Caesar's Pearl 2

by ZabuzasGirl

Ten years ago Margo Rodman lost everything and things haven't gotten any better. There are times when Margo is feeling so alone and heartsick she'll sit on the roof of her old home staring longingly at the Redwoods they all treasured. The memory's made there so precious. Little did she know someone she loved so much is about to make a serious comeback into her life. Caesar/OC/Alex

1. Chapter 1

Caesar's Pearl 2 Prologue

Ten long years have passed since the ALZ-113 virus, now known to all as the Simian Flu, escaped the labs of Gen-Sys infecting the world's population. It swept through the nations and in a matter of a few years the majority of humanity was reduced to the point of near extinction. This left only very small pockets of civilization remaining on the planet struggling to survive scavenging for scraps and materials wherever they can, hoarding all they did possess. One of the few things these small settlements didn't have to worry about was contracting the virus that already killed so many of their friends and family. You see roughly five hundred people were found to be immune to the destructive properties of the Simian Flu. But this is a small comfort to those who lost so much.

Among the survivors is a young girl named Margo living in the remains of the once great city of San Francisco. Orphaned and alone with only her trusted family border collie Ranger for company she keeps to herself only visiting the Colony at the center of the city when she really needs something. Margo avoids attachment at all costs fearing that if she does she'll lose that person the same way she'd lost her mother, father, grandfather, and…her brother, Caesar.

Following the apes escape from the city Margo had always held hope that Caesar and his band of apes were alive somewhere in the Muir Woods. But then the blaze her own people set in the redwoods erased all of that. She knew without a doubt that no one could've survived such an inferno.

Margo would've fallen into despair if not for one reminder. The medallion locket hanging from a chain from her wrist. One of the last things her parents ever gifted her and the twin of one she knew Caesar had worn.

Looking at that picture made Margo remember the words from her family and the fact that they, most of all Caesar, would want her to live not die.

So now Margo did just that fighting for survival striving to push herself to the limit each and every day. This is because in her heart she knew they'd be with her always.

Who'd have thought that one of them was much closer than Margo had ever realized all this time and she never was the wiser?

Authors Note:

Surprise!