"So….we're shutting down So Random!," Marshall finished uneasily, surveying everyone's shocked expressions.

Sonny's jaw dropped. Shut…down…So Random? They couldn't do that! "But we can't be doing that badly!" she protested. "We're like, the most popular TV show!"

Marshall gave her a sympathetic smile. "Actually, second most popular. After Mackenzie Falls," he added. "But there simply isn't enough funding to go around for both of the shows, so we have to cut the less popular one." He wrung his hands nervously. Sonny's blood boiled. Stupid Chad and his stupid show were putting her out of business.

This can't be happening, Sonny thought. I have to do something. "Uh… w-what if we, uh," she racked her brain for any of her brilliant ideas that so often came to her. "Um, we could…have a fundraiser!" she clapped once, grinning broadly. "Yeah! We can sell lemonade and have a carnival and even an auction!" She looked desperately at Marshall. "Come on! It'll totally work! If it doesn't, you can give all the money to Mackenzie Falls!"

The rest of her castmates turned and to glare at her, and she just shrugged. Marshall's eyes lit up. "Yeah, you know what? That might work!" He smiled. "So it's settled, then! I'll take care of everything, you guys just need to make appearances," he assured them. Sonny could see the wheels spinning in his head. "And all of you will participate in the people auction, of course."

"People auction?" the actors asked in unison.

"You know, where people pay to either have a date with one of you, or have you work for them for a day, or something like that!" Marshall waved his hands excitedly. "It'll rake in tons of money!"

Sonny's eyebrows crinkled in confusion. "But what if we don't want to?" She wasn't really up for being someone's servant for a day. How awful.

"You have to! You're the one who came up with the idea!" He said firmly.

Sonny sighed. He had his mind set on it, and there was no changing it. It's for the show, she reminded herself. For the sake of So Random.