Hey everyone~! I finally got this new chapter finished and now posted! Yay! So how is Alaska doing? Let's find out! So read, review, and enjoy!


It had been two weeks since the funeral and things around the Lookout were very different. No one talked a lot, Ryder would call the pups up for missions and that was when the group as a whole talked the most. Alaska, however could not focus on work and since it wasn't winter yet she wasn't needed a whole lot unless it was a mountain rescue job. So while she tried her best to do those, it was clear she was having a very hard time. Ryder told her to take a two month break and he'd have the pups fill in for her.

And then there was the role of who'd carry on Spark's job. The pups were switching on and off after getting some fire rescue training, but it couldn't stay that way forever. Ryder knew he'd need a new fire pup and he was now thinking of getting a medic pup as well. He felt it would help a lot if Katie didn't always have to be called in when someone was hurt. She had her own business she was running after all. Ryder did not want to bother his friend with that any longer.

Ryder felt it was still way too soon to bring another fire dog into the mix. So he decided he'd start with a medic pup. In his free time he had done some research and found some good choices of pups who also were not only looking to help their people, but who needed good homes. Meanwhile, Alaska was very depressed and hardly came down to the Lookout with Air since her break had started. Jake had called in a therapist that was coming once a day seven days a week to speak with the Husky. She was also put on antidepressants.

Air was a little relieved that Alaska was getting help, but her sister was still so silent she barley talked to Air or Jake. She didn't much. She was also sleeping a lot more than she should be. Jake had been trying to get Alaska to go outside or go to the Lookout at least one day a week to see her friends and play. However Alaska said she didn't want to. So the closet Jake got to getting her 'outside' was when she sat near an open window during her therapy sessions.

The pups all wanted to go to Jake's and see Alaska. They wanted to hang out with her there and have fun, but they knew their friend was silently asking for space. So they respected it. Though they didn't like it one bit.

One evening when Air arrived home Jake had just finished preparing dinner and Alaska was quietly sitting at her chair at the kitchen table. Air smiled at her sister and waved. The Husky just gave her an unreadable expression. The Cockapoo sighed and helped Jake get the food on the plates and get water from the fridge.

Dinners were always silent now expect for when Jake and Air would make some small talk with each other about how their day was.

That night when it was bedtime Air and Alaska brushed their teeth and went to their room for the night. After shutting off the light, Air got into her bed and glanced at her sister who was already laying down. "Good night, Alaska. I love you," Air said. The Cockapoo waited a minute for a reply, but it never came.

Air felt her worries for her sibling grow as she rested her head on her pillow and tried to sleep.


Screaming. Air heard screaming. The Cockapoo jumped up from the sound and heard it was Jake. The pup raced out of her room as fast as she could and found her owner now sobbing as he was on his knees. "J-Jake?... What's wro-" Air suddenly saw the sight before them and gasped loudly. There... Laying in front of them on the kitchen floor was Alaska... She had a knife stabbing through her left front paw and another... Which was stuck in her chest. Blood was gathering on the floor. "Air! She's still alive! But barley! Call Ryder NOW!" Jake said.

The Cockapoo turned on her pup-tag and called for her leader. "RYDER! RYDER!" "Ai-Air?... What's wrong?" Ryder asked, as he yawned. "YOU NEED TO CALL KATIE AND WAKE HER UP! ALASKA NEEDS HELP NOW! SHE TRIED KILLING HERSELF AND SHE'S BARLEY STILL WITH US!" Air cried, as she felt the tears sliding down her face. "Get her to Katie's right away! I'm calling her now," Ryder replied, before hanging up.

Jake picked up the Husky in his arms and told Air to grab a towel from the hall closet while he got Alaska in the truck. The Cockapoo grabbed a towel as quick as she could and joined her owner and sister. Air sat in the passenger side by Jake as Alaska was now wrapped in the towel laying against her.