"So, why did Lisa and Josh break up, Sonia," Dominic asked. Lara and Dominic wasn't able to get any sleep last night because they both came up with a different theory on why Josh and Lisa broke up. Dominic had thought that Josh found out Lisa wasn't exactly faithful to him while Lara thought that Lisa became jealous because Josh was spending too much time with Sonia and too little time with her. Dominic thought that Lara's theory was a little off-base and said that it wasn't right.

"Well, it was Wednesday and Josh had missed yet another date with Lisa. When their class ended, Lisa dragged Josh out into the hallway," Sonia said before another flashback began.

"Stop pulling my ear, Lise. You'll pull it off," Josh said as Lisa pulled him into the hallway.

"What's going on, Josh," Lisa asked as she let go of Josh's ear.

"What are you talking about?"

"You missed our date last night. That's what I'm talking about."

"I was just catching up with Sonia," Josh said,

"Sonia? Sonia Acorn," Lisa asked.

"Yeah. I met her last week and we started hanging out for old times' sake."

"Why?"

"She's an old friend and I just met her last week. We set some time aside to catch up," Josh responded.

"Well, stop. You're spending too much time with her," Lisa said.

"I can't stop hanging out with her just 'cause you're feeling neglected."

"I'm not feeling neglected."

"Your tone of voice says otherwise, Lise," Josh said.

"Whatever. Can you just blow Sonia off for one night," Lisa asked.

"No way! You're asking me to stop hanging out with an old friend of mine. I'm not about to do that just 'cause I missed a few dates."

"You can't always be with Sonia all the time."

"I can and I will. If you can't handle me seeing an old friend, then we're done," Josh said before walking off.

"Fine by me," Lisa shouted.

"Their break-up was in the school paper the next day: 'Star Player Breaks Up With Girlfriend'. After that, Josh and I started dating and Lisa was completely cleared from his mind."

"That was some story, Sonia. I guess Lara was right the first time."

"Why," Sonia asked.

"Because she said that Josh was spending time with you and not with Lisa. I had said that she was way off, but I just found out she was right the first time," Dominic responded.

"I always feel good after I win," Lara said.

"So did Josh. He always said that after he wins against me," Manik said, remembering his fallen friend.

"Manik, we're gonna get Josh back."

"How? Mecha Rocket erased him with his Matter Eraser. We're not gonna get him back. He's gone forever." Sonia noticed tears forming in Manik's eyes and saw them as a sign Manik missed Josh just as much as the others did.

"Josh was my best friend. He made me his second-in-command when we became Omega Rangers. Out of all the people he could've picked to be Omega Blue, he picked me. I miss him just as well as you guys do," Manik said.

"That's really touching," a voice said from the next cell over. Manik turned around and saw Eggman there.

"What are you doing here?"

"Mecha Rocket threw me in here. He took over and renamed the empire."

"An uprising," Manik said.

"That's right. The Eggman Empire has been replaced with the Mecha Rocket Empire," Eggman said.

"I guess Mecha Rocket will succeed where you've failed," Lara said.

"That's right. He'll take over Mobius better than I ever did. We gotta get out of here and stop him."

"Are you suggesting we form a temporary truce, Eggman?"

"That's right. If we work together, we may be able to stop Mecha Rocket and his diabolical plot," Eggman said.

"Are you sure about this, Manik?"

"Definitely. I'm sure Josh would do the same thing if he was here," Manik responded.

"He would. I know him," Sonia said.

"Do we have a deal?"

"We do." Manik and Eggman then shook hands to seal the truce between them.

"So, what's first on Josh's escape plan," Eggman asked.

"Well, he would look around for some kind of air vent," Manik responded before looking around the room. He found what he was looking for on the wall of the room.

"Bingo! After Josh found the vent, he would use something that would fit through the grate to see where it went."

"Like a feather?"

"Or some fur," Manik said before plucking a piece of fur off Dominic's arm.

"Ow!"

"That didn't hurt." Manik then walked back over to the vent and let the piece of Dominic's fur fly down the vent.

"Now, we just wait to see where the fur lands," Manik said before turning around. He saw the fur land in front of the jail cell he and the others were in.

"There's the exit point. That's where we go after crawling through this vent. We just grab the keys and let Eggman go free."

"What makes you think I won't fit in the vent," Eggman asked.

"Have you even seen yourself," Manik asked back.

"Good point."

"Anyway, someone grabs the keys, lets Eggman go free, and we find a way back to the surface. Easy as that."

"Sounds like your friend was smart," Eggman said.

"Yeah. He was," Manik said.

"So, let's go. I can get the grate off the vent easily," Dominic said.

"We can't."

"Why not?"

"Because it's not the right time," Manik responded.

"Your friend's right. The escape should be done at night."

"Why," Dominic asked.

"Because the darkness will conceal us and make it easier to escape."

"All right. Night it is."