mumbled and tried to sit up. He wasn’t lying this really was his first gun shot wound. When the others would see it they will respect him a bit more. The soldier who has had a gun shot wound is somehow "better soldier" because he/she has a scar from the gun shot and is still alive; another stupid idea that is figured out middle of SE* dogs (*if you didn't know Speedy serve in Silver Eagle squadron Check M.S.D.F Operation: Silver Wind part 3/3)

Dina ignored Speedy and walked towards the door when suddenly it was kicked open. The whole SE team was standing in the door- they walked in. Scope came first- his helmet hanging in his bag, then Janice came in and others led by Jetz and Salama.

"What the..?" one dog who was near the door started but a hard slap from Janice stopped it and dog hit onto the ground.

"Shut up you...." She didn't say anything else rest was only growling.
"Nice slap Janice!" Speedy shouted while he rose on his fours.
She turned her look on him but only nodded her head and let a small smile.

Barker walked in and looked at Balto who walked in front of Aleu. "If you want to have her you have to fight for her!" Kodi barked and walked up next to Balto.

"Let’s just stop this bloodshed.... We need our soldiers against the SS not against you," Barker said calmly and nodded to the soldiers and two of them who were carrying a red cross on their sides ran and took Speedy out from the cage. One of them was Katchi second was someone else whose name is Trase. He is a brown-and-white Greenland dog who isn't so bad soldier only "Quiet Saver".

"Here is someone who you have missed," Lightning said and released Dusty who ran to the other dogs.

Kat and Trase helped Speedy to walk and asked few questions "What’s your feeling?" Kat asked and checked Speedy's wound. "Nothing special right now," Speedy joked and smiled at her- she didn't smile back.

"I hope that you have your grenades you Dummkopf," Trase said, he joked liked always.

"Thanks that you have kept Speedy alive, without your help he would be dead right now," Barker said to Balto, then he took serious style. "But now this game is over, we don't have enough time to chase your daughter, Balto! She is a wolf pack leader and she lost her pack! And you are now coming with us!" Barker said seriously and looked straight into Balto’s eyes. Speedy heard those words, this meant a quick end for this mission which had failed already. Now Barker was saving everything that was still left.

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On the way the soldiers chatted with each other again. "You know Speedy you are a kind of lucky dog! Damn you are SO lucky!" Scope said to Speedy who was walking next to Trase who was supporting him.

"Well Scope I'm not so sure..." Speedy said quietly and tried to look brave but every step made his wound burn that still looked fine. "What are you telling to me?! You can't say that you didn't sleep better or get food better than we? Aren't you?" Scope said with bad English, sometimes he loved using it no one didn't get why but he used it, same did Legion, Little brother and Lightning.

Cooper was only watching. He was guarding Aleu and Balto while they walked. He didn't like being babysitter for two half wolves, more he would have liked to chat with other soldiers. Cooper shook his head a few seconds and started to think about something.


"Aww I suggest that we will change Cooper from his watch turn," Sniper said while she joined the chat group.

"Well I suppose... Alright COOPER! Come over here you will be changed with another private!" Jetz shouted. Jetz who is a purebred soldier had always thought about his teammates, his past isn't so horrible like the others’. He has faced the army when his owners didn't have enough money to keep a house and a dog so they sent him to the army. That family’s head- the father- had always been drinking his money away. He isn't alive anymore. He had slapped his wife and kids. If he hadn't been slapping his family or been a drunkard he would have still been alive. He isn't anymore- Jetz killed him when he saw him alone. He got his revenge and he felt better now and same about his old owners too he never talked about that thing. The war against S.S.W.D had taken his life away from him. He is now a killing machine like the others in the army; they have to kill or be killed and the last option isn’t the favored one. This "war" against S.S.W.D isn't a real war like WWI, this fight is called a war but actually it is only a law vs. criminals, but for soldiers it still counts as a war...

"Alright!" Cooper shouted and rushed up to the chat group and started to talk with the others like everyone else did.

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Later in the night... It was a quiet and beautiful night once again. The sun was low and there was no wind.

"TEAM HALT!" Suddenly a voice commanded and all dogs broke their formation and split up on flanks.
The alley where the soldiers stopped was a pretty quiet one. It was like an old huge ditch- on its sides were too hills and atop of them were trees.

"Again this sort of mission!" Scope growled and ran to the side and lay down next to a bush. He didn't choose to do that his reflexes made him. Every dog that had faced the army will do whatever they have been ordered to do.

"What now?" Cooper said and sneered at Speedy who was having a bit hard time with his wound.

"Who knows…" Speedy said and whined a bit. Janice gave to him a small look, "Are you alright Speedy? You don't look so good," she said while she walked next to him. "I guess that I am..." Speedy said and felt when Janice checked his wound. She wasn’t a medic in her real life, she became a soldier like others.

"Aww it doesn’t look so bad… I guess you will stay alive for a while," she said and giggled. No one knew why she was in the army but Speedy and the others knew that she never wanted to be a soldier. She had always wanted to be in a sled team. Even that she looks beautiful- that doesn't mean that she isn't as crazy as the other soldiers. Every dog will loose their mind under machinegun fire except soldiers. They can stand that, no one else can that good.

"Janice...?" Speedy asked suddenly, he wanted to know why Janice was in the army.

"Yes?" she asked and gave him a small look.

"Why are you in the army..? Not just like I only want to know…" Speedy said. He tried not to annoy or hurt her.

"No Speedy... I can't tell that... I don't want to talk about it," with those words she ran away.

"I know your feelings... I just know," Speedy said to himself and lay down. Suddenly all soldiers where ordered to come back to their places and settle down.

A few moments later two soldiers both shouted in different styles: "Alert! ALERT! Aleu and Balto have escaped!" Soon every soldier jumped up on their fours and started checking around.

"What the heck is bothering my dreams!" Scope shouted angrily and got up while he yawned. "I don't like surprises!" He continued and shook his fur.

"Get moving! We have wolves to get!" One officer shouted and ran towards the others who were running towards the forest.


"Aww damn..." Little brother growled and started to run like the others following the running soldiers.

"C'mon everyone! Move out! Let's get those half breeds!" One of the officers encouraged the soldiers that were running like devils.

After 20 minutes of the "cat and mouse" game Balto and Aleu were caught by Aleksi's team. Scope and the others panted when they saw that Barker was in trouble with Aleksi who was blaming him.

"W-what do you mean?" Barker asked Aleksi who smiled evilly at him. "I know that you are lying to me. But I won't swallow that, I have heard your reports, and I wasn't very pleased," Aleksi snapped and walked towards him, and stopped close to him. "I was hoping that you are better leader Barker, you have disappointed me and for the whole M.S.D.F army AND especially to the USA!" Aleksi said and looked at two of his team members who nodded their heads in agreement. Barker retreated a few steps and sat down.
"This will be over until we get back to the island, then we will hear Derag's decision."

Scope especially nodded he hated Barker really much. He had wanted to strangle him many times but Jetz had always stopped him before he would have attacked.

Aleksi snapped and joined the SE team. Cooper walked next to Aleu who didn't want to move; after a few slaps she started moving.

"Your team members are too violent," Aleu whined to Aleksi who looked over his shoulder.

"You should see them in action then you will say if they are violent," Aleksi said sarcastically but yet seriously.

Aleu tried to saying something but she realized that it's better to be quiet.

"Stop whining!" Scope mumbled at Aleu while he passed her. She growled after him.

A few hours later even the sun had started shining.

Dog team was near the area where they spotted two SS trucks. "Team we spotted two SS trucks, who
knows if they spotted us," Aleksi warned everyone to be careful.

"SS trucks?" Scope asked Legion who only shook his head.

At a huge hill something strange was going on. A pair of binoculars shone in the sunlight.

One officer was looking at those dogs and mumbled something to his team members who were pulling blankets out from the truck’s stage. Two German 25 cm schwere Minewerfers* were showing in the daylight. (Heavy Mine-Thrower More information form http://www.frontline18.com/history/253/)

The officer smiled when he saw the dog team, he aimed at them and said the commands:
"Distanz dreihundert Meter, Einrichtung sieben... FEUER!"

Soon two huge explosions were heard from the hill where the SS was. Two heavy mines went into the air.

"What the heck was that?" Barker asked Aleksi who looked at the sky. Suddenly he saw two objects that were coming down towards