The Ballad of Nature

The Ballad of Nature is the sixteenth fanfic of the short story series Joe the Great: Superverse.

Summary
Brooke, Fred, Joe, Joy, Kathy and Sam's plans are caught off guard after Elvira, Jackson, Lily, Morticia, and Tabitha hunt down animals as well as forcing Alex, Ethan, Joy, Kayla, and Wednesday to do the same thing.

Plot
It's nighttime Brooke, Fred, Joe, Kathy, and Sam are watching a scary movie, they scream, the movie ends. Brooke and Joe tell each other they were scared but they deny it, Kathy tells them that they were scared, Fred and Sam laugh in agreement. Ethan and Joy are with Alex, Kayla, and Wednesday in Canary Mill. Ethan and Joy tell them Elvira, Lily, and Morticia are back and Jackson, and Tabitha are with her. Alex, Kayla, and Wednesday are not happy.

The next day, Brooke, Fred, Joe, and Sam are in Undercity, they are getting ready to buy something until they hear a noise above. Brooke, Fred, Joe, and Sam check out the noise and see it's Elvira, Lily, and Morticia trying to hunt animals, they get mad. Fred and Sam ask who are they, Joe tells them they’re Elvira, Lily, and Morticia and says they're evil, they see Jackson and Tabitha with them. Fred and Sam get scared, Joe says they'll defeat them too. Brooke says to split up, she tells Fred to go with Joe, and she’ll go with Sam, the group split up. Alex, Ethan, Joy, Kayla, and Wednesday are with Elvira, Jackson, Lily, Morticia, and Tabitha. Morticia tells them to hunt down the animals, saying they'll get a free prize, they follow her instructions. Brooke and Sam are walking they are worried about Ethan and Joy, Sam tells Brooke Morticia must be able to manipulate people into doing what she wants. Fred and Joe are walking, they talk about getting a chili dog later.

Ethan and Joy tell Kayla hunting will be a breeze. Kayla has a flashback. In the past, Kayla is lost outside, she is found by Morticia, she gets her to safety. Morticia takes her house, they go inside, she sees Ethan and Joy playing video games, they tell her she can join in anytime. Alex, Amanda, and Wednesday introduce themselves to her and she introduces herself back, Ethan and Joy tell her to get comfortable, she smiles. In the present day, Wednesday shoots at a deer, Ethan and Joy admire her hunting skills. Brooke and Sam reunite with Fred and Joe. The group are investigating, Elvira, Jackson, Lily, Morticia, and Tabitha appear with Alex, Ethan, Joy, Kayla, and Wednesday. The group are shocked to see Alex, Ethan, Joy, Kayla, and Wednesday with them. Brooke, Fred, Joe, Kathy, and Sam tell Elvira, Jackson, Lily, Morticia, and Tabitha to stop what they're doing, they refuse and run.

The group chases after them, and end up in a restaurant, Brooke, Fred, Joe, Joy, Kathy, and Sam are unable to find them. Alex, Ethan, Joy, Kayla, and Wednesday decide not to listen to Elvira, Jackson, Lily, Morticia, and Tabitha anymore, Kayla has a flashback. In the past, Kayla is at Morticia's House, Morticia is electrocuting Kayla along with Ethan and Joy. Morticia tells Ethan and Joy the coming storm will be gone, they tell her the coming storm has it coming. Morticia asks Kayla how does she feel, she says powerful. In the present day, Alex, Ethan, Joy, Kayla, and Wednesday run away. Alex, Ethan, Joy, Kayla, and Wednesday show up, the group are happy to see them. Kathy tells Elvira, Jackson, Lily, Morticia, and Tabitha they are breaking the law, they tell them oh well and run to the exit but are caught by Alex, Brooke, Ethan, Fred, Joe, Joy, Kathy, Kayla, Sam, and Wednesday, they try to hit them but they dodge and they throw stuff at them. Elvira, Jackson, Lily, Morticia, and Tabitha run out the restaurant, the group chases after them.

Alex, Brooke, Ethan, Fred, Joe, Joy, Kathy, Kayla, Sam, and Wednesday catch up to the villains, they are about to hunt some animals, Joe types in the book wand, he uses the wand to move the villains away from the animals, and then to make them run away. Morticia says she will get the coming storm as she, Elvira, Jackson, Lily, and Tabitha run away, the group wonder what is she talking about. Alex, Brooke, Ethan, Fred, Joe, Joy, Kathy, Kayla, Sam, and Wednesday let the animals roam free.

Characters

 * Joe
 * Brooke
 * Fred
 * Sam
 * Kathy
 * Innocent Person (flashback)

Villains

 * Horribles
 * Morticia (flashback and present)
 * Elvira
 * Lily
 * Jackson
 * Tabitha

Neutral

 * Ethan (flashback and present)
 * Joy (flashback and present)
 * Assassin Kids
 * Alex (flashback and present)
 * Amanda (flashback)
 * Kayla (first re-appearance; flashback and present)
 * Wednesday (flashback and present)

From the Book

 * Wand

Major Events

 * Fred and Sam encounter Jackson and Tabitha for the first time in five years.
 * Kayla makes her flashback Superverse debut.
 * Fred and Sam meet Elvira, Lily, and Morticia for the first time.

Trivia

 * This is the third and final time in which Joe is absent in a fanfic evolving any flashback the first being Code Encore and the second being Root of All Issues.