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I like this last chapter, really I'm waiting for the others!!

Dude this is aswome you have got to keep writhing this and if you do stop i can i contiue it?
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I'm glad you enjoyed it, I hope the prank on Steele was comical. Haro, I've actuelly wrote this whole story and the rest is on my computer. Heres another chapter. Please not that there is some gore in this chapter but as I don't discribe it in detail and just discribe it vaguely, this should stay PG-13. Enjoy.

Return of the Beast

Alaskan Wilderness, 6 am;

Out of no where the storm came, like the one that dropped Tina off only far stronger. The winds threatened to uproot trees and boulders, lightning bolts struck, and the storm spiraled, forming a funnel. A miniature tornado touched down and spun for a few minutes before it was lit up by a lightning bolt striking the ground within it. The storm, like the one that hit Nome, calmed instantly, the tornado disappearing. The dust from it quickly settled. The Outsider rose from the smoking crater created by the lightning strike and the twister. It looked over its surroundings. Snow and ice, it found this interesting but it wasn’t completely unprepared for this, its hide was designed to protect it from far lower temperatures than this but if it was sleeping it could be plunged into a hibernation sleep since it was a reptile. It would have to create itself an area to sleep. That was a concern, self preservation, it was in the animal genetic code it was spawned from. It looked through the link and smiled. A small town full of people, easy pickings. Before it could think further, it was interrupted. It turned to see a grizzly rise from a nearby cave and roar. The storm must of awakened it, the Outsider didn’t care much, this creature was not a target, if it attacked it would be a threat and then it would become a target. The Outsider stood its ground and waited to see what would happen. The bear charged at it, stopping in front of the Outsider. Once again, the genetic horror didn’t move. Not even as the bear rose its claw to strike it. As the bear brought its claw down, only then did the Outsider react. Its left hand launched its hand up and caught the bear’s claw easily. The Outsider’s right metal claw extended and then it drove the weapon into the bear’s skull, piercing skin and bone like tissue paper. The animal struck the ground dead. The Outsider looked at the blood on its claw before licking it off and retracting its weapons. This wasn’t just a sadistic act, it had never encountered a bear before, it had to gain knowledge on this. It extended its claws and cut into the bear. Unlike the last victims, this was more like a dissection than just ripping its victim to shreds. It was learning about it, were the vitals were located for an easy kill, how powerful its muscles were, and anything else it could learn. It finished its dissection fifteen minutes later and heard footsteps, it smelled a human. It retreated into the darkness of the forest to watch.
A human hunter walked into its view in a couple minutes. He looked over the bear carcass. “What the-” the man was interrupted by a twig snapping behind him. He turned, his shotgun pointed in the direction of the noise. He heard another noise behind him and turned to look again, once again there was nothing. “Who is there? Show yourself!” He ordered. Suddenly, he was pulled to the ground and lifted upside down in front of the Outsider. The beast looked over the frightened man, its eyes locked on his gun. It identified it as an older model shot gun, not much of a threat. It roared and threw the man a good distance away. The man scrambled to his feet. He discharged his shot gun twice. The first shot struck the creature in the chest, doing nothing. The second shot struck it in the face, its head snapped backwards before it slowly brought its head back to focus on the hunter, then it simply cracked its neck and approached it prey. The man reloaded but the monster was in front of him too quickly. The Outsider’s long tail whipped around and wrapped around the hunter’s gun before pulling the gun from his grasp and throwing it away. The Outsider slammed its tail into the man, knocking him down a hill nearby. The man’s head slammed into a rock on the way down and he rolled onto the ice covering a frozen lake. The Outsider approached its victim, extending its claws to finish the job. Its foot broke through the ice as it took the first step, it withdrew its foot quickly. One of the beast’s weak points was its metal skeleton made it impossible for it to swim but it was forbidden from giving up prey. It looked for a few moments, calculating. It leapt over the ice and drove its claw into the man’s chest before quickly jumping back to shore. The ice broke under the man and his body sank into the lake. The Outsider let out a victorious roar before it turned to the cave the bear came from, it would make a perfect lair, it had little time to waste, it had to sleep soon.

Nome, 6:30 am;

Tina shook Balto’s shoulder, panic in her eyes. She felt the Outsider, it was there. She had one thing on her side, the sun was rising, the Outsider was nocturnal so it would have to sleep soon. “Please get up, we’re in big trouble.” said Tina.
Balto woke up and yawned, having no idea how grave the situation was. “What’s up?” he asked before seeing how serious Tina was. “What’s wrong?”
“You’ll find out soon but you’ll be wishing you hadn’t.
It took them an hour to get Jenna and reach the spot of the Outsider’s attack. Jenna looked at what was left of the bear in shock. A grizzly had nearly killed her and Balto so what on earth could do this? She felt sick, she’ d barely ever been far from Nome except when she helped Balto on the serum run, she wasn’t used to seeing death, to seeing blood and it made her feel like she was going to throw up. Balto was shocked at what happened to the bear but he wasn’t sickened, he’d had to do a bit of scavenging before he saved Nome just to survive so he‘d seen all manner of dead creatures. “Tina, no animal on earth could do this, not to a grizzly.” said Jenna in some disbelief.
“Nothing was eaten, even if a predator could do this to a bear, it would of eaten something.” said Balto, pointing out what he found odd.
“You’re right, this thing is very selective about what it eats and no animal can do this but a monster on the other hand…” said Tina.
Balto would of laughed if Tina wasn’t from the future and being so serious, there really was a monster out here. Then he remembered something Tina had said. “The Outsider, you said that earlier, is that what this thing is called?”
Tina chuckled. “Very observant, you’re right, that is the monster’s name.” Tina looked through the link, the Outsider was sleeping, it was a very heavy sleeper. “I’ll show you the creature, its asleep right now but you have to be quiet.” Tina went into the cave before they could argue, they had to know whatever they could learn.
Jenna was scared, whatever killed the bear was very dangerous. Tina wanted them to see it, it must be important. Balto to was scared but he kept it hidden so not to make Jenna more frightened. They walked into a rather large chamber, a shaft of light illuminated the creature, it stood in a pool of hot water, sleeping with its arms crossed over its chest. The water came from a hole in the wall that was pouring it out. Jenna grimaced and got out of the cave, Balto couldn’t blame her, the monster gave off a fearful feeling, Balto would of left as well if Tina wasn’t taking it so seriously, she wanted at least one of them to get a good look at this thing. Then he realized another reason Jenna might of left. The water was from a hot spring so the room stank of sulfur and Balto also detected the stench of rotten meat, he couldn’t tell from where. Jenna had already been feeling ill from seeing the bear, that smell couldn’t of helped it. Balto put his paw over his nose, the smell made his eyes water. He looked at Tina, she barely even flinched, she was ether too serious to care about the smell or she was somehow used to it. Anyway he was glad when they got out of the cave. Jenna was sitting nearby, gagging. She was surprised she hadn’t thrown up. “I’m sorry for leaving, I was already feeling sick and that smell, I’ve never smelled anything so awful.” said Jenna.
“I know. Tina what was that thing?” asked Balto.
“Its not safe to tell you here, lets get back to town and I’ll tell you there.” said Tina as they turned back to town.
The three of them set in the boiler room. Tina made sure no one was around. “Ok, the creature you saw was created in 2008 by the US military. It’s code name is OXCOM2 but it is commonly called the Outsider by humans. It is the second such monster to be given the code name OXCOM, thus the two.” explained Tina.
“Wait, there’s another one of those things in the future?” asked Balto, surprised.
“No, that creature was created in the 80s and there was at least one other, just called the Outsider. Some sources indicated as many as four such creatures were created, all destroyed after escaping and going on murderous rampages.”
“Sorry I asked.”
“You are lucky in that you live in a time of relative peace, in my time the US is at war on terrorists sects in another country. The war is becoming very costly in terms of human lives so the government was beginning to lose face. They needed soldiers that were effective, reliable, and most importantly, expendable. So my former owner General Damien, dug up the project from the 80s and updated it to create this monster. The Outsider is what’s called a super soldier, it is powerful enough to take out entire squads of soldiers in seconds and it is almost invincible to firearms of any kind. Even if one is killed, they could just make ten more, making it expendable. The previous creatures were all linked to Golden Retrievers named Einstein who ended up helping slay the beast in the end.”
“Where is this one’s ‘Einstein’?”
Tina put her head down, somewhat ashamed. “Lets just say they thought a husky would be less friendly than a Golden Retriever.”
Balto and Jenna gasped. “You’re linked to that thing?” asked Jenna, shocked.
“Yes but I didn’t want to bring that monster here, I thought it might have been dead but it wasn’t it was trapped in the time stream. In addition to the link, I was altered to be smarter than most humans.”
Jenna was scared, not for herself but for her owner. She couldn’t bring herself to ask but Balto could. “What will happen if it comes here?” he asked, pretty certain of the answer.
Tina sighed and looked grim. “I won’t lie or sugarcoat this. If the Outsider reaches town, everyone will die. The Outsider has no remorse or mercy, it’s a monster bent on murder. It doesn’t see civilians or soldiers, it doesn’t see men, women and children, it only see humans as targets that need to be exterminated. If it saw Rosy, it wouldn’t see a little girl, it would see a target to be slaughtered”
Jenna almost cried at the thought of that, Rosy had been her friend her entire life. Balto could only think of one thing. “How do we stop it?” he asked.
“I likely wasn’t completely blindsided by this. I thought it might return so I made two possible, though extremely dangerous and life threatening, plans. Both plans involve you Balto.”
“Why Balto?” asked Jenna, concerned and confused.
“Simple, he is the only dog in town strong enough and knows the area well enough to do it, well there is Steele but he’s probably not in the most helpful mood.”
“She’s right Jenna, alright, what are the plans?” asked Balto.
“Plan A, you guide me out into the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, the Outsider will follow and try to kill us, it has the advantage out there by the way, its programmed that way. Once out there, we find a way to freeze it and keep it frozen, if it keeps moving its fine in the cold but if it can‘t move it will become immobile, that‘s because it’s a reptile.”
“That’s why it made its lair like that, to keep it warm.”
“And plan B?” asked Jenna.
“We stand and fight. Not easy consider its strength is enormous and its main weapons are its nine inch metal claws, together it can use them to rip through a foot of solid metal like its tissue paper.”
“But you said it was invincible.” said Balto.
“No, I said almost invincible. Its hide is resistant to guns and heat but its not unbeatable. This is the prototype version, its not compete, it has weaknesses. I don’t know them all but I know it can be destroyed. Both plans may result in our deaths but we need to think of the alternative, we do nothing and everyone you care about dies. I didn’t want to drag you into this but there is no choice, I can’t turn to anyone else. You don’t have to choose now, it won’t attack for three days, in three day a blizzard is supposed to hit it knows that from weather charts I looked up, it will use that for cover for its attack. Balto, I’d suggest you stay with Jenna and I‘ll stay close by, its safer for all of us if we’re together.”
“Alright, I’ll think about it some.” said Balto, he was confused. He could die ether way but if he did nothing, like Tina said, everyone would die. “Has it killed anyone here yet?”
Tina nodded grimly. “A hunter, I see its murders through the link. I’ve seen so many horrible things, things no one should ever see.” Tina cried some, the things she’d seen troubled her deeply. Balto and Jenna put their paws on Tina’s back in comforting gestures, they couldn’t think of anything to say…

What do you think?

Oh joyous. Our friend has arrived. Time to prepare the welcoming committee.
"Alright, boys, now I need you to aim for the head, and please, for the love of all that is pure, don't miss." What? I can't? ...Darn. "Pack it up, boys. Back to boot camp."

Seriously, though. I'm really anxious to see how Balto and Tina will deal with the Outsider. Seeing what it's done to a grizzly bear, I'm getting a little scared for them both...

Write on! Go Tina!
-LWf

This is AMAZING

Thank you guys, I put a lot of work into this story and I'm glad it turned out the way it did, that and I get the chance to improve it over last time I posted it on a diffrent site. Enjoy the next chapter which I honestly believe is one of the most supsencful chapters of the story.

Surprising Truths

Nome, Alaska, 4 am;

Tina woke up. Everything seemed to be perfectly calm. She was sleeping in the shed behind Jenna’s house, Jenna and Balto were sleeping inside the house. She couldn’t understand why she woke up. She heard something outside, footsteps. She began to feel afraid. “Who’s there? Balto?” she asked.
The door splintered and in walked Tina’s worse nightmare, the Outsider. Tina couldn’t run, she just backed away from the creature. It shot forwards and extended its claws. It drove its blades into the wall around Tina’s head and kept them there, ensuring she had no escape. Hello, traitor. said a menacing voice but the Outsider’s jaws didn’t move.
“Did you talk?”
You could say that. the creature gave her a frightening smile. You cannot escape me, I’ll always be there. I’ll always be lurking in the shadows, waiting. You and this town have three days. In three days, this town’s streets will run red with the blood of my victims and there is no way you can stop me. Now wake up. the voice said. The Outsider extended its other claws and launched them towards Tina’s skull.
Tina snapped awake, breathing heavily. She looked around, everything was the way it should be, the door was still there, the Outsider wasn’t. “Was that just a dream?” she asked, calming down.
No, it wasn’t. Did you forget our link? I can enter your dreams when you are not concentrating on blocking me. I told you, you can’t escape me…Three days til-
Tina blocked the monster’s thoughts out. She was glad she could, she’d forgotten it was capable of doing that. She reconnected to the monster. “We will stop you, we will find a way to defeat you for good.” she said in her mind before pulling out.
Jenna walked into the room, she looked scared, almost crying. “Tina, can I talk to you?” she asked.
“Yes, of course you can.”
“Alright.” Jenna walks into the shed. “I had a dream about that thing, the Outsider…”
“And?” Tina wondered if the Outsider had developed a way to get into Jenna’s mind as well but it was unlikely.
“It…It killed Balto in my dream. It stabbed him in the chest and then threw him hard against a mountain side…then he just laid there, bleeding in the snow…It all seemed so real. It was terrifying.” The last thing Jenna wanted was for her mate to die, she was always so afraid of losing him, she loved him so much.
“It was just a dream Jenna. I know it scared you but it was just a dream. You’re afraid the Outsider might kill him so you had a nightmare. There is no reason to be scared of your dream. Theoretically the Outsider can’t kill Balto because I would then never meet your descendent to learn about him, then I’d never of stopped at Balto’s statue, it wouldn’t of caught me and been struck by lightning and we wouldn’t of came back and it couldn’t kill him, it would cancel itself out in what’s called a time paradox which is supposed to be impossible…Unless…”
“Unless what? If there is something tell me.”
“Me and the Outsider changed the past just by coming back, it might be able to kill Balto without threatening itself and your dream might have been a premonition.” she didn’t want to say that but she didn’t want to lie.
Jenna gasped. Just the thought of losing her mate terrified her. “So Balto might die?” she started crying.
“Jenna, there’s a good chance that isn’t the chase.”
“But it could happen right?!” Jenna was upset.
Tina didn’t want to answer but she had to. “Yes…it could.”
Jenna was confused and upset. “I need to think for awhile.” she said and dashed out of the shed.
“Jenna! Wait!” Tina yelled after her. Tina went into the house and nudged Balto. “Wake up, something’s happened.” she said.
Balto woke up and looked at her with a yawn. “What happened?” he asked.
“Jenna ran off.”
“What? Why?”
“She was scared because she had a nightmare about the Outsider killing you and I tried to calm her down but I just made things worse.” Tina started to cry. “If anything happened to her, its my fault.”
“No, calm down. We have to find her.”
“Your right. Where would she go?”
Balto looks out the window at the hill overlooking Nome, it was lit up with an aurora. “I think I know.”
Tina nodded but then got a shocked look. “Oh no. The Outsider, its near there.”
“Then we better get to her before it does.
Jenna looked at the beautiful aurora emanating from the broken bottles laying nearby with a lantern shining on them. Tears ran from her eyes and melted through the snow below her head. “Balto…” she said. So many things ran through her mind. The Outsider could kill her mate, she’d had a nightmare about that, dreams could show the future, she knew that. Part of her wanted to be mad at Tina for bringing that monster back but she knew Tina didn’t deserve that, Tina wanted to stop that creature more than anyone. “You can’t die Balto, you just can’t.” she said, crying. She couldn’t bare to lose Balto, he meant everything to her. Without him what chance did they have to stop that beast? If he died, so would Nome and the family Jenna loved so much. She hadn’t had pups but according to Tina she was supposed to…with Balto. If Balto died, those pups would never be born, there lives were on the line even if they hadn’t gotten life yet. “I won’t let this monster do that, I’ll kill it myself if I have to.” She heard something behind her. She looked but nothing was there. “W-who’s there? Balto? Tina? Is that you?” She was getting frightened. Was it Steele? Was it…that monster? Both thoughts scared her. She looked all over the hill side, she couldn’t find anything. She looked back to the aurora and calmed down a little. She felts the vibrations in the ground of something large landing behind her. She ran forwards and looked back. A look of terror went across her face.
The Outsider looked over the dog in front of it. It was aggravated, it had thought Jenna was Tina, it was incapable of pinpointing Tina’s location as accurately as she could it and Tina and Jenna’s similar appearance confused it. Still, it had began a hunt, it was programmed not to, back at the lab it was painfully shocked for doing that. It took a slow step forward, a clip proceeded its metal claws extending.
Jenna’s eyes locked on the metal claws gleaming in the moonlight, she could see old bloodstains on the blades, she didn’t want her blood to join them. She rushed in the opposite direction, through the aurora but she realized too late it was a dead-end. She looked at the creature for a second before closing her eyes. “I’m sorry Balto.” she said, expecting to feel the monster’s blades stabbing into her in a moment but nothing happened. She opened her eyes to see the Outsider looking across the hillside, looking for her despite being in plan sight. It couldn’t see her for some reason. She thought about running but whatever was blocking her from view would very likely fade if she did. The monster growled angrily. It stepped forwards but the moment its head enter the aurora it leapt backwards out of it with a roar of pain. Jenna was intrigued by this, did the aurora hurt it somehow?
The Outsider rubbed its eyes for a second. It let out a furious roar. It knew its prey was there, it could smell Jenna, hear her heartbeat but it couldn’t see her. It looked around before its eyes locked on the lantern. It walked over and picked it up. The aurora faded and Jenna became visible to it. It smiled. It knew most organisms would laugh at this time, it wondered if it could. It went through images it saw through Tina, it only knew what she saw when she wasn’t blocking it out. It remembered a movie scene.
Jenna gasped as the monster smiled. It opened its mouth, Jenna expected a roar but instead was greeted by a far more disturbing sound. The Outsider laughed but the laugh sounded…like Balto’s only warped in a evil manner so that it was just so disturbing. Jenna ran as the monster crushed the lantern in its claws like tissue, she knew it could easily do that to her skull. She ran as fast as she could. She looked down at Nome, the place she normally felt safe in, she wanted to run into town but knew the monster could follow her and attack then, she’d be dooming her family. She ran into the wilderness.
Jenna ran for what she thought was hours, her paws hurt, she was breathing heavily but she kept running, she was so scared but more for her loved ones than herself, she couldn’t imagine how Balto would react if that monster killed her. She finally stopped and collapsed, breathing hard. It was a few moments before she could stand. She looked around, she wasn’t too far from Nome, she was on the end opposite of the place she started, she’d reach Balto’s boat before Nome, that was fine with her. She started to walk back to Nome. Something grabbed her by the hind leg and took her into the air. To her terror, she looked into the Outsider’s evil eyes. She couldn’t read anything in those eyes but pure cruelty and evil. It let out another warped laugh that mocked her mate’s and threw her. She slammed hard into a tree and let out a loud yelp. She landed on the ground as it approached. For a second she thought about playing dead before remembering what the monster did to its victims. She looked up at it as she heard the click as its claws extended. She whimpered as it lifted its weapon into the air and drove it forwards. She closed her eyes and awaited her death. When she didn’t die she opened her eyes. The monster had stopped inches from her snout, she could smell the blood on them. It wasn’t looking at her, she followed its gaze and found Tina standing nearby.
“Let her go Outsider! Its me you want.” said Tina, hopping the monster would chase her.
The Outsider looked at Tina for a second. Its head snapped back to Jenna. Its claws retracted and it pointed to her before roaring in her face. It then turned and ran after Tina who ran off.
Jenna was still shocked, she was inches from dieing but it wanted a chance to kill Tina over taking her life. Its massage was clear though. It was saying ‘You got lucky’. She knew now where the smell of rotten meat back in the cave came from, the monster’s breath. Balto ran up to her, worry obvious on his face. He nuzzled her lovingly. “Are you alright?” he asked.
“I think so.” she said. She tried to stand and walk but her front ankle gave out and she went face first into the snow. She tried again with the same result, this time with a little pain in her ankle. She growl. “Why does this keep happening to me?”
Balto would of laughed if it wasn’t such a serious moment. He helped her up and let her lean on him. “Lets get you back to Nome.”
“But what about Tina?”
“She’ll be fine, she has more experience with this monster than we do. She’ll meet us back at the boat.” It was sunrise when they got within view of Balto’s boat. “Do you want to rest on the boat for awhile?” he asks.
“Yes.” replied Jenna, her ankle was hurting pretty bad.
Tina came running up, breathing hard. “Ok, I lost it in the woods and I’m guessing it headed back to its lair with the sun rising.” she said once she caught her breath.
“Sorry for running out like that.”
“I can’t blame you for that. Its fine.” Tina thought for a second. “I think its important for us to fully trust each other, there is something else I’ve been keeping from you but this a far more joyous thing.”
“What is it?” asked Balto, hopping for some good news.
Tina walked back to where Balto and Jenna’s prints lay in the snow. She put her paw between the two sets of prints, when she lifted it, what they saw shocked Balto and Jenna. Tina’s paw print looked more like Balto’s than Jenna’s and was larger than Jenna’s. Tina giggled. “Big paws run in my family.”
Balto’s eyes went wide when he heard that, he remember saying the same thing months ago to Jenna. “You’re part wolf aren’t you?”
Tina nodded with a smile. “Yes, I got it from my great, great, great grandfather and I got my looks from his mate.”
Balto and Jenna looked at each other then at Tina, then they realized what she meant. “Balto, she has your eyes.” said Jenna, still in a little shock.
Balto looked in a puddle nearby at his own eyes then at Tina’s, sure enough they were the same. “We’re your ancestors?” he asked.
Tina nodded and reared her head skywards before letting out a howl, not like the mocking howl Steele would sometimes do but a true wolf’s howl…

What you think? Did you see Tina's secret coming?

Tina is one of Balto's decendents? I did not see that cominig O_o Kendell you have got to keep posting this story i am in love with it!

Wow. Silly me for thinking Tina's looks were just some sort of odd coinsidence.
There are no coinsidences in fiction.
Yet another great chapter. Working in dialogue from Balto was a nice touch.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the kind words. I honestly can't believe I tricked you. Anyway heres the new chapter.

Rivals

Nome, Alaska, 7 am;

Tina finished her howl and walked over to her ancestors. “Yeah, the descendent I was talking about was my mom. She was so proud to be related to you and so am I.” she said.
Balto was a little shocked but Jenna wasn’t. “I’m glad to hear it. I guess that explains why you look so much like me.” said Jenna.
Balto nodded. “Yeah…I know this is supposed to be happy but that monster is still on the loose…Tina if you’re my descendent, what would happen if the Outsider killed me or Jenna?” he asked.
Tina cocked her head a little confused. “Well I’m not sure. Ether I’d simply disappear from existence or nothing because I’m not in the future so changes to the timeline might not effect me, that and it would make a time paradox.” she said.
“A what?”
“A time paradox, lets see how do I explain this? Well if the Outsider killed one of you, you wouldn’t have pups and as such my ancestors wouldn’t be born and nether would I. If I was never born the Outsider wouldn’t be linked to me and couldn’t come back in time. If it never came back in time, it couldn’t kill you and I would be born and it would come back and kill you, stopping me from being born, stopping it from killing you-”
“Alright, I get the point, you’re starting to make my head hurt.” Balto rubbed his head with his paw to show it.
“I know, time travel can do that to you.” she smiled a little.
Jenna smiled in response. “We will stop that thing, I’d rather die than let it kill my family.” she said bravely.
“Same goes for me, backing down isn’t something that works for me.” said Balto.
Tina nodded. “Right, I’ve had that monster connected to me for a long time, I won’t stop until that thing is beaten for good.” she said. She saw Jenna’s injured paw. “What happened?”
Jenna was confused for a second before she followed Tina’s gaze to her hurt ankle. “Oh, the Outsider threw me, I guess I landed hard on this paw.” she said.
“Well lets get onto the boat and I’ll check you out, I know a few medical facts, this big brain of mine comes in handy sometimes.” Tina smiled.
“Thank you.”
The three begin to walk toward the boat again. “So Tina, how do you feel about being part wolf?” asked Balto, curious.
Tina laughed. “Well interesting question. I am very proud to be part wolf, even if its rather small. I wish I was more wolf, maybe Damien wouldn’t of picked me up if I looked like a wolf pup.” said Tina with a laugh.
Balto smiled a little. “Yeah, though a good human might of not wanted you ether.”
“I’d rather have no one than a psychopath and a homicidal genetic freak.”
“Point taken.”
They get up on the deck and lay Jenna down. Tina looks over Jenna’s ankle, it was a little swollen. Tina felt it with her paw, Jenna winced a little, it hurt a good bit. Tina continued and when she stopped she gave Jenna a smile. “Don’t worry, its not broken, it will be sore for awhile but you’ll be fine.”
Jenna smiled. “That’s good.” she said.
Balto nuzzled his mate. “I’m so glad you’re safe, it could have been a lot worse.” he said. He was about to say something else when something hit him rather hard in the side. He went skidding across the deck, his shoulder getting cut up from splinters. He got up to find Steele standing where he was moments earlier. Steele’s white fur was still tinted pink from Tina and Jenna’s prank. “What are you doing here?”
Steele growled. “Well I waited all night for you to come sleep so I could kill you but you didn’t show up.” he said.
Jenna’s eyes went wide, she was afraid Steele would try that. “That’s low, even for you.” she said.
Steele ignored her and charged Balto. Balto tried to get out of the way but his injured shoulder prevented him from being fast enough. He braced himself for the impact. Steele collided with Balto, who stood his ground and pushed back. Steele bit down on Balto’s shoulder. Balto returned the favor.
“Balto!” said Jenna as she tried to rise but her ankle hurt too much.
“Jenna, you relax, I’ll hel-” said Tina her eyes went wide as she was interrupted by the Outsider’s mental voice.
Hello traitor. I am going to share a little secret with you, you know how you think you’ve lost some of your memories? You didn’t lose them, I stole them. said the evil voice.
“Tina, what’s wrong?” asked Jenna, something was wrong.
“The Outsider is talking to me, it can do that through the link.” said Tina. “What do you mean ‘stole them’?” she asked in her head.
Just that, I took your memories, they are in my mind to use as I chose, did you enjoy that bit of your past I gave you while I was in the time stream? asked the Outsider.
Tina gasped. “That was you? You gave me that nightmare? Why?”
I can taste you fear, it is quite a wonderful taste. Now I’m going to give you a bit of info that will give you a new idea of your ‘heroic ancestor’.
Tina’s eyes went wide before they closed and she collapsed, unconscious. “Tina? Are you alright?” asked Jenna, very frightened.
Steele snapped his head to the side and threw Balto across the deck. Balto quickly got up. “Half-breed, do yourself a favor and just let me kill you.”
“I don’t want to fight you Steele.” replied Balto.
“Then I’ll just tear you apart.” Steele charged at Balto, Balto jumped to the side to avoid him then drove his head into Steele’s ribs. Steele fell to the deck but got up quickly. “I thought you said you didn’t want to fight.”
“I don’t but that doesn’t mean I won’t if I have to. This is your last warning, if we fight I won’t hold back this time.”
“Nether will I.”
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you.” Balto leapt on Steele and clawed him across the face, leaving a bleeding cut. Steele replied with a swipe of his own, with a similar result. Balto bit down on Steele’s leg and yanked it out from under Steele. He pinned Steele to the deck and bit Steele’s shoulder. Steele rolled Balto over and tried to bite Balto’s throat. Balto avoided the bite and kicked Steele hard with his hind legs. Steele fell off him and Balto latched his jaws onto Steele’s back. Steele growled and reached around. He bit Balto’s hind leg and threw him, ripping off a sizeable chuck of his own fur in the process. Balto slammed into the deck rather hard. He didn’t stay down. Steele growled and charged. Balto bit into Steele’s shoulder and used Steele’s momentum to throw him. Steele landed near the edge of the deck and got up. Balto ran forwards and slammed into Steele’s side, sending the larger dog falling off the deck. Balto flinched as Steele hit the ground hard. Balto looked over and saw Steele laying motionless below, his chest still moved with his breaths, Balto was glad he hadn’t killed another dog. “Don’t say I didn’t warn you.” he said, breathing heavily. He walked over to Jenna and looked at Tina. “What happened to her?”
“I don’t know, she said the Outsider was talking to her through the link then she just passed out.” said Jenna, worried.
Tina’s eyes snapped open and she got up, strangely smiling. “Your plan backfired, you’ve just made me love Balto even more, you should of stopped earlier than that.” she told the Outsider through the link, she blocked it out before it could respond.
“What happened?” asked Balto.
“Well turns out I didn’t lose my memories, the Outsider stole them. It was the reason I had that nightmare to my puppyhood, it used the memory to scare me. It tried again just now but it backfired.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’ll tell you, you see, it was trying to make me hate you but it backfired big time.”

Flashback

Tina’s child self lay were her father left her, badly hurt and crying. “Why papa? What did I do?” she cried.
“Tina? Where are you sis?” called a voice. In a few seconds, a white husky pup moved into the pup’s view, it was her brother Alex. He looked at her and his eyes went wide. “Mom, Tina’s here, she’s hurt.” he yelled before running over to his crying sister. “Tina, who did this to you?”
Tina looked at him and cried. “Daddy did this, I don’t know why but he did.”
Alex looked rather surprised but he went to help his sister up, not caring that her blood stained his white pelt. “Don’t worry Tina, we’ll get you help.”
Tina’s mother and her siblings came over, all quite scared. “Oh no, Tina, kids, help Alex with your sister.” ordered the mother. The pups all came to help their hurt sister. The followed their mother back to where they lived.
Tina was quiet for a little bit except for her sobbing. She finally decided to talk. “Momma, why did daddy do this to me?” she asked, confused and upset.
Her mother sighed. “Well you see we’re part wolf, he just found that out and he doesn’t like it.”
Tina cocked her head. “Part wolf?”
“Yes, you’re great, great, great grandfather was a half wolf named Balto.”
Tina looked angry. “I hate him, why’d he have to be half wolf? Make daddy hate us.”
“Don’t say that. You’re father is at fault here. Our ancestor was a dog to be proud of. He saved an entire town in 1925, all out of the goodness in his heart.”
Tina’s eyes lit up. “Really? So we’re related to a hero?” she was excited now.
“Yes, it’s a really nice story.”
“Tell us please?” Tina wanted to hear it, she was a pup, her curiosity outweighed the sadness and hurt.
Tina’s siblings joined in asking. “Alright.” said their mother with a chuckle. “It all started in Nome, Alaska in 1925...”

Flashback end

“So my mom told me my first story about you that night. I wouldn’t have gotten through that without it.” said Tina, smiling.
Balto was surprised some. “Glad I helped you“ he said with a smirk.
“Tina…was Alex the one that…died?” Jenna asked, cautious not to upset Tina.
Tina nodded. “Yes, we were playing and I got in the road. He pushed me out of the way of a coming car, he saved my life at the cost of his own. I’m not upset about it any more. I blamed myself but I know it wasn’t my fault.”
Jenna nodded. “I’m glad of that. Can we head to Rosy’s now?” she asked, she yawned a little, that was a very tiring ordeal…

What you think?

THE STORY KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER!!!

Every chapter brings yet another wonderful plot-twister.
I'm really liking how you keep adding stuff to Tina's connection with the Outsider. It's quite interesting and I'm willing to bet it's original.
This is a great story and needs (needs!) to go on the site when it's finished.

Write on!
-LWf

You know I want to and now its time for something you've probably all been waiting for, Balto taking on the Outsider! Please enjoy the following fic and if possible listin to Kryptonite by Three Doors Down during the fight seen to ehance your reading experence!

Balto and The Beast

Nome Alaska, 8 am;

Balto stood in the shed behind Rosy’s house, Jenna slept in her bed, the humans thought she’d spent the whole night there with Balto. Balto couldn’t get it out of his mind how close he was to losing his beloved mate. The Outsider was literally inches from taking Jenna away from him forever. He looked at Tina. “Thank you for saving her Tina.” he said.

Tina was looking out the door at the sky. “No problem.” she said, not looking at him.

“Something wrong?”

“It’s a cloudy day.”

“So?”

“The Outsider might be nocturnal but it can come out on a cloudy day, its near were we found the bear right now.”

Balto nodded, at least it wouldn’t attack yet. He had to stop that monster before it hurt anyone else. He thought over his options, pretty much they were, fight or flight. He looked at Jenna, her ankle was a little swollen even though it wasn’t broken. He was so close to losing her, she meant everything to him. He turned to Tina. “I chose fight.” he said.

“What?”

“I’m going to fight the Outsider.” Balto took off out the door before Tina could argue.

Tina got ready to go after him but looked back at Jenna, she didn’t want Jenna to wake up with no one there ether. She ran over a nuzzled Jenna. Jenna woke rather quickly. “Tina? What going on?” she asked

“Balto’s gone.” said Tina, worried.

“What do you mean?”

“He went to fight the Outsider, alone.”

A chill went done Jenna’s spine and she got a worried expression. Her nightmare flashed through her mind. “Oh my gosh, we have to go after him.” she tried to get up but pain shot through her ankle when she tried to stand and she fell back down.

“Jenna, I’ll go, I know where it is and you’d only slow me down in your condition. No matter what happens, I’ll bring him back.”

Jenna wanted to go find her mate but Tina was right, she would just slow them down. “Alright, be careful.”

“I will.”

“…Can he beat it on his own?”

Tina sighed. “I don’t know, its strong and durable but it isn’t nearly as quick as he is. If he can outmaneuver it, he might win.” Tina truly thought Balto could beat the Outsider, he was her hero, in her mind there was nothing he couldn’t do but the scientific side the humans had put in her mind said there was no way on earth he could win.

Balto ran through the snow and ice. One thing was on his mind, protecting what mattered to him most, his family and friends, he wouldn’t let them die, even at the cost of his own life. That was a bet he’d always make, his own life was of little importance if someone dear to him would be saved by his sacrifice. There was no fear in his mind, he didn’t let it, if it was there, he wouldn’t be at his best for the fight he was going to have. “I won’t let it win, that monster won’t beat me.” he told himself.

The Outsider looked at the dead bear again, seeing how much it had decayed and such, it didn’t know cold could slow down decay, it documented it to memory. It extended its claw and checked it over, making sure it was free of scratches and such, it didn’t care about the bloodstains. It let out its newly acquired laugh as it looked at the bloodstains on its blades before retracting them. Balto jumped into the clearing and looked at the monster with a growl. It looked back and cocked its head. It identified Balto from the movies Tina had seen, it knew who he was but didn’t make a move. Tina was a threat to it, Jenna had been hunted by mistake but it had started hunting her so it had to kill her now. Balto hadn’t been encountered or attacked it yet, it wouldn’t attack unless he did.

Balto glared into the monster’s eyes, seeing the same evil stare they always had. “You have threatened my friends and family, you almost killed the one that matters to me the most! I’m going to bring you down even if I have to go down with you.” he threatened.

The Outsider replied with its sinister laughter, which needless to say, disturbed Balto a little. Traitor, I’m going to crush your pathetic hero and I’ll not give you the privilege to watch it! it told Tina through the link, it then blocked out its senses from Tina’s access, she could sense what was going to happen. It took a fighting stance and let out a piercing roar.

Balto bared his teeth, let out a howl, and charged the genetic demon. The Outsider swung around and tried to strike Balto with its long tail. He leapt over the tail and landed on the monster’s back. He bit down on the back of its neck and began battering it with his paws. The creature didn’t feel Balto’s bite but it felt the impacts of his paws, that was another chink in its armor, blunt force impacts weren’t as defended against as other types of attacks. It growled and brought its tail around, it wrapped around Balto’s torso before tossing him off. The monster turned and snarled. It did a huge jump and tried to land on Balto with its feet. Balto quickly got up and ran out of the way. When the Outsider hit the ground, its impact created a small crater from its great weight. It turned around and let out a roar before charging. Balto met its charge with his own. He tried to leap over its back but the monster expected this and ducked, bringing its tail up and hitting Balto’s shoulder. He fell to the ground with a grunt of pain, it felt like a whip had struck him, he could feel a welt start to rise. The Outsider brought its tail down on Balto’s side a few times with the same result. Balto couldn’t help but let out a yelp of pain. He rolled out of the way of another strike from the whip like tail. He bit down on the tail tip and pulled back. The Outsider let out an agitated snarl and pulled its tail back. Balto’s paws slid but he just pulled back. The Outsider extended its claws and pulled its tail back with great force. Balto went flying towards it. His eyes went wide as he looked at the claws he was speeding towards.

Thunder roared throughout the battlefield. The Outsider instantly retracted its claws and looked up. Balto was surprised at this but took advantage and put his hind legs out in front. When he hit the monster’s chest he kicked out and landed a few feet back. The Outsider finally staggered back a few feet. Balto charged forwards and head butted it in the stomach. The Outsider doubled over and coughed, the air driven from its lungs. Balto sprung up and struck the Outsider in the jaw with his head. The monster finally fell to the ground but Balto staggered back and shook his head. It was hurt him some to strike the monster’s metal jaw bone with only a thin layer of skin covering that part of the Outsider’s body. He cleared his head and charged the monster again. This time the Outsider caught him as it stood up and quickly threw him into the air before driving him to the ground. Balto’s ribs hit a patch of stone on the ground and he let out a cry of pain. The Outsider did a running kick into Balto’s ribs knocking him a few feet away. Balto coughed and hacked, trying to catch his breath, he knew a few of his ribs had been bruised but he managed to stand up. The Outsider cocked its head in confusion. It moved its mouth as if trying to make words. It did so a few more times. “W--…--’t…-o-…--e” it said, the missing letters imposable to understand, none the less it smiled.

Balto’s eyes went wide. “Did you talk?” he asked, shocked.

The Outsider smiled more and tried again. “W-y…wo-’t…yo-…die.” it said, the massage was clear though.

Balto was surprised but laughed as best he could despite his bruised ribs. “You’d really get along with Steele.” he said.

The Outsider let out a roar and charged. It swung its hand downward at Balto’s skull but he avoided it. It swung its other hand around but he got out of the way again. He backed up against and low tree limb. He remembered something from his encounter with that bear a few months ago. He backed up more and bent the limb before waiting for the monster to approach. It ran at him and he got out of the way, the limb swung forwards and struck it over the head, snapping on impact but causing the Outsider to fall to the ground. Balto picked up a rock in his mouth and slammed it against the Outsider’s skull, actually getting a roar of pain to come from its maw. He repeated this until finally green blood oozed from a wound on its head. He didn’t like to be this brutal but this opponent required him to be. The Outsider snarled in rage and caught Balto’s throat as he tried to bring the rock down again. It rose to its feet and threw Balto, he slammed hard into a tree, he yelped but didn’t lose consciousness. He got back to his feet. He could tell the monster was getting angry, he didn’t know if that was good or bad. He waited for it to charge and get close enough before jumping over it. It slammed through the tree but swung its tail around and into Balto’s already injured ribs. He fell to the ground with a groan. He got up as quick as he could and turned back to the monster, he was in a lot of pain but he wouldn’t give up as long as he could stand. The monster was slightly injured from going through a tree but was down. It brought its hand up and into Balto’s bottom jaw, sending him falling onto his back. He shook it off and got to his feet again before being kicked in the ribs again, sending him rolling across the ground until he came to a stop. He managed to get up again, despite agonizing pain in his ribs. The Outsider brought its hand down on the top of Balto’s head. Balto managed to stay on his feet but blood trickled down his face, he’d been busted open. He looked at the monster, his vision blurred, he felt dizzy and staggered around before falling to the ground. He tried to rise but couldn’t. He looked up as the monster approached and laughed evilly as it extended its metal claws. Balto lost consciousness as the beast rose its weapon to the sky…

Cliffhanger! *Laughs evilly like Outsider* Alright, will Balto live? You'll have to wait to find out!

Aaaand cue thunder! *BOOOM*
"Well done, boy! One shot to the head, the sound covered by the storm. Nice job."

Anyway... Great cliffhanger!
Wait, did I just say that? No! Cliffhanger = no more story = evil!
I'm seeing three possible outcomes for this. One's great, the second one's kinda sad and the third one just KILLS me. I can't wait to see which one actually happens.

Write on!
-LWf

I HOPE SO THAT THIS WILL COME ON THE SITE!!! Sorry for this hard wordss but I've readen this fic from the start and its verry interresting, It's just that ***** cliffhanger that bother my mind.

AHH BALTO NOOO YOU CAN"T FALL HOLD ON:shock: !!
This is the most i have ever read in my life.
And kendell GREAT JOB WITH THIS STORY!!