Balto: How the Mighty Fall
Balto: Kevin Bacon
Silver: Sean Bean
Jenna: Bridget Fonda
Boris: Bob Hoskins
Maria: Julia Roberts
Nikki: Jack Angel
Kaltag: Danny Mann
Star: Robbie Rist
Dixie: Sandra Dickinson
Sylvie: Sandra Dickinson
Doc: Patrick Stewart
Two sled teams raced through the Alaskan wilderness. There sleds slid over the snow with a light hiss. The musher's yelled encouragement to the dogs.
"Come on Balto you can do it! Mush!"
The brown and tan wolf dog at the lead position of the team smiled.
"Hey Balto! My mother could run faster than that!" The lead dog on the other team yelled. Balto grinned.
"You want me to go fast?!" He yelled back. He looked at the dog behind him.
"Star should I go fast?!"
Star grinned and nodded.
"Okay! Don't say I didn't warn you!" Balto suddenly let it all loose. He was in a safe lead within seconds.
The opposing sled dog let out a gasp of surprise. Balto smiled again.
"Star, can you handle it?!" He looked back at the other dog.
Star panted. "B-b-barely!"
He heard the flare gun. "Three miles boy's!"
They entered the town. On either side of them people cheered. Balto howled in glee. Considering that three months ago, he was watching from the sidelines, and being cursed at by humans, he was doing pretty well for himself.
After the one mile warning, there was no stopping them.
Balto's team crossed the finish line In first.
He got the harness off only to get dog piled by his teammates.
"Okay guy's, I can't breathe! You don't want to kill me right after our race right?"
The dog's got off him.
"That was the fastest, the quickest, the speediest…"
"That was good!" Star interrupted. Kaltag shot him a warning look.
The other sled team wasn't so ecstatic. The musher was furious."Look, shouldn't there be something against half wolves running on a team?!"
Balto ears flattened. Not all human's had accepted him, even after the serum run.
The lead dog on the other team was angry too.
"Hey he's got a point! Why do we have half breed scum running in a dog's game?"
"What did youse say?" Nikki snarled.
"You heard me. Balto's got those huge wolf ears don't he?"
Balto growled and took a step forward. Kaltag and Star held him.
"Easy Balto, he's not worth it."
The other dog backed off. "Need your friends to hold you back wolfie?"
Suddenly Nikki charged. He pinned the dog to the ground.
"C'mon Balto! Hit him!"
Balto shook his head. "Like they said, he's not worth it."
Nikki sighed. "Okay." He let the dog go. "And if you don't watch your mouth youse be answering to me!"
The dog padded away.
A red and white husky padded through the crowd to meet Balto.
"Hi Jenna. Hope you enjoyed the race. I'm not racing another one."The three dogs moaned in protest.
"C'mon Balto, this was your first time!" Kaltag protested.
"Yeah youse looked like youse was having fun out dere!" Nikki added.
Jenna smiled. "It looks like the guy's don't want you to quit."
"Yeah well…as much as I hate to admit it, that dog has a point. This is a dog's sport. I present an unfair advantage."
"Oh c'mon Balto, that dog's a dumbass!"
"But he's right!" Balto sighed. "Just give me some time to think about it."
Balto and Jenna padded away. "You aren't going to have much time to think."
Balto looked startled. "Why?"
"Didn't you hear? The other hero of Alaska is coming to Nome."
"What other hero of Alaska?"
"Silver. It's been all over the radio."
"Silver? He's coming to Nome?"
Silver was a malamute who had been considered the hero of Alaska before Balto had brought the medicine to Nome. He had been a guard dog in Juneau two years before, and had won a medal.
"He's coming to Nome?"
Jenna nodded. "More precisely he is staying at our house."
Balto put on a dumbfounded expression. "I'm sorry what?"
Jenna chuckled. "The two heroes of Nome under the same roof."
"Well when are they coming?"
"Any minute now."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Balto asked irritated.
"Well you seemed so distracted this last week, I didn't want to worry you."
"Well we better get home then. I don't want to be late. How do I look?"
Jenna laughed. "Like a freaked out hero. Let's go."
When they got to the house the guests had already arrived.
Balto was nervous.
"Uhh, you go in first." He gestured to the door.
Jenna chuckled. "C'mon Balto, I don't think he bites."
Jenna pushed open the door. Two dog's were lying next to their human.
One of them raised his head. "Well hello Madame." He had a strong british accent. "I assume this is your home?"
"Why yes it is." Jenna noticed the dog had a jagged scar down the side of his face.
"And you are Silver?" She asked.
The other dog nodded. "And you must be Jenna. I assumed your mate would be with you. I want to meet the dog who I share the Alaskan hero job with.""Oh he's here." Jenna turned. "Balto, you can come in now!"
She turned to Silver. "He's a bit nervous."
Silver chuckled. "Likewise."
Balto padded into the room. Before he realized what was going on Silver pounced on him, and bit him in the shoulder. Balto yelped in pain.
His human stood up. "Silver! Get off of him!"
Silver pinned him to the ground and turned to Jenna.
"It seems you have a little wolf problem!" He snarled.
The other dog pulled Silver off of Balto. "Silver! What are you doing?"
Balto turned angrily to Jenna. "He won't bite, huh?!"
Silver had a look of anger on his face. "What is that wolf doing in this house!"
"Silver, that's Balto!"
Silver paused, looking confused. "Balto is a wolf."
"Half." Balto corrected.
Silver calmed down. "My apologies Balto." He said with no sense of apology in his voice.
Balto rubbed his shoulder. "What was that for?"
"You look a hell of a lot like a wolf."
"As I said, I'm half wolf. Is that going to be a problem?"
Silver thought for a moment. "Of course not. I apologize."
Silver beckoned the other dog. "This is my mate, Maria."
They introduced each other. Then Balto excused himself.
"I have a wound to wash." He said.
Jenna stared awkwardly at Silver. "Well why don't we go out this evening?
There's an old mill where all the dogs in Nome gather."
Silver nodded. He was in a bad mood. The expression on his face seemed to make the scar look even worse.
Jenna sighed. It was going to be a rough evening.