A/N: Yet another Living Pains off-shoot. Figured I'd explain the whole shovel incident.
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Living Pains: Head Bangin'
Amy Rose stood on her balcony, three inches of dirt covering the ground. She patted the dirt down with her shovel. She smiled as she wiped some dirt off her face. She went back into her apartment, a large grin plastered on her face. She just new Shadow was going to be excited by her present. She put the shovel in the tub to clean it. Then she went into the kitchen to make herself a snack.
"Shadow better like my present." She said as she began making a sandwich. "Otherwise I'll have Rouge spend the night." She finished building her sandwich and walked into the living room to eat it.
Shadow sighed as he climbed the stairs to his apartment. He sighed as he struggled to pull his keys out. "I have one bike, one car, one apartment, and yet I still have about a thousand keys. The hell kind of logic is that?" He finally managed to pick out the key to his apartment. "At least I can get home and get some sleep. Frikin' Rouge keeping the club open way too late for anybody's good." He glanced at his watch. "And it's two in the morning. Perfect."
"Hey buddy." A grey mass of fur poked a hand out to wave at him.
"Hey Tim." Shadow said, stepping over the cat. "You have work today?"
"Yeah, she going to keep it open this late again?" The cat climbed to his feet and fell into step next to the ebony hedgehog.
"Probably." Shadow said, stifling a yawn.
"That sucks." The cat said, popping his back. "You coming in?"
"Probably." The hedgehog muttered, causing the him to laugh.
"Fair enough." He stopped outside a door. "See you later man."
"Later." Shadow continued on toward his destination.
Amy went into the kitchen to was her plate. When she finished she went into the bathroom and began washing her shovel. She spent a good five minutes washing it before she gave up. The dirt was really caked onto it. When she turned the water off she heard a noise in her apartment. She froze, hoping it was her imagination but nearly screamed when she heard another. Shaking, she grabbed the shovel and held it like a massive hammer. She slowly walked out into the living room. She had just entered the room when someone walked right next to her. She screamed and hit whoever it was with her shovel. The intruder fell to the ground with a thud. Amy ran to the wall and turned on the lights. Lying there, bleeding and unconscious was her roommate Shadow.
"Oh, crap!" She grabbed the phone and called an ambulance. She then knelt next to Shadow, bundling a blanket under his head. "No amnesia, no amnesia, on please, not amnesia again." She muttered to herself.
"Ow." the black-furred hedgehog moaned. "Rose. Was that a shovel?" He managed to force out the words.
"Yeah." She fought back the tears that threatened to fall on him.
"Good swing." He mumbled before passing out again.
Shadow regained consciousness in a hospital room. "Not again." He closed his eyes. "At least I still remember everything. This time." He winced when he touched the back of his head. "I need to get a helmet."
"Yeah you do." Rouge the bat said, walking into the room. "She hasn't left you all night big guy." The bat gestured to a chair next to his bed. Amy was fast asleep, wearing one of his jackets. "She looks cute that way doesn't she?" Shadow pulled himself higher up on his bed. "Be careful Shadow." She went to the bed.
"Where's the Knucklehead?" He said as she fixed his blankets.
"He's passed out in the waiting room next to Tim." She pulled another chair up to the bed. "You okay?"
"Just trying to figure out why she had a shovel." He said, gazing at Amy with a soft look in his eyes.
"You like her don't you?" Rouge asked him, a small grin on her face.
"Not in the way you think." He said with a yawn. "She reminds me of my sister…" He trailed off as he fell asleep again. Rouge looked at him thoughtfully.
"You have a sister?" She smiled. "I'll ask you tomorrow."
A/N: Dedicated to the small number of people that have voted in the poll on my profile.