Disclaimer: I don't own bolt or any of the characters. Just my Oc's. And this fanfic. The idea and credit of the "Rage Levels" go to Richer1992. I just changed the color scheme.

Chapter 3: Explanations... sort of

Mitten's point of view

" Hey Wags, you okay?" I asked Bolt as I stared at his unconscious body, poking him with my finger- I guess?

" Hey cat." Rhino yawned rolling in, when he Bolt's body he yelled, " What happened here!"

" Just shut up and go get Penny!" I snapped.

" I'm on it!" He saluted.

A few moments later, Rhino rolled back in with Penny close behind him muttering, " What could have gotten Rhino so riled up?" When she say Bolt she yelled, " Mom! Bolt's hurt!"

Her mom came running in and took one look at Bolt and grabbed her phone and car keys. "Come on Penny! Wrap Bolt up in some towels and get him in the car." Penny did and they were gone faster than lighting.

I walked over to the couch and lay down beside Rhino, watching tv. Surprised he isn't freaking out.

"I can't take it anymore! I have to go see if he's okay!" He suddenly yelled.

Guess I spoke too soon. I sighed and said, " Don't worry, Rhino. I'm sure Bolt will be fine."

" Do you even know how he got like that?" He asked.

" No, but he said something about getting jumped by-"

" WHAT!" He yelled, interrupting me, " When I see who ever did that to them, oh I'll make them wish that they were never born!"

" Don't worry, Bolt also said that a new dog did that for ya." I said. Rhino's ears immediately perk up and he replied, " Well then, I believe that we deserve to give thanks to who ever saved Bolt."

" I don't know Rhino. Just think for second. Do you really want to mess with a dog that so easily got rid of Bolt's bullies when Bolt himself couldn't do it?" I could tell that he was thinking when he finally said, " Yes." I followed him outside through the dog door and walked across the street. We ran into a dog with a bad bite mark on his leg sunbathing in the middle of the yard.

" Hey there I'm Rhino." Rhino introduced.

The dog took one glance at him and said in a serious voice, " Rhino? The hamster?"

" Well I'm not all hamster, I'm one-sixteenth wolf with a little wolverine in there somewhere."

" Anyway I'm Mittens." I said. He took one glance at me and said in the same serious voice, " Let me guess: Used to have a home, got DE-clawed, lived on the streets of New York pestering pigeons, and got drug across the country by a dog thought he had super-powers."

I just sat with my mouth open til Rhino closed it. I shook my head and said, " How did you know that?"

He said, " You told me, just now."

I just squinted at him and said, " Anyway, what's your name?"

" Auron."

" Okay then, Auron. Have you saved any dogs recently." I said carefully.

" Yeah I did. Why do you ask?"

" Well, I've got friend that told me you saved him."

" Was it a white German Shepard?"

" Yes."

" Then it looks like I saved you're friend, Bolt."

" Yeah, me and Rhino just wanted to say thanks for saving his life."

" Don't mention it. It feels good to save humans and animals in need. Besides, the main reason that I saved Bolt is that the two dogs that attacked him used to be in control of a gang that I was apart of."

" A dog gang?" I said disbelievingly.

" Yes, a dog gang. They went by the name of CSB, or the California State Bloods. We were the most brutal and the most territory controlled gang that this state has ever known. We never lost a challenge. That was, until, me and sister moved in."

" What do you mean?"

" I mean that the leader, the big dog that attacked Bolt first, his was name was Bash, lost a fight for the first ever since he became leader."

" Who beat him?"

" Me." He sighed and continued, " After that, when I became leader, I tried to reach out to the other gang leaders by calling a meeting at the usual spot: the junkyard. I told them that I've made a promise to myself that if possible, I would end this violence and all of the grudges that the gangs have against each other. So that way we could all live in peace and spill no more blood. There were ten of us at the meeting. Five agreed. Five didn't. The five of us that wanted to end the bloodshed tried to convince the other five to agree as well. They just laughed at us and left the junkyard all at once, in an alliance. The rest of us just tried to find out a way to live the rest of our lives in peace. We finally agreed on combing our forces together to form one big gang. With all of our members together we thought that we would be able to rid the world of the Unconvinced Five. You see once a leader has been beaten or killed in combat with no one to take his or her's place, the gang has no choice but to disband. That's what happened to four of the Unconvinced Five. When we went to take down the final one, we were suddenly surrounded by enemies. That was where four of the allied five leaders were killed. I was the only one left." He sighed again and continued, " That's where I got this."

He turned around and showed us his neck. I gasped at what I saw: it was a huge scar that ran from one side of his neck to the other.

" Yeah, it still hurts sometimes." He turned back around and continued, " The fifth leader nearly killed me, but wanted my gang members and my sister to watch me die, to see the twinkle of light that holds your soul disappear from my eyes. But for some reason I didn't die. What happened was that my body was suddenly enveloped in a blue light that healed my neck wound. Then a purple light that gave me the strength to stand up. Then lastly a black light that gave me impossibly strong power: Increased strength, increased agility, increased stamina. With all that power I found out that I could level an entire building without hurting myself. That's how we won the war. After that I found out that the power doesn't come without a price. The price was: the power was nearly uncontrollable. When I say 'nearly uncontrollable' I mean that I had taught myself to be able to activate the power at will. After the war was over I was captured by animal control. I spent the better part of three human years in that place. The week before I was meant to be put down, a family, a nice family, adopted me. We moved here and on the way I made a vow to myself that whenever I get the chance, even if it means to end my life, I would save some one else's." That's why I did what I did. That's why I didn't do nothing and sit there and watch your friend get killed. That's why I ran in the fight and protected him, knowing that that might've been the night that I died. Hell, after all the stuff that I've seen and done. I would welcome Death with open arms."

When we heard Auron finish his story, I saw Penny's mom's van pull into the driveway.

" Well thanks for the story, but seeing how Penny is home with Bolt, we should go check up on him, right Rhino?"

" Right." Rhino said.

" I might as well go with you, to how the kid's doin'. That is if you'll let me." Auron said getting up.

" Yeah alright. Besides it'll be a good chance for Bolt to thank you for saving him." I said, nodding.