"Major Leo Davidson, reporting for duty, sir". Leo saluted.
(A/N: Sorry to be so anticlimactic. Repeat the beginning bit of the movie, up until it's discovered that Pericles is lost.)
Leo grudgingly walked back to the ape station. He couldn't believe that Pericles was gone. He had been his companion, his mate, his partner. Leo threw himself down in a chair, and covered his face with his hands. But he should not attempt to rescue Pericles—he remembered the events of his nightmare.
Leo felt divided over the thoughts of rescue: should he trust his intuition, or should he do what he felt he should. It was only a dream, he told himself, and dreams are not to be trusted. He was a rational human being, and in his mind the end result outweighed the risk. But he felt a sense of foreboding, and reminded himself of the similarities from his dream to what had just transpired. He began running his fingers through his hair, deliberating about what he should do.
Suddenly, he heard quick footsteps behind him. A delicate pair of fingers began kneading his shoulders. "Major, what are you doing here?" Leo asked her, hoping his voice would not betray his distraught situation. It did.
"Leo, it's okay. Pericles will hopefully return. And if not, well, then you need to learn to move on." Kat wanted to be comforting, and was afraid she was failing—miserably. She had not truly dealt emotionally with another human, since Dan. And Dan was different: he was a mistake. She had her apes, and she understood them. They were innocent and pure—they did not trifle with this silly thing that humans call "emotion".
Leo was too caught up in his misery that it failed to impress upon him the significance of Kat trying to help him. She and him seemed to have been on knives and daggers for the past two years; he felt something unresolved. It was not for several hours later, long after she had returned to her duties, that he had realized what had happened.
Leo was deathly afraid of ruining any tentative steps she had made forward. It could have been a one-time incident, he told himself, maybe she was out of her mind. He thought he had better go and thank her anyways.
He walked down the long, white hallway which led to the ape laboratory. He looked quickly in one of the windows, and smiled. There she was, playing with a baby chimp as though it were a human infant.
"Madonna with chimp?" He asked, as he walked in. She laughed, a wonderful sound, like bells pealing. She smiled.
"So, do you need anything?" She asked him, her eyes sparkling.
"Well, um, I guess…" Leo suddenly began to fumble with his words. His cool exterior had suddenly deserted him, and he felt like a fourth grader trying to give the girl he liked a valentine. "Thank you for earlier." He blurted out. He felt his face go red, and he began to shuffle his feet embarrassedly. What had just come over him? Since when had Leo Davidson, the king of cool and suave, become speechless and awkward.
"Don't worry about it. It's always hard to lose someone close to you." Kat thought back to an anguished girl, weeping outside a burning house. She remembered that day, and she remembered the pain she had gone through for the next few years. And then there was Dan, another heartbreak. "But you know, he isn't necessarily lost. We might find him." She tried to sound positive, and upbeat, but she knew it was not the truth.
(A/N: Sorry to be so anticlimactic. Repeat the beginning bit of the movie, up until it's discovered that Pericles is lost.)
Leo grudgingly walked back to the ape station. He couldn't believe that Pericles was gone. He had been his companion, his mate, his partner. Leo threw himself down in a chair, and covered his face with his hands. But he should not attempt to rescue Pericles—he remembered the events of his nightmare.
Leo felt divided over the thoughts of rescue: should he trust his intuition, or should he do what he felt he should. It was only a dream, he told himself, and dreams are not to be trusted. He was a rational human being, and in his mind the end result outweighed the risk. But he felt a sense of foreboding, and reminded himself of the similarities from his dream to what had just transpired. He began running his fingers through his hair, deliberating about what he should do.
Suddenly, he heard quick footsteps behind him. A delicate pair of fingers began kneading his shoulders. "Major, what are you doing here?" Leo asked her, hoping his voice would not betray his distraught situation. It did.
"Leo, it's okay. Pericles will hopefully return. And if not, well, then you need to learn to move on." Kat wanted to be comforting, and was afraid she was failing—miserably. She had not truly dealt emotionally with another human, since Dan. And Dan was different: he was a mistake. She had her apes, and she understood them. They were innocent and pure—they did not trifle with this silly thing that humans call "emotion".
Leo was too caught up in his misery that it failed to impress upon him the significance of Kat trying to help him. She and him seemed to have been on knives and daggers for the past two years; he felt something unresolved. It was not for several hours later, long after she had returned to her duties, that he had realized what had happened.
Leo was deathly afraid of ruining any tentative steps she had made forward. It could have been a one-time incident, he told himself, maybe she was out of her mind. He thought he had better go and thank her anyways.
He walked down the long, white hallway which led to the ape laboratory. He looked quickly in one of the windows, and smiled. There she was, playing with a baby chimp as though it were a human infant.
"Madonna with chimp?" He asked, as he walked in. She laughed, a wonderful sound, like bells pealing. She smiled.
"So, do you need anything?" She asked him, her eyes sparkling.
"Well, um, I guess…" Leo suddenly began to fumble with his words. His cool exterior had suddenly deserted him, and he felt like a fourth grader trying to give the girl he liked a valentine. "Thank you for earlier." He blurted out. He felt his face go red, and he began to shuffle his feet embarrassedly. What had just come over him? Since when had Leo Davidson, the king of cool and suave, become speechless and awkward.
"Don't worry about it. It's always hard to lose someone close to you." Kat thought back to an anguished girl, weeping outside a burning house. She remembered that day, and she remembered the pain she had gone through for the next few years. And then there was Dan, another heartbreak. "But you know, he isn't necessarily lost. We might find him." She tried to sound positive, and upbeat, but she knew it was not the truth.
