So, basically a zombie apocalypse. The five of Balto's pups that are still in Nome are pretty much the only survivors. Why? 'Cause they're that bad ass! By the way, Dingo and Saba are both confirmed names for the pups. Yukon and Nunivat are names used to fill in for the other two unnamed pups.
Intro:
So this takes place just after Balto 3. I just want to clarify which pup is which. Kodi, the obvious one, Aleu, another obvious one, Dingo, the one that has the furline just like Aleu, but red like the rest, Yukon, the one who's furline is completely different from the rest, Saba, the one who's furline is like Kodi, but just with blue eyes, then Nunivat, the one who looks like Kodi, but as they grew up, puberty hit Kodi hard.
Most of Nome's population spent their time outside. Almost all the sled dogs lived outside. Or at least in the boiler room. There weren't anywhere near as many sled teams as there used to be. None needed except for mail. All the sled dogs from back when the diphtheria broke out gradually retired. Oh yeah, so… dogs can drive, and technology is ahead a little bit. Just the cars and guns though. Nothing else.
Kodi, Kirby, Dusty, and Ralph spend their time in the boiler room. The other sled dogs were usually with their owners. The four just had an amazing time talking and playing around. They were all amazing friends. Ralph had a big crush on Dusty. What neither of them knew was Kirby and Kodi had a crush on each other.
Thing is there, Kirby had no idea Kodi liked him, and Kodi had no idea Kirby liked him. So… it's hard enough asking a girl out, but asking another dude that you're almost sure isn't gay out just makes it overwhelmingly awkward. So basically, neither of them wanted to say anything to each other.
Aleu got mad at Balto and ran off. If you saw Balto 2 you know. She stayed with a wolf pack to help guide them to more food. She's doing well, but Balto, Jenna, and her brothers and sisters didn't know how she was doing.
Yukon, for the family he was adopted by, was a tough dog. He was their guard dog, though. Kiana, the girl that got him is about 10 now. She's gotten older and less annoying. When Yukon was a pup, she'd always dress him up, and mess around with him. He hated it, but at the same time, he loved it. When he outgrew all that, she still put her own clothes on him. Embarrassed? Yes. Loved? Yes.
Dingo damn near got Kodi's job. The two brothers were real competitive. The boy that picked him up got way too upset when he was gone, so Dingo just stayed. He definitely got pissed, but he loved his boy. He was very protective. The boy was walking him one day, then a predator tried to take him. He kicked Dingo to get him out of the way, but he made sure he would save his boy. That's what he did.
Saba was adopted by a girl with a fairly rich family. This family pretty much babied Saba. She was treated like a queen. She sort of became stuck up, but she hung out with Yukon a lot, who was very humble. That prevented her from being too stuck up. There's not much to say. That describes her.
Nunivat was adopted by a boy named Peyton. He just needed a dog to be happy. His dad walked out, his mom worked two jobs and never had any patience, and he was the youngest of his siblings. His older brother hogged everything and was never nice. His two older sisters either ignored him, or abused him. The only way he communicated with his mom was when she was yelling at the top of her lungs. He was also bullied at school.
She gave him love up until he snapped and had enough. He sent about 4 kids at school home with broken noses, came back from school, suspended, then his oldest sister started beating him. He slammed her down and concussed her, the other sister ran off. His older brother came out to take him down, but his rage was burning, and he beat the crap out of him. When he saw Nunivat, he didn't say a word. He just walked off. She never found where he went. She left that family and just hung with Kodi or Balto.