Reclaiming the Planet of the Apes
Chapter One: Victory Cries
General Ursus arrived with his gun, Taylor quickly pushed Nova to the side and swung at Ursus which resulted in the gorilla falling down the steps due to the pure force of the mace. He laid motionless, Taylor was about to run with Brent and Nova until he remembered the bomb.
"I must tell Zaius to stop the bomb otherwise we will all be doomed"
Brent nodded in firm agreement, they carefully sneaked back to where the battle was taking place. With slight hesitation, Taylor called out...
"Dr Zaius!"
Doctor Zaius turned around at the mere mention of his name, he looked up at Taylor with a slight scowl. That human has been troublesome ever since he arrived, he didn't exactly need his voice to be trouble either.
"You were right, beast is man and their so-called God, if released will destroy apekind forever...now I will leave you to your conscience, Doctor"
Taylor was then gone before the doctor could even get an ounce of an explanation. Though his warnings were taken very seriously for he thought that a human ought to know more about human technology. He retreated back to the room immediately to try and defuse the manic situation.
"Leave it alone! For it holds dangers that you cannot even imagine" Dr Zaius informed his fellow apes.
"It's just junk!" a gorilla shouted, kicking it once again to show exactly how little he thought of it and it's inventors.
"I implore you to help our fallen warriors for they need our help, no ape will be left behind. Now that's an order" Dr Zaius firmly commanded.
The gorilla's gave him a salute before proceeding to help as requested. Some of the gorilla's were leaning down to help the injured while the much stronger gorilla's lifted up the dead. The dead would be tied on top of horses for it would be surely impossible to carry them all the way back home.
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The human trio climb out of one of the caves exits, Taylor pulling Nova up. They have returned to the long desert for this was surely the safest place they could be at this particular time.
"We cannot go back yet for we will surely be put to death as soon as we are spotted by the apes" Taylor concluded.
"Don't we all know it" Brent replied with little enthusiasm.
He takes Nova by the hand and proceeded to walk further into the desert, he notices that Nova kept looking behind at Brent for long periods of time. He was convinced that something had gone on between the two.
"Did you touch Nova, Brent? She has a keen eye for you" Taylor snapped, a man's jealously gets worse in heat.
"No I didn't...I wouldn't dare touch a woman who couldn't object, how you could accuse me of such a thing I wonder?"
Brent looked mad at even the mere suggestion of it however he supposes that Taylor had a lot of time to think in his cell. A man's mind tends to wander when he's alone with nothing but his thoughts.
"I suppose you wouldn't in normal circumstances but since she's the only woman around, you might be tempted but I promise you this, touch a hair on her head and I will get ya" Taylor replied.
"You found her, she belongs to you as far as I'm concerned"
"I suppose you may find your own woman in this mess of a planet but I wouldn't count on it" Taylor spoke with a hint of mockery.
"Perhaps I don't want a woman...perhaps I want an ape like your Zira" Brent wisecracked.
All you could hear was manic laughter coming from Taylor as they walked further into the desert. If not for Brent and Nova then he surely would have lost all his senses and mind by now, not like he has much left as it is.
Two hours passed however it felt much longer due to them seeing nothing but the same desert landscape.
"Down there" Taylor spoke after what seemed like hours, a riverbank; the most beautiful of all sights.
The two men began running towards it with all the enthusiasm of a small child at Christmas. Taylor lunged into the river, drinking the water without even checking if it's drinkable. Death sounded quite sweet anyhow. Nova placing her hands in it as she drank from the water she collected. Never before has water tasted so sweet. Taylor gave a loud cheer before laying in the water he found.
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On the opposite side of the desert, Doctor Zaius and the gorilla's had similar enthusiasm as they have won the battle against the mutants. Though of cause the difference being survival and self-congratulation. Zaius was given their national purple and white flag; he rose it up with one hand in a victory salute. The only thing you could hear in this part of the desert was cheering and shouting in triumphalism. Despite his initial knee-jerk reaction that the war was not going to go well, now it's over and won; he feels like a young ape once again who has just discovered what winning feels like. He stopped the horse and turned around to address his troops...
"We have a lost a few of our beloved troops this day, including General Ursus however we must never look back on this day in sadness but joy, the joy of being able to tell our children and grandchildren that their future was saved by us this very day!"
Cheers and clapping came from the surviving troops as they all gave him a salute which consisted of putting a closed backwards first in the air. Zaius smiled before turning back around and galloping back home with his proud troops behind him. They thought the worse was over.
TBC