Getting Grounded

Getting Grounded is the fifth fanfic of the short story series Joe the Great: Magic Squad.

Summary
When Joe's Parents find out about his book, he gets grounded, leaving Fred and Sam to face threats without him.

Plot
It’s nighttime Ashley and Noah are in the car, Noah is driving, they see Ethan, Fred, Joe, Joy, and Sam fighting off criminals and see Joe open the book and make a claw glove appear, they see him attack the criminals with the claw. Ethan, Fred, Joy and Sam are amazed on how Joe took out the criminals with the glove claw, Joe tells them it was a cakewalk for him.

Joe comes home and sees his parents in the living room, he greets them, they ask him what was he doing fighting criminals, he tells them he doesn’t know what they’re talking about, they tell him they saw him. Joe tells his parents he has a book which has supernatural powers and can fight crime, they ask him did he start to do this, he tells them 5 years ago, his parents get mad at him.

Joe sneaks out the house and types in a invisible ray gun but Ashley catches him and stops him, she takes away the gun, she scolds Joe for what he has done. Noah tries to take away the book but it harms him and goes back to its owner, he grounds him and forbids him to use the book. Joe calls Fred and Sam, they are fighting witches in a abandoned area in Los Solitario and tells him it’s bad, Joe tells them he’s grounded and hangs up the phone. Joe's parents come in, Joe tells him that he has friends that are in trouble he opens up the book, they tell him he is forbidden from using the book, he tells them when he gets back, they can punish him however they want, but he has to save his friends, he types in wrecking ball in the book and breaks out of the house.

Fred and Sam are fighting the witches, Joe shows up, they are happy he came. Joe tells Fred and Sam to enjoy his time as he's gonna be grounded for the rest of high school. Joe types in a ak-47, he uses it to shoot the witches. Joe's parents show up, Noah uses a shotgun to take down the witches, Ashley asks how is Joe, he tells her he's fine. Ashley sees that Joe knows what he's doing, she and Noah approve of Joe's hero duties and decide that he is no longer grounded.

The boys are at Joe's House playing video games, Harold is 14 years old, he is playing with them, they hear criminals beating a defenseless person. Joe tells Fred, Harold, and Sam to pause the game, to which they do, Joe jumps out the window and types in a bat to deal with the criminals, he defeats them and comes back, Joe sees his game has been turned off Fred and Sam blame each other, Harold shakes his head in disbelief.

Characters

 * Joe
 * Fred
 * Sam
 * Ethan
 * Joy
 * Ashley
 * Noah (first appearance)
 * Harold (first re-appearance)
 * Defenseless Person

Villains

 * Witches
 * Criminals

From the Book

 * Glove Claw
 * Invisible Ray Gun
 * Wrecking Ball
 * Ak-47
 * Bat

Major Events

 * Joe’s Parents learn about him fighting crime and the book having supernatural powers.

Trivia

 * It’s revealed the book has a mind of its own.
 * This is the first canonical appearance of Noah.
 * He was introduced in Goodbye and Farewell but the fanfic is non-canon.