Shaybu!

Brad Marchand walked off of the plane and took a deep inhale of the Russian air. He felt like he had never left Florida. Behind him, three of his teammates gathered.

“Marchy, we should get to the village and meet up with the other people. Bergy might not have that much time left!”

Brad hopped down the steps and turned to them. “You’re right we should, but you don’t know Bergy, Looch!”

Milan Lucic, Shawn Thornton and Torey Krug joined him on the ground of Russia.

“Come on, let’s go find Jonathan Toews!” Brad exclaimed.

The group of Bruins headed off from the plane toward the Olympic Village. At the gates to the village, Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith stood, waiting. Jonathan spotted the four and waved, kindly. Brad returned the gesture.

They were ushered in and greeted one another. Shawn spotted the familiar faces of Perry and Getzlaf, who were rookies when he was in Anaheim. They looked different and much older. They had a double take, before they warmly smiled at him.

“Thorty!? Is that you?” Ryan asked.

“Getz, Per, it’s been a while!” Shawn replied, giving off a friendly “Shawn Thornton” smile.

“How’s Boston? They treatin’ you good, you big goon?” Ryan joked.

“You’re a special breed, Getz! Always have and always will!”

Corey, Ryan and Shawn shared laughs, as Brad embraced Jonathan.

“So, have you heard anything about Sid or Bergy?” Brad asked Jonathan.

“Unfortunately nobody has, but a Canadian olympian in the Figure Skating contest came up and told me that he had been walking around the village, because “he wanted to lose some weight” and saw someone being forced into a van. He said that three people were walking away and he could hear distorted laughing.”

“And he thought nothing of it?” Milan exclaimed, in shock.

“Well, he wasn’t sure that it wasn’t a pack of hyenas?!”

“Hyenas? In Russia?” Brad questioned, slapping his hand onto Jonathan’s shoulder.

“Hey, you never know, man!”

“We need to start looking around for our lost teammate!” Shawn said. “He’s probably dead by now!”

“Don’t be negative, Thorty!” Brad shot back.

“Hey, Bergy may be sneaky tough, but to me, Sidney is the only one who can break him!” Shawn retorted, serious. “Like a twig!”

Brad shook his head, refusing to listen to his big goon teammate. “Thorty, stop, please! We’re going to find Bergy and save him before he is innocently killed by a jealous Penguin demon!”

Shawn Thornton, Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews, Torey Krug, and Duncan Keith trekked back through the Sochi Village, with Jonathan and Brad in the lead. (Apparently Toews knows where he’s going!)

“Why do you get to lead?” Patrick complained.

“Because I know where I’m going, unlike Getzlaf and Perry….”

“Oh come on, Tazer, that was only on the first day! Who wouldn’t get lost here?” Ryan pleaded.

“(Well,) Maybe if you had stayed with the group…”

“Don’t Toews me, bro!” Ryan snapped, before flashing a clever grin.

Jonathan frowned at Ryan. “Shut up! I’m leading because I know where I’m going!”

“And I’m up here with him, because I can!” Brad added, raising his head up, proudly.

“Shut up Marchy!” Torey rolled his eyes at his friend.

“Oh, I’m sorry, midget, do you still think that you’re taller than me?” Brad teased.

“You’re really going to bring that up here?”

“Come on, guys, let’s continue on!” Duncan remarked.

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