"Yes, there is at least one person out there." Said a voice from behind him. Bolt blinked, looking up. He hadn't expected a reply. Bolt looked over his shoulder, but the reception was decidedly anticlimactic. He'd expected a canine but not this one.
"Oh… it's… you." Bolt said, trying to appear casual before he turned his head back around, allowing his ears to droop again. A shocked look crossed Gus's face briefly.
"Of course it's me." Gus said, hiding the slight shock at his action with anger. "What do you think you're doing here anyway?"
"Nothing." Bolt sighed sadly.
"DO YOU THINK I'm going to swallow that story?" Gus growled, baring his teeth even more.
"Why wouldn't you?" Bolt moaned. Gus looked shocked for a second, but he bulldozed over the fact.
"Pardon me?! Just look down there!" the wolfdog growled. Bolt looked down into the valley again, there were several soldiers clad in black moving about the buildings, as well as CaliCorp logos everywhere. "So, you must understand why I cannot let you live." Gus said in a decidedly evil voice. Bolt leapt to his feet and turned. He started to back away but then his foot slipped. Bolt scrambled for the ledge he was standing on as he heard the clang of pebbles tumbling back into the valley below. Bolt couldn't help himself but look over the edge and suddenly felt his heart start racing when he realized how far it really was. Bolt looked back at his enemy just in time to catch a glimpse of his leap. Dashing forwards, Bolt easily slid under. Gus landed, sliding out to the edge, sending more pebbles cascading off the cliff like a rock waterfall. The wolfdog couldn't have cared less and just charged at Bolt with another leap before the super dog could recover. Fortunately, the wolfdog was given away by his shadow and Bolt managed to leap out of the way. Landing over by a pole holding up some wires feeding power into the base below, Bolt chewed through the wood, causing the pole to fall on Gus. The wolfdog yelped and stood to his feet shakily. Gus growled as his throat glowed orange. Bolt began to back away but Gus fired two lava blasts at him. One of them landed right in front of him. Bolt yelped, jumping back right into the path of the second, which had been fired higher than the first, and was sent sliding along the ground. Gus took another two shots to kick him while he was down, but Bolt managed to get up and jump away. He hid behind a tree, but then Gus let go a jet of magnesium that set the tree burning like a torch. Bolt leapt out from behind it and only just avoided the near perfectly timed plasma blast. The next two blasts of gas had Bolt desperately jumping out of their way. Then the ring of power glowed and a plasma blast shot out of Bolt's mouth, striking Gus and sending him sliding. The wolfdog got up instantly with another leap. Bolt rolled out of his way, skidding dangerously close to the edge. While Gus rained plasma blasts on him, Bolt grabbed a stone and began to heat it up in his mouth. The next time Gus charged at him, he spat the plasma heated rock into his face. The wolfdog screamed in pain, stopping to massage the spot where he'd been hit with one paw. Bolt grinned but Gus recovered quickly, leaping over right in front of him. Bolt jumped back with a yelp, nearly falling off the cliff. As he scrambled to stay on the ledge, rocks cascaded into the valley like rain. When at last he managed to get back on his paws, he suddenly found Gus very large. The wolfdog growled at him. "There is only one super dog." he thrust his head forward but Bolt jumped back… straight off the cliff. The super dog grappled desperately with the ledge, but Gus had other plans, raising a paw to push him down for good. But, Bolt had other ideas, shooting a plasma blast right into Gus's face and causing him to stumble back so Bolt could haul himself up. Gus wasn't impressed to say the least, and began madly firing plasma blasts at the super dog. Bolt jumped from the cliff ledge, hanging onto a rock with one paw, waiting for the onslaught to end before pulling himself back up. Gus growled furiously, surging forward and almost falling off the cliff as Bolt jumped back over to his rock. Gus growled again, breathing gas all around the cliff ledge.
"Uh oh" thought Bolt, trying to climb back up, but he was too slow. The explosion caught him, tearing him from the rock and launching him into the air. Lucky for him, he managed to grab his rock in the end. But it wouldn't stay attached to the cliff for long.
"Aha!" exclaimed Gus as he looked over the edge. He began making his way down to Bolt. "Like I said before; there is only… one… super… dog! …!" just as he finished his speech, the rock crumbled under their weight, coming loose and sending them both plummeting.