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WARNING! there is a semi-explicit violent section down below I will mark it before any of you do read it if your squeamish and will give a brief description of what happens down below in the end notes.
Throughout the day Caesar, Rocket, Maurice, Luca and the rest of the apes had worked tirelessly clearing out the rest of the debris from the access tunnels within the dam. The humans meanwhile were, as usual, running about assisting with clearing the debris and replacing the components for their machines. It was much later into the evening when the apes all paused when they heard the slow start of thrumming emanating deep within the dam. Eventually the sound got louder and louder all around them and then the human woman ran passed them all, calling out to one of the other humans deep within the access tunnels.
"Malcolm!" Ellie had shouted at the top of her lungs as she peered down the access hatch.
"What? What is it? What happened?" Malcolm called back from down the shaft, worried that something had gone wrong.
Eventually the humans and apes all emerged from the dam and noticed the low glow that was coming from deep within the Red Woods. Making their way towards it the humans were overjoyed at what they found. There the 76 gas station stood, all lit up with a slow hum of electricity running through it. Foster and Kemp couldn't contain themselves as they both suddenly rushed into the gas station and started to rummage around. As Malcolm, Ellie and Alexander stood there they perked up along with many of the other apes when they all suddenly heard music in the air. They couldn't believe it, actual music long lost in time was suddenly brought back with the return of power. Ellie couldn't help herself as she wiped away at a tear while Malcolm held both her and Alexander close to him.
"I can't believe we did it," Malcolm breathed, letting his gaze wander on over to all the apes.
Many of the younger apes had not seen such an intense glow nor had they heard music before and were quite agitated by it with their hair standing on end. The older apes though, knew exactly what the strange lights and sounds were and so with their unnerved demeanor had calmed down the younger ones quite a bit. As quickly as their fear came and with the reassurance from many of the elder apes. They younger ones approached the gas station and touched it, looking up at the blinding artificial lights and listening to the strange sounds it was making.
Hearing the approaching hoof beats from one of the horses, Malcolm looked around himself and saw that Caesar had approached, the ape's stern eyes upon the gas station before giving him full attention.
"It worked," Malcolm said to the chimp. "Well… at least here it did. We'll know more once we get to the city," he finished.
Malcolm watched as Caesar had seemed to contemplate on something for a little bit before the chimpanzee leader turned back to address him.
"Come. Trust," Caesar said simply extending a hand out to which Malcolm slowly reached out a took a hold of.
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It was already getting dark when Koba, Pope, Grey and Stone were making their way back to the colony. They had spent most of the day scrounging for the human weapons that were the most dangerous looking so that they could present it to the colony back home. Once satisfied with what they hauled, the four apes had to carefully maneuver atop of the rooftops in fear of being spotted by the humans. As they hid, they all perked up when they suddenly heard some of the humans screaming in alarm down below. Curiously the four apes peeked their heads on over and observed as the humans were all rushing towards the weapon storage warehouse.
"Seems like they found dead humans," Pope mused, noticing Koba's frown deepening while both Grey and Stone nervously glanced at one another before they turned their attentions back to the humans below.
Giving a small chuff, Koba then guided the four of them back onto the Golden Gate Bridge and carefully made their way across it, careful not to drop the cases that contained the human firearms. Once they reached the other side, they tied the metallic containers together and swung them onto their steeds, before riding into the forest that laid before them.
After nearly riding for about an hour, Pope's dark green eyes scanned the treetops. He kept his sights out for something, anything to give him a clue of the whereabouts of Caesar and the other apes. Keeping a vigilance up and about, Pope was soon rewarded when he sighted one of his personal scouts, another chimpanzee whose waived off in the distance at the approaching apes.
"Caesar heading home," Pope could barely make out the gestures far up in the distance.
Glancing back at the others in front of him Pope was quite relieved that they hadn't noticed the ape in the far off distance, too focus keeping their eyes on the trail before them. Looking back up at his scout did Pope give a nod at the chimp and waived a hand signal for him to leave. Taking a deep breath, Pope then ushered his horse forward, running pass the other three and suddenly pulled the reigns of his steed causing the four legged beast to stop. The neighing of the horses rang out from the other three animals as they too halted in their tracks as Pope had brought everyone to a sudden halt, nearly throwing off their riders,
"What are you doing!" Koba snarled out his hair standing all over his body in anger.
Pope however looked at the three apes in front of him before he hesitantly glanced around, slightly confusing them at his sudden timid expression.
"What wrong Pope?" Grey asked after a brief silence.
"Not sure if Caesar is back with rest of the apes," Pope presented to which Koba merely narrowed his eyes at the scarred chimpanzee.
"Then we wait for him to return! We already have human weapons to show!" Koba rebuked to which Pope shook his head quickly.
"Must inform all apes. We must tell every ape of Caesar's failure so that apes from colony will listen. We have to separate," Pope urged to which the other three glanced at each other, confused by this sudden turn of events.
"Not sure why we separate if Caesar is not back. We can just wait for him and the rest of apes there then when they return," Grey Suggested.
"No time! If we wait too long and humans get power back we could all be in danger," Pope signed quickly. "Humans might already be heading here because they found dead humans that Koba killed," Pope added to which Koba snarled.
"Humans can't blame apes. Humans kill each other all the time. Kill two, no different," Koba stated.
"True but humans will always find something to blame apes for," Pope countered Koba to which the bonobo huffed and glared down to the side.
"You three go towards dam, Caesar and other warriors might still be up there. I will go back to colony and if Caesar and apes are there I will wait for you three to return so we can inform apes. But if Caesar and apes not there, then I will wait for you three to return," Pope suggested, noticing Koba thinking it over.
Koba, Stone and Grey thought long and hard about it, taking note of what Pope was suggesting to them. There were truths to what the scarred chimpanzee had informed humans were very quick to blame things and since the apes themselves did not live too far from them the could potentially enact a coup upon them.
Then there was the matter of the rest of the apes being separated for the moment. Most of the males had gone along with Caesar that morning to help out the humans, leaving only the Gorilla Guards and females alone. If they showed up without all the apes there they could be wasting valuable time to showcase Caesar's failed leadership thus allowing the humans to suddenly attack them in the night where they can't see well.
Closing his eyes tightly, Koba thought about this long and hard before he glanced up at the sky and could make out the already purple and orange hues that were quickly fading as the forest grew darker all around them. He then glanced to Stone and Grey whom stared back at him.
"Your choice Koba," Grey signed to which Stone agreed with a grunt of his own.
Letting out a sigh, Koba glared back at Pope, annoyed that the chimpanzee could possibly be right again, relented.
"You go back to the colony," Koba gestured to which Pope smiled at, "But. Stone goes with you too," Koba finished, noticing that Pope freezing up at the mention that Stone was going with him.
"Something wrong?" Stone signed as he pushed his horse forward, standing next to the still stunned Pope.
"Nothing… Pope is… Happy… That friend. Is going with him. Back to colony," Pope spoke slowly, giving the gray colored chimpanzee with the small hair tuft on his head a long side glance before facing Koba again a look of slight displeasure upon his face.
With a grunt, Koba then veered his horse off onto the trail on the right path that lead all the way to where the dam was. Grey gave the two other chimpanzees a long glance before he too trailed after Koba with his own steed.
Pope watched as both Koba and Grey left them and slowly turned to look at Stone whom was eyeing the other two before turning to face him.
"We go then," Stone signed to which Pope slowly nodded in return.
"We go," Pope answered with an annoyed grunt, turning his horse around and galloping away towards the colony, a scowl etched upon his lips.
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Making their way back towards the colony, Blue Eyes and Ash lingered a little beside the traveling troops, pondering of what they had seen and heard from the human gas stations. What they've witnessed was so very new to them, it was scary at first but then it became fascinating just as quickly.
"Strange huh? The humans lights and… and…" Ash gestured trying to think of the strange word again.
"Music," Ray spoke up as he approached the two chimpanzee and greeted them.
Ash smiled at the orangutan whilst Blue Eyes merely frown at the appearance of Ray. It wasn't that Blue Eyes did not like the slightly younger orangutan, it was just that he sort of found Ray to be… Odd. If that was the right term to use. He knew that most of the orangutans were mostly solitary apes but Ray was especially a strange case. One could usually find the young orangutan sitting up high above a tree or upon the walls of their home, eyeing the sky above as if he could read the clouds, sun, moon and stars. But that didn't matter to Blue Eyes much anyways. He just tolerated the ape when Ray would often times join them. After all they were still family in a sort of way.
"Thank you Ray," Ash gestured to which the orangutan hooted and nodded his head at the older chimp. "As I was saying did you not find it strange and exhilarating? The human machines, lights and… strange sounds," Ash excitedly signed excitedly at Blue Eyes.
Before Blue Eyes could give his opinion on the matter the three apes heard a grunt causing them to round their heads in the direction from where it came from. There just slightly behind them, knuckle-walked Fox.
"You are always excited about these human things. A little too much, but not me! I don't like them," Fox grunted as he stopped to sign before knuckle walking again.
"Fox lies! He liked the strange human machines too! I saw him reaching out to touch the glowing machines," Shell hooted in amusement before jumping away as Fox barked and reached out for him, missing him by just a hair.
"Human machine very strange. Never see it or heard it act like that before. So different from fires and sounds we make," Flint chimed in.
Blue Eyes had agreed. They all have never seen or heard such things before in their upbringing. Most of the older apes didn't seem to mind or care much for the humans objects but to the younger apes like them, it was all so new and tempting. Making them want to experience these new sights and sounds, to be lost and know about them. But they had to heed that those things were human objects and not apes. Blue Eyes himself knew that no matter how much he and the other young apes wanted to explore these new wonders, they had to tread carefully, making sure that it was indeed safe first.
Stopping in his tracks Blue Eyes couldn't help but blink several times. Was he thinking just like his father would in a situation like this?
"Blue Eyes?" Ash called out quietly to his friend as it was getting much too dark for them to see each other sign.
Grunting and shaking his head to get rid of the thought, Blue Eyes glanced up at Ash, noticing that the others had all moved on, bickering with each other.
"I'm okay… Just thinking," he responded before he slowly knuckle walked up to the other chimp, joining his side and moving on.
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Violent Section Ahead
Riding along the trail with Pope, Stone glanced up at the sky, seeing the stars slowly dotting the abyss above. Soon enough the forest was enshrouded by darkness as the sun slowly set down far off in the distance from whence he could not see. As he followed Pope though, Stone then noticed that something was off. Even if his eyes were not good at seeing in the dark like most primates he knew the trails that lead them back to the colony, like the back of his hand yet the trail that Pope was guiding them on was not. He was about to question the scarred chimpanzee of what they were doing but then noticed that they had arrived upon a open clearing, illuminated only by the faint light of the moon. Glancing around, Stone huffed out finally noticing their location. Pope had somehow lead the both of them back to the human's camp, prompting him to glare up at the other chimpanzee.
"Pope, What we doing?" Stone grunted catching the scarred chimpanzee's attention whom silently stared back at him before getting off of his horse.
Stone observed as Pope stared a little bit longer before the chimpanzee put a finger in front of his lips, the gesture to be quiet before he silently maneuvered through the campsite. Curious as to what the other chimpanzee was doing, Stone got off of his horse as well and followed Pope through the human camp. As he trailed behind, making sure to not hit anything with his knuckles or feet, Stone couldn't help but glare at the other chimpanzee's backside.
Why were they here? What was Pope doing? Did he not say that they needed to make haste back to the colony to inform of the imminent danger from the humans? If it were so then why were they wasting their time here? Pope better have a good explanation for making this detour, Stone thought to himself.
As he followed the scarred chimpanzee, Stone then noticed Pope sneaking around towards one of the vehicles, grabbing something on the ground along the way. Upon closer inspection, Stone could see that one of the humans had stayed behind and was idly sucking on a stick with smoke coming out of it. Stone remembered seeing some humans do that years ago when he was still living at the zoo with many others of his kin, before his liberation and awakening to his new mind like many of his other brothers and sisters. But now was not the time to reminiscence about the past, for they had a duty and job to do, to warn their kin about the dangers of the humans back in the human city.
Just then human music sounded off in the distance, causing them all to freeze. Shoulders rising and falling fast at being caught, Stone turned his attention back to the human and notice the man sticking his head out, lingering it there for a second before pulling back in. Letting his gaze wander on over to where Pope was, Stone then noticed that the scarred chimpanzee was on the move once more, sneaking in quietly from the side of the vehicle.
Narrowing his eyes, Stone made to approach Pope but stopped when the scarred chimpanzee suddenly leaped into the human's vehicle and yanked the man out into the clearing. Before the man could yell out, Pope had raised whatever he had picked up off of the ground and slammed it into the human's head, causing the body below to suddenly convulse. Stone then watched in slight horror as Pope raised the weapon into the air and brought it back down onto the man's head again. Over and over Pope repeated the process several more times until the human's face was even barely recognizable anymore. Nothing but a mush of matter and red blood.
Letting out a huff, Stone approached the heavy breathing chimp and stood over the human's body. He turned his attention to Pope once, eyeing the giant red covered wrench within the chimp's hands before glancing back down at the human's body again.
"Why… did you kill human?" Stone asked quietly.
"My plan," Pope breathed out as he looked around and bent down, picking up the human's hat and lighter.
"What… Plan?" Stone asked hesitantly, turning to face Pope.
"We must make apes believe us. So we must put the blame. On humans," Pope muttered.
"What blame?" Stone asked, brows furrowing.
"The ones who killed Caesar," Pope answered in a low tone.
At this Stone tilted his head in confusion. Kill Caesar? The humans killed Caesar? When? How? What was Pope getting at? Then it suddenly dawned on him and he took a step back as it all fell together.
"Apes… we were only suppose to tell apes… Not ki-"
"Caesar has to die!" Pope spat, turning to face Stone whom stared back at him incredulously.
"Ape. Not kill. Ape," Stone growled at the scarred chimpanzee.
Pope however merely blinked several times at Stone, as if he didn't know what was going on.
"The plan… Your plan was to inform the apes about the danger of the humans by showing them the guns that we have found and with it they will leave Caesar and join our cause. We did not agree to kill Caesar. Ape Not Kill Ape," Stone signed in anger.
Noticing Pope shy away from him a little bit, Stone grunted, seeming to have gotten through to the scarred chimp. Sure Caesar was indeed wrong to trust the humans and they all had agreed on that but there was no reason for them to kill him. He was ape too and they all must abide by their sacred law, for they are not enemies to each other but family. And if they didn't have each other then what did would they all have in the end? At least that was what Caesar had taught them. Growling at this idiotic plan, Stone turned around and expected Pope to follow him.
"Stone…"
At the sound of his name, Stone turned back to face Pope and was going to ask him what he wanted but was suddenly met with pain as it erupted all over the left side of his face. Letting out a yelp, Stone fell to the ground and covered the side of his head with his hands and writhed in pain as the world spun around him. Letting out a gasp, he glanced up and froze as Pope's dark green irises met his. Then Stone noticed the side of Pope's mouth twitched and the chimp's frown was slowly replaced by a frightening sneer, making his face looking like something akin to a monster. Before Stone himself could react, Pope raised the red metallic weapon and brought it down, striking him over the skull, the intense blow to his head causing his body to lock up.
As his body was stunned from the sudden trauma to his head, Stone then felt calloused hands, flipping him over onto his belly with something wrapping around his neck. The object around his throat then suddenly tightened, causing him to try and gasp for air but found out that he couldn't. Struggling within Pope's grasp, Stone reached out onto the ground and grabbed at the grass and rope around his neck as his vision was filled with small blotches of light. Tears started to fall from Stone's eyes as he struggled to free himself, finding that his strength was fading quickly due to the lack of air. Before he faded completely, Stone had wished that he could meet his mate, child and friends once last time. Then all was dark.
Still tugging at the rope as hard as he can, Pope pulled and pulled even after Stone had gone limp underneath him. It wasn't until several more minutes with his muscles straining did he finally let go of the rope, seeing Stone's pathetic form falling to the ground with a soft thud. Huffing and puffing, Pope dropped onto his knuckles and slowly walked around Stone's still form. With a grunt, Pope then grabbed a handful of hair atop of Stone's head and yanked the ape's face up towards his. There he could see the far off look of Stone's now pale green glassy colored eyes. Letting out a few small chuckles, Pope casually let go of the dead chimp's head, letting it fall onto the ground with a thump and turned away, satisfied at what he had accomplished.
Picking up the human's hat and lighter with his bloody hands, smiling at it for this was the key item to his grand scheme of things to come. Ambling back to where the horses were at, Pope opened a pocket on the side and slipped the human piece of clothing into it before he opened another part of the pocket and pulled out a small handgun that was fully loaded. Here it is the other object that he needed for his plan to work. He knew that Koba, Grey and Stone had seen him taking one of the bigger weapons but the others did not know that he had secretly tucked away this little handgun. He could use the big weapon to get rid of Caesar but that would have been too obvious and he would surely be blamed for breaking the sacred law… But now he can rightfully put the blame onto the humans with this small gun that Koba and Grey did not notice him stashing away.
Putting the weapon back into the sack, Pope slowly turned back around and eyed both the bodies of the once angry human and Stone.
Should have done what I had said and stayed with Koba and Grey. Then you could have lived a little longer...
Pulling himself onto his horse, Pope then kicked the animal's side causing it to gallop off towards the colony.
End of Violent Section
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As they entered the ape colony the humans, sans Ellie and Malcolm were astounded by the structures as well as the beauty of it all. High wooden walls lined up at every side with ape scouts always on the lookout. In the middle stood flat stone platforms to which many apes were situated upon. The most impressive thing that they all saw was of course the giant tree that has a spiraling staircase made of wood leading all the way up to a tree house way up above.
"Holy shit!" Foster whispered as he looked around, completely in awe.
"I could take pictures of this all day," Kempt chimed.
As they followed Caesar through the grounds the chimp leader was gesturing at all of his apes, possibly informing them all that the humans themselves were friends. Stopping by some of the stone steps he genuinely turned around and offered Ellie his hand. Ellie without even a second thought, fully trusting Caesar, reached out and took his hand into hers, allowing him to lead her. Once he had reached a nice perch, Caesar then gathered the humans together before gesturing outwards towards the city, far off in the distance.
"The… Lights," Caesar pointed out.
At a lost for words upon seeing their city glowing in the distance, Malcolm instead expressed his gratitude by placing a friendly hand upon the chimpanzee's shoulder.
Caesar smiled back at Malcolm for a moment before his eyes caught something else behind the man. Standing on top of the platform just above them stood Cornelia, looking much better than she had in days, smiling down at him.
Following Caesar's warming stare both Malcolm and Ellie noted his mate standing just above them, looking very well with their child cradled within her arms. Silently they watched Caesar leave them and approach his made signing something to her before they both pressed their foreheads together. The scene was so touching that Ellie couldn't help but hugged Malcolm close to her as they both watched both king and queen embracing each other.
Down off to the side of the colony hidden within the shadows stood Pope, still covered in blood. He narrowed his eyes as he watched Caesar leading Cornelia towards the edge of their perch. Letting out a disgruntled chuff, Pope faced Rex off to the side and nodded at the gorilla. Nodding back, Rex flipped the human lighter switch and seeing the flame come on the gorilla then tossed the object into a pile of dry sticks. As soon as the lighter landed within the entanglement is quickly lit up into a small flame that slowly eased towards the wooden structure of their protective walls. With a grunt, Rex faced Pope and nodded, informing Pope that the deed was done.
Eyes still kept on the human city, Caesar felt Cornelia's hand upon his shoulder, prompting him to glance her way. Noticing that she was looking at something else, Caesar followed her gaze and noticed that she was watching their eldest son, Blue Eyes slowly approaching them a look of wonder upon his features.
"Mother…? Blue Eyes signed, still in awe that his mother was doing alright.
Instead of answering, Cornelia instead reached her arm out towards Blue Eyes and waited patiently as he approached her. Once within arms length of her she touched her son upon the brows and then maneuvered her hand behind his head in a motherly fashion. Before she knew it though, Blue Eyes had quickly wrapped his arms around her in a great big hug, careful to avoid not crushing his little brother at the same time.
Watching his family embracing each other filled Caesar with so much contempt and love that he could just watch them forever. Caesar then let his gaze travel to where the humans, whom were watching the family reunion before they talked among themselves excitedly at what they had all accomplished. Caesar couldn't help but smile though. After several days of not being sure that they would need to go to war or not due to the sudden inclusion of humans, Caesar was now sure that they could live peacefully with each other.
Caesar then frowned when he heard some noises coming from the tree roots below him. Curiously Caesar peered down into the darkness of the tree roots, squinting his eyes to see what had made that strange noise. Then he noticed an ape, perched upon one tree log that jutted outwards from the side of the cliff. Curiously, Caesar tilted his head at the ape and soon noticed the fishnet scar marks upon the other.
Pope?
Caesar himself had seen this fellow chimpanzee around the colony but usually the ape would keep to himself. He didn't know the ape personally but from what he had gathered the chimp had lived a life in the laboratories as well, just like Koba. At the thought of Koba, Caesar then remembered that he hadn't seen his friend anywhere when he had returned with the humans. Was Koba still angry with him? He'll really have to make amends with his friend at this point but hopefully Koba would forgive him for what he did.
Just then he noticed the scarred ape, Pope, pointing up at him as if he was going to sign but something seemed off about this gesture. Then with the light of the moonlight, something glint off at the end of the chimp's hand and Caesar's eyes widened at the sight.
A loud bang pierced the night, silencing all.
Letting out a gasp and holding onto his wound, Caesar stared wide eyed at the ape who had shot him, a sneering grin upon his half scarred face. Faltering slightly, Caesar then lost his footing and fell forward body hitting all the tree branches all the while. The last thing he heard while he was falling was the piercing cries from Cornelia and Blue Eyes.
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Koba was beyond angry, he was absolutely livid. Both he and Grey had wasted valuable time making their way to the dam only to find that it had been deserted. They had even gone inside to check and see if any of their fellow apes were still there but to their disappointment they weren't. He should have never let Pope suggested of splitting them all up. It was idiotic and he was going to show the chimpanzee a thing or two once he got back to the colony. As both he and Grey rode through the darkness back towards the colony the sound of gunfire suddenly echoed all around them, causing their horses to neigh aloud and stopped in their tracks.
"Koba! Gun!" Grey said quickly in the dark.
Without answering the other ape, Koba urged his horse on forward. Within a matter of minutes both Koba and Grey reached their home only to find that a part of their great wooden wall was catching on fire. Gasping, Koba jumped off of his horse and was about to run towards the open trench way when a figure stumbled in front of him. Taking a glance at the other ape, Koba then noticed that it was Pope, seeming battered up while holding onto his right shoulder as if he were wounded. Approaching the ape quickly, Koba looked Pope over.
"What happened!" he demanded.
"Human… Attacked us. Killed. Stone… tried to kill me. I. Tried to warn apes. But too late! Now they shoot again," Pope whimpered, his shoulders rising and falling as he breathed quickly to keep himself under control, likely on the verge of a breakdown.
At this news, Koba held his breath and turned towards Grey who also had a disbelieving look upon his face. The humans killed Stone? Not possible, Stone can't be… he can't be. Shaking his head, Koba then took a hold of Pope and tried to calm the scarred chimpanzee down.
"Humans shoot? Shoot at who?" Koba asked urgently to which the scarred chimpanzee shook his head and looked away in shame.
Koba then perked up when he heard Blue Eyes' voice upon the frantic calls within the colony. Leaving the whimpering Pope alone, Koba and Grey ran towards the gates and into the colony.
When both Koba and Grey ran inside, Pope's whimpering increased slowly but instead of cries it evolved into a small fit of pant laughter as he held his stomach and doubled over on himself as he continued laughing.
"Human! Gun!" Blue Eyes shouted, presenting the small firearm and hat in one hand before falling onto his knees.
Suddenly a shadowy figure appeared before the distraught young prince, causing the teary Blue Eyes to look up into the shocked scarred face of his uncle, Koba. Taking the hat and weapons into his hands, Koba looked down at Blue Eyes to see who had been shot. The young prince sniffed before signing one word back to him.
"Father…"
"Caesar?" Koba breathed, his good eyes quickly glancing around for the chimpanzee, unable to find him.
Letting his gaze fall back down into the handgun and hat within his hands, he was suddenly wracked with despair and sadness, accompanied with a few drops of tears that flowed down his eyes. He had thought that he was over Caesar, that the king was no longer his friend? But then why can't he explain this sudden emotion that emerged deep within him? This feeling it was burning his veins and clouding his vision in red. Suddenly baring his fangs, Koba lifted the hat and gun into the air.
"Humans! Kill! Caesar!" Koba shouted at the top of his lungs, voiced filled with absolute indignation and gaining the attention of all the apes around him. "Burn! Ape! Home!" he continued pointing at the fire that now grew twice as big when he had first saw it.
Breathing heavily, Koba's eyes widened when he saw the figures of the humans making an escape through the roaring flames, fleeing away. With few pants he bared his fangs and then pointed in the direction that the humans had ran off to.
"Go! Get Them!" he ordered, prompting the rest of the apes to charge into the direction he was pointing at.
"Apes! Must attack! Human city! Fight back! Come! Fight for Caesar!" he roared.
Letting his arm fall down to his side, Koba glanced around quickly and notice Grey climbing onto the platform, looking angry and worried just as much as he is.
"Females and young stay in the woods. We go to the human city," Koba gestured frantically at Grey whom nodded before hopping away and relaying the message.
Pacing upon the platform, Koba then noticed that Blue Eyes was on his hands and knees. Taking in a deep gulp of air to clam himself slightly, Koba reached down and picked up the young prince and placed their foreheads together.
"I promise. We will. Avenge. Your father," Koba spoke softly to which he could feel Blue Eyes slightly nodded his head.
Pulling back, Koba then turned his head to the side slowly and noticed Pope standing in front of the fire that was burning their home, staring at the both of them. Koba couldn't help himself as he squinted and eyed the other ape. For some reason or another he could not make out Pope's ape body at all, instead what Koba saw was nothing but a dark shadowy figure that stared back at both he and Blue Eyes with piercing green eyes that were illuminated by the flames that surrounded it. Koba couldn't help but shudder slightly at the image as Pope's distant figure did not resemble that of an ape but something entirely different, something not an ape but more sinister. Hoping to keep Blue Eyes from looking at the other chimp, Koba forced Blue Eyes to look at him as all the apes around them evacuated their burning home.
In the violent section, it kinda goes into detail of how Carver and Stone are killed off... Sorta brutally by none other than our beloved scarred chimpanzee, Pope.
So this was a long chapter. I was thinking of splitting it into two parts but what the heck eh?
What did ya'll think about what happened? Does it fit at all? Good? Bad?
Please let me know kind readers and I'll see you all in the next chapter. Thank for reading and commenting!