Goodbye and Farewell

Goodbye and Farewell is the tenth and final fanfic of the short story series **Joe the Great**. It is also a "what-if?" fanfic, like Fred the Great.

## Summary

Spring break is over, Joe goes from hero to normal, that is until Thanos comes back with a vengeance.

## Plot

Fred, Joe, and Sam are on top of a building, Joe has a grappling hook gun, the two thieves are getting away. Joe uses the grappling hook gun to catch the thieves, Fred and Sam cheer, Sam mentions how it's the last day of spring break, Joe becomes disappointed. Fred and Sam tell Joe going back to school won't be that bad, Joe tells them otherwise. A comic is shown, there are several ways a story can begin, it opens, pages of comic strips pass, just as quickly as it can end, and for Joe, this will be one of those stories.

The boys are taking a bus back to Boomfield, they are disappointed, Joe thinks he can use the book to help the cops but Fred and Sam tell him the less people know the better. Joe comes home, he is greeted by his mother Ashley and his father Noah, they notice he has a book they ask him where did he get it, he lies saying he got it at some store, saying he forgot he had it. Ashley opens the door for him to his room, he sees it’s a mess, she tells him it was just how he left it, and tells him to clean it up, saying she doesn’t care how long it takes, she leaves, he says not long at all, he asks the book to summon a wand and uses it to clean his room, he heads out of his room. Later that evening during dinner, Ashley tells Joe she’s amazed at how he was able to clean his room, take the trash, rake the leaves, and straighten out the garage all before dinner, Joe tells them since time is money, they should double his allowance, they tell him they’ll do that, he gets excited.

The next day the boys are at school in the cafeteria, they’re unhappy about being back in school, Kevin and Mike throw milkshakes at them, everyone laughs at them, they leave. In gym, Kevin and Mike are picking teams, Fred, Joe, and Sam mention how don’t miss gym class, a loud crash is heard. Multiple drones break into the gym to attack, everyone starts to panic. Joe goes outside of the gym, Joe asks the book to give him a gemstone blaster. The coach guides everyone to safety, Joe comes back to gym and uses the gemstone blaster to defeat the drones, Fred and Sam are relieved. The police come in to investigate.

Joe returns home, only to see his house has been destroyed, he sees Thanos who has his father, he tells him to let his father go. Thanos tells him if surrenders he will let him go, Joe pretends to give in, Noah gets scared. Joe asks the book to summon an electric stick, Noah wonders what’s going on, he tells him to survive now, talk later. Joe fights off Thanos with the stick, Noah is shocked by what happened, he tells him that he found a book that has supernatural powers.

Later that night Fred, Joe, Noah, and Sam are downtown, they see Thanos' drones attacking the city, Noah wonders what are they gonna do. Joe asks the book to give him high speed running shoes. Kevin and Mike are shocked to learn that he has a book with supernatural powers. Joe runs down the sewer, Thanos follows. Fred and Sam grab a bomb from a store. Joe gives them the signal to set the bomb in the sewer, Joe runs and comes back up to the surface, Joe says that Thanos is burnt toast, Fred, Sam, and Noah are proud of him. Kevin and Mike are hanging from a branch, Joe shows himself as he figured his secret was out. Ashley, Fred, Joe, Noah, and Sam are together, Noah says that he would invite Fred and Sam over for dinner, but the house is destroyed, but tells them they can all go out to eat together. The next day Fred, Joe, and Sam are at school they walk into the classroom, students step out of the way for them enter. Fred, Joe, and Sam see Annie outside coming towards the school with a sledgehammer, Mr. Jones tells Joe it's time for an early recess, he decides to take out the book and prepares to summon something. A comic strip is shown, pages flip, Joe realizes that even though he didn't want spring break to end, he knew going back to school could be a new beginning, as the comic closes.

## Characters

* Joe
* Fred
* Sam
* Ashley
* Noah
* Kevin
* Mike
* Police
* Students
* Mr. Jones

### Villains

* Thanos
* Drones
* Thieves

* Annie

## From the Book

* Grappling Hook Gun (obtained off-screen)
* Wand
* Gemstone Blaster
* Electric Stick
* High Speed Running Shoes

## Major Events

* The boys’ spring break ends and they head back to Boomfield.

## Trivia

* Just like the fanfic Fred the Great, this fanfic is non-canon, and is just another "what-if?" fanfic.
	+ This fanfic was made to show what would happen if Thanos exposed Joe’s identity.
* Kevin and Mike do not give the boys a wedgie, but Joe gives them one.
* This is the first fanfic to introduce a main characters relatives in this case Joe’s Parents, being Ashley and Noah.
	+ Ashley and Noah make their official canonical debut in Joe the Great Returns: Part 1 and Getting Grounded respectively in the Magic Squad series.
* Despite being non-canon, this is the only fanfic in which Annie and Thanos appear in but don’t interact in any way.