And so Balto went on through the night, he kept moving on the mountain pass trail, as he went there was evidence that people had gone through recently, Balto quickly took the time to mark a nearby tree and kept going. As the night went on Balto felt himself slowly getting more and more tired, he was begging to hope the sun would rise soon and help him stay wake.
Just at about daybreak Balto found a small tree that had been run over by something large, knowing he was on Steele's trail and the sap was fresh looking Balto knew he was just about right on top of him.
"Steele" Balto said and noticed the top of the hill was nearby Balto urged his vehicle to the top so he could see if he could see any more signs of the lost racer. Balto got to the top and looked down the see the seven snow machines in a rough circle like they were camped, there was no fire going and Balto might have missed them had it not been for the lamp on top of a crate in one of the plastic sleds.
With joy that he finally had found his quarry Balto shot down the mountain slipping in some ice but continued strait as an arrow. The sound of his motor running had woken up the others and they pooped their heads up in shock that help had actually found them, they were in equal shock when they learned who their savior was.
"Balto?" star asked surprise as the mountain man came down
"Is anyone hurt?"
Star moved to a man who was wrapped in a sleeping bag
"Rick here hit his head, and he is not moving" star said sadly as he moved to the sleeping comrade.
Balto looked at Steele and saw he had just about had given up, deciding to take the initive Balto took charge.
"Alright everyone saddle up, Kaltag Nome doesn't need extra blankets so empty that out and load up rick, and I will lead you home." Balto said.
Before Balto left Steele jumped in front of Balto "we don't need your help" he said coldly
"Maybe we should listen to him" star said before Steele gave him a death glare that would haunt him for years.
"Well how would you get us home?" asked Nikki
"Well I marked the trail like this." Balto said as he took out his tomahawk and took three expert swings at the tree leaving three dents in the tree as well as clearing away a handful of bark.
The other started to agree that Balto's idea was a good one when Steele got into Balto's face again
"We don't need your help to get back, I am the leader I am in charge here." Steele said leaving Balto nearly flabbergasted "well then let me take the medicine back, they are getting sicker" Balto said as he moved to the medicine but only had Steele knock him away
Balto quickly regained his balance "Steele I am not leaving without that medicine" Balto said calmly as he went back to the sled with the medicine, he got close but Steele only pushed him aside again
"Just who do you think you are?"
Balto got back onto his feet "since when do you have to be a hero to help someone?" he asked
Balto went back to the sled but Steele went next to him and pushed the sled over trying to get Balto's attention, but it didn't work as Balto was now only more concerned about the medicine. But his thoughts were soon changed to Steele when he grabbed Balto by the hood and swung him around till Balto's back made contact with a boulder that under normal circumstances would kill men.
Everyone stood speechless as they looked at Balto's motionless body and Steele began to realize he had finally stopped Balto, until Balto slowly began to rise again and Steele lost it. He charged Balto like a raging bull and seeing his enemy coming in fast Balto sidestepped Steele to reveal a one hundred foot cliff. Steele slid to a halt and tried to catch his balance but he realized he wouldn't be able to and so he grabbed the first thing his hand could reach. The red scarf Balto was wearing.
Steele tugged on the scarf but the two realized Steele would carry the both of them down there, Balto quickly reached for the slab knife he used for skinning and cut the length of scarf that held the two of them together. Steele seemed to hand on the edge for a minute before plunging to the bottom of the cliff.
Balto stood there and watched as Steele reached the bottom. Content another obstacle was removed from his path Balto turned to the team to see that they had already started to saddle up and were ready to go waiting for Balto to lead the way. When Balto reached his snow mobile he saw star had taken the medicine sled off Steele's snowmobile and tied it behind Balto's, Star gave him a mock salute and Balto couldn't believe it. Regaining his senses quickly he yanked on the pull cord and shot off up the mountain with the team in tow. Not even noticing Steele crawling back up the cliff.
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