The apes were in a frenzy of fear as the colony began to burn down. Some apes began to try and assist with the fire but it was growing at a rapid rate. they might have to leave the colony to save themselves. As they began to fight the dire, Maurice instructed the humans to run, knowing they would be blamed for the attack. thankfully the fire began to die once the base was saturated in water. As the colony managed to keep most of the village from burning, that was when the apes began to accuse, though they didnt know who to accuse yet.

'who did this?' man asks.

'the humans!' others shouted

"NO!" this got everyone's attention.

Ceaser moved to the large stone as the apes gathered around him in fear and pain of their lost homes. He held his hand up to silence the apes.

"Human not do this. Ape did this!" the apes began to hoot confused.

"Koba did this! burnt ape home. shot human friend!" the apes then hooted and hollered in fury. He killed Mina? Maurice and the others looked around, now noticing she wasn't amongst them.

"Find Koba!" he ordered loudly, his angered voice echoing off the wooden home.

This surprised Maurice and Cornelia. He was very passionate about poor Mina. The apes began to search for the missing ape, fury in each of their eyes as they searched far and wide. Unfortunately, Koba knew the woods better than most. and just as well as Ceaser. It would be difficult to find him.

Meanwhile, Blue Eyes was rushing down the trees looking for Mina. When he landed on the boulder beside the river, his eyes searched the river, the banks, even under the water just in case. When he didnt aee her, he turned back and stopped when he saw a piece of cloth hanging on a small branch. Quickly, he snatched it and noticed it was the same res t-shirt material from Mina's shirt she qore today. he sniffed it; it was definitely hers, he knew that rosy smell anywhere. He looked down at the fast-flowing river and sniffed the air to find her, but her scent was gone.

She was gone.

His eyes started to water as he clutched the small piece of cloth in his hand, his eyes not leaving the river. After he heard his father and the others shouting, he snapped out of his trance and noticed the cloth clutch still in his hand.

He held it to his face and the memory of her smile came to mind. The thought of her death hurt his heart so bad, he felt his body shake. He doubled over, his whole body shaking with unkempt energy and frustration ad he knelt by the river.

Then suddenly, he let it all out, screaming in pain and pure anguish. The sound erupted in the whole area and it could be heard at least a couple miles off, echoing across the forest. He never even got a chance to tell her...

Ceaser and his mate heard the loud cry of their son from a distance and both shared a look of sadness. Mina was not found, she was gone. Ceaser watched as his son slowly made his way back to the colony with his head hung low. Ceaser watched as his mother attempted to reach her son, but he pulled away. He looked up at his father a moment before shaking his head. He then raced across the valley floor to Minas camp and he sighed. His sons heart had broken. A pain that not even he understood yet. He continued to help the apes find Koba while the females all helped each other.

As Blue Eyes reached Minas tent, he found it the way it normally was. Perfect and neat. he panted and huffed as he looked it over while walking through it. His fists shook in fury and pain, he hated feeling like this. He dropped to his knees and let the tears flow as he fisted the ground, dirt digging into his nails as he cried silently, the scrap of cloth still clinging to his clenched fists. His Mina was gone, how could he? Who did it? Was his father right, did Koba kill her? Koba had always told him humans were evil, but now he knew it was just because he hated them personally and found fault in all humans, including Mina, who treated him with nothing but kindness and respect, but now he knows he didn't deserve even that from her now.

He sat up and looked around the camp wiping his eyes with the cloth. The fire was still warm, a metal rack over it so the coals would fly out and burn the ground. She was considerate, evwn in death. Her wet shirt and pants, now dry, hung on the line beside her tent, swaying in the breeze. He pulled her shirt off the line and hugged it to his face, feeling the softness and smelling the scent of her, mixed faintly of the summer breeze. He turned to the tent and saw the hole from a couple days ago was bigger and all but pouring into her tent, wetting her backpack and books. Afraid the water would ruin her things, he pushed on it to let the water drip down.

Then he grabbed a branch and propped the torn end up, letting him stand at his full height inside the tent.

He huffed out a sigh and plopped down onto her blanket and pulled it over his shoulders, her scent wafting over him in a comforting way.

He scooched up towards her pillow to lay down when he felt something on his knee and a ting tong, making him jump. He sat up quickly and moved the blanket. His eyes softened as he looked down at her music box. His eyes watered again as he clutched the music back to his chest small remnants of the sound coming from the box and entering his ears like a sad melody. It was cruel to his ears, and only made him hurt more.

"Mina...my mina..." He whispers, letting his head fall in his hands as he cried, listening to the music.