straight at him with his teeth ready to strike.........
#
'They're not back yet? That's weird': Boris said. Balto didn't hear him. He saw the broken window. Boris looked up and his mouth fell open. 'What, how did this happen?': Boris asked stunned. Balto didn't respond. He was looking at the ground. Boris looked too. 'That's blood right?': Boris asked.
'Yes it is': Balto said. He sniffed at it and immediately jumped back.
'What! Balto what's wrong?!': Boris asked.
'The smell! It's, it's.....it's Kodi's!': Balto said. Boris looked shocked. Jenna came walking towards them.
'Hey Balto!': she yelled at a distance. Balto didn't hear her. He smelled the air and swiftly ran past her. Jenna looked worried at Boris.
'Jenna look here': He said. Jenna saw the blood and was shocked. 'Jenna it's Kodi's': Boris said. Jenna looked at him and quickly ran after Balto. Boris ran and jumped in the air and flew after them.
#
'Aaaaaaaaaahhh!': Steele screams. Blood dropped from Steele's back. Kodi cut his back with his teeth. Kodi didn't wait for Steele to recover and attacked again. Steele avoided the attack and quickly bit in Kodi's back again. Kodi howled in pain, but didn't give up. He got up again and attacked again. Shanti was watching all of this. She felt like she should help, but knew she wasn't much help. She squeaked softly.
#
'Hoooowwwww!' Balto, Jenna and Boris heard a howl. It was Kodi! They went
straight to it. Balto ran inside an alley where the sounds were coming from. He
instantly stopped and Jenna bumped into him. Boris landed in the rooftop of the
ally. They saw Steele standing at the other side of the alley. Steele's
mouth was covered in blood. It wasn't from a wound of himself. He didn't have a
wound on his face, so it wasn't his. Balto noticed Shanti scared in a corner
with a cut on her back. Steele was laughing. Balto looked back at Steele. Out
of nowhere Kodi jumped straight at Steele letting his teeth sink in his neck.
Blood poured out and Steele screamed in pain. Quickly he turned and grabbed Kodi's
neck. Balto rushed forward and launched himself at Steele. Steele didn't see
this coming and fell down with Balto standing on him. Kodi saw his dad but
wasn't responding to him. He just kept looking at Steele. Balto said to Kodi
the would fight together. Kodi nodded. Steele got up ready to attack back, but
Kodi and Balto attacked quicker. Jenna and Boris stayed close to Shanti and
looked at the fight.
#
'Finally free to go. I'm so done for today': Kirby said while yawning.
'Hooooowwwww!' Kirby, Dusty and Ralph looked at each other and swiftly followed the howl they just heard.
They reached an alley. They ran in and saw Jenna and Boris next to shanti. Then they saw Balto falling on the ground. Steele stood grinning. Kirby wanted to help Balto, but saw suddenly Kodi. Kodi's mouth was covered in blood and he looked full of hatred. Kodi launched at Steele and sank his teeth in his neck again. The sled dogs looked shocked.
Was that Kodi? The Kodi they knew?
Balto got up and bit Steele too. Steele fell down and Balto released him. Kodi did not. He bit even harder. The musher came running into the alley. Balto pulled his son off of Steele. Steele got up and jumped at kodi and bit his back for the third time. Kodi howled in pain and Balto bit Steele's paw. Steele let go. Before anyone of them attacked again the musher stepped in. With a stick he scared Steele away. Kodi wanted to run after him, but the musher grabbed a hold of him. The sled dogs ran towards them. Balto looked at Shanti. She was scared. The musher tried to keep Kodi calm, but Kodi struggled and growled. He wanted to hurt Steele, no kill him! Kirby looked at Kodi and noticed how much he looked like a wolf now. Shanti squeaked and Kodi immediately calmed down. The musher let him go and Kodi went straight to Shanti. Shanti snuggled him. 'I'm fine now. Thank you for saving me': Shanti whispered. 'I'm glad you're okay, I'm sorry I let myself go': Kodi whispered back.
#
The musher took everyone to his house and looked at the wounds. Kodi was hurt badly, but he was doing fine. Shanti was fine too as was Balto. Kodi said he was sorry, but no one blamed him. He was part wolf and his wolf part was triggered when Shanti was in danger. Shanti snuggled him again and everybody was happy again. Kirby asked how Kodi's paw was and Kodi laughed.
'You're worried about my paw! Have you seen my back!': Kodi said laughing. Kirby laughed too and filled Balto, Boris and Jenna in on Kodi's accident. All were happy now.
#
For the next few days Kodi was taking it easy. The sled team delivered the post
without him. Kodi kept training as much as he could, so that he could work soon
again. Shanti became less shy and often trained with Kodi. The raced and played
together. Shanti felt safe in Nomeand happy. Kodi was like a big brother to her. It was now four days ago that
Steele attacked her. Kodi was almost fully healed. Shanti was glad to be here.
Even though she was curious about her origin. She wanted to stay
here, with Kodi and the others.
'Hey are you ready?': kodi yelled from a distance.
'Yes!': Shanti yelled back.
'Now!': Kodi yelled.
Shanti pushed off hard and ran as fast as she could. At the end of the line she turned sharply and slipped for a moment. She quickly regained herself and ran back at full speed.
'Nicely done!': Kodi yelled as she came over the finish line they made. Shanti however couldn’t stop and bumped into Kodi. They fell down and laughed.
'Haha, we better work on your breaks': kodi said. Shanti agreed and they both went to the musher's house that stood near the post office.
#
It was getting late. All the sled dogs were inside the musher's house. When it got too cold, the musher let all the sled dogs sleep inside his house instead of the shack. Shanti fell a sleep quickly and Kodi kept talking with Kirby about the delivery. Shanti felt being pulled into a dream.
It was dark and then light. Snow slowly fell down and two dark figures appeared. It was too dark to see who it was, but it felt familiar and at the same time unfamiliar. She shivered. The figures came closer. Shanti didn't know who they were and why they were here. She got scared a little. One of them spoke in a very low and creepy voice:
'We found you at last. You must come with us. We've come to get you. Come with us!'
Shanti jumped up. It was a dream. It felt so real. She looked around, but everything looked normal. She lay down again and went to sleep again, hoping she wouldn't see that dream again.
#
Two dark shapes walk towards Nome. Nome is fast a sleep,
unaware of what steps closer and closer. Shanti turns in her sleep. She senses
something is coming. No one is awake. The two figures come closer to Nome and no one knows it.
Where The Heart Takes You
Chapter four: Unnerving Feelings Throughout Nome
Nome is dark for all the lights are off. The sky is also dark for it is night. The moonlight shines on the streets creating shadows all around. Two shadows are moving. Two dark shapes are closing in on Nome. They stop at the town border. After a few minutes of staring they face each other and slowly turn around. They head for the woods close to Nome. Within a few seconds the two dark shapes have disappeared into the darkness where the moonlight cannot reach.
#
Early in the morning the musher woke up. He walked into the living room and saw 6 dogs and a wolf pup fast a sleep. Softly he made it to the kitchen and started to make breakfast for himself and the dogs. As he was busy in the kitchen waking sounds were heard from the living room.
‘Maahhh’ Ralph yawned. Kirby and Dusty were also waking. ‘Morning. You now I’m hungry’ Ralph said as if this was a new experience. Kirby and Dusty looked at him as if trying to say ‘Duh’.
‘Ehm, Ralph, you are always hungry. It’s not a big surprise’ Kirby said. Ralph looked a bit dazed until he smelled the food. As fast as possible he raced into the kitchen. Seconds later sounds of stuff falling and breaking on the ground ringed through the whole house.
‘Ralph! Easy boy!’ the musher said from the kitchen. All this noise woke up the still sleeping animals.
‘Mwaaahh. What’s with the noise?’ Kodi asked. He stretched himself and looked around. Curly and Sandymade their way to the kitchen.
‘Ralph was searching breakfast in the kitchen and forgot his breaks’ Dusty said laughing a little. Kodi laughed as well. He then turned around after hearing a voice.
‘What’s happening?’ a sleepy voice asked. Kodi snuggled the little pup and she opened her eyes. ‘Big Brother?!’ Shanti
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