Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
January, 2003.
As production on Sonic Heroes began, there seemed to be a sense of cautious optimism on set.
Everyone, the cast and crew included were concerned that at any moment, something would set off a negative reaction, but still enjoyed catching up with each other and even were relieved by each other's company.
As Sonic walked across the beach, he looked around, seeing the different crews setting up the special effects.
Breathing in the air, Sonic had a sense of nostalgia wash over him.
"Wow, Adventure was one thing, but I haven't felt this way in like a decade." Sonic thought.
"I haven't seen you stare at anything this long since your wedding." Rouge joked.
"It's just so surreal, you know?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah." Rouge agreed.
Sonic looked at everyone around the area, all of them reading over the script for their first scenes.
Strangely enough, they had built another robot for this film, this time calling it, Omega.
Big was asked to come back, this time for a more action oriented role, instead of just fishing.
Knuckles stood beside Tails, ready to hold him back as Tails was ranting to the writers.
"Who's idea was this?!" Tails shouted.
"Mr. Prower, please calm down." One of them plead.
"Don't tell me to calm down, you want me to just let the Tornado go?!" Tails continued.
"Seriously, why would we just jump out of the plane for no reason and just let it crash off screen?!" Tails questioned.
"Well, the thing about that is… ." He started, clearly having no excuse.
"You just put my plane in there for no reason other than to just have it on screen and you didn't know what to do with it, so you just wrote it out of there with just as little thought put into it." Tails said, sternly.
"He really loves that plane, doesn't he?" Rouge said.
"Aside from Mina, he loves it more than anything else." Sonic told her.
Sonic looked around more, noticing Shadow looking out at the ocean.
"Hey, what's going on with you two?" Sonic asked, in slight concern.
Rouge flinched slightly, wanting to avoid the subject as best as she could.
"Nothing." She said, coldly.
Sonic got the message.
"Sorry I asked." Sonic said.
"It's alright." She said.
One more look around and Sonic had realized that one cast member was missing.
"Hey, where's Cream?" Sonic asked.
"She's back at the studio, they gave her the day away to film some background footage." Rouge said.
"Background footage?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, they're digitally adding her into Sonic Adventure, for that new director's cut they're releasing, they thought it would be a fun little addition." Rouge explained to him.
"That's honestly kind of weird, but, good for her." Sonic said.
After a couple minutes of awkward silence, Rouge spoke up.
"Sonic." Rouge said.
"Yeah." Sonic said.
"Do you think I made the right choice, coming back I mean?" Rouge asked.
Sonic sighed, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm not the one who can answer that Rouge, that's up to you." Sonic said.
Rouge smiled, Sonic's reassurance comforting her.
"Come on, let's get started." Sonic said.