Shell circled above the mountain range in lazy loops.

Knuckles stopped on one of the mountian tops, watching her circle like an oversized buzzard. "How am i gonna do this?"

Shell seemed to stick her forked tongue out at him in a "you can't get me up here" taunt.

The echidna growled, a bit more annoyed than he probably should've been by the gesture. He swiped a fist over his snout, trying to think about how he could get her to fly a bit lower....

Shell continued the lazy loop thing, obviously in this state still enjoying messing with others.

What did she say she liked eating? Fish?

Kncukles shrugged. It would make him look stupid, but it was worth a shot. "Shell! Look!" He shouted, pointing to the valley below him. "Pond full of salmon!" Who are you kidding, Knucklehead? She's never gonna fall for it. He told himself.

Shell gave him a look like: "What are you? A block head?" And fluttered a little lower, like a few inches or so, just to glare at him.

"A for effort?" Knuckles shrugged. F for effort. "it's the middle of the night! What do you want, better ideas?!" He shouted, at this point not caring how dumb he was sounding.

.:He pounced on Sonic playfully:.

Sonic laughed aloud, gently pushing Maverick off. He stood up and looked at a cave where the beacon was coming from. "Here we are,"