Battle For the Ice: The Great NHL War

Meanwhile, (A little bit earlier)

Rinaldo blinked awake. He was in so much pain right now, but he was able to push through it and slowly the pain ceased as he healed himself. Though the regeneration process was long, he eventually pushed himself up. He got to his feet and cracked his neck. He transformed back into a human.

“Those heroes will pay for this! Especially that blue furry mutant!”

He was about to walk toward the United Center, when he was joined by Dion Phaneuf and David Clarkson and soon the rest of the villains.

“Can we kill those no good brats now?” Phil Kessel whined.

“No!” Avery snapped. “But...it seems they have a healer...or two...I’d like to thank our spy, for the knowledge…” He looked to the side, to Steve Ott, who smiled, flashing his canines. The Sabretooth-like supervillain raised his hand up and brought his sharp claw-nails across the concrete of the monorail tracks.

“I wouldn’t mind sinking my nails into John Tavares’ Islander flesh!” Ott sneered. “After all, I wanted to so badly after he shot a puck grenade at me!”

Avery patted him. “In time, my feline friend. In time. The Hockey Heroes may have won this time, but we’ll get them next time...sooner or later those precious healers will belong to us and then when they are...we’ll take it to them all!”

“Yeah! Puny heroes!” Tyler Myers boomed, stomping his foot hard on Madison Street and denting it.

Avery snickered, looking back at the UC and then he turned back to Ott. “One thing, who are the healers?”

Ott faced him, scowling wickedly. “You’re gonna love this, Avery.”

“Who are they Ott?” Avery demanded.

“Patrick Kane and Tyler Seguin.”

Zenon Konopka stomped forward, the fire chain draped around his neck. “That Chromokinetic failure of a spy is a healer?”

“Yup.” And with that, all of the villains vaporized into thin air.

****

Back in the real world,

In Boston, Massachusetts,

Valeri Nichushkin, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin, Vladislav Namestnikov, Nikita Zadorov, Nikita Nesterov, John Tavares, Ben Smith, Gabriel Landeskog, and Nathan Mackinnon all reappeared in the middle of the Hockey Avengers headquarters.

Nathan looked around him. “Where am I? What is this place? Gabriel!”

“Welcome to the Hockey Avengers Headquarters, Nathan Mackinnon,” Gabriel stated.

“Wha--the Hockey Avengers?” Nathan questioned. “What the hell’s that?”

Before a reply came to him, Evelyn, Kelly, Brooke, Sidney and Evgeni Malkin appeared, along with Brad Hawkley.

“They’re back!” Evelyn cried, racing forward to Val. They shared a hug with one another. “What happened? You were here one moment and then vanished. Gone. Hawkley checked the supercomputer, trying to locate you but you were gone. Only we remained.”

“For the record, Geno didn’t think you’d make it!” Sidney teased.

“You lucky you no animal, Sid. Russia no like.” Evgeni crossed his arms in front of him.

Before anyone else could speak a loud bark echoed toward them.

“NIKITA!!” Tyler screamed as a flash of golden brown flew between the Penguins and launched at Tyler, knocking him backward to the floor. “Missed you too buddy!”

Nikita barked again and licked Tyler’s face nonstop, happy to see him.

“So what happened?” Evelyn asked, looping an arm around Val’s waist.

“Well, we’re not sure...one moment we were sitting in the Hockey Avengers headquarters here...in the penthouse…” Jonathan began to retell.

“...then the lights went out,” Vlad added on.

“And then we all vanished,” Patrick finished. “We’re not sure where to, only that we weren’t alone and that Avery led a band of villains against us.”

Tyler and Jamie nodded. Tyler pushed Nikita to the side and sat up, petting the dog, who looked very happy. Jamie spoke, “And there were a whole lot more heroes! A whole hockey team’s worth.”

“Heroes?” Nathan and Ben Smith echoed.

“And Nesty!” Nikita Nesterov tacked on. He wore a goofy grin.

“Wait, why is Nikita Nesterov here? And Nathan Mackinnon? And Ben Smith?! This is a nightmare...Hawkley’s gonna have to do the thing again...isn’t he?” Evelyn questioned, shaking her head.

Hawkley stepped forward. “Actually, I’m not. Evelyn, may I see you for a second.”

“Sure,” Evelyn replied, looking at Val, who shrugged.

She followed her boss over to the side. He faced her, looking her dead in the eyes. “Evelyn, when I was at the computer, I saw something. It’s no accident that Nikita, Ben and Nathan are here. While Nathan doesn’t yet know it, he will soon become a Hockey Avenger. I figure it is only good for him to know a limited amount of knowledge. I fear when he gains powers, it will be better for him to know about the Hockey Avengers.”

“How do you know?”

Hawkley tapped his head. “Instinct. It’s...a spidey-sense in a way. As for the other two, they have powers. I can feel it. Don’t have them share it now, for fear of frightening the young Mackinnon, but I’m curious to know what.”

Evelyn nodded. “So, the Hockey Avengers are adding two more members?”

“I’d like to think so, welcome them aboard. I’ll get Nathan back to Colorado safely. But I need to know one thing.” Hawkley walked back over and faced Jonathan. “When you all were in the penthouse, before the lights went out, was Nathan here with you?”

Jonathan shook his head and grabbed Patrick, pulling him close. The blond looked at him and smiled.

Gabriel answered, “I was on the phone with him. Why?”

Hawkley nodded. “Thank you. It’s just I’m trying to figure out what happened. That’s all.”

“We’re fine Hawkley, it was nothing. Just some weird alternate universe thing. It’s over now, can we get back to work?” Vlad asked, putting his hands on his hips.

“Still as arrogant as ever, I see,” Gabriel snorted.

Vlad shot him a look. “At least I don’t cheat with my ice powers!” He stuck his tongue out, childishly.

“Please don’t get into anymore arguments...you two just made up before all of this,” John Tavares sighed, pinching his nose with his index finger and thumb.

Tyler was busy giving kisses to Nikita, who licked his lips. Jamie was watching with an eyebrow raised up. Ben Smith shared a look with his fellow newcomer. Evelyn padded back over to her two archers. Hawkley guided Nathan away from the group, after he kindly bid them, and his captain, all farewell and followed the “coach” figure out of the penthouse. Nathan was still utterly flummoxed and wasn’t sure what was going on, but he followed the man without question.

“What that all about?” Val asked her.

“I’ll tell you later...but it’s quite intriguing and things are definitely taking a huge turn.” She nodded and watched Hawkley and Nathan vanish from sight.


In another part of Boston, near Lowell, Massachusetts,

People scattered about in fright as a man suddenly flickered into existence as though he were some kind of alien creature. Lightning flashed overhead at his arrival. His dark brown hair was wavy and it buffeted in the breeze. He had on lavish green robes and held a signature scepter in his hand. He banged it on the ground a few times before snapping his head up. A wicked smirk crossed his face, followed by devilish laughing.

“I am the chosen one, sent to destroy those heroes once and for all. And I shall not fail.” He shot blue energy from the staff at the scared humans and snickered before walking off down the street.

Notes

Hey look it's the Hockey Avengers and Zvezda! And Sid/Hex Penguin and Geno/Russian Bear! :)
Also....NIKITA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Nikita! Nikita <3 Tyler! :)
Who is the new villain? Take a wild guess!! Just do it!! Does his look and all sound familiar? Huh? I know you know who he is!! It's hard not to! It's..... *blackout* Oh well, you'll find out later on. :P


Next up: Arrow Hawk: Gronk Smash (After I fill in the holes cause originally this wasn't apart of the series and then I had a wonderful idea and that's why this epilogue isn't as good as it would be if the previous two stories were up...sorry.)