Once again, shout out to the helpful divergent_spn61 :) 

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Meanwhile, in Syracuse,

The Syracuse Crunch have just gotten finished with the day's practice and since they do not have a game later on that day, some of the players have decided to hang out and watch the Lightning's game on the TV. Yanni Gourde, Otto Somppi, Brett Howden, and Jonne Tammela are all walking out of the arena and as usual, bickering occurs between the Finn and the 2016 First Round Pick.

"Tammy, why do you want to always ruin my flawless looks?" Brett spits out at his teammate.

"Well, you always react, so it's kinda funny for me to watch you go, 'OMG! MY HAIR!'" Jonne pretends to fix his hair in a mocking fashion, while frantically looking at his phone as though he is Brett Howden.

This only gets Brett madder than usual at Jonne, and they start arguing. Otto and Yanni, who would usually listen into 'debates,' are tuned out of the conversation for once. Yanni holds a simple note in his hand. At first glance, no one would assume anything, until they look at his ghostly pale face.

"Otto...someone is threatening me."

Otto looks at Yanni and says in choppy English, "Why would people threaten you?"

Yanni shrugs. "I don't know! I haven't made anyone mad recently, as far as I know of!"

Brett and Jonne turn towards Yanni, in the middle of their argument. They look at the Crunch Captain and see that he is pale. Then both Brett and Jonne rush over and gather around their spooked teammate.

"What's wrong? Is that note from a lover?" Jonne half-teases, earning a smack on the shoulder from Brett. He rubs his shoulder and eyes Brett.

Yanni's hand shakes as he holds out the note to those two. "Here. See...for yourself."

Brett takes the note out of Yanni's hand, and opens it up. He starts to read it out loud as Jonne gets into his personal space, looking over his shoulder. "I've been watching you, I know what you've been up to. One more wrong move and you're done for. Say goodbye to your team while you still can. Until we meet again, I'll be watching you."

"Whoa." Jonne nuzzles against Brett's neck, freaking him out. He shoves the Finn backward, away from him.

Brett then throws the note on the ground. "Who could be threatening you Yanni?"

"Also, why would someone write you a note, I thought this was the digital age. Just send a threatening text instead." Jonne shrugs.

Yanni shakes his head. "I don't know. I mean, I know that I've gotten people mad before on the ice, but I usually clear the air as soon as I can. I don't have any real enemies. I mean, I try not to get enemies."

Jonne picks up the note and holds it up to Yanni. "Do you recognize the handwriting on the note?"

Yanni shakes his head. "No. I don't know whose handwriting that can be. Who would want to do this anyway?"

Otto has finally managed to piece the puzzle together in his mind, since he can't understand English real well. "Maybe Bolts know? We contact them and see what they know?" He holds his hands up at his sides in a 'what' gesture.

Yanni gasps and claps Otto on the back. "Otto, that's a great idea! Let's go contact the team!"

Brett decides that it is a great moment to use his phone as a mirror to fix his hair. Yanni sees the cell and an idea forms in his head. "Hey, Brett, uh, can I just borrow your phone for a second?"

"Sure? But don't take random pictures on it!"

Yanni takes the phone from Brett and looks through his contacts until he reaches the savior of the Bolts, under the name of Vladdy. He dials the number and it rings three times, then a voice says, "Hi Brett! Tammy stopped messing with you yet?"

Yanni laughs. "Umm....I'm not Brett. There's a major problem up here in Syracuse."

"OH! Yanni!! What's up?"

"I found a note on my car that says:' I've been watching you, I know what you've been up to. One more wrong move and you're done for. Say goodbye to your team while you still can. Until we meet again, I'll be watching you.' What does this mean?"

Vladdy gasps. "Wow. That's just...too odd. Did anything else happen?"

"Yanni kept saying he saw someone watching practice and staring at him! I thought he was crazy!" Brett exclaims.

"Brett, Yanni is right. He probably did see someone, and I have a feeling that it wasn't anyone good." Vladdy sighs. "This keeps getting better and better."

"So....he's not crazy?" Jonne questions.

"Tammy..." Yanni mutters.

"Yeah. Why don't the four of you come down to Tampa and get out of Syracuse, because right now...it's been a long day for everyone and it's certainly not safe for you there. I'll explain more when you four get here," Vladdy's voice says.

"We go to Tampa now!" Otto replies. "See Kuch!"

Vladdy laughs. "Yep. See you four real soon." The other side of the line then goes quiet.

Yanni hangs up the phone and passes it back to Brett, who resumes looking at the screen. "So...it's settled then? We're going to Tampa to meet up with Vladdy."

The rest of the players jump and shout out of joy, not realizing what is really going on, but thinking that this is a tryout for the Bolts once again.

Meanwhile, back in Tampa,

Vladdy hangs up the phone and looks at his team, "So, selected members of The Syracuse Crunch are coming here."

Kuch jumps up and starts to sing, "We get to see Baby Bolts! We get to see Baby Bolts!"

Auston looks around the Lightning locker room in confusion. "Who are the Baby Bolts?"

Vladdy turns towards him and says, "Right, I forgot that you're new here. Okay, so this term came up to describe some of the prospects on the Syracuse Crunch. The members of the Baby Bolts that we should meet today are Yanni Gourde, Brett Howden, Otto Somppi, and Jonne Tammela. I'll warn you....they're quite interesting people."

Auston smiles and laughs. "Wow. I never realized what the term 'Baby' meant until now. I always just associated it with a romantic partner...or a child of a couple."

"Yeah....a couple of my friends created that term. They use it to describe younger players. Normally ones under 25 years of age. Baby Bolts, Baby Russians...Baby Nikita Kucherov...you know?"

Auston nods. "Ah. So, off to the airport to go get the kids?"

Suddenly, Jonathan Drouin blurts out from across the room, "We should go get....YOUR MOM!"

Auston looks at Drouin in confusion. "What the...?"

Galchenyuk finally speaks up, "Just ignore Drouin, he's quite a...jokester."

Drouin speaks up once again, "Your mom is quite a jokester."

Auston smiles. "Okay, whatever, this team is so weird and abnormal. So let's get ready to go then?"

Vladdy smiles. "Yeah! Let's go!"

The Bolts all get ready and slowly start to head over to Tampa International Airport, where in a little bit, the four Baby Bolts will soon arrive. Everyone on the Bolts is excited to see some members of the future of the team. But first, they have to question their newest teammate. It is rather sudden and unexpected that he has been traded.

"So, you're the player that was "to be named later" from the Maple Leafs?" Ondrej questions, eyeing the ex-Leaf player.

Auston smiles ever so slightly. "Yeah, I can't believe it either!"

"Do you know why you were traded here?" Steven Stamkos then asks the young rookie.

Auston shrugs, "Mmm....I don't know why. Maybe because my team was willing to give up anything for Ryan Callahan and Jason Garrison, even their up-and-coming star player. I practically had to carry that dang team on my back."

Steven looks at the younger man, "Wow. Must be tough to move from Toronto to here. How are you dealing with it all?"

Auston smiles and laughs. "Well, it's still a little bit shocking for me, but I'm looking forward to playing with a new team, and warmer weather. Toronto could get so cold sometimes!"

Steven laughs. "I know what you mean. This city is awesome and I hope you'll enjoy it. Do you want-"

Nikita Kucherov screams out, "COOKIES!"

Auston starts to laugh as Steven looks at Nikita with a disapproving look.

Nikita shrugs. "What? I want have cookie eating buddy on team."

Auston smiles at Nikita now. "Every once in awhile, I'll eat a few cookies."

Ondrej blurts in before Nikita can shout, "Do you eat them everyday? Like Kuch does?"

Auston nods his head. "I would like to have them everyday, but unfortunately, I was taught differently by some of the staff members on the Maple Leafs. Not to mention, too many sweets isn't good for the hockey player metabolism."

Everyone nods and grumbles in agreement, except for - take a good guess - Nikita, who frowns and folds his arms across his chest like a little kid, before he softly mumbles to himself in Russian.

"So, what was it like playing for the Maple Leafs?" Vladdy asks.

Auston closes his eyes and thinks about this question for a few seconds before answering, "Well, I guess it felt like the world was against you. From always being the laughing stalk of the league to being pushed around by other teams, it was insane. But, I wanted to change how the league thought about the Leafs by winning the Cup there. I guess...they didn't think I was cut out for the job."

Vladdy smiles a little bit. "Well, you'll have a better chance here, since we've already made the Finals a couple of times. So...there's a good shot of you winning it here. With us. I mean we wanted to do it for Cally...but..." He trails off and looks down.

"Thanks. I can't wait to start playing with you guys!" Auston remarks.

Vladdy suddenly hears a beeping noise coming from his phone, signaling a text message. He pulls out his phone and reads the message to himself. He smiles, "They're here already! That was a quick flight!"

Auston jumps up. "So, we should probably go get them now?"

Vladdy nods, "Yup, before mass chaos starts happening with some of them."

Steven smacks his forehead, knowing just who would cause the "chaos".

They arrive a few short hours later, and they walk into the airport. Vladdy looks around as he mumbles to himself, "Where could they be....they could be lost in here!" He jumps up and stands on his tip-toes, before he feels the big Brian Boyle come up behind him and lift him up enough for him to finally spot them a few feet back toward the escalator.

"Yanni!!" Vladdy shouts out, waving to him, before Boyle puts him down.

Yanni grabs Otto's hand and leads Brett and Jonne over to the group of Bolts. Galchenyuk and Auston share a look with one another, while Yanni greets his friends. Then before Yanni can speak, his phone goes off.

"Someone's popular," Vladdy chuckles.

Yanni gets his cell out and taps the screen, finding a new text message.

Jonne leans over his shoulder and remarks, "Hey, Yan-Yan, it's that same person as before! Someone really is threatening you!"

Vladdy blinks. "Someone is threatening you, Yanni? Oh right...now I remember the phone call earlier...but who?"

"It's your mom!" Jo exclaims, earning a firm backhanded smack across the back of the head from Boyle.

Yanni looks up at the blond Russian-American, tears in his eyes and nods. He then turns his phone to Vladdy, who is joined by Steven and TJ. "Someone really is after me, Vladdy! And I'm really really scared now. You guys have to help me!"

Steven reads the message aloud to everyone as they gather together in a more private corner of the airport lobby. "I know you went away from Syracuse. I'll be watching you and getting ready to 'meet' you soon. Who knows, you may never meet anyone else again after we meet!" He then looks up and gives him a comforting smile. "We're here for you Yanni. No one will hurt you."