"The sun is so sunny here, isn't it?" Tails stated as he looked up, walking around the Sea Gate portion of Seaside Hill with Knuckles.
Knuckles nodded his head in agreement, his arms wrapped around the back of his head. "It sure is. Certainly beats all the gloomy dark places we keep ending up in."
"Speaking of which, where's Sonic?" Tails asked as he placed his hands on his hips.
Knuckles shrugged, shaking his head as he closed his eyes. "Beats me. I bet he's doing something stupid, as usual."
On the Lost Palace racecourse, Sonic was racing with Shadow, Silver, and Amy Rose, all of them wearing the same speedy shoes that allowed them to go fast, with Shadow having a large league due to him firing Chaos Spear at the other three anthropomorphic hedgehogs.
"That's not fair, Shadow!" Amy exclaimed as he shook her head at Shadow, panting as she was starting to feel tired. "You keep blasting us with your stupid attacks!"
"Yeah! Race fairly!" Silver added as he deflected another shot with a blast of his own green psychic. "This is simply a race to see whose the fastest with these shoes, not a means to attack each other!"
Shadow chuckled as he rolled his eyes, going across the first wooden bridge that lead to the second platform formation. "It's not my fault that I'm so good at nailing you fools!"
"Well, it shows how pathetic you are, you faker!" Sonic called back as he jumped above the various Chaos Spears. "Learn how to race fairly!" He then knocked Shadow down with a homing attack, allowing Amy and Silver to take the lead.