"Are you sure this'll work, Uncle Thunder," Josh asked as he stood in a glass tube.
"I'm certain it will. There is a 98% chance you'll survive this experiment," Thunder responded.
"What about the other two percent?"
"Well, that percentage means you'll die a slow but vicious demise."
"Oh, that makes me a whole lot safer," Josh said sarcastically.
"It seems you truly are Rocket's son," Thunder said as he prepared to conduct his experiment.
"How so?"
"You've inherited his sense of sarcasm."
"You noticed," Josh asked.
"Indeed," Thunder responded as he finished his preparations.
"Are you ready, Josh?"
"Ready as I'll ever be."
"Then, let the experiment commence," Thunder said before starting his experiment.
"You will feel some electricity course your body, but it shouldn't be enough to kill you."
"Good. I still have a life to live," Josh said.
"Calm down, Josh. You'll be okay," Manik said as he sipped his soda.
"How did you get in here, Manik," Thunder asked.
"The door wasn't exactly blocking my way. It's been out of commision ever since Josh knocked it off its hinges."
"Don't remind me about that. I still have nightmares involving my werehog episode."
"Sorry, Josh. Didn't mean to bring up bad memories," Manik said.
"It's all right, Manik. Just don't do it next time," Josh said.
"Manik, would you be so kind as to step away from the control console?"
"Why?"
"Because the liquid may short-circuit the machine and cause Josh to die," Thunder answered.
"Manik, you heard the man. Get away from the console."
"Fine. I'll be over there," Manik said as he walked over to a corner of the room.
"Great. Now that crisis has been averted, it's time the experiment continued."
"Can't wait," Josh said sarcastically.
"There's that sarcasm again."
"Can it, Manik."
"Thunder, can you read me? Thunder, come in," Rocket said as his face appeared on the communicator built into the console.
"What seems to be the trouble, Rocket? I am quite busy," Thunder said.
"Tails desperately needs your assisistance with a matter that has come up."
"Very well. Tell Miles I'll be there in five minutes."
"I'll pass along the message," Rocket said before ending the transmission.
"It seems I have to step out for a few minutes. Josh, will you be okay while I take care of matters," Thunder asked.
"Of course I will. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself," Josh said.
"Excellent. I'll be back. Farewell." Thunder then walked out of the room before going up to the surface and flying over to Team New Mobotropolis HQ.
"Good, Thunder's gone. Now I can mess around with this," Manik said as he walked to the control console. Once he had taken a seat, Manik had put his soda on the top of the console.
"Manik, I don't think that's such a good idea."
"Relax, Josh. What's the worst that can happen?"
"Oh, I don't know. Oh, wait. I could die," Josh said.
"Calm down. That'll never happen," Manik said, unaware he had knocked his soda off the top of the console and onto the controls. The soda interacted with the electronics and caused everything to malfunction.
"Manik, do something!"
"I'm trying!" Manik's attempts to prevent a catastrophe were not enough to stop the machine from exploding.
"Josh, are you okay," Manik asked as the smoke from the explosion lingered in the air.
"Yeah, I'm okay," Josh said as the smoke began to clear. When the smoke had disappeared completely, Manik was surprised to see six Joshes before him.
"Oh, no. Okay. Which of you is Josh?"
"I'm Josh," one of the Joshes said.
"Or maybe I'm Josh," another Josh said.
"I know I'm definitely Josh," another Josh said.
"Oh, man. Gotta find a fix to this. I have to before Thunder comes back," Manik said seconds before Thunder came back into the room.
"Manik, I trust everything is as I left it," Thunder said before seeing the six Joshes before him.
"I know this looks bad, but I can assure you I have no part in this."
"Yes, you did," all six Joshes said.
"Be quiet," Manik said to the Joshes.
"Which one of you is the real Josh?"
"I am!"
"Yeah, I already asked them that."
"I've gathered that, Manik. The only problem is that there are six Joshes when there is supposed to be only one. We have to fuse them back together into one Josh," Thunder said.
"That might be a bit of a problem," Manik said.
"Quite a problem indeed."
