When humanity is threatened only the super powered might of the Toronto Maple Leafs can be counted on to save the day. As the days start to get longer the Maple Leafs start to focus on their true goal. The only thing that can get in their way is themselves.

The laughing skull shimmers in the night air. The laughter rattles around in Zach Hymans brain leaving a trail of pain that threatens to drop the Toronto Maple Leaf to his knees. He refuses to fall. Beside him Jake Muzzin, the werebear, leaps into the air and swipes at the skull. He hits it and knocks it back a few meters but the grisly apparition catches itself and resumes its dizzying flight. Jake lands and vomits with such force that he veers back into his human form. Zach does his best to stay with the skull, tracking its movements and looking for some sort of pattern or predictive behaviour.

From three different angles a trio of Mitch Marners leap at the flying skull. Each Mitch swings a baseball bat and each bat would smash the skull to pieces. But instead the skull darts up at the last second and the bats crack against each other. As the three attacking Mitches land all seven of his duplicates fall over in convulsions of puke. Zach steps over a Mitch and almost slips on the pool of vomit spreading out from the Leaf.

Kasperi Kapenen is a blur as he speeds up a tree. He leaps off and comes down on the skull even as it zips away from the Mitches. The skull spins to look at Kas at the last second and Zach suddenly knows what’s going to happen. Kas swings with his sword and glances a blow off the skull as it dodges in the opposite direction of the attack. Kas lands and pukes all over himself.

As one of the few Leafs without a super power Zach relies on his mind, his skills, and his axe. His mind recognizes that with Kas attacking from above the skull will dodge downward. It is his skill that gets him in the perfect spot at the perfect moment. It is his axe that makes contact with the skull, interrupting the laughter for the first time. The skull careens wildly into a tree trunk, a hole appears where a small chip of bone has fallen out. Zach runs to make the most of the chance but the laughter starts before he can deliver the finishing blow.

Cracked and spattered with mud, the skull lifts off the ground and freezes Zach with a hideous glare. He fights the nausea with all his might but the laughter intensifies and with a groan Zach is yakking all over himself.