A/N: I'm back! Sorry if I haven't been around within the last year. I've been busy raising my family and had no time to write anything.

Sadly, this will be the last MDTAS fic that I will write as updates will be far and in between. As I said, I have little free time now. I also have another fic to finish from another fandom.

Rating may change within the story.

I hope you enjoy this fic.

The boys were watching through the window in their coaches' office while Mandy and Phil were talking to someone. They didn't know who it was, nor they knew why the meeting was held. But one thing was for sure, when there is a meeting between a coach, the manager and another person, it was never good. Someone was either getting into trouble or someone was getting replace or worse.

This made both Duke and Nosedive nervous as they watched on; their stomachs all up in knots. Even though Nosedive had the upbeat personality, this was one thing that they never looked forward to.

With Duke, they had a very open communication in their marriage, but there were things that his wife had to keep secret. It was never meant that she was not trustworthy, but it was because it was best for the team if they knew all together what was going on. She only wants to have the teams' best interest in mind.

Keeping up with that positive thinking was difficult.

"You two worry too much." Mallory said as she was walking towards them.

"Whenever there is a meeting with Mandy & Phil and a third party, it's never good." Nosedive replied.

"You have to remember that she's only doing this for the best interest in the team. I trust her to do that." Mallory replied.

"She's your best friend. You're supposed to say that." Dive retorted, rolling his eyes.

"No. I say that is because she hasn't let us down. She has been going through a lot of stress lately." Mallory said.

"And she's been sick for a while too." Duke said. "I'm thinking is because of what's going on with the league. She didn't take last years lockdown very well."

"She's a dedicated coach that takes her job very seriously. When she first got that email about the lockdown, she flipped out. Even though it gave us more time to practice for when it was lifted, it was hard on her." Mallory replied.

"It gave Tanya more time to work on the device that can get us back to Puckworld, Mallory to work on her hand to hand combat, Duke with his swordsmanship and Wildwing was introduced on a couple of new hobbies instead of being just in his bunk half the time." Dive said.

"And you collecting comic books and playing video games, and go skateboarding, and hanging out with your friends…" Duke said who was wearing a smirk on his face as he was teasing the youngster.

"Okay I get it. It gave us some free time." Dive said, raising his hands up in the air in defeat.

All looked at their coach's office window again to see if the meeting was over, only to see Phil gathering up folders and papers. Mandy was on the phone and the person that they were both talking to, collecting his things.

They couldn't hear anything because her office was sound proof so they couldn't help but wonder what was being said.

"You know, it's not polite to spy on people." A voice said, catching all three off guard. They turned around only to see Wildwing.

"Sorry, big bro. We're just trying to figure out what is going on with the meeting in there." Dive replied.

"I wouldn't worry about it. She or Phil will tell us when the time is right." Wildwing said.

~~~~MDTAS~~~~~~

"Okay. Thank you so much. We'll see you soon. Good bye." Mandy said, hanging up the phone. She turned to the Phil and the gentlemen that they were meeting with. "The head of the NHL would like to meet with the three of us in the next couple days for another interview."

"How many interviews are there?" The gentlemen asked.

"You have to meet with Phil first for the first interview, then meet with me and Phil for the second interview and then have to meet with the head of the NHL for the third and final meeting. They get to decide from there." Mandy said.

"But you have to remember, there is another candidate in the running for this position." Phil reminded Mandy and the other person. "Now you have to impress the big dogs."

"We have confidence in you. But we'll have to see what they say." Mandy said as she got up to put the folder away in her file cabinet. But there was a wave of nausea that came over her. She placed her hand on her stomach.

"Are you okay, Ms. L'Orange?" The gentlemen asked.

"I'm alright. I'm not feeling the greatest." Mandy replied.

"Stomach flu?"

"Not really."

"I hope you get better soon." He said.

"I hope so too." Mandy smiled as she offered her hand.

The gentleman responded by shaking her hand. "It was really nice meeting you Ms. L'Orange. I hope to meet with you at the next interview."

"Like wise." Mandy said as she shook his hand.

Phil opened the door to let the gentleman out, shaking his hand while he was at it. As the person left, he said four of the ducks hanging around.

"Is everything okay Phil?" Dive asked.

"Everything's fine." Phil smiled at them, "It was just an interview that's all." He then walked back to his office and shut the door.

"Interview? For what?" Wildwing asked. He was confused.

"No one said anything about an interview." Mallory said.

There was silence as they all walked to the rink, sitting down on the bench, thinking about what just happened. They knew that Mandy had a hard time finding a replacement for herself and everyone else on the team before they can ever go home to Puckworld, but didn't know that she was finding a replacement this early on. It could take months to even years to see if Tanya can find a way.

Everyone knew that meetings and interviews were very stressful for both Mandy and Phil, as they have to look at every resume, background checks, etc. But Mandy has been sick for a long while now so that and being stressed with finding a replacement hasn't been making things easy on people.

This made the team think that she's hiding something from them, something big. Even Duke didn't know about the news at all and it made him feel a little unsettled.

Someone walking to the rink interrupted their thoughts.

"Hey everyone." Mandy said.

Everyone looked at her, then to the floor. This made her concerned.

"Why's everyone sad?" She asked.

Duke stood up, "What's with the meeting? Phil said something about an interview?" He asked.

"Yes, there was an interview Duke." She replied.

"Why was there an interview?" He said.

"I can't tell anyone what the interview was for and why. I'm sorry." She said. "You guys have nothing to worry about."

"If there is nothing to worry about, why won't you tell us what it was about?" Dive asked.

"In case it gets leaked into the news before we know the answer." She explained, "Even the guy we interview can't reveal anything to the public. But it has nothing to do with you guys."

"So you can't say anything to your family?" Dive asked.

Mandy sighed. "Look, as much as I love you all, I can't reveal anything. So just drop it okay! I had a long day as it is." She turned around and started to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Mallory asked.

"I'll be working out downstairs. I need to relieve some tension." With that, she walked out.