April 11, 1927
02:11 a.m.
Nenana Mountain Trail – Ruins
Dingo's Tale II: A Quest For Vengeance
Chapter 7: The Reunion
The two finally made it to the ruins of the mountain, "Ugh, finally here. Dad, this place looks abandoned, don't you think?" Dingo said, looking at the little town. "Yeah, no lights or anything. Let's look for a shed or something where we can settle down for the night, we can continue in the morning." Balto said. "Agreed, I'm too tired to keep going anyways." Dingo said. The two looked around the small little village for a place to rest for the night, Balto found just the place. "Dingo, I think I found the perfect place!" Balto yelled to Dingo. "Looks like it's in good shape, a few pieces of the stairs are missing, and there's a hole in that window. But, it shouldn't be a big deal unless the storm picks up." Dingo said. Balto opened the door to the shed, "Yikes! There are others sleeping in here. Wait, Kodi?" Balto said, looking at the three red huskies.
"That's them alright, I knew they'd settle down here. Kodi isn't stubborn enough to keep pushing through this storm." Dingo said. "Say, Yukon and Saba are here too?!" Balto said, surprised. "Yeah dad, Saba's the whole reason I'm out here and the reason you tagged along." Dingo said. "Oh yeah, but I only came because I didn't want you four getting hurt. Especially you Dingo, you shouldn't be out here anyways, you've got puppies and a wife to care for!" Balto said. "I know, I don't regret my choice though. Anyone man enough to make my sister's life miserable will have to deal with me!" Dingo said.
"I'm proud of you Dingo, now we'd better get some rest." Balto said. "Yeah, we've got a long day ahead of us." Dingo whispered as he laid down next to his sister. It felt nice having Kodi, Yukon, and Saba all in the same place for the journey ahead of them. "Goodnight dad." Dingo whispered. "Goodnight son." Balto whispered back. In no time, Balto went to sleep, tired from the journey with Aleu, and now getting ready for another journey with his children.
April 12, 1927
08:12 a.m.
Nenana Mountain Trail – Ruins
Dingo's Tale II: A Quest For Vengeance
The next morning, Dingo and Balto woke up early. "Alright, everybody up! Rise and shine, we've got a long day ahead of us!" Dingo said, waking up the other was the first to come to her senses, "Dingo? Is that you?" Saba asked."Good to see you again, sis. I'm here for good now." Dingo said, hugging his sister."Wait, is dad here too? Dad!" Saba said, running to her father, "You've aged dad, how have you and mom been?" Saba asked."Heh, it's a long story. I'll tell you everything when we get home." Balto reassured. "Oh, the other two are waking up." "Dingo? Hey, Dingo, you finally found us!" Yukon said. "Yup, now I have to ask, why'd you guys leave? I didn't go anywhere far, I just went to dad's to talk with Uncle Boris." Dingo said."We thought you bailed on us." Kodi said, waking up. "We thought you left without us, so we took off on our own." Kodi said. "Hell no, I would never leave you guys, you guys, my wife and kids, and our parents mean more to me than anything, and I'd to anything to protect you three buffoons. That's why I agreed to this journey, remember?" Dingo said. "Look guys, we can catch up later, but for now we need to start heading out before the storms start up again." Balto said
The group started walking down the mountainside as the cold wind started to pick up and snow started to fall. Saba slipped a few time on the ice, staying close to her father helped her not fall off the mountain. "You doing okay Saba?" Kodi asked. "I'm good, just a little slippery is all." Saba said looking back at her brother. "Alright, just checking on you." Kodi said with a smile. The group came across a tunnel on the mountainside, "Look, this tunnel might help us get to the bottom of the mountain faster." Balto suggested, looking down the old tunnel. "It's better than being out there in the freezing cold." Yukon said. "Yeah, much better." Kodi added. The group was making their way through the tunnel when a black wolf with blue eyes and a scar across his eye jumped out, "We've got trespassers boys!" Three more wolves jumped out along with him. "We don't want any trouble. We just want to get out of the storm and head down the mountain." Balto explained. The black wolf smiled darkly, "You'll have to get past us first!" The wolf said as he tackled Balto.
"No! Get off him!" Dingo yelled and he tackled the black wolf. The wolf quickly kicked him off, "You'll pay for that!" The black wolf said and he raised his paw, revealing huge claws. Yukon quickly jumped in and bit the black wolf's throat, injuring him badly, "You okay bro? What about you dad?" Yukon asked, who was quickly cut off by the sound of screams coming from his sister and a gray wolf, Yukon was about to jump at the wolf when Kodi sprang into action, going for the wolf's neck, "You deserve this!" Kodi said, raising his paw, scratching the wolf's eye, blinding his right eye. The wolf quickly ran out of there with the other two, dripping blood from his eye. "Is everyone alright?" Balto asked. "Dad, they got Saba…" Yukon said, standing over Saba. Saba had a cut on her right eye, "Saba! Are you alright?" Dingo asked, looking at his sister's eye. "I'm fine, I can't see out of this eye, is it bleeding?" Saba asked. Dingo looked at Balto, "Best to tell her the truth." Balto whispered in Dingo's ear. "Your eye, it's bleeding badly." Dingo said. "Heh, I guess it was an eye for an eye, huh?" Saba said softly. "That's not acceptable! When I find those bastards, they won't have any eyes to trade!" Balto said. "Once we find them, they will never see the light of day again!" Dingo said. The others nodded, Yukon helped his sister up and left with the rest of the group, making their way out of the tunnel. Balto stopped for a second, "Saba, I know we just saw each other for the first time in 2 years. You lost an eye and when I saw you, you were covered in scars and bruises. I know what we can do to make the best of it." Balto said. "It's okay dad, I'm used to this kind of pain. How will we make the best of this?" Saba asked. Balto pulled off the scarf he was wearing, folded it into a bandanna like form, and wrapped it around her eye, "That should help, just so we can stop the bleeding." Balto said. The group arrived at the staircase leading to the exit of the tunnel, "Well Saba, we finally made it. Now, we find your owners." Dingo said, staring ahead at the city if front of him and his group.
To be continued…..
A/N NightwolfZilvia: Well guys, just two chapters left to go! I can't thank KodiWolf321 enough for agreeing to finish this story with me, I enjoyed writing Chapters 14, 15, and now 16 of Purpose with him! Leave your comments below for ideas on my next story! Dingo's Tales: Nikita's Quest. Stay tuned for our collaboration, "Balto Tales: Jenna-The Untold Tale!" Now for KodiWolf321's Author's Note!
A/N KodiWolf321: Hey Guys! It's Thomas and writing with NightwolfZilvia was a lot of fun, I can't wait to write some more of it, as, we're already writing as we speak! Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed Dingo's Tale II and see you guys in the next chapter!