Chapter 22

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Back with Sidney, Jonathan, and Pekka in the EHP HQs...
They end up in the same place they started after looking everywhere for Jimmy.
"Pekka, did you find anyone?" Sidney asks.
Pekka shakes his head slowly. "Nope. You?"
"No one," Jonathan replies. "It's all strangers."
"If they're not here, then where would they be at?" Sidney wonders.
"Maybe they are back at the gas station," Jonathan guessed.
Sidney rubs in chin. "That is true."
"Katto," Pekka says. (Roof.)
Sidney gives Pekka an odd look. "Wha?"
"The, um...you know..." Pekka snaps his finger multiple times, trying to think of the English word. "... Katto...ugh, what is it called..." (Roof.)
"Describe it to us," Jonathan tells Pekka.
"The top of the rakennus, I mean-- Ohmigosh, I can't speak englanti!" (...building...English!)
"Whoa, Pekka, you're speaking Engnnish now!" Sidney exclaims.
Pekka sighs and frowns. "Tiedän." (I know.)
"Can you speak English, still?" Jonathan asks.
"En usko niin..." (I don't think so...)
"Jonathan, I think we have a problem here..," Sidney points out.

Meanwhile in the NHL HQs...
"Хорошо, ты готов?" Evgeni asks Sergei. (Okay, you're ready to go?)
"Да!" Sergei replies excitedly. (Yea!)
"Хорошо, пойдем." Evgeni walks over to Jimmy. (Okay, let's go.)
Jimmy leans against the wall. "Last time I checked, it does not take more than ten minutes to click 'save,' y'know."
"Sorry, just some, um, problem..."
Jimmy sighs. "Why aren't you with Sergeant?"
"He name Sergei. Sergei say that he hungry, so he want food."
Jimmy gave Evgeni a you-gotta-be-kidding-me look. "Are you serious?"
"You no want him do wrong thing...right?"
"That's why you're here."
"Well, I is hungry--"
"DO WHAT I ASK YOU TO DO AND QUIT STALLING!!!" Jimmy roars.
Evgeni steps back a bit. "Who you think you is, tell me and Sergei what to do?"
"Obey me...and no one will get hurt," Jimmy says much more calmly.
"Someone get hurt? That how much you want?"
"Oh, you don't know how desperate I am for this."
"Вот и все! Сергей, мы уходим-- Забудьте план!" Evgeni tells Sergei. (That's it! Sergei, we're leaving-- Forget the plan!)
"Ох...ладно!" Sergei gets up and strolls out of the room with Evgeni. (Oh...okay!)
"Hey!" Jimmy shouts. The Russians begin to run much faster, with Jimmy chasing after them. "Where do you think you're going?!"
"Не слушайте его! Беги!" Evgeni tells Sergei quickly. (Don't listen to him! Run!)
"STOP!!!" Jimmy shoots red energy at them.
Sergei pushes Evgeni and himself out of the energy's trail and it misses them. "Держи меня за руку!" (Hold my hand!)
"Хорошо!" (Okay!) Evgeni grabs on to Sergei's hand.
Sergei turns small, making Evgeni small as well and they zip out of Jimmy's sight quickly.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Jimmy lets out a burst of energy in frustration.

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