Chapter Four "The Gunshot"
Knuckles had jolted his head backwards narrowly avoiding the second bullet.
"I missed on purpose in case you didn't know, I'm a crack shot now step away from the emerald." said the person holding a handgun up at them.
Everyone stood still, the one holding them at gunpoint was Melody, and she had a handgun pointed at Knuckles.
"You heard me, move it!" said Melody.
"But…we need the master emerald to get home." pleaded Mint.
"If you leave the emeralds do too, they're the only hope I have left." said Melody.
"But we need to get home while we have the chance." said Trixie.
"I said move It." said Melody ignoring Trixie's last sentence.
Knuckles hesitatingly moved away from the master emerald.
"Good, now you tie them." said Melody tossing a lot of rope to Trixie.
"What?" said Trixie.
"I said tie them up, I'm not going to let my guard down and let any of you take the chance to get to the emerald." said Melody.
Trixie unhappily tied up her friends.
"I'm watching you, the ropes better be tight." said Melody.
Trixie left a little slack in the rope she was using to tie Knuckles hands together in the back.
She whispered "The rope's not too tight." in an extremely faint voice.
End chapter