Balto went to Jenna to tell her what his plan was. She was going with him! She wasn't going to just let Kodi go like she did with Aleu.

"Balto, I'm going with you!"

"What? No you're not!"

"Yes I am! When you left Aleu behind, I missed my chance for a final goodbye with her! I'm not doing the same with Kodi!"

"It's to dangerous I don't want…"

"BALTO! I'm going with you! I'm going to lose Kodi!"

Nunivat came to her parents, "I'm ready, dad!"

"Nunivat's going too!? There's no talking me out of this one!"

"Alright, but follow MY lead at ALL times! Don't do what I don't want you to do!"

"Balto, I can handle myself."

The three headed into town to search for Kodi to see if he really is just hiding around Nome. It was no use doing it. He would've made his presence obvious. Yukon came up to his parents and sister.

"Good luck finding Kodi. If you find him, tell him I wasn't able to join because of my girl. He'll understand."

"Will do, son!" Balto said.

Yukon nudged his father, "Be safe, dad! I love you!"

"I love you too, son! If none of us are back in five days, get Dingo and Kodi's team and search for us."

"I will. Good luck, Nuni! Stay safe and follow dad's orders!"

"Please don't call me that! It reminds me of Peyton," Nunivat said.

Peyton was her boy. He was bullied at school and abused by his family. He loved Nunivat to death, and Nunivat was the only one that loved him. One day he had enough and ran away. She's been miserable without him.

"Mom, I'm worried for you. You probably have the least bodily ability of the three of you."

"Yukon, don't you doubt me! You'd be surprised what I have left!"

Yukon nudged his mother, "I love you, mom!"

"I love you too, Yukon!"

The three headed out into the forest to search for their lost family member. To their hopes he is just fine. Scared, the three searched on and on.

"Keep searchin'

Keep on searchiiiiin'

This search goes on

On and on.

Frantic tic tic tic tic tic toc!

Frantic tic tic tic tic tic toc!" Nunivat sang.

This is 73 years before that song was made, it is a huge coincidence that Nunivat is singing it before it came out.

"KODI!" Jenna yelled, "CAN YOU HEAR ME!?"

"Kodi, your team is considering firing you! You might want to come back to Nome!" Nunivat yelled.

Sisters… they're all the same. Kodi couldn't hear a single thing his three family members looking for him were saying. He just laid there licking his lash wounds. They finally stopped bleeding when he woke up.

"Get up, mutt! I need you to get me some dinner!" Steele ordered.

Kodi had a hard time getting up, but he did. He went to go catch something for Steele. Kaltag tagged along to make sure he didn't run away. Balto, Jenna, and Nunivat eventually got tired and had to stop searching.

"We're not heading home," Jenna said, "We're staying out here until we find him!"

"Jenna, I'm not going to let you or Nunivat catch your deaths out here!"

"Too bad! We're staying!"

"Yeah, dad, I'm with mom," Nunivat said.

Balto wasn't going to let his wife and daughter die out in the wilderness! A good husband and father wouldn't take the risk either.

"We're going home! That's final! I brought you out here with the agreement that you'd follow my orders! That's what you're going to do! Now let's get going!" Balto said with a raised voice.

"At least just let us stay out here for a few days at a time. You told Yukon that if we're not back in 5 days to come and search for us! We'll head home in 4 days!" Jenna said.

"Come on, dad! Please?" Nunivat begged.

"Fine. 4 days, then we're heading home. I'm searching alone from there on out!" Balto said.

"Thank you, Balto!"

"Thanks, dad!"

Dingo and the team were heading back ahead of schedule. Thanks to Dingo motivating, well, pushing the dogs on the team. Mr. Simpson noticed that he was the one pushing everyone. Kirby hadn't changed one bit. Kodi hadn't done much for the team. It was obvious his respect for the team made him not want to push them. Kodi did speed up the team, but just not enough. Dingo hit the spot!

They stopped at to eat dinner and sleep for the night. Dingo caught Kodi's scent. He was here a little bit ago. He was just here! Mr. Simpson unclipped Dingo. Immediately, he followed his nose.

"Dingo, come here. I don't need to lose two of you," Mr. Simpson said.

Dingo reluctantly obeyed. After dinner, I'll catch him by surprise, Dingo thought. The wind was headed Kodi's direction. Kodi got his brother's scent.

"Dingo? He's close! He's nearby!"

With Dingo here, the two could take Steele down! The other three will be a cakewalk! Kodi willingly took the risk of howling for Dingo. He howled as loud as he could to get his brother to answer. Steele knew the threat. Immediately, he grabbed Kodi and cut off his oxygen.

"YOU'RE JUST BEGGING FOR TROUBLE AREN'T YOU!? NOW THAT YOU'RE ENSLAVED, THERE'S NO GOING HOME!" Steele raged.

Kodi was losing consciousness. He had to draw Dingo over! He can't afford to lose contact with Dingo! He…

Kodi lost consciousness. Steele threw him onto the ground and shoved him into a corner where he tied him up. Right then, he heard a reply howl fairly close.

"That's not good."

Dingo howled a return. The sled dogs stared him down like he was hitting himself on the head with a pan and laughing about it. Mr. Simpson was scared Dingo's wolf side might activate. It hasn't yet, but it still might. Dingo sat there anxiously waiting for Kodi to return his howl.

"Come on, Kodi! Please help me out!"

"Have you gone insane!?" Kirby questioned.

"Kodi's out there! He's there! That was his howl!"

"Are you sure? Are you sure your wolf isn't crazy?" Ralph asked.

"KODI!" Dingo yelled as loud as he could, "IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, ANSWER!"

There was no answer.

"Screw this!"

Dingo took off into the forest to search for his brother.

"Dingo! Get back here! I already lost Kodi!" Mr. Simpson yelled.

He just ignored his musher and kept going. Mr. Simpson followed. He could trust the others to stay at the sled. Dingo just followed his nose.

Steele could smell Dingo getting closer.

"Star, Nikki, Kaltag, get her in here! Dingo's getting closer!"

"Yes, sir!" Kaltag said.

"Dingo? Dingo's here!?" Aleu asked.

"Shut her up," Steele said.

The last thing Steele needed was another one of Balto's male pups. Two of them could take him down. Dingo stopped at an open field with a small cave. He could smell Kodi so strongly! He could smell a few other dogs, but he was too distracted by Kodi's smell. Wait, why was Kodi with other dogs?

"He's in trouble! No wait, he's in a pack! A pack?"

Dingo went to run to the cave, then Mr. Simpson grabbed him.

"Not so fast! Real stubborn of you!"

Mr. Simpson pulled Dingo by his collar. Dingo twisted and wiggled and cried out, but Mr. Simpson wouldn't let go.

"That's bad of you to just abandon the team! You can't do that!"

Mr. Simpson continued to tongue-lash Dingo. Once they were back to the sled, Mr. Simpson clipped Dingo to it.

"You lost your privileges! I'm sorry, but I don't want to lose two of you!"

"I've never seen him handle a dog like that!" Ralph shivered, "I didn't know he could be ruthless like that!"

"He's just worried about me," Dingo said, "He already lost Kodi, he doesn't want to lose me, another one of Balto's pups and not even his dog."

"He seems… angry," Kirby said.

Mr. Simpson set a bowl of food next to Dingo, "Eat, you need to! I would swat you for that, but you're not my dog."

Dingo ate his food.

The next morning, the sled team set off to go home. Balto, Jenna, and Nunivat woke up to find Kodi. As the three looked for him, they got his scent, it seemed to be everywhere, but it was taking them in circles. It was getting hopeless. They weren't going to give up, though!

Dingo got home expecting to get greeted by his mom and dad. Nope, the only ones there were Yukon and Saba.

"Hey, Dingo," Yukon said.

"Oh, hey, Yukon. What's going on?"

Dingo wasn't as close with Yukon as he was with Kodi.

"Mom, Dad, and Nunivat went out to look for Kodi."

"I heard Kodi! I got his scent! I smelled other dogs! I think he's with a pack!"

"Are you sure? He wouldn't just leave Nome to join a pack!"

"Of any of us, Nunivat would be the one to do that."

"Yeah, but she didn't, so Kodi wouldn't either."

"I have a bad feeling in my gut that I'm going to be on this team for a while. Not that I'm complaining, but I just miss Kodi and I'm away from my boy."

"I would offer to take your place, but… I'd be away from my girl."

"Family dog!"

"Shut up, Abraham Lincoln!"

"Take that back!"

"I'm Robert E. Lee! I'm better and always will be!"

While Dingo and Yukon were throwing Civil War jokes at each other, Kodi had sticks thrown at him.

"You don't just call for help like that, you hear me!?" Steele yelled.

Star, Nikki, and Kaltag were making Aleu watch her brother get beat. She couldn't stand to watch it, but they were making her!

"I's have a feeling wes are going to be here for a while," Nikki said.

"Why are you doing this!?" Aleu cried.

"Punishment, and part of the slavery is being used a throwing target," Steele said.

Balto, Jenna, and Nunivat were nearby.

"KODI!" Balto yelled at the top of his lungs.

Aleu heard her father yell for her. It was him! He was here to save them! Salvation has come!

"PAPA!" Aleu yelled as loud as she could.