As the 2 shadows slip in and out of containers at the train yard as quietly as they could; you could hear that they were panting, as if they had ran a marathon.
"Come on Aru" the taller shadow hissed to the smaller shadow, "We are almost there, just a bit more and we'll be on the train out of here. I promise"
The smaller shadow, or Aru, let out a small, quiet bark but since Aru was a cross of Wolf and Siberian husky, the bark came out louder than it was supposed to be, and ended up getting the attention of one of the guards nearby.
"Tirlinaaqpaa*, fool" hissed the shadow as she disappeared into the shadows, followed by Aru as they hid from the security guard. When the coast was clear, they appeared from behind a container and quietly made their way to a freight train that was about to leave. As she opened the door to one of the cars, she heard footsteps fast approaching and opened the door quickly, not caring if she caused a lot of noise of not, and disappeared inside, who was followed by Aru and shut the door of the car with a bang. She could hear the footsteps loud and clear, even in a musty, old train car. The footsteps stopped in front of the door and the thing that she could hear the loudest was Aru's breathing, her breathing, and her pounding heartbeat.
"Did you hear that?" asked one voice
"Yeah, I did" replied another "Think we got another hitchhiker riding in the cars?"
"Sounds like it" the voice answered "Think we should check the cars?"
The girl closed her eyes, held her breathe and prayed to the guardians, both good and bad, of the hunters in the northern part of Canada that they didn't.
"We should…" the other voice replied. The girl's hard pounded harder as she could her shuffling from the other side of the door. "But this train is scheduled to leave in less than 5, there is no time, and even if we delayed it to search, what will we find? Probably some bum that's down on his luck. And besides…our boss will have our heads mounted to the wall if we make another train late for the States."
The girl let out a quiet sign of relief as she heard the replied, "Yeah, you're probably right" and the footsteps retreated in the direction that they came from.
The girl turned to her canine companion, "Well, we really bit the bullet on that one, eh Aru?"
The dog replied with a sound that was half whine and half grunt\growl. She laughed and scratched her behind the ears before feeling the train jolt forward as it began to make its way forward away from the train yard and towards the States. The girl and her canine companion shifted a little until they were comfortable as they prepared for the long journey to the States.
"Don't worry Aru" whispered the girl as she rubbed Aru's neck "As soon as this mess is cleared up, we will be back home soon, I promise". The answer to her promise was a huff as Aru began to fall asleep. The girl chuckled and felt her own eyelids becoming heavy as she lay back against the wall of the car, she repeated her promise, "As soon as this mess is cleared up, we will be home. But first, we need help, the help…of Constable Benton Fraser of Chicago"
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Aru- a female dog name that means smart, strong, a born leader, beautiful and trickful. She will out smart you and might not get along well with other dogs but she will protect her owners till death.
*Tirlinaaqpaa- an Syllabic Inuktitut word that means: fool
Website that I got my translated word(s) from the Inuit language:
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(I went with: Unicode : Pigiarniq, NumacomU or Ballymun.)
And I am sorry if I do incorrect translation of certain, if not all words from English to Inuit, this is my first time using this website because Google translator doesn't have the language opinion that I wanted. This is my first Due South fanfiction, so I hope that you will review and give me feedback, thanks.