Dingo's Tale III: For the Love of Family
Chapter II: The Alaskan Journey Begins
April 13, 1927 09:29 a.m.
Nenana – Outskirts
"Man, I hate being stared at, especially in the face." Yukon said. "You and me both, trust me, that's the last time we'll be stared at by anyone other than family." Dingo said. "I sure hope so, now on to more important matters, where to first dad?" Saba said with a grin. "We start off heading South, then we head to this old lake that I know of." Balto said. "Where is it, and how do you know where it is?" Dingo asked. "I used to live there, with my mom and my brothers, I'll tell you guys the story once we're all safe and sound at home, your mother doesn't know either so it'll be a tale to tell everyone." Balto said. "Well, can't wait to hear it dad, it'll take too long to travel there above ground, maybe they built another underground tunnel?" Saba said. "Don't think so, for now, we need to find a way to get you two back home." Balto said. "Yeah, the trail back home is the other way, but we need a way to update each other, just to be sure that we make it home safely." Yukon said. "Good point Yuke, maybe a radio or something, these vests should have some form of radio attachment or something?" Dingo said. "If they did, the one you're wearing is broken since it was underwater." Balto said. "We'll have to go back and look for it." Dingo said. "Screw that! The people probably figured out what we did!" Yukon said.
"Looks like it'll have to be fate that brings you two home then, if I were you two I'd start heading that way now, we don't want another run in so go around the city and through the tunnel." Balto said. "Gotcha, make it home safe dad." Balto nodded and hugged his son and daughter goodbye. "We'll make it back home soon, we'll do everything we can to make it." Saba said. "Alright you two, see you soon!" Dingo shouted as Saba and Yukon ran to the tunnel. "Alright dad, time to go, we'll start by heading South, doesn't the front of your vest have a compass?" Dingo asked. "Actually it does, good find!" Balto said. "Alright, it says we're facing South, let's go!" Dingo said. Balto nodded and the two set off to the South.
09:29 a.m. 10:46 a.m.
They walked and walked, until they made it to a little town, "Huh, McKinley Park? I remember this place, we need to find more information about where they could be, the note said they were on the Southern Coast of Alaska at Alaska Port 01 Warehouse, right?" Balto asked. "Yeah, maybe that little station there has maps or a guide to the state." Dingo said. "Right, that's our first stop, why don't you go scout around while I head to the bathroom?" Balto asked. "Sure, I'm sure the guy won't mind if we borrow a map." Dingo said. Dingo walked to the shack and spotted a stand, "Maps of Alaska, perfect!" Dingo said. Dingo looked around the stand and came across a section labeled "Southern Alaska". "Perfect-." The store attendant saw him, "Hey! Get out of here, those aren't free!" The attendant shouted. "Oh crap!" Dingo ran out of the store after grabbing a map while the store attendant chased him with a shotgun. "Oh come on! Out of all things, he had to pick up a shotgun!" Dingo said, running into an alleyway where he saw Balto using the bathroom, "Uh son, a little privacy if you will?" Balto said. "RUN! I've got a map, but the man doesn't seem too happy!" Dingo said. "What are you….uh oh, time to run!" Balto said.
Balto and Dingo kept running until they spotted a shed, "Dingo, the shed!" Balto said, running towards it. The two got inside the shed, waiting for the footsteps to vanish, "Whew, think we're safe now?" Dingo asked. "I hope so, you get a map?" Balto asked. Dingo nodded and brought out the map, "It covers South Alaska, maybe it shows where the ports are." Dingo said. Balto looked over the map, "Yup, right here, Alaska Port 01." Balto said, pointing to a location on the map. "Yeah, but where could the warehouse be, it's not on the map?" Dingo asked. "Nearby, usually warehouses are close by since they have food and other things, usually they have 3 different levels, Floor 1, B1, and B2." Balto said. "Well, we'd better get a move on." Dingo said. Balto agreed and they left the warehouse and crept past the stand. "I hope Mom and Ember are okay." Dingo said.
April 13, 1927
Alaska Port 01 Warehouse
07:12 a.m.
"Wakey-wakey, it's time to get up, my darling" Grey Steele said. "Alright alright, just get away from me." Ember said. "Where are my puppies?" Ember asked sternly. "Oh they're nearby, in a separate room, now, why don't you meet little Dingo's brother, Kodi?" Grey Steele said, dragging in a cut up and bruised Kodi. Jenna caught sight of this and ran towards the side of her cage, "Kodi?! What the hell did you do to my son!" Jenna asked with rage. "Oh, this wasn't my doing, this was Steele's doing, he brought him in and left him here, and now he's after oh what were their names, Saba and Yukon?" Grey Steele said with a dark smile. "Don't you dare put your paws on my kids!" Jenna said with rage. "Or what, will little Dingo and Bingo come to get me? You should know that you only have 10 days left before I kill you, as for little Ember and her puppies, they've only got 4 days. Don't worry, Dingo and Bingo will be here soon, but you should consider yourselves dead, they won't leave this place alive!" Grey Steele said with an evil laugh. "You bastard, you would kill kids?! You're not strong, you're weak for hurting children just to kill, you have no courage, no dignity, no strength!" Jenna shouted. "Well, think of me as you may, but you are the one holding my pups, and once old Bingo finds out about it, he'll just have to leave you!" Grey Steele said. "You think he'll be mad at me?! Well, I think he's going to, oh I don't know, TEAR YOUR BALLS OFF!" Jenna shouted. Grey Steele snapped at her, "YOU think you can talk to ME like that?! I'LL TEACH YOU NOT TO THREATEN ME! GRAH!" Grey Steele swung his paw at Jenna's face, leaving three scratches on her face. "You….scratched me…..you sick bastard…" Jenna broke down in tears. "HEY, YOU HIT MY MOM!" Kodi shouted. "Damned right I did, and what are you going to do about it big man?" Grey Steele asked with a laugh. "I'LL KILL YOU!" Kodi yelled, running towards Grey Steele, and punched him in the nose. Grey Steele looked at his nose, wiping the blood off it, "Ohhh, you'll regret that, HRAGH!" Grey Steele lunged at Kodi and tackled him to the ground, knocking him out. Grey Steele started to pound and claw Kodi's face, scratching him badly. "STOP IT STEELE! KODIIIIIII, NOOOOOOOOO!"Jenna shouted, breaking into tears while Grey Steele left the room with a sinister laugh.
April 13, 1927
Cantwell, South Alaska
11:12 a.m.
Balto and Dingo walked on the street of the town but quickly took a turn onto the back roads away from the people. The talk started to get around quickly like a wild virus. Humans started to get looks every time they saw Balto and Dingo, especially Dingo with him stealing the map from the shop. Balto and Dingo followed the map up road and found an uncharted cave. Balto and Dingo stopped at the entrance of the cave and looked at the map. "This cave is marked on a danger zone. But it should be our short cut to the other of Talkeetna," Dingo explained.
Balto nodded in response as he looked into the cave. "Alright let's get a move on," Balto said as he started to walk into the cave. Dingo nodded as he grabbed the map and followed his father into the cave. The cave wasn't much of a danger zone for them, the humans only marked it as a danger zone to keep young children away from it. Balto and Dingo made it to the other side of the cave and ended up on a cliff side. Balto and Dingo both smiled at seeing the town of Talkeetna just down the cliff. "Well, well, well what do we have here," said a dark raspy voice from the left of Balto and Dingo. "You again!" Balto said with a growl. The same wolf with the scar who has been harassing Balto and his family for quite some time has found them again. "What do you want?" Dingo asked as he stood next to his father. "To settle a score once and for all!" The black wolf with the scar growl as he took a step forward. "Then that makes the three of us," two raspy voices said from behind Balto and Dingo. "No Not Them again," Balto said with his ears down. Two wolverines with bright red eyes stood behind Balto and Dingo. "Who are they Dad?" Dingo asked. "Trouble," Balto answered keeping his eyes on the wolverines and the black wolf. "What do we do Dad?" Dingo asked while watching the wolverines started circling them.
"Simple, we don't die. You, over there, we don't fight unless we know your name!" Balto said to the wolf. "Heh, very well, my name is Ryo." Ryo said. "Heh, well it's not very nice to meet you, I am Balto, this is Dingo, and we're about to kill you all." Balto said with a grin on his face. Ryo started to laugh along with the two wolverines, "Is that so? Well, at least you've got spirit, now, show us what you've got!" Ryo said, charging at the two. "Dingo, move!" Ryo jumped into a pool of water. "Perfect! Alright, now time to settle the score with you two!" Balto said to the two wolverines. "Well is that so, time to show you that we're not just some animal!" A Wolverine said. "Come at me you little rat!" Dingo shouted. The Wolverine ran at Dingo, who dodged and ran after him, "Man, you're fast for a little rat!" Dingo said, chasing the Wolverine. "Well, why don't we stop this little game and fight like true animals then!" The wolverine said, halting to a stop. Dingo squatted down on his legs, the wolverine standing on his back legs, Dingo lunged at him and caught him by surprise, "Gotcha, now, how should I kill you?" Dingo asked. "Ahh just get it over with you simple mutt." The wolverine said, accepting his death. "Alright, here we go!" Dingo bit into the wolverine's neck and threw him near the water where Ryo had fallen. "Finally, now I can *smack* whoaaaaa!" Ryo was hit in the face by the corpse of the wolverine and knocked back into the water. "Nice shot son, now, let's take care of this little bugger!" Balto said, looking at the wolverine crawling away, leading a trail of blood behind him, "Oh no you don't, you're coming with us!" Dingo said, picking up the wolverine, a raspy voice screamed and the wolverine started swinging his claws, Dingo held him over the pool of water, "Well down you go!" Balto said, Dingo nodded and dropped the Wolverine in the water, the bubble stopped, "Huh, that's funny, I thought Ryo was down there too?" Balto said. "Well, we had best take this chance and run." Dingo said. "Good plan, this set us back about 30 minutes, we need to keep going, let's go through this north portion of the cave. We should reach daylight soon, then we'll continue." Balto said.
And be ready son, I have a bad feeling of what's up ahead…
To be continued…..
A/N(NightWolfZilvia): Well guys, it looks like Chapter II is FINALLY out, I know it took me a few weeks, but I had finals and EOC Tests, so can't blame me here, but anyways, what do you guys think about the story so far? This story leads to more and more stories to come, eventually we may add All Dogs Go To Heaven into the mix! Well guys, see you in the next chapter and let's see what good old Thomas has to say!
A/N(KodiWolf321): Hey guys! Sorry it's been a minute since writing the next chapter. I was going through some personal things in real life but now I'm back to writing with my good friend NightWolfZilvia. Alright guys I hope enjoyed this chapter and we'll see you guys in the next chapter :D