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.
