Metacarples and Mel saw Knuckles again in about an hour. They gave him the pieces. "So if you looked in the Mystic Ruins and I looked in Station Square, were else is there to look?" Knuckles asked. "Didn't Shadow and Gails take the Emerald?" Mel asked. "Cause if they did then they probably dropped the twelve pieces and they still have the other six." "Mel's right," Metacarples said. "We can probably get the last six pieces if we trick Shadow and Gails into giving them to us." "But how?" Knuckles asked. "Shadow is really tricky and I'm not sure about Gails." "Gails isn't gulible, but she doesn't catch on very fast." said Metacarples. "I have an idea." said Mel. "What?!" Knuckles asked Meanwhile, Shadow and Gails were trying to get the emerald pieces hidden without losing them. When Shadow and Gails found a hiding place for them, Shadow counted the pieces. "There's six." Shadow said. "THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE EIGHTEEN!!!" Gails yelled. "The emerald won't work, all because of that dumb bag with the ten wholes!" "Relax Gails," Shadow said."At least the Knucklehead can't use it." "Good point." Gails said.