Dingo's Tale II: A Quest for Vengeance
Chapter X: To Save A Mother.
April 12, 1927 09:12 p.m.
Dingo ran to the Basement Hatch and swam as quickly as he could to the door where his father and his siblings lay asleep. "Dad, Saba, Yuke!" Dingo yelled, shaking his dad. 'Wh…..what son?" Balto asked. "We need to go, NOW!" Dingo said in a panic. "Slow down, slow down, why do we need to go?" Balto asked. "It's Kodi, he's been dognapped!" Dingo said. "What!? Who did it?!" Balto asked. "Some guy, his name is Steele, there was a letter carved into the wood of the house!" Dingo said, still panicking. "Steele…dammit! How will we get out though, the Basement is flooded, and we have bullet holes in our legs!" Balto said. "That's not all Dad, he's got Mom, Ember, and my puppies! I think something happened to Mom, and it's not good either." Dingo said. "How do we get them back, and where are they being held?" Balto asked. "He said he was on the South Coast of Alaska, but we can't give him what he wants." Dingo said. "Why's that?" Balto asked with fear. Dingo looked at Saba, then back at Balto. "No, we are NOT giving him my only other daughter!" Balto said. "Dad, you think I don't know that? I have a better idea, one where she won't get hurt again." Dingo said. "Shoot, I'll take anything, I just hope he isn't doing what I think he's doing." Balto said. "We can use Saba as bait, we follow her in when we go and get Mom, Ember, and my pups, then we kill the guy once we have them all together, sounds good?" Dingo asked. "We can't kill any more, Son. Soon enough, people will find out that these people are dead, and we'll be fugitive dogs, and to kill another dog, one of our own, it's just too much." Balto said. "Dad, think about all that Steele has done to you, to Mom, and now he involves my Family? I'm going to kill him, I can't let him go, whether you like it or not dad, we're wolves, we kill, we don't go to heaven or hell, we're remorseless animals who are best at, guess what, KILLING!" Dingo said, tearing up. "I get your point son, but saying we're remorseless animals is a big overstatement, what about Billy? What ever happened to him, I bet he's scared stiff about where you are, this is neither just my fight nor yours, it's both of ours, not Saba or Yukon's. Please Dingo, just leave those three out of this!" Balto asked with tears in his eyes. "Alright dad, we can't leave them here though, they belong either at home, or we can set up a recovery point where we meet up and head home once this whole mess is all over." Dingo said.
"We should set up camp in a cave midway down the road, in the middle of nowhere, but with a source of drinkable water and food nearby so they can feed themselves." Balto said. "Sounds like a plan, but we need to wait until tomorrow night to move so we can move around unnoticed, and so you guy's wounds will heal up at least a little bit." Dingo said. "Sounds good, oh, and one other thing. Our limit is 2 weeks to find him and get them back." Dingo said. "Well that's just great, we have to travel halfway across Alaska, and find them in just two weeks?" Balto said. "I know, we need to move as quickly as possible to get there. We'll encounter snowstorms, thunderstorms, hail, other wild animals, and mountains. We had better prepare for our long perilous journey, it'll be a tough one."
"And that's why, we do anything to stay alive….."
To be continued in Dingo's Tale III: For the Love of Family…..