As the whole team of the Freedom Fighters went to the forest to search for Joey, was hasn't been seen since they left the base, they couldn't find any sign of him. it was already in the middle of the night, and Sonic was talking to Jojo.
"I think there's nothing we can do now. He left, and I bet he had a reason for it."
"I hope you're right, but what if he died or was taken by Eggman?"
"Don't say that! I saw him fight, he can handle himself. Besides, you can't give up on him!"
"I'm not, I just try to see every possibility."
"He's alright, don't worry too much. Someday he might show up again."
"I really hope so, it's been fun with him, even for the authors."
"What?"
"Nothing. Let's go."
Tails just appeared between a few trees, waving to them.
"Hey, guys! I've located an ancient temple around!"
"Then let's check it out!" Sonic immediately responded.
"That's the thing. We can't."
"Why?" Jojo asked.
"Because the government prohibited entering it."
Both, arctic fox and blue hedgehog, looked at him in disbelief.
"And because it's radiated…"
"Right, the government-thing was more important to mention than that." Sonic sarcastically said.
"Alright, alright. Let's go home then."
The team then gathered around the clearing where Tails had landed the plane and before they took off, Jojo took the other fox aside.
"Why didn't you mention the radiation earlier? Someone could've stumbled over it randomly with bad effects, don't you think?"
"Well, that's because there was no radiation earlier. That's why I didn't see it earlier. I also think it was shielded in some way, and something caused that shield to drop."
"Joey?"
"I have no idea until I get in there."
"Alright, thanks, buddy."
After that, the team wanted to finally leave, but something was missing.
"Guys, where's Sonic?" Zaykayla asked.
Everyone looked around, but nobody saw him.
"Great, just great. Now we have two people missing!" Jojo groaned.
"He'll come home on his own, he probably is already. I think he just preferred to run this time." Tails suggested.
The others agreed, knowing Sonic as the person he is, and they left.
That's it! The end! I hope you enjoyed this story, and I wanted to thank Freedomfighters123 for doing this with me, it was fun, hopefully for both of us :)
I also wanted to thank everyone who reviewed this, as we can improve the things that you pointed out for anything in the future.
Another important thing to know would be that this story is directly linked to the happenings in Joey's own story, which is named after him. To follow the events, just go and check it out.
Thanks for reading!