Meanwhile, in Tampa, Florida,

Brad Marchand lines up Vladislav Namestnikov on the ice. Vladdy is going in for a puck along the boards and he is slammed into by the big forward. Vladdy is crunched against the boards and receives a good three cross-checks to his back. The final one sends him falling to the ice on his face.

As he falls, Vladdy spots Steven Stamkos get the puck thankfully and send a nice saucer down the ice to an open Jonathan Drouin. He scrambles back to his feet to see Brad laughing.

"Marchy!" Vladdy growls. "Nice cross-check there fourth liner."

"Nice chirp, sweetie, but you're as bad as Kenny Wu from the Mighty Ducks movies." Brad smirks at him and pokes him in the stomach with the butt end of his stick.

Vladdy frowns and shoves the stick away, with a slash of his own stick. "Shut up Brad. I don't think you want me fighting you."

"Oh, you fighting me? Go ahead, but you're vastly outmatched here Russian."

"I'll wreak chaos on you!" Vladdy snaps, dropping his stick and gloves.

"Chaos? Don't flatter yourself small fry!" Brad shoves him away easily and skates off.

Vladdy catches himself and skates after Brad. He jumps before him and halts him. Brad looks down at him, cocking an eyebrow at the confrontation. Vladdy furrows his eyebrows in anger. "Gloves off. Let's do this!"

Brad snickers. "If you say so."

"I know so!"

Brad sheds his equipment and grabs Vladdy, who follows suit. Brad swings his fist at the Tampa forward, who ducks the blow. Vladdy attempts to shake his arm free and get a good swing but Brad is quicker and shoves him down to the ice. In the process, Vladdy loses his helmet, which flies away from the fight and skids to the feet of a ref.

"Didn't your mother ever teach you to play nice with others and pick on people your own size?" Brad hisses.

"You are my size, Marchy!" Vladdy shoves him off and gets to his feet. He is glowing bright orangish-red.

Brad sees the glow, which has perplexed the refs. The Bruin gets to his feet and smirks. "Very funny, Vladdy. Are your friends helping you out with that "menacing look"? Knock it off! I won and you know it! You're just a pathetic little goal scorer!"

Vladdy gives off a cry and blasts Brad backward with a stream of concentrated plasma from his chest, sending him slammed right into the boards. The Bruin hits the boards with a sickening thunk. Vladdy eyes him with hatred and snarls, "See, Chaos, Marchy, maybe next time don't anger me, you punk!"

"Oh you're gonna get it now little man!" Brad snarls. He skates at Vladdy, who begins to sway and produce solar rings around his body. Brad skids to a halt as one flies off and breaks one of the boards behind him. "You have powers!?" The goon sneers, not at all surprised, which sends a red flag to Vladdy's mind. "That's... precious!"

The Lightning player ignores the lack of shock and the eerie calmness from the Bruin and retorts, "That's right and I'm not afraid to use 'em! Back off!"

Brad ducks as another ring flies off toward him. "Okay, easy man. Interestingly enough though, I too have powers!" He lunges forward and tackles Vladdy, who instantly stops glowing. He is slammed into the ice by the force of Brad's attack. "The power to not give a damn about your powers!"

Vladdy's head makes contact with the hard cold surface and he is knocked out. He goes limp at once and Brad, too heated in the moment, doesn't stop. He raises his hand up, curling it into a fist and prepares to strike the Tampa Bay hero.

Nikita Nesterov spots him and rushes to help out. One of the Bruin players - Ryan Spooner - stops him, grabbing him and halting him. Nesty screams in Russian, flustered. "Я должна помочь Владу наружу! Он нуждается во мне! Он мой товарищ по команде и друг мой! Отпусти меня! (I got to help Vlad out! He needs me! He's my teammate and my friend! Let me go!)"

Nesty fights with Ryan Spooner, who doesn't budge. The Bruin snaps at him, saying, "Don't be a fool Lightning Bolt. You want to fight me?"

Nesty half pays attention to him, still trying to get free. In the struggle he lands a good punch to Ryan Spooner's face. The winger accepts the challenge and they begin to spar. Nesty is torn from looking at Vladdy as he focus on taking down the Bruin he's tangled with. He knows that he has to get help for Vladdy though.

He is able to get a second and he glances to the bench and nods to Tyler Johnson, who is watching the scene.

"Alright boys, let's help Vladdy out!" Tyler Johnson (TJ) exclaims, jumping up with Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov at his sides. They hop over the bench, much to the shock and dismay of Coach John Cooper.

"Do we--?" Kuch asks him with a sly smirk.

TJ nods to him. "Power up."

"With pleasure, TJ!" Ondrej remarks.

The trio skates over to where Vladdy is on the ice. Brad punches Vladdy in the face, drawing blood from his nose, but before he can contact him again, the trio known as Tampa's Triplets, skid to a halt before him. Kuch has water spouting from his hand, while Ondrej plays around with a bolt of lightning. TJ has his arms folded across his chest. He looks down at Brad, frowning and unamused.

"Looks like you picked the wrong team to mess with?!" TJ snarls.

Brad looks up and raises an eyebrow. "More pathetic little heroes with superpowers, right? How cute!"

"Enough Marchy. Back off now or you're gonna get the wrath of the Triplets!" TJ continues as Nesty punches Ryan Spooner in the face behind them.

"Wrath of the Triplets? Really?" Brad questions, laughing diabolically. "You can't be serious?"

"No be mean, Marchy!" Nesty scolds. He comes forward to join his friends. His skin has turned to steel and behind him, Ryan Spooner is on the ground gasping for air.

"Make me, Russian scum!" Brad snarls at him.

"Now Triplets!" Nesty orders. "Get him!"

TJ dives and tackles Brad, sending them both flying backward. Brad flips TJ over with ease and pins him to the ice. But he forgets about Ondrej and Kuch, who come over and grab Brad by the arms, pulling him off TJ, who gets to his feet.

"This is a warning. Come after anyone else and we WILL set you straight." He wipes away a single stream of blood from his nose.

"Bring it!" Brad snarls, jerks his arms free from Kuch and Ondrej. He storms to the bench but is then escorted to the penalty box.

TJ, Ondrej, Kuch and Nesty return to Vladdy, who is still unconscious.

"What should we do about Vladdy?" Ondrej asks.

"He be fine. Nesty got him." The big, burly defenseman, who is still in his steel-man look (Russiosteel) scoops Vladdy up into his arms and skates to the bench with him. He sets Vladdy on the bench and squirts water at his face.

Instantly Vladdy snaps awake and blinks as he spots the four players. "What happened?" He grabs his head, wincing with pain.

"You try to wreak chaos again." Nesty shakes his head and puts the bottle back in place.

"With Brad," TJ adds on.

"He egged me out. That asshole! Wait, Nesty, why are you--? Oh no! I used my powers didn't I?" Vladdy groans and covers his face with his hands.

"You did," Ondrej states.

"And you all saw?"

TJ, Kuch and Ondrej share a look and then nod.

"Oh man...I'm gonna get in so much trouble!" Vladdy shakes his head.

"No, Nesty use powers too!" Nesty exclaims, finally powering down out of his steel look.

The period comes to an end and they all head to the locker room. A trainer comes over and checks Vladdy out. Luckily he is okay and he passes the check. No concussion. Vladdy is cleared to return to action.

The intermission passes and the team returns to the ice.

Mid-way through the period, Vladdy, Nesty, Kuch, TJ and Ondrej are all sent onto the ice. The Bruins send out Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, Loui Eriksson, Kevan Miller and Adam McQuaid. It is Patrice against TJ at the dot; TJ wins the faceoff and gets the puck back to Nesty. Brad instantly targets Vladdy, lining him up.

"Welcome back sweetie, I didn't think you'd come back!" Brad snarls.

"You're not going to get to me, Marchy."

"Aw, did I take away your cute little chaos powers?" Brad teases as Vladdy tries to shake him, only to get slammed against the boards again.

"Go away!" Vladdy snaps.

TJ spots Vladdy in trouble. He taps the puck to Ondrej and speeds over to Brad. Nesty gasps, seeing him. TJ grabs Brad and zooms around the rink with him. "I told you not to mess with anyone!!" He flings the Bruin into the middle of the ice, after the play is finished with Ondrej passing the puck to Vladdy, who passes it to Kuch for a goal.

They start to celebrate before they spot TJ zipping around Brad. They all head for the speedy forward, who finally stops and folds his arms, frowning.

"I may be small, but I'm fast and now that you know my powers, you wanna rethink attacking Vladdy?"

Brad spits on the ice in anger and scrambles to his feet. "NEVER!"

Nesty holds Vladdy close to him, powering up. His skin transforms into the steel and he protects his teammate from Brad, who winks menacingly at him. Vladdy, suddenly very scared and cowardly, hides his face into his teammates abdomen.

TJ turns to his linemates, who step forward. "Kuch, Pally, back me up! It's time to teach him a BIG lesson."

Kuch flicks his hand out as he says, "Don't mind if I do!" in Russian. Water forms from his hand, which he then shoots at Brad. Ondrej joins him, shooting lightning at him. The two keep on Brad, who finally snaps and disappears into a cloud of smoke.

Ondrej and Kuch share a look, before they are flung backward away from the Bruin. They land on the ice and their powers vanish. They find themselves staring at a giant rat-like creature. It roars at them.

"TJ!" Kuch yells.

"This wasn't in the plan TJ!" Ondrej adds on.

Vladdy steals a glance and sees the rat-like Brad Marchand stalk toward Kuch and Ondrej. TJ speeds forward, toward it and slams into it. Both he and the Bruin rat fly toward the Tampa bench, which clears out. They slam into the boards and Brad pins TJ down, snarling at him. Saliva drips from the rat's mouth.

"I do what I want Lightning Bolts! They don't call me the rat for nothing!" Brad goes to bite TJ's neck, but he is blasted into the boards by Kuch's water powers.

TJ scrambles to his feet, while Kuch presses harder into his powers, channeling all of his energy into the blast. Brad begins to cough and sputter as the water gets into his mouth. He tries to swipe at the liquid with his paws but he finds himself stuck.

Vladdy tears himself free from Nesty's protection and darts over to join his friends. He shakes off the fear and gains his confidence once more. TJ, Ondrej, Vladdy and soon Nesty stand together with TJ. They form a line, prepared to attack.

"Got anything to say to us, Marchy?" TJ asks, raising his voice up over the blasting water.

"You all killed Rinaldo!" Brad manages.

TJ holds his hand out and commands Kuch to halt his water blasting. Kuch cuts off his powers and Brad drops to the ice on all fours, coughing and sputtering. After a few minutes his head snaps up and he glares at the five heroes.

"What do you mean?" Ondrej snaps.

"I mean I found Rinaldo dead with four arrows in his back!" Brad snarls at them. "I figured it was you pesky heroes."

"Pesky?" Nesty snorts.

Vladdy nods his head. He bites his lip though. Arrows meant one of two things: either Nikita Zadorov or Valeri Nichushkin. He taps Nesty's arm. The big defenseman turns to him and cocks his head in question.

"Vladdy?" he inquires.

"I think Arrow Hawk or Arrow Av - Val or Zady - killed Rinaldo. It's the only explanation! But why? Surely they have a legit reason, right?" Vladdy whispers.

Nesty nods. "They have to. May be time to talk to some Russian Archers."