were yelling and throwing things at both Balto and Brent, and yelled, ‘’get off the track, you mutts!’’

Brent ignored the people and ran beside Balto, replying, ‘’Balto, get into that alley. Remember, if your past self sees you, either one of the two things I explained could happen.’’

Balto nodded and turned a sharp left, cutting through the crowd. But Brent didn’t have enough time to stop. He slammed right into a fence and fell backward onto the snowy ground. He looked back and saw that Steele and his team had crossed the line, and Balto was with (we’ll identify the past characters with a young prefix.) young Jenna and Rosy. He could hear their voices clear enough that he decided to just stay in his position and listen while the scene unfolded.

‘’Balto,’’ Rosy remarked, ‘’what a crazy thing to do. Just to show off for a pretty girl.’’

Young Balto then looked and young Jenna and smiled.

‘’I bet Jenna would love to have you on her team.’ Rosy replied happily and started to put her sled harness around young Balto’s neck. Suddenly, Rosy’s father ran up and grabbed his daughter, yelling at Balto. Rosy asked her dad why he did such a bad thing, and his answer was, ‘’he might bit you honey. He’s part-wolf.’’

Young Balto sighed, turned and walked slowly down the street.

Brent got to his feet and walked to where Balto was. He poked his head in and grabbed Balto. Both dogs then walked to where Jenna was hiding. Suddenly, just as they rounded the corner, Brent noticed that Jenna was missing.

‘’Hey! Where’d Jenna go?’’ Balto questioned. Brent shook his head.

‘’I have no idea, but I think this may help.’’ He then pulled out a small object and turned it on. Balto stared in shock at the small object.

‘’What on earth is that?’’ he asked. Brent smiled.

‘’It’s a Location Detector. When I increased your youth, I also gave you a unique tracking beacon. I can figure out and know wherever you guys are at any time. And it looks like Jenna is underneath the hospital.’’

‘’C’mon, let’s go rescue her!’’ Balto replied and ran to aid his beloved Jenna, with Brent right on his heels.

Near the entrance to the boiler room, 4:58 pm,

The boiler room door looked to have been torn off, and Balto cautiously approached the door. He peered inside and saw that the coast was clear. He motioned for Brent for follow, which Brent did so. Both dogs walked into the boiler room and squeezed into the small crawlspace under the hospital. Balto led the way, and Brent took the rear. Finally, both arrived at the spot where Balto and Jenna had spent their first romantic moment together. And then Brent looked at his radar screen. Jenna’s blip had disappeared.

‘’Uh oh.’’ He replied. Balto saw what was wrong.

‘’Where’d Jenna’s blip go?’’ he questioned. Brent shook his head.

‘’I can’t understand it. The blip will stay on a subject until I deactivate it with this machine,’’ Brent then held up a small box with a red button on it. Brent then go a brain blast, ‘’wait one second. The only other way that a blip will disappear is if it is not in the same time frame! Jenna’s been sent into the future.’’

‘’But I thought you said that you had to take a bit of time to repair the time machine?’’ Balto asked.

‘’Apparently, whoever used it must know a few things about fixing them to. Either that or I must have dropped my instruction manual in my lab back in 1947.’’ Brent then placed his thumb and index finger on his chin and started to pace. Balto then figured out who took Jenna. He exclaimed the answer, which startled Brent a bit.

‘’Steele! He must have done it! We have to save Jenna, and fast!’’

‘’Balto, there are two things wrong with that idea,’’ Brent noted, ‘’firstly, it could be a trap, and secondly, the time machine’s nowhere in sight!’’

Just as Brent finished his sentence, a small shine caught his attention. He walked over a large burlap blanket and revealed the time machine, with the previous date at January, 28, 1925. Brent pulled the machine out and set the destination time to match the previous time. He turned the machine on and jumped into the newly created warp, with Balto (who grabbed the time machine) right on his heels.

January 28, 1925, 7:34 pm,

Location, a large forest out in the Alaskan north. Balto and Brent appeared near the cliff of ice where Steele and his team had slid down. This event caused the team to crash, which delayed the antitoxin’s arrival in Nome. Balto and Brent hid on the side of the hill and peered over. Older Steele ordered Steele team to hold Jenna captive, while he and his younger self battled with Balto. Suddenly, Young Steele grabbed Young Balto and threw him to the ground. One of Steele’s team mates replied, ‘’hey, that can’t be legal!’’

Balto stared in complete shock as he watched the fight unfold. He had no idea that the fight was this intense. Finally, Steele grabbed Young Balto’s leg and threw him against a rock. Young Balto fell onto the ground and laid there, lifeless and limp. Balto and Brent stared in silence at the lifeless body of Young Balto. Balto then couldn’t take it any longer. He burst down the ice hill and slid to stop near the battlefield. Both Steeles looked up and were shocked at the sight. All of Young Steele team did the same. Brent slapped his forehead and hid out of view from the watchful eyes of the dogs. Balto growled and exclaimed, ‘’Steele! I knew you’d try a stunt like this one day! You, you tyrant!’’

Older Steele smiled and retorted, ‘’why thank you, Balto. I knew you had manners, but this is just flattery.’’

Young Steele stared at his older self.

‘’I thought you said that you were one of my distant older cousins!’’ he questioned angrily. Older Steele just smiled.

‘’My name is also Steele. Your mother named you after me.’’ He replied. Young Steele nodded and then turned to Balto.

‘’So you were right. There are two Baltos after all,’’ Young Steele sneered, ‘’I say we finish the older one as well.’’

Older Steele put up his paw and replied, ‘’don’t be hasty. I want to wait for his friend.’’

‘’Friend? This Balto has an accomplice hiding somewhere?’’ Young Steele asked. Older Steele nodded.

‘’Yes, and I know how to get him out of hiding.’’ Older Steele then rushed Balto and pinned him to the ground. Steele then grabbed Balto, and tied him to the musher’s sled. Finally, he grabbed the sled and got into a pushing position. Older Steele then called out into the woods, ‘’okay MacWolf. I know you’re out there! If you want to see you friend Balto and his younger self alive again, you have to get your furry butt out in the open and surrender you time machine to me.’’

Brent clutched his fist. He knew he had to save Balto.

‘’You have one minute, punk. After that, you’ll be picking up pieces of Balto at the bottom of the cliff here.’’ Older Steele mocked. Balto then yelled out, ‘’Brent, save Jenna and get out of here! Forget about me, and don’t do anything hasty!’’

But Brent didn’t want to forget about Balto. It was his machine that started this whole thing, and he had to make it right. Brent then looked around. He found a piece of a moose antler on the ground and used it to create a fake time machine out of wood. Brent then grabbed the fake machine and placed it on the icy hill. He then yelled down, ‘’okay, here it is. Now, let Balto and Jenna go, and I’ll pass down the machine!’’

Older Steele smiled and untied Balto then ordered his old team to release Jenna. Both dogs were about to walk up the hill, when both Steeles blocked their paths. Balto growled and exclaimed, ‘’you said you’d release us!’’

Young Steele grinned.

‘’We said we’d release you from your bonds, but we didn’t mean totally.’’

Brent saw the new problem and threw down the fake machine. He then slid down the icy hill himself. Arriving at the bottom, Brent ran at Older Steele, slamming him to the ground with his whole body weight. But Older Steele kicked Brent backwards with his hind paws and rushed at his body. Brent grinned and pressed a small button under his wrist watch. A bright light suddenly appeared, causing Older Steele to back up and go back to his original position. When the light disappeared, all the dogs stared in amazement at the sight. Brent has transformed into a human.

‘’Looks like the match has just gone into overtime, Steele, and the advantage is mine!’’

Brent then charged at Older Steele, knocking him out of the way. He then stared at the rest of the dogs.

‘’Anyone else want some of this?’’ he questioned. There was silence. Brent nodded and grabbed both Jenna and Balto and ran up the hill. Older Steele got to his feet and yelled, ‘’after him!’’

Only both Steeles chased after Balto, Jenna and Brent (with