As Tangle and Lyra search for them through the portal, Sonic and the others are pinned down by the Egg-Vipers.

Cozy Glow: Alright, it's been fun, but I think it's time to end this for good!

Just as the Green Egg Viper was about to finish them off, Lyra and Tangle literally dropped on it stopping it.

"Nice shot you two!" Sonic exclaimed.

"How did you even find us?" Twilight asked.

"We were in the area, so we decided to drop by to see to if you left something to smash!" Tangle exclaimed.

Outside of the gate...

"Uh, Orbot, what's happening?" Chrysalis asked seeing the gate was unstable.

Ah, that would be the gate overloading. It's not safe to leave something in the energy field for too long. It could a feedback loop

"What would happen if there's a feedback loop?" Belle asked.

What else... complete and total explosion!

Back in the test chamber, Tangle kicks the side plate of the green Egg Viper to Amy, which she cuts in two with the red Egg Viper's tail. One of the halves of the green Egg Viper's plate smashes into the tied up blue Egg Viper that Sonic pulled along with its own hose. Sonic teasingly notes Amy's new look with the Egg Viper's tail, with her saying that it is nice to branch out a little from time to time. As Tails notes that Eggman seemed awfully quiet, he returns with autopilot disengaged. He becomes angry over what the four heroes had been doing to his machines and has the three Egg Vipers fly straight at them. Tangle gives Sonic her hand and pulls him and Amy upward via her tail while Tails follows. As a large explosion occurs below them, Tails helps carry Amy and all four manage to get through the gate. A panicked Belle tells them that it is too late to stop the the gate and they have to get out before it overloads completely. They notice that the gate is pulling stuff like the floor in. As they begin to leave, the suction of the gate becomes stronger and slows down the gang. Sonic asks Orbot and Cubot for the fastest way out, with Orbot saying that it was straight ahead, then a right into the loading bay. With this information, Sonic has everyone hold onto him as he dashes straight out of the tower. They quickly get on the Tornado and fly away. The tower turns in on itself and folds into the gate, completely disappearing. This shortcircuits the visors that Eggman, Cozy, and Shadowforce were wearing, giving them a shock.

As the plane flies, Tails says that he is not picking up any sign of the tower, indicating that it had disappeared. Tangle asks what they should do about Orbot and Cubot, with Amy saying that the Restoration is not about to start taking prisoners. Belle requests that they be let go as they were not the ones who did this. Sonic agrees, as whatever they did now was not their call. Tangle asks if they should just toss them off of the plane, with Orbot supporting this idea so that he and Cubot could take a vacation. As they are thrown off, Sonic tells them that they should get Metal Sonic to play hooky as well. Tails asks Belle if she is okay, with her undecidedly saying both yes and no. She tries to lie that nothing happened but quickly gives in. She explains that she was built by a man named Mr. Tinker, whom Sonic saved. When he disappeared, people told her that he had been a monster all along like Dr. Eggman. She did not and could not believe it. She thought that if she could talk to him, he would understand and explain something to her. She does not manage to finish her sentence and bursts into tears. Feeling sorry for her, Tangle pets Belle with her tail and tells her that she helped do something good today and her dad would have been proud of her for that. She supposes that he would. Tangle then does not know what she is going to tell Jewel about all of this. Tails give the others good news; with the tower gone, the storm was beginning to break up, which should allow for a smooth flight back.

That does it for this one, be prepared to embrace the villain side.