.

"I was once a brave tiger. And if I go down in flames. . .Heh-heh-heh! So be it!" Vitaly said with a chuckle and a smile on his face.

"You know, I think Alex and I might have an idea for you." (Name) said smiling back at him.

Vitaly grabs the hair conditioner bottle, pops the lid, pours the hair conditioner liquid on him, and slicks it back to get ready for his act.

The others and (Name) watched with worried looks and were wondering if he was going to catch on fire like last time when it happened.

"Light the hoop on fire!" Vitaly said.

Stefano light the tiny hoop on fire really nervous and was wondering the same thing if it was going to happen to him again.

The audience gasps, except for the circus promoter as Vitaly's green eyes had fire rings about them and he closed his eyes while thinking about living a happy life with (Name).

Suddenly, Vitaly's green eyes went back to normal as he growled angrily for the past to go away and out of his life forever while looking through the tiny hoop at (Name) as to not want to loose his new love like his first wife left him for a musician after the first incident.

Vitaly started running and was doing crazy flips.

"Mamma mia, Santa Maria, Santa Maria. . ." Stefano said praying.

Vitaly then jumped off of the floor and flew and twirled towards the flaming tiny hoop.

"Mamma Maria, mia Santa, Santa Mia Farrow. . ." Stefano said continuing praying.

Vitaly continued flying and twirling towards the flaming tiny hoop.

"Come on, you got it." (Name) and Alex said to themselves.

Vitaly went through the hoop without catching on fire.

The audience gasps before cheering happily.

"Yeah!" The audience cheers happily.

Vitaly opens his eyes to see that he didn't catch on fire and bowed happily with the biggest smile on his face as he takes the hoop holder off of the stand and blows the fire out that was light onto the tiny hoop fro his act.

"Hahaha, yes!" Stefano said happily.

"All right, what are you waiting for? We got a show to put on." Alex said gesturing to everyone to go out their and perform their acts.

"Let's go. Go, go, go, go, go!" (Name) said running out with the horses.

Vitaly twirled the hoop holder and stuck it back into the stand to move the stands around for the performances the circus has prepared for the night.

[(Name):]

Ignite the light

And let it shine

Just own the night

Like the Fourth of July

"Look!" A kid said pointing to the performances everyone was doing.

While singing, (Name) was dancing with Vitaly while the others were performing their acts to the audience who were in awe and amazement.

'Cause, baby, you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go, "Ah, ah, ah"

As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colors burst

Make 'em go, "Ah, ah, ah"

You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

It's always been inside of you, you, you

And now it's time to let it through, -ough, -ough

'Cause, baby, you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go, "Ah, ah, ah"

As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colors burst

Make 'em go, "Ah, ah, ah"

You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

(End)

After getting the "American Tour" contract from the circus promoter, Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, and (Name) were happy to be going to New York.

"We're going to America! Whoo! Today! Yeah! Hey! Whoo!" Alex said happily with the contract in his paw as Marty, Melman, Gloria, and (Name) cheered as well.

"That's what I call crack-a-lackin' to the mack-a-lackin'!" Marty said as (Name) smiled and nodded in agreement to what Marty had said.

"We did it, Alice and (Wrong Name close to Name)." Stefano said jumping into (Name)'s arms to give her a hug and happily hugged her, which made (Name) smile happily.

"Yeah!" (Name) said smiling happily and out Stefano down on his feet.

"Maybe I am average intelligence after all!" Stefano said smiling.

"Perhaps slightly above." Alex suggested.

Stefano began to think, but shook his head in disagreement.

"No, I don't think so." Stefano said still smiling.

As (Name) was smiling and laughed a little at Stefano's reply to Alex, she was then in Vitaly's arms and was spun around in a circle a couple of times.

"Ha! Hair conditioner. Great idea, my friend! Feel. Go ahead. Soft like kitten, no?" Vitaly asked with excitment in his voice as (Name) and Stefano felt Vitaly's arm while Alex and Gia were talking about something important.

"Ah. Look at that." Stefano said with a excited smile on his face.

"Slippery, but not flammable." (Name) said looking at Vitaly and then looked back at Vitaly's soft arm from the moisture feel of the hair conditioner.

"You smell like peaches and herbs!" Stefano said walking off in another direction.

"You know, (Name), you should sing more while everyone performs for the audience." Vitaly said putting his paw under (Name)'s chin.

(Name) smiled happily at him, but her (hair/fur color) ears and tail went into sad mode.

"Uh. . .You know, the thing is. . . my four friends and I may not always be around." (Name) said taking Vitaly's paw into her hands.

"Where are you five going?" Vitaly asked leaning a few inches away in from (Name)'s face as if he was going to kiss (Name) on her lips.

"Well, We're. . .We're. . .We're. . ." (Name) said stuttering a little with a deep crimson blush on her face as if she wanted to kiss Vitaly on his lips as well.

Suddenly, Dubois and her henchmen came in on their motor scooters.

"Bravo, bravo! What a heartwarming performance, Monsieur Circus Master. It brought tears to my eyes. No, not really." Capitaine Dubois said wiping a fake tear away from her eye and became serious at the last part.

(Name) slowly and silently went over to the old fashion phone and pressed a button on it for the penguins to hear and to know that Dubois was here for Alex.

"Monsieur, we both know the lion does not belong to you." Dubois said on the other end of the phone as the penguins pausing in the middle of their game of cards.

"It's that horrid woman!" Private said dropping the cards out of his flippers in a panicked voice.

"He is a fugitive from juctice. You will turn the lion over to me so that I may put him where he belongs. On my wall." Dubois said as she went up to Alex and had put a restraint leash thing around Alex's neck.

The penguins came in stealthily and knocked Dubois's henchmen out cold and tied them up along with tying Dubois up with her henchmen as they were put in the canon.

This made Dubois let go of the restraint leash thing that was around Alex's neck and drop the paper she had printed off before she escaped jail.

"What?" Dubois asked in shock.

"Incoming! Outcoming!" Skipper said.

"Wait!" Dubois said spitting a TNT stick out of her mouth.

The penguins shot Dubois and her henchmen out of the circus tent and started "high-one"ing each other since they had flippers to high five each other.

"Alex, are you okay?" Gloria asked as she, Melman, Marty, and (Name) went up to Alex.

"Yeah." Alex said.

Gia eventually picked up the paper Dubois dropped and wanted to know if the five friends were really circus or not.

"Alex? You are from the zoo?" Gia asked confused.

"Yes. Yes. But wait, there's more." Alex said not wanting to keep it up any longer.

More?" Gia asked.

"Or less. There's less." Alex said.

"You were really never circus?" Vitaly asked.

"Vitaly, we had to say we were circus or you would never have let us on the train!" (Name) said going up to Vitaly and taking his paws into her hands.

"After all we have been through together. . .you and your friends want to go live in a zoo, (Nickname)?" Vitaly asked with a hint of betrayal and a hurt look.

"Vitaly, these four live in the zoo and I just work there-" (Name) said, but was cut off.

"You used us." Vitaly said taking his paws out of (Name)'s hands as he looked at her with the same hurt look with the hint of betrayal.

This made (Name)'s heart break into millions of pieces as Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria were trying to talk to Gia and Stefano about the situation.

"MY TEARS ARE REAL, BUT YOU ARE NOT!" Stefano said with Gia consoling him.

(Name) looked at Vitaly's green eyes with her tear-filled (eye color) eyes when Vitaly looked away from her and walked off with Gia, Stefano, the penguins, the chimps, and the rest of the circus animals feeling betrayed.

Well, except for the penguins and the chimps.

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