Quest For Yzerchuk: Murderous Corruption (Special Edition)

Red Herrings Galore

Special thanks to divergent_spn61 for her wonderful Fairy Tail-based-I'm-sure chapter plot haha :) 

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After finding Abdelkader's body and defending Brian Boyle, who eventually has to confirm everything through Facetime, the bewildered group returns home. They get back to Tampa and head into Amalie to find the others waiting there. They walk into a room with a table and see Ryan Callahan and Alex Killorn waiting for them, along with someone else.

Steven Stamkos stands, waiting for all of them to return from their journey, at the head of a massive rectangular table and clears his throat. "Alright Bolts, something is going on here!" He grips the table as he staggers in place due to his injured leg. He glances toward Vladdy and Brayden, who sit down together a few seats away from where Steven is standing. "Vladislav, you better have some news and facts for me!"

"I do, Stammer!" Vladdy reports.

"AH! VLADDY AND STAMMER ARE FINALLY GETTING MARRIED!!" Ryan Callahan exclaims, jumping to his feet.

He and Alex Killorn both then begin to toss rose petals into the air, much to the two's displeasure. Vladdy spins to Alex, who stands behind him. "Ya done, Killer?" Alex throws one final rose petal at him and then slaps on a sparkling blue and silver tiara. "OMG! Killer, stop! Why am I the girl?!"

"Damsel," Alex mutters to Ryan.

"Damsel." Ryan nods his head.

The two then burst out laughing as Vladdy folds his arms and grumbles, "I'm not the frickin' girl..."

Steven clears his throat, "Anyhow, the real reason why we're all here today is to figure out who is murdering all of these players. What did you find out in Detroit?"

The throwing of the rose petals stop as a frowning Ryan and Alex sit back down.

Nikita then suddenly screams out, "SOMEBODY KILLED ABDELKADER!" He then hugs Pally because remembering that site scares him.

Ondrej speaks out, "Whoever did it seemed to frame Boyle for the murder and-"

TJ interrupts, "It took forever for us to explain to the Red Wings that Boyle wouldn't kill someone. He would only retaliate on the ice."

Vladdy nods his head. "Yeah. And there was no sign of Larkin anywhere in Detroit."

Steven looks at all of them. "Hmm...well, obviously it can't be Justin murdering people because he was one of the victims. And it's not Gally, since he was the first victim, or Sidney. So who in the world could it be then?"

Brayden speaks out, "Maybe it could be someone who wants revenge on the evil people in the NHL. But why are they framing certain players?"

"Hmm....good question. Maybe because they want those players to be behind bars?"

Vladdy sighs. "Sidney and Boyle were framed....that makes no sense! Who would want to do that to someone?"

Steven frowns a bit. "Who hates us the most now?"

"I can name you a list of players: Patrick Kane, Connor McDavid, Evander Kane, Jimmy Vesey, Rick Nash, Ryan Kesler, Corey Perry, and practically everyone on the Red Wings and Habs! They're practically all Red Herrings!" Vladdy responds.

"Ahh....so there's a lot of them. But, out of all of those, who would be the innocent? And where did you come up with that name?"

Vladdy stands up, a frown on his face. "We can't trust anyone right now. For all we know, there could be a traitor among us. For now, let's just round up the Herrings and see what happens!"