When Knuckles asked him this question, Shadow's very being became colder. Knuckles nodded and turned to the set, "Sally, you better pull yourself together. We will re shoot this scene later, as for the rest of you, let's move onto the next scene." The next scene was also shot in the cafe. It was a scene between Silver and a third male actor. Rouge and Amy had no more scenes to shoot until later. Amy had went to the bathroom, while Rouge grabbed some water and walked over to Shadow. He looked over at her as she approached but didn't speak.

They both sat there observing Silver's acting for a while before Rouge started talking, "I thought you had left earlier. Why did you stay?"

He side stepped away from her, in which she side stepped towards him. She gave him a sneaky grin, "I see, you came to finish it off." Shadow ignored her, and kept his eyes on the set. Rouge shrugged and watched also, feeling a little bored. She watched as Cream and Amy came out of the bathroom and to their direction. She smirked and whispered to Shadow, "She's coming~"

Shadow didn't know who Rouge was referring to when she said "she," so he glanced out of the corner of his eyes. Rouge saw he kept his composure still and calm but knew he was freaking out on the inside. Rouge's eyes swept over the chair that sat beside Shadow, and she let out a few fits of giggles. Before Amy could reach them, Rouge pointed out the chair next to him, "Do you know who that chair belongs to?"

He didn't answer.

"You came and stood here on purpose didn't you?"

Again, no answer.

"Going so far as to stand directly by her chair... tsk tsk."

Amy's foot steps slowed down as she saw Shadow on the other side. Amy had mixed feelings about everything that had happened recently. There was the scandal, the contract signing, and his attitude at her hotel door. She suddenly grew anxious, and stopped to talk to a celebrity halfway there. They chatted for a few moments, and Amy was going to stand there with her and check her phone, when she realized it was on her chair. She didn't really want to approach Shadow right now, but it seemed she would have no choice. She looked over at Cream, "Grab my phone for me?" In which, the rabbit nodded and headed for the chair.

"Evening Shadow and Rouge." Cream said politely as she grabbed Amy's phone from her bag. They merely nodded to her as she ran back to the pink hedgehog. Rouge looked over at Shadow and noticed there weren't any big changes. She was about to taunt him for being avoided, when she realized his hands had dropped to his sides and curled up into fists. It was then that Rouge saw the sadness hiding behind those red orbs.

The next few scenes were shot smoothly. Knuckles terrible mood had transformed into one of relief and happiness, and he even praised Silver and the other male actor. However, this ended up hurting Sally's ego, after she received such a humiliating comment from him and Shadow. She had been practically humiliated, and instead left the set on her own after they had shot the last one. She had messed up before in the past, but none of them were like this. She had made so many mistakes she feared it would jeoperdize her career. Until now, she usually stepped on other actors and actresses to get to where she was. However, today, she actually lost to someone. Today, Sally Acorn, had been on the receiving end of disasters.

Disaster One: Amy stole her second female lead spot on the show

Disaster Two: Shadow cleared the scandal to expose Sally and to make Amy look good.

Disaster Three: Amy stole her guest role on Top Mobians host show.

Disaster Four: Today

She had lost to Amy four times in a row. Sally clenched her fists, her hairs on the end of her tail standing up. Everyone was going to be talking about her failure at dinner tonight. She didn't realize which direction she was going in her state of fury as she thought more about it. But eventually she happened upon a grassy scene that the crew was setting up. She didn't know anyone there. She watched them for a while, and just as she was about to leave, everyone there finished what they were doing. No matter who she knew didn't matter, everyone knew her and greeted her as they left. She forced a smile as they all walked by. She looked over at the set once more. It was a beautiful swing surrounded by flowers. Sally smiled at it's beauty, "Is this for filming later?" She asked someone who was passing by.

"Yes, it's for Amy Rose's shoot later."

"Amy? Oh."

There were no more words as the last person left. When she was sure they were all gone, her eyes narrowed.

"This will be your last stunt in hollywood Amy." Sally walked around it to find a sharp stone, then turned back to the swing, an evil smile on her face.

When it was time for Amy's scene, which surprised her because she thought she was going to be done, it was already dusk. They were so behind on filming due to Sally's acting, but Amy tried her best to stay awake. This scene only needed Amy in it. The setting for this scene was Amy as she held onto the swing tightly, moving forward and backward on it gently. In this scene, the character was coming to terms with the fact that the second male lead would never love her. She had went to the swing he had built her, and thought about their past. The scene had no lines, it would all be portrayed through her facial expressions. For Amy, it wasn't too difficult. She closed her eyes, getting into character from the sidelines, and waited until she had heard Knuckles gesture for her to begin.

Amy walked over to the swing cautiously with an infatuated look. Her fingers lightly grasped the room in between her fingers, as she stared at the rope in her hands. Slowly, she moved around and sat gently on the seat of the swing. She stayed silent on the swing, then slowly started to rock back and forth.

"Great, beautiful, that's it." Knuckles nodded encouragingly.

The next scene, Amy had to swing high with her eyes shut as she smiled against the wind. For this, the crew had to push her forwards from behind to get her in the air. They got the cameras ready, Amy holding on and smiling as the crew started doing small pushes from behind her. Suddenly, the pushed harder, and Amy swung higher with an even brighter smile on her face. Knuckles gave her a thumbs up, and as he yelled cut, the rope to the swing snapped off at the highest point. Amy tried to regain her balance but fell off with a scream, her eyes widening. Her body fell forward and onto the ground.

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Kncukles froze in his place as he saw the swing snap, "Amy!" Everyone else who hadn't been paying attention had looked over when Amy screamed. Even Rouge who had been on her phone jumped when she heard the scream. She looked over at Shadow who had been watching the scene take place. One minute he was beside her, the next he leeped forward towards the set. He leaped towards Amy and collided with her, rolling himself under to break her fall. Everyone on the set froze at the accident. Amy felt dazed, the pain she was anticipating never came. She didn't move for the longest time. Shadow also was a little dizzy from her fall. Suddenly, he sat up, helping her up as well. The blood drained from his face as he looked at her with concern, "Ms. Rose?"

Amy's eyes snapped open when she realized she was being spoken to. She looked up into Shadow's red eyes and realized he had jumped up to save her. She was still in shock, fear written all over her face. His hand reached up to pat her face, when he realized blood had started to drip from her forehead. His hands started to tremble, his body started shaking. Amy also felt the ooze run down her fur, as she let her eyes meet at her nose. Kncukles snapped out of it and ran straight to the. One after another, people started flocking to the pair. Knuckles looked at Amy's face, and he was surprised to see Amy's face with fear on it.

"Shadow-"

He snapped immediately.

"SHADOW WHAT? EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE JUST STANDING THERE. SOMEONE GET THE CAR READY TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL!"

Knuckles jumped and immediately nodded, turning to run and get his own personal car. People who were still around them froze, too scared to make a single movement. Amy snapped back to reality, "Hospital? Shadow, I'm fine..." She stopped however when she saw his face. He was pale, eyes worried and confused, as though he were scared to lose something important. That instant, Amy fell into a daze, as she dreamingly stared at his face.

Cream came and scurried over, putting a hand on her friends shoulder, "Amy, are you okay?" Amy turned and started talking to the rabbit, while Shadow looked over Amy to make sure she didn't have any serious injuries. When he saw it was nothing serious, he let out a sigh of relief. He gathered his emotions again and was back to his calm and stoic self. Amy took notice of this but said nothing as she tried to assure her friend that she was okay.

"Are you really okay?" Rouge had asked as she approached them with a smirk on her face, "Try to stand and walk."

That was when Amy realized she was still in Shadow's arms, and she hurriedly jumped out of them blushing. She quickly moved over to her friends, "See, I'm okay."

"Amy, you could have really gotten hurt. You should thank Shadow for saving you, otherwise you could have been paralyzed." Cream said this in a worried motherly voice. Amy nodded and turned to Shadow, a small smile on her face.

"Thanks."

His heart beatened quickly and he turned away just as Knuckles came back huffing. "The car is ready Shadow." Shadow nodded and stood up, looking at Amy as if motioning for her to go with the director. She paled and laughed.

"I don't need to go to the hospital, honestly I'm fine."

"Fine!?" Rouge was the one mad this time, "Amy!" Her wings flap quickly, "Your forehead is bleeding, and from that height you might have gotten a concussion. You need to go to the hospital."

Amy held her forehead, "It's really nothing. It'll heal up in two days with no scar at all. I really don't need to go to the hospital."

Knuckles couldn't make the call so he looked over to Shadow, "What is your decision?"

"Ms. Rose, go to the hospital."

"But, Shadow-"

"No buts!" He stomped his foot and Amy cowered a bit, "You have just had an accident and you are a part of the cast I've invested in. You may say that you are fine and don't need to go, but if you turn around later for a check up and something comes up, than it will look bad on me."

"But... Shadow..." She said quiter.

"Need I remind you that you are signed under a contract? If you don't go to the hospital after this incident, I certainly don't want to her scandals about abuse from other artists!" In other words, he would not be able to help her investigate who had done this any further if there was not a documented report from the hospital. Amy's eyes widened as he said this, and nodded. Shadow took his car keys from Knuckles and grabbed Amy by the arm. He started to stomp off with her when he turned back to Knuckles, "Before I get back, figure out how this happened. I need an explanation for how a swing rope like this could so easily break after all the scandals that have been going on."

It was a two and a half hour drive to the hospital and Shadow and Amy didn't hardly speak a word. He didn't even give her time to breathe as they approached. He pulled into a parking space and turned the car off and immediately went to her side of the door and pulled her out. She flushed and just let him pull her around. He pulled her to the emergency room, signed them in, and looked straight at the doctor, "I need her to have a full body check right now!" They nodded and took her away immediately, leaving him in an empty hallway outside her room. He sat there for a good hour and a half. Suddenly, a sharp pain hit the bottom left of his back and he flinced. He sighed and began to take out a cigarette from his pocket before he noticed there was a "no smoking" sign in the hallway. He let out a groan and put the cigarette back into his pocket. Then he pulled out his phone and texted Tails, and told him to bring a thing of scar medicine to the hospital. Because Tails was already in the city, he hurriedly stopped by and was able to bring it. Amy was still in the room getting checked on.

"Shadow, this bottle is almost empty. All that's left is this one bottle. If you give this to Amy, you won't have any for yourself."

Shadow had gotten the medicine back a few years ago at a shoot in Oregon. He had bought it from an old doctor. It was a traditional scar removal ointment that worked like a charm. But none the less, he shoved the bottle into his pocket, "If we ever go back to Oregon we'll just get some more."

Tails nodded, and waited along side Shadow, waiting to hear the news about Amy, as he kept Cream updated on her condition.

As it turned out, there was nothing wrong. Shadow still had them run multiple tests on her, but nothing came back as serious or life threatening. She shoved the documents into her bag as he pushed her out the door of the entrance. As they got into the car, Amy noticed that he was taking her home, the complete opposite direction from the shooting.

"Shadow, why are you taking me home?"

"You need to go home and rest."

"But I'm fine."

His eyes shot over to look at her, "We don't know if the incident on scene was an accident or on purpose. I don't want it to be a purposeful attempt and that person try to come back for you if we return. Right now, it is safe if you stayed at home."

Amy tried to argue, but she realized he was right. Too many things were happening to her, it couldn't be a coincedence that the swing broke.

As they pulled up to the house, Vanilla was already waiting for them. Amy thanked Shadow and stepped out of the car as she greeted Vanilla. Shadow rolled down the window, holding out the ointment bottle, "Amy, take this."

Amy stared at his hands, "The doctor said it wouldn't leave a scar..."

"Why are you refusing this bottle? Is it because it is me that is offering it to you?" He asked suddenly. Amy blushed and turned her head to look away awkwardly. "Need I remind you, again, that if it does leave a scar, you are an actress, and part of your job is having a pretty face. Please just take the medicine."

Amy still said nothing and refused to grab the bottle. He looked at Vanilla, "Please make sure she uses this." Vanilla nodded as she took the medicine from Shadow's hands.

"I've already prepared dinner. Will you join Amy and I for dinner?" Vanilla asked sweetly.

"No, I won't be returning tonight." Shadow stated. Then he turned and sped out of the driveway. Amy smiled and put a hand on Vanilla's shoulder as the rabbit frowned.

"Let's go inside and have some of that food you made."

After dinner Amy began walking upstairs. Vanilla chased after her and outstretched her hand, "Ms, Shadow's ointment for you." Amy stared at the bottle for a while and sighed defeatedly as she took it. If she didn't take it, it might end up having Cream get in trouble and she didn't want that. She said her goodnights as she made her way up to her bedroom. She walked into her bedroom and stripped of her clothes and then went and hopped into the shower. Then when she was done she fell into her bed. She left the medicine bottle on the headboard and turned the lights off and snuggled into her covers. Her mind couldn't stop thinking about what all had happened that day. Why did Shadow save her? Why did he look so worried? Why did he care so much about her taking this scar removal ointment? The more she thought about it, the more confused she was. She held the vile close to her body, as sadness and happiness and confusion took over.

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Shadow drove straight towards the mansion on the mountain. The mountain was empty with not a single trace or soul on it. He got out of his car and walked into the mansion after typing in the password. He walked straight into the kitchen to grab some water, then, as he took off the black jacket of his suit, he followed through with his white business shirt. He looked down at the clothes, with the intent of hanging them up for the next day, when his eyes met red blood on the back of his white shirt.