Joe the Great: Race Against Space

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Joe the Great: Race Against Space is the second full story of the short story series, **Joe the Great**.

## Summary

Fred, Joe, and Sam meet someone named Craig who plans to destroy the universe, Joe and his friends must stop him. This full story takes place in an alternate universe.

## Plot

Fred, Joe, and Sam are in Boomfield, they are battling Craig. Joe has a Bazooka, he shoots at him. After a short battle, Joe obliterates the villain. Fred and Sam ask Joe what was with him, he tells them he was probably just talking.

The next day the boys go back to school, Joe has trouble adjusting to normal life, Fred and Sam tell him he’ll have to get used to it again, Mr. Jones tells them to do their work, they get mad. The bell rings the boys are going to lunch, they get to lunch and eat their food and drink their drinks.

The boys are at a diner, they order milkshakes. Kevin and Mike show up, they pour their milkshakes on them. The boys run out of the diner, Fred is mad, Sam wonders how will they get even with them, Joe says he has a plan. Joe asks the book to give him a wand he, Fred, and Sam sneak in and use the wand to make food and drinks fly around, pelting Kevin and Mike, the boys laugh.

Joe is at home in the living room watching tv, Ashley comes in and tells Joe to clean up, Noah comes in and tells him he doesn’t have to clean up, saying he’ll get it. Joe heads out of the house, he goes to Fred’s House, Sam shows up. Sam gets out his laptop and does some analysis on Craig, the boys see that Craig is a villain who wants to destroy the universe.

Craig is in his lair, he is planning on destroying the universe. The boys are at a restaurant, they are eating chili fries and drinking smoothies they see something interesting outside and decide to check it out but sees it’s a rock that was shining. Joe wonders why was a rock shining, Fred and Sam think whoever did it was a jerk.

Later that night, the boys outside of a zoo, they see a vampire approach them. Joe asks the book to give him seed bombs, he throws them at the vampire, he becomes vaporized, Craig changes his shape and sneaks into the book, it glows purple. Fred wonders what was with that vampire, Sam figured maybe it wanted to go for a walk, Joe thinks otherwise.

The next day, a play being held at school, the boys are excited to see it. the stage lights go out, Joe tries to use the book but sees its malfunctioning, he tells Fred and Sam there’s a problem with the book, they look at it and wonder how did that happen.

Craig comes out of the book, he says he plans to destroy the universe, the boys tell him that’s not gonna happen. Sam tries to use karate moves but fails, Fred runs around Craig, but that fails too, Joe tries to use the book but it needs to recharge.

The boys run out of the school, Craig is chasing after them, Joe wonders why won’t the book recharge, Fred doesn’t understand, Sam thinks it’s because of the malfunction. Craig is coming towards boys, he is about severely hurt them, the book is recharged. Joe asks the book to give him a machine gun.

Joe is battling Craig, Fred and Sam get worried. Joe tells Craig to give up, he tells him nothing will stop him, he starts to gloat, Fred and Sam run up behind him and hit him. Joe shoots at Craig and defeats him. The boys go back into the school, Joe accepts adjusting to normal life while also still being a hero, Fred and Sam are happy for him. A truck is approaching the school.

## Characters

* Joe

* Fred

* Sam

* Kevin

* Mike

* Ashley

* Noah

* Mr. Jones

### Villains

* Craig (first appearance)

* Vampire

## From the Book

* Bazooka (obtained off-screen)

* Wand

* Seed Bombs

* Craig (technical malfunction)

* Machine Gun

## Major Events

* Joe, Fred, and Sam meet Craig for the first time and battle him.

* The boys are back in Boomfield after spring break.

## Trivia

* Its revealed that if the user is in immediate danger, the book will instantly recharge.
* This is the first appearance of Craig.
* This full story was originally canon to the Main Universe. This was retconned in Into the Multiverse when it was revealed that the full story takes place in an alternate universe.

 Joe the Great: Secret Of the Book • **Joe the Great: Race Against Space** • Joe the Great: Magic Flock • Joe the Great: Destroy All Magic