Another kind of short chapter but critical to the plot none the less. We meet up with some familiar faces but that's all I'm gunna say Enjoy, Read & Review.


Chapter 11

Bolt stood there and simply held Penny for what felt an eternity but once he let go he wanted to hug her again.

"Penny…I thought I'd never see you again…this is amazing!" Bolt could hardly speak and for the first time in his recent memory he realized his tail was waging and rather hard too.

Aleu and Kodi where both having a hard time processing exactly what they were witnessing. Bolt had told Aleu some things about Penny that morning but she was shocked to see the two reunited. Mittens was equally surprised as Penny as just told her Bolt was nowhere to be found and here he was standing in front of her.

"Bolt…what happened to you? Where have been?" Penny asked now that the initial shock was over and Penny realized she wasn't dreaming.

Bolt sighed both in contentment and reflection "I've been to hell and back Penny but none of that matters now cause I'm here now." As Bolt finished talking he looked over Penny's shoulder to see Mittens staring at him. When she noticed this Mittens stood up and walked over to Bolt and looked him straight in the eyes.

Bolt grabbed Mittens' soft white paws and said "Look Mitts I don't care what you might think of me now, but I want you to know this, I've always loved you even if you don't feel the same way and I'm sorry I was so stupid I let you get away from me." Bolt's amber eyes seemed to look straight into Mittens soul through her emerald ones.

"Look Bolt I appreciate the sentiment but I've moved on okay," Mittens said sighing and taking a step back from Bolt then offered her hand for a handshake.

Bolt frowned but took the offered paw and sighed, "I thought as much, it's still good to see you Mitts, I missed you."

"I know you did Bolt, but…it's just been to long, all I can be to you now is a friend." Mittens said letting go

"Say Bolt! Looks like you've got something here to take care of, Aleu and I better get to school or we'll be late so just meet us at home at 4:15 okay." Kodi had spoken up just then thinking it was best if he and Aleu left Bolt alone.

"Alright guys see you later." Bolt said turning around and facing the wolf-dog siblings. He waved goodbye as Kodi had to practically push Aleu to make her walk away.

"Who were they Bolt?" Penny asked as she watched to duo walk down the sidewalk and out of sight.

"I think I should start from the beginning." Bolt said taking a seat at the table Penny and Mittens had been sitting at

Balto sat on the steps of the local military bases head building. He had attempted to file his report on what exactly had happened the day previous, but his superiors said they where well aware of the events that had transpired. That wasn't what was bothering him, What made Balto uneasy was that he had gotten to meet the man who called him that morning, Dr. Calico was a tall human male very skinny, and older based of the amount of grey hair the man had, but with one strange appendage, one of the man's eyes was green and over sized with a distorted pupil much like a cat's eye. Dr. Calico had once again assured Balto that Bolt's death was critical to the military as a precaution to prevent Bolt from telling someone any government secrets. There was one thing in particular about what the man said that stuck out and made Balto a little wary of Calico's intentions.

'Balto I think it would be best if Bolt knew nothing of this exchange or even that you came here today, you see we monitored every aspect Bolt's physical and mental health during his gene augmentations and it would seem that he associates me with a high level of pain and stress. You see he constantly had nightmares during testing and when we could get us to say what they were about often I was presented as the main antagonist. Balto if you mention even just my name he may react unpredictably and you'll lose the trust you'll need to execute him. I'm sure you understand this.'

Balto thought over the exchange for a moment. He had decided almost right after he listened to Calico's voicemail that morning that he wouldn't kill Bolt and now he had a reason not to trust even those who he worked for.

"I think it's about time to stop following orders and start doing what's right." Balto said as he reached over to his left arm and tore off the flag patch that was sewed there then he reached over to the right side and did the same to his rank patch. "No more General Balto, time to get back to Balto the wolf-dog."

Balto stood up and walked away, he had a lot of planning to do.