"Right that does it Sonic! We settle this right now." Shadow yelled, the rage still burning inside him, "I will prove to you that I am the ultimate life form."
"Fine by me. It's about time you got put in your place" Sonic spat. He was full of anger as he spoke. Shadow had gone too far this time.
Sonic's body began to glow, startling Sonic as it did. His eyes shot to Shadow, his body was glowing the same. Sonic recognised this glow. It happened whenever he had possession of all of the Chaos Emeralds. This was particularly puzzling as currently the Emeralds were still in the Floating Island.
Tails, Knuckles and Amy watched from afar as the pair lunged at one another. From his Egg-O-Matic, Robotnik flew over, laughing. Either way he would lose one adversary. The ground beneath Sonic and Shadow shook, and screws began to shake loose. Amy jumped to one side as a large piece of metal crashed to the ground. The fury of the pair was beginning to make Robotnik's base fall to pieces.
"And cut," yelled the director. There was a buzzer sounding, and all around the set various technicians moved from there spot "Everybody take five people."
Shadow wiped his brow, "Man that was one tense scene."
"Yeah," added Sonic. "thanks for the help on the messed up line back there."
"Anytime mate, anytime." Shadow said, taking a towel to his face.
Sonic began to do the same, wiping away the blue make up from his face slightly. Sonic disliked wearing the stuff, but it was in his contract, and he had to do it. It could be worse though, Tails has to wear that ridiculous second tail. Sonic had no idea how Tails took the pain of them fixing said tail to his rear.
Robotnik wandered over and picked up one of the sandwiches. Heading towards the pair of hedgehogs, Robotnik took a bite, only to spit it out. "yuck, egg mayonnaise. Don't we have any different sandwiches?"
Sonic and Shadow shrugged. "'fraid not, Amy ate the last cheese one earlier." answered Sonic.
"So what are you doing at the end of today then?" asked Robotnik, just trying to make conversation. Robotnik was still slightly bitter at Sonic for getting the starring role.
"I've got an audition for a spin off" answered Shadow.
Both Robotnik and Sonic looked at Shadow. They then looked at each other before Robotnik asked the question they were both thinking. "You have to audition for a spin off? Shouldn't that role already be yours?"
"Well no, Mr Naka said that it's technically possible for anyone to play me in the spin off. I mean you saw what happened to those cartoon V.A.'s." Shadow explained, before biting into a cheese sandwich he had hidden from Robotnik.
Both Sonic and Robotnik grimaced, as they remembered some of the terrible voices they had heard be them over the years.
"So you have to audition for the role of Shadow the Hedgehog?" asked Sonic.
Shadow nodded. "To be honest, I don't exactly want the role. I mean I'm beginning to become typecast as an angsty emo goth."
"That's because you are one" quipped Tails laughing, his tail waggling free. The second tail he was forced to wear was uncomfortable, and Tails was pleased to take any chance he could to not wear it
Shadow growled quietly, "If you weren't twelve, I'd deck you."
Tails looked at Shadow, "You couldn't touch me," Tails taunted. Shadow jumped up, looking down at Tails, the pair of them starred at each other, before Tails pushed Shadow backwards. Shadow lunged at Tails.
"Knock it off you two." Knuckles yelled. "I hate it when we have to fight in the script, so please stop fighting for real." As the only one who did his own stunts, Knuckles was respected. Although Knuckles was a pacifist, the rest of the cast were afraid to get into a battle with him.
Amy had wandered over at this point. Placing an arm around Tails, she placed a kiss on his cheeks. It was no secret to the cast that she had been seeing Tails for some time. This often made any romantic scenes with Sonic difficult. It was fortunate that there hadn't been to many yet.
"What's going on?" she asked, half interested.
Sonic filled her in on the details. She giggled "You mean you have to audition? I already got told I would be playing me," Amy looked at Tails, "so did sweetikins here." Tails face went slightly red as she said it, uncomfortable to be referred to by that name in front of everyone.
Tails whispered something into Amy's ear. Amy's face dropped. Shadow eyed her suspiciously, something wasn't right.
"I thought you knew Shadow." mumbled Amy.
"Knew what?" asked Shadow, still clueless as to what it was they were on about.
There was a silence, everyone looked at each other, before Robotnik stepped forwards. "Shadow, I hate to have to be the one to tell you this, but the producers just don't think your cut out to be an A list cast member. Your acting is, umm" Robotnik trailed off, trying to find the correct phrase.
"You suck as an actor." Sonic said, unaware of just quite how tactless that was. "I didn't want to have to tell you, but the union wanted to replace you as 'the ultimate life form' of the series." Sonic's eyes were met with an icy stare
"Your head of the union. You are the one who has final say on anybody who is hired or fired." Shadow said angrily. Shadow diverted his eyes away from Sonic's.
"You would still be in the series," Knuckles said, hoping to calm the tension.
"That's what they said about Ray" Tails whispered to Robotnik. Robotnik smiled slightly, struggling to hide it as Shadow turned to face them.
"So this would be my last big appearance then?" Shadow smirked, trying to remain confident. An idea was beginning to form in his head.
"Unless you pass the audition." Sonic responded nervously. Shadows expression worried Sonic somewhat.
"Places people." yelled the director. Maintaining a sense of professionalism, everyone returned to there places. Tails reattached his second tail, much to his discomfort. Robotnik climbed back into the Egg-O-Matic, and got it back into a steady height.
"From the top please." the director said.
"Right that does it Sonic! We settle this right now." Shadow yelled, the rage still burning inside him. Catching Sonic off guard, Shadow leapt into the air, and landed a kick on Sonic's head. Sonic fell backwards unconscious.
"Cut! Cut! Cut!" screamed the director, furious at Shadow for deliberately messing the scene up. He'd already lost lots of time trying to get Big to remember his lines correctly. "What on Earth where you doing?"
Shadow grinned. "I was proving I was the ultimate actor."