Chapter 3
Balto, Alex, Kaltag, Nikki, Star, Ryan, Jakob, and Kyle are waiting in the control room of the newly created Installation 04. The control room is huge. Balto is typing something on the keyboard when he comes across something. He looks closer and starts to laugh.
Alex looks at him and frowns. "Why are you laughing?"
Balto turns his head towards him and smiles. "Alex, out of all my years of fighting and being part of some war, I would have never thought that I would be aiding the humans."
Alex nods his head. "You and me both, brother."
Balto turns his attention back towards the computer. He starts to type and all the sudden, the map they were looking at starts to break down until one section remains. Balto turns his attention back to his comrades who are looking at the map in awe.
Balto smiles at them all. "Comrades, we…have found Eden and Nod. When we help this…Master Chief, we shall return home. Maybe we can convince our people that the war…is now over."
Kaltag raises his paw into the air. "Yeah! I'm done with fighting. Maybe for once in the history of Eden and Nod, we can finally disband the military."
Balto smiles at Kaltag. "Kaltag, I agree with you. Now let's wait for word from Master Chief. I'm getting bored. Ryan, Alex, Kyle, and Jakob. I want you at both entrances to this facility. I don't want to be caught off guard by the…parasitic virus. Get a move on!"
Alex, Ryan, Kyle, and Jakob salute and they leave the control room. Star walks up to where Balto is and looks up at the computer.
Star shakes his head. "This may tell us where Eden is, but it doesn't tell us how to get there safely."
Balto starts to laugh. "Star, maybe we aren't destined to return to Eden. Maybe…Maybe we're supposed to help this Master Chief. Maybe we're supposed to save humanity at the cost of our lives."
Star sighs in despair. "Sir, I have followed your command for 10,000 years. And I'll follow you all the way to the afterlife. You are my superior and I'll die for you just so you can make it back to Eden. And when you make it to Eden, tell the people that we died for them."
Balto turns his head towards Star and frowns. "Star, if you and the others die, then I might as well be dead. We survive together and we shall die together. Now let's wait for the human and the…the…the other one to arrive."
Star nods his head and returns his gaze upon the map.
At the entrance of the facility, Kyle and Jakob look upon the polar regions of the Ark. Kyle looks up and sees some dispersal pods falling to the ground below. Kyle watches as they hit the snowy ground and they release the virus. Kyle turns around and sees Alex, Hunter, and Ryan talking near the control panel to the door.
Kyle yells out, "LOCK THE DOOR! THE VIRUS IS HERE!"
Alex looks over at him and sees the pods falling to the ground.
Alex looks back at Kyle and Jakob and shouts "RUN! RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN!"
Kyle and Jakob sprint towards the doorway as the giant door is closing. As it's about to close, Kyle and Jakob manage to slip through and the door locks behind them.
