Rebellion for the Planet of the Walking Dead
Chapter One: Animal
In the year 2016, after a group of apes, who were exposed to the ALZ-113 drug, a failed drug meant for the purpose of curing Alzheimer's that was tested on them, escaped from captivity and took shelter in a San Francisco forest, humans were exposed to the drug as well.
People infected with what came to be known as the 'Simian Flu' spread all across the world. But nobody realized that Hell on Earth was coming, until it was too late. Far too late.
The humans who were infected and killed by the ALZ-113 virus came back to life. But they didn't come back as themselves. They came back as creatures of the undead, with a singular goal: to feed on human flesh.
Three years later, the highly intelligent group of apes, led by Caesar, the ape who gave the ALZ-113 to the other apes, resides in a Georgia forest, unprepared for the war that awaits them.
In the Georgia forest's cave, Caesar slept on the hard ground, peacefully dreaming next to his wife, Cornelia. Sleeping on a different, but close, part of the ground, were his two sons, Blue Eyes, his eldest at two years old, and Cornelius, who was no older than three months old.
Caesar's dreaming was then abruptly ended by the sound of a shotgun going off.
His eyes shot open, and his upper body went upward. Very quickly, the other apes, woke up as well. Maurice, an orangutan and the first ape that Caesar met, motioned to him. "What is happening?", Maurice asked, using sign language. "I am not sure. But I'm going to find out."
Caesar then motioned to Koba, his second-in-command, as well as Rocket, another member of the Ape Army. "Follow my lead. I'm going to investigate that noise. But, before you follow me, mount the horses, and grab the spears. We don't know what's out there." Caesar motioned.
He turned to Cornelia, who had a panicked look on her face. "Don't worry. Maurice, Koba, Rocket and I will see to it that nothing happens to any of us." Caesar pressed his head to Cornelia's. Her worried expression had vanished, and soon, Caesar left his sleeping spot to see what was going on.
Caesar went in the direction towards where he had heard the noise coming from. He quietly jumped from branch to branch, tree to tree. Eventually, he saw lights. The headlights of a truck.
Surrounding the truck were multiple men, all armed, surrounding an ape. Hunter, one of the apes who volunteered to take watch, that evening.
"Oh, man! I was thinking that, for a second there, we were screwed! Nice shot, Dave!" One of them said, before enthusiastically slapping the man who had fired his weapon on the back.
Caesar glared at the men, as they passed around high-fives, and patted one another on the back as a sign of celebration for their lives. He then turned his attention towards Koba, who stood on his horse next to Maurice and Rocket, who were also ready for battle.
Caesar slowed raised his open hand, motioning to the other apes, before clenching it in a fist. Koba grinned eagerly, and he, Maurice, and Rocket, rode their horses into the view of the men.
The apes raised their spears, as the men took a step back, frightened by what they were seeing. "JESUS! There's more of them!" One of the men said.
Then, Caesar jumped from the area where he was perched, and stood next to Koba. He, Koba, Maurice, and Rocket glared at the men, who stood, their weapons raised, shaking with fear.
Caesar looked at the men, then at the dead body of Hunter, then back at the men. "Why… are… you here? Why… did you shoot… Hunter?"
The man who shot Hunter was now cocking his rifle. "It can talk! It can fucking talk!" The other men also started cocking their weapons.
"Caesar… do we engage?" Maurice motioned. "No… don't-" Caesar was then interrupted by Koba's war cry, as he jumped off of his horse, and threw his spear at Dave, the man who shot Hunter. Then, he landed on another man, and began to beat him to death. He killed the man by wrapping his arms around the man's neck, and snapping it.
As the man fell to the ground, he dropped his shotgun. Koba grabbed the weapon, and fired a round at one of the other hunters' hand, blowing it off instantly.
"KOBA! NO!" Caesar said, as he pushed Koba to the ground. The shotgun that Koba was wielding had fallen to the ground, right next to Caesar's feet.
As Koba got up from the ground, Caesar grabbed the shotgun, and aimed it at the other men, who started to back away. One of them, a young man, had tears in his eyes. Caesar could see the fear in his eyes. The panic.
"P-please. Let us go. We'll never come back!" A blonde-haired man said. Caesar took notice of the fact that half of his face was burned. He grimaced, and lowered the shotgun. "Go. And never come back. Or there will be consequences." Caesar said, in a low, but clear, voice.
The men got into their trucks, and took off. As soon as they were out of view, Caesar turned to Koba, who looked down at the ground, clearly angry.
"You should not have done that." Caesar motioned to Koba. "Forgive me, Caesar. But you cannot ignore the fact that they killed a good ape, and a good friend." Caesar looked grimly at the dead body of Hunter. "Come. Let us do justice to his life by burying his body."
Caesar and Maurice lifted Hunter's dead body onto Maurice's horse. And then, Koba, Maurice, and Rocket slowly followed Caesar, Hunter's body dangling from the back of Maurice's horse, as Caesar slowly walked back to the cave.
Author's Note: This was just an idea I had. I thought to myself, "how great would it be if I told a story about TWD and Planet of the Apes?'. So, after some thought, I decided to write this story! This is going to retcon the events of both Dawn and War. Speaking of which, I saw War on Sunday, and I loved it! It was fantastic, and not what I expected it to be! It's definitely one of my favorite movies of the year, so far. I had a problem with writers block when writing Thunderbird. I don't really know what to do now, and, after rereading it a couple of times, I feel I could have written it better, and that I kind of rushed that one. I will continue writing it eventually, but, for now, it's being put on hold, especially to make way for this story if you guys like this. Anyway, thank you all for reading, please leave a review, and, as always, take care, and I'll see you next time!
P.S, I am aware of the explosion that brought down Minnehaha Academy. My heart and prayers go out to those who were caught in the explosion, those who lost their lives, those who are still trapped under the rubble, those who were involved with the incident, and those who have been affected by it, which includes the families of those unfortunate people.