Kodi leaped over the mound of snow and stopped dead in his tracks. There he saw lying on the cold snow that made is heart skip 3 beats, it was his best friend, more of a friend than Kirby and Ralph combined. It was Dusty lying in the snow bleeding, badly bruised, and out cold.

"Oh my god... Dusty!!!" Kodi yelled running over to her. She opened her eyes, she couldn't see who it was with her eye sight blurry, so she thought Kodi was her attackers and said to Kodi "what's wrong... don't have the guts... to finish me... off" she said "Dusty... their gone... it's me... Kodi" he said knowing she can't see him well. "K-Kodi... thank god... a good guy" she mumbled, Kodi didn’t answer, but felt the rage building inside of him.

He looked into in her eyes, normally was full of joy and happiness and always brought him thoughts of the calming Bering Sea he always played in as a pup and the peaceful mountains that surround Nome. But these eyes of Dusty's were dull, lifeless, with tears of pain streaming out and only brought thoughts of revenge to ever did this to her.

Just then, a black figure comes crashing through the pile of snow Kodi jumped over. It was the best person ever at times like this, it was Medic. "Yo Kodi... don't ever challenge me to a..." he said panting but stopped short because he saw the injured dog lying in the cold snow.

Medic then lifted his eyes and mumbled "oh my god, 1st day, 1st DAY... OK, Kodi what happened" "I- I don't know I- I just found her like th- this" Kodi shuddered "Calm down I've seen too much of this, now she's awake right" "yeah she was just talking a second ago" Kodi was beginning to shake as he said it. "Aright kid, keep talking to her while I examine her, I've seen worse, don't worry".

Kodi bent down and wiped her tears and said "It's going to be OK Dusty, Medic is supposedly a professional you'll be back in town and back to yourself in no time" he said "K- Kodi... are you sure?"she breathed. Then Kodi's heart just fell and he lost all control of his actions and he licked her cheek, Kodi blushed real hard but Dusty couldn’t tell what it was due to her injures. Kodi gained control once more and said to her "Dusty, I'm absolutely sure" he said still blushing.

"Awww, how cute" Medic teased after he saw that whole thing. "Shouldn’t you be working on her, Medic" Kodi snapped at Medic now blushing from embarrassment. "Yo, chill, it's only a few cuts and bruises, big whoop" Medic said "Now let’s bring her to safety somewhere" he continued.

Medic rotated around and used his side to lift her up "Kodi help me out here" he demanded. Kodi went to the other side and helped Medic, and Dusty using as much power as she can to get up, but then she fainted in doing so. 

As soon as they got her up they began to lift her on Medic's back and then to Kodi's. Now she is on both Medic and Kodi's backs, with Dusty's uncounted head on Kodi's side. 

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15 minutes ago

"Hey boss, there's someone coming, should we take it out" said a golden receiver/black lab mix named Captain, Cap for short, looking through a bush at Dusty "I say we should, it can spot our location, aren't we supposted to keep a low profile" said a golden retriever/German Sheppard mix named Commando as he walked up to the bush next to Cap."We can take 'em" said a blue-eyed rotwilier named Revolver, nickname Jailbird next to his boss.

 Then the boss of these three canines is a green eyed Irish Setter/Irish wolfhound mix with a scar from his left ear down through his left eye and to his left side of his lip, his name is Lieutenant and said "If it gets closer, we'll take it down" "I think that's a chick" said Commando said taking a good look at Dusty as she approaches from a distance. "Boss, is she close enough to take her out now" asked Jailbird.

By that point they hadn’t noticed that Dusty was too close to them and she heard voices coming out of the woods right next to her, she said "who's there". Commando stepped out of the bush and said "Ello beautiful" Dusty was very confused at this random moment "Can I help you?" she asked "Not really... but your just at the wrong place at the wrong time... NOW!!!". Jailbird came out of nowhere and whaled her in the face with is paw. She tumbled to the ground and yelled "What was that for, I didn't do anything wrong!!!" "No you didn't, where trying to keep a low profile" said Lieutenant coming out the woods.

Dusty was startled by his scar, she knew he was no good, but she tried no to judge someone by their appearance, but she just got hit in the face so it was kind of hard to think he's a good guy. "I don't want no problems, I'll leave you alone, I won't tell anyone your here, I swear it" declared Dusty.

"Sorry, I don't want to take that chance... Jailbird?" ordered Lieutenant. Jailbird attacked Dusty followed by Commando; Dusty then began to fight back but failed. "Cap, take watch, sees anyone, tell us" ordered Lieutenant as he was watching his partners take down their target.

Dusty obviously now knows that these guys are no joke. She fought back as much as she can, she was able to scratch Jailbird in the face and bite Commando on the leg but it wasn’t even enough for them to flinch, she's never seen dogs this tough before.

Now the only thing that went through her mind is the question that scared her the most 'Is this attack going to get sexual, am I going to be raped to?'. That question kept coming in her mind. 

A few minutes later Dusty just couldn't stand anymore, she collapsed to the ground. "Eh, Boss should I do the final blow, or do what us to have a little... fun?" Jailbird asked to Lieutenant. Dusty's eyes opened wide when she heard the blue eyed rotwilier say 'little fun'. Before Lieutenant could answer Cap called out "SOMEONE'S COMING BOSS" he yelled as he saw a rust colored figure running right for them. "We can take 'em" Jailbird said standing over Dusty's out cold body ready to deliver the final blow "NO, make a break for it, now" Lieutenant ordered.

Cap and Commando followed Lieutenant behind the bush but Jailbird was about to kill Dusty but then Commando called "Jailbird Com’n". Jailbird knew that this mysterious redhead was close so just hit Dusty on the head enough to not remember anything of what just happened and he ran after his partners behind another bush.

Then the mysterious redhead leaped over the snow bank and was completely stunned at the sight of the injured dog.

"OK, let’s jump him now" Jailbird said stepping forward to attack but was stopped by Lieutenant "Do you want to cause more notice were here, he knows, and if we attack him there will be two dogs missing, back in New York it wouldn't make a difference because there is over 3 million dogs, look at that town, there’s probably like 30 dogs, 2 dogs make difference here" he said quietly "didn't need a speech" Jailbird answered.

Dusty's attackers just watched Kodi until a black figure crashed right though the same snow bank as Kodi jumped over. "Whoa, that can't be" said Cap "Is that Medic" Commando said looking at his boss. "That's impossible, he's in New York, how is he all the way here in Alaska" said Jailbird.

Lieutenant ignored his partners and Medic and played attention to Kodi's actions. He then saw Kodi lick Dusty's cheek, Lieutenant's eyes widened and said to his partners "uhh, guys, I think we may have awaken a sleeping giant" "why" Commando said to him "Looks like Medic is an ally of that redhead, and I think that girl we just attacked is the redhead's mate" "So" said Cap "remember in New York, Medic will do anything to help his allies, those 30 dogs, they can come and hunt us down... back to camp now" Lieutenant ordered and ran into the woods.

Cap, Commando and Jailbird looked at each other and followed their boss "Commando, cover our tracks" Cap ordered. Cap and Jailbird ran after Lieutenant and Commando shuffled the snow to hide their paw prints.

Chapter 3: The Healer

7: 37 P.M

 No, No, No, No, I step right, you step left" Medic yelled at Kodi "That what I was doing" Kodi yelled back "No you were stepping right" Medic corrected him "I was stepping left" Kodi corrected Medic.

Dusty was awake now, but had to suffer now by Medic and Kodi’s arguing until she finally yelled "GUYS... focus on getting... me back" she said with as much strength as she could.

There was a long silence until Medic said "Kodi started it" "Oh real mature" Kodi said in a 1/2 annoyed tone.

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They were a 1/2 way back to town, the sun was just on the horizon of the ocean, the sky in an orange-like color, just then Medic saw Sarge on the edge of town, sitting next to a random house looking at the ocean. "Yo Sarge, getcha ya bum over here" Medic yelled to him, Sarge looked away from the