Balto: A New Place-Chapter Two
9:43 A.M.
After greetings were out of the way, the group of four continued on their journey. Balto noticed the serenity of the forest and took in a smell of the pine. Everything was peaceful and quiet. They walked, mostly silent and attentive for the next several hours. They eventually came across a small cave, and declared it as their overnight sleep ground. Balto spoke, "Alright, everyone rest up. I know you're probably tired so we'll sleep here. If anyone's hungry j-" he was cut off by the rumbling of his stomach. Not long after, everyone else's followed. "Haha, I guess we all are. I'll go see if I can find something to eat." Rhondunhadaegun took a sniff of the air, and picked up the scent of caribou. "Balto, I smell caribou not far from here. I'll come with you and see if we can take one down." Balto stated, "Well you have a hell of a nose. I didn't even pick that up. Alright, you can come with me. Kodi, you and Auermoctoc stay here and get a few sticks in case we need em' for anything. Can never be too prepared." Kodi replied, "Don't worry, we'll get it done." Auermoctoc simply nodded and the four split up in their groups to do their tasks.
As Balto and Rhondunhadaegun approached the bedding area for the caribou, Balto detected another scent as well. Human. As far as he could tell, there was only one. It was a male. He also noticed the scent of something else, a gun. He started to say, "Wait a minute, I think there's a hu-" but he was cut off by a gunshot. There were two more fired within 3 seconds.
After the caribou scattered, he saw that two remained, dead. A few seconds later, the human that he had smelled emerged from some trees. He saw the figure of a tall "6'8" man. He wasn't a hunter, or a native. Balto tried to step back a bit to avoid being seen, but stepped on a twig in the process. The man looked over and noticed the two. He set his gun down and moved closer. Balto was a little surprised that this man did not approach them in an aggressive manner. He seemed calm but Rhondunhadaegun didn't want to take any chances. He let out a low warning growl and the man threw his arms up in submission. He said, "Relax boy, I don't want to hurt you." The man had a strong yet somewhat calm voice. Balto said, "Rhondunhadaegun wait, I don't think he means any harm." To his surprise the man said, "He's right. I'm not gonna hurt either of you." Rhondunhadaegun stopped growling and had his mouth partially open. Balto asked, "Wait, can you really understand me?" The man replied again, "Yes, I can. I know you or anyone else would say I'm crazy, but I'm talking to you and we're responding to eachother." Balto's mouth now hung open. "Oh my god," he thought, "How can anyone understand us? Is this real?" "Oh it's real alright," the man said. Balto stupidly asked, "So you can read minds too?" The man laughed and said, "No. I could just tell by that stupid look on your face." The three stood in awkward silence, glancing back and forth at eachother...
Weird chapter. More will be explained soon. Continue onward to discover more...
