That night, Kodi was anticipating Steele to fall asleep. Once he was finally asleep, he started chewing away. Nikki and Star had fallen asleep, while Kaltag was waiting for the hit on the head. It wouldn't knock him out, (although he'll claim it did) but it'll leave a mark. Kodi had to give Kaltag the sign to give Aleu the sign.

Kodi finally chewed his line. When it snapped, it made a large sound. Kodi froze at that moment. If that woke Steele up, that would be so bad! After a minute of being frozen, relief flooded through Kodi, and he proceeded forward.

Once in sight, he nodded to Kaltag, who bent his head down to let Aleu take her heat out on him. She did.

"OWW!" Kaltag yelled.

He didn't muffle his yelp like he should've. All three froze waiting to see whether or not Steele woke up. Once again, they lucked out.

"Good luck, you two! Escape! We'll stop and check on you when we can!" Kaltag said.

"Thanks, Kaltag! Really! I'm sorry about misjudging you like I did," Kodi said.

Aleu nudged Kaltag.

"Thank you so much! Tell Star and Nikki that too! Tell Star I love him! Good luck to you too!" Aleu said.

Kaltag and Kodi shook paws.

"Seriously, man! Watch your back! Steele will be enraged! You gotta make sure he doesn't try to spread the rumor even after get back, and also watch for him trying to attack you!"

"I will. You watch your back too! Try to get to Nome as quickly as possible!"

Kodi and Aleu went for a dead sprint home. Kaltag laid down to try to go to sleep. It would also make it look like he was unconscious.

Kodi had A LOT of explaining to do. Man, would he have to catch up on what he missed and try to get back on the team! He knew Dingo took his place, so it wouldn't be hard for Dingo to just resign and give Kodi his position back. What would Balto think? What would Jenna think? What about Dingo, Yukon, Nunivat, and Saba? What if his own team just forgot about him? What if Mr. Simpson doesn't love him anymore?

All this worry got Kodi to run even faster. He couldn't let his life go to waste. There is still that possibility Steele could've told the town whenever he went to Nome. What if that's true? Steele wouldn't! Or… would he?

"Come Aleu! Run faster!"

"I can't! I'm pregnant! Run ahead! The town will be more excited to see you, anyway!"

"No! Don't think like that! Even if it's true, you can't think that way!"

At a dead sprint, Kodi was getting tired himself. The fact that he was out of training didn't help! He slowed down for his and Aleu's sake.

"How much longer until Nome!?" Aleu cried.

"Not much longer! We… have to keep going! We can't stop now!"

"How much longer though!? An hour!? Or just a few minutes!?"

"I'm not sure about that one! I…"

Aleu collapsed to the ground.

"I can't go any longer! It'll hurt the pups!"

Kodi needed to get back to Nome! It was crucial at this point! But he can't leave Aleu out here! He can't make her keep running either! There were two options, wait for her to get ready to move again, or carry her. He chose B. He pulled her onto his back and started going again.

"What are you doing!?"

"I need to get home! I'll carry you to satisfy both of us!"

"Kodi, put me down! You're scaring me!"

"I got this Aleu! Keep calm!"

"I'll keep calm and carry on!"

"Search endlessly.

Fight 'til we're free!

Fly past the edge of the sea!

No mended knee.

No mockery!

Somehow we still carry on!" Aleu sang.

The singing helped Kodi run 80 pounds on his back. The average musher is 180 pounds with a sled, however he has 5 dogs working with him and the weight isn't on his back. He ran and ran. He ran until the town was finally in sight. When it was, Aleu jumped off of Kodi and ran with him.

"Skip the town! Run around the town! We need to get to dad's boat!"

Kodi and Aleu set their course to go the long way and around the town.

Balto was sitting on his boat crying, just begging for his kids to come back. Begging that Steele will bring his kids to safety. He soon heard a familiar howl. Two familiar howls! They were nearby! Could it be!? They're back! They're finally back!

With the though of incest in the back of his mind, he ran at full speed to his kids. He brought both of them in with tears in his eyes.

"Kodi! Aleu! You're back!" Balto yelled.

"I'm here, dad! I'm ready for service!" Kodi cried.

"I missed you, Papa!" Aleu said.

"I missed you too, Aleu! Don't run away ever again!"

"I promise I won't!"

The three dogs remained coupled to each other. Balto soon had to ask the question on why they mated, but now wasn't the time.

"Where were you three!? I heard what happened!"

"We were deep in the woods! We couldn't leave!" Kodi said.

"You didn't want the town to know… did you?"

Kodi and Aleu froze.

"Know what?" Aleu asked.

"Aleu, you're pregnant. Those pups don't belong to any of the males in your pack do they?"

"Papa, I…"

"You two mated. Kodi, you got your own sister pregnant! What's wrong with you!?"

Kodi and Aleu couldn't believe Balto fell for it.

"YOU BELIEVED HIM!? WHY WOULD YOU BELIEVE STEELE!? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?" Kodi roared.

"Calm down! What the hell are you talking about!? Steele had changed! He saw you two!"

"Dad, Steele is the reason why we've been gone for 6 months! You fell for his lies! He enslaved us!"

"What? Then… why did he help me fight off the bear instead of letting it just kill me?"

"He didn't want you dead. He wanted you to suffer! That whole thing was part of his lie!"

"Where were you guys when Steele invited me into his cave?"

"Star, Nikki, and Kaltag hauled us into the forest so you couldn't find us," Aleu said, "If you want to know the real father, it's Star."

"THEY TURNED ON ME!? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM! I'M GOING TO KILL THEM!"

"No, papa! They were getting blackmailed by Steele. Much like us."

"You were blackmailed?"

"He threatened to tell Nome that we mated if we didn't become his slave."

Balto then realized, Steele told Nome anyway.

"Oh my God! Kodi, Aleu… he told Nome anyway!"

"What!? So…"

"The whole town thinks you two mated! This isn't good! We have to stop this!"

"Do you want to know how badly we were abused? Did you see those blood stains on the floor of the den? That was from us! I passed out from blood loss!" Kodi said.

"I'M GOING TO KILL HIM! WHERE IS HE!?"

"We don't know. Our goal was to get to Nome. Now we have a new crisis on our paws!" Aleu said.