Well well well here we have Chapter 6 things start to cool down for Bolt and Balto...for now. as always enjoy, read, and most importantly review.
Chapter 6
"So…Balto…what exactly is it you want from me?" Bolt asked from his position on the hard concrete road he'd fallen on after Balto shot him.
"Well, Bolt, personally I want you to rot in hell for what you did to my friend, Charlie, but as a member of the military it's my duty to return you to them because, you see, your technically government property." Balto nearly growled at Bolt as he spoke.
"Your…friend?…Oh! You mean that annoying mutt I Superbarked this morning." Bolt may not have been able to move but his attitude was just a ferocious
This statement caused Balto to lose his temper so he lifted Bolt up off the ground and held him up by his shirt collar so the two were face to face despite Bolt being a few inches shorter than Balto.
"You wanna say that again you little shit." Balto snarled as he spoke.
"You know I would say it again but I have the feeling you punch me…wouldn't want you to hurt your paw now would we." Bolt chuckled; he seemed unfazed by his defeat, loss of powers and not to mention his current immobility.
Balto pulled back his paw ready the strike the snarky Sheppard but he felt someone grab it just as he was ready to thrust forward.
"Balto! Don't you dare hurt him again." Said a very familiar voice one Balto had heard many times before and he responded without even turning around.
"Sasha…please… this is nothing you need concern yourself with." Balto said without turning around because he knew as soon as he confronted her he'd have to tell her of her mate's passing. "Just…just go home and I'll talk to you later…okay?"
Sasha was displeased with just being told off like she was someone totally irrelevant; she knew good and well Balto and Charlie had been assigned to the same assignment and anything Charlie was a part of so was she.
"Sasha I don't mean to be rude but really I have something important to tell you and I think it would be best if I told you somewhere, anywhere, other than right here." Balto Pleaded with the Irish setter.
"Alright, fine then Balto ignore me, talk to you later…Bolt." Sasha commented before walking in the opposite direction.
"What the hell just happened here?" Balto had let his eyes wonder to the ground but quickly snapped his head back up at the mention on Bolt's name.
Bolt simply smiled "Well while you were out looking for me looks like I made a friend." his smile genuine but smug.
"Whatever, your coming with me Hollywood" Balto said as he swung Bolt over one solder and bent down to grab his rifle before starting to walk home.
"Who you callin' Hollywood? Wolf-dog!" Bolt shot back slightly humiliated he had to be carried.
"Hey how'd you guess?" Balto chuckled lightly at Bolt's attempt to make him angry again. "You know Bolt, I'm not always running around with a gun and punching people unconscious, I'm pretty calm most of the time."
"Yes I can see it now Balto the sweet, loving, and thoughtful wolf-dog, pay no attention to the white Sheppard he just immobilized and is now carrying, against his will mind you, to an undisclosed location." Bolt said sarcasm dripping past his fangs.
"Look, Bolt I'm not exactly thrilled to have a former killer eating dinner with my family but I don't have any other choice no one can know what you really are until the military deems the information surrounding Project Phantom is declassified." Balto sighed as he spoke, he really felt bad for Bolt, hiding him away like some kind of disease.
"Now about this Project Phantom I'm a part of, how come I never got a say in what was going on?" Bolt asked as he realized that perhaps now was the time to probe Balto for some information.
"Well I don't know much about the specifics, but…did you agree to be part of an experiment?" Balto asked.
"Yeah it was a few years back and I needed some cash but what does that have to do with me being locked up underground and genetically fucked with?" Bolt questioned.
"Well just for future reference, though I doubt you'll need it, if you ever sign up for anything dealing with the military you might as well try jumping onto a moving cause you life could go either way." Balto said thinking deeply about just what he meant as he said this.
"Dually noted, so why are you still in the service if it's such a hellhole?" Bolt asked.
"Well to make a long story short I really didn't have too many options not many, even in today's society, look down on the fact that's I'm half wolf even if they don't say anything directly most would prefer it if I didn't exist." Balto said somberly, it never failed to bring down his mood down whenever Balto had to think about all the worlds prejudice and bigotry, but that was pushed from his mind as he saw his home come into view.
"So is this the place?" Bolt said seeing as how they had come to a stop.
"Yep, Home sweet home." Balto said, "So can you stand yet Superdog?"
"Well only one way to find out." Bolt said as Balto brought him down from over his shoulder.
As Bolt's paws hit the ground he stumbled for a second, but quickly rebounded and stood up straight as an arrow.
"Well looks like I can stand okay but walking might be a little harder." Bolt commented waddling a little as he attempted to walk around a bit.
"Come on you can sit down once we're inside. I want you to meet the family and the two dogs responsible for helping me take you down." Balto laughed as the two walked up the front steps of the house.
