This was originally in the cross-over section, and will be moved back tomorrow. I put it on this category simply to see how many views it'd get.

Prologue

The Black Wolf was a slave to a group of very mysterious canines. These canines weren't that at all. They were time travelers, capable of going where ever they wanted whenever they wanted. Being able to do so meant they had built up a vast empire, with their base being in the year 2016. Since they had the ability to time travel, they had gone way ahead in time, and gotten a virus, and released it into the world. The virus could only affect the humans, however, meaning that within one year, all of humanity had disappeared from their time.

This had allowed the canines to take over that time, making dogs and wolves the ruling species of the world. They had originally come from a time way ahead of 2016, meaning they had the abilities to use human technology, and were able to teach the native dogs how to use it quite well. They had also brought from their time, many slaves who knew how to use the technology as well. The Black Wolf was one of them.

It was his job to run the simulator, code named Half-Life. You would put a dog into the simulator, to watch him. There was really no point to the simulator, other than to amuse those who watched said dog in it. No one had ever finished it, it had been designed so no one could. When one died, their body would be put into a sleep like trance, where they did not need to eat, drink, nor did they age. Thus they were kept isolated. The only way to free these lost souls was if someone beat it. And since no one had ever beaten it, there were quite a lot of souls.

Occasionally, it would be requested that someone who actually had a chance to beat the simulator be put in it. The next one was Balto, who lived in Nome, Alaska, near the year of 1927. They had learned of him because of the statue of his in the former New York City. He seemed to have good instincts, and seemed smart, so he was chosen to be the next one into Half-Life.

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I know this is a weird story, but it's something I've had in my head for quite some time, and it's been itching to get out. Review please and tell me if I should continue.

EDIT 10/13/11: I've had a lot of single hits, which means that people are just reading this chapter then deciding this isn't worth their time. If you are one of the people who was going to do this, please at least read one more. Give it a chance.

-Anonymous