"Oh my god. Look, the colony is on fire," Ellie pointed out as they drove down the road.

"Where are we going to go?" Alexander echoed in as he took peered at the rising smokes from the tower.

"Caesar, what?" Ellie asked when she heard the chimpanzee grunt several times.

Quickly Ellie reached on over and supported Caesar up as he leaned against the side of the window and gave several more grunts, weakly tapping the window.

"Is this it Caesar? Are we close?" Ellie asked the frantic ape.

"Where is he taking us?" Alexander asked quietly.

"I don't-" Malcolm started but then he was cut as Caesar began to frantically grunt again.

"Malcolm stop! I think he want's us to stop," Ellie announced from the back.

Slowing the truck down to a slow stop, the group quietly got out of the vehicle and assess their surrounding. It seemed to be some sort of small neighborhood with unkept vegetation that had grown out of control and are now swallowing most of the houses.

"I don't understand… What are we doing here dad?" Alexander spoke aloud as he glanced all around him.

"Doesn't matter. We just need a place to hide him until we find out what is going on at home," Malcolm responded as he opened the backdoor seeing both Ellie and Caesar.

The three humans then assisted the heavy ape out of the back of the truck, Caesar no longer having the strength to support himself. They then were directed by the wounded chimpanzee to a particular house where they carried him in and set him down onto the couch.

Assisting his mother and father, Alex glanced around the room until his eyes fell upon some picture frames. Upon closer inspection the young boy's eyes widen and he quickly took the picture and hopped on over to where his father and mother was.

"Dad look!" Alexander exclaimed, showing his father the picture.

Staring down at the picture both Malcolm and Ellie's brow furrowed at what they saw. There within the picture frame was a smiling man whom had his head propped up on one hand while he was smiling down at a young chimpanzee in front of him. Curiously both Ellie's and Malcolm's questioning eyes traveled on over towards the wounded chimpanzee who only stared back at them, panting softly.

"We need to operate on him," Ellie finally said quietly, cutting the silence between all of them. "I don't have anything. There's a surgical kit back at the place, but that's-"

"I'll go," Malcolm cut in, his eyes still on their charge.

"Malcolm, it's not safe," Ellie said in a worried voice.

"He's the only one that can stop this Ellie," Malcolm responded, turning to face her.

Closing her eyes and breathing hard, Ellie nodded, knowing that Malcolm was right. If they were to even have a sliver of a chance to stop all of this then they needed to help Caesar in any way they can.

"Please be careful," Ellie whispered.

Malcolm reached on over and gave Ellie a hug before he turned his attention towards Alexander.

"Help Ellie and Caesar in anyway you can okay? I'll be back," Malcolm said to the teenager.

"You promise?" Alexander asked, hesitation, fear and worry laced within his voice, causing Malcolm to smile sadly at the boy.

"I promise," he responded as he patted Alexander on the shoulder before turning towards Caesar whom was observing all of them. "Stay strong Caesar. I'll be back as soon as I can," Malcolm assured the chimpanzee whom nodded once at him.

…

"Humans! You! Ape! Prisoner! Now!" You! Will know! Life in cage!" Koba bellowed, causing the apes around him to hoot in an uproar. "More humans! Out there! Go! Find them!" Koba he finished.

From among the grounds both Blue Eyes and Ash could see the bonobo yelling from his perch high up above the gate walls, madness seeming to overcome their uncles once more. Grunting, Blue Eyes jerked as one of the apes shoved him out of the way and followed the rest of the ape army as they headed off to find the humans. Ash however was faring no better as he dropped his gun when he too was shoved aside by a larger ape before he quickly picked it up and made it over to where Blue Eyes stood. The two young chimps then turned around and slowly made their way across the grounds, careful to avoid the others. They couldn't help but let their eyes wander on over to where the crying humans as they were all shoved too close together with no room to even move around.

"This wrong. Blue Eyes," Ash whispered quietly to which the young prince continued to stare before following the other apes slowly.

"There is nothing we can do right now Ash, we have to find-" Blue Eyes started to gesture until his gaze fell upon an armored vehicle.

Tilting his head curiously, Blue Eyes made his way on over to where the vehicle was at and noticed several apes contained within it. Soon enough a familiar face with big flaps on the side of his head peered back.

"Maurice?" Blue Eyes gestured incredulously.

"Father! Luca!" Ash signed frantically making a move to approach them until the orangutan signed for them to stop.

"Koba says that we were too loyal to your father. Says that we are too kind to humans. Lock us up here," Maurice explained slowly from behind the bars.

"Protect each other. Keep yourselves safe," Rocket signed from behind Maurice to both Ash and Blue Eyes.

Letting out a huff, Blue Eyes glanced back to where Koba was before turning back towards his uncles. He didn't know what to do. What should both he and Ash do? There was no one else now who could help them.

Whimpering, Ash wanted to approach his father, wanting the older ape to comfort him like he always would have but knew he couldn't. looking around at the ape guards that stood above the armored vehicle, Ash glanced back at Blue Eyes who seemed just as lost as he was. Hearing several more hoots and screeches behind them, Ash felt Blue Eyes tugging at his arm and quickly lead them away from his father and uncles. Glancing back Ash watched as the vehicle that contained his father soon disappeared as soon as they rounded the corner.

…

After Koba's order had been given, Pope walked up to the bonobo and stood next to him, overseeing at what he had accomplished. As his dark green eyes scoured the grounds below, his gaze soon fell upon the armored trucks that contained Caesar's followers.

"Why haven't those apes been dealt with?" Pope questioned Koba.

"What do you mean?" Koba shot back.

"Take care of them! They will not follow Koba! They still follow Caesar!" Pope exclaimed while pointed towards the armored vehicle.

Koba stared at Pope for a long while and then widened his eyes at what the scarred chimpanzee was suggesting. He wanted to kill them. Baring his fangs at the other ape, Koba rose to his full height and glared down at Pope whom cowered slightly.

"Ape! Not kill. Ape!" Koba growled.

"But-"

"Silence! We will talk. No more. Of this," Koba grounded out at Pope who seemed to look hesitant for a moment before he lowered his head and offered a supplicating palm.

"Forgive… me… Koba..." Pope spoke slowly.

Letting out a deep breath, Koba swiped at Pope's open palm and the chimpanzee cautiously glanced back up towards him.

Deep in Pope's mind he was seething at Koba for making such a fool out of him. It was he that allowed the scarred bonobo to come into power and this was the thanks that he got? He will make the bonobo pay for shaming him in such a way in front of the other apes. As he looked at Koba his eyes then wandered upwards way above the human tower. As he stared at it, a thought suddenly occurred to him and it caused him to smile slowly. That was where Koba's little accident will occur! Smiling to himself, Pope glanced back at the scarred bonobo.

"Koba," Pope spoke softly, gaining the other ape's attention.

"What is it!"

"Apes will have better view from up there," Pope pointed, directing Koba's gaze up towards the top of the human tower. "Apes can see humans all over. We should go up there," Pope finished.

Koba glanced back at Pope and studied the scarred chimpanzee. The other ape did have a point from that height they do have a vantage point to locate any remnants of any humans whom are hiding within the city. Grunting, Koba nodded at Pope before he turned towards Grey.

"Get the females, tell them to come here. Might not be safe for them in the forest anymore. Humans might go attack them," he explained.

Grey bit his bottom lip as he glanced from Pope to Koba, unsure if this was a good idea but nodded anyways. He then gathered a few of his trusted scouts and informed them to go back into the forest to bring in the females from hiding.

During all this though Pope was glaring at the backside of both Koba and Grey before he felt a giant hand upon his shoulder. Turning around, Pope came face to face with Rex whom was frowning down at him.

"You know we gorilla's do not climb as well as you smaller apes," he signed.

"Do not worry, my apes and I will take care of Koba and his followers. We will knock them out of the sky. I need you and Red to standby down here on the grounds," Pope informed.

"What about Caesar's loyal apes," Rex asked as he side glanced at the armored truck to which Pope followed with his dark green eyes.

"We will take care of them once we kill Koba," he signed to the gorilla before hopping down from the ledge.

What Pope and Rex hadn't noticed though was that two beady green eyes had seen their exchange from afar.

...

Huffing and puffing slightly, Malcolm soon approached the street that lead down towards the side entrance of the colony. He halted when he heard screams and hid behind a car. Peeking over he could see several apes tossing several humans about and shoved them away, as if they were rounding them up for something. He had to find another way into the colony now since the streets were now being watched. As he looked around, Malcolm noticed the entrance to the Bart Subway station that practically lead underneath. That was it, his ticket way in without being noticed. Taking in a deep breath, Malcolm then dashed towards the entrance and quickly ran down the steps.

Soon enough, Malcolm slowly emerged from beneath the colony and cautiously looked around the corner. Finding it devoid of life, for now, he made a quick dash towards their their section of the colony. As soon as he got there, he looked around and found one of their backpacks. Emptying its contents, Malcolm went on over towards the medical supplies and shoved as much of the equipment, antibiotics and whatever else Ellie might need into the pack.

Malcolm's head shot around when he suddenly heard screaming and screeching right outside the window. Closing the drawers he approached the windows and sees apes corralling the humans again. He then noticed several apes approaching the apartment that he was in and that was the cue for him to leave.

Opening a door Malcolm quickly raced down a hallway as screams, hoots and shouts could be heard all around him. He was about to go down the stairs when he saw several dark shapes running on by right beneath it. Backtracking, Malcolm cursed as he ran down a hall and was about to burst through another door before he saw several more apes running right outside of it. Several rapports of gunfire cause a few holes to show up in the wall next to him, causing him to slip and duck for cover. Breathing heavily, Malcolm dragged the heavy bag behind him and quickly ducked within another apartment and pressed his back to the wall, praying to some force in the universe that he wasn't found out by the apes.

As he waited for the noises to eventually disappear, Malcolm peered his head around the corner and saw that it was once again silent, the noises now far off in the distance. Then something caused the hair on the back of his neck to stand and made his turn slowly around towards his other side. Malcolm's body froze when he noticed two figures with weapons in their hands staring back at him from the shadows. Heart pounding within chest, hands shaking slightly and breath caught in his throat, Malcolm could do nothing but merely stare at the two apes hidden within the dark.

Malcolm watched as the two figures slowly approached him and stepped into the beam of light. The first thing he noticed was the bright blue and green eyes that were staring back at him, one stern the other hesitant. Malcolm's eyes widen slightly when he noticed the blue eyed chimp, Caesar's son, slowly pointed the end of his gun barrel at him, anger set within his eyes. Taking in a deep breath, Malcolm shook his head at the young ape, hopefully to deter him from shooting him.

Malcolm and Blue Eyes stared at each other for a long quiet while, with the other young chimp, Ash, glancing back and forth between the two. Ash seemed to have signed something to Blue Eyes causing the prince to frown for a moment before he hoisted back his weapon onto his shoulder once more. Letting out a relieved breath, Malcolm slumped into the wall as silent tears emerged from his eyes and fell down his face. Begrudgingly, Blue Eyes turned around and started to walk away with Ash offering Malcolm a forlorn gaze before he too trailed after the other ape.

"Hey! Wait!" Malcolm called out weakly, causing Blue Eyes and Ash to stop in their tracks, glancing back at him from the sides. "Your f-, your father. He's alive," Malcolm gasped out.

He then watched as the two apes seemingly signed to one another before they glanced back his way. Just as before the two chimpanzees slowly emerged from the dark hallway and into the light once more.

"Show us."

…

Both Blue Eyes and Ash followed the human through the underground that lead them to the street back up above. As they silently followed Ash kept on glancing at his friend from the corner of his eye.

"What is it?" Blue Eyes finally spoke as he knuckle-walked after Malcolm.

"You still do not trust human?" Ash asked.

"What is there to trust? Humans killed my father," Blue Eyes responded with a frown.

"But the human says that your father is alive."

"Yes he did... But this could also be a trap…"

"Could be, but we still follow."

"You know I can hear you two talking right? And I am not lying or leading you two to a trap. I'm telling you guys the truth. Your father, Caesar, is alive I promise," Malcolm explained as he turned around to face the two young chimps.

Ash stared whilst Blue Eyes merely scowled back. Letting out an exasperated sigh, Malcolm turned back around and lead the way once more. He wasn't going to get through to Blue Eyes unless he showed the young ape exactly proof. The other, Ash if he recalled, was a tad more accepting of him.

Eventually the three finally found the house to which Caesar, Ellie and Alexander were at. Racing up the steps, Malcolm opened the door.

"I got it! How is he?" Malcolm asked as he handed the bag to Ellie.

Ellie was going to answer that Caesar was fine for now but paused when she saw two young chimpanzees trailing in after Malcolm.

Rounding the corner slowly Blue Eyes stared at each of the humans letting his gaze wander around the room until his sights finally fell upon a familiar figure. There on the couch, looking very weak and smiling warmly back up at him was his father.

The human didn't lie.

Slowly setting his gun down, Blue Eyes cautiously approached the older ape, touching his father's arm to make sure that he was not just seeing things.

"Your… Mother. Brother… Safe?" Caesar asked weakly, overjoyed to see his boy safe and sound with tears silently falling from his eyes.

"For now," Blue Eyes gestured, still not believing that his father was right in front of him while a smile graced the older chimp's face momentarily before he scrunched up in pain.

Upon noticing his father's discomfort, Blue Eyes gaze fell upon the gaping wound on the older chimps chest. Infuriated that his father was hurt, Blue Eyes quickly turned around and bared his fangs at the humans, causing them to gasp and take a step back from him.

"No," Blue Eyes heard his father spoke out behind him, causing him to turn around. "No… Not human…"

"Who father?" Blue Eyes asked.

"Ape… Pope," Caesar finally answered.

At this Blue Eyes eyes widen momentarily remembering the scarred chimpanzee by Koba's side, seeming to whisper things into the bonobo's ear.

"Caesar?" Ash said quietly as he knelt down next to Blue Eyes and the wounded ape.

"Ash!" Caesar breathed, happy to see Rocket's son as he reached out and took a hold of the young ape's shoulder.

The apes then turned their heads when they noticed Ellie approaching with the bag in her hands.

"Caesar. We need to do this now," Ellie explained as she started to pull out the medical supplies for the operation.

Caesar nodded at Ellie and then noticed Blue Eyes looking away, his face scrunched up in a deep frown, seemingly torn as well as frightened at what has happened all around him..

"Son." Caesar spoke up, catching Blue Eyes' attention before he raised his hand towards the younger chimpanzee.

Sniffing, Blue Eye reached out and took a hold of his father's hand as Ellie moved in to start operating on his father.

…

Apparently the human woman had sedated Caesar putting him a deep sleep so that he would not feel the pain while she worked on him. At first Blue Eyes and Ash had been worried but the two older humans had calmed them down. Only did the two young apes see Caesar still breathing did they calm down quite a bit and stayed while both Ellie and Malcolm worked on the unconscious chimpanzee. A long while later Ash and Blue Eyes watched as Ellie finished the last bit of stitches upon Caesar's wound before she turned to look at them.

"Let him rest alright you two," she said softly before gathering up her things and walked away with Malcolm trailing behind her.

While both he and Blue Eyes waited, Ash himself got up and decided to look around at his surroundings. He touched the small table, felt the other comfy chairs and finally wandered on over to where some square looking objects with little humans in them. As he looked at them his eyes widened suddenly when he saw one of the squared had a small human and a small ape within it. Picking it up, he quickly lumbered back on over to where Blue Eyes was at and showed him the object.

"Look!" Ash exclaimed quietly, handing the other chimp what he had found.

Blue Eyes glanced down at the object and slowly lifted it up towards his face. He knows what this thing is. His father had explained it to him once when they were alone and he had been curious about human things back then. If he could recall the object within his hand was called a picture and it is suppose to keep images of what it had captured or to something of that degree, he couldn't really recall. As he stared at the picture though, Blue Eyes noticed that the little ape within the frame looked very familiar. Looking back up at Ash and down at the picture again, Blue Eyes was going to ask his friend what he thought of it before his father abruptly woke up beside them, causing him to drop the picture frame.

"Father!" Blue Eyes spoke in a soft voice to calm down the older ape.

Upon seeing his son, Caesar's worried expression immediately soften, realizing that he was in good company. He then noticed Blue Eyes looking at him longingly, nose twitching all the while and eyes getting watery.

"Father… I'm so sorry. For everything," Blue Eyes gestured accompanied with a few whimpers.

"No. I am to blame," Caesar consoled his son whom seemed to think for a moment before glancing back at him.

"But Pope betrayed you," Blue Eyes gestured.

"I… Should have noticed him. But because he was ape. I always think. Apes were better than humans. I see now… How much like them we are," Caesar explained.

"Father… I think he is using Koba," Blue Eyes signed having already put two and two together a long while ago.

"Koba is crazy. He tried to kill me!" Ash signed frantically to which Blue Eyes nodded before turning back to his father.

"I was so afraid father. Afraid of what Koba would do... I wanted you there. Needed you but... I..." Blue Eyes tried to sign but closed his eyes tightly instead.

"Blue Eyes. Saved me," Ash spoke softly, gaining Caesar's attention and causing the other chimp to open his sky colored eyes. "Blue Eyes looked a lot like you when he did," he finished.

Upon hearing this, Caesar turned towards his son and gave the young ape the most warming of smiles he could muster.

"You stopped Koba? I am proud. of you. Son," Caesar breathed, reaching out and touching Blue Eyes on the head.

Blue Eyes smiled at the gesture, happy that he was able to make his father proud of him but quickly shook the thought away.

"But I do not think Koba knows what Koba is doing," Blue Eyes continued. "Eyes change when he gets mad. Seems like different ape. Unaware."

"Where are they now?" Caesar asked, taking all this information in, worried now about Koba's… Condition and Pope's malicious usurpation.

"We saw them climb on top of the human tower," Blue Eyes explained, "loyal apes all around them."

"And those. Who not follow?" Caesar inquired the two younger apes in front of him.

"Prisoners," Ash signed with a sniff. "My father… Uncle Maurice, Uncle Luca..."

"Fear makes apes follow… But when they see you, they will turn," Blue Eyes finished.

"Not. If I am weak," Caesar explained before taking a deep breath. "Apes will always seek strongest branch… I must do something to stop them," Caesar finished trying to get up, hissing as his wound spiked up again while the two younger apes chuffed in unison.

"Father…"

"Uncle Caesar…"

Both Ash and Blue Eyes glanced at one another before they finally faced the older chimpanzee again.

"Let us help you," Blue Eyes finished for them.