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eyes with her paw. "I always thought he loved me but he beat me up and left me to die, I was such a fool." she said quietly, she was furious at herself for letting her think that lie for so long."You just wanted to think your father loved you, you wanted him to, no one can blame you for that. I probably know better than anyone what its like to want to be accepted by someone who won’t, there are still both dogs and humans in this town that don’t trust me. If anyone’s at fault here, its them, not me or you." said Balto, offering what comfort he could and getting a smile from Tina."Thank you, those stories I was told were there when my father wasn’t, both of you are so brave and that encouraged me to keep going. I guess your still here for me huh?""I’ll help you as much as I can.""Me too." said Jenna, smiling."I‘m not sure what to say except thank you." said Tina."Your welcome." said Balto with a grin."So what should we do with the rest of the day? Wish I had been sent back in time for a sled race.""Well I’ve got to see if Boris is on his way back, Tina you said Jenna’s history isn’t recorded well, why don’t you get to know her better?""Fine with me, what could happen?" Of course Tina knew something very bad could happen, just because the Outsider hadn’t shown up yet didn’t mean it wouldn’t but it was alright for the moment and she was still very determined to enjoy her time with her idols."Alright, just don’t take too long." said Jenna as she nuzzles Balto."I’ll do my best." said Balto before running off."You’re very lucky to have him Jenna, hope one day I can find one like him one day, wolf half and all but so far all I can find is dogs like Steele." said Tina, faking a disgusted face at the end.Jenna laughs. "I think we’re going to get along just fine." she said.Jenna and Tina set in an alley, just talking. "So I just jumped on the bear, if Balto died, so would Rosy and the other children and I was in love with Balto, to me my life really wasn’t important at the time." said Jenna, she was glad Tina really wanted to hear her side of the story, her friends and Balto were the only ones who ever asked. She was also happy because she hadn’t had another female to talk to since Dixie and Silvie moved."Cool, I wish I was that brave." said Tina, she was excited, she’d heard parts of what Jenna had done that night but there really wasn’t much she knew about her."I’m sure if it was someone you loved pinned under its claw, you could.""That’s just it, there really isn’t anyone that matters to me in the future.""No one?""No one, the only ones I ever cared about were my mother and siblings, haven’t talked to any of them since I was a pup. I used to love my dad until I found out what he did. Most of my brothers and sisters got loving owners, I got a heartless man who only saw me as a tool, what he did still gives me nightmares."Jenna felt bad she brought it up. "I’m sorry, I didn’t know.""Its fine, jerk got what was coming to him.""What happened to him?""He’s dead, he liked to make very dangerous weapons, one finally did him in." Tina didn’t want to tell Jenna about the Outsider yet, telling her it was a monster would need an explanation so she called it what it was, a weapon."Oh…" Jenna understood Tina probably was better off that her owner was dead but talking about it made her feel uncomfortable, she thought she better change subjects. "Do you know how Rosy is doing in the future?"Tina thinks for a moment. "Last time I checked, she is living happily in New York City with at least one granddaughter."Jenna smiled, knowing that made her happy and feel even more grateful for Balto saving Rosy’s life. "Thanks for telling me that.""You’re very welcome, I know Rosy is very important to you, I wish I had ended up with someone like her. A nice human child, children have so much more energy and are a lot more playful than most adults, my old owner, in addition to the other reasons I didn‘t like him, would never let me have time to play."Jenna agreed, her and Rosy always had a lot of fun together, Rosy also liked to play with Balto which was just fine with Jenna. "They are a joy to be around, though you have to keep an eye on them sometimes." Jenna chuckled, Rosy wasn’t that hard to keep safe, she didn’t stray far from Jenna or Balto when they were with her but there were times she would of got herself in trouble if it weren‘t for them."I wouldn’t mind, as long as they don’t do what my last owner did to me, I’m fine." Tina didn’t want to think about a lot of the stuff Damien had done to her.Jenna wondered just what Tina’s owner had put her through but she knew it would probably upset both of them to talk about it. "…You know if you can’t get back to the future, I don’t think Rosy’s parents would mind another dog.""I’d like that, I’m trying to figure out if I can get back, its really complicated." That was an understatement, Tina was doing her best but the calculations were so hard it made her head hurt and the human ideas of time travel could be false, that was the problem with being the first at anything, theories about it could be completely wrong."Well I hope we’ll get to know you better before you leave.""I hope so too…Can I ask you something important?" Tina felt more comfortable talking to Jenna than Balto, maybe because she was a female like her."Sure."" Do you think I’m a bad dog for hating my old owner?" The question bothered Tina because despite the enhanced intelligence, she was still a dog, dogs were called man’s best friend, did that apply when the man wasn’t friendly?Jenna had hoped not to be asked that question. Of course she didn’t think Tina was bad, Jenna could tell Tina needed a better answer than a simple no. She had been with Rosy’s family almost her entire life, the only reason she‘d dislike a human was if they did something to hurt Balto. Tina on the other hand was adopted by a terrible man, something Jenna had never met. She thought over the question. "I don’t think you are, you are a good dog who met a bad human. To be honest you’d be better off asking Balto, he has more experience with being mistreated by humans." said Jenna."Yeah, guess its kind of my fault I ended up with the jerk." said Tina."What do you mean?""Well you see I was a stray in New York, it wasn’t easy and my mom wanted a better life for me and my siblings. She made it look like a human was giving us away so we would get adopted. One of my brothers had died earlier in the week and I was pretty torn up inside, didn’t stray far from mom…"Flashback startAt the entrance to an alley in New York, a red and white, adult female husky set over a cardboard box beside which she’d set an old sign with the word ‘free’ on it, she had dug it out of the trash. Inside were four puppies, two were black and gray males and the other two were red and white females. Tina’s younger self was laying sadly near her mother on her bandana which was bigger than she was. She looked over at her siblings, they were close to the side nearest to the sidewalk, barking happy at the passing humans. She wanted to join them, their mother had worked very hard to set this up and was hoping it would work but Tina was too sad. One of the males saw this and walked over to her. "Tina? What’s wrong?" he asked confused and concerned.Tina lifted her head to her brother. "Hey Tucker, its just…there should be five of us here." said Tina, visibly upset, she was the only of them that had seen their brother die, she wished she hadn’t.Tucker lowered his head and whimpered, that made him sad too. "I know. It wasn’t your fault, it wasn’t anyone’s fault. I’ll be over with the others if you need me. I’ll say goodbye first if someone wants me."An hour later, Tucker and Tina were the only two left. A man picked up her brother to take him. "Bye Tina, I hope we see each other again." called Tucker as his new owner took him away."Me too." said Tina, she hadn’t moved from her mother’s side.The mother watched till Tucker was out of sight before looking down at Tina. "Well you’re the only one left, you know this is really hard for me to do but its for the best, you don’t have to live out here, you can have a home and that makes this worth it." said Tina’s mother, Tina couldn’t tell if she was happy or sad.Tina got ready to say something when a voice interrupted her. She peeked over the corner of the box to see a tall, rough faced man talking on a cell phone. "Yes, I’ve been looking…Unfortunately the age we need seems hard to find, the pet stores are completely out of pups this week…Why can’t we just order one, we have government funding…I see, Damien out." said Damien, hanging up. "Cheapskates at the Pentagon, they’ll fund a project but won’t pay for the small stuff." He looks over at Tina. "That‘s convenient." He kneels down and picks Tina up. He peels back her lips with his fingers, inspecting her teeth and gums, he looks over the rest of her, this made Tina a little nervous but she knew how much it meant to her mom for her to be off the streets. "Looks healthy, a little undernourished but that shouldn’t be a problem. Huh?" Tina’s mother handed the old bandana to him in her mouth. He takes it and the larger dog points to her daughter. "Oh, got it, this belongs to the little one. Well I guess I’d better keep it." He turns and drops some money into the box, ignoring the sign. Tina was happy someone wanted her but she was sad to leave her mother, she waves goodbye with her paw, her mother replied in kind. Damien carries Tina down the street in one hand and dials the cell phone. "Its Damien, I found a dog."Flashback end"So if I hadn’t stayed so close to my mom, I probably would have been adopted earlier, not picked up by Damien." said Tina, it had upset Tina a little to talk about it but it felt good to get it off her mind."But wouldn’t one of your siblings of been taken instead?" asks Jenna."Maybe, maybe not. I only know my siblings got good homes and Tucker became a police dog, he’s doing a good job, saw him on the news once

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Guest	July 07, 2008

AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! XD

This was great! I hope you
right more! Maybe a part two or something! Good luck on the next fan
fic!


Gemini Syndrome	May 21, 2008

	None yet, thanks!

Great work on this one! a bit rough on everyone at times but at least
justice prevailed once again! keep writing and I will be on lookout
for your next piece!


Icefire	May 23, 2008

	Silvermoon family

wow the outsider freaked me out ill probably haave nightmares write
more on tina and her siblings

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