Hello all my readers both old and new. As I've promised I've continued with a sequel to my story "Milo" and for you new readers I highly suggest you read my first story first as you will not get what is going on or who many of the characters are. For the ones who have read my old story though I do hope you guys enjoy this one as it will be somewhat more lighthearted and it will dabble a bit in the fictional area... slightly. But anyways enjoy this sequel and please please PLEASE leave a comment if you like it or what your thoughts are on it. Thank You.


Sighing softly Blue-Eyes took in the scent of the newly fresh morning air and allowed it's sweet cold touch to caress into his dark fur. Its been many winters since the war with the humans had ended long ago. Lives were lost, humans and apes alike were hurt but from those pains and loss, hope blossomed within that darkness. Prejudice eyes were opened, showing that either species was capable of both good and evil deeds. Apes who had their differences was able to fight alongside with each other once more, against a bigger threat. Thus uniting all of the great apes which included the warrior-like chimpanzees, the kind and graceful bonobos, the patient yet strong gorillas, the wise creative orangutans, and the antagonistic yet kindhearted humans. Together they thwarted the violent humans that threatened all of them and in the end they all came to terms with one another. Since then, apes and humans alike had come to a peaceful agreement, arranged by Caesar and Malcolm who lead their respected kind in this new age. By working together they had settled the angry disputes between both man and apes, now both species see each other as kin.

Blue-Eyes slowly opened his eyes and exhaled out a deep breath from within, creating a giant fog that rose slowly into the air. Reaching up to scratch at the scars across his right chest he watched the sun peeked over slightly from behind the mountains. It had been so long ago since the war had started for them and Blue-Eyes could remember it as if it were just yesterday as he traced the bullet wound down by his abdomen. Leaning back into the tree he was sitting on, Blue-Eyes closed his eyes once more allowing the sun's rays to warm him up within the cool chilly air of the morning. However his moment of peace was suddenly disrupted when an ape landed onto the giant branch that he was on. Blue-Eyes cracked an eye open and observed the young ape before him, looking around frantically as if he were searching for something. The other chimpanzee's green eyes darted here and there while he searched above the trees before he sighted Blue-Eyes and walked on over towards him. While the younger ape reached him Blue-Eyes grunted as the chimpanzee touched at his face, fur, hands and feet before taking a hold of his shoulders and was shook slightly. Being satisfied with what he had found the younger chimp turned around to take a look at the morning sun as well. Eyes narrowing, Blue-Eyes reached out with his right foot and gently pushed the ape off of the tree branch and watched as the ape fell merely a few inches onto the ground while letting out a yelp in the process.

"What was that for?" the young chimpanzee signed angrily as he glared back up at Blue-Eyes while hooting.

"For ruining my morning," Blue-Eyes signed back while a smile slowly crept up on his face.

"Blue-Eyes. Mean!" the chimpanzee pouted as he crossed his arms and turned his head away.

Blue-Eyes let out a soft chuckle as he stepped down from the giant tree branch and stood next to his younger brother - Milo. "Did not hurt. Quit whining," Blue-Eyes reassured the younger chimpanzee while rubbing the others head. Blue-Eyes let out a soft chuckle when Milo grunted and backed off a little ways from him, hand frantically smoothing out the ruffled hair. "Why are you here?" Blue-Eyes asked.

"Came here to look for you," Milo signed with a frown causing Blue-Eyes to perk up his brow ridges. Milo meekly looked away from his older brother's stare, "did not see you in your hut when I woke. Was scared, so I came to find you," he finished.

Blue-Eyes face soften as he walked on over to his little brother and pulled their foreheads together. "Do not be afraid... I will always be here for you... No matter what," Blue-Eyes spoke softly.

"I know... Because... You are... My big brother," Milo whispered back while closing his eyes whilst Blue-Eyes did the same. After his big brother had released his hold on him, Milo glanced back towards the ape village and turned to look at Blue-Eyes. "You coming? Mother and father will wonder where we are and you know how father is."

Blue-Eyes nodded once at his little brother and followed quietly as the younger chimpanzee let out a small cheerful hoot while leading the way. Glancing back at the horizon, Blue-Eyes gazed at the rising sun while a frown formed on his face. "Today is the start of a new day and you shouldn't let old memories bring you down," Ash would say to him if he saw him frowning. "I won't," Blue-Eyes responded to the air as if his old friend was still there with him. Hearing Milo call for him, Blue-Eyes hooted back to the younger chimpanzee as he quickly followed by climbing up some nearby trees.

...

Within the forest of the Muir Woods erected a wall made out of giant logs that rose high into the sky and behind it, its inhabitants that lived within. Apes of all kinds were bustling within the colony, making their way from one spot to another, greeting each other as they pass on by. The leader of this colony of apes, Caesar joined by his mate, Cornelia, watched on from their perch at the center of it all. He smiled and greeted many of the apes that had stopped by, among this however he was a bit troubled when he had woke this morning. Upon getting up he had gone to go check on both of his sons, Blue-Eyes and Milo, to find them not within their chambers. Blue-Eyes had often gone off to be by himself quite a few times and now Milo was following him.

"Don't worry so much, you are frowning," Cornelia signed, musing at Caesar's tense expression.

"Can't help it," Caesar sighed as he looked at his mate, "Blue-Eyes keeps going off by himself and now Milo is following him. They know it is dangerous out there, what if they both get hurt?"

"They won't. Blue-Eyes is there," Cornelia reassured her mate before a younger chimpanzee bounded up to them. "Hello Cinder," Cornelia greeted.

"Greetings auntie Cornelia, uncle Caesar," Cinder signed happily and gave Cornelia a hug. Cinder is the daughter of both Rocket and Ari, good friends of both Caesar and Cornelia who had stuck with them through thick and thin. The young chimpanzee smiled up at both the king and queen as her friends came up to her and started to drag her away. Quickly Cinder waved to her honorary aunt and uncle to which Cornelia waved back slowly while Caesar smiled.

...

Both Blue-Eyes and Milo entered the gates, stopping as a school of smaller apes made their way towards the teaching center. Blue-Eyes observed as Milo joyfully played with many of the young ones before ushering them off with a light push. "You do enjoy playing with them don't you?" Blue-Eyes signed.

"What? I like the little ones, they are so much funner than you," Milo signed back while sticking his tongue out at his big brother. Suddenly he was drenched in cold water, causing him to scream out frantically. Turning around Milo saw Gregoire, a chimpanzee who held an empty bucket in one hand, and had his mouth wide open in panting laughter.

"Milo, should learn to respect older brother. Morning Blue-Eyes," Gregoire signed to the sky-eyed chimp and Blue-eyes merely nodded back while Milo let out a yell and tackled him to the ground. The two wrestled with one another and before long, Gregoire was sitting on top of Milo while letting out a tired yawn as if their little scuffle was boring him. "Milo... done?" Gregoire asked lazily while picking at his ear to which the younger chimpanzee growled up at him. Getting off of Milo, Gregoire let out a small laugh as the younger chimpanzee shoved at him and sat on the ground, a frown plastered on his face. "Awww don't be sad Milo, look. You got me wet too," Gregoire signed before he too was suddenly drenched in cold water, causing him to yelp in surprise. Turning around, Gregoire frowned as he saw two gorilla twins, Michael and Ndume who both had smirks plastered onto their faces.

"Seems like Milo got water spilled on him," Ndume signed to his brother.

"Also seems like Gregoire got water on himself too. It's a shame that such bad luck has befallen onto these two," Michael signed back while fist bumping with Ndume.

Both Milo and Gregoire looked at one another before both of their features darkened and a smile crept up on their lips. Before the two gorillas knew it, both Milo and Gregoire jumped at them and started to tickle the two. If the gorilla twins had a weakness it was due to the fact that the two were very ticklish and both Milo and Gregoire used it to their advantage.

Blue-Eyes sighed to himself "youngsters," he muttered before turning around to leave. "See you... Around... Milo," he spoke aloud while walking away.

"See... Big brother... Later!" Milo called back as the others threw themselves on top of him, forming a dog pile of bodies and limbs. After having a laugh with the others, Milo crawled out from under the pile and sat on the ground, turning his head as if he were searching for something. "Where is Rain?" he questioned.

"You know how he is," Gregoire signed. "He's almost like your big brother, Blue-Eyes. Runs off to be by himself, alone in the woods," Gregoire finished.

"He's been doing that a lot lately. Something happened to him?" Milo asked.

"Don't know, he won't talk to us," Ndume signed.

"Maybe he is having some trouble?" Michael gestured to the others.

"Ah, you guys worry too much. Rain is big ape, he's doing fine," Gregoire responded as he turn around and made his way towards the watering hole while the others followed. However while leading the small band, Gregoire's mouth turned down slowly into a frown, knowing well why their friend was not with them. He only hoped Rain did not do anything stupid.

...

Waking up with a tired grumble, Rocket let out a wide yawn, displaying his giant ivory canines before closing his mouth followed by a series of slow smacks. Turning over to look at his bedding, he noticed that his mate Ari had already left, leaving him alone within the hut. With a sigh the gray chimpanzee got up and made his way over towards the archway of his tree hut. Peering down Rocket jumped down and landed just outside of his daughter's hut and peered inside only to find it empty as well, smiling at the decorations that was displayed all over her walls, consisting of fruits and trinkets given to her by their fellow human friends. Turning to look at another hut, Rocket slowly approached it and used his right hand to uncover the cloth that lead into the room of his son, Rain. The room was also empty and Rocket pulled his head back slightly to gaze down at the village of apes. Hopping down a few steps, Rocket made his way over towards the watering hole and washed his face before throwing his head back to let out a deep breath. There was a sudden grip around his waist causing him to look down at the young ape who had her arms around him.

"Good morning, father," Cinder signed happily as she greeted, letting out a small coo as Rocket bent down to kiss her on the head.

"Where is your mother?" Rocket asked.

"She is getting ready to teach," Cinder responded.

"And brother?" Rocket questioned to which Cinder tilted her head at him.

"I thought he was still asleep but when I went to go check on him, he was gone," Cinder answered, turning to hoot at her friends. "Should I go find him for you?" she asked.

"Go, I will find him," Rocket reassured his daughter and gently pushed her off into the direction of her friends. Watching Cinder leave, Rocket sighed to himself as he turned around to look back at the ape village and made his way towards it. His son, Rain had been running off by himself as of late and it was confusing for the older chimpanzee. He could not figure out why his son would start to do this. Yes, Rain had been a troublesome ape when he was being brought up by both he and Ari but now the two could not control him. However while in the midst of his thoughts a fellow ape had bounded up to him and stopped in front of him while reaching his arm for permission. Stroking the others palm, Rocket awaited for the other ape to speak to him.

"Maurice had informed me to come get you," the chimpanzee signed, "he says your son is there again."

Heaving out a tired sigh, Rocket thanked the other chimpanzee and followed him back to where Maurice was.

...

Nearby the teaching center within the ape village was also the healing hut, where all apes who were injured are welcomed. The head of that particular area was none other than the old orangutan - Maurice, who took it upon himself to help heal the sick and injured who stopped by. Of course he took it upon himself as well to meander on over to the teaching area so that he may pass on his knowledge to the younger generation of apes. While carefully adjusting the arm of a fellow orangutan, Maurice's beady green eyes sighted a familiar looking face that had entered into the hut. "I'll be back soon," he signed to the fellow ape and slowly lumbered out of the small area. Upon approaching the other ape, Maurice's mouth slowly turned into a frown as he noticed the fierce gray colored eyes cautiously looking around. This youngster was known as Rain, a muscularly built bonobo, courtesy by being raised by one of the more powerful chimpanzees within the colony - Rocket. Upon seeing him approach the young ape turned his face away from him, as if in shame. "You fight again?" Maurice asked as he watched the youngster fidget from where he stood, only getting slight glances in return. Sighing, Maurice showed the much younger ape into a small room before telling him to stay so that he could tend to another first and left.

Before long, Maurice returned to the young bonobo and approached him, looking him over. The gray-eyed ape had a few cuts and scrapes on his cheeks, a bloody nose, some bruises but all in all he seemed to be doing fine. "Would you... Like to... Tell me?" Maurice asked as he used a damp cloth onto the others cheek, only getting a grimace and grunt in response as he dabbed at the wounds. Noticing that Rain was avoiding any kind of eye contact, Maurice decided to work quietly and waited for the younger ape to speak up or at least sign to him. He mostly knew why the youngster was like this, it's been slight but Maurice was beginning to see the change of mood that Rain was going through and to be honest, it made him worry. He's seen the scornful looks that the various apes would give to Rain and by now the young ape was starting to notice it as well. Ever since then the bonobo has been a regular here. As he was finishing up another muscle bound ape arrived, with gray almost hairless fur in the form of Rocket, who had a worried look plastered onto his face. Upon seeing Rocket, Maurice greeted his old friend by patting him on the shoulder and took a step back to allow both father and son to be with each other.

"Thank you for getting me," Rocket thanked the orangutan to which Maurice responded with nod before he looked on over to his son - Rain. "What happened to you?" Rocket asked as he reached up to touch Rain's face only to see the younger ape jerk his head away from the touch with a defiant huff. Noticing the younger ape's glare towards the side Rocket tried to reach out for his son once more only to see him jerk away again, confusing him.

Suddenly the young bonobo got off of the trunk like bed that he was sitting on and stared directly into Rocket's eyes. From his spot on the side Maurice could see Rain's gray eyes, eyes that were full of pain and confusion, was searching for something. Before long Rain turned his head away from Rocket, made his way around the older chimpanzee and left the room in a grunt.

Rocket could only stand there as he watched his son leave the room and disappear from the doorway. What was all of that about? Why would his son suddenly stare into his eyes like that? After a moment, Rocket remembered that Maurice was still in the room and turned slowly to face him. "He's been doing that a lot lately, I... I don't know whats going on with him," Rocket signed. "He... He won't tell me anything."

Maurice approached his old friend and patted him on the shoulder, "Rain is going through a rough time right now," Maurice answered.

"But what is it? I don't understand what is wrong?" Rocket questioned.

Maurice stared sadly at his old friend who was truly oblivious to what was happening to his son. Then a thought occurred to him, "maybe you should seek out Caesar. He's had a problem like this before, perhaps he can help?" Maurice finished before giving Rocket a few good pats on the back.

Rocket thought for a moment and heaved out a tired sigh while dragging a hand down his face. Maybe he should go ask Caesar for advice, his old friend had to deal with something like this before and maybe it will bring some clarity to him as to why Rain was acting so... strange. With that in mind, Rocket turned towards the giant orangutan and thanked him once before he too decided to leave the healing hut. However before he could go out the doorway, Maurice's call stopped him once and he turned around to face the orangutan.

"Wait for the right time and be patient," Maurice advised to the burly chimpanzee as he meandered on over.

Taking a step back, Rocket watched as the orangutan returned to his duties, leaving the gray chimpanzee to think of what his friend had meant by those words. Heaving out a sigh he decided that he needed to talk to Caesar and with that final thought he made his way out into the ape colony and towards to center tree.

...

Reaching the area from where his mother and father were, Blue-Eyes greeted them as he approached.

"Mother, father," Blue-Eyes signed as he hugged his parents while giving his mother a gentle hug. "Father?" Blue-Eyes question, seeing the stern look on the older ape. In a blink of an eye though the older chimpanzee's face soften immensely while letting out a tired sigh.

"Come. Sit," Caesar said softly while indicating to a spot to his right.

Taking his place by his father's side, Blue-Eyes gazed down at the ape village.

"Blue-Eyes.." Caesar started, catching the attention of his eldest.

"Yes father?" Blue-Eyes responded, looking back.

Caesar shook his head slowly with a smile plastered on his face, "nothing, I'm just glad you are home," he signed.

"I will always come home," Blue-Eyes signed back with a sad smile to his face. Seeing his father nodding to him once, he returned his attention back to the bustling apes and saw a particular individual. Sky colored eyes were locked onto a young ape whose eyes were in the color of storm clouds and was making his way towards the watering hole. Blue-Eyes couldn't help but frown slightly as he noticed the way the ape had a slight limp to his form.

"Something the matter?" Cornelia signed, noticing the look on her son's face.

"No, it's just... It's Rain," Blue-Eyes signed.

"You worry for him?" Cornelia asked her eldest, getting a nod in return.

"I am... Going to go... Get others... Ready," and with that said, Blue-Eyes walked off of the platform where they all sat, making a bee line towards the watering hole.

Cornelia watched as Blue-Eyes left their side and turned slowly to look at Caesar. "Do you think he is starting to notice?" Cornelia asked to which Caesar thought for a moment before nodding slowly.

"Rocket should really tell him," Cornelia warned.

"Yes he should but when he is ready and I don't think he is ready to yet," Caesar replied back standing up. He turned to look at his mate and brought their foreheads together.

"Be safe... And... watch over... Them," Cornelia whispered.

"I... Will... I promise," Caesar responded just as quietly.

...

Splashing some cold water onto his face, Rain heaved out a tired sigh as he closed his eyes and tilted his head up towards the sky. Slumping his shoulder slightly, Rain turned around and ran smack right into someone, quickly he growled and balled up his fists, readying himself for a fight if need be again. However standing in front of him was a confused older looking ape with scars that ran across his right torso, cheek and blue colored eyes staring back at him. Dropping his guard, Rain scratched the back of his head as he turned away slightly from the other in embarrassment.

"Hey," Blue-Eyes greeted quietly as he brought a finger right under the younger ape's chin and turned the others face towards him. Taking a good look at the bruises, Blue-Eyes couldn't help but let his mouth turn slowly into a frown. "Who... Did... This?" he asked.

"No... One," Rain grunted back, turning his head towards the side, avoiding Blue-Eyes' gaze.

"Rain," Blue-Eyes said quietly making the younger turn to face him. After a moment of looking at the younger bonobo, Blue-Eyes heaved a sigh and was about to ask the question again until he was suddenly disrupted by a band of goofballs.

"Rain!" a particularly loud voice erupted out in glee besides the two apes and suddenly the burly bonobo was rolling onto the ground with a happy looking chimpanzee. "Where have you been?" Milo signed as he panted in laughter.

Rain could only looked up into Milo's green hazel colored eyes and relaxed his body, "around," he signed back while getting up.

"Around? That's all you have to say? After not showing up this morning?" Milo questioned before he caught wind of his brother within his peripheral, "oh, hi Blue-Eyes," he greeted.

Blue-Eyes heaved out a sigh and turned to look up at the morning sky before turning back to look down at the youngsters, especially at Rain who was now being groomed by Milo whom was speaking and signing to the other ape about their earlier events. "We will be heading out soon to go hunting, you all go get ready," Blue-Eyes signed to the youngsters in front of him to which they all stopped in what they were doing and stare up at him in bewilderment.

"Really? We get to go this time?" Gregoire signed frantically.

"I see why not. You guys are old enough now," Blue-Eyes signed back watching four of the five apes hoot out happily. "But!" his voice rang out causing them to stop, "you will only watch the hunts and after that we gather fruits," he finished, getting groans in response, making him smile.

...

Caesar looked around his troops of hunters and smiled at each and every one of them. In front of him were his two sons, to his side was Rocket and Andy and behind him stood Luca and Maurice. "You sure you don't want to join us?" Caesar signed to Maurice to which the orangutan let out a low chuckle.

"You remembered what happened last time, so no. My place is here," the orangutan signed back to which Caesar nodded.

"Father... Can we go now!" Milo fidgeted excitedly getting a sigh out of Blue-Eyes.

"Maybe this was a bad idea..." Blue-Eyes started.

"No!" Milo squeaked as he turned around to face his father. "I'll be good, I promise," he signed frantically before his eyes wandered and caught the sight of a particular chimpanzee whose name was Cinder. As both eyes met, Milo looked off into the distance, stood up proudly and puffed out his chest, looking ready for the hunt. Michael and Ndume gave each other a look while Gregoire couldn't help but chuckle slightly at his friend's sudden change in mood, leaving Rain to merely face palm himself.

Caesar however merely let out a small chuckle at his youngest and nodded his head once to his eldest. He then watched his son give one loud hoot, commanding the attention of all of the younger hunters and lead them out of the colony gates.

"He's growing into a fine young adult ape," Andy signed as he watched Blue-Eyes lead the troop of youngsters.

"Yes he is..." Caesar signed back, "your son as well," Caesar finished as he watched Gregoire bound along with the others as they followed Blue-Eyes.

Andy merely let out a small chuckle, "still needs work though," he signed before he picked up his spear and lead the scouting party onward.

Rocket waited for Caesar and the others to ready themselves and as soon as his old friend grabbed his spear and approached they turned and left, followed by the rest of the hunting party. "Caesar?" Rocked signed as the walked alongside his old friend.

"Yes?" Caesar gestured back with a confused look on his face.

Rocket scratched the back of his head for a moment while they were making their way into the woods. Finally he turned back to look at Caesar, "I need to ask you about something."

...

Not far from the outskirts of the vast Muir Woods were a troop of apes that traveled slowly along the network of roads that branched towards it. These apes consisted of a few hundred or so chimps, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans alike, all traveling among each other. Leading these apes was a older looking chimpanzee who goes by the name of Pankun, keeping his fierce steady gaze upon his troops as well as the roads for any signs of danger. Trekking alongside him was his daughter - Xuě, a special particular chimpanzee whose fur was as lustrous and as white as snow that blanketed the mountains from afar. The older chimpanzee stopped momentarily when he noticed his daughter had stopped following the group, again, to do some sightseeing. "Xuě," he barked once to get her attention.

"Yes father?" the smaller female chimp responded, making her way quickly towards the bigger chimpanzee and gently hugged him.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Stay close, it is dangerous out here," Pankun signed to his daughter while he wrapped his arms around her, bringing her closer to him.

"I am fine," Xuě protested as she backed away slightly from her over protective father and let out a small huff of air in annoyance. "You always do this to me, I'm not going to get hurt," she signed sporadically at the older chimpanzee before rushing off pass him and back into the mass.

"She's very much like her mother, don't you think?" a chimpanzee signed as he made his way up to Pankun, letting out small pants of laughter.

"Too much like her mother," Pankun signed back with a slight frown as he turned to gaze at his daughter before turning to face the other chimpanzee named Charlie.

"I can see that," Charlie replied as he too eyed the white chimpanzee before he slowly turned to face Pankun, seeing the frown on his face and eyes deep in thought. "You know it's not your fault," Charlie tried to console the older ape.

"Yes it is, I trusted humans too much and see what happened. They turned their backs on us and set fire to the forest that we lived in. Now we have no home," Pankun signed with a huff.

"You know that's not true, it was because of humans we still live," Charlie signed back getting an angry grunt from Pankun but he stood his ground. "If it were not for Maria and other humans we would have been burned as well Pankun," Charlie reasoned.

Letting out a angry huff, Pankun shook his head, "does not matter anymore, humans killed each other in that fire. Now it's just us and I must find everyone a new home, they are all counting on me," Pankun signed to which Charlie frowned slightly in return.

"Pankun... Should let... Others... Help," Charlie said quietly as he turned away from his friend and made his way back towards the apes and checked in on them.

Heaving out a sigh, Pankun brought a hand up over his head and dragged it down his face. He didn't mean to push his fellow ape friend away, it was just, a lot was on his mind. He had to find a suitable place for all of the apes to live in peace, away from the humans. Not only does it have to be safe but it should also prove to be abundant in resources as well and all the apes were looking up to him, putting all their hopes into him.

...

Her father irked her so much, what did he think she was? A baby still? She was almost an adult ape and she did no need her father pestering over her like a young-ling. Sighing to herself Xuě stopped by a patch of Baby Blue Eyes and gazed lightly down at them. She smiled down at the flowers and gently caress the cerulean petals before her eyes wandered back to the apes who had taken the time to rest by the edge of the forest. She noticed her father barking orders again and making his rounds around the apes. Letting out a grunt, Xuě turned her attention back to the flowers. Before long her eyes wandered upwards and she quietly listened as she stared at the forest. Cautiously taking a glance back at the apes Xuě wondered if she could venture into the forest for a bit without anyone noticing. Seeing that no one was paying any attention to her for once, she bolted right into the forest.

Before long Xuě lost herself within the forest. Looking around she noticed that the birds sang their songs and the air was nice and cool. It has been a while since she's been within a forest again and now it feels like she were just right at home with this new one. Her father was right, they were going to find a new home and this was it. Making her way deeper into the thicket Xuě stepped onto something and she let her green eyes fall downwards to look at the object. Getting down onto the ground, Xuě dig around the vines that grew over the thing and gently she pulled it out. She knew what the object was, the humans had taught her, it was suppose to be called a video camera. However the thing was old and deteriorating. Flipping the object around in her hand once, Xuě turn around quickly at the sounds of twigs snapping and her eyes locked onto giant yellow eyes. Eyes that belonged to a mountain lion as it paused in it's stalking and watched Xuě. Letting out a small gasp, Xuě was starting to regret from ever leaving the group of apes. Looking down at the old human camera in her hands Xuě quickly threw the object at the mountain lion to distract it and bolted off into the opposite direction, letting out a frantic call for someone, anyone to hear.