Chapter 10: Hero's in all forms.

Sierra ran as fast as she could down the streets until she finally reached the house she was trying to find. She ran into the back into the doggie door.

"Steele! Steele, where are you!" Sierra yelled in tears.

"Sierra? Are you alright? What's wrong?" Steele said.

"Steele, I'm being chased! It's by the dog that blamed Toby for the crimes going on. Steele, I'm scared." Sierra said crying into Steele's shoulder. Steele held onto Sierra and looked around for any sign of Tuck.

"Sierra, lets go hide in the closet, we'll be alright." Steele said. Sierra nodded her head and followed Steele to the hall closet. Just as they opened the door, Tuck broke the window and climbed in. when he jumped, Sierra was in the closet but Steele wasn't.

"Where is she!?" Tuck yelled at the malamute.

"I won't tell you!" Steele roared.

Tuck then walked over to Steele and slammed him into the coffee table.

"Then we fight." Tuck said with an evil grin.

"I guess so." Steele said spitting out the blood in his mouth from when he hit his mouth on the table.

Wolf Pack.

"Come on everyone, we have to keep moving." Toklo said as the wolf pack followed him.

"Are we almost there?" Mark asked.

"Yup, look."

Mark looked to where Toklo was pointing and he saw the lights from the town.

"I have a strange felling right now, we have to find Balto and Jenna." Toklo said. With that said, the pack moved into the town, looking for Balto and Jenna.

Nome Pound

Toby sat in his cage and sighed, he was so bored just sitting in this cage all day. At one point, he decided to talk to Miles.

"Miles? How long will we be in here?" Toby asked.

"Not until they figure out who did this." Miles said.

"Ugh, this is so boring!" Toby said.

"I know kid, but we don't have much of a choice right now, we have to just wait." Miles said.

"I know, I just have a bad feeling." Toby said looking out of a near-by window.

Steele's House

"Look, I don't know who you are, or what you want from me, but I suggest you leave my house now." Steele growled.

"The name's Tuck, full bread wolf, cold hearted killer, and the one responsible for the crime going on around town." Tuck said with a smile circling around Steele.

"So it was you?" Steele said looking at Tuck.

you get to die along with Jenna's sister." Tuck said with an evil smirk.

"You son of a bitch." Steele yelled. Steele then jumped on top of Tuck and shoved him into the wall. "You get out of this house and leave us all alone!"

"Oh Steele, always such a tough guy." Tuck said mockingly. "Too bad your bite isn't as bad as your bark."

Steele gave Tuck a weird look but then, Tuck reached out and but Steele's left shoulder and caused the bone to snap. Steele yelled out as he felt his upper leg break causing him to let go of Tuck. As Tuck gained his balance back, Steele backed up into the closet door, startling Sierra, causing her to screech. Tuck then smiled and pushed Steele away from the door.

Tuck then dragged Sierra out of the closet and through both her and Steele into the corner and sat in front of them.

"Well, since I'm feeling so nice today, I'm gonna give you two a little longer to live. Now, I'm going to get some food from the kitchen, do not move." Tuck said walking into Steele's kitchen.

"Steele? Where's your owner?" Sierra asked in a low tone.

"He's… he's out of t.. town." Steele said.

Sierra looked over at Steele's shoulder and pressed her paw against the wound to stop the bleeding. Steele winced in pain when she pressed her paw against it.

"Sierra?" Steele whispered.

"Yes Steele?"

"Get out of here, he isn't looking, you can make it." Steele said.

"I'm not gonna leave you here." Sierra said.

"Sierra, I can't make it, I feel about ready to pass out." Steele said, losing energy in his words.

Sierra sat in the corner, still not knowing what to do, she had no idea what could happen.

Wolf pack

"Is that them?" Mark said.

"yup" Toklo replied. Toklo walked up to Balto and Jenna, who where looking over Sheema's body, trying to see if there was anything they could do.

"Balto?" Toklo said.

"Toklo, what are you doing here?" Balto asked.

"I'm here to help you, I know what's going on, where did Sierra go?" Toklo said.

"We don't know, she went that way." Jenna said with tears still in her eyes.

"Is there anyone you think she would have gone too?" Toklo asked.

"I think I know, follow me." Balto said starting to walk towards Steele'a house.

The pack began the short trip to Steels's house, they had no idea what they would find when they got there, but it was worth a shot. Since Steele lived in a house on the edge of town, there wasn't anyone there to see what was happening.

After a short walk, they reached the house and they heard a voice inside, a voice that was all to familiar, Tuck's. When they heard him talking, they knew they had to be careful, they knew he was dangerous. Once they walked around the house, they found a way in.

"Tuck!" Toklo shouted.

"Ah, well if it isn't Toklo and the pack, along with Balto and Jenna." Tuck said.

"Let them go Tuck, they never did anything to you." Balto said sternly.

As Balto spoke, he looked behind Tuck and saw that Sierra and Steele where just sitting in the corner. He noticed that Steele was bleeding and Sierra was trying to stop it the best she could.

"Why should I?" Tuck said.

"Tuck, please, why are you doing this?" Toklo asked.

"You kicked me out of the pack! You ruined me! I had nothing!" Tuck yelled.

As Tuck spoke, Steele built up as much strength as he could and leaped at Tuck. Steele was able to get a few good hits in but because he was already hurt, Tuck threw him off and then, began to hit and bite at his stomach. Soon, Tuck had managed to break his ribs as well and finally, Steele fell on the floor and started gasping for breath. Sierra ran over to Steele and tried to calm him down. As Sierra tried to comfort Steele, Toklo and Mark had jumped at Tuck as well and started to fight with him.

"You're going to pay for all of this Tuck!" Toklo yelled in his face.

"Not today!" Tuck yelled. Tuck threw Toklo off of him and ran out the front door into the forest.

The wolves stood there waiting for Toklo to tell them to run after Tuck. Toklo was about to tell them too go after him, until he looked over to Sierra, who was crying onto Steele's chest. When he walked over to them, he saw how bad Steele was, he was hardly breathing and he was unconscious.

"We need to take him to the vet, now." Toklo said.

"How are we gonna get him there?" Sierra asked.

"We have to carry him." Balto said.

"Mark, take everyone home, we'll take care of this." Toklo said.

"Okay. Let's go everyone!" Mark said leading everyone out.

Balto, Jenna, Sierra, and Toklo picked up Steele and brought him to the vet's office. While they waited for Steele to be done, they heard the doctor talking about Steele, they heard him say that he was going to need plenty of time to recover from his injuries. Finally, the doctor aloud the dogs to go see Steele.

When they walked into his room, he had bandages around his rib-cage and his left front leg. Sierra was the first to walk up to him and lay down next to him. Eventually, he woke up and rolled over to look at the dogs where waiting for him.

"Hey guys." Steele said.

"Hi Steele, how are you?" Balto asked.

"I'm sore, but I'm alright, thanks." Steele said. Steele slowly got up and hobbled over to Balto. "Look Balto, I'm sorry about our past, I'm sorry about everything I've done."

"Steele, apology excepted." Balto said.

"Thanks Balto, so… friends?" Steele asked.

"Friends." Balto said hugging Steele. Steele returned the hug and smiled.

"Alright, so what do we do about Tuck?" Sierra said.

"I'm not sure, we need to figure something out, fast." Toklo said.

So what's the plan gonna be? Find out soon.