Chapter 11
Bolt and Rhino planned out their liberation of Mittens. It was still dark. It was early morning.
"So you will go around to the electricity circuit. You'll hit the red switch."
"What red switch?" Rhino asked.
"The red switch for the electric door. Without it the door won't open. And we won't be able to get her."
Rhino nodded. "And what about wires?"
Bolt frowned. "Wires?"
"Yes! The machine of EVIL!!"
Bolt rolled his eyes. "Yep. I'm back. Okay. No. No wires. Leave the wires alone."
Rhino sat down in his ball. "But wires are evil."
"Moving on. We need to get her out before the sun comes up. When it does, people will come in for their shifts. That is gonna put a dent in our escape plans."
Rhino nodded. He got up and saluted. "I shall not fail you Bolt!"
The dynamic duo made their way downtown. The animal control building was not especially large. Nor was it especially well put together. But it would be a challenge.
Bolt ran up to the front door. "It's deserted. The fuse box is that way."
He pointed to the east side of the building.
Rhino hesitantly opened the hatch of the ball and crawled out. Then he headed for the fuse box.
Bolt sighed. Rhino could cause trouble. But then, he always caused trouble.
Bolt shrugged and padded into the building.
He came to the electric door.
"C'mon Rhino. Don't fail me now."
Outside Rhino had finally pushed open the door to the fuse box.
"Hello there. Which of you should I push?"
He noticed the switch. "There we go."
But he noticed something else. He noticed a large group of villainous-looking wires.
He looked from the switch to the wires. Finally he came to a decision.
"DIE WIRES!! DIE!! DIE!! DIE!!"
Bolt heard the shouts and sighed. "Hamsters."
Rhino sliced the wires. The lights went out in the building. Bolt screamed.
He stormed outside to find a giggling Rhino.
"What did you do that for?"
Rhino told his harrowing story.
Bolt sighed. "Good job. You beat the wires. You know what? We need to get Mittens out from behind an electric door. You know what you just did?"
Rhino shrugged.
"YOU JUST CUT THE ELECTRICITY!! THE DOOR IS, GET THIS, ELECTRIC!!! How do we get her out?!"
Rhino backed off. "Gee, sorry Bolt."
Bolt shook his head. "No problem Rhino. Sorry."
Bolt sighed, then turned and headed back to the door.
He pushed against it. It didn't budge.
Bolt pushed again. Nothing.
He suddenly let out a howl of rage and rammed his body against the door.
He continued doing that until he could no longer feel his shoulder.
He collapsed to the ground in tears. "Damnitt."
"Bolt?"
Bolt got to his paws. The voice had come from beyond the door.
"Mittens?"
"Bolt! What are you doing here?"
Bolt had to shout in order for her to hear him through the electric door.
"Mittens! What kind of cage are you in?"
"Uh…a cage brand cage."
Bolt breathed in deeply. "Listen. I need you to do everything I tell you okay?"
"What? You said it yourself! You don't know me! You caused me to get caught! You don't even remember me!"
Bolt sighed. "No Mittens. I remember you. You were left by your family at a young age. You were left, de-clawed, and with little chance of survival.
You then spent your life on the streets of New York City until I kidnapped you in a delusional…thing. And...I know that I like you and I would be devestated if anything happened to you. Is that enough?"
There was silence. "What do you want me to do?"
Bolt smiled. "Listen. I need you to…" He looked through the window in the door. He couldn't see Mittens. He could see a window. An open window.
"Mittens, I need you to reach your paw out of your cage."
He watched through the window. He saw a black and white paw extend from one of the cages.
"Okay. There is a release latch on the cage. I need you to grab it."
Mittens's paw swung through the air before reaching the latch.
"Now I need you to pull it. Then open the door."
Mittens pulled on the latch. "I can't open it."
"C'mon Mitts. Put some super stuff into it."
Mittens strained. The latch slid out. The door swung open.
Mittens jumped down from her cage. Bolt breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now…there's a window above you. I want you to jump up there."
Mittens jumped up to the window. Then she screamed
Bolt was instantly alert. "What is it?"
"It's really high up!" Mittens shouted.
Bolt had forgotten something. While the building wasn't large it was moderately tall. Tall enough to kill a cat.
"Okay Mittens. Do you see a fire escape down there? Anything that could get you down safely?"
Mittens screamed again. "No. There's no way to get down there!"
Bolt sighed. There was no way out. Worse, the sun had come up. The workers would be coming in soon.
"Oh geeze."
Suddenly Mittens slipped. There was a scream and she fell from the window.
"Oh crap." Bolt muttered. He ran down the halls. He burst out the door, barking.
Mittens had fell into the street. She was lying unconscious in the middle.
"Oh no." Bolt said. He noticed a car speeding up.
"MITTENS!!" Bolt shouted. He was already on the move.
He pushed Mittens's unconscious form out of the way.
He turned to see the oncoming car. "Oh fu-"
The car smashed into the dog. He was flung into the air and landed on his side in a ditch.