Balto (The Revelation)

Chapter 5 – Attack Of Enemies

          “Quick!” a male white wolf ordered to 7 other black wolves behind, “We must get there at night.”

          Still in running, the white wolf rushed through the woods, together with black wolves. At this point, the surroundings was filled with darkness. None could see clearly because shadows from the woods overshadowed the creatures inside. But when they got out, the light from moon lightened everything. The black wolves itself were perfectly darkened by their furs and eyes, yet the white wolf forward was different. All of his body was white, except the like diamond – shaped in front head was black and his eyes were blue.

          “All of you!” he continued, looking at them, “Go first! Do at once!”

          Without any doubt, the black wolves suddenly began pushing forward, leaving their leader behind. The white wolf then stopped, facing to the moon. He grinned evilly.

          “The moon will be ours…” he said.

          Slowly, he started to walk again, then running to catch up with his subordinates. With high confidence, he moved toward the destination, only leaving a mystery beyond the shadow around.

          Meanwhile, Balto was sleeping peacefully along with his friend, Boris. They had already flied away in their own dreams. But even they had a good sleep, yet there were creatures that hadn’t slept yet. At beside the boat, Luka still checked on something while Reina was on boat, yawning with half – eyes opened.

          “If you want to sleep, you can do it now…” Luka started, looking at Reina.

          “Are you sure?” Reina asked, “I still can stand on for a while.”

          “Reina…” Luka called, climbing the boat, “It’s okay. You can sleep now. Let me guard this place.”

          “Okay, then…” Reina smiled, “I will go to sleep now. If any problem happens, just wake me up.”

          “Yes…” Luka replied back, “I will…”

          Glancing at Luka for the last time, Reina then slowly laid down. She closed her eyes, starting to get sleep. The only sounds she made were her breath that seemed very tired at the day.

          Luka just smiled over her, knowing his friend had done her best. He then glanced over the surroundings, checking for the last time before he also joined his already slept friend. Slowly, he scanned around. Even the night casted more darkness, he still could see any single of movement. But unfortunately, he saw none of it. Thinking everything was safe enough, he laid down not far from Reina. He closed his eyes, but as soon as he did, his feeling alarmed him.

          Even no sound or no sight came to him, his instinct was more promising than anything. He quickly walked closer to Reina, waking her up. He nudged her repeatedly until her eyes opened.

          “What’s wrong, Luka…” Reina started, yawning, “Is there any threat?”

          “Yes…” Luka answered, “I have bad feeling about this. I’m afraid the enemy soon will be here. Wake Balto up now!”

          “Okay!” Reina replied back, getting up quickly then nudging Balto’s head slowly.

          “Umm… What’s wrong?” Balto yawned, “Is it already morning?”

          “Not yet,” Reina answered.

          “Then, I can continue to sleep now…” Balto replied, “Good night.”

          “Balto, you can’t sleep now!” Reina nudged hard, “The enemy is here. They are looking for you. You’re in great danger.”

          “What?!” Balto was shocked, “What do you mean?”

          “Did you remember when you were attacked?” Reina asked, glaring seriously, “They are coming right to you now.”

          Balto quickly moved away from where he had been. Panic suddenly rushed into his mind. He knew he was no challenge for them. They outnumbered him. While he was thinking, he saw that Boris still slept peacefully.

          “Ugh…”he thought, “How could he just slept like that?”

          “Balto!” Luka suddenly interrupted, “We need to get out here before…”

          “Before it’s too late…” the black wolf suddenly cut off, coming from nowhere to front of them.

          Everybody was shocked to see a black wolf had already arrived on the boat, followed by another 6 black wolves at ground below. They never expected they were surrounded quickly. Luka then positioned himself, along with Reina who ready for the worst.

          “Balto, you must run now! Take Boris with you!” Luka started, still gazing at the enemy, “Don’t worry about them. We’ll protect you so that they can’t hurt you.”

          “Are you sure you can escape easily from us?” the black wolf snarled, interrupting them.

          “I’m absolutely sure…” Luka answered with high confident, then turning to Balto, “NOW!”

          Ready or not, Balto knew he had to run. He then quickly took Boris at his back without waking him up, making the poor goose woke in shock. Having no time to explain, Balto rushed to the outside while taking his friend. He just passed those wolves with Luka and Reina beside him. Any of black wolf who dared to move closer was ended on smacked away from that brown wolf. Both of Luka and Reina did a god job by kicking them out the way, but it didn’t end easily. They still gave a chase, so Balto didn’t know where to go, but heading right to the town.

          “Balto, what are you doing?!” Boris finally asked, “Why are you running? Why you take me into it?”

          “Just see behind me…” Balto answered while still running away.

          “Behind you?” Boris was confused, looking at his back to see many black wolves chased them, “Balto! You need to run faster.”

          “I tried…” Balto replied, “Now, you need to be silent.”

          “Okay, I can do that!” Boris shouted in panic.

          “Reina!” Luka suddenly interrupted, “Escort Balto to the safe place! I will delay them.”

          “But, Luka…” Reina replied, “You’ll be…”

          “There’s no time,” Luka cut off, “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”

          Reina smiled over him. She was then leaving him, taking both of Balto and Boris to safe place. But for sure, she didn’t know exactly where they would go. Balto was on head and he was still running. Reina didn’t have a choice, but to follow him. While they began fading away, Luka suddenly stopped. He was quickly breaking his move, turning around to face the enemies. The wolves then also stopped.

          “I can’t let you go further…” he started.

          “You dare to face us!” the black wolf snarled, “Do you think you can handle us?”

          “I think I can,” Luka answered simply.

          “Face your death!” the black wolf shouted, all attacking him alone.

          Meanwhile the grey wolf struggled to fight alone, those who escaped before had been already in town. They looked behind, thinking they had finally retreated from great danger. Both of Balto and Reina were exhausted because the sudden running, panting to take air.

          “I guess we lost them…” Boris started.

          “Think again,” a voice of nowhere suddenly interrupted.

          From the darkness behind, a white wolf suddenly leapt forward. Balto who didn’t have time to react was luckily saved by Reina who was pushing him to dodge that deadly attack. Reina then glared at attacker. He was pure white and had blue eyes like her, but the black color at his head attracted her sight. That black diamond - shaped seemed to mean more.

          “Be careful, Balto!” Reina warned, “It seems he’s very different than those black wolves.”

          “Different?” the white wolf grinned, “I’m so much different than those slaves. I’m very powerful.”

          Reina scanned her enemy carefully. She actually didn’t know how much the danger he could cause. He even didn’t show his teeth, making difficult to predict what he was planning for. Reina then slowly moved closer to Balto, guarding him tightly.

          “I think you have to run…” she started, looking at Balto, “It’s very dangerous to be here.”

          “I absolutely agree…” Boris added.

          “But, how about you?” Balto asked.

          “I’ll be fine,” Reina answered him, “Trust me.”

          Balto nodded hesitantly, ensuring himself everything was going okay. Slowly, he then walked away from that place with Boris. As soon as he was far, the enemy was preparing a sudden move.

          “I won’t let you…” he started.

          The enemy suddenly leapt toward his victim. Reina who saw it didn’t have a choice, but to fight with all of her power. She then also leapt, crashing with him in the midair. The intense of it was so frightening. Balto who could only hear the struggle sounds just wished Reina was alright. He also wished that Luka would soon come back. For a while, he was running, leaving as far as he could. When he thought it was already safe, he stopped. The situation around was dark and silent until a white creature came out from dark alley.

          “Reina? Is that you?” he asked happily.

          Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t her because when it came out, the moon light revealed the truth. It was his enemy before. Balto then was shocked to see him, thinking he had beaten his friend already. Now, it was only a matter of time before he met the same fate.