Where Does the Time Go Balto?

A Balto fan fiction by silver_balto

Nome, Alaska, November 26, 1947,

It was a fidget morning in the little town of Nome. The townspeople sat indoor, warming themselves by their fireplaces. The Alaskan north was experiencing its lowest winter temperature since 1917. Inside a specific house near the outside of town, Balto and Jenna sat by the fire. They had grown older since Balto had saved the town almost 22 years before. Balto himself had aged quite a bit. His brown fur was now faded, and his bright eyes were now just hazy. Jenna, as well, looked old. Her beautiful red coat was now a faded pink colour. Rosy (Jenna and Balto’s owner) had gone to college in Anchorage, leaving both dogs at home with her senior parents. Balto smiled as Jenna leaned against his shoulder. He had everything he could have imagined. A beautiful wife, respect and friends. Then he remembered someone from his past. A mean dog who wanted to show him up, and even kill him. He just couldn’t place the name. Then it hit him like a ton of bricks. The dog’s name was Steele. He just wondered what had happened to the poor excuse for an animal after he was shunned by the town’s dogs. Unaware to Balto that right outside of the house, Steele walked by, making an angry scowl in its direction.

Steele growled to himself as he walked to his secret home. He had to make it secret, or else the other dogs would come and destroy the place. Steele walked into his home and lit up a small fire in an old stove he used as a fireplace. Steele muttered angry curses to himself, and finally replied, ‘’I’ll get that punk one day. That Balto will regret the day he took my popularity from me! I just have to figure out how.’’ Steele thought of revenge plans as he warmed his body by his miniscule fire.

Nome, the next day, 8:29 am,

As many townsfolk watched, a strange plane came into view above the skies of Nome. Everything was going good, until the plane clipped a radar tower. The pilot checked the altimeter and saw it was going down at an incredible speed.

‘’This isn’t good.’’ The pilot exclaimed as he tried to steer the plane toward a safe landing. Suddenly, the right wing flew off, and the plane headed toward the ground at a goofy angle. Finally, with a loud bang, the plane slammed into the snowy ground. It slid for about a few dozen meters, and then stopped. The pilot grabbed his head and got out of the plane, all the while the many residents of Nome were watching his every move. After about a few minutes, the pilot regained his senses and opened the cargo hatch. He pulled out various gadgets, tools, and materials. The mayor of Nome walked up and shook the pilot’s hand.

‘’Hello stranger, I am the mayor of this fine town of Nome, Alaska. Who might you be?’’

The pilot removed his flight helmet and smiled. He looked to be only sixteen years old. He shook the mayor’s hand courageously and replied, ‘’the name’s Brent. Prof. Brent MacWolf. I believe that I have a vacant house that I am to live in.’’

The mayor smiled and said, ‘’of course. You must be the inventor I’ve heard so much about. Come right this way.’’ The mayor put his arm around Brent’s shoulder and escorted him to his new home.

The house, which was previously occupied by an old woman, was in good condition considering how old it was. The one story home had the basics. A kitchen, a living area, a bedroom and a deck. Brent walked in with his stuff and found an empty room in the back to put his things. The mayor then gave a friendly handshake and left, leaving Brent to his own. Meanwhile, Balto and Jenna had decided to take a walk when they saw a strange man buying materials at the surplus store (est. 1946). They walked over and watched as the man picked through the various things.

‘’Do you have a Toyo T-1000 transistor lying around someplace?’’ he asked.

‘’Huh?’’ the store owner asked.

‘’Do you have a transistor from a Ford lying around?’’ the man asked again.

‘’Oh yeah.’’ The store owner replied and placed the part on the table. The man bought the part and walked out of the store. On his way out, he stopped when he heard Balto say something.

‘’Geez, what a geek!’’

‘’Hey buddy, watch what you say to people!’’ the man yelled at Balto. Balto jumped back.

‘’You…you…you heard me say that? You aren’t supposed to. None of the other people did back in 1925.’’

‘’I had the time, so I built a dog-to-English translator out of a toaster and a waffle maker.’’ The man retorted. Balto rolled his eyes.

‘’Okay then. Since you can hear me, then I might as well introduce myself. My name’s Balto and this is my wife Jenna. Who are you?’’ Balto asked.

‘’Prof. Brent MacWolf.’’ Brent replied. Balto gave him a puzzled look.

‘’Professor? Aren’t you a bit young to be that smart?’’ he questioned. Brent shrugged.

‘’I was skipped a few grades ahead when I was six. Anyway, would you two like to see my house? I just moved to Nome, and I need to get to know people. Plus, I have something to show you two. I brought it with me to finish here in my plane.’’ Balto looked at Jenna, who nodded.

‘’We’d love to.’’ He said. Brent smiled and led the two dogs to his new home.

Brent’s house, ten minutes later,

‘’C’mon in guys.’’ Brent replied as he stepped into his front hallway. Balto and Jenna followed, and were amazed at what had been done to the place. Even thought it had been a few hours since Brent had crash landed in the town, he had managed to renovate the entire house’s problems; the broken floor boards, the broken doors, and the smashed windows. Then Brent opened up a secret door and motioned for Balto and Jenna to follow, which they did. Down a small flight of stairs, and with the flick of a light switch, the room was revealed. Balto and Jenna’s jaws dropped. It was a secret lab under the house. Brent walked over to a machine in the farthest corner and placed the transistor into the machine. He then moved to one side and announced, ‘’allow me to introduce you to the future or the past or both. This is the Time Warper 2000, the world’s first real time machine. All I have to do is to punch in a specific time into this machine and press the large red button you see on the side here. Once activated, the machine will produce a time warp through which you can walk into and reappear in another time. I have also made a feature that will allow me to set an age that the person going through the portal would become upon exiting the portal on the opposite side. For example, if I wanted to go back to when Balto saved Nome in 1925, and I wanted to be forty-three at the time, I could set the machine so that even though I went 22 years into the past, I’d be 24 years older. Get it.’’

‘’I do, but I don’t think the readers have any clue.’’ Balto retorted.

‘’Don’t worry, they’ll get it eventually.’’ Brent answered sarcastically. They then left the lab, and Brent accidentally forgot to lock the secret door.

Later that night, Brent slept in his bed, unaware of what was about to happen. You see, a small Scottish terrier had overheard the explanation of the Time Warper 2000 and had told the entire population of dogs in Nome. A few hours later, even Steele, who normally didn’t get out much, had heard of the extraordinary machine. Then he got a brilliant revenge plan, but it involved that machine, which brings us to Brent’s house once again. Steele snuck quietly up to the house and tried the door. Surprisingly, it was unlocked. Steele grinned and looked inside. The front hallway was dark and quiet. The only noise that was heard in the whole home was the sound of Prof. MacWolf snoring loudly. Steele closed the door softly and looked for the machine. He sniffed the ground and bonked his nose into an open door. Steele shook his head and saw a small light coming from the open doorway. Steele walked slowly down the stairs and smiled when he saw the Time Warper 2000 in the corner of the secret lab. Steele walked toward it and examined the strange contraption. He remembered what the rumour had said, and typed in the destination time; January 27, 1925. Steele pressed the red button and watched as the machine shook and produced a clear, swirling portal. Steele stepped back and jumped through the portal. He had just done the first step in the biggest revenge plan of his life.

The next morning; November 28, 1947,

Balto walked out into the sunlight and yawned. He then noticed some people in the distance. He smiled and trotted over to them. But the people saw Balto and ran in fear.

‘’Huh?’’ Balto questioned himself and continued on his way.

During his walk, people had thrown things at him, and suddenly, the town of Nome hated him. But why? Then something happened that confused Balto even more. He saw people flocking around, of all people, Steele. Balto had thought everyone hated Steele, but now it seemed that the tides had turned. Just then, he heard Jenna’s voice.

‘’Balto! Balto! Come quick! It’s Brent! Something has happened!’’ she cried. Balto