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Quest For Yzerchuk Part 4

Galchenyuk walks out to the body and drops down to it, surveying the wound. A single bullet shot. Then on the left side of the body, facing away from the arena, he spots a small penguin keychain on the ground a few inches from the dead Canadien's hand.

"Hey Vladdy, come check this out!?" Galchenyuk calls out.

"Come on Brayden," Vladdy says as he starts out into Thunder Alley with Brayden at his side. He halts beside Galchenyuk, who is pointing toward the keychain and the blond blinks in shock. "It's a penguin?! So...what does this mean?" He looks at Galchenyuk, who has picked the keychain up and is looking the penguin over in his hand.

"It could mean that Pittsburgh did this?" Galchenyuk suggests.

"Oh, this wasn't supposed to happen! No one was EVER supposed to get KILLED...but why would Pittsburgh do this?" Vladdy says, worriedly.

Galchenyuk sighs and snatches Gallagher's phone, which is sticking out of his pocket. "Normally I respect privacy, but in this case...before the police and detectives show up, you know--"

"Ha, you sound just like me, when I found TJ's phone back in 2015."

Galchenyuk nods and taps Gallagher's screen. He freezes in place at the lock screen picture and sniffles. "He never changed it..." He falls backward and glances at Gallagher. "Maybe, deep inside, he still cared about me...underneath all that insanity."

Vladdy pats Galchenyuk on the shoulder and suddenly he gasps. "If there was a way to save him...from evil..."

Galchenyuk wipes his eyes. "No, it's okay. He was beyond repair. I wish there was a way, but it doesn't look like it." He looks at the lock screen again. "I'll miss my buddy Gally though. But what's done is done. He went too far. If only he knew at the time where revenge would lead him to."

Vladdy sees the picture on the phone: Brendan Gallagher and Alex Galchenyuk with their arms around one another and both in big, cheesy smiles, filled with happiness. He looks at Brayden, who lowers his head down.

Galchenyuk hacks the phone and pulls up the latest text message. "Vladdy," the ex-Hab whispers. "This isn't good..." He shows the blond.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll get you Vladdy Namestnikov's stupid stick!" Vladdy reads the text message. "And I'll get me, his beautiful head!"

Vladdy gasps, "Who wanted to kill me? Other than Gally."

Galchenyuk then starts pacing the area, "Okay, who else hates you Vladdy? And plays for the Penguins?"

"Not Geno...we're both Russian! Maybe Kessel...no, not him, he's too nice..." All of the sudden, Vladdy gets up and shouts, "Crosby!"

"Why him?"

"Well, he's evil. But I've never done anything bad to him!"

Brayden then springs up and says, "I know why Crosby hates you!"

Vladdy and Galchenyuk look at the young rookie in shock, "What is that reason?"

"Well, you see, Crosby could think that you're a threat to his team. You might stop his evil."

Vladdy nods in agreement, "That makes sense. Good job Point."

Point smiles and nods, "It wasn't me. It was Kade's idea." Brayden then points to his imaginary friend.

Vladdy just shakes his head and sighs, "Okay, good job Kade, but we need to let the team know about this! And quick!"

The group of men then run inside Amalie Arena, only to run into the whole team just inside the McDonald's Box Office. Vladdy, Galchenyuk, and Brayden all stop suddenly, catching their breaths as they see the captain of the Bolts, Steven Stamkos, standing in the way, looking pretty mad at the trio of players who tried to find Yzerchuk.

Steven shakes his head and puts his hands on his hips. "So, Vladdy....what did you do to Gally? Are you the murderer?" He gestures toward the window, where they call all see the dead body.

Vladdy gasps. "No! I would never want to murder anyone...even that Habitant scum!"

Galchenyuk holds up the penguin keychain, and it catches a glimmer of light, "If Vladdy did it, then why in the world would he leave this penguin keychain right next to his body?"

"Touche, Galchenyuk. Good point." Steven comes up to Galchenyuk and takes the keychain from his hand, and examines the tiny keychain. "Who could have done this then? I mean, what's with the penguin?"

Brayden says, "Well, we think that it could be Sidney Crosby because of what he has done as of late. Vladdy thought of that idea."

Vladdy steps up, "I knew it couldn't be the majority of the Pittsburgh team, since I'm sure they don't know about Yzerchuk or care. And since Sid always wants things to go his way, maybe he could have murdered Gally and then taken it to Pittsburgh!"

Galchenyuk suddenly screws his face up in thought as well as Brayden. The two share a look with one another.

Steven looks at the young hero in confusion, "So, basically, we need to go to Pittsburgh to stop the murderer and get Yzerchuk back?"

Vladdy nods his head, "Yeah! That's kind of what I was trying to say! Let's go!"

Steven nods and the team rushes off to the airport, where a private jet awaits to take them to Pittsburgh to try and avenge a fallen enemy. Everyone on that plane would have never thought that they would be trying to help out a former enemy, especially since that enemy had tried numerous times to kill and hurt them.

Well, everyone except for Jonathan Drouin, who decided that an airplane ride where everyone is already in a bad mood to try out some "Your Mom" jokes. Or, more like he tuned into conversations at the wrong time.

Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat were discussing about what to eat on the plane ride, since it was going to be a while before they touched the ground again.

"Pally, I want cookies!" Nikita said to his seatmate/babysitter.

"Kuch, can't you eat something else for once? Something much healthier than what-"

Jo blurts out, "YOUR MOM MAKES!" Both Nikita and Ondrej turn around in shock because they realize that their teammate was spying on their private conversation.

Ondrej rolls his eyes and ignores the young man. "Kuch, what I meant to say before we were...interrupted, something much healthier than what you usually eat."

Nikita turns to Jo though. "Why you still use Your Mom jokes?"

Jo smirks. "Because your mom said so."

Ondrej looks at Jo and grumbles, "Do you mind, we're having a conversation here?"

"You mom is having a conversation here." Jo gets the hint and decides to go see if he can scare his captain with his jokes. He quietly sits down in the back, right behind where Steven Stamkos and Vladdy are talking.

Steven sighs, "I really don't know if Sidney would be smart enough to do that."

Vladdy shrugs his shoulders, "Well, who else would it be on the Penguins?"

Jo seizes this moment in the conversation to shout out, "YOUR MOM!" Both Vladdy and Steven turn their heads back in shock.

Steven frowns at the jokester, "Dru, do you think that was funny?"

Jo whispers, "Your mom thought it was funny."

"Quit it with those jokes, Jo, they're getting quite old and boring. Your mom probably wouldn't find them funny," Steven scolds to Vladdy chuckling and trying to cover up his amusement. The captain sees him though and shakes his head. "Don't encourage him Vladdy. Now back to what we were saying."

Knowing that he is defeated, Jo decides to sit back down and just watch the clouds roll by on the rest of the flight to Pittsburgh.

It is soon after "Drouin's defeat" that the team lands in Pittsburgh. The Bolts are soon standing outside of the PPG Paints Arena (formerly the Consol Energy Center). After calling many taxis and buses, they all manage to make it there safe and sound. They all are expecting the worst and everyone is tense about what could happen.

Steven suddenly speaks up, "So, we're here. Now where could Sidney be?"

"Maybe in practice, since there's a lot of cars here?" Brayden suggests.

Just then, Vladdy sees a figure in the distance saying, "I'll be right back! I just forgot to grab something for practice!"

Vladdy instantly recognizes the voice as the Pittsburgh captain's and he starts to run toward the figure (who he is positive is Sidney Crosby), shouting out, "STOP RIGHT THERE!" The whole team then runs towards - who they are certain is - Sidney and his expensive Mercedes as Vladdy reaches him first and grabs the man by his jersey collar, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO YZERCHUK AND GALLY, SIDNEY?"

Sidney can only stare at the Russian in confusion, "I don't know what you're talking about kid. And didn't we just play you a little while ago?"

Galchenyuk reaches the scene and shows the keychain to the captain of the Penguins. "Then why was this found near a murder scene?"

"Where were you when Brendan Gallagher was murdered?" Vladdy questions, acting like a detective.

Sidney looks at the two Bolts and sees that the rest of the team is right behind them. He takes Vladdy's hand off of his jersey. "That's crazy! I know that I hate people, but why would I want to risk my job and murder someone?"

Steven catches up. "You killed Gally! Admit it."

Sidney yells out, "Hold on a minute! I did not murder anybody! I've been here the whole time trying to practice with my team."

"Prove it Sid!"

Sidney then starts to go through his duffel bag and pulls out a piece of paper of some sort. He points to the paper, "See? I've been trying to recover from a road trip! I haven't killed anyone! Want more proof?"

Vladdy comes over and snatches the piece of paper out of Sidney's hands. Let's see what's on here: Things to do today: Play hockey, and call Geno?"

"Well, yeah, tonight's a team dinner." Sidney looks to the side, rolling his eyes.

Brayden pipes up, "So...you didn't murder anyone, right?"

"No, if you want further proof, we were all in Philadelphia playing the Flyers and NO where near your stupid arena. Check the internet, my coach, your coach, your GM, anyone. I swear it. Just how my luggage tag got to Tampa though, is bizarre. Gimmie that!" He snatches the penguin keychain from Galchenyuk and then spins on his heels and walks away from them, grumbling to himself.  

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