From Hero to Eternity

From Hero to Eternity is the twenty-second fanfic of the short story series Joe the Great: Superverse.

Summary
Young Joe, Fred, Sam, Harold, Leah, and Scott find themselves in a haunted house, where they encounter Ethan and Joy and team up with them to fight Adam and Toby along with Emily.

Plot
In the past, Fred, Joe, Sam, and Scott are at Joe's House, they are playing soccer, they see a man, he comes up to them. Fred and Sam wonder what's going on, Joe says it beats him,  Scott says he's worried, the man gives them some money and walks off. Later that night the boys continue playing soccer, Joe asks the book to give him a bat, he hits the ball with it, Fred and Sam call him out for cheating, Scott defends him saying he won fair and square. Joe agrees with Scott.

The next day, the group are relaxing outside, they go to a bus stop, Leah sees them and joins in with them. Joe asks Leah if she notices how the adults have been acting weird, she tells him adults always act weird. The group are at Joe’s House, Joe calls Harold. Harold is 10 years old, he answers his phone, Joe asks him if he wants to come over to go to a haunted house, he tells him sure. Harold rings the doorbell, Joe answers and let’s him in. Leah tells Harold, she’s worried about the adults, he tells her it’s alright, Scott says yeah right. Fred believes the adults are on caffeine, Sam disagrees, Joe says it could be possible.

Later that night, the group are in Joe's Room, Harold wonders if the haunted house is the source of the adults acting strange, Fred believes it’s likely, Joe says there’s only one way to find which is to go inside. Leah asks if they’re gonna do it on a school night, Joe tells her not to come if she’s scared, she tells her she’s not and says her parents want her to get a good night sleep, Scott tells them if they are zombies, they won’t care how well he does in school. The group go inside the haunted house, Fred sneaks off. Joe, Harold, Leah, Sam, and Scott notice Fred is missing and see a haunted knight. Fred reveals it's just him. Joe and Leah get mad at Fred, Sam tells him he almost gave him a heart attack, Harold tells him that wasn't funny, Scott tells him to never do that again. Fred tells them they was just messing around. A trap door opens underneath the group they fall, Joe asks the book to give him a parachute, everyone grabs on, the parachute gets snagged on a sharp stone, everyone falls and lands underground.

Footsteps are heard, Sam gets scared, Fred, Harold, Joe, Leah, and Scott wonder who it is, Ethan and Joy show up. Fred, Joe, and Sam become shocked and scared to see them. Harold, Leah, and Scott ask who are they, Fred, Joe, and Sam tell them they're Ethan and Joy. Ethan and Joy demonstrate their powers, Ethan absorbs concrete and Joy uses a spell. Harold, Leah, and Scott find that cool but Fred, Joe, and Sam don't, Ethan and Joy tell the group they have to team up, but Fred, Joe, and Sam are hesitant. Joe tells Ethan and Joy they are crazy, evil, and tried to destroy him, they tell him he has to since he’s a good guy, he tells them to try again, Fred and Sam agree with him, Harold, Leah, and Scott wonder if this stuff happens all the time and say it’s crazy. Ethan and Joy tell them that the world could be in danger, they ask if Joe would pass that up just to get back at them, Harold, Leah, and Scott tell the boys they could be right. Joe, Fred, and Sam reluctantly listen to Harold, Leah, and Scott and team up with Ethan and Joy. Adults try to hurt the group, Joe hides behind a rock and asks the book to give him a bow and arrow, he comes out from the behind the rock and shoots at the adults.

Adam and Toby show up, Joe asks the book to give him an adidas blaster, he shoots at them, they dodge. Fred and Sam run around Toby and hit them, Joe fires at Adam and Toby. Ethan absorbs concrete he blasts rocks and Joy uses a spell to hit Adam and Toby, they run off. Emily shows up she reveals that she controlled them, Joe shoots at her and defeats her, Ethan and Joy walk off, they say bye to the group and they say bye back, the adults are back to normal, they wonder what are doing underground. The group are outside of Joe’s House, Joe is happy that he saved the world and says that Fred, Sam, and Scott were pretty good too, they mention that they should see a movie. Fred pretends to act strange, he runs and laughs, Joe, Sam, and Scott chase him.

Characters

 * Joe (flashback)


 * Fred (flashback)


 * Sam (flashback)
 * Scott (flashback)


 * Leah (first appearance; flashback)
 * Harold (first re-appearance; flashback)
 * Ethan (flashback)
 * Joy (flashback)
 * Man (flashback)
 * Woman (flashback)


 * Adults (flashback)

Villains

 * Adam (flashback)
 * Toby (flashback)
 * Emily (first appearance; flashback)

From the Book

 * Bat
 * Parachute
 * Bow and Arrow
 * Adidas Blaster

Major Events

 * Harold makes his flashback Superverse debut.
 * Emily and Leah make their flashback debuts.


 * Harold, Leah, and Scott meet Adam and Toby for the first time.
 * Ethan and Joy meet Harold, Leah, and Scott for the first time.
 * Ethan and Joy meet Adam and Toby for the first time.

Trivia

 * The title of the fanfic is a reference to the movie From Here to Eternity.
 * This is the third fanfic to focus on 11 year old Joe from the past rather than 16 year old Joe in the present, the first being Of Geeks and Geniuses and the second being A Tricky Situation.
 * However, this fanfic only focuses on 11 year old Joe, with 16 year old Joe being nowhere to be found.
 * This is the only fanfic in Superverse to not feature Brooke.
 * This is the only fanfic to not feature present day Joe.
 * This is also the only fanfic to not take place in the present.
 * This is the first fanfic since Joe the Great Returns: Part 1 to feature just Team Trio as well as the final one.
 * In this fanfic Joe, Fred, and Sam see that Ethan and Joy can absorb matter and use spells respectively, but in Joe the Great Returns: Part 1, they are surprised that they can do that.
 * Also in this fanfic Ethan and Joy meet Adam and Toby for the first time but in Pure Pressure, they act like they never met Toby and act like they never met Adam in Pointing the Blame.
 * This is the final fanfic to feature a flashback event that took place in the era of the original series (specifically a year after) when Joe was 11 years old.