Stick in the Mud

Stick in the Mud is the twelfth fanfic of the short story series Joe the Great: Superverse.

Summary
Brooke, Ethan, Fred, Joe, Joy, and Sam must deal with a threat at the museum. Joe must decide if he should learn from his past or let it define him.

Plot
Brooke and Joe are driving in their truck through Undercity, Joe tells Brooke that he used the electric gloves a lot, he has a flashback. In the past, Fred, Joe, and Sam are chasing a robber in Minneapolis, they are getting away. Joe asks the book to give him electric gloves, he shocks the robber. Later that night a building is on fire in Des Moines, Joe asks the book to give him electric gloves, Fred and Sam ask him why is he using electric gloves, he tells them to look cool, Afterwards someone is in danger, Joe asks the book to give him electric gloves, he runs.

In the present day, a robot is attacking, Joe tries to use the book but it needs to recharge, he suggests to run. Brooke and Joe are running, the robot is about to throw something. Joe sees the book is recharged he types in the book ice ray, he freezes the robot. Brooke and Joe go up to the surface.

Joe gets a call from Ethan, Fred, Joy, and Sam, they tell them to meet them at the museum. Brooke and Joe arrive at the museum, they walk around, John shows up, Brooke asks who is, Joe tells her that's John, she introduces herself, and he introduces himself back. Brooke asks Joe why did he stop using the electric gloves, he has a flashback. In the past, Fred, Joe, and Sam are camping in Milwaukee, Kyle is attacking, John shows up and warns Joe if he keeps using the electric gloves it'll make it hard for him to control other things in the book, he ignores him. Joe asks the book to give him electric gloves, Kyle electrocutes the book and vaporizes the gloves, Joe gets upset. In the present day, John says that as a failsafe, the electric gloves could never be used in the book again, Evelyn, Kyle, and Snyder show up. Snyder unleashes a fly monster, Joe types in the book flamethrower, defeating it, he gets upset.

Brooke Joe, and John run into Ethan, Fred, Joy, and Sam, they see Evelyn, Kyle, and Snyder. Fred and Sam are shocked to see Kyle again, they ask who are the people with Kyle, he tell them that's Evelyn and Snyder. Ethan and Joy ask who are the people, Brooke and Joe tell them that's Evelyn, Kyle, and Snyder. Evelyn tells the group she has been in league with Kyle and Snyder, Fred, Joe, and Sam are shocked. Snyder unleashes a giant octopus, it attacks, it grabs John, Joe types in the book extreme boxing gloves, defeating it, causing it to retreat. Ethan, Fred, Joy, and Sam wonder what was an octopus doing in a museum, Joe tells them Snyder keeps giant creatures in a lab, they are shocked. Kyle is attacking, Joe is about to use the book until Kyle grabs him and absorbs him into him, Brooke, Ethan, Fred, John, Joy, and Sam get scared. Joe is sleeping, he has a vision. Joe sees he is five years in the past, he sees his his younger self as well as Fred and Sam. Joe's younger self is depressed, Fred and Sam wonder if he will be okay, John shows up to console Younger Joe, he tells him he learn from his past or let it define him. Younger Joe sees his older self, and asks if he learned anything, he tells them there was no fail from their takeaway back then, they agree to forgive themselves, the book glows.

Joe types in the book electric gloves, he electrocutes the inside of Kyle and gets out. Brooke, Ethan, Fred, John, Joy, and Sam are happy to see Joe is alive. Joe electrocutes Evelyn, Kyle, and Snyder, Brooke presses a button on her weapon, a hammer comes out. she whacks the villains. Joe electrocutes Kyle, killing him, Brooke uses karate moves on Evelyn and Snyder, they run off. John says bye the group, he leaves. Brooke, Ethan, Fred, Joe, Joy, and Sam walk out of the museum.

Characters

 * Joe (11 and 16 years old)


 * Brooke


 * Fred (11 and 16 years old)


 * Sam (11 and 16 years old)


 * Ethan


 * Joy
 * John (first re-appearance; present)

Villains

 * Evelyn


 * Kyle (flashback and present; death)


 * Snyder
 * Fly Monster
 * Giant Octopus
 * Robber (flashback)

By 11 year old Joe

 * Electric Gloves (4x, fourth time deleted)

By 16 year old Joe

 * Ice Ray
 * Flamethrower
 * Extreme Boxing Gloves


 * Electric Gloves (restored)

Major Events

 * Its revealed why Joe stopped using the electric gloves.
 * John makes his present Superverse debut.
 * Brooke meets John for the first time.
 * Fred and Sam meet Evelyn and Snyder for the first time.
 * Ethan and Joy meet Evelyn, Kyle, and Snyder for the first time.
 * The boys visit Minneapolis and Des Moines in the day and night scenes of the first flashback and Milwaukee in the second flashback.
 * Fred and Sam encounter Kyle for the first time in five years.
 * Joe, Fred, and Sam learn that Evelyn, Kyle, and Snyder have to been working together for five years.


 * Joe regains the electric gloves.
 * Joe defeats Kyle once and for all, killing him.