Disclaimer: I do not own BOLT or any of its characters. All I own is the story line.

A/N: A WHILE BACK, I RECEIVED A REVIEW THAT SUGGESTED I WRITE A RATED M FIC ABOUT MITTENS AND BOLT'S 'TIME TOGETHER' AT THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 6 OF "A MIXED LOVE". I HOWEVER DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WRITE IT AS I ALREADY HAVE A PLAN FOR ANOTHER STORY AFTER THIS. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO WRITE IT, SEND ME A PRIVATE MESSAGE AND LET ME KNOW. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

CHAPTER EIGHT: ESCAPE V. 2 AND AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

"Alright pests" Ray said as he opened the door to the kippen's room and threw in their food and water, "We's goin to bed now. Don't try any funny business." As he closed the door, Boots went over to the girls to wake them up. "Hey" he said, nudging their sides with a paw, "Time to wake up." "It's time?" Mia asked. "Yeah" Boots said, "Come on, Thunder is starting now." "I just hope this works." Moon said to herself as she and Mia followed Boots to the wall to construct their stairway of dishes.

"GUYS" Blaze called from the right-side of the building. "What is it?" Lightning and Sun asked, running up to him. "Look what I found" Blaze said, pointing to a small coil of something hidden behind an old plank of wood. "Rope" Lightning exclaimed, "excellent." "Good job Blaze" Sun said, picking up the rope, "Now, let's go free our siblings."

"We're here" Officer Douglas said as he pulled into the parking lot of a Hampton Hills hotel near the falls. "Great" Penny's mom said as she and Penny got out of their car. "I'll go check us in" Officer Douglas said as he got out of his car. "And we'll get out bags out of the trunk" Penny said. "Sounds like a plan" Officer Douglas said as he walked away. "I'm glad we got here" Penny said, pulling a suitcase out of the car, "I need to clean up." "Once we check in, you can" Penny's mom said as she helped her daughter unpack the car. "How long are we going to be here?" Penny asked. "I'd imagine a week" Penny's mom said as Officer Douglas walked up to them with key cards in his hands. "Here are your keys" he said handing them their keys, "you're in room 7-16." "Thanks Nick" Penny's mom said. "No problem," Nick said, "I'll be in the room next door."

Now how do I do this Crystal thought to herself, looking at the arrowhead. She looked to her left and saw a broken log and a rock. Perfect, a catapult she thought. She walked over to the log and placed it on the rock like a see-saw. She placed the arrowhead on the end and placed her paw on the other end, this will end her. "MITT'S" Bolt called from where Mittens left him, just as Crystal launched the arrowhead. Mittens heard Bolt call her and ran towards where he called from. She turned around and ran back to him, just as the arrowhead whizzed past, just where her head had been not a moment ago, and went into a tree. Mittens' ears perked up at the sound of the arrowhead. She looked around and saw nothing. So she shook it off and went to see what Bolt wanted. Blast, Crystal thought, my plan failed AGAIN. "What is it Bolt?" Mittens asked, walking up to him. "I brought you something" Bolt said, pointing down. Mittens looked down where he was pointing and saw a large fish. "Bolt, thank you" Mittens said. She didn't say or show it, but she was very hungry. "No problem Mitt's" Bolt said, "I figured you were hungry." "I am" Mittens said, "How did you get this? The stream is too rough to get anything from." "I found a nice, slow part of the stream and found this" Bolt said. Mittens, feeling touched, started digging into the fish and ate. "When you're done, we'll get going again. The map is dry." Bolt said. Mittens nodded to show she understood. "Rhino, why don't you go find Crystal and let her know we're leaving in a few minutes." "Okay Bolt" Rhino said as he went into the forest to find the dog.

I can't believe I failed again Crystal said, looking at the arrowhead, now wedged in the tree. "Crystal!" she heard coming from the entrance to the forest. Oh not that hamster again, she thought, I wonder what he wants now. "What Rhino!" she called back. "We're leaving in a few minutes" he called back, "If you're coming with us, you should come back now." "Alright," she called, "be there in a minute." Great, Crystal thought, now I'll have to come up with another plan. And I liked it here. There's more seclusion to kill Mittens in. As Crystal headed back, Mittens was just finishing her fish. "Thanks again Bolt" Mittens said, pushing the fish bones to the side. "No problem Mitt's" Bolt said. "Can I tell you something Bolt?" Mittens asked. "Anything Mitt's" Bolt said reassuringly. "It's about Crystal" Mittens started, "I think she has it in for me." "Mitt's, we've been over this," Bolt said, wrapping his paws around her, "I won't let anything happen to you. And besides, she told me that she was going to try to get over any feelings she has because she knows I love you." "Thanks Bolt, Mittens said, returning the hug, "but something strange happened right after you called me out here." "What?" Bolt asked, looking into her eyes. "After you called me, I turned around to come back and I heard something, like a rock flying through the air behind me. Then I heard another sound, like something hitting a tree. I looked around and saw nothing. Maybe I'm just being paranoid." Mittens explained. "That's probably it Mitt's" Bolt said, "Now, let's get going." "Alright Bolt" Mittens said. She went over to the map, rolled it up, and tucked it under Bolt's collar. "Let's go Rhino" Bolt called. "Coming" they heard Rhino call as he ran up to them, with Crystal right behind him. "Ready to go?" Bolt asked Crystal. "Ready" Crystal said. "Then let's go" Mittens said. And with that, the 4 animals continued north on their way to rescue the kippens, not knowing that the kippens were planning to escape.

"Yuck" Sun said, using her paw to remove another spider web off her face. "Spider web?" Blaze asked, unable to turn around, as the air vent is very cramped. "Yeah," Sun said, "How much farther?" "I don't know," Lightning said. All of a sudden, Lightning felt a jerk on the rope he was carrying. "Blaze, you're on the rope again." "Oh," Blaze said, lifting his paw to release the rope, "Sorry." I hope this plan works, Blaze thought.

"Last one" Thunder said from the top of their 'stairs'. "Looks nice" Moon said, as she looked up at the stairs. "Let's go" Mia said. "Thunder opened the vent cover, which conveniently had loose screws, so it came off easily. As he climbed in, Moon started up the stairs very carefully. As she was climbing, the stairs began to wobble. Moon, regardless of the wobbling stairs, made it into the vent. As she pulled herself in, Boots began his ascent. Just as he got to the top, the stairs began to wobble again, but managed to stay standing. Just as Boots climbed in the vent, Mia started climbing. Halfway up, the stairs finally began to fall. HURRY MIA" Boots called. Climbing the stairs as fast as she could, Mia raced up the stairs, which were crumbing behind her. At the very last second, she dove for the vent, just as the last of the stairs fell away. Mia grabbed onto the edge of the vent with her paws. "MIA" the others all yelled as Mia was dangling on the edge of the vent.

As Lightning, Blaze, and Sun were working their way down the vent, they heard a loud shout echo through the vent. Did you guys hear that?" Lightning asked. "Yeah" Blaze and Sun said together. "It sounded like someone saying…Mia" Lightning said. "Let's go" Blaze said, "They may need our help." "Right" Lightning said as they picked up the pace towards where they heard the shout. As they got closer, the air vent expanded so they were able to get through it easier. As they reached the end, they saw Boots, Thunder and Moon standing at the opening to the air vent. "Guys" Lightning said as they approached his siblings. "You came back" Moon said as she ran to Sun and gave her a hug. "I'd never leave you behind." Sun said, returning the hug. "Where's Mia" Blaze asked. "She's hanging on the edge" Boots said, panic in his voice. "Let's pull her up" Lightning said, showing them the rope they brought and ran to the edge. "Good thinking" Boots said. "Mia, grab onto the rope with your teeth and we'll pull you up" Thunder said as they lowered the rope to her. "OK" Mia said before grabbing the rope. "Everyone, grab hold and pull" Blaze said as he grabbed the rope with his teeth. "Right" the others said together as they grabbed the rope and pulled. Slowly, but surly, Mia was pulled into the vent. "Thanks guys" Mia said, looking down and breathing heavily. "No problem" Blaze said. "Blaze?" Mia said as she looked up and saw her brother, tears coming to her eyes, "It is you." And with that, she ran up to him and gave him a big hug, tears still coming from her eyes.

"Well, thanks for doing business with me" Dr. Calico said to his associate. "No problem" the associate said, getting up from his seat, "and if you don't mind, I would like to go with you and see that the pests are 'taken care of'." "Not at all" Dr. Calico said, as he got up from his seat and headed to his car, "Right this way." As they climbed in the car, Dr. Calico's phone rang. "Hello" He spoke into the receiver. "Hello. I want to know how things are going." The voice on the other end of the line said. "Who is it?" the associate asked. "The mastermind" Dr. Calico said, "Uh everything is going fine. I just picked up the other one and we're now going to check on the pests." "Good" the mastermind said, "Just remember, if you fail, neither of you don't get your revenge on the girl." And with that, the mastermind hung up the phone.

"Where are we now?" Rhino asked after 5 hours of walking. "Let's check the map" Bolt said. Mittens pulled the map out from under Bolt's collar ad unrolled it. "It looks like we're about 1 mile short of here" Mittens said, pointing to a spot on the map that showed a set of train tracks intersecting with a river. "Great," Crystal said, "So all we need to do is…AHHHHHHH." Bolt, Mittens and Rhino turned to see where Crystal was looking and saw 2 wolves coming at them from over a large snow bank. "Uh oh" Rhino said. Mittens started shaking in fear and pushed up against Bolt for comfort. "What are you guys doing in our territory" the first wolf, a tan female, growled at them. "Easy honey," the second one, a grey male, said, placing a paw on her shoulder, they just look lost." "Yeah, we are" Bolt said, trying to remain calm. "Relax you guys, we won't hurt you" the male said. Upon hearing this, they all calmed down. "Where are we?" Bolt asked. "Jasper Park, Canada" the female wolf said. "Where are you guys going?" the male asked. "Niagara Falls" Mittens said. "Someone took our kids" Bolt said. "Yours and hers" the male asked, gesturing at Bolt and Crystal. "No" Bolt said, wrapping a paw around Mittens, "Mine and hers." "A dog and a cat?" the female asked. "Yup" Mittens said. "We get that all the time" Bolt said. "Well, I'm sorry to hear about your kids being taken" the male said, "Niagara falls is about 2,500 miles from here." "Oh no" Mittens said, tears coming to her eyes, "we'll never get them back now." "Relax Mitt's" Bolt said, is there any way we could get there faster than if we walk?" "I think there's a train" the female said. "I think you're right" the male said. "Great" Rhino said, "Where is it?" "About 1 mile north of here" the male said, "We'll show you the way." "Thank you" Bolt said.

After about 30 minutes of walking, the sun started going down, and the group stopped. "A train should be passing by here in the next few minutes or so" the female wolf said. "It should say 'Niagara Falls Express' on the side" the male wolf said. "Thank you for your help" Mittens said. "No problem" the female said, before turning away with the male. "Will we ever see you guys again?" Bolt asked. "I'm not sure," the male wolf said just as a train started to come into view, "but I have a feeling we might." And with that, the 2 wolves ran off into the distance and Bolt, Mittens, Rhino, and Crystal jumped into an open box car on the train headed to Niagara Falls and fell asleep for the night.

I really hoped those wolves would eat her, Crystal thought, I'll just have to come up with a new plan.

SO THAT WAS CHAPTER 8. PLEASE REVIEW. CHAPTER 9 WILL BE UP NEXT SATURDAY/SUNDAY.

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