" What do you mean you were not allowed to leave?" the man asked her confused with a raised eyebrow.
"I mean ecsacly what I said...I wasn't allowed to leave...eveyone was panicking with the murders going on...and they wanted to place the blame on someone so they placed it on me...I was forced to stay in the village so the village could have some peace of mind knowing I was in their plain of sight...knowing they could kill me easily if I did something out of line..."
"How did this make you feel Iris?...you've been held prisoner before...more then once...so how did it feel that your brother was basically keeping as one?..."
Iris subconsciously began to trace some scars on one her hands.
"I was angry, frustrated, and sad...I never thought he would do something like that to me...take away my freedom...but he had to come up with a kind of a compromise that both kept me safe and eased his apes...but what he didn't realize is he would soon have to face a bigger problem then the army or a killer in the woods" Iris said as she looked at the scars on her hands.
"And what would that be Iris?"
Iris brought her head back up so her eyes could meet the man's.
"A couple of his own would soon start a munity against him..."
Muir Park 3 years ago
Iris looked at Caesar bewildered.
"What do you mean I'm not allowed to leave?" Iris asked lowly.
Malcolm seemed confused as well.
"You have to...stay here until...council figures out truth...of what happened...apes are becoming reckless..." Caesar said plainly.
"Do you actually think I killed them?..." she said as she struggled to pulled herself up with her limp, Cornelia hooted in concern and tried to stop the young woman's attemp to limp over to her husband unafaird while glaring at him.
Malcolm made a move to help her but she shrugged him off, she was a least 3 feet away from the ape king when she stopped.
"I didn't kill them...I don't know who did but I wasn't me..." she said trying to control her rage.
She stared Caesar right in eyes not even flincing, most in the room where surprised she was brave enough to do this.
"Apes are scared and they want justice...some apes will try to kill you...like Red tried..." he said.
She scoffed.
" You may have a hard time believing this but I do have my own life with my own responsibilities" she said getting really irritated.
"And what kind of life is it Iris?" Malcolm asked.
She turned her head over to face Malcolm.
"Iris I may not agree with this but your in no condition to defend yourself from anyone or anything right now...you live out in middle of woods alone...you would be safer here..."Malcolm told her softly.
She could not believe what he just saying to her.
"And you think me being trapped in a place where half of the occupants hate me or want me dead will keep me safe..." her voice trembled with trying to contain her anger and a another emotion.
"They will not...hurt you again.." Caesar told her seriously.
She turned back to face him.
"How do you know they won't?...it's been shown that some of them haven't been listening to you lately...what do you think that's going to lead to" she said basically challenging his authority while looking him straight in the eyes.
Everyone could feel then tension in the room, causing a couple apes to hoot in anxiety, Caesar was becoming frustrated but was trying to keep himself calm, he then felt someone put a hand he turned to see that it was his wife causing him to relax a little.
"Stop it both of you, there's been enough fighting for one day" Cornelia signed sternly to both of them while looking at them with concern.
Iris took a deep breath and ran her hand through hair, she then looked back to the king and queen a little more relaxed, Caesar seemed to more calm as well.
"What happened?"
They all turned to see it was Ellie who had spoke and Luca was with her, she could obviously feel the tension in the hut.
"Nothing...just found out I'm going to be staying here for awhile...with out my say in the matter" she said plainly while turning her head back to see his expressionless face.
"Iris-
"It's fine Malcolm! It not the first time I've been held prisoner...not even by a apes..." she snapped at him cutting him off while her gaze never leaving the king's.
The apes were shocked by this information and Caesar's harden gaze began to soften, he turned his head away from her, beginning to feel a mixture of emotions, his wife noticed this and stroked his arm in concern.
"You will be...staying with Luca...for the time being...I need to bring the council together...to talk about you..." he said as he pointed to the gorilla that stood behind Ellie.
"As you command Highness..." she said sarcastically but her voice and face voided of any emotion.
She then limped her way out of the hut with Ellie's help.
"Take her to get cleaned off and then being her to your hut" he signed to Luca as he watched her go, the gorilla huffed in reply and then followed the two women out.
Once they left he felt someone put a hand on his shoulder, it was Maurice.
"She's just angry and frustrated " he signed to his friend, trying to reassure him.
"She is right about...one thing though" he said quietly.
"And what is that?"
He turned his head to look at the orangutan.
"Some of them are...beginning to rebel... just like Koba and Pope."
Here's another chapter I'm sorry it so short didn't really have enough energy to write it long, I really want to thank the people who like my story (despite my atrocious writing lol ^^;)and for the reviews and support it makes me keep going when I feel like no one likes my story