It’s Not Joe Problem

It’s Not Joe Problem is the third fanfic of the short story series Joe the Great.

Summary
Thanos comes to the mall and reveals his intention to the steal the book, will Joe defeat him in order to keep it?

Plot
Fred, Joe, and Sam are in their room in a hotel in Chicago, Fred is messing around, Joe tells him to stop, Sam tells them stop since he's trying to focus with a study. The boys are at the food court at the mall, Fred tells Joe and Sam that the cheese is really good. Thanos is spying on the boys.

Thanos builds a device to take the book without detection, He makes a disguise so no one will get suspicious of him. The boys are walking around in the mall, Fred goes into a store, Joe and Sam are eating ice cream. Fred sees Thanos, he takes off the disguise, Fred runs.

Fred runs to Joe and Sam, he tells them what he had seen, Joe and Sam get scared. Thanos walks up to the boys, they wonder who is he, he introduces himself to them and they introduce themselves back. Thanos tells Joe he wants the book to rule the world, Joe refuses and says he'll have to fight him for it.

Joe tries to use the book but it needs to recharge, Thanos is coming towards Joe. Fred bonks Thanos on the head, he grabs him, and throws him down, he gets up, Sam runs. Thanos takes Joe, Fred and Sam find a bucket of water and use it to make Thanos slip, Joe runs, he sees the book is recharged, he asks the book to summon a rope he uses it to pull Thanos towards him.

The boys wonder how did Thanos know their location, he tells them that he was spying on them, since Joe got the book, Fred becomes shocked, Sam mentions how that explains what happened in the woods that night. Joe tells the book to give him a mallet, he uses it to hit Thanos with, he tells them it's not over yet, he then becomes unconscious, the boys leave the mall. Sam asks who wants smoothies to which Fred and Joe reply they do. The boys are in Indianapolis, they enter the hotel and go to their room.

Characters

 * Joe
 * Fred
 * Sam

Villains

 * Thanos

From the Book

 * Rope
 * Mallet

Major Events

 * The boys meet Thanos for the first time.
 * The boys learn that Thanos sent the drone.

Trivia

 * The title of the is a pun on It’s Not Your Problem.
 * The events of Where It All Began are mentioned while Thanos is explaining to the boys about how he knew of their location.
 * The boys visit Chicago and Indianapolis.