AAOOOSC! United

"Thanks For Coming..."

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
July 12, 2017
Afternoon

Footsteps echo through the tunnel leading to the main room of the GHP headquarters. Sidney and all the others are following him with expressions of excitement and anticipation.

Sidney peers behind his shoulders to spot the others. "I just wanna see if the headquarters are fine." With that, he strolls through the opening.

In the main room, three familiar people are sitting around the main table: Patrick, Nathan, and Pekka. Floating on each side of Pekka is Ari and Tatu.

The three hockey players turn to the sound of the footsteps, spotting their other group members and unfamiliar people approaching them.

"Oh, there you dudes are!" Patrick exclaims with a lopsided grin. "We've been waiting for hours, man!"

Sidney suddenly halts with his eyes widen at the three hockey players. The others stop behind him in confusion.

"You guys are here!" Sidney speeds up to them with glee, halting in between Nathan and Pekka on the other side of the table. "Oh, I'm so glad to see you!"

He then gasps and excitedly pulls Bubby Jr. from his pants' pockets. "Oh, I'm so glad to see you, too, Bubby Jr!" He gives the stuffed animal a rub on its head before placing it back in his pocket.

Nathan happily pats Sidney's back. "Glad to see you as well! What took you so long?"

"We went on a detour to another reality," Jonathan answers flatly, scratching the back of his neck as he approaches Patrick.

Pekka pets Tatu, causing him to let out an exhausted "whew!" before propelling its tiny wings and flying off across the room. Ari takes off after the drifting orb in a mad dash.

The Finnish goalie then turns to the other goalie and knits his eyebrows at him. "Another reality? Why weren't we notified about this?"

Toews instantly appears behind Pekka in a streak of yellow energy. "It's nothing to worry about, it's all taken care of!" He grasps onto the back of Pekka's chair with a nervous grin. "It's like as if it never happened!"

"Except the fact that Tazer boy can now manipulate reality." John halts next to Toews with a haughty expression.

The three stare at the NHL ruler with massive eyes and dropped jaws.

"That's like manipulating anything!" Patrick exclaims in awe. "That's tots gnarly, dude!"

"Awesome!" Nathan pumps his fists in the air. "Now you can finally get the Avs to win the Cup again!"

Pekka chuckles with a toothy smile while shaking his head at the skater. "Nuh-huh—" He peers behind his shoulder to Toews. "—give US, the Preds, the Cup."

"Hey!" Sidney crosses his arms with a fuming expression. "The Pens won the Cup already! Try again next year!"

Toews shakes his head with an anxious chortle. "No, no, I'm done manipulating reality." He throws his hands in the air in exhaustion. "It's best to not touch it. It's so complex and delicate."

John nods his head with a proud look at him. "You assimilate deftly, smalls." He pats his shoulder.

Patrick then turns to his right, spotting the other power players gazing at them with bewilderment. He whirls back to the other original GHP members. "Who are these dudes and dudettes?" He jabs his thumb over his shoulder at them.

"Oh! Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh!" Sidney smacks his forehead. "Where are my manners?" He bounds to the group and halts next to them. "Patrick, Pekka, Nathan—" He throws his hands out toward the other power players. "—meet the extended GHP!"