Disclaimer: I don't own the Balto or Until Dawn series or characters except for my own.

Note: Hey guys, just so we're clear, I didn't really explain what a Wendigo is for a good reason. You know how syfy movies will have monsters and just suddenly in the beginning they don't show what the monster looks like till the middle or end of the movie. This is something I'm doing. I want my readers to keep guessing what the Wendigos look like. I want them to be afraid that they might be too fast or too big. That and I figured if you played Until Dawn or watched a friend or celebrity play it, then you get an idea of what a Wendigo is. But hey not my problem, play it sometime though! Enjoy!

Chapter 8: The Hunters

6:00 P.M. . . .

Everyone in Nome gathered around outside to hear what the strange woman had to say. Rosie's mother was hugging Rosy in relief that she was alright. Balto came in. He sniffed her, and Rosy turned and hugged Balto. Chilam looked down to Rosie's mother.

"Thank you." Her mother said. Chilam didn't respond.

"Alright, listen up!" Chilam yelled. "I know you all don't know me. I don't expect you to believe me when I tell you this. But when the sun goes down, everything will end in darkness."

"What are you talking about?" The Mayor of Nome asked. His name is Chase Callahan. He is the new Mayor of Nome for at least 9 months. Almost a full year.

"I saw Rosy go missing. I saw a kid and a man be taken to." Chilam sat her gun down. Took her gloves off and sighed. "It wasn't a man who took him. Wolves, or Bears. They were taken by the Wendigo."

Sam's eyes were wide open. Mike was in the back of the crowd with a jaw dangling.

"Wendigo?" Chase went. "The hell are you talking about?"

"Like I said. I don't expect you to believe me or not. But as I said. I want all of you to set up torches around Nome. It's the only way the Wendigo's will stay away." Chilam said.

Chase smirked. "Right, and if I may ask. Do you have proof that this, Wendigo exists?"

"I got scratched by one, is that something?" Chilam asked.

"Is that it?"

"The thing took me in this factory." Rosy said.

"Hon." Her mother went.

"My leg was stabbed by this hook. It hung me on there."

"Hm." Chase said with a half-impressed face.

"The Wendigo was super skinny to the bone and it looked like a person." Rosy said.

"You think telling me things will get us to believe you and your friend." Chase said.

"I believe them." A girl called out. Sam walked up.

"Me to." Mike said walking up next to her. Sam looked at him. Mike softly shook his head.

"Oh, you believe this to." Chase said. "Are we done? Can we all shut this conversation down and go to sleep?"

"What the hell is wrong with you man?" Mike said. "We're saying that it's real. At least four people who barely knows each other stepped in."

"Teens like you love to prank elders like us." Chase said. "So, how can you be certain that a creature won't just pop up on our front porch."

"I don't know Mayor." An old guy said. "My employee Frank was closing up my store weeks ago, and suddenly hasn't come back. I asked his family if they've seen him at all. They thought he ran away or something."

Chase stared at the old man. His story sounded like it was connecting a bit. Chase sighed. His people were looking at him for an answer.

"Ok, if that's how you want to play then so be it. No one's stopping you right?" Chase said. "Go ahead, place torches everywhere. Don't be surprised when you see that it was all just a joke. Alright, I'm going to hit the hay."

Chilam rolled her eyes. Mike sighed.

"Hit the Hay?" Mike said. "Does anyone even say that anymore?"

"We need to make a circle of torches around Nome. Have lamps out, everything fire related." Chilam said.

"What are we doing making a beacon?" Sam said.

"No, we are making a safe zone. You believe the Wendigo's exist to, right?" Chilam asked. Sam nodded. "Well, no lie on that. Come, help me."

"Where are you going?" Sam asked.

"I had my pack watch my things. Didn't want to scare anyone, but seeing that a wolf is here I guess it's ok." Chilam said.

"Pack?" Sam said. Chilam walks to a snowy tree and sees a big white wolf come down.

"My Male named Kesuk. Meaning? Water." Chilam introduce. "Kesuk was a wolf pup when I found him. I trust him to guide me to safety then I do with anyone in my life that left me."

"Left you?" Sam said.

"My mother passed giving birth to me. My father, that old dog left me in a shitty orphanage. Kids picked on me a lot. So, I mowed them against the wall and threatened their own soulless lives that if they pick on me again, I will show them every bit of hell that they have never seen."

"Damn." Sam commented.

"Damn right." Chilam said.

Sam thought for a second. After being in black wood mountain from Night until dawn, she asked.

"Who is your father?" Sam asked.

"I don't know, I was young when he left me. I think he left Alaska, but I don't know. I have four other wolves. They're in Nome now." Chilam said.

"What?!" Sam went.

"Relax, they don't bite." Chilam said.

In the old factory . . .

Boris was rammed against the wall. A brown Wolf held him there. While a Pure white wolf named Sesi was talking to the Goose.

"Well! If it isn't Boris the old Goose. Fancy meeting you here after so damn long." Sesi said. "Remember my sister Sierra?" Sierra is the brown wolf. "She wanted to eat you for thanks giving. I would have let her, but I stopped her. I said you owed me after that."

Boris looked at Balto and his son.

"Friends of yours?" Balto smiled.

"Not! Helping!" Boris said in a choked voice.

"Fine I'll . . ." Balto was interrupted when two other white wolfs come up front.

"Stay where you are." One of them said.

"Boris, I want to be paid back for saving you. How will you pay me? Legs? Head? Or your waste?" Sesi said. "Probably filled with a lot of meat."

"Listen kid. You don't want to eat Boris. Believe me, it tastes worst then you think." Balto said.

"Stay out of this." Sesi yelled. "Choose. Or we'll eat your waste."

"Please!" Boris said. "How about Rabbits, they taste better then geese."

"Too fast of a bastard to catch." Sierra said.

"I-I don't know! I don't know!" Boris said.

"Fine. Your Waste looked juicier anyway." Sesi said.

Everyone in the old factory was scared to see what Sesi would do.

To be continued . . .

Note: Sorry for another delay.