Eggman, Manik, and Dominic were starting the long journey back to New Mobotropolis after touching down near the mountains. They were at least thirty feet from where the Death Egg laid in pieces.
"What did you mean back there," Manik asked.
"What are you talking about, Manik," Eggman asked back.
"After I said that Mecha Rocket wasn't fast enough to avoid being consumed by the flames, you said 'Just like Sonia.' When I asked you what you had said, you simply said 'Nothing'. Fess up, Eggman. What happened back there that Dominic and I don't know about?"
"All right. I guess you two deserve a right to know. Sonia was the one who started the fire that spread throughout the Death Egg."
"What," Manik said.
"She tried outrunning the flames, but she wasn't fast enough. She may've been Sonic's future daughter, but she didn't have his speed to use. The flames consumed her and she perished," Eggman said.
"So did Lara. She told us to go while she battled Mecha Rocket. I saw her get killed and her glasses shatter. She died back there just like Sonia."
"So, it's just me and Manik now. We're the last two Omega Rangers," Dominic said.
"Omega Rangers? Who are they?"
"Just our heroic personas. We were all part of the team. I was Silver, Manik was Blue, Sonia was Yellow, Lara was Pink, Shade was Black, and Josh was Red. They all died out there in different parts of Mobius. We're the only ones left to defend the future."
"So, you're the defenders of the future," Eggman asked.
"Yeah. We defend our kind from Nighloks, mutants, Orgs, demons, monsters, robots. You name it, we've fought it," Dominic responded.
"Have you ever fought intergalactic criminals?"
"We have."
"How about warriors with beast spirits," Eggman asked.
"Fought them," Dominic responded.
"That doesn't matter. What matters is that Dominic and I need to keep ourselves alive," Manik said.
"You're right, Manik. Like your friend said, you two are the last Omega Rangers."
"We are. Josh has fallen. So has Shade, Sonia, and Lara. If we don't survive, then the Omega Rangers will be gone for good."
Just what was I counting on. Eggman, Manik, and Dominic turned around and saw Mecha Rocket flying towards them.
"What?! How is he still alive?! Dominic and I saw him get consumed by the flames of the explosion Sonia started," Manik said.
You're right about seeing me being consumed by the flames, but you didn't know that I was designed with fire-retardant steel. I gave my Freedom Fighterbots the same steel and made them impervious to the flames. We survived and your friends didn't. Now, you will meet the same fate. Mecha Rocket then drew his armblade and flew towards Manik. He slashed his blade upwards and broke off Manik's spatial armband.
You lose, Omega Blue. Mecha Rocket then flew off, leaving Manik confused about what he had meant.
"What was all that about, Dominic?"
"I'm not sure, Manik. All I know is..." Dominic stopped in the middle of his sentence after seeing Manik's spatial armband on the ground.
"What? Something on my face," Manik asked.
"Great. I'm the last surviving Omega Ranger now," Dominic said.
"Excuse me, but I'm not gone."
"Look at the ground beside your foot, Manik!" Manik looked down and saw his spatial armband on the ground, broken in two.
"Oh, man," Manik said to himself as he felt himself starting to fade from the timeline.
"Manik, hold on," Dominic said, holding out his hand for Manik to grab. It was too late, unfortunately. Manik Acorn disappeared from the timeline, leaving Dominic as the last surviving Omega Ranger. The news had Dominic thinking back to the fall of the other rangers: Josh by Mecha Rocket's Matter Eraser, Sonia in the Death Egg explosion, Lara by Mecha Rocket's armblade, and Manik by the laws of time and space. Dominic punched a nearby rock and felt his hand bleeding. The pain of losing his friends and fellow Omega Rangers was enough to overrule the pain from hitting the rock.
"I'm the last. I'm the only Omega Ranger left. I gotta keep myself from being killed. Otherwise, the future can say goodbye to the Omega Rangers and its defenders. I just don't believe this is happening."
"Believe it, Dominic. You're the only thing keeping the future from falling into chaos. You gotta keep yourself on the way back to New Mobotropolis. Be careful out there, Dominic," Eggman said before going his own way.
"I will," Dominic said before continuing the long walk back to New Mobotropolis.
