Boris and Jenna

Boris and Jenna already found a way to entertain themselves while they waited. Jenna was showing off her security vest and everything that it had on it. Then she began to talk about her adventures on the base, and training and so on. Then, when they really got bored, Jenna introduced Boris to television. Long-story short, he hated it just as much as Balto did.

"So these Americans practice hiding under desks in case of a nuclear strike? From us? Ha!" Boris said as he watched a commercial from an American station.

"Yeah... That's why I hate war. Humans and their stupid problems... It's all so petty."

Boris opened his mouth to speak, but not before Balto made a noise.

Balto groaned and started making various sounds, before finally wheezing and coughing up dry air.

"Balto my boy!" Boris yelled and ran to his side.

"W...water..."

"Of course... He must be greatly dehydrated." Jenna said

"Jenna?" Balto said with a hoarse voice.

"Yes, Balto. How do you know my name?"

"I've... Seen you before..." Balto said with a quiet voice, and didn't open his eyes.

Jenna stood with her mouth open for a second just at this statement. She had not seen him conscious before, but he could have easily overheard her name while he was out and maybe in his unconscious state he "saw" her.

"Is that so?" Jenna said absentmindedly.

Boris, still a bit confused, did not find water for Balto, and came back empty handed and disappointed

"Bathroom, Boris... Uh, I'll get it then." Jenna said after realizing that he could not open the door, let alone activate the faucet.

Jenna jumped at the door and pulled the lever open with her mouth, after a few tries, she gained access, and quickly jumped up onto the sink, again, using her mouth to lift the faucet lever up, releasing the cool refreshing water.

"Now how do I get it to him?" Jenna asked Boris.

"I don't know we would need a bowl or-" Boris was cut off by Balto's struggling to stand. He got up, jumped off of the table, falling to his face on accident.

Boris offered to help, to which Balto shook his head, and then he stood again. His head was still pounding, terribly pulsating with every heartbeat, threatening to burst if he pulled too much pressure to it. It was kind of like a bad hangover... Only many times worse.

Both Jenna and Boris watched in awe as he walked to the sink, and, after bending down for nearly ten seconds, sprung up and jumped the three feet to the sink counter. He instantly began to lap up the water directly from the faucet.

"Well then. Looks like Balto solves things on his own." Jenna said to Boris.

"He does that... Quite a lot." Boris replied annoyed.

Balto, now satisfied with a full belly of water, and probably not much more, considering he hasn't eaten in two days, jumped off of the counter to meet Jenna and Boris.

"Hey guys." Balto awkwardly said.

"Hey... Enjoy your little nap?" Boris said.

"Heat exhaustion is not like a nap... It's terrible... And if he spent just ten more minutes out in the sun, he probably wouldn't be alive right now..." Jenna keenly explained.

"Oh no... Kodi was out much longer than that!"

Balto, still injured, jumped up next to Kodi and examined him.

"Uh... Water again!"

Balto jumped down and desperately looked for something to hold water. He found a few vodka square shaped flasks under the radio desk, and grabbed both with his teeth.

"Uh, Balto?" Jenna said

Balto ignored her and jumped up at the sink again. He filled one of them and jumped back down. Ignoring the gazes from Jenna and Boris, he ran up to Kodi and tipped the bottle in his mouth, pouring the cool water over his face and neck. Unknowingly to Balto, it was still heavily contaminated with Vodka.

Still though, it worked. Kodi soon returned consciousness and began coughing, most likely due to the water poured all over him.

"Dad?" Kodi finally said.

"I'm here son... Now drink up. You need it a lot."

"Balto doesn't know what vodka is, doesn't he?" Jenna whispered to Boris.

"What is vodka?" Boris asked.

"Never mind then... You'll see soon enough."

Kodi quickly drunk every last drop out of that bottle, and Balto quickly jumped up and filled the second bottle and brought that to Kodi.

"This was already half full, drink up quickly." Balto explained after Kodi shot him a curious look as to how he filled it so fast.

"Half full with this vodka I presume?" Boris said with a wing covering his left side towards Jenna.

"Yeah..."

"Oh my..." Boris said with a slight smile.

"Dad... Thank you for saving me."

"Of course son. Whatever it takes." Balto said as he stroked his fur on his neck.

"Such a loving father." Jenna said aloud.

"Oh no, I'm not his father."

"I know. Boris explained everything... And might I say... I love what you're doing.

"Really... How much, exactly did Boris spill?" Balto said with a slight growl towards Boris.

"He told me... Everything."

"Great... So I assume that is why we are being held prisoner."

"No, you can leave. This isn't even a police building; it's just a storage room. And like I said, I support everything you want to do... I'll... Even help you."

"Is that so?" Balto asked with a smile.

"Yeah... Obviously you can't do what you are planning to do, let alone get away with it, with no help!" Jenna said.

"Dad... Dad... I still feel sick and... Happy... The best thing ever... I love this table!"

"What is that son?"

"Oh great, here we go..." Jenna whispered to Boris, who giggled a bit.

"This table... It's so nice."

"Yes it is a very good table... Are you okay?"

"Of course dad... But why don't we ever just hang out like and play and stuff..."

"We can play later. Right now we-"

"That's boring... Oh dad I can howl now!" Kodi slurred his speech together, and lifted his head in the air, mocking the way Balto did it, and then howled crazily. It was disturbing to say the least... He didn't hold a single pitch for more than a split second, varying in intensity and pitch... Then he fell over again on his back laughing.

"The was... Good, I guess." Balto said.

He quickly jumped down to Jenna and got in her face, threatening her with his teeth.

"What was in that water! What is wrong with my son!" Balto yelled.

"Balto it's fine! He's just a little... Drunk." Jenna said then burst into laughing with Boris.

"Drunk? Oh my god Kodi!" He jumped onto the table, and propped Kodi in a sitting position. He looked at his face, eyes squinted, mouth slightly open... And dripping a lot of saliva onto the table.

"Kodi?"

"Hey dad you wanna race?" Kodi said.

"Not now..."

But Kodi already stood. He got up and jumped down onto the floor, landing or while completely wasted, when Balto couldn't land it earlier without busting his face on the floor.

"Around the room!" Kodi yelled in happiness.

Jenna mocked interest and joined Kodi with a giggle.

"This ought to be interesting..." Boris said to a worry-faced Balto next to him.

"On your mark...get...go...just go I don't care."

Kodi said then ran off, joined by Jenna, as they turned the first corner... Well Jenna did, Kodi on the other hand, ran head first into the metallic door, creating a loud noise, then fell in the process on his back.

"Kodi!" Balto ran to his side as he was humming a song and chasing something invisible with his paws above him.

"Dad... I love you man..."

"I love you too son." Balto thought it was a bit weird of him to say it now, but accepted it.

"No, I mean I freaking love you like... I would kick a bunch of dogs butts to you if you need help." Kodi stammered his speech as he continued to lie on the floor, drunk.

"Aww, that was sweet." Jenna said

"Yes, boy handles his liquor well!" Boris joked, and then laughed even more.

"Heh, so far Kodi has gotten drunk more times than I have in his short life." Balto said to Jenna.

"You've never tried human liquor before for fun?" Jenna asked.

"Not exactly. I wasn't really welcome around humans in my hometown, so no access to their... Beverages. And that was just one reason. I don't think its right either. I've seen humans on the stuff; they act completely insane, kind of like how Kodi is right now." Balto finished off.

"Hey I'm no crazy... Just young and wild and freeeee!" Kodi stretched out the "eeee" indefinitely.

"My point exactly... He's so young... Should he be drinking more water right now?"

"He'll be fine Balto. Don't you worry. If he was much smaller then maybe we'd panic, but sheesh, he's only a few months old and already a head taller than me!" Jenna explained.

"Just let him filter it out on his own, and enjoy the buzz it gives him. Unless it knocks him out cold, then let that happen too." Jenna added, and turned to Boris, who was still completely entertained by the event.

Balto smiled and looked at Kodi, who was still flailing his front paws in the air above him, chasing an invisible entity.

"I'm glad he's safe, at least. He was out in the sun much longer than I was..."

Jenna looked at him with a keen smile, as if he was really a true hero in the form of a gray wolf dog in front of her. She even liked his smile, and not too surprisingly, Balto instantly fell in love with hers as well.

"You really did run yourself nearly to death to save your son."

"Of course, I'd do anything for him."

"He's your... Son." Jenna asked, putting emphasis on the word son, showing that it was a question.

"He might as well be. I love him like he was my son, I raised him like he was mine, hell, he even looks more like me than his own... Father."

"What happened to his father anyway?"

"Deadbeat bastard that ditched Laika when he found out he got her pregnant..."

Jenna wondered what the connection was with Laika, how Kodi and Balto looked like wolves more, yet Laika was a small terrier-looking dog. What an interesting family.

"Tell me about Laika. All I know is that she's little short of a celebrity amongst the canine world."

"Well, she is the daughter of my step brother, who happened to be much more husky than wolf. That and he mated with a terrier, husky mix, makes Laika almost a pure dog. In a way, I also helped raise her, me and Boris."

"How old are you anyway?"

"Should be six soon." Balto seemingly counted on his paws.

"I feel like a pup, I'm only two. And my childhood was spent training."

"Don't feel envious of me... Up until just a few months ago, I was an outcast amongst my town. No human ever wanted anything to do with me because of my half wolf side..."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's all in the past now. Who knows, maybe after I save Laika, me and Kodi will finally have a human family to stay with."

"I hope it happens."

"What does it matter to you?"

"Look, I just met you guys, but you're all good people. You especially, selfless, caring, brave, strong... Handsome..."

Jenna rambled on, earning a raised eyebrow from Balto. Jenna shut up and looked into his deep yellow eyes; they seemed to go on forever into eternity, as his pupils were dark as asphalt. Balto stared back, equally thrown into a trance that cannot be broken by any physical force. Her eyes were the perfect shade of bright blue, typical husky coloring around her eyes caused them to stand out even more.

Kodi broke their moment with a long fart, and then continued snoring.

"Oh, I'm sorry I must have been rambling..."

"It's... Okay. Allow me to return the compliments." Balto smiled.

"Jenna... I wanted to say that you are just too damn beautiful." He added.

Jenna blushed and looked down slightly, she wasn't embarrassed, more "it's about time" sort of feeling.

"Well that seemed out of nowhere..." Boris said.

Balto turned back and stared him down angrily.

"I'll just... Go check on Kodi."

Boris waddled his way across the room to where Kodi lay on his back sleeping; he was wafting a wing as he got closer due to Kodi's fart... But had to ignore it and checked Kodi to make sure he was only sleeping.

Balto and Jenna on the other hand turned their entire world upside down, they were no longer blind, for in the short time they've known each other, they knew it was right. Like, they were supposed to be together, just separated by 1200 miles all their lives. Maybe in another universe, another time perhaps, another city, they were supposed to be in the same town, fall in love, have kids, a family, a home, and spend their lives together.

"Balto... You-" Jenna began to speak, but was cut off.

Frank busted the door open like he was breaking into the building, a habit that he admittedly wanted to quit. It caused everyone to jump, except for Kodi of course.

"Hey! Looks like one of them turned out alright... You aren't going to bite me are you..." Frank said, still hiding behind the door."

Balto barked in response.

"I knew you weren't a wolf, or at least full wolf. Wolves don't bark haha."

Frank walked over to Balto, and he lowered his ears to show that he was nice. Frank patted his head, then picked up Balto's left paw and acted like he was checking his pulse, when in reality, he was just seeing how huge paws Balto had.

"Good thing you're awake... My boss might be coming over for god knows why, and I don't think he'll like to see two wolves and a goose in his shed..."

"Let's go. I'll just drive you guys to the kennel! They'll let you stay there for a while."

"Kennel?" Balto asked Jenna.

"A horrible place... But it's safe there. And, while we're there I can give you all the details and information you will need to do what you need to do." Jenna said with a smile.

Frank picked Kodi up once again, and brought him outside, as the rest followed, and jumped in the car.

"Hey... This one smells like Vodka."

Before frank could get a better smell, Kodi's head fell over his arm and he threw up, lucky missing Frank completely.

"Whoa! It was just my imagination; he is still showing signs of heat exhaustion... We gotta take him to the vet..."

Balto and Jenna giggled a bit, they knew he threw up because of the large amount of alcohol he recently ingested, but Frank was at least right about throwing up being a major sign of Heat exhaustion. Maybe he wasn't a stupid rookie like his boss said after all.

Balto enjoyed the ride, mostly because Jenna was there with him, and in the short time he's known her, it became apparent that she was the right girl for him. He shook his head at the thought, instantly rejecting himself.

"I'm just a lonely old wolf dog... And the first female that pays attention to me, I fall in love with... Pathetic."

The two were very much synchronized, with Jenna, not too surprisingly thinking the same thing...

"I'm taking things way too far ahead... I'm just a lonely girl who's spent the better half of her life in training... Then this guy comes out of the blue and I end up falling in love with him... Knowing his age, he's most likely got a wife or girlfriend back home..."

Both Balto and Jenna sighed almost at the same time, and something seemed to click in each other's head. Balto turned first, matching eyes with Jenna, he seemed completely unknowing as to what he should do, and Jenna was in the exact same position. Both canines, locked onto each other instantly as soon as she laid eyes on him, and he saw her in his dreams. The bond the two would share was dependent on how the next moment went. One could either break the stare, earning a confused emotion or awkward smile from the other, and it would spiral downwards from there.

Luckily that did not happen. Balto made the first move, coming in closer, taking in her scent, its powerful essence registering itself into the inner depths of his mind in order to keep it there forever.

She moved closer, sensing his intentions, wishing so much that they would indeed share a kiss, love, maybe even a future together.

Boris kept his eyes on the two too, though not so that they would directly feel embarrassed by the audience, but enough so that he could measure each of the two. True love, it was all he could think of.

"You go for it Balto boy. She's a keeper." Boris thought to himself, wearing a prideful expression as he watched the two inch closer.

Each millimeter that separated the two was very significant, taking so much time to formulate words, Balto simply chose to shut up and do the damn thing already.

Following on Balto's lead, Jenna opened her own mouth and the two finally locked in a kiss. The perfect first kiss for the first couple. To both they were the first, last and only other that mattered in the world right now. Balto was more or less shocked by the event, not only was he never with another female, but up until a few months ago, he rarely ever spoke to another dog or wolf.

Jenna, on the other hand knew it was right. She played with his dead mouth, he obliviously being much less experienced in a kiss, and she made a note the she had to teach him sometime.

Eventually, the moment they shared had to come to an end, with both of their eyes closed, they separated. Pure love, exchanged via a kiss that lasted well over a minute.

Balto smiled, knowing that Jenna felt the same way he did, and so did Jenna, now knowing Balto shared her love.

"Well that was quick..." Jenna finally broke.

"Jenna... It felt... Right."

"In assuming you don't have a little lady back home, do ya?" Jenna asked.

Before Balto could answer, Jenna snuggled herself up against his chest, enjoying everything from his soft fur, to the warmth it gave her, to his rapid, but obviously labored breathing.

"I do not. There isn't some big bad dog in town that calls you his mate, is there?"

"There is." Jenna said with mock sadness.

"Oh..."

"But who said I felt the same way?"

Jenna smiled, then did something that still exited Balto, licked him under his chin.

"What do you mean?"

"There's just this glory-hound back at training camp, everyone loves him... Steele. He thinks I'm his trophy, but he's greatly mistaken." Jenna explained. "Over the years he's tried to get me, but he isn't my type. That, granted I'd never respond to such attempts to get into my pants from such an arrogant, egotistical, selfish, mutt who has nothing better in his life than his rewards, that stupid-" Jenna cut herself off.

"Sounds like a nice guy." Balto mocked.

"Yeah, spend about a minute with him and you'll want to slap him just to get him to shut-up!" Jenna laughed.

Balto chuckled a bit at her words, marking them as pretty much the most important words to ever pass through his ears, as they were from the mouth of the girl that, had it been up to him, would be his lifelong mate, and nothing would be able to separate it. Not even space and time.

"The space part, though..." Balto thought with a frown.

I won't abandon this story, and neither have I 'forgive thy enemy'. But I am allocating more of my writing time to my newer stories. I've started on a Horror/CSI type story, and a WALKING DEAD/Balto crossover fic. If you really want stuff to read by me then check those out!

I will try and keep Chapter 12 of this not too far away. Thanks for reading!