Terrible Malfunction

Terrible Malfunction is the tenth fanfic of the short story series **Joe the Great: Superverse**.

## Summary

While at a carnival Brooke and Joe must deal with a giant bird to protect the citizens that has been unleashed, things get worse when Kyle shows up.

## Plot

Brooke and Joe are at Brooke’s House, they are eating donuts and watching tv, they talk about how the welcome sign for Boomfield reads “The Most Normal City in America”, saying how they find it odd since it’s full of action. Brooke’s Dad Corey comes into the living room, he gets confused as to what’s going on. Joe gets some popcorn and drinks, he and Brooke dig in, afterwards they leave the house.

The duo are at a carnival, a woman is talking about the history of Boomfield to Brooke and Joe. The woman shows them a giant bomb and mentions the city got its name from the Laplanders who accidentally named a boom in with an explosive in 1638, year the city was found, the woman leaves, Snyder approaches them, he sends a giant bird. Brooke and Joe see a giant bird approach them, Brook fights Snyder. Joe types in the book freeze ray, he tries to freeze the bird but misses. The bird tries to attack Joe but misses.

Brooke is fighting Snyder, he tries to hit her, but she doges. Joe is running, he has a flashback. In the past, Fred, Joe, and Sam are in the woods camping in New Orleans, they get a danger signal near a factory, Sam hopes it better not be like the time when he, Fred, and Joe almost got crushed during their day at downtown, Fred and Joe tell him it can't be that bad. The boys arrive at the factory, they see a giant bird behind a glass, they find it amusing, but leave the room. Kyle shows up, he attacks Joe asks the book to give him high speed running shoes, he runs and attacks Kyle.

Snyder is looking for equipment to build their lab with, he steals it, he enters the room with the giant bird and uses a device to make a duplicate of it. The boys are running from Kyle, Joe asks the book to give him electric gloves, he electrocutes Kyle, he runs off. In the present day, Joe realizes that Snyder and his buddies for the past five years have been stealing equipment to build a lab and that they use a device to make a replica of giant creatures, citizens are running scared.

Brooke fires her weapon at the Snyder, defeating him. Joe types in the book electric blaster, he shoots at the bird defeating it, citizens cheer. Kyle shows up Joe gets scared, Brooke shows up and asks who is he. Joe tells her that's Kyle, Joe shoots his electric blaster, defeating him, he runs off. Later that night, Joe has a rocket gun, he puts it away. Brooke and Joe are at Joe's House, they are eating dinner with Ashley. Brooke and Joe mention how good the food is.

## Characters

#### Present Characters

* Joe

* Brooke

* Ashley

* Corey (first appearance)

* Citizens

#### Flashback Characters

* Joe (11 years old)
* Fred (11 years old)
* Sam (11 years old)
* Giant Bird

### Villains

#### Present Villains

* Kyle

* Snyder

* Giant Bird

#### Flashback Villains

* Kyle
* Snyder

## From the Book

### By 11 year old Joe

* High Speed Running Shoes

* Electric Gloves

### By 16 year old Joe

* Freeze Ray

* Electric Blaster

* Rocket Gun (obtained off-screen)

## Major Events

* It’s revealed that the forces of evil have been traveling to multiple places places to steal equipment to build their lab and using a device to make duplicates of giant creatures for the last five years.
* Joe encounters Kyle for the first time in five years while Brooke meets him for the first time.

## Trivia

* the events of Who’s in Cahoots With Who? is mentioned during the flashback when Sam gets scared of the danger signal.
* The boys visit New Orleans in the flashback.
* It's explained how Boomfield was founded, and that it was named after an explosive that used in a field.