Pointing the Blame

Pointing the Blame is the seventh fanfic of the short story series Joe the Great: Magic Squad.

Summary
Adam creates a Joe clone decides to wreak havoc to frame Joe, how will he prove his innocence and stop Adam?

Plot
Adam is in a store backroom, he creates a clone that resembles Joe, he releases it. Alex, Amanda, Ethan, Fred, Harold, Joe, Joy, Kathy, Kayla, Sam, and Wednesday are having an outing at the beach, they are playing volleyball, afterwards, they build sandcastles, after awhile, they leave the beach. After some time, The group are eating burgers and fries and drinking coke, they look the window and see a clone that looks like Joe. Fred wonders what's going on, Joe says who knows, Sam tells them they should go to his house for some research. Alex, Amanda, Harold, Kayla, and Wednesday ask if they can come too, Sam tells them sure.

The group are at Sam's House, Joe asks Sam why is there a clone of him. Sam gets out his laptop, he does some research, he sees that clone is going to commit crimes to make Joe look bad. Fred and Joe freak out, Joe tells them he can't go to jail. Sam's Mom Bianca and Sam's Dad Jerry come in they ask, them what's going on, Sam says nothing. Alex, Amanda, Harold, Kayla, and Wednesday wonder who is behind it, Ethan and Joy wonder what is Joe gonna do, Kathy gets worried, he tells them he has a plan.

The Joe clone is downtown, he takes the screw off a fire hydrant and runs leaving people nearby soaked. The clone materializes a minibomb and blows up a safe in a bank, he takes the money and runs off. Adam is watching, he is evilly laughing, saying Joe will have a nice new home in jail.

Joe is walking downtown, he is approached by his clone, he confronts the clone, the clone tells him he's going to jail, joe says no he's not. Fred and Sam are coming out of the the bathroom, they see Joe talking to his clone, they wonder what's gonna happen. Alex, Amanda, Ethan, Harold, Joy, Kathy, Kayla, and Wednesday show up. Joe types in a gemstone blaster in his book, the clone types in a steel blaster in his own book. Joe uses his weapon and the clone uses his weapon.

The battle turns into a gunfight, Fred distracts the clone, while Sam runs moves around it to confuse it, Joe fires at the clone defeating it. Adam shows up, saying he made the Joe clone, Ethan and Joy ask who is that creep, Kathy is mad, Alex, Amanda, Harold, Kayla, and Wednesday tell him that isn't right. Joy says she's scared of clowns, Joe tells them it's Adam an evil clown. Joe fires the gemstone blaster defeating Adam saying, he says he doesn't have time for him. Thanos shows up, the group charge at him, ready to take him on.

Characters

 * Joe
 * Fred
 * Sam
 * Ethan
 * Joy
 * Kathy (first appearance)
 * Problem Solvers
 * Alex
 * Amanda
 * Harold
 * Kayla
 * Wednesday
 * Bianca (first appearance)
 * Jerry (first appearance)
 * Citizens

Villains

 * Joe clone (first appearance)
 * Adam (first re-appearance)
 * Thanos

By Joe

 * Gemstone Blaster

By the Joe clone

 * Steel Blaster

Major Events

 * Adam encounters Joe, Fred, Sam, Ethan, and Joy again after 4 years.
 * Kathy meets Adam for the first time.

Trivia

 * This is the first appearance of Kathy.
 * In this fanfic Ethan and Joy act like they never met Adam but in From Hero to Eternity, they met him for the first time.