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I got this idea when I was thinking about when Kodi and his team saved Balto and Duke. What if they didn't need to save him and they saw his inner strength prevail. Well here you go.


"We've got to find my Dad. He could be anywhere!" Kodi said franticly after getting some of the other dogs to help.

"Calm down Kodi. This is your Dad we're talking about. Remember?" Dusty said in amusement and annoyance.

"Yeah Kodi he's gone through worse according to the stories." Kirby pointed out to the rookie.

"I know, I know, but I can't help but worry... this is my Dad okay. I don't care if he's the hero of Nome... I will worry anyway." Kodi says with slight fondness and concern in his voice and runs ahead again.

Dusty turns to her teamates Ralph and Kirby with a face that says, 'We-have-to-find-him'.

They then hear a lot of ice cracking, and race to see what it is. They are shocked to see Balto pulling a crude sled up an slippery and still cracking ice slope by himself with Duke on the back. They howl to try to get his attention. Then they see him slip and are already to jump into action. When the impossible happens, they suddenly see him dig his claws in the ice to gain some footing. The team watches him in awe as he pulls the sled up the incline all the way onto solid ground with it's passenger still on board. Balto pants and then checks on Duke. Kodi is the first to break out of his trance and runs down to check on his father.

"Dad! Are you okay!?" he says franticly.

Balto looks up in shock and pride to seeing his son in front of him, "Kodi?"

His son gets into a fake cocky attitude "We heard you had a special delivery for Nome."

"We?" Balto looks around and sees his sons teamates still staring slack jawwed at Balto. He looks back to Kodi and he smiles."Right on time son." He looks over to the others, "Well come on over! I could use some help getting Duke back home!"

The dogs are shaken out of their trance and rush over to the hybrids ready to help out the great hero of Nome. A fact which was proven in front of their very eyes. Kodi was right all along, his Dad was a hero. A lesson they will not soon forget.


Well that's it. This story was rewritten/updated 12/29/16