Sitting in a heap on the floor is a beaten and battered Tyler Johnson. Ropes are wrapped around his wrists, along with duct tape. The same tape also wraps around his arms and dirty chest, where his once white shirt is now ripped and torn in threads, barely strung together on him, revealing some skin. More tape binds his legs at the knees and ankles.

TJ leisurely tilts his head up and they can now see one of his eyes is swollen shut and blood is smeared on his nose and cheeks. He attempts to speak to them but his efforts are halted by tape over his mouth.

Vladdy covers his mouth with his hands, his eyes flying wide open in terror and Nikita freezes in place, staring in horror at his friend. Dani and Evelyna gasp as well. They'd found him alright...

After gathering some courage, Steven slowly creeps forward and drops down to where his teammate is. He carefully peels off the tape from TJ's mouth. "TJ, are you okay man?" the blond captain for the Lightning asks.

"Does it look like I'm okay, Stammer? Look at what those sick bastards did to me?! And the worst part is...they purposefully broke my right wrist!! AGAIN!! During the playoffs it was an accident, but this was deliberate! It hurts like hell and I can't feel anything on my right side really!" He grits his teeth in pain and he attempts to shift his position.

Steven bites his lips and shakes his head.

"Oh, and they took Yzerchuk!" Tyler manages through his pain and agony.

"Yzerchuk?!" Nikita, Vladdy, Evelyna, and Dani question.

Steven sighs. Not the Lightning Bolt again. He'd forgotten to inform Vladdy and Nikita about the name of the Lightning Bolt!

TJ looks down at the ground, realizing what he'd just said. He follows up with, "They might as well know, Stammer. All the Lightning should know, before they hear about it from the Montreal Canadiens or the NHL themselves. This is Steve Yzerman and Dave Andreychuk's doing. I'm sorry, I really was going to keep is a secret...but..."

Steven pinches the bridge of his nose, squeezing his eyes shut and nods. "You're right TJ. I did actually tell Vladdy and Nikita about Yzerchuk though...but I did fail to mention that Yzerchuk was its name." He snaps his eyes back open and looks at the group.

Vladdy and Nikita share a look of bewilderment. "Yzerchuk?"

"Wait, Yzerman...Andreychuk...Yzerchuk...did they have a baby?! Are they gay?" Evelyna gasps.

"No, no, not everyone is gay Evelyna. Except maybe Tyler Seguin," Dani remarks with a giggle. "He's one I'm not too sure about."

"Ain't that the truth," Vladdy scoffs, agreeing with her.

Evelyna nods. "Good one Dani."

"Anyway, Yzerchuk isn't a kid...Yzerchuk is...the name of the magical Lightning Bolt!" Steven says. "The one I told you fuels the offense for the Lightning."

"Oh, right that one!" Vladdy remarks. "But what does that have to do with TJ...? Unless...oh, right! The whole "stealing" it thing."

"I was sent to refuel it and...I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. But Stammer, Carle...he followed you one day and discovered Yzerchuk. And he had befriended Gally in the playoffs and he was there when I was kidnapped. He helped them out! That is how the Canadiens came to know about it!" TJ explains.

"Matt Carle?" Steven spits.

TJ nods. "Coop needs to know. He can't be on the team anymore."

Steven nods. "I'll try my best."

"What about this "them"? I thought it was only Gally...? Now it's Gally and Carle?" Vladdy inquires with a cock of his head.

TJ looks at him and then at Stammer. "Gally, Carle and Markov."

"Markov?!" Evelyna questions. "The bastard Russian child?"

"Yes, he was the one who actually stole Yzerchuk. He threw a bag over it and told me everything and then had me taken hostage! I hoped you all would see through this and come for me...those pathetic sons of bitches have been toying around with the team since. Gally likes to have the most fun: 'A little loss here, a win there, a miserable offensive showing there.' It was awful to witness. And for some reason he particularly focused on Kuch and Vladdy. He didn't let them get any goals. The worst was the Islander game."

"Tell me about it," Vladdy growls. "I knew there was something going on!"

"Well, you're okay and safe now, we'll get you back to Tampa and figure everything out. Let's get all this off you and get the hell out of here."

"I couldn't agree more...16 days in this place, no thank you," TJ says. "And thanks for coming for me. You guys are the best"

"I no can play with no TJ," Nikita says. "Need Pally too!"

Steven and Nikita work to remove the tape and the rope and then they help TJ to his feet. He tries to flex his wrist and screams in agony. Steven finds a cloth in the room and wraps it around TJ's wrist, gingerly.

"That should help out a little bit at least, we can get you help back in Tampa. Now let's get out of here before Gally and the others find out and come after us. I don't trust Canadiens anymore."

Nikita and Steven help TJ to the door and they re-enter the main hallway of the Bell Centre, which is eerily quiet. Vladdy remains in the center of the two girls. He puts his arms around them both making them giggle.

"Vladdy, stop flirting with the womenfolk," Steven sighs.

"Be jealous Stammer. I like these two though." He hugs them both close to him, causing Dani to blush and the redhead to giggle.

"Careful bud, my boyfriend doesn't like other men hitting on me, especially not you," Evelyna remarks with a giggle as she gradually taps Vladdy's nose with her index finger. "You are cute though, can't deny that." But...you look like Stammer at the age of 40, so...

"Hold up. Hey, hey Stammer!" Vladdy calls out.

"Keep your voice down but what Vladdy?" Steven hisses.

"She called me cute!" Vladdy responds with a snort.

(Please tell you all understand this is a reference to Rudolph, right? I was watching the show during this time and thinking about it.)

"So Stammer, which way out?" Nikita questions, changing the subject. He glances around him, looking for the right direction but returns to help Steven out with TJ.

"I can walk on my own guys, I'm fine, really," TJ protests as Steven and Nikita attempt to lift each of TJ's arms around their necks to act as a crutch. "Really. I promise."

They let him go and head back to the staircase, where Vladdy finally removes his arms from around the two girls. The entire group is shocked to make it back with no trouble at all. It disturbs Vladdy enough to halt at the top of the staircase. He spins around to look back down the hall.

Dani and Evelyna leave him and join TJ, kickstarting a conversation with him. He tells them about his hostage experience and what all Gallagher had done to him in vivid detail. Steven shakes his head, still not believing and he apologizes to TJ for not trusting him and thinking the worst: that he took Yzerchuk and ran off.

Soon, they reach the bottom and turn to look back up at Vladdy who is looking behind him.

"Vladdy, come on, what is it?" Steven inquires.

The young forward spins around and looks down at them. He opens his mouth ready to say something to him. But before Vladdy can respond to him, two people dressed in black with ski masks on jump out and grab his arms.

TJ gasps. "Not again!"

Nikita grabs his friend, hugging him close and tenses up. If he must, he will fight. No one is taking TJ from him or the Lightning again!

Vladdy screams in shock and attempts to fight back, pulling at the firm leather gloved grips on him. "STAMMER! HELP ME!" Vladdy screams as the two people drag him backward, away from the stairs and his friends. The people cackle wickedly.

"Vladdy!" Steven shouts and races back up the stairs to the rescue.

"See, told you he'd get kidnapped," Evelyna hisses, half to herself. "Let me guess...he's gonna get tied up and gagged as well?"

Dani glares at her friend, "Evelyna, not helping! Come on, we gotta back Stammer up!" She takes off up the stairs. "AND SAVE VLADDY!"

When Steven reaches the top, he spots the two people dragging a now gagged Vladislav Namestnikov down the zamboni tunnel entrance. Dammit, Evelyna! Vladdy is kicking out and trying to get free. He screams into a black bandana around his mouth.

"Vladdy! I got you!" Steven shouts, sprinting toward the tunnel. He runs down it and skids to a halt, blinking in shock and disbelief. The two people and Vladdy are gone. "NO!! VLADDY!!" He lets out a scream of frustration.

Suddenly he spots one of the figures return, reappearing at the bench. Steven didn't see where he had come from but he doesn't care. He steps on the ice but he is halted as the figure removes his ski mask and smirks darkly at him.

"Gallagher! Where's Vladdy?"

"Stammer, you worthless sack of non-leadership, you'd love to know that answer, wouldn't you. But I can't...or rather I won't tell you. Thanks so much for the Lightning Bolt, by the way. Oh and turns out, we never really wanted TJ, which is why we allowed you to save him...oh no, this whole scheme was so we could really get to Vladdy!"

Steven gasps. But before he can ask anymore, Gallagher commits a "smoke screen" exit. Then Steven is startled as he hears, "Stammer, help me!!" echo around the arena before is falls deathly silent.

Evelyna, Dani, TJ, and Nikita soon join him. But Steven finally breaks down, falling to the ground in tears.