The Winds Of Change
Chapter 7: The Northern Flyer
Togo woke up the next morning to see Sierra still asleep by his side, he looked at the clock that was mounted on the wall and saw that it was past 7 AM.
Togo then decided that he should head back to the boat to see how Noris was putting up with Nut and Hut.
Togo then kissed Sierra on her cheek and whispered goodbye to her, before getting up, walking out the dog door and began making his way back to his boat.
When Togo was about halfway there, he spotted Buck's Stearman 4 standing in morning sun, Togo looked around before he hesitantly walked towards the plane, and started to curiously sniff it.
Togo's attention was then caught by the sound of footsteps approaching the plane and abruptly stopping. Togo then looked up to see Buck wiping the plane's windshield with a rag.
Buck then suddenly stopped wiping the windshield and turned to look at Togo.
Startled, Togo immediately ducked and hid himself under one of the Stearman's wings, Buck then placed the rag down, got on his knees and smiled at Togo.
"It's okay boy, I'm not gonna hurt you." He said.
Buck then reached into his pocket of his jacket and pulled at a stick of beef jerky and gestured it to Togo.
Togo seeing that Buck didn't mean any harm slowly crawled out from under the plane's wing and reluctantly ate the stick of jerky.
"Wait a minute I saw you yesterday, you must be Togo right?" Buck said upon recognizing Togo.
Togo nodded slowly.
Buck chuckled and he patted Togo on the head.
"I've heard a lot about you boy." Buck said.
"You saved a lot of lives in that diphtheria scare." He added.
Buck reached into his pocket and pulled out another stick of jerky and Togo immediately gobbled it down.
"I'm still amazed that how you and the sled team found your way back to Anchorage with the medicine all in one piece." Buck said patting Togo on the head.
Buck then picked the rag up and got back to wiping the windshield of his plane, while he was doing this, Togo jumped on one of the plane's wings and proceeded to sniff it.
Buck chuckled upon noticing this.
"I can see you're very fascinated in my plane." Buck said.
Togo turned and nodded at Buck.
Buck then climbed into the cockpit of his plane and gestured towards Togo.
"Come on boy, don't be shy." Buck said.
Togo then hesitantly jumped into the cockpit and sat besides Buck.
Buck then petted Togo before he stroked the side of his plane.
"I call her The Northern Flyer." Buck explained.
Togo indeed liked the name of the plane but was confused of why Buck referred to the plane as "her".
Buck looked up, towards the morning sky and smiled.
"There's nothing that beats being up there, soaring above the clouds, free." Buck explained.
Togo looked at Buck and nodded before gazing into the morning sky with him.
The Next Day...
Buck was doing the final adjustments to his plane, while the musher hooked Togo, Kobi, and the rest of the sled team to their sled tethers.
"You guys ready, because I'm ready." Mac said excitedly.
"Something tells that he's ready." Togo said to Kobi.
"This gonna be great, Dad, we're gonna beat the tail off that Stearman." Kobi said.
"Yes, yes we are." Togo said to his son.
"I hope so..." Togo thought to himself.
Just then Sierra walked up to them.
"Good luck you two, and stay safe." Sierra said before she nuzzled both Togo and Kobi.
"Luck? Ha! Like that would make a difference." A familiar British accent said.
Togo, Kobi, and Sierra turned around to see Noris walking up to them.
"Noris, what are you doing here, shouldn't you be with Flo?" Togo asked.
"Believe me, I'm going back to her right away." Noris said.
"Did she fall for that stupid fake injury of yours?" Togo asked.
"Believe me I had her eating my wing." Noris said before holding his wing and making fake groans of pain.
"Ohhh the pain, oh my lord the pain." Noris said before bursting into laughter.
"I tell you Togo, I'm having a cake and eating it too." He added.
Togo look over Noris's shoulder and his eyes widen at what he saw.
"Uh, Noris..." Togo said.
"Whoever calls me a silly goose, will eat his words." Noris said.
"Noris..." Togo said with his eyes still focused over Noris's shoulder.
"I'm telling you, Flo is treating me like a king, I just have to keep this up until winter and Flo will be out my life for..." Noris started to say.
"NORIS!" Togo shouted.
"What?" Noris asked
Noris nearly had a heart attack when heard the sound of a female clearing her throat.
Noris turned around to see Flo with her wings crossed and she had a VERY angry expression on her face.
"Oh Flo..." Noris said nervously.
"Do you have anything else to say...Noris?" Flo growled.
"Oh lords...IT IS A MIRACLE! I AM SUDDENLY HEALED!" Noris cried dramatically.
Flo then slapped Noris across the face.
"So...YOU'RE A BIG, FAT, LIAR!" She shouted.
"B-But Flo..." Noris started.
"YOUR JUST ANOTHER SLICK BIRD, HONKING ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS BEAK!" Flo shouted at the top of her lungs, her face was red with fury and anger.
"Flo, please just listen to me..." Noris began to say but was cut off by Flo.
"AND MAKE A BIGGER FOOL OF MYSELF?! YOUR SUCH A DEAD GOOSE NOW!" Flo shouted before she charged at Noris.
Noris screamed and ran as fast as he could, with an angry Flo dead on his tail.
"Flo wait I can explain!" Noris cried.
At one point during the chase Noris didn't look where he was going and ran straight into a mail bag, which was then loaded into the cargo hatch of Buck's plane.
Flo was the whole thing unfold.
"Well, well, well couldn't have happened to a nicer bird." Flo said with a grin.
"What was that all about?" Kobi asked confused about the whole thing between Noris and Flo.
"It's a long story." Togo replied.
A/N: Well Noris, I have one thing to say, you're a dead goose no matter what you say, lol. Anyway guys sorry for the huge delay, summer vacation just started for me a few weeks ago and I kinda wanted to enjoy some time for myself and I didn't have the time to update this chapter, but don't worry Chapter 8 is not far down the road. Anyway guys I hoped you enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you in the next chapter, Drew out!