Chapter 6
"Ow." moaned Aleu as she lifted her head up and opened her eyes to see everything spinning around. "I will leave some food and water on the floor for her and let her out now now." said the veterinarian as he left them for a while then came back with some food and water and put it in front of Aleu on the floor. "Let's leave her now said the veterinarian to the musher. "What about them?" asked the musher. "They can stay if they like, but I will leave the door open incase they want to go." replied the veterinarian.
"How do you feel." asked Jenna. "Not that bad, but were am I?" asked Aleu sleepishly as she walked out of the cage. "You are in the Nome animal hospital." answered Kodiak. "Aw." moaned Aleu as she walked out of the back room of the hospital and about to exit it. "Don't worry Nava and Niju are taking care of the pack while you are gone." said Balto following. "Well I want to get back now." said Aleu as he walked out side of the veterinarian. "Don't be silly sis you just had a bullet removed from your leg." said Kodiak as he ran in front of his sister to stop her. "Out of my way Kodiak." said Aleu angrily trying to focus on her brother but she still saw things spinning around though it was getting better." Look Aleu you aren't going anywhere at least until tomorrow." said Jenna. "I would love to stay with you all but, I am leaving now." replied Aleu a little angry. "And just how do you plan on doing that if you can't get past me." said Kodiak.
Aleu knew he was right if she moved one way Kodiak would just stand in the way so she looked at the wall of the veterinarian then past Kodiak, and decided to try and jump past him so she jumped onto the wall and past Kodiak, but she had not figured how to land with only three good legs since the one that had been hit by the bullet was too saw to land on. Thud went Aleu as she landed, but fell down and struggled to get back up. Aleu knew that she was too weak from lack of blood to try anything else so she gave in.
"Alright I will stay but just until tomorrow." said Aleu. "Good now you are being sensible." said Kodiak. "I have just one question, who was it that brought me here?" asked Aleu. "Well Kodiak brought the musher to you and I led the team back to Nome." said Aleu walked over to Kodiak and slapped him across the face with her paw, Jenna was about to say something but decided not to. "That's for bringing me here after I told you not to." snapped Aleu as she walked of towards the boat were Balto lived. "Don't worry she knows she would have died if you didn't get the musher to take her to Nome." said Balto.
"Well I would love to stay with Aleu, but I must go now or my girl will get worried." said Jenna and with that she left. "I am going to stay with her, what about you?" asked Kodiak. "I might as well go back to the boat too." said Balto so the two of them walked back to the boat together. Balto and Kodiak were nearly at the boat when they saw Aleu laying in the snow facing towards the forest pushing herself up with her front legs, trying to get up after her last attempt to get back to her pack failed.
"Come on dad we better help her up and onto the boat." said Kodiak as he ran over to Aleu with Balto following. "You will never learn will you." said Kodiak as he and Balto helped her up, but Aleu didn't answer and just walked back to the boat leaning on Kodiak then walked up the plank and onto the boat and into the cabin. "Look Aleu you can't go back to your pack until you feel better and no matter what you say you don't feel better already." said Balto trying to talk some sense into his daughter. "Ok, I will go back tomorrow the latest and don't think you are keeping me here for another moment." said Aleu a little angry that they were right and she was wrong. "I will be back in a minute, I will go and get some food for you." said Kodiak to Aleu.
Kodiak ran of to town to get some food for Aleu and came back about ten minutes later with some food in his bowl and walked up the plank and into the cabin.
"Here you are." said Kodiak then Aleu looked at it and pushed it aside. "You moron I don't eat cooked food any more." snapped Aleu. "Sorry I didn't know, but the only food I know of around here that isn't cooked is fish and I hate fish." apologized Kodiak. "Well don't just stand there catch some." growled Aleu. "Ok, but the least you could do is be nice." said Kodiak as he walked of to try and catch a fish for Aleu. "He's right Aleu, you should show some appreciation towards him." said Balto. "What me to him, look I told him that I didn't want to go to Nome, but what did he do he brought me here." said Aleu. "Look Aleu you would have died if he didn't get help and I know that deep inside somewhere you know that." Balto told Aleu. Aleu didn't reply and pretended not to here him even though she knew that her dad was right, just as Boris walked onto the boat.
"What are you doing Kodi?" asked Boris who had just come from the boat and was now walked past Kodiak who wasn't having much luck at catching any fish. "I am trying to catch a fish for Aleu since she doesn't eat cooked food." said Kodiak. "Oh ok now I know what you are doing I thought you were playing with them." said Boris humorously. "Oh uncle Boris, you know I can't catch fish." said Kodiak. "Then stand aside and let me catch some for you." said Boris and after a little while he had caught three fish two medium sized and one small one. "Now that is what I call fishing." said Boris as he ate the small fish and gave Kodiak the other two. "Thanks uncle Boris." said Kodiak. "That's ok just play with Muc and Luc when they try to play with me." replied Boris. "Ok, I will." said Kodiak.
Kodiak picked the fish up and held them is his mouth by their tails and ran back towards the boat. Kodiak walked past his dad and into the cabin and placed the fish infront of his sister and waited for her to say that something was wrong.
"Thank you." said Aleu forcing the word out. "Your welcome." replied Kodiak with a cheerful smile on his face happy that he had finally pleased her and nothing was wrong and then he left the cabin so Aleu could be alone and eat. "I think I will spend the night here." said Kodiak to his dad as he watched the sunset. "Ok are you going to sleep in the cabin with your sister?" asked Balto. "I think it's safer for me to sleep out here." replied Kodiak a little humorously. "Oh, ok." said Balto sensing the humor in his son.
The afternoon went past and night came. Balto was having a restless dream and woke up to an unfamiliar smell in the air. Balto quietly got up so he didn't wake Kodiak and took a look around the boat remembering the words of Niju "The southern pack will stop at nothing to see Aleu dead." but Balto didn't find anything so he laid back down and tried to stay awake, but eventually he fall asleep. Morning came and the bright rays of the sun shone on the boat waking Balto up. Balto opened his eyes sleepishly and looked over to were Kodiak was sleeping, but he wasn't there.
"He is probably in the cabin." Balto thought to himself as he walked towards the cabin and looked inside. Balto looked inside the cabin to find it completely empty, not even Aleu was on the boat, they were both gone!
So what do you think, am I putting enough suspense in it?