Chapter 5: Put Me Back Together
Thomas, Kodi and Berry all walked down the stairs to meet with the man who Alan used to work with. "Fagin?" Thomas said as he made to the last step with Kodi and Berry right behind him. "Thomas? You gotten so big! What brings you here to new york?" Fagin asked with a smile. Thomas then walked up to Fagin to shake his hand. "Well… it was supposed to be a vacation but now where in some bad news," Thomas said as he shook Fagin's hand. "Really what kind of bad news?" Fagin asked now taking his hand back. "Fagin would you mind coming into the living room and then we can talk about that," Shella asked as she stood up from the couch. Fagin nodded as he walked into the living room. "Dodger!" Oliver said from the top of the stairs. "Hey kid!" Dodger said while looking up the stairs,
Dodger and his crew all went upstairs while Thomas, Kodi and Berry stayed down stairs. "So what's our game plan?" Berry asked. Thomas took out his phone to see if anything as happened, but there was nothing to report. "So far it's a waiting game." Thomas said as he sat down at the bottom of the steps. Berry sighed as he sat next to Thomas. "Why does this always happen to us?" Berry asked. Kodi and Thomas both looked at Berry before sighing themselfs. "I'm not really sure," Thomas answered. "WHAT!?" Fagin shouted from the living room. Thomas, Kodi and Berry all looked towards to the living room as Fagin raced out the living and stood in front of Thomas. "You have a stone to talk to animals?" Fagin asked with a smile. "Yes. but it's not a toy," Thomas said looking up at Fagin. "But Thomas! Please let me hear my dogs talk please!" Fagin begged on his knees. "I'll think about it," Thomas said as Fagin stood up from the ground. "What a pushover," Berry with a laugh.
Thomas only rolled his eyes and then shook his head. "You heard what he said didn't you? Fagin said as he pointed at Berry. "Yeah I did," Thomas simply said as he looked down to the ground. "What did he say?" Fagin asked now looking at Berry. Thomas took a deep breath in before answering. "You don't want to know," Thomas said as he looked up at Fagin. "Oh," Fagin said as he scratched his head. "HELP!" Jenny scream from her bedroom upstairs. Thomas, Berry and Kodi all jumped up and raced up stairs. "Jenny?" Shella said as she too ran upstairs. Once Thomas, Kodi and Berry made up to the top of stairs they noticed that the piano room door was shut. "Hey! Let us out of here!" Oliver called from inside the piano room. Thomas then pushed the chair out of the way of door that was being blocked. "What happened?" Thomas asked as Oliver, Dodger and his crew came out of the room.
"Help! Please!" Jenny cried again from her room. "Shut up!" said a males voice from inside her room. "I know that voice," Thomas said as he tried to enter Jenny's room, but couldn't because there was something blocking the way of the door from the inside. Thomas then used all force and kicked in the door. Thomas couldn't believe his eyes of who he saw in the room trying to take Jenny from her home. "Jedediah?!" Thomas shouted with Kodi by his side growling. Dodger and his crew all started growling with Kodi, even Oliver started to hiss at Jedediah. "Thomas we meet again huh?" Jed said with a dark smile. "What are you even doing here?" Thomas asked now making a fist with his right hand. "Trying to kidnap the girl as you can see," Jed said with chuckle.
"Let her go now!" Thomas ordered. "I don't think so!" Jed said as he held onto Jenny tighter. While Jed was distracted from talking to Thomas, Jenny then bit Jed's hand. "Ouch! Damn it!" Jed shouted as he lets go Jenny. "Get him!" Thomas ordered as he went forward to Jed. Jed then took his focus back and took off down the fire escape. By the time Thomas and his friends made it to the window, Jed was already down to the alley. "Shit," Thomas said while trying to think fast of way to stop him. "Berry!" Thomas said out loud as he turned and looked at Berry. Thomas then picked up Berry and then aimed at Jed. "Thomas what are you doing?" Berry now getting scared. "Hold still Berry." Thomas said as he aimed at Jed's head. "No really what are you doing?!" Berry now looking down at alley. "Try and catch this Jed." Thomas said as he was about to throw Berry. "I'm not a super coooon!" Berry shouted as Thomas said as he threw Berry at Jed's head.
Berry landed on Jed's head and knocking him down. "Yes!" Thomas said cheer as he started to take the fire escape down with the others right behind him. Oliver stayed with Jenny to comfort her. "Berry are you okay?" Thomas said as he walked up to Berry and jed slowly. "Your a real jerk you know that!" Berry said as he brushed himself off and walked away from Jed. "Come on Berry it wasn't that bad was it?" Thomas asked as he continued to walk up to Berry. "Not even an apple will fix this one buddy," Berry said as he walked past Thomas and onto Kodi's back. "What about New York Pizza?" Thomas said with a smile. "Okay maybe that will fix it but I still won't forget about this!" Berry said as he crossed his arms. "Good then it's settled," Thomas said with a smile before looking back at Jedediah.
Jed was still on the ground, knocked out. Thomas walked then walked over to Jed still with his guard up. "Be careful Thomas, I don't like this at all," Kodi said keeping his guard up as well. Thomas nodded in response as he walked closer to Jed. As Thomas took another step closer, Jedediah shot up from the ground and point his pistol at Thomas. "Not so fast little Thomas," Jed said with a smile. "What's your business here in New York?" Thomas asked looking onto Jed's eyes. Jed chuckled before answering. "I want those stones," Jed said with a dark smile. "That's really getting old!" Thomas shot back at Jed. Jed only chuckled again as he lowered his gun. "If you think you can hold those stones forever, you wrong I will always be around to try and take them away from you," Jed said with another dark smile.
"Oh yeah? Then come here and take them from me!" Thomas shouted getting ready to fight. Jed laughed as he puts his gun away. "Me and Kidman have plans for you, and I'm not going to spoil the fun with just fighting you for those stones," Jed said taken a step back. "But, until next time Thomas, I'll see you soon," Jed said before taking off down the alley. "Stop!" Thomas shouted as he started to run after Jedediah. Kodi, Berry, Dodger and his crew all started after Thomas and Jedediah. Jed turned around and saw that Thomas was still chasing after him. Jed smiled as he took out his gun and started firing at Thomas. Kodi sped up and jumped on Thomas, knocking him down to take cover from gunfire. Jed laughed as he jumped into his truck. "Come on! We have to catch him!" Thomas said as he stood up from the ground.
"We'll take the streets of New York and you do what you guys do best," Dodger said with a smile as he and his crew took the streets. Thomas, Kodi and Berry all ran over to Thomas's car and jumped inside. "Do you think we'll catch him?" Berry asked as he sat in the back. "Oh I know we will," Thomas said with a smile as he started the car. "Just be careful," Kodi added. Thomas only chuckled as floored it down the alley. "This thing is much faster than I remember!" Kodi said sitting back in his seat. Thomas only laughed as he drifted out of the alley and on to the main street. In no time, Thomas had already caught up to Jed and his truck. Kodi and Berry looked out the window and noticed that Dodger and his crew had taken on jumping from car to car to catch up to Jed.
Thomas sped up to Jed now being right beside him. Jed smiled as he looked at Thomas. Jed then tried to take a hit at Thomas by ramming him on his side. "That aint going to work!" Thomas said as he rammed him back. Thomas then pulled back behind Jed and rammed him from behind. This made Jed angry as he slammed on his breaks to try and catch Thomas off guard. Thomas then pulled out of the way before hitting Jed's back end. Jed growled in anger as he saw Thomas pull up on his side. "Nice try Jedediah," Thomas said now getting cocky. Suddenly Thomas felt someone ram him from behind. "Now what!" Thomas shouted as he looked in his rearview mirror. Cole was right behind him with his RX-7, "Great! Just what I need!" Thomas shouted as he started to speed up. Archie then came in on Thomas's blind shot on his left side. "Shit!" Thomas shouted now noticing what they were trying to do. "Their trying to box us in!" Kodi spoke up.
"I can see that!" Thomas said trying to get out of the box. Ashlind then speeds past Archie and gets in front of Thomas. Thomas was now boxed in with all four cars on each of Thomas's side. "This isn't good," Thomas said trying to find a gap. The cars and truck all started to toy with Thomas by bumping him into each other. "I thought I would die like this!" Berry shouted in the back. "Shut up! Berry!" Kodi shot from the front seat. "Come on!" Thomas shouted as his driver seat window shattered. Suddenly a gunshot was fired from behind Thomas and broke the back window. "Christ!" Berry shouted as he ducked down. "Fuck you! Cole!" Thomas shouted while looking in his rearview mirror. "You want to play like that huh?" Berry said as picked up crow bar from the backseat and threw it at Cole's windshield.
Once the crowbar hit the windshield, Cole backed off. "Great shot Berry!" Thomas said with a smile. "Uh oh," Berry replied while looking out the back window. "What's uh oh?" Thomas asked now concerned. "Brace yourself!" Berry shouted as he got down into his seat. Cole rammed Thomas's back bumper as hard as he could. Berry flew to the front of the car hitting the windshield with his back making a crack in the windshield. "Berry!" Kodi said as he picked him up from the ground. "Is he okay?" Thomas asked trying to see out his out his window. "He's alive," Kodi said while licking the blood from Berry's back. Archie, Ashlind and Jedediah all split from the group, leaving Thomas and Cole on the road. "Where are they going?" Thomas said as he saw all of them leave. "Thomas I don't think that's impor-" Before Kodi finish a gunshot was fired hitting Thomas's back tire cause the car to lose control and start flipping on its side over and over.
"Thomas!" Kodi shouted. Thomas shot open his eyes feeling a sharp pain up and down his body as well as his head. Once Thomas got his focus back he looked up at Kodi. "Kodi?" Thomas said weakly. "Oh thank god," Kodi said as he cried into Thomas's chest. Thomas then got up slowly and noticed his car was on fire. "Where's Berry?" Thomas asked still confused. "I put him over there at the park bench," Kodi said now looking up at Thomas. "Kodi your bleeding," Thomas said as he tried to touch Kodi's head where the blood was coming from. "Don't worry about me," Kodi said as he got off of Thomas. Thomas tried to stand but couldn't, "here, let me help you," Kodi said as he helped Thomas up. Thomas then used Kodi's back to help him off the ground. Thomas and Kodi both leaned on each other for support as they walked over to central park. Night had fallen with the police and firefighters taking their focus on the burning car.
Thomas and Kodi both sat themselves down on the bench where Berry was laying down resting. "I think I saw god," Berry groaned in pain as he held his head. "You saw god huh?" Thomas said forcing a small smile. "And my mother for that matter and she's not nice either," Berry said spitting blood. Thomas then laughed even though it hurt to laugh. Kodi sat alone on the other side of the bench looking away from his friends. Thomas noticed this while taking out his healing stone. "Kodi, let me heal up your head," Thomas said as he tried to place the healing stone on Kodi's head. Kodi only turned away with tears running down his muzzle. "Kodi, what's the matter?" Thomas asked as he looked at his friend.
"Thomas, what are we even doing anymore?" Kodi asked still with tears in his eyes. Thomas only looked forward to the ground still with the stone in his hand. "I…" Thomas tried to speak but trialled off. "I mean look at us, all bloody and beaten, how many more times before it kills us!" Kodi stated.
Thomas was drawing a blank on what to say, "He's got a point." Thomas thought to himself. "But we can't just skip town, not without my dad, he's too..." Thomas's train of thought left him as Berry spoke up, "Say Kodi, you know your eyes look more brown when you cry." Thomas couldn't help chuckle at that. "Oh, fuck off Berry." Kodi said as he went back to his silence. "Aw come on Kodi, he's just trying to bring the mood up." Thomas said. Kodi remained silent, "So what are we going to do now? I don't have a car anymore, and the service out here is bad so I can't use GPS." It went silent yet again. "Why don't we use the payphone? To call your uncle Grant" Berry asked.
"Yeah I guess we could do that " Thomas replied as he stood up. "Then there we go! Problem solved!" Berry said with a smile. Thomas then looked at Kodi. "Are you going to be okay?" Thomas asked. Kodi looked up at Thomas and nodded. "Okay let's get going," Thomas said as they made their way to a nearby payphone. Thomas found a payphone and used it to call his uncle. Kodi and Berry both found something that caught their eye. And walked over to it. "Uncle Grant?" Thomas said through the phone. "Thomas! Are you okay? Did you catch the guy that tried to take my daughter?" Grant asked. "No, he got away" Thomas answered. "I see, are you hurt? Where are you?" Grant asked. Thomas looked around his surroundings and then smiled as he saw what Berry and Kodi were looking at. "I'm okay, just a few scratches but I'm in the park next to the Balto statue," Thomas said with a smile. "Okay, I'll be there in ten minutes," Grant said. "Okay, see you soon," Thomas said before hanging up the phone and walked over to join Kodi and Berry at the Balto Statue.
"Did you ever think you'd be able to see your Dad's statue?" Thomas said as he placed his hands in his pocket. Kodi looked at the statue with a tear running down his muzzle. "I actually never thought I would," Kodi said as he looked back at Thomas with a smile. Thomas smiled as he looked down at his dog. "He really was a hero," Berry added while looking up at the statue. "He was and still is," Kodi said looking at with a smile. Kodi then chuckled before looking down to the ground. "What's so funny?" Thomas asked still looking at Kodi. Before Kodi had answered, he thought about all the things that he and his father had done when he was younger. "It's funny, because he always knew how to put me back together when I was broken the most, being runt wasn't always easy for me and yet he knew how I wanted to be treated and how to be there when I needed him the most," Kodi explained.
Thomas kneeled down to Kodi's level and hugged him. Kodi smiled as he looked at Berry who was sitting on the ground. "Oh, alright," Berry said as he hugged Kodi's left leg. Suddenly they all heard a car horn from the Main Street. Thomas, Kodi and Berry all looked at car and saw that it was Thomas's uncle Grant. "That's our ride," Thomas said as he stood up. "Let's get going," Kodi said as he started to make his way to the car. Berry hopped on Thomas's shoulder as they all made their way over to Grants car. Thomas opened the back of the car to let Kodi and Berry in, while Thomas sat in the front seat. "Thomas what happened out there?" Grant asked as he drove off. Thomas opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by his uncle. "And why does Kodi have dried blood on his fur? And you have more than just a few scratches," Grant said worried.
"Uncle Grant, we're fine, we just had a little accident just a block away from here," Thomas explained. "LITTLE ACCIDENT?! Thomas it's all over the news of what happened to your car!" Grant shouted as he they drove down the road. "I know this looks bad," Thomas started to say but was cut off again. "Looks bad?! Looks bad?! This is bad!" Grant shouted. Thomas just sat back in his seat and just looked out the window as they pulled up to the house. "Look Thomas, I'm sorry, I just want you to get hurt or worse killed." Grant said as he looked at his nephew. Thomas turned and looked at his uncle. "I understand uncle Grant, but I can't fall behind or fail if it means my fathers life," Thomas said as he opened his car door and stepped out of the car. Thomas then opens the back seat and lets Kodi and Berry out from the car.
Grant sits in his car as he watched Thomas, Kodi and Berry walk into his house. Thomas walks past the living room and saw Jenny with her mother holding Oliver in her arms with tears in her eyes. Thomas heard Fagin and Kelly in the kitchen while Thomas started to make his way up the stairs with Kodi and Berry behind him. "Hey! Where have you guys been? We were looking all over for you guys when we lost you on the road," Dodger said from the top of the stairs. Thomas walked past Dodger and walked into the guest bedroom. Dodger then looked at Kodi hoping for an answer, but there wasn't one. Dodger now noticed the dried blood on Kodi's fur, Dodger let's Kodi pass him as he walked into the guest bedroom. Berry sighed as he watched his friends go into the bedroom without him. Oliver then joined Dodger and Berry at the top of the stairs. "So what happened out there?" Oliver asked as he looked at Berry.
Berry sighed before answering. "It's a long story," Berry said as he sat down on the floor. "Oh," Oliver says as he sits down. Kodi closes the door with his paw and then turns to see Dusty and his father looking at him. "Kodi?!" Dusty said worried as she ran over to him. Thomas walked into the bathroom as Kodi reunited with his mate and dad. Thomas closes the bathroom door and looks in the mirror. Thomas looked at all his scratches and bruises. "Kodi's right this is just… getting out of hand," Thomas said as he pulled out the healing stone from his pocket and healed himself up.
"Kodi, you're bleeding!" Dusty said with worry in her voice. "It's okay Dusty, I'm fine really," Kodi said with a small smile. "No Kodi, you're not fine," Dusty said as she nuzzled her mate. "Son, what happened?" Balto asked his son as he looked closer at Kodi. Kodi looked at his father with a sad look on his face. "We… we just been having a hard time," Kodi said with tears rolling down his muzzle. Balto didn't say anything he just nuzzled his son as he cried. Thomas opens the bathroom door and walks out. Thomas noticed that Kodi had brought new tears as he was nuzzling Balto. Thomas rubbed the back of his neck before walking over to the small group of dogs. Thomas sits on bed and looks at his friends. "K-Kodi," Thomas speaks up. Kodi, Dusty and Balto all look at Thomas, Thomas clears his throat before talking again. "I promise we will get through this… we always do," Thomas said with a smile. "How do you know we'll make it this time?" Kodi asked with sniff. Thomas thought for moment and then nodded. "Just have a little faith," Thomas said still having his smile as hands out his hand to Kodi. Kodi smiles before giving Thomas his paw. Thomas and Kodi shook on it. "Come on let's get those cuts and blood off your fur," Thomas said as he took out the healing stone.
"Aye man! Watch where you're going!" Tito shouted at Francis. "You watch where you're going!" Francis shouted. "I'll be right back," Dodger said before leaving and running into the piano room. "Berry?" Oliver said as he looked at Berry. Berry turned and looked at the orange kitten. "Yeah kid?" Berry asked. "Is Thomas and Kodi going to be okay?" Oliver asked. Berry smiled as he crossed his arms. "Of course! There a Dynamic duo!" Berry cheered. "But what about you? Aren't you apart of their gang? And wouldn't that make you guys a trio?" Oliver asked. This made Berry laugh a little. "Well I guess so, but as you can see I do most of the work in our adventures," Berry said as he was flexing with his little arms. "Right," Oliver said while raising one eyebrow. "Hey Berry, let's go find those bad guys together!" Oliver said with a playful purr. This caught Berry off guard. "I don't think…" Berry started to say but then was interrupted by Oliver with playful pounce. Berry then landed on his back as he and Oliver were now face to face.
"Oh c'mon Berry! Let's help them out a little bit!" Oliver cheered with a smile. Berry bit his lip and hesitated, "Alright," Berry gave in. "Yes!" Oliver cheered with a pur. "Alright, now get off!" Berry said as he sat up. Oliver did as he was told and got off Berry. "Alright, let's go!" Oliver said taking a step towards the steps. "Wait! We'll need some assistance," Berry said with a smile. "Really? What kind of assistance?" Oliver asked as he walked back over to Berry. Berry smiled at him. "Follow me," Berry said as he walked over to Thomas's room.
"Stay here," Berry said as he stood next to the door. Oliver nodded as he watched Berry do what he does best. Berry then jumped on the handle of the door and opened the door. Berry then walked into the room and found Thomas laying down on the bed with Kodi and Dusty laying down on the bed with him. Balto had fallen asleep on the couch that was near the window. Berry had spotted the blue tracking stone on the nightstand next to Thomas's side of the bed. Berry smiled as he spotted it. "Hey Berry what are you up to?" Thomas said as he looked at Berry. Kodi and Dusty both looked at Berry as he stood in the doorway. "Um… well… you know just…" Berry said as he tried to think. "Just?" Kodi asked as he sat up. Berry chuckled as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Berry then spotted a small pillow on the ground and thought of something. "Thomas, Kodi," Berry said while looking at two of his friends. "Yes?" Thomas and Kodi both said. "I'm sorry," Berry said as he grabbed the small pillow on the floor. "For what?" Thomas asked now getting worried. "This," Berry simply said as he threw the pillow at Thomas and jumped forward at the nightstand and grabbed the tracking stone. "Berry!" Thomas shouted as he jumped off the bed. "Get back here!" Kodi shouted as he jumped off the bed. "Run!" Berry said as he ran past Oliver. Oliver took off after Berry as they raced down the stairs. "What kind of plan was that?" Oliver asked as they ran down the stairs. "A Berry kind of plan!" Berry said with a smile. "Berry stop!" Thomas shouted while coming down the stairs. Once Berry and Oliver made it down the stairs, they both jumped through an opened window that was in the living room. "Oliver!" Jenny cried out as she looked out the window.
Thomas and Kodi both raced outside to try and find Berry and Oliver, but there was no such luck. "Damn it!" Thomas said as he looked down the street, but still no sign of Berry or Oliver. "When I get my paws on him I'm gonna…" Kodi snarled in anger, stopping himself from saying something nasty about the raccoon. "I hope he knows what he's doing," Thomas said as he crossed his arms. "He better know! Otherwise I'm gonna…" Kodi said but was interrupted by Thomas. "Calm down Kodi, I don't want you to have a heart attack over this," Thomas said with a smile. "Hey! My age might be starting to show! But I still have a young heart!" Kodi said as he looked up at Thomas. Thomas only chuckled as he patted Kodi on the head. "C'mon, be better go explain some things," Thomas said as he turned around and heading back to Jenny's house. Kodi followed Thomas back into the house still having his thoughts on Berry.
Kodiwolf321 A/N: Alright guys here's a nice long chapter for you guys! Sorry it has taken us a little bit to get this going. I'm also working behind the scenes of Purpose 4, which will be called Purpose: Heading Home. I hoping to finish this by the 24th of july so Purpose: Heading Home can come out. But if not then it will be pushed back to August. Anyways guys thanks for reading and I will see you in the next chapter!