Aleu?
*
Jenna steps by Boris’s door step.
Jenna: (whispers) Boris? (louder) Boris?
Boris: What? Who’s there?
Jenna: Boris, uh…. this is Jenna!
Boris: (happily) What? Jenna? Aya! One moment.
(there’s a crashing noise from inside)
(doors open)
Boris: (opens arms wide) Jenna? My lovely, you look even prettier than the moon. Come
in! Please. Make yourself comfy!
(Jenna enters and Boris closes door)
Boris: (Mumbles) prettier than the moon, what a stupid thing to say. (Calling) Stella! We
have guest it’s Jenna.
Stella: (from upstairs) Oh, it’s Jenna there. I’ll be down in a bit.
Jenna: (Sitting and looking around) I hope I’m not interrupting anything….
Boris: Nonsense. It is always good to see a friendly face. We just made a fresh pot of "Goose Juice" (chuckles)
Jenna: Wow you have a very beautiful home.
Boris: Ah (modest) we make do. Stella just finished re-furnishing. Between me and you
don’t mention anything about the shelf. Duck tape….
Stella: (Comes downstairs) Jenna, so good to see you. Would you like goose juice?
Jenna: Uh, no thank you….
(rumbling from upstairs)
Boris: Boys….!
Jenna: Boys?
Boris: Fooey…. Muk and Luk. (hand on head) They break everything from end table to
my neck! We were the only goose on block with working television….
Stella: (kisses Boris) Boys will be boys.
Boris: No matter…. What can we do for you?
Jenna: Well…. Balto and I are together now….
Boris: (pretending) Really? That’s fantastic!
Jenna: (Laughing) Come on Boris, were you really out of the loop on this one?
Boris: (Confessing) Okay. Caught me with my feathers off. It’s just the thought of you
two together is so warming and ….
Stella: (Lively) Spiritual!
(Boris chuckles)
Stella: (rushes over to Jenna) It reminds me of the holidays! The love, snowflakes, as if a beautiful romantic tale.
(Jenna smiles)
Stella: You complete Balto so well. He’s always so messy without you, and he cleans up so well when you’re around. His coat sheds heavily I some times have to clean streets he’s so messy….
Boris: Stella! Why don’t you get Jenna some "goose juice".
Stella: Yes. (dances off into other rooms)
Boris: (chuckles) What would I do without her? You were saying.
Jenna: Well…. I’m not sure it was a good idea, he seems a little, idle yesterday evening. I
hope I’m not hurting him about Eli.
Boris: (reminiscing) Eli…. Such youth and purity. He reminded me of Balto, when I first saw him as a pup…. Just like him.
Jenna: (Sniffles) Eli.
Boris: Oh my. (Comforts Jenna with wings) I shouldn’t have brought it up. I’m sorry. (to himself) I always do that! ‘Hey Boris don’t look at the sun’ ‘hey fellas ever seen a solar eclipse….’
Jenna: No. It’s okay. I just don’t want him to suffer it. He blamed himself so much and we spoke to each other less and then…. He didn’t know he was just sick and so small! I never told him how happy I was to be with him and he…. We…. away….just stop running! And Kodi….!(Crying)
Boris: (hugs Jenna) Jenna, Jenna. Okay. It’s okay. Let it out. Let it all out.
(Jenna recovers and sniffs a little)
Boris: Jenna, look at Uncle Boris’s.
(Jenna opens your eyes)
Boris: Balto wants to be with you very much. He misses you and he needs you now more
than ever.
Jenna: Did he tell you?
Boris: Well…. (bluntly) No…. Jenna, Balto is like my very own son.
Jenna: You don’t have kids….
Boris: I know! (calms down) Jenna, I know Balto very well. He needs you and when he pushes away, all you have to do is pull him closer to you. See he has thick skull, but a bigger heart.
Jenna: (laughs tears away) I guess your right. (gives Boris a kiss) Thank you, Uncle Boris.
Boris: Ah, (modest) no biggie. That’s what I’m here for.
Jenna: (thinks for a moment) Boris the other night I had this…. dream.
Boris: (clueless) What kind of dream?
*
(Dark alley. Niju sitting by fire. Celtic walking back and fourth in front of a line of the three other wolves.)
Celtic: Niju, we need to keep our clan live by any means necessary! Nome lives the good life, and for what? Their town hero is part of us! The wolf belongs with us, suffering, struggling, desperately surviving! We suffered the great life, and now…. Prepare to swallow a taste of our reward. We have found our new home! NOME!
(the wolves laugh and cheer. Celtic traditionally steps to the side as Niju walks forward.)
Niju: We have found our new home. We will take what we need, but only what we need. We will harm no one who is innocent. We will co-exist and we will stand strong.
(Celtic opens eye’s)
Celtic: But should someone step in the way, WHAT WILL WE DO TO THEM?
(The wolves violently chant and cheer. Niju obviously does not agree. Suddenly a cracked bone rolls out of nowhere. The crowd goes silent. Niju squints to see an image in the darkness.)
Voice: Such anger, hatred, greed.
Niju: (whispers) Exile?
(the image steps out of the darkness. It is none other than Steele)
Steele: It’s a small, small, world. And from the sound of it, you’re not too happy to see me. (casually approaches Niju.)
(wolves snarls)
Steele: Sorry am I interrupting anything?
Celtic: No, you’re just in time for your death.
Steele: (Phony smiles) Save it for the "soaps"
(Niju’s eye twitches.)
Steele: (joking about Celtic) Tough crowd.
Niju: What are you doing here?
Steele: I believe the last time we met we had an, (circling paw for word) "altercation" and harsh words were exchanged. (smart talking) I was just wondering if we could clear the air. You know for old times sake. (phony smile)
Niju: (Calmly. Orders the clan) Kill him.
(the clan begins to approach him)
Steele: Wait!
(the clan pauses)
Steele: Pardon me for my "un-appreciated" humor. I actually came here for a good reason. An offer actually. You see I’m very good friends with Balto….
Celtic: Liar!
Steele: You’re right. I came back for my long lost love. Jenna, and my respect.
Niju: For….
Steele: I’ll lead you to the south of Alaska. And if I may say so myself, the weather is beautiful.
Niju: No deal!
(The crowd rants Steele)
Celtic: Wait! Let’s think about this rational deal! Why rush into rejecting this bystander.
Give us one moment Steele.
Steele: Take your time.
Niju and Celtic steeps out of the crowd.
Niju: What are you thinking?
Celtic: Steele is bound to meet with Balto and Jenna eventually. All we have to do is to follow him at night and see where he goes. And then when we’re satisfied and he least expects it (laughs) you’ll be able to, "bury the hatchet" forever.
Niju: I don’t think I ….
Celtic: Hey…. He’s hurt so many lives, and you were willing to do it before.
(Niju and Celtic goes back over to the crowd)
Niju: We accept your offer.
(Steele smiles.)
Chapter 4
(Kodi and Aleu are walking in the snow far from town)
Kodi: I’ve heard that you looked like dad.
Alue: That’s because I’m more wolf than you.
Kodi: Whatever….
Aleu: (teasing) It’s true. You get moms pretty eyes and I get (intakes breath) papas strength and howl.
Kodi: (taunting) You know, at least I got to be on the sled team.
Aleu: (laughing) I’ve been fighting bears and wolves and you’ve been (laughing) In the snow pulling ol’ Timmy around his backyard.
(Kodi gives her a confused then depressed look)
Aleu: (rolls her eyes) What’s wrong?
Kodi: It’s just I always knew there was more to my heritage. Now that I found out, I feel like I wasted my whole life.
Aleu: Y’know I was pretty shocked when I first found out that I’m part-wolf. But I was just meant to be a wolf and you were meant to be a. (digusted) Dog. Some grand design thingy.
Kodi: (smies a little) The Grand Design. You know when mom and dad had split up….
Aleu: What?!
Kodi: (regrettful) You don’t know….
Aleu: What do you mean split up.
Kodi: It’s complicated….
Alue: Papa and mom split up? Why?
Kodi: Well, I don’t know but…. see after the first six weeks.
Aleu: Six weeks?!
Kodi: Look I don’t know! I just heard something about an Eli. They never bothered to tell me.
Aleu: How could you not know? You’ve been here your whole life. I was out leading a pack. I didn’t expect every thing to change so fast for you.
Kodi: (mumbling) Yeah Well I wonder who’s to blame for that.
Aleu: (offended and sickly spoken) What did you say?
Kodi: (Regretting a little) Well, why are you back here now! You go off and leave the family for the rest of your life? Now you come back? When everything has already fallen apart! Well you know what, maybe you shouldn’t have even came back, not now! (Turns back) You had all the time in the world. Why didn’t you even come back to say hello?
Aleu: (lip quivers) Well you know what? That is what I came back for! BUT MAYBE I SHOULDN’T HAVE!
(turns around and takes off. She makes it only A few hundred feet and stops and sits down. Kodi closes his eye’s not looking back at her. He fight’s the temptation to leave her. He jogs back to her and sits beside her.)
Kodi: You are a slow runner….
Aleu: (bubbled voice) Shut up Kodi.
Kodi: I didn’t mean it. I just…. I feel like, I was the reason everything fell apart.
Aleu: (sniff) You were…. If you hadn’t turned out so ugly….
Kodi: (smiles) Okay were even.
(Kodi sits down next to her)
Kodi: What ever did happen to your pack.
Aleu: (recovers) I had just said my goodbye to papa and we just made it to land. We struggled and pulled through the storm day and night.
Story
Alue: The storm cleared up.
(There’s a pack of wolves ahead Aleu leads pack to them. The pack turned out to be the three wolves and Celtic. They fought Aleu’s pack. Celtic
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