The Performance

In the emergency room, four beds were laid out for each of Dubois' men that were in full-body casts and on heart monitors. Dubois crashes through the doors on her scooter. "Attention! I have found our lions! They are hiding with the circus!" No one got out of their beds because of their conditions. Dubois shot down every light instead of the one she was under and creates a spotlight. She sings Non je ne regrette rien.

DUBOIS: Non
Rien de rien
Non
Je ne regrette rien

The beds mysteriously rise as Dubois raises her arms.

DUBOIS: Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait
Ni le mal
Tout ça m'est bien égal

Dubois' men break out of their body casts.

DUBOIS: Non
Rien de rien

(Dubois shoots a dart at a button, allowing her to rise.)

DUBOIS: Non
Je ne regrette rien
Car ma vie
Car mes joies
Aujourd'hui

Now free from their casts, except for one that was still in a face cast, their faces were covered in tears as Dubois was about to sing her last note.

DUBOIS: Ça commence avec toi

The last note caused the last cast to explode to show that the man was crying after hearing Dubois' voice. In the clearing, everyone was training for their new acts. "Come on, Maurice, give it to me!" Mort said. Marty walks up to Stefano who was on top of a cannon filled with dynamite. "More boom stick, Rico! I really want to fly!" Stefano said. "Are you really going to shoot yourself out of that thing?" Marty asked. "I've always dreamed of doing this, from time I was a little pup, to be a human cannonball! Except, you know... " he jumps into a cannon. "A sea lion cannonball." He said. "Is it dangerous?" Marty asked. "Is it dangerous? Yes, of course it's dangerous!" Rico shoves a stick of dynamite in Stefano's mouth. "Now, are you sure about this?" Marty asked. "I'm sure." Stefano said. "'Cause if blowing up is your thing, then you in the right place." Marty said. "Sì. That's means yes!" Stefano said.

"Ready for launch?" Skipper asked. "Ready for launch!" Rico coughs up a match and Kowalski lights it using Private's butt. "Fire in the hole!" As Kowalski lit the cannon, Stefano starts having second thoughts. "Wait!" It was too late as the cannon fired him above the target, onto a mountain. "Mamma mia! Help-a mia! Help me!" Marty heard Stefano and turns to the penguins, with Rico hugging a stick of dynamite. "Rico! Get the cannon ready! Same charge!" Marty said. Marty shoves himself in the cannon and Kowalski lit a match using Private's butt. "Fire in the hole!" They light the cannon and Marty is fired into the sky. Marty was freaking out at first, but as soon as he steadied himself, he saw that it wasn't so bad. In fact, he loved this new feeling. "Oh, oh! All right! Oh! Whoo! Yeah!" Marty said. He flew through the sky, in the clouds, he even flew through a rainbow. As he soared through the clouds, each outline he made was either his own, a heart, or a smiley face. Because of this, he gets distracted and slams into the mountain, landing above Stefano.

"Marty! I'm so glad you're here." Stefano said. "Whoo! I was flying! I was effin'-L-Y-in'!" Marty said. "I'm proud of you, but..." Stefano slips. "I don't think I can hold on much longer!" He shouted. "Oh, yeah, right. Sorry about my enthusiasm." He puts his hoof in a hole and drops the rope onto Stefano. "Here, wrap this around you." Stefano loops the rope around him and Marty slowly lowers him back down. "All right, I got you! I got you!" He said. "Forget about being part of the herd! I'm gonna be part of the flock! I'm going to fly, baby!" Marty runs down the rope cheering and leaping until he's on the ground. "Oh, yes!" Stefnao hugs Marty. "What a triumph!" He said. Meanwhile, the dancing dogs were fighting and trying to get the "circus" out of Freddie. "Hand over that circus, Freddie!" One of the dogs said. (Y/n) and Alex come in to stop them. "Hey, hey, put your weapons down. Come on, guys, chill out. Cute and cuddly's obviously not your thing." Alex sad. "He's got us pegged." Freddie gets punched.

"We got a better idea. Show 'em, Rico." (Y/n) said. Rico had Jonesy, the yellow bowtie dog, wearing rocket boots. He pushes the button to activate the rocket boots and sends Jonesy flying into one of the train carts. Luckily he got back up. "Oh, that was great!" Jonesy is sent flying to the other side of the training field. The dogs were very excited. "Flippin' 'eck!" Shakey said. "Rocket shoes!" "I want to try that!" Freddie shouted. "Jonesy! Jonesy!" Frankie shouted. As the dogs went after Jonesy, (Y/n) gets up and sees Gia behind her. "Oh! Hi." She said. "I admire how you have inspired these animals." Gia said. "Oh, thanks." (Y/n) said. "I love passion and poetry. They go together, really. I know they don't rhyme." Alex said. "Trapeze is my passion!" Gia said. "Terrific. We look forward to seeing you up there." (Y/n) said. "You two can teach me!" Gia said. "What?" (Y/n) and Alex asked, caught off guard. "Teach me." Gia repeated. "Oh, well, you know, we've always been kind of solo acts. So that kind of rules that out." Alex said, and Gia nods suspiciously.

"I wonder if either of you actually do trapeze." Gia said. "Oh, we actually do do trapeze." Alex said. "Show me!" Gia said. ""Show me"? What are we, five?" (Y/n) asked. "I am five, yes." Gia said. (Y/n) and Alex stare at each other, then sigh in defeat. Meanwhile Melman climbs up a tall ladder looking down on the camp. "Dancing. All you're doing is moving and not getting anywhere. I mean, the music totally throws off my timing. You want excitement? Ha-ha!" He gets to the top and walks on the tightrope. "Check it out. Who's on a tightrope, huh?" He asked. "Huh? Who's on a..." Melman screams. "I'm on a tightrope! I'm on a tightrope!" Gloria was practicing her dance moves until she heard Melman scream. She looks up and is shocked. "Melman! Oh, my gosh!" Gloria shouted. "Help me!" He shouted. "Baby, hold on. Hold on. I'm coming right now!" Gloria climbs up. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Melman leans over. "Melman?!" Melman almost falls off, but swings around the rope by his neck. "Ah! Ah! Ah!" Melman shouted. Gloria gets to the top and walks on the tightrope. "Calm down, Melman." Gloria said. "I'm going to fall and break all of my neck! Ah!" Melman swings back on the rope.

"Just look at me. Look at me. All eyes on me." Gloria said. "Okay." Melman said. "Come to me." Gloria said. "It's just like dancing, Melman." Gloria demonstrates. 'Two steps forward, one step back." Gloria said. "I can't dance, OK? Ok, there, I said it." Melman said. "Maybe because you've never tried." Gloria said. "No, I have tried. I practiced in private because you dance so well." Melman said. "You practiced? For me?" Gloria asked. "Yes, but it's no use. I never know what to do with my arms." Melman wobbles, but Gloria helps him balance. "Hold it. That part is so easy, Melman. OK? 'Cause all you have to do is put them around your partner." Gloria wraps Melman's arms around her neck. "See?" She asked. "Two steps forward. One step back." They dance on the tightrope together. "I'm dancing. I'm dancing!" Melman said. "Two steps forward..." Gloria said. "We're dancing on a tightrope!" Melman said. "You're great." Gloria said. "Whoo-hoo! I'm dancing!" Stefano flies over them as he got shot out of the cannon. (Y/n), Alex and Gia were at the top of the trapeze where they were going to show her how to trapeze.

"OK. Whoo! All right." (Y/n) and Alex saw how big it looked, feeling nervous. "So when do we get the jet packs and aquatic cobras?" Gia asked, and (Y/n) giggled. "Uh, this is a beginners' class, and that's a pretty advanced maneuver." She said. "OK, how do we begin?" Gia asked. "It's a bit complicated unless you understand the whole pitch and yaw... arc and gravity. All that stuff, which we won't bore you with. Ok." Alex said. "Do you both need a push?" Gia asked. "No." (Y/n) said quickly. Gia giggles. "Just watch and learn!" Gia pushes (Y/n) and Alex. They swing to another line, Alex biting down on the platform at the other side. Gia repeats his actions, but with more grace. "Like this?" She asked. "That's one way of doing it, sure." (Y/n) and Alex slip and are about to swing onto another line, but they bump their heads, bounce off the net, and hang onto the line by their tails. "You use a net!" Gia said. "Yes! Trapeze americano. We use the net." Alex said. Gia flies off and copies them. "Trapeze americano!" She said. (Y/n) and Alex swing off another rope, but crash into a pole, and bounce off the net. Gia ends up doing the same. Everyone else begins to watch as (Y/n), Alex and Gia practice. They swing across from each other and Gia flips onto another line.

"Look at them go!" Alex flips into the air and is about to fall, but (Y/n) grabs him by his paws. They smile at each other. Alex lands on the platform and (Y/n) flips into his arms before they fall off. They smile at each other in excitement, and Gia smirks. Marty flies out of a cannon and crashes into them, sending the trio jumping on the net. Everyone cheers for their mini-performance, except for Vitaly who was not impressed. "E bravo! Bravissima! Hey, Vitaly, maybe you even do two hoops, no?" Vitaly self-reflects on jumping through hoops again. As everyone was walking away, Skipper slides down the pole. "Señorita Bell-bottoms. Tenemos una problema grande." He said. "Qué? Qué grande problema?" Alex asked. (Y/n) and Alex saw Dubois sniffing around the railroads through his binoculars as her men light the way. (Y/n), Alex and the Penguins were disguised as lilies. "Oh, no! She's onto us!" Alex said. "Shh! Don't make it any easier on the psycho." (Y/n) snapped.

"Exactly!" Skipper agreed. "What are we gonna do?" Alex whispered. "We'd better vamoose... pronto." Skipper said. "But we're not ready. We're in the middle of rehearsals." (Y/n) argued. "Then why don't you lilt over, grab your peduncle, and kiss New York goodbye?" (Y/n) and Alex look at each other as they think about the situation. "Are you sure we are ready?" Stefnao asked. "Of course we're ready! Born ready! Ready steady! Come on, let's go! Let's go, go, go, go, go!" Alex said. "All right, you heard the cat. Move it! Come on! All aboard!" The train starts to move. "Grab your luggage and drain your bladders. It's going to be a long ride!" Everyone quickly got onboard into their respective carts. Alex helps (Y/n) into their cart. "All right, everybody, let's blow that promoter away!" (Y/n) said. "London, here we come!" Melman said. "Sunshiny London, yes!" Marty said. Since Stefano and Gia were in the zoosters' cart, Vitaly was left alone in his cart.

He opens his closet to see all the hoops that he jumped through and felt scared. He heard the voices of the crowd cheering for him. He saw a ring of fire and immediately closed it. He's breathing rapidly and his heart thumps loudly. The circus group finally made it to London. The seats were packed. In the rafters, Skipper and Kowalski use binoculars to look for the American promoter while Private was standing by. "Come on, come on, come on. Where is he?" He sees a white-haired man wearing an Americanized cowboy suit with a big cowboy hat and a bald eagle on his arm feeding him popcorn. "Bingo! If that's not a red-blooded American promoter, 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. Alex was backstage getting ready. "Roger that. Oh, and keep an eye out for Dubois." Alex said.

"Aye, aye, guvnor!" Private said. Everyone was ready with their costumes on. "The promoter is in the house!" (Y/n) said. "New York is closer than ever!" Marty said. "Let's not get ahead of ourselves. First, we got a circus to do. We're on, folks!" The three horses dressed as butterflies walk up to (Y/n) and Alex. "Do we go on before or after the dogs?" One of them asked. "Yes." Alex said. "What?" All three asked. "Overlap, your acts overlap." (Y/n) said. "We go on between?" One of them asked. "Where's Vitaly? He opens." Alex said. "I don't know." (Y/n) and Alex notice Stefano behind the paper cover that (Y/n) ripped earlier. "Hey, Stefano! Have you seen Vitaly?" (Y/n) and Alex rip through the paper and see Stefano crying. "Hey. Stefano, whats wrong?" (Y/n) asked softly. "Vitaly... he will not go on!" Stefnao sobbed,. "What?" (Y/n) and Alex asked. "I tried everything I could." Stefnao said. "Shh, shh, shh, shh. Wipe away the tears. Calm down."

(Y/n) said softly. "Where is he? I'm sure we can reason with him." Alex said. As Vitaly was packing his suitcase, a knife was thrown at him but missed. It was (Y/n) who had thrown it, taking Vitaly and Alex off guard. "Vitaly, what are you doing?" (Y/n) asked. "You missed." He replied. "You're leaving? You're just gonna walk out on everybody?" (Y/n) asked in disbelief. "They have good show without me." He replied. "Look, I got a good left foot, but without my right foot, I can't walk." Alex said. "You get fake foot, then you walk." Vitaly said. "I don't want fake foot! OK?" Alex groans. "What happened to "circus stick together," huh? "The show must go on." He said. "Clichés." Vitaly said. "Come on, man. Stop being this guy! Be the other guy!" (Y/n) said. Alex gets Vitaly's spoon out of his suitcase, but Vitaly snatches it back. "What other guy?" Vitaly asked. (Y/n) takes out a bowl. "The guy who was all circus! The guy who jumped through hoops!" (Y/n) said. Vitaly takes back the bowl. "Give me that!" He said. "The guy everybody looked up to."

(Y/n) and Vitaly pull on a ball of yarn, but it slipped and they were trying to catch it, looking as if they were playing with it, and Alex snickers. Vitaly puts it into in his suitcase. "Come on. Where's that Vitaly?" Alex asked. "That Vitaly is no more." He replied. "Listen, man. You may have given up on yourself," (Y/n) pulls out a picture of the circus gang. "But your friends haven't given up on you." She said. Vitaly grabs the photo. "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?" (Y/n) asked. Vitaly growls at her. "It is impossible." Alex sighs. "It was always impossible, Vitaly. That's why the people loved it." Thinking that it was hopeless, (Y/n) and Alex walk away, but Vitaly gets hit with a realization. "That is why I loved it." (Y/n) and Alex stop. "Because I did the impossible!" Vitaly said. Vitaly turns to (Y/n) and Alex. "I was once a brave tiger. And if I go down in flames..." he chuckles. "So be it!" He said. "You know, I think I might have an idea for you." Alex said.

Vitaly pours a bottle of hair conditioner on. Everyone watches from backstage. "Light the hoop on fire!" Stefano nervously lights the tiny hoop on fire. All Vitaly could focus on was the fire, but his expression turned from fear to determination. Everyone watches in anticipation and worry as Vitaly runs, flips, and flies to the hoop. Stefano prays that Vitaly survives. "Mamma mia, Santa Maria, Santa Maria..." Vitaly took out a claw and spins in the air. "Mamma Maria, mia Santa, Santa Mia Farrow..." Everyone watches as Vitaly gets closer. "Come on, you got it." A pop could be heard and the crowd went from silent to cheering, Vitaly had made it through

"Yes!" Vitaly gave a bow, picks up the pole, and blew out the fire. "All right, what are you waiting for? We got a show to put on." Alex said. Everyone cheers and got into their places. "Let's go. Go, go, go, go, go!" Vitaly twirls the hoop back down, and plants it on the ground, causing pink and blue neon lights to swirl around the stage as Fireworks by Katy Perry plays. Vitaly swirls the pole and the stage turns into two winding roads. "Look!" A little boy saw Sonya and King Julien, dancing on Sonya's head, riding around on their motorcycle on the wall as colors appeared behind them. A dog wearing a yellow and orange hot rod jumpsuit stands on a ramp, rolls down, and flies up using his rocket boots as the other dogs follow. Sonya and King Julien flew into the air as (Y/n), Alex and Gia flipped down the middle of the two winding roads, held onto glowing trapeze lines, and flipped into the air. Sonya and King Julien were doing motorcycle tricks right in front of the audience. (Y/n), Alex and Gia swung and flipped onto the many glowing trapeze hoops.

The hoops fell to the ground where the chimps, dressed as the King of Versailles, were playing a round, colorful, electric keyboard. Every time they played a note, the floors under the hoops rose and fell like a stereo system. Two of the rising hoops turned out to be cannons that shot Marty and Stefano across each other, doing a fist bump in the air. Marty fell into another cannon and flew across the air. Marty and Stefano continuously got shot out of a cannon and laid out a tight rope for Gloria and Melman to dance on. (Y/n) bounces off a trampoline and joins Alex as they fell into a row of hoops. (Y/n) flipped under Alex so that now he's falling on top of her. Alex grabs her legs and swung her over as Melman slid Gloria across the tight rope. Melman jumps up as two dogs soared. An elephant spins down to an American promoter was but was stopped by a rope and swung across the audience as it blew purple fire out. The three horses jump on trampolines in their butterfly costumes. The whole circus was filled with lights and colors. (Y/n), Alex and Gia got ready as they flipped down into the hoops and fell into a pile of shiny glitter together.

The American promoter presented the King of Versailles with an American tour contract. The bald eagle gave him the pen and he quickly signs. They lit their banana cigars and took a picture. The eagle's cigar popped. Mason stole the promoter's wallet. Later, Alex was showing everyone the contract. Everyone cheered. "We're going to America! Whoo! Today!" Alex said. "That's what I call crack-a-lackin' to the mack-a-lackin'!" Marty said. "We did it!" Stefnao said. "Yeah!" (Y/n) and Alex said. "Maybe I am average intelligence after all!" Stefnao said. "Perhaps even slightly above." (Y/n) said. "No, I don't think so." He said. Vitaly bumps into Alex. "Ha! Hair conditioner. Great idea, my friend! Feel. Go ahead." Stefano feels his fur. "Soft like kitten, no?" He asked.

"Look at that." Stefano said. "Slippery but not flammable." Alex said. "You smell like peaches and herb!" Stefano said. Gia jumps in and hugs (Y/n). "Wow!" (Y/n) said. "(Y/n), Gia and Alex, the trapezing cats!" She said. "We did pretty good." (Y/n) said. "You will flip, and I will catch. And sometimes I will flip, and you will catch. And then we will all flip, and we'll travel the whole world! Flipping and catching, and I will flip you..." As Gia was talking, (Y/n) saw her friends singing New York, New York. "Uh... You know, the thing is... we may not always be around." She said. Gia turns to her. "Where are you going?" Gia asked, sounding kind of sad. "Well, we're... we're... we're..." Everyone heard honking and sees Dubois and her men driving over. She pretends to be impressed. "Bravo, bravo! What a heartwarming performance, Monsieur Circus Master. It brought tears to my eyes." She said. She fake laughs. "No, not really." Alex presses the button on his phone. The penguins then heard her as they played cards together. "Monsieur, we both know the lions do not belong to you." Dubois said.

Private gasps. "It's that horrid woman!" He shouted. Dubois shows the newspaper article of (Y/n) and Alex. "They are a fugitive from justice. You will turn the lions over to me so that I may put them where they belong." Dubois loops her control pole on (Y/n)'s neck. "On my wall." She said. "(Y/N)!" Alex shouted worriedly, about to run over but the others pull him back "Alex, no!" The penguins sneak up behind Dubois's men and knock them out. "What?" Dubois asked. "Incoming!" Skipper comes down with two weight bags and swings Dubois into the dynamite-filled cannon. The Penguins tie Dubois to her men,

Rico shoves a stick of dynamite in her mouth, and uses Private's butt to light a match, and fire the cannon. "Outgoing!" Skipper said. "Wait!" Dubois and her men get shot out of the tent. The penguins high-five. "Up high! Whoo-ha! Down low. Too slow." Skipper slaps Private. "Well done, Private." He said. "Did I do good?" Private asked. "Nah, not really." Skipper said. Alex quickly runs over to (Y/n). "(Y/n)! Are you okay?" He asked frantically. "I'm fine." (Y/n) said. "Man, that was close!" Melman said. Gia, Stefano, Vitaly, and the circus animals look at the paper with the words "Famous Central Park Zoo Lions Missing"

and the picture of (Y/n) and Alex on it. "(Y/n), you are from a zoo?" (Y/n) and Alex and the others look at them in shock. "Yes. Yes. But wait, there's more." Alex said. "More?" Gia asked. "Or less. There's less." Alex said. "You were never circus?" Vitaly asked. "We... We had to say we were circus." Gloria said. "Or you'd never have let us on the train!" Melman said. "After all we have been through together... you want to go live in a zoo?" Gia asked. "Gia, I..." (Y/n) pleaded. "You used us." Vitaly said. "No, no, no! I mean-I mean yes but..." Alex said. "Trapeze americano, you make that up, too?" Gia asked. "It didn't exactly exist when we taught it to you." (Y/n) admitted.

"Ohhh! Jet packs and aquatic cobras! I should've known." Gia said. "Balloons to the children of the world was not real, either?" Stefano asked. "Well, yeah, that's not real. But look at what we did." (Y/n) said. "I was shot out of a cannon! I could have died!" Stefano said. "But I thought it was your lifelong dream." Marty said. "For all I know, your name is not even Alice or (N/n)." Stefnao said. "No, Stefano, but it never really was." Alex said. "I don't feel safe!" Stefano cries in Gia's arms as Vitaly looks at (Y/n), Alex and the others, feeling betrayed. "Gia, I..." (Y/n) said. "We trusted you." Gia said. "My tears are real! You are not!" (Y/n), Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria stand there feeling ashamed. "I can't believe you lied to all us circus folk." Skipper blows his nose. In Sonya's cart, King Julien and Sonya were arguing about him leaving. "Me? Stay with the circus?" Sonya roars. "I am a king! I want to rule New York!" Sonya grabs King Julien as he struggles to get out of her grip.

"We should talk." Sonya swings him around. "Whoa! Stop it! No means no! Or in your language... Aah!" Sonya roars. "Not everything is solved that way, you know." King Julien blows a kiss. Sonya walks away. "Sonya? Are you listening to me?" Sonya ignores him. "Now I'm getting the silent treatment, am I? Come over here, right now!" Sonya doesn't and just lays on her ball. King Julien runs over to her. "Don't shut me out, baby! What is wrong with you? Speak!" Sonya gives a loud roar. "OK... if these are your feelings, I understand now. And I'm going! It's obvious I'm just an emotional whoopee cushion for you to sit on! When you look for where I am, I won't be there!" King Julien leaves crying. Sonya looks back and whines.

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