Living a Nightmare

Living a Nightmare is the eight fanfic of the short story series Joe the Great: Magic Squad.

Summary
Joe finds himself in a nightmare after a dream sucker latches onto his face.

Plot
Joe is at the mall, he sees chili dogs for free. He sees there's a long line, he gets disappointed, he finally gets his chili dog and eats it, Joe purchases a comic book, he exits the mall. Later that night Joe is in his room eating pizza, drinking coke, and watching Dr. Mysterious, after the show, he goes to sleep.

A dream sucker comes in through the window, it latches onto Joe's face. Joe finds himself awake in his house, he sees his TV acting strange, he turns it off and turns it back off, the same thing is still happening. He goes downstairs, he goes to the fridge, he eats some chicken and chips. Afterwards He goes outside.

Joe sees the entire neighborhood block is empty, he decides to take a look around the neighborhood. A demon suddenly attacks, Joe asks where did he come from but gets no answer, he opens the book and types in machine gun. Joe shoots the demon it dodges and punches him, he charges, the demon jumps out of the way. Joe gets behind the demon and blasts at him, the demon gets defeated.

Thanos appears, Joe tries to use his machine gun, but he knocks it out of his hand, he asks him what did he do that for, he gets no answer. Joe types in gauntlet, he puts it on his wrist, he fires with it, Thanos dodges, he charges towards him, he gets out of the way. He asks Thanos to talk, he doesn't respond, he fires the gauntlet and takes it off. Ethan, Fred, Joy, and Sam show up, they tell Joe, they want a turn to use the book, he tells them no, they tell him not to be selfish, he realizes they're not them and types in slippery cheese ray gun in the book, he uses it to make them slip. Joe tells them to reveal their true form, which turn out to be succubi, they come towards him, he types in love ray gun, he uses it to captivate them and knocks them out. Joe wakes up, he sees Ethan, Fred Joy, and Sam, they tell him that they removed a dream sucker from him.

Kathy arrives and comes in. The group are watching TV, Joe goes to get some drinks and food, he goes to his bedroom real quick to get a bowl, he sees the dream sucker is gone, he wonders where it went. The dream sucker is on Toby, he is having a nightmare about being tortured by adidas he cowers in fear as they approach him. Joe says it's no big deal and goes to the couch to watch TV with Ethan, Fred, Joy, Kathy, and Sam.

Real World Characters

 * Joe
 * Fred
 * Sam
 * Ethan
 * Joy
 * Kathy

Real World Villains

 * Toby

Dream Characters

 * Joe

Dream Villains

 * Thanos
 * Demon
 * Succubi

Dream

 * Machine Gun
 * Gauntlet
 * Slippery Cheese Ray Gun
 * Love Ray Gun

Trivia

 * This is the only fanfic in which Fred and Sam don’t appear until the end.
 * The title is a play on living a dream.