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As the Metarex landed on Angel Island and prepared to take Mobius's planet egg, Sonic and Knuckles prepared to ward it off.
Running along side each other, Knuckles suggested, "Now would be the perfect time to use the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic!" Sonic froze.
"Well, um…about that. You see, there's just one problem." Knuckles stopped and turned to face him.
"You lost them, didn't you!"
"Well, no, actually…I didn't exactly lose them."
"Then where are they?"
"I, uh…well, I…I sold them on Ebay."
"You what?! Wh…wait, exactly how much did you get from that?"
"That's the part that really stinks! All I got out of it was a couple thousand green pieces of paper with the number one hundred and some ugly old guy's face on it per emerald! I wanted to buy those new skate shoes!
"Oh, but I did manage to sell a ball of wadded up paper for twenty rings, so I bought myself a couple chilly-dogs." Knuckles stared at him blankly. "What?"
"That's just great, Sonic! Now what are we going to do, run around like chickens with our heads cut off?"
"Hey, that sounds like fun! I think I'll join you, but I do have good news."
"What's that?"
"I just saved a bunch of money on my shoe insurance by switching to Geico."