Outside the Sheriff's office, Jean George and Sheriff Ryan were talking while Deputy Bernie was laying on the floor. "So you won't even come with me!?" shouted Jean.
"I'm sorry, i'm not wasting time going to the low lands there's to much work to be done" replied Ryan.
"What? Why not?!" Jean yelled.
"Other than the fact that your crazy, a huge storm is approaching and I need to prepare".
"Er is that your phone beeping?" asked the Sheriff, noticing the loud beeps coming from Jean's trouser pocket.
"No that's my detector it tell's if one of my traps has caught something" he replied quickly taking it out. "The camera installed in the cage will show me whose trapped!" Bernie had woken up, eager to see what had been trapped.
"Well?" said Ryan.
"Two adult golden retriever's!" he shouted in excitement. "Exactly what I need for my team!"
"Oh no that must be Buddy and Molly!" realised Bernie.
"Well i'm going to low lands, tomorrow, regardless" Jean cried. "Now I'd love to stay and chat with you all day- actually that's a lie I can't stand being near you au reviour".
The next day, early in the morning, the six puppies woke up early and followed Talon to a huge area, far from the lowlands. It was plain with a few mountains and trees littered around, as well as a few ponds of water.
"Thank goodness, I haven't drunk in days" B-dawg cheered as he began licking the water.
"Pup, I suggest you not drink the 'bath' of Freedom" Talon said, walking on top of the highest hill.
"YUCK!" screamed B-dawg, licking his tongue on the snow to get rid of the taste.
"Do we have to get up so early?" whined Mudbud.
"A girl needs her beauty sleep" added Rosebud.
"And it's so cold" complained Budderball.
"PUPS!" called Talon from high up. The puppies all looked up. "Do you want to free your parents?
"Yes!"
"Then you must listen to me, this is the place that I once trained packs of huskies, including the legendary husky, Freedom!"
The amazed pup's looked around the training ground, they had heard legends of a dog, Freedom, supposedly one of the greatest race dogs ever.
"I can not train you pup's like i have done the others, but perhaps I can change my teaching methods"
"Don't worry, Talon, we won't be like Freedom" promised Shasta.
"Pup's we have limited time, do you remember how to run as a team?" asked Talon.
"How could we forget something as awesome as that?" B-dawg replied.
Talon instructed them to practise running together. "Now jump over the log at the same time. They all tried jumping over but fell down.
"Use all four paws and follow the dogs in front of you" advised Talon.
They tried again this time Buddha, B-dawg, Shasta and Rosebud managed to do it but Mudbud and Budderball just slipped of. "This is a lot harder than it look's" groaned Budderball.
After more jumping they finally did it and this time tried using a rock. "Woo hoo!" yelled Mudbud. "That was radical!" however the usually dirty pup noticed his coat was completely clean. "Ahh i'm spotless again!"
"Get used to guys, we probably will never see Mudbud look like this again" chortled Buddha.
"Now pups you need to practise running side by side and doing what the other is doing. Remember who's in the lead, just because your not in your race positions doesn't mean your roles will change" advised Talon. They weren't attached to any harnesses so they could run freely but they had to follow Shasta and Rosebud so that they know where to go (since Rosebud was a navigator) and who to follow (since Shasta was the leader). Non-stop, the pup's trained vigorously, until Talon felt that they were ready.
Back in the low lands, Buddy and Molly woke up to see Razor, Deceptor, Death and Slasher walking up the hill. "What is that thing?" whispered Molly.
"I don't know but strange thing's are happening around here" replied the confused Air Bud.
"These are their parents" Deceptor told Death.
"You mean the famous sports playing Air bud" Death corrected him. "You must be so proud to have such incredible puppies".
"You mean HAD such incredible puppies they have sunken beneath the ice" laughed Slasher.
"Did you ACTUALLY see them sink?" asked Death.
"Well no you see the ice was cracking so I had to quickly run before I could join them but i'm positive they could not have survived that" explained Razor.
"In that case excellent work!" applauded Death. "I'm gonna go look around for Exo-striker he probably fell of somewhere".
Death activated his phantom mode (which turns him into a vivid ghost hovering towards something) and took of.
Razor then turned to Buddy and Molly. "Your new owner will be here soon so ta ta for now" chortled Razor.
The Buddies and Shasta continued practising until they jumped over a rock and continued running down a empty area.
"This feel's great!" yelled Shasta.
"Mum and Dad, here we come!" announced Rosebud.
"Well done pup's!" congratulated Talon.
Deputy Bernie was running past when he noticed the puppies training. "The Buddies, they must not know their parents are trapped, I don't want to worry them" thought Bernie."Well i'd better go find their parents before they realise".Death was also walking through past some trees when he heard soft barking.
"That's barking" he realised. He ran as fast as he could, following the puppy noises, until he spotted them running and then jumping together over a large rock. "Those fools!" he yelled. "Their still alive!" He ran back the way he came towards the hill.
