"If it isn't Joey and his new friend. I'm glad you could make it, I expect this to be funny."
The doctor grinned evilly and stepped back. The floor opened and a full armored robot appeared in front of the two.
"Ready, Joey?", Jojo asked raising his sword.
"You bet!"
Both charged at the robot, but all attacks just bounced off the bot, it was no use. The armor protected it from their attacks and bullets simply fell to the ground. Eggman had retreated into a separate room and watched the battle through the glass wall he was now hiding behind.
Jojo started to look for a weak spot, while Joey kept it busy. He dodged the robots attacks as it tried to crush him with its fists, but he was getting exhausted and Jojo just didn't seem to find a weakness.
"Jeez, Joey, this robot really doesn't have a weakness."
"What can we do then?" Jojo asked.
Joey then instantly had an idea, which just had come to his mind.
"Hey Jojo, remember telling me about your snow abilities?"
"Yes, Joey."
"Why don't you use your sword to make a blizzard and cause the machine to rust."
"Joey, you are a genius."
The winter howl now started to glow white and soon snow started to infest the room they were in. The machine at first was fine, but it soon began to rust and fall over.
"Alright, Joey, man of the hour."
"Right back at ya, Starboy."
Eggman now angered with the freedom fighters and himself that his robot had failed. He started to run back to his main control room and soon Joey and Jojo followed.
"Give up, doctor! You should know when we got you!" Joey yelled from the distance, but seconds before they reached him, another glass door fell shut in front of them.
"And you rodents should know that I always got backup. And I know that your friends will arrive soon, so I'm afraid I will leave now, I got a special friend waiting."
"Where is he?" Joey asked as Eggman turned to his hovercraft.
"Elsewhere. But don't worry, I'll leave you a present, so you won't need to bother me."
He grinned evilly as he flew away, leaving Jojo and Joey alone.
Shortly after the other guys appeared down the hallway, and they ran up to them.
"Hey! What did we miss?" Tails asked panting.
"Only a massive robot and Eggman escaping," Jojo replied.
"But he also said that he left us something," Joey added.
"And what would that be?" Sonic asked.
Before anyone could reply, another door at the other side of the room opened, revealing the shape of a metal hedgehog.
The crew had looked upon this machine with fear as this metal hedgehog looked indeed menacing. Jojo and Joey had approached this machine just to get barraged by a missile and thus forced to retreat.
"Okay Joey, what do you think we should do with it?"
"I think you should distract him with your sword while I sneak up from behind and disassemble him."
So the duo had proceeded to put this plan into action, and it had worked out, but came at a cost. As soon as the duo destroyed the bot, a bullet came out of nowhere and shot Joey in the neck. He had started to feel dizzy, but he ignored it, not telling the others what had happened, but Jojo had noticed it and kept an eye on his friend. The team went outside the base, and just as everyone got on Tail's plane, Joey suddenly ran off into the forest. Jojo tried to follow him but lost his track. Besides, Jojo didn't know what to do about poisons or whatever hit Joey, so he ran back to the Freedom Fighters for help.