Of Geeks and Geniuses

Of Geeks and Geniuses is the fourth fanfic of the short story series Joe the Great: Superverse.

Summary
While Joe is being held captive by Snyder, he  tells him in flashback form of when he used giant creatures to get rid of Joe, Fred, and Sam.

Plot
Joe is in a lab, he is being held captive by Snyder. Joe introduces himself to Snyder, and he introduces himself back and tells him he will be the last thing he will ever see, Joe laughs saying yeah right. Kyle and Evelyn are in another room, they are working on a device. Joe calls Brooke and tells him to save him, Snyder tells Joe about the giant creatures, he starts to have a flashback.

In the past, Snyder is using a device he uses it to make a replica of, a giant worm monster, giant plant monsters, giant rat monster, and giant spider monsters. Fred, Joe, and Sam are camping outside in the woods in Miami, drinking smoothies and eating chili fries. Evelyn and Snyder are spying on them, Snyder lets giant spiders loose. Giant spiders are coming towards the boys. Joe asks the book to give him electric gloves, Fred and Sam ask him if ever gets tired of using them, he tells them no, he electrocutes the giant spiders, they run off. The boys see Kyle, Joe asks the book to give him high speed running shoes, he charges towards Kyle and attacks him, he runs off. Jackson and Tabitha appear, Fred, Joe, and Sam are shocked to see them. Joe asks the book to give him a flamethrower, he burns them, Jackson and Tabitha disappear, the boys get confused.

Later that evening, Fred, Joe, and Sam are taking a walk. Toby approaches the boys, he tells them he's gonna do something sus. Joe asks the book to give him a bat, he beats up Toby. Toby angrily runs off, Fred and Sam think something weird is going on, but Joe thinks they're being paranoid, John shows up he tells Joe Toby used to be his assistant but he went all sus, he disappeares the boys become shocked.

The boys are at a store, they buy some snacks and eat them. Evelyn, Kyle, and Snyder unleash the giant plants, they look outside and see giant plants, they rush outside, Joe confronts them, he asks the book to give him a machine gun, Fred and Sam throw things at them. Joe fires his machine gun, the plant monster runs off, the boys follow them but they run too fast and the boys are unable to keep up with it. Fred and Sam wonder what's going on, Joe tells them to worry later.

In the present day, Joe realizes that the giant creature attack when he was younger was from Snyder, Snyder unleashes a rat monster. Brooke shows up, she wonders what's going on, Joe gets happy, she wonders who is the man. Joe tells her that's Snyder, Brooke battles Snyder, she frees Joe. Joe battles the rat monster, Brooke fires her weapon the villain becomes trapped in a electric-like net. Joe types in the book cannon, he fires the cannon at the rat monster and then at Snyder, they are defeated. Brooke and Joe escape the lab and eat chili fries.

Characters

 * Joe


 * Brooke

Flashback Characters

 * Joe (11 years old)
 * Fred (11 years old)


 * Sam (11 years old)
 * John (first re-appearance)

Present Villains

 * Evelyn (first appearance)
 * Kyle
 * Snyder
 * Rat Monster

Flashback Villains

 * Evelyn (first appearance)
 * Kyle
 * Snyder
 * Jackson (first re-appearance)
 * Tabitha (first re-appearance)
 * Toby (first re-appearance)
 * Giant Spiders
 * Giant Plants

By 11 year old Joe

 * Electric Gloves
 * High Speed Running Shoes
 * Flamethrower
 * Bat
 * Machine Gun

By 16 year old Joe

 * Cannon

Major Events

 * John and Toby make their flashback Superverse debuts.
 * Jackson and Tabitha return.
 * The boys visit Miami in the flashback.
 * Kyle appears outside of a flashback for the first time.
 * The flashback is the first time where the boys met Toby.
 * Joe and Brooke meet Snyder for the first time.

Trivia

 * This is the first appearance of Evelyn.
 * This is the first fanfic to focus on 11 year old Joe from the past rather than 16 year old Joe in the present, the second time is A Tricky Situation, and the third time is From Hero to Eternity.