Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.

March 11th 2000.

"Hurry up Shadow, we're going to be late." Rouge called out.

Not a second later, Shadow came running down the stairs, was out the door and in his car in the blink of an eye.

"You were saying?" Shadow said, with a smirk.

Rouge gave him an unamused look, but cracked a smile.

Shadow had offered to drive Rouge to the set, to which she happily agreed.

It was the little things he did for her that helped her through this tough time.

"Hey, Rouge?" Shadow spoke up.

"Yes?" Rouge replied.

"Do you really think I have what it takes to be in this movie?" Shadow asked for her honest opinion.

Rouge didn't even hesitate, looking him right in the eye as the car came to a stop.

"I do." Rouge answered, in an almost whisper like voice.

Shadow and Rouge looked at each other, noticing that there was something there, an odd but welcoming feeling.

Rouge vaguely recognized it, having felt a similar way with Knuckles, but never to this degree.

Shadow on the other hand knew exactly where this was going and turned away just in time.

"She may be beautiful, but she's your friend and fellow actor first, we have to keep things professional." Shadow reasoned in his mind.

But of course, Shadow knew he couldn't even convince himself, he would fall, just like that.

Meanwhile.

Production had begun, Sonic Adventure 2 was under way and it seemed like it was going to be just as enjoyable to make as the first one was.

Sonic had been hyped ever since he had heard what his first scene was going to be.

"Hey, Ray, where's my parachute, is it gonna be on the cargo plane?" Sonic asked.

"What parachute?" Ray asked.

"You know, for when I escape." Sonic said.

"Uhh, Sonic, there is no parachute, you're jumping out without one." Ray told him.

Just then, Sonic's face turned pale.

"What?!" Sonic said, in shock.

"Yeah, didn't anyone tell you?" Ray asked.

Sonic shook his head no.

"Alright, don't worry, it's a simple procedure." Ray said.

"That part of the plane will burst open, you'll hop out and grab hold, you'll grab a piece of it and use it as a snowboard or in this case sky board, do a cool pose for the camera and then hurdle down back towards the city below, where you'll then escape through the city." Ray guided him through it.

"Oh yeah, real simple." Sonic said, sarcastically.

"Relax, you've done stunts like this before and there's only a thirty percent chance you'll be injured." Ray said, walking away.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" Sonic said, hardly believing it.

"What's wrong?" Tails asked.

"Apparently they're going to need an ambulance." Sonic said.

"Why, who got hurt?!" Tails asked, worriedly.

"If it goes how I think it's going to, then me." Sonic said.

Later.

As the cargo plane took off, the cast and crew watched on in anticipation, Amy being the most concerned and stressed.

"Relax, he'll be fine." Ray said.

"If he doesn't make it, I'm introducing your face to my hammer." Amy threatened.

Ray started to sweat, casting his stare to the plane.

"Please make it." Ray thought.

As Sonic appeared in their view, barely hanging on, everyone's eyes followed as he soared downward.

"Are the cameras ready?" Someone asked.

"Yeah, is the truck set?" Someone else asked.

They got a nod of confirmation and everyone turned their sights to the video footage, taking place in the city.

Sonic began his descent downward, narrowly avoiding vehicles, jumping ramps and grinding on rails.

"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"Yeah, Sonic's got skills, I'll give him that." Shadow said.

Just then an intern came rushing towards them, out of breath, with a look of regret on his face.

"We have a problem!" He said, panicking.

"What happened?" Ray asked.

"We've lost control of the truck." The intern said.

"What?!" Ray shouted.

"We had a malfunction, it's barreling out of control." The intern told them.

Ray looked back at the screen, seeing Sonic was almost there.

"Quick, someone tell him to get out of there!" Ray yelled.

"It's too late, he's already reached the mark." Rouge said.

The truck began to demolish every car in it's path.

No matter how fast Sonic ran, that truck seemed to be right behind him, getting closer and closer.

"I know they wanted more action, but this is intense." Sonic thought.

"You think he's gonna make it?" Knuckles asked.

"He will, I know he will." Amy said.

Ray noticed that the whole crew had stopped to watch, actually applauding Sonic, all of them with no idea that this wasn't scripted.

"This movie is gonna be awesome." One of them said.

"You said it, I can't wait to see that space scene on screen, remember that final fight in Sonic 3?" Another one mentioned.

"Dude, that was the best." One of them said.

As Ray overheard them, he realized that Sonic may not have been in his prime anymore, but he was still capable of taking on the worst situations and that maybe, this accident could have happened for the better.

"He'll make it." Ray said.