Ice
Alex is looking down at the snow, not saying anything as everyone else talked to each other. He missed Fluffy…
Every time he thought of Fluffy, he could feel him crawling on his back all the way to his head. He would look, but there would be nothing there.
He sighs heavily. Maybe Fluffy is much-
He yelps in pain as something bites him on his hindquarters. He turn his head and sees… "Fluffy! You came back! What did I say about biting? Bad Fluffy. But you're back!"
Fluffy races to the top of his head and sits. Alex smiles and already he has a perk in his step.
Siku and Balto are walking right next to each other, talking about whatever was on their mind.
"So Balto, what do you plan on doing once you rescued your love?"
"I plan on taking her home and making sure nothing bad ever reaches her again. What do you plan on doing?"
"I plan on getting out of this place. There's too much hatred and war here. I want to try out living in your world."
Balto chuckles slightly and says, "Well, it's not like our world is any better, but you can try it out."
Siku smiles and they keep walking, but stop when they see a large ice fortress. It looked like a giant ice cube, but with large ice formations shooting straight up. At the very front of the fortress were the gates, giant icicles puncturing the snow.
Alex looks around and ducks into the snow.
Siku chuckles slightly and says, "Alex, what are you-"
All the sudden, five wolves burst out of the snow and surround them.
Balto looks at one of them and says, "We don't mean any-"
"They must be with the other one. Knock them out and we'll take them back… unless they decide to come peacefully."
Balto looks at the rest of the group and nods his head. "We'll come peacefully."
The wolf smiles and shouts, "Take them away!"
The rest of the wolves lead Balto, Huayra, Rusty, and Siku away, but the leader stays behind, making sure there isn't anyone else. When he came to the conclusion that they were all caught, he smiles and runs back to the fortress.
Fluffy is sitting on Balto's back, too scared to move.
Alex's tail pokes out of the snow, twisting around, as if surveying the area. Once it did its thing, it reaches down and pulls Alex's head out of the snow.
"Well… looks like I have to go and save them. But I can't just burst through the walls and kill everything, I have to remain incognito. This is a stealth operation."
Alex ducks back into the snow and slowly makes his way towards the ice fortress.
A/N: You should listen to some spy music now.
As soon as he arrives, his tail pops out of the snow again and surveys the area. It then goes back into the snow and Alex slowly crawls out, making sure not to create too much noise.
"Okay… I need to find a way in."
He looks and spots a white bush. He smiles and jumps inside of it before managing to snap it at its roots and carries it, remaining inside so he isn't caught.
As he's walking along the walls, two ice wolves are sitting down, watching the landscape. They are also guarding the door, but they decided that occasionally glancing at it was good enough.
As Alex/ bush is walking by, both the ice wolves spot him.
"Um… Snow, are you seeing what I'm seeing?"
Snow slowly nods his head. "Yeah Crystal, I am."
"Should… Should we investigate?"
Snow shakes his head. "Nope. We'll seem crazy if we told the others we decided to check out a walking bush. Let's ignore it."
They turn around and keep watching the landscape. Maybe the walking bush will leave.
Alex/ bush walks to the side door and slips inside, leaving the bush behind. He presses his body against the wall and slowly starts to edge forward. Fluffy is with the others… oddly enough, and he is going to rescue them.
As he's moving, he feels his tail tap his shoulder. He turns his head and sees an ice wolf approaching him. Thinking quickly, he dives into a random room and presses himself against the door, breathing heavily and listening, waiting for the ice wolf to leave.
"Um… who are you exactly?"
Alex turns to see a female ice wolf staring at him. "Um… I'm… um…"
"You know, you're pretty cute. How about you come over here, just so I can… you know… get to know you better… and play with you a bit."
Alex smiles and decides to indulge her.
After forty minutes, Alex walks out of the room, small ice crystals on his muzzle. He's smiling widely and as he is walking, his tail whacks him in the back of the head.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?"
His tail turns around, watching the hallway so no one sneaks up on him. Alex shakes his head and keeps walking, his head hurting, but he felt a lot better.
"Okay… so where are…"
Alex looks and finds some metal bars. He looks down and spots Balto and the others, plus a red and white dog, inside one cell.
"Found them."
Balto and the others are sitting in their cell, doing absolutely nothing. The only thing they can do is wait for their meeting with Frost.
All the sudden, they hear an odd noise, followed by a loud crack. Balto turns and sees the metal bars had fallen and smashed into the ice. And by the looks of them, something had melted them.
Huayra suddenly exclaims, "Look, it's the fire wolf. He found us."
Balto smiles and sees him slowly coming down, being slowly lowered by a fire rope wrapped around his tail. Balto sighs in relief, but chuckles at how the fire wolf looks. His back paws were touching each other, spreading his back legs out. His tail is pointing in all directions, as if spotting if there are any guards nearby. He looked like a spy infiltrating a base.
As Alex touches the ground, he rushes to the cell and sits down, examining the ice.
"Hmm… looks like I need my cutter."
Siku rolls her eyes and says, "Just unleash fire on it!"
Alex ignores her and pulls his tail in between his legs, holding it in front of him. He smiles and melts some ice right next to him, turning them into what appears to be sunglasses, before putting them on.
He smiles and as his tail touches the ice, a concentrated jet of flames shoot out, cutting through the ice. The others stand back as his tail is shooting random sparks everywhere.
The first icicle is split in half, and then he splits the bottom as well before removing it. He goes to work on the second one, doing the same thing.
As soon as the two icicles are removed, the group escapes one at a time and they surround Alex, who is still wearing the ice glasses he made.
Balto smiles and says, "Thanks for that. Who knows what those wolves would have done with us."
Kodi walks over to Alex and says, "Yeah, thanks. By the way, my name is Kodi. What's yours?"
Alex smiles at him. "My name is Alex."
"Well nice to meet you Alex."
Alex smiles and turns towards the metal door. "This is why I hate ice wolves. They steal the technology of my pack and the earth wolf pack."
"Oh… so they stole from the Eternal Sun," asks Siku.
Alex frowns at her, but quickly nods his head. "Um… yeah… sure."
Now Siku knew he is hiding something. But it would be better to ask him later when nothing would try to kill them in more ways than ever thought conceivable.