Back in the present in H.A.T.T.Y.,

Geno bravely steps forward to confront Nathan MacKinnon, calling to him by mimicking his moose cries. Nathan rears up, swinging his hoofed hands in the air, before slamming them to the ground.

Nothing happens, given the technological engineering and strength of the headquarters building. Geno throws his hands out though and bellows like an angry moose to Nathan, who finally calms down and blinks.

"Nathan, Nathan, I know you can talk. You're just in a state of shock and horror right now. But it'll be okay, you're safe now and I need some answers."

Nikolay gets to all fours and barks at him and then says, "Come on, you're just like me! Fear does wonders to the mind."

Nathan swings his head around to look at everyone in the room. "What's going on?" he finally manages.

Geno smiles and walks forward with Nikolay padding alongside him. He reaches out and touches Nathan's head between his antlers. "I can understand your fear. Tell me, do you remember anything from Russia or before that?"

Nathan sits back on his hunches and looks at the Pittsburgh Penguin. "I remember Sidney Crosby trying to warn me about a danger and then someone attacked me and I was on an airplane. I remember watching Jo..." He glances at the unicorn momentarily. "Get transformed...and then a blur and then the building toppled over and..."

"And what?"

"And crushed Sidney. Sidney is dead, because of me?" Nathan questions, before a voice enters his head. No, not because of you. Someone made you go mad, Nathan. Someone turned you into a moose. It is because of them that Sidney is dead. Not you.

Geno steps backward and says, "It is never anyone's fault, Nathan. It was fate. He tried to warn you and tried to stop you, but in the end his fate was sealed."

Nathan hangs his head. "I'm a killer, Geno." No, you aren't.

Nikolay puts his paws on the thighs of the moose man and looks into Nathan's eyes. "You're no killer from what I see." The Golden Retriever puppy then licks Nathan's cheek, much to his disgust.

Nathan bats his arms in front of him, swinging his hooves at the puppy, who scampers back to Geno in shock and fright. Nathan then bellows like a moose at him. Geno responds back to him in moose and Nathan shakes his head.

Nathan then gets control of his feelings and apologizes. "It's just weird getting licked by a puppy human. Let alone a San Jose Shark."

Nikolay hangs his head. "Sorry, that was instinctive. I can't control it."

"Just like you seem to not be able to control your anger, Nathan. Luckily for you, I am an animal expert. I shall train you. Sid, he was the trainer of new heroes, but it looks like that duty falls to me now. Unfortunately I can only understand animals, so I cannot train Jonathan Drouin there," Geno states, nodding his head in the unicorn's direction.

"I don't need any training!" Drouin snaps.

"You can say that and think that all you want to, but you do need some training. There could be more magic in that horn that you don't know of!" Evelyn remarks. "And obviously there's more superhumans out there that we never thought of. So like Professor X in Cerebro, we gotta locate them all, mutants and what-have-you. Anyone with powers. I'll talk to Kelly about it. But maybe there's another Sid out there who can help us."

"Anton Stralman," Vladdy suddenly gasps.

"Stralman?" Evelyn questions. "What about him?"

"I'm positive he has powers," Vladdy states. "He saved me from Gallagher and then he also saved me again from getting in trouble with the NHL."

"Interesting, tell me about this. And do any of you all have anything on Stralman's behavior?" she looks around at the other Bolts, who shakes their heads. "Geno, train Nathan and Goldy, I'm gonna chat with the Bolts and then we'll have a short funeral for Sid."

"What about Ovechkin?" Ulianna pipes up. "He'll try to kill me again. I know him well. We didn't leave on good terms and I'm not shocked he wants to kill me. But it was what had to be done."

"We'll figure that out after the funeral. But for now, we need to gather clues and regroup and get a little rest." Evelyn dips her head at Val's sister and then leads Nesty, Kuch, Vladdy, Drouin, Ondrej and TJ toward a room to talk in private, while Geno takes Nathan and Nikolay toward the training room.

Over the next few hours, Vladdy retells the events of the bizarre, talkative dork Anton Stralman from the Matt Carle incident to the newer Gallagher one where Stralman had saved him and then spoke to him. (Now he tells the Stralman part of the story.) As they talk, Nathan is taught how to control the moose inside of him, which is triggered by his fear. Geno works with him, communicating with him and slowly Nathan grows more comfortable and learns to speak and not bellow like a moose, channeling his fear.

After a good four hours of training and Stralman talk, they all meet back in the lobby with the others, who are now dressed in black. The Bolts, Nathan, Geno and Nikolay all get dressed and then Evelyn nods her head.

Portal gathers them together and they teleport to Pittsburgh, where the funeral is to be held for Sidney Crosby. The sky is overcast and dark gray overhead as the group wanders into the ceremony, spotting the coffin as well as an emotional Pierre McGuire, Sidney's family and close friends, the rest of the Penguin players and even Gary Bettman.

Geno instantly rushes forward in tears, followed by Nathan and Drouin. And then Evelyn and Fake Tyler, who fakes his sorrow for the passing of his trainer. Jamie hugs him closely, but Fake Tyler of course feels nothing for the loss.

They all go through the ceremony and watch in somber silence as Sidney Crosby's coffin is lowered into the ground. As they watch, Nikolay nudges Nathan's hand with his head and then nods to the side.

They both walk over, parting from the group. Nathan wipes his eyes from the tears, while Nikolay sits down and looks up at him. "Nathan, I know what happened. You didn't kill Sidney Crosby. You were transformed into a moose by Ulianna Nichushkina and she is the real killer, the one responsible for his death. Had she not transformed you into a moose...well..." He looks back as dirt is shoveled into the hole.

Nathan looks back and then toward where Ulianna is holding Val closely. He scrapes his hooves on the ground, snorts and narrows his eyes in anger. "Ulianna Nichushkina killed Sidney Crosby, my best friend and turned me into a killer moose. She must pay for that. Thank you Nikolay. I now know what I must do...kill Ulianna Nichushkina."

Nikolay watches as Nathan walks back over, still eyeing the Dallas Star and his sister. Fake Tyler walks up to the puppy from behind and stops beside him. "Good boy Nikolay. You're similar to the Golden Retriever that Tyler used to own, who's now dead most likely. The difference is, you're easier to control and corrupt. You still have a human mind and can be my slave." He scratches the puppy behind the ears and then continues walking back to the group, rejoining Jamie.

Nikolay shakes his head and then cocks it, unaware of what had just occurred. He gets up and pads back over to the group, while Nathan remains glaring at Ulianna and Val, thinking, She killed Sidney, she must pay for it!