the fire with Balto by her side. Balto stirred and growled in his sleep, suddenly his eyes snapped open. “Jenna, are you awake?” Jenna didn’t respond. Balto got to his paws and looked around, the puppies were nestled in the basket next to their mother but he noticed Jace was not amongst them.

“Jace?” Balto whispered. “Are you there?” suddenly he noticed paw prints by the door.

 

“He left the house? Where’d he go?” he wondered.

 

 

“Whose there?” Adder growled darkly. Then Jace gasped as the figure appeared on the deck, he was massive! His a was black and white husky with blue eyes. His body was muscular and he wore a leather collar. “Who the hell are you?” Adder snarled, stepping forward. “Watch you’re tongue dog!” the husky spat.

 

“Oh, what have we here? Oh you must be Balto’s son, so then tell me, where is Jenna?”

 

Jace growled. “She’s not home!” “Oh, that’s a shame…” the husky growled.

“Jace, keep you’re distance! This guy is not to be trusted.” Adder said his hackle raising.

 

The husky walked forward and Jace backed away. “No need to be afraid, wolf/dog, I’m not going to hurt you, badly…” Jace took a step towards the husky. “Who are you?”

“Why should I tell scum like you?” “Well then, I’ll at least tell you my name, it’s Jace.”

 

The husky glared at him. “You’re Balto’s son, off course, I know his ugly wolf snout when I see it, and apparently he’s given his ugly mug to you as well!”

“Don’t insult my father!” Jace barked loudly. “Don’t worry after I’ve dealt with you, I’ll take back what’s mine!”

 

Jace was grabbed by the leg and thrown into the air. “No you don’t!” Adder yelled, running forward. The husky wheeled around, still holding Jace by the leg and smack Adder into the wall using Jace. Adder crashed into the wall and fell to the floor. Jace was being bashed against the floor and wall. “Jace, what are you doing?! Fight him!” Adder yelled, leaping up and getting ready to use his peg if he needed to.

 

Jace was lifted into the air and then he grabbed the husky’s ear just as the husky pulled him down. The husky yelped and pawed at his ear before he realized he’d dropped Jace. Jace lunged at him and bit into his side. The husky grabbed his tail and lifted him into the air and hurled him into the wall. The he yelped in pain as a needle cut him in the ribs. “Don’t forget about me, piss-ant.” Adder growled.

 

The husky lunged for his head but bit into the floor as Adder appeared on his left side and cut him with the needle. “No more foolish games!” the husky snarled, and before Adder could move he was grabbed by the tail and thrown across the room and crashed right through a door.

 

Jace sat up and grabbed the husky’s leg. The husky turned and raised a claw to smack him but Jace leapt into the air and cut him across the skull. The husky grabbed Jace by the leg and threw him through the already broken door. Jace tumbled down some stairs and fell on top of Adder. “Adder! Are you—?” “Stuff it, I’m fine!”

 

Adder tried to stand up and fell over; he forced his peg paw up and began limping up the stairs. “It’ll take more than that to stop me!” he yelled and he threw himself forward and crashed into the husky and knocked him flat on his back.

 

The husky reared up and grabbed Adder by his head and began crunching down on his skull. Adder yelled in pain and was slammed to the floor while the husky bit into his throat. Adder began kicking him but the husky was too strong, he could get him off. Adder tried using his needle but the husky slammed his paw down on the other dog’s arm.

 

Jace ran forward and began biting the husky in the side. “Let go of Adder! Let him go! Let him go!” Jace yelled biting harder but the husky only sniggered. Adder’s yells of pain began to fade into gasps. Jace ran forward, he was an inch away from the husky when the husky wheeled around suddenly and bit into the top of his neck and slammed him to the ground.

 

“Since you’re Balto’s son I’ll kill you first!”

 

“Jace…!!” Adder gasped, trying to get up.

 

“HOLD IT, STEELE!”

 

The husky’s eyes widened and he turned around. Balto was standing on the boat with Boris and Jenna. “Let go of my son!” Balto snarled. “D-dad….” Balto walked forward and glared at Steele. Balto lunged and Steele was thrown off of Jace. Jace sat bolt up right and stared at his father as he faced Steele.

 

“Long time no see, wolf/dog! And this is the last time I’ll ever see you again!”

“Too bad, Steele, because this is the last time we’ll see each other ever again. You’re about to leave for good!”

“Not until I’ve taken you’re puppies and Jenna with me! I’ll make you suffer.”

 

They lunged, Steele made to grab Balto but the latter grabbed him by the ribs and flipped him onto his back. Steele leapt up the moment he hit the floor and lunged at Balto. Balto jumped aside and grabbed Steele’s tail. Steele turned and grabbed Balto’s leg and lifted him off his feet and threw him into the wall.

 

Jace gasped and made to move forward but Adder put his paw in front of him. “Just watch, squirt.”

 

Balto ran at the husky and tripped but the moment Steele ran over him, Balto grabbed his back leg and lifted him up and slammed him to the ground, he pounced on him and began biting into the back of his neck. Steele flipped himself onto his back, crushing Balto beneath him. The wolf/dog got to his feet and Balto and Steele began circling.

 

Steele lunged at Balto and the both of them crunched into each other’s sides and then they fell to the floor, leapt up and attacked one another. Balto fell to the ground and then leapt back up.

 

“You’ll go down before I ever let you touch a member of my family again!” Balto yelled and he bit right into Steele’s throat. Steele threw himself onto the floor and crushed Balto. Steele pinned Balto down and grabbed his throat.

 

“You’ll die first, wolf/dog…!” he snarled and he began biting into his neck. “Balto, no!” Jenna gasped, Jace darted out of Adder’s reach and charged forward. “Jace!”Adder bellowed. Jace ran forward as fast as a bullet and then leapt.

 

 “Get you’re paws off my dad, Steele!” Jace yelled. Steele froze and turned around. Jace propelled himself forward and grabbed Steele by the scruff of his neck and threw him through the air.

 

Steele yelped in astonishment before he slammed right into a door. “Stupid…brat!” he snarled. Be fore he could get to his feet however; Jace grabbed Steele by the neck and lifted him into the air for a split second before he threw him.

 

Steele flew through the air and crashed through the wooden railing of the ship. “Jace!” Boris gasped, amazed. Jace bounded over to the edge of the ship and looked down. Steele was lying on the wood and snow below, growling. “Stupid kid!” Steele yelled. Jace leapt down towards him and the moment he hit the ground Steele began walking towards him.

 

“Jace you stupid fool!” Adder bellowed. Jace prepared himself. “Die, kid!” Steele yelled and he leapt at him.

“I will kill you! I’ve been trying for ages, using that Doberman and that pit-bull! Finally I had to come here myself, it won’t have been for nothing! I’ll kill Balto, and you’re siblings and Jenna as well the whole lot of you! Everyone in town who supports Balto will die!”

 

Jace ran forward but before he knew what had happened Adder leapt out of nowhere and landed flat on top of Steele and dug the needle into the back of his neck. Steele screamed in pain and Adder dug it in deeper. “Just shut up and die, bastard!” Adder bellowed and he grabbed Steele’s neck and flipped him onto his back and raised his peg leg and sank it into his stomach and brought it down with a slashing motion.

 

Steele screamed worse and then his screams faded and his head hit the floor. Jace looked at Adder. “It had to be done.” Adder said, looking down at Steele without pity in his gaze. Balto hit the ground followed by Jenna and Boris. “I’d never had guessed he’d return to get us. I had no idea that he sent that Doberman after us either…”

 

Jace looked at his father. “I understand why the Pit-bull attack Saba now though.” Jace whispered. Adder looked at Jace and nodded.

 “Yeah, but what the hell did he have against you, Balto?”

“It’s a long story, I’ll tell you later though.”

 

“Dad,” Jace said nervously. Balto looked over at him and Jace walked away and Balto followed. The both of them went away from the small group and over to the end of the boat. “Dad, thanks for helping me and Adder. We probably would have been killed if you hadn’t come along.”

 

“Don’t thank me, I couldn’t help but notice you weren’t there when I woke up. But you have something important to tell me don’t you?”

 

“Yeah, dad, listen I… I can’t stay here.” Balto looked shocked.

 

 “But why not?”

 

“You see, dad all the time I’ve been here I’ve felt really nothing much, I’ve felt love from my mother and siblings and some from you but I don’t want to stay. There’s nothing here for me, I’ve been nothing but a burden for you and mom. I don’t want to just sit around dreading over my history. I want to be able to live a normal life away from Nome. Adder said something to me earlier he said ‘With you’re strength I don’t think you’d need to depend on you’re father for that much longer. You have the choice to come and go as you please, you can be free, if you really don’t like life as it is you can do something’

“I want to see new places and people I don’t want to live each day with this burden I want to leave it here behind me, dad.”

 

Understanding dawned in Balto’s face and he nodded. “I’m so sorry, Jace. I had no right to treat you the way I did. I needed to

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