became tense.

"Who’s there!?" He barked out.

"Steele...?" Niska said.

"Oh, its only you, love." He replied. He relaxed as he walked to her.

Niska couldn’t look at him. She couldn’t call him love, she could hardly speak to him.

"We need to talk." She said with her head hanging low.

"Sure......what’s wrong?" He knew, but hoped she didn’t know. He played as if nothing happened at all.

"I saw you. I saw you with those other females." Steele’s stomach collapsed in. He felt sick, he was caught, and there was nothing he could do to get himself out of it.

Steele sighed. "I was just with others that appreciate me."

"I do appreciate you, I love you Steele. Isn’t that enough for you?" She was trying to hold back her tears.

"I deserve more than just you. I worked hard for what I’ve done, why can’t you understand?"

She looked at him with astonishment, she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

"How could you....I thought we had something. But your acting like a egoist pup." She said.

Steele was furious. "I don’t need you! I can have whoever I want, not scum like you!" Steele left her, she couldn’t understand.

"My Steele....my Steele, what happened to you?" She whispered to herself, and began to cry. Niska buried herself in her arms so he couldn’t see her.

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Steele slept under a house for the night. Niska cried until she fell asleep. The sun broke through the everlasting dark to shed light upon the world, Niska woke before Steele did. She left into town to look for him, to see what he was doing. Niska heard Steele groan, she jumped and hid behind a building, and watched him. He came from under a house with snow all over his back, he shook it off with intensity.

"The time has come, wolf dog. I will keep my promise, I will enjoy the taste of your blood. I will take my revenge!" Steele said to himself.

He had a crazed look in his piercing eyes, the same he had with Conwell. Steele got up and walked out of town.

Steele knew the way back, it wouldn’t take as long as it did last time to get there. The sun was bright, it reflected off the snow and warmed his dense fur, but nothing was warmer than the hate and excitement he had for Balto. He finally passed that small cabin that he slept in from before, he remembered his first dream. He was going to make it come true, nothing was going to stop him, nothing. Steele recognized this area, yes, he knew this part, he was close now. He could taste his accomplishment, it tasted good.

"Nothing to fear, everything to gain." He repeated to himself.

So many things to feel. Every part of his body had a different feeling, as if they had a mind of their own. His head was full of stress, his chest full of anger, his heart full of pain. He only once thought of Niska.

‘You don’t realize what you lost. The only person who ever loved you.’

"No. I don’t need that scum. I have plenty of others who will want to be with me."

But he didn’t understand that people only wanted to be around him for what he was, not for who he was. Niska loved him for who he was. Steele came across a small hill, he saw all of Nome, and the docked boats on shore.

"Im coming for you. And you will suffer the same way I did!" He said.

He could have went around the town to get to the boats, but he didn’t. He walked through town, not caring who saw him. Nobody paid any attention to him.

‘Maybe they all forgot. Perhaps they don’t care anymore.’ Steele thought. But as soon as he thought this, a voice shouted.

"Hey! Look who’s back!" Steele’s heart froze for a second.

"Steele?! Wow the failure is back." They said laughing. The more that taunted, the more that came.

"Well....I got to say, I didn’t think you’d show up here again." One of them taunted.

Steele kept walking, he ignored their words for as long as he could.

"Hey Steele. What made you bring your mangy face around here again?"

That was all he could take. Steele grabbed his muzzle and threw him to the ground, the dog yelped. The dog was bleeding, he looked at Steele as he got up and saw something that noone saw before. He had no pupils, no color to his eyes. All white and throbbing red veins that showed he was not tolerating anymore of their taunts and jokes. He stood in place with teeth showing, he told them,

"If you ever get in my way again, any of you." He said as he looked around. "Ill kill you!"

The others knew he was serious, they all backed away from him. He didn’t care if someone went to Balto to warn him, he wanted a good fight. Steele found himself in front of a large boat.

"You’re mine, mutt." Steele said.

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Just like his dream, he saw puppies play, then two figures. Finally, his dream, his wish he had for so long, was going to come true.

"S...Steele?" He figured it must have been Jenna, since it was a higher voice than Balto’s.

Balto could now see him, he was shocked, but not surprised. He knew Steele would try something like this.

"Well, well, well. I can clearly see you created some more useless welps around here." Steele chuckled from under his breath.

"Jenna, get back, take the puppies with you." Balto said, he gave Steele a scornful look. "What do you want Steele? Im guessing your not here to apologize."

Steele growled, but did not look at him. "Do you remember what you did to me that day? The day you ruined my life?!"

Balto did not answer, but listened to see what he wanted.

"You took everything from me! Now im going to take all that you have, all that you cherish, all that you LOVE!" Steele was slowly slipping into madness. The demons that lived in his head for so long, have now consumed him.

Balto prepared himself to fight, but Steele’s demons were still talking.

"I will not disappoint you mother, I will spill his blood for you. This is all for you!"

"Listen to yourself! Your mad, snap out of it!" Balto barked out. But Steele was not in a trance, only his own thoughts, came from his head to his mouth and formed words.

"Don’t tell me what I should do. Don’t tell me how I should think. Don’t tell me how I need to feel, I feel nothing!" Steele spoke the truth, he was cold, he’s eyes were the same as before.

Balto knew there was only one thing to do to help him.

"If you think im going to stand here while you hurt my family, you’re insane!" Balto has never seen Steele like this before. He knew that if he failed to protect his family, Steele would do unimaginable things to them. He wasn’t going to let that happen.

Steele lunged at Balto. Balto moved out of the way, he was smaller than Steele, so he would be able to move more swiftly than him. But Steele was larger and stronger than him, if Steele managed to pin him to the ground nothing would be able to stop him. Steele slammed Balto with his two front paws to the floor, but Balto was able to get out of his grasp.

"Hear that wolf dog? Its hells gates, creaking, opening, welcoming you to its eternal flames." He laughed at this like it was the funniest thing in the world to him.

Steele was to far gone, lost in his own mind. Trying to reason with him is pointless, it would be like trying to douse fire with gasoline. Impossible.

Balto grabbed Steele’s nose and his leg smashed into his face. Steele flung him off, he shook the pain off him. Even though he was bleeding, he paid no attention to it. Taking Steele down was not going to be easy, his only plan was to stay alive. Panting with excitement, Steele walked to him. He tried to grab his neck, but Balto jumped out of the way before Steele had the chance to close his jaws. But Steele anticipated his move. As Balto was in the air, Steele grabbed some skin on his back and swung him into a tree. Balto felt a few ribs break. He could no longer move away in time for anything Steele was going to inflict on him. Balto tried to bite Steele’s legs, but Steele pushed his paw on Balto’s throat. Balto couldn’t move, he couldn’t defend himself.

"How does it feel to be helpless? To be kicked while your down?! An eye for an eye, don’t you think?!" Steele said as he showed his fangs to him.

"These will be the last thing you will ever see." He said.

Steele felt a little bite to his leg, it was one of Balto’s pups. He looked down and saw a wolf like looking dog trying to stop Steele from what he was doing. Balto’s eyes widened with fear, he tried to tell her to run away from him. But Steele’s paw was pushing to much pressure on him to talk.

"Leave my papa alone!" The young puppy said

"Aleu! Get away from there! Run!" Balto and Steele could hear Jenna shout.

"This mutt looks more wolf than you do wolf dog!" Steele laughed.

"Before I kill you, why don’t I kill your mutt first." He said smiling.

Balto tried as hard as he could to get free, but he failed.

As soon as he went to grab Aleu with great force, that would have killed her, someone jumped to push little Aleu out of the way of the jaws. Steele’s teeth sunk into another body than he intended, his teeth were a little bit away from the neck, but still might be bad enough to kill. Balto couldn’t believe what he saw. Steele felt that it was a light body, most likely a female. He swung the body away from them.

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"Well looks like Jenna did my job for me. Next you, then your worthless hybrids."

Balto tried to tell him something, but the words came out chocked.

"Final words? I might as well let you speak your last words, before you walk the path to hell." Steele relaxed his strength from Balto’s throat so he could speak.

Balto gasped for the air Steele allowed him to breathe.

"Go on! Spit it out!" Steele demanded.

"Look again." Balto said.

Steele turned his head, he saw Jenna was fine, she stood there with Aleu at her side. Jenna looked at the body that Steele thought was Jenna. Steele was confused.

"Who would be fool enough to risk their life for that mutt?"

Steele let Balto free and his paw was off him. Jenna ran to