Project Blackhawk (or The Blackhawk Experiment)

Patrick Sharp and Adam Burish cornered Brandon Saad in the locker room. Adam pinned him against the wall, while Patrick dumped sticky goo-stuff on his head. Brandon squirmed in the hold, but they kept him firmly in place.

“Where’s your little boyfriend hero Shawzy, huh?” Adam sneered. “He’s normally always around to rescue you!”

“Sharpie, Bur, knock it off!” Brandon begged.

“Uh-uh, you know the rules sweetie, you are the one who gets pranked, because Jonny Boy and Kanerboo left,” Sharpie condemned.

“Ugh! I don’t like it! Bother Smitty or someone else!!” Brandon shoved at them both and finally managed to get himself free. He raced across the room and grabbed his bag. “Oh God...what the hell?” He struggled to put the strap of the bag over his shoulder. “What did you do to my bag? What did you put in it?” He opened it up. “It feels like--oh, rocks. Literally there are fucking rocks in here.”

“Good luck with that on the rink, Saader, you Manchild!” Adam laughed with Sharpie joining him.

“Where’s all of my stuff? Come on, give me a break you two, I’ve gotten this abuse for days now. First you put something in my food at the team dinner in Los Angeles and then you slash my tires, still you keep it up by teepeeing my car!”

“We’re just having fun with you Saader, come on, don’t be a stick in the mud!” Sharpie jeered.

“I’m not. I’m just saying lighten up on the pranks.” Brandon sat down in his stall. He sighed, looking at his bag. “Where is my stuff? I really need it.”

“You’ll have to go find it, Saader,” Adam boasted. “Sharpie and I aren’t gonna tell you.”

Brandon growled and stood up once more. He walked briskly by them and headed to the equipment room. He spent a lot of time searching for his stuff, before he sighed and stopped. He shook his head...why him? Where was Shawzy? He WAS normally there for him, but now he wasn’t! And Sharpie and Bur were taking advantage of his vulnerability.

He could hear the cheers from everyone as they went to the rink, while he couldn’t. He would be late. Again. Thanks to the prankster villains.

Patrick and Adam poked their heads into the room. “Any luck yet, Saader??” Adam asked, laughing. “Keep trying, you’ll find it sooner or later, but you may miss the practice and maybe the game…too bad for you!”

“Go away!” Brandon snapped, running his hand through his hair.

They disappeared in a fit of evil laughter. As soon as they did, Andrew walked into the room. He was smiling and he had Brandon’s equipment in his hands.

“Look what I found, Saader,” Andrew said.

Brandon blinked back tears and looked relieved at the pest’s appearence. He darted forward and jumped into Andrew’s arms. “Thanks Shawzy!! You’re the best! I love you so much right now!”

“Yeah, I know. Where are those pranksters?”

Brandon took his stuff and nodded his head to the hallway and in the direction of the rink. Andrew nodded, patted him on the shoulders and then raced out of the room, heading to the rink. Brandon sighed and put his stuff on, then headed out as well.

“Yo Sharpie!” Andrew called, as he caught up to the two, as they were hanging around in the bench area, messing with one of the waterbottles. They instantly stopped and turned to him.

Patrick Sharp raised an eyebrow at him. “Andrew?”

“I need to talk to you,” Andrew said.

“About Saader, look, he asks for it...he’s such a drama queen,” Sharpie explained.

“He is, I’ll admit it, but it’s not about Saader. It’s about Kaner,” Andrew scoffed.

“Kaner?” Adam questioned.

“Yeah.”

Brandon launched onto the ice, behind Andrew and elicited a moaning from the two pranksters. Andrew rolled his eyes.

“Look, Kaner’s not a Hawk anymore,” Sharpie insisted.

“I know that. He’s a Lightning Bolt. But I’m curious, what did you--what was the prank you pulled on Jonathan?”

Patrick looked at Adam and then back at the pest. “And why’d either of us want to tell you? Why do you care? Is it so you can get a leg up on us with Saader, your little boyfriend?” Adam sneered.

They high-fived each other.

“Okay, first of all, you two are evil, second of all, you both are wrong, I don’t have a boyfriend...Brandon’s my friend, but not boyfriend and third of all, Kaner’s in trouble. If even one shred of the old - or alternate universe - Sharpie is there, please help out and tell me.”

Patrick turned to look at Adam again.

“If you won’t tell me, I’ll get Bolly or maybe Bolls to make you. I don’t want to resort to that.”

“Bolly? Bolls?” Patrick questioned.

“Dave Bolland and Brandon Bollig,” Dave and Brandon introduced themselves, coming from the tunnel to stand with Andrew.

“Another Brandon?” Adam complained with a roll of his eyes.

“So, you want to tell me that story about the prank you pulled on Jonathan Toews that made him hurt Patrick Kane back in 2009?”

“Okay, okay.” Patrick waved his hands in the air as though accepting defeat.

Adam hopped the bench and skated over to the group gathered by the boards opposite where they were. Andrew gestured to the bench and they sat down. Dave and Brandon sat on either side of Patrick, while Andrew remained standing and looked down at them.

“Alright, so…look, I may be a bit villainous, but I would never hurt someone. And Jonny overreacted, you have to realize and know that!” Sharpie said, sounding like he was obviously covering something up and not meaning a word.

“Just tell us what the prank was,” Dave growled.

Patrick folded his arms and launched into his story, “Jonathan was in the locker room addressing everyone after a game...a swear that guy had some serious ego issues or something. Anyway, I waited until he was finished and then Bur and I went up to have some fun. Bur was going to stand behind him and catch him, but he was bothered by Antti Niemi, who’d come over to see what was going on. I shoved Jonny backward and long story short, he stumbled back and stepped on the...symbol.”

“YOU SHOVED HIM ONTO THE SYMBOL!? The Indian Head? You know--” Andrew started, furious.

“--No one’s supposed to step on the Indian Head, cause it’s bad luck. I know, He scrambled to his feet in a rage and lashed out. I dove to the side to avoid him and he attacked Kaner instead. The blond had his back turned and Jonny landed one blow to the back of his head...and well…” Patrick continued on, seeming like he didn’t care about what he’d done. It was so un-Sharpie like. But this Sharpie was a villain! He was evil!

“It knocked him out?” Brandon finished.

“Yeah. That was the last I saw Kaner and then I chirped Jonny. The man was a mess, but it was hysterical!! He hurt his best friend! Haha! See? I’m laughing about it again!” Patrick wiped his eyes, as he chuckled about the memory.

Andrew gasped. “Oh my God, you’re a monster! Sharpie, you realize that Kaner’s missing because of you?”

“That Lightning Bolt was too weak to be a Hawk!” Patrick laughed. “He couldn’t even take a hit from his best friend...ah-ha-ha-ha!”

Andrew was furious. “That Bolt WAS a Hawk and he is innocent in all of this. Oh, not to mention that he is a leading goal scorer for the team.”

“Ha, good one!” Sharpie scoffed.

“It’s true. We’re licking the bottom of the Western Conference standings...heck we’re worse than Edmonton!”

“And having Kaner would change this...Shawzy, I think you’ve been mooning over Saader’s ass too long!” Sharpie derided.

“Sharpie,” Andrew growled.

Dave got to his feet and stepped before the boiling pest. “Look, Sharpie, who got the idea? Was it your idea?”

“Why do you wanna know, Panther?” Patrick spat.

“Hold your tongue prankster, tell me whose idea it was, or I’ll show you how to really humiliate someone!” Dave snapped.

“It was this guy. He had blond hair that was messy and this intimidating stature. He looked like a goon. Anyway he approached Bur and I and told us about this ‘awesome prank’ idea he had. He asked a ton of questions of us too, but he eventually told us to prank Jonathan and see what would happen.”

“So, wait, are you saying everything was set up then?” Brandon questioned.

“Aye, Crow was coaxed into distracting Bur on “accident”, while I went ahead and shoved Jonny.”

“Who was this man?” Dave demanded.

“I don’t know. He didn’t tell me his name. He just said that it was important we do his prank and follow through with it. He kept mentioning something about changing the future or so. But I really don’t know...nor care about who he was or his name. His prank was sick though.” Patrick leaned back on the bench, folding his arms and looking rather chill.

Dave looked at Brandon and then Andrew. “I have a really bad feeling. I think I know who is behind this. I can only think of one person with a villainous nature, blond hair, and who could possibly want to change the future. If I am right, we have a major problem.” He sighed heavily and covered his face in his hands.

Notes

Who has blond hair and could possibly want to destroy Kaner or Kazer???? Who could be that jealous???? Hmmmm...could it be...
YOU'LL FIND OUT NEXT UPDATE!!!! :P
Feel free to leave any guesses below. :)


Next up: The Truth is Revealed and There's A Major Problem! (Also it's not Shawzy's Fault)