"Maybe, but since Eggman is aware of that you survived, I think he'll come to us. You know too much about him so that he would let you go. And that's why I invited the others so that you can tell us everything, and until they're here, we can as well have some fun."
Joey nodded.
"Seems legit. But I actually never played a video game in my whole life, so I haven't any idea of what to play."
The fox was amazed.
"What?! What did you do in your free time, then?"
"Errr, sleeping, I guess?", Joey replied.
"Wow, you have to catch up on some things, man!"
But they were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Must be the others.", Jojo stated.
He opened the door and Joey could see the other freedom fighters enter the room. First to come in was a twin-tailed fox, then an orange hedgehog, after that a red echidna and to be the last one, a blue hedgehog. Everyone greeted him as they came in and as Jojo closed the door, all took a seat.
"I don't know if you know who they are, so maybe we should introduce ourselves.", Jojo suggested.
"In fact, I do know some of you. You must be Tails and then we've got the infamous Sonic the hedgehog. The doctor used to curse you two pretty often."
"Well, good to hear that. For you know, the echidna here is Knuckles and the other hedgehog is Zakayla.", Sonic replied with a grin.
"Just call me Z.", Zakayla added.
Joey nodded and nobody spoke for a moment. Then, Jojo started.
"Okay, now that we're all here, you should tell us what you know, before Eggman launches another attack."
"Well then, here we go. The doctor is attempting to create and finalize project shadow, a program his grandfather started in the past. I was his own attempt, but now it seems that he recovered the original Shadow, so he turned against me for I am useless to him now. But his plan is to create another girl who equals Shadow, so maybe he will have two ultimate lifeforms."
Everyone had a thoughtful look on their faces, and Sonic was the first one to speak again.
"Seems like we have to stop him before that happens. What do you guys say?"
"I agree, but it will take some time to find Eggman's base because he'll certainly not attack us with those ultimate lifeforms yet. I think he'll spare them for now, so even if he attacks, we'll still have to track him."
"Tails is right, but all we can do now is wait.", Jojo said.
"What I was wondering about is how in the world could Eggman hide you from the entire world for so long? I mean, did you really spent your whole life in one of his hidden bases?", Tails asked.
"Well, I moved from one base to another, but yes, I never really got outside. Only sometimes for training battles that would require more than the underground halls could provide. Basically, all I did was training and sleeping, so that I will become more powerful, that's all the doctor ever wanted."
The tam listened with full attention, and Jojo and Sonic were pretty shocked about how someone could have been living this way.
"Dude, how could you survive this? If I had to stay inside for so long, I would have definitely gone crazy!", Sonic exclaimed.
"Well, if you don't know what you're missing, you can't become crazy about it. Besides, all that matters now is that he turned against me, and he will pay for this. Sadly I don't know where his bases are, so I can't help finding him.", Joey replied.
"It's alright, pal.", Jojo ensured him.
"Okay, we'll leave then, call us if Eggman shows up, and don't take any risks. It is important that we can follow hm to his base, so we can't defeat him, neither can we make it too easy, or else he'll know that we're up to something.", Tails explained.
"Alright, let's go, guys! It was nice to meet ya, Joey!"
"Nice to meet you, too, Sonic."
The group left and once again, Jojo and Joey were alone.
"Seriously, how long have you been with Eggman?"
I have no idea, Jojo. As long as I can think he was around. I can't remember growing up. The first thing I know is waking up in my room and after that being shown around the base, right before going to the armory to gear up. Now that I saw Shadow I think that I am actually some kind of clone, an artificial embodiment of the doctor's idea of a capable being to do his bidding."
"Dude, that is pretty screwed up. How is he able to do such things?"
"I don't know, but when I think about it, I can't be much older than two years. I always thought that the doctor rescued me from a horde of rampaging bandits who killed my family and destroyed the village I believed I was from. Not that it was a happier thought, but it was better than coming right out of a test tube."
"Don't worry, you're still a person, just like me and the others. Now, how about I show you a video game now so that you get to see what normal guys do?"
"Sounds awesome!"
Jojo picked an adventure game and the two started playing, having lots of fun for the rest of the day.