‘ I feel fine. How did the team get the mail through?’ Sitka asked.

‘ They put Cameron and Cop in your places.’ Soul answered.

‘ Shakira didn’t go? She’s been here for two days?’ Sitka asked. She must have liked him if she stayed by his side.

 ‘ Yeah. I can see that you’re a couple now.’ Cop said as Shakira woke up.

‘ Yeah and I’m glad that we are. I’ve always liked her and now, I know she likes me back,’ Sitka said. Shakira smiled as she stood up. ‘ Are you okay?’

Sitka then nuzzled her. Rex and Soul left the house while Cop went into another room. Both of them were happy, but that stopped when Rex came back inside.

‘ Sitka, Shakira. I think you should see this.’ He said. They followed him and saw the townsfolk running to the centre of town.

‘ I’ve heard of something like this happening before, but where?’ Sitka asked himself, but an unhappy answer came from Kodi.

‘ This was before our jobs were at risk. It’s another plane. Dad was right, perhaps we won’t be able to race it this time.’ He answered as Sitka’s jaw dropped to the ground.

‘ You mean the team could lose their jobs this time?’ Shakira asked.

‘ We’ve gotta race it and win! We all know what happened last time, we have a chance of winning!’ Sitka exclaimed. He remembered the story of the Bush plane and how Duke nearly died.

‘ There’s one problem. It’s the beginning of summer and there’s less chance of a snowstorm that could knock down a plane. Unless we get Dad on the team!’ Kodi exclaimed. If there were a bunch of wolf dogs on the team, then there would be less chance of them slowing down.

‘ Uncle Kodi, Balto’s in hospital. He fell off the boat and landed on his back leg. He can’t even walk more than two steps without falling over. We could get Dingo instead.’ Rex said. Kodi’s face then lit up as he stared at his nephew.

‘ Or you.’ He said.

‘ Me? No no no no no no, no! The last time I was on a sled I was nearly killed! Plus, I’ve hardly got any wolf blood in me. I refuse.’ Rex said as the memories of him falling off Cloud’s sled came into his mind.

‘ Dad! Please! You’re fastest wolf dog in town! Maybe faster than Balto. We need you!’ Sitka pleaded. His father was possibly faster than Balto. There was Kiara, but the day after she came back home, they raced again and her experience with the stray wolf dogs had put her off racing therefore Rex being faster than her.

‘ I’ll think about it.’ Rex replied as he walked towards the crowd of humans. Kodi, Sitka and Shakira went to the boiler room to discuss if Rex was the right