Arrow Hawk: Birth of the Hockey Avengers

Evelyn and Sidney run through more exercises with the new hockey heroes and Kelly joins in. Sidney displays his chaos magic for them, tapping into Jamie’s past and revealing his childhood. During this time, Kelly leaves them.

The young woman heads into the hallway and into the main room with the computer. She finds Hawkley busy at work, sketching a basis for the new building. He looks up at her arrival. She walks over and leans on the table, where the boss is working.

“Kelly?” he questions.

“Hawkley, listen, I just--something’s been bothering me and I’m troubled about Tara being so chill with the powers. When he agreed to ‘play dead’ and help me out and then saw my powers, he didn’t freak out. A normal mortal would!” She cocks her head to the side. “It worries me…”

Hawkley puts his palms on the table and leans across it, facing her. “Kelly, Vlad is fine. I’m sure he has a perfectly fine reason for not flipping out. Maybe he isn’t the kind to have any fears…”

“Well that’s not true. He told me he has a fear of spiders. And Nazis. But he did tell me that he likes watching science fiction movies. He’s into the sci-fi stuff! So maybe he’s just cool with it because he enjoys it.”

“You know your boyfriend better than I do.”

“Yeah…I guess I sort of answered my own question, sorry for wasting your time Hawkley.” Kelly turns to leave him.

“Kelly, wait, maybe you can look at the designs I’ve been working on?”

She halts in the doorway and spins to him. “Sure!” She pads back in and rejoins him at the table.

Hawkley spins a piece of paper toward her. On it, she sees the sketch of something an architect might draw up. There is a long tall building like a tower and it is in the shape of a hockey stick. At the top, which resembles the knob of the stick, is a square penthouse design. At the bottom, shaped like a squared blade of a hockey stick, is the lobby, where the lab will be, along with a huge training area, twice the size of the one in North End.

“Whoa, Hawkley that’s really cool!” Kelly exclaims. “It passes my approval!”

“It’ll be in Downtown Boston, away from the Garden here. I’m thinking not too far though. And during the summer and on breaks, all the Hockey Avengers can stay in the penthouse.”

“Sounds good to me. Am I included in this?” Kelly inquires, spinning the paper back toward him.

“You’re with me, Kelly. Of course. You’ll have a private suite! The penthouse is for the team and if we grow, that’s what the rest of this building can be for...more rooms and whatnot.”

“Sure! I love it! And I like the hockey stick design of it. But won’t it stick out...you know to villains?”

“Good point. And that’s why I’m thinking it can be wired with a special system, one that provides enhanced security, but can also, at a moment’s notice cloak the structure invisible! In other words, the building will be there, but it won’t.”

Kelly slaps her hands on the table. “You’re a genius Hawkley!”

“As soon as everyone splits, the construction can begin on it. My thought is when the break finishes up here.”

Kelly nods at him. “When they return, the new building will be ready?”

“Exactly! And by then maybe I’ll also have the first mission for the Hockey Avengers!” Hawkley smirks.

“I’m sure the boys and Z will love that!” Kelly laughs.

“Yeah, it’ll be nice for them to finally get action together and work as a team. I’d like to see if they can handle an actual case and an actual villain.”

“Yeah.”


Back in the training room,

The group finishes up with their exercises and gather together. Patrick, Tyler and Val are standing together. Patrick’s hockey stick is broken in half in his hands. Glowing green dust cakes either broken end. It’s clear who broke it. Jamie and Jonathan are together. Evelyn is in the middle. Sidney addresses them.

“Good work, I’m not sure if Hawkley is planning on doing something about your outfits...but I know I’d like to figure out Tyler’s. Val and Jonathan seem set, but Jamie and Patrick… And also I’m thinking we should do something about those emerald eyes Jamie. Should a villain attack and pin you against your teammates here...maybe a way to make it so you don’t fry anyone. And we need to get a durable hockey stick made for you, Patrick.”

Patrick raises the halves of the broken stick up. “Thank God I won’t have to fight Jamie Benn.”

“Sorry there Kaner...I don’t know my powers...I’ve never really used them like this. I’ve always hid them.”

“It’s okay Jamie. It was an accident. Luckily a hockey stick is replaceable, you know!” Patrick lowers his arms to the sides.

Sidney nods. “I’ll mention all these things to Hawkley, an outfit, a new durable stick and maybe some kind of eyewear that can help channel that energy there.” He looks at Evelyn, who is fixing Val’s strap for his quiver. “Evelyn, anything you have to say?”

“Nope. I think it’s safe to say, we can part ways, boys.”

“For now,” Tyler remarks.

“Yeah, but for now, let’s play some hockey and get that Cup!” Jonathan exclaims, deactivating his hawk look via a rapid hand swipe over his wrist tattoo. The wings vanish from sight and he throws an arm around Patrick’s arms, pulling him over to him.

“Who said the Cup was gonna go to the Blackhawks?” Jamie questions with a sly smile. “After all, Chicago won it three times already, stop hogging it and give it to the Stars!”

“Yeah!” Tyler agrees, snapping his fingers in a sassy way. “Dallas wants the Cup, right Val?”

“Oh yeah! Want Cup! Hawks need share!” Val remarks, smiling.

“Well then come and get it, no one’s stopping you!” Patrick says.

Jonathan raises his head up proudly. “Chicago’s a dynasty, lead by Peeks and myself. We can’t apologize for being so good. If other teams want the Cup, beat us, simple as that.”

“Like the Kings did in 2014?” Tyler remarks, fighting the coming smirk but ultimately losing the fight and breaking out in a huge smile. He begins to chuckle at himself until Jamie smacks him on the shoulder. He scolds him. Jonathan threatens to ‘power up.’ Tyler frowns and makes to apologize. But then the Blackhawk captain smiles and winks at Tyler.

They all share a laugh and walk out of the room, tailed by Sidney.

“Well, farewell for now, everyone!” Sidney calls as they enter the hallway, still laughing. “I look forward to our Winter Classic matchup, Jonathan and Patrick.” His eyes sparkle venomently. The two Hawks know that Sidney and his Penguins are out looking for revenge against them because of what happened in their last matchup for the Classic.

“Bring it, Sid!” Jonathan playfully remarks.

Sidney chuckles and leaves them, exiting the headquarters. The two Blackhawks grab each others hands and turn to leave. They bid the other farewell and walk out the tunneled hallway and out of North End. Tyler and Jamie watch them leave and then nod at one another.

“We should go too,” Jamie states. “Val, you coming?”

Val blinks and shakes his head. “I stay with Evelyn. I return with her. Go on ahead...no me.”

“Go ahead without him,” Evelyn clarifies.

Tyler and Jamie nod and walk off. Val and Evelyn remain standing together before the door to the training room. Val turns to the redhead, smiling largely. He has something in his mind. Evelyn rolls her eyes and folds her arms over her chest.

“Что это? Что ты готовишь в этой голове твоей, России? (What is it? What are you cooking up in that head of yours, Russian?)”

Val pulls her in close to him, putting a hand on the side of her waist. “Мы должны пойти на свидание! Только ты и я, может быть, есть обед, а затем смотреть фильм… (We should go on a date! Just you and I, maybe have dinner and then watch a movie...)”

“Хорошо, что мы можем сделать это! (Alright, we can do that!)” Evelyn responds, smiling back. She lifts her hand up and cups the side of his face and then presses her lips to his. She breaks away after a few moments and smirks at him. “Показывай дорогу, Стрелка Ястреб. (Lead the way, Arrow Hawk!)”

Notes

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