I goofed up! Apparently there was already an ape named Maple within Revelations, at the very end of the book. However lucky for me, that character did absolutely nothing, just thought that I'd let you all know...

"Caesar?"

At the sound of his name Caesar turned his gaze away from Koba and towards Malcolm who stood beside him.

"We need to treat him, but we can't do it here," Malcolm explained.

"Hospital?" Caesar suggested after a moment to which Malcolm slowly shook his head, side to side.

"Hospitals have no supplies. Everything was either taken or burned to the ground," Malcolm informed solemnly.

At this news Caesar's brows furrowed and he looked down at Koba whom was still avoiding his stare.

"Home." Caesar finally said aloud, causing everyone to look at him. "My… Home. My human. Home," Caesar suggested.

"Alright," Malcolm nodded as he took in a deep breath and looked around himself. "I need to make a few stops but I'll be back soon. Can you guys carefully bring him up to where the subway entrance is?" Malcolm asked.

"Yes," Caesar responded with a grunt.

Hearing all that he needed to hear, Malcolm had turned around and trotted a few distance away before he stop mid run and backpedaled to the apes again, confusing them.

"Actually… I'm going to need one of you guys to come with me. I don't think the apes will just let me drive into the city with my truck," Malcolm informed, looking at all of them before finally settling on Caesar.

At this Caesar frowned slightly, his brows furrowing as he thought upon Malcolm's words. The Man wasn't wrong and if the apes did see him driving the vehicle around they would most likely apprehend him, or worse… Maybe if he were to go with Malcolm then maybe the apes wouldn't attack him? But he was needed back on the surface as well. Who knows what the apes have been doing since his long absence and he needed to set things back in order if it was too chaotic up on the surface. Glancing up around himself, Caesar eyed both Maurice and Luca noticing that their frame was much too big for the vehicle if he could recall correctly. That only leaves…

Turning around slowly, Caesar had then looked at Rocket whom was standing off a little ways away from them, seeming to have been observing. Heaving out a breath, Caesar approached Rocket and stood before him, hating himself for what he was about to ask of the other chimpanzee.

"Rocket, we need your help," Caesar signed.

Rocket's eyes narrowed as he stared into Caesar's and shot a disgusted look at Koba before facing Caesar once more.

"Helping him?" Rocket gestured back, pointing an accusing finger at the injured bonobo.

Taking in a deep breath to calm himself, Caesar straightened himself up.

"Yes," he said simply.

The side of Rocket's lip curled up slightly as his fiery green eyes darted to where Koba laid. Rocket then closed his eyes and took several deep breaths before opening them again and turned to look up at Caesar.

"What do you need me to do Caesar?"

Caesar was quite in fact, relieved, when he saw Rocket's hand signs, knowing that that the bulky chimpanzee will help him. Caesar had known Rocket for a very long time now and knew that what he was asking of the other chimp was difficult. Even if Rocket had greatly disagreed upon what he had wanted the bulky chimpanzee trusted his judgment, following his orders without much question and Caesar was very much grateful for that. Reaching up, Caesar placed a hand upon Rocket's broad shoulder and smiled at him.

"Are you sure you want to do this? Caesar gestured to his friend.

"I follow you," Rocket signed back, his thin lips settling upon its usual frown.

Upon seeing Rocket's hand signs once more, Caesar couldn't help but feel a pang of warmth within his chest as he stared into the other ape's eyes.

"I need you to go with him to the house that I was at. They will bring in a vehicle to transport Koba back to help him," Caesar explained, seeing Rocket's hard stare. "I know you do not like this but we don't want any more deaths on our mind, friend. We have already lost too much."

Rocket's shoulder rose and fell with each breath he took as he looked at Caesar's hand signs. After a moment, Rocket glanced back up at the ape leader and nodded slowly.

"I understand Caesar… I just do not like helping him... But if you think this is good then I will follow what you say," Rocket gestured with a frown.

"Thank you, Rocket," Caesar breathed as he cupped the back of the bald chimpanzee's head and brought their foreheads together.

Who would have ever thought that the one ape that Caesar had first met and beat him up would become his most trusted friend, even if they had disagreements of what the other thought. Caesar was just glad that he had earned Rocket's undying trust and with that, Rocket has earned his as well.

After they had pulled away from each other, Caesar stepped aside and Rocket slowly ambled on over to where Malcolm stood. The man looked down at Rocket and then to Caesar.

"I. go. With you," Rocket grunted as he pointed at himself and then at Malcolm whom had quickly glanced back down at him.

"Oh," Malcolm simply responded, turning to look at Caesar who nodded once. "Alright then. Let's not waste any more time," Malcolm said aloud as he turned around and ran off down the tunnel, Rocket bounding right behind him.

Watching the two leave, Caesar took in a deep breath and lowered his eyes to where Koba laid, the bonobo seeming have seen and heard everything that was said. When Koba had turned his sights back towards Caesar. The two of them had locked eyes for a moment before the scarred bonobo averted his gaze once more, averting Caesar's stare. At this, Caesar breathed heavily through his nose before he looked on over to where Maurice and Luca.

"I need to return to the apes," Caesar informed both the orangutan and gorilla.

Maurice and Luca glanced at once another, nodding in unison and turned back towards Caesar.

"I will stay behind and keep an eye on Koba," Maurice signed, turning to look at the two.

"And I will go back with you. To help keep our apes in line," Luca gestured in as well with a grunt.

Caesar nodded once at the two then turned his focus on over to where Maurice stood.

"Are you going to be alright down here with Koba, Maurice?" Caesar asked, not wanting to leave both of the orangutan and injured bonobo down here in the tunnels, unattended.

"Do not worry, we will be fine. I will inform the others of where you two had gone, when they return," Maurice reassured his two friends.

Nodding, Caesar then looked from Maurice to the damaged bonobo laying on the ground. His mouth set to a thin line, Caesar slowly walked over and knelt down next to the other ape.

"Koba?" Caesar spoke out in a quiet voice, causing the older ape to close his eyes tightly at the mention of his name.

Reaching out, Caesar paused for a moment before finally laying his hand upon Koba's shoulder, feeling the scarred bonobo tense up under his touch.

"Stay strong Koba. We will help," Caesar spoke to the bonobo trying his best to reassure the injured ape.

Koba however did not respond and instead kept his eyes closed tightly, confusing Caesar. Removing his hand away from Koba, Caesar stood back up slowly and turned to face both Maurice and Luca. Breathing oud deeply through his nostrils, Caesar silently walked pass the two bigger apes and headed down the tunnel that lead back up towards the surface. Luca glanced wearily at Maurice for a moment before he too followed his leader.

Maurice looked on with a frown as Caesar abruptly left, leaving even Luca behind. He solemnly turned towards the bigger ape whom quickly followed the chimpanzee down the damaged tunnels. With a deep grumbling sigh, Maurice then looked down at Koba and knelt right next to the other ape.

It pained Maurice to see Koba or any ape in that matter so broken looking like this. As he stared at Koba though, he perked his head up when he heard a small series of sniffs that were coming from the bonobo himself.

"W-why?" Koba gurgled out with a wheeze, eyes still shut tight with just the slightest of tears slipping through his closed lids.

"Because. You friend. You brother," Maurice grumbled, sitting down next to the injured bonobo. "Just lost. Your way." He finished furrowing his brows sadly down at Koba.

…

Making his way back towards the human tower by trekking across the rooftop of the buildings, Grey had kept his head low still as his thoughts raced through his mind. What should he do? Should he stick with Caesar or should he do what Red had suggested and abandoned his king once more? If he did choose to abandon Caesar then there's no turning back for him, no more forgiveness from his leader, his king. No way for him to pledge his loyalties or to be trusted by Caesar and Caesar's inner circle ever again. What will Caesar do to him then? What would happen to his family? Letting out a shuddering breath, Grey stopped in his tracks and closed his eyes tightly.

What do I do?

Just then, Grey's head shot up when he heard the distinct sounds of guns firing off in the distance, followed by screeches of both apes and humans. There was a fight going on nearby and his brothers were in trouble. Taking in a deep breath, Grey scaled down the side of a building and leaped onto the stair rails that were bolted to the sides of the giant structure that was made of concrete and stone. Keeping himself in the shadows, Grey moved quickly but quietly towards the source of the sounds.

Soon enough the brown haired chimpanzee came upon a small standoff between both humans and apes. Looking around Grey's dark green eyes could see that there were several bodies that laid in the streets between the two factions. Two of those bodies belong to none other than their own while three of the other bodies that laid down next to them were humans. Upon sighting the corpse of his now deceased kin cause Grey's blood to boil within him, shooting a dark look at the humans that were opening fire with their guns, screaming obscenities all the while. Following to where the humans were shooting at, Grey could see several apes taking cover behind the buildings, walls and vehicles from the attack.

These were the humans that Caesar had strictly informed them to lead out of the city. The humans that were not to be harmed no matter what cost. Were the human's lives so much more important than that of their own? How many must their kind die in order to preserve the humans, whom Caesar has come to love? Did their king and leader not see this?

Groaning, Grey held his head in his hands as pain shot through his mind. Why? Why did Caesar tell them to help the humans? The humans who would not stop their attack and keep on attacking them no matter how much mercy they showed. He wanted to understand Caesar's logic in all of this, very much so, but the constant deaths of their kind by the humans they were trying to help was causing a contradiction that humans and apes could coexist peacefully with one another.

Shoulders rising and falling with each heavy breath he was taking, Grey had his eyes closed while he continued to hold his head. During his breakdown though, Red's words suddenly popped up within his mind.

Apes still die when we try to lead humans out of city.

Caesar is weak because he loves humans too much, like Koba had said.

I see the way he looks at you.

He still does not trust you.

That was enough, and with a resounding bark, Grey leaped down the rest of the stairwell that he was on and snuck behind the humans whom were firing their guns at his brothers. Taking the weapon that was strapped onto his back, Grey approached from the rear side of the these human resistance. Peering around the corner of a vehicle, Grey himself could make out about eight individuals; five of them firing at his brothers while the other three were huddled beneath them.

The five humans with the weapons were so preoccupied with attacking the apes in front of them that they did not notice an ape stepping out from behind them with his gun raised. One of the humans, a young woman, whom was huddling with the other two, had noticed Grey stepping out from his hiding spot. Her green eyes grew in size as she saw the chimpanzee raising his gun at her companions. Desperately the woman was about to warn her friends but was much too late as the brown haired ape opened fire at the five with the guns.

All was silent after Grey had shot his weapon at the attacking humans. He watched with dark green eyes as five bodies fell to the ground, now full of bullet holes from his firearm. Teeth gritted and breathing heavily through his nose, Grey slowly approached the the humans and looked down at his kills. Surprisingly one of the humans was still alive, coughing and choking on his own blood as he desperately reached out for his fallen gun. Walking over to where the wounded human laid, Grey kicked the weapon out of reach from the human's outstretched hand. He watched as the dying man turned his big brown eyes up towards him and gagged loudly as he struggled to breath, blood oozing down the side of his mouth. Baring his fangs down at the human, Grey pointed the end of his barrel down at the human and pulled the trigger, letting out a loud boom that echoed into the air, finally stilling the dying human as a new hole appearing right between his eyes.

With a blink, Grey's dark green eyes shot on over to the three remaining humans whom hugged each other tightly, as if the action would bring them some kind of protection. Grey counted two females and one child that was held by the darker adult human. Staring into their wide eyes, Grey could see fear, anger, and confusion within them. Growling he turned slowly and faced the three surviving humans.

"Please don't! I beg you! Don't kill us" the woman with with dark skin pleaded as she held onto the young teary eyed boy in her arms.

The other woman with brown and golden hair tied back into a ponytail, with green eyes merely glared back at Grey though.

"Please. I beg you… Don't kill us. If you're going to kill us then please spare my child," The darker skin woman beseeched towards Grey while the child was crying within her arms.

"Apes!" Grey growled out causing the three humans to flinch at his voice. "Humans. Killed. Apes! When we. Try. To help!" Grey indicated to the two bodies in the street.

"Lies and bullshit! You attacked us first!" the woman with green eyes yelled back at Grey, whom narrowed his eyes at her.

To Grey's surprise though he had not expected the woman to suddenly pull a gun out and aimed it at him. Time seemed to have stilled for Grey as both he and the angry human woman stared into each other's eyes; hers, a furious grassy green to his dark jade colored ones. In that moment memories started to flash through his mind, memories that he was so fond of, long long ago.

Memories of him finally tasting freedom after Caesar had lead them through the battle at the bridge. Memories of both he and Stone, surviving the firestorm that the humans had hailed down at them after they had earned their freedom. Memories of him meeting Koba and finding companionship with the older bonobo. Memories of all of the apes building their homes and learning more about each other. Memories of him meeting a proud female chimp and falling in love with her. Memories of him and Cedar conceiving their first and only child, whose fine locks of hair were like the warm colors of a maple tree. Memories of him receiving much love and hugs from his very own family.

The memories were suddenly interrupted with the repeated sounds of gunfire echoing through the air once more. Letting out a startled breath and blinking once, Grey looked down at himself to find that he was surprisingly not full of bullet holes. Quickly glancing back up at the woman though, Grey could now see that her body was now slumped over, a pool of red starting to form underneath her. Heart pounding within his chest, Grey slowly let his gaze wander around and soon enough his sights fell upon another chimpanzee who was holding onto his own gun, smoke slowly trailing up from the end of the barrel.

The other ape, whose name is Pongo, if Grey himself could recall was some of the ones that had followed Pope and agreed to what the crazed chimp had planned, thus that extended possibly to Red and Rex as well. Pongo made eye contact with him and nodded once, with Grey himself nodding back, still in shock that he had just had a close brush with death itself.

Their greeting was cut short however when the dark skinned human woman started to scream and hold onto her offspring tightly, Causing both Grey and Pongo to glance her way. Grey then watched as Pongo stomped past him, marching on over to where the last two remaining humans were. Grey's eyes widen momentarily, realizing what the other chimpanzee was about to do and reached his hand out. Before Grey couldn't even utter a word, Pongo had lifted his weapon and open fire upon the human mother and child, leaving them all in a eerie silence that followed soon after. Breathing heavily at what he had just witnessed, Grey watched as Pongo turned back to face him and offered a giant sneer, confirming Grey of his suspicions. The other chimp had then let out a series of barks, calling on the rest of the apes to converge where they were at.

Grey stood there, looking down at the three human bodies in front of him as the apes moved about around him. The apes had gathered the bodies of the two deceased apes and took what weapons they could find, ripping them from the corpse of the humans that Grey himself had slain. As he stared at the bodies of the human mother and child though, Grey couldn't help but see the images of his Cedar and Maple replacing them and that caused his heart to pound deep within his chest with fear. Shaking his head to rid himself of that thought, Grey had let out a ragged breath as the voices of the humans came back to him.

"Please I beg you!"

"Spare my child."

"You attacked us first!"

The words from the two human women kept on echoing within Grey's mind and he couldn't help but reach up and take a hold of his head, eyes closed tightly while panting to himself. The human woman with sharp grassy green eyes had yelled at him, accused him and his kin for attacking the human colony. Grey had wanted to deny it, said that it was not their fault that they had attacked… But she was not wrong, her words rang true and they had indeed attacked first. All because of Pope's hunger for power… But that all did not matter now, not anymore.

Then there was the human woman who had begged for the life of her and her young. As his eyes locked onto their still bodies, the image of his mate and child replacing them had caused him to shudder with fear. He wondered if the humans would have even spared the life of his mate and child if they were to beg for their lives as well? For some reason, deep down within his being, Grey knew, just knew that most, if not all the humans would have done the same to what Pongo had did to the human mother and child. But maybe...

While in the throes of his thoughts, Grey's head reared up when he heard a loud hoot. Turning his head around, he then saw Pongo and the other apes looking back at him as if they were waiting for him. Biting his bottom lip, Grey glanced back at the dead humans and closed his eyes for a moment, stilling his pounding heart. Exhaling from his mouth, he then slung his weapon over his back once more and turned away from the bodies, making his way on over to where the others were waiting for him. Reaching them, Grey placed his hand upon Pongo's shoulder and nodded at the other chimp whom silently nodded back before moving on.

Grey watched as Pongo slowly ambled away with the other apes before he himself soon followed after the group silently. Grey knew now, what he must do.

…

Making his way through the forest, Winter had found many of the roots and berries that were needed to feed the apes that were left in the human city. It had been several hours now and the hunting and foraging apes were all gathering the last bits of supplies to make the long haul back. They had all agreed to meet back at the colony, or what's left of it, when the sun had risen just a little higher than the mountains.

Walking back into their home with bushels of roots and berries within his arms, Winter was surprised to see several of the party already there, sitting around what looked like several bonfires. Making his way over to several of the makeshift wagons, Winter dumped what he had into the back of one and eyed the apes that sat around the the dancing flames. He could see that each bonfire had something cooking within it and to his surprise he counted two full grown elks and three wild hogs roasting over them. How the apes had hunted so fast already given the time they had, astonished him.

Winter had wanted to join the other apes but he noted that he did not know any of them and felt it odd to join their small laughing banter as they stoked the flames. Looking quite crestfallen, Winter's shoulders lowered slightly and was about to walk away to sit by himself when he heard a hooting call towards his left. Glancing in the direction of the call, Winter could then see a fellow ape was waving back at him from one of the bonfires. Curiously, Winter made his way on over to the ape and as he got closer he could recognize the familiar simian.

Glade waved his hand enthusiastically at Winter as the white gorilla approached him and the few others, whom were roasting one of the wild boars. Glade is a bonobo, one of the few that lived among the colony and is noticeable by the separation of hair that ran down the middle his back, exposing his skin, like a glade among the grass, his namesake.

Bonobos were an odd bunch from the other apes as Winter could tell. They were the most social among the four great apes, almost to the point of being annoying, something he could never imagine the great Koba to be a part of. Even though they are roughly similar to their chimpanzee cousins, the bonobos are so much more different from them. Unlike the chimpanzees, whom are aggressive and tend to resolve things usually with fights, the bonobo's are usually submissive and tend to try and resolve their conflicts with… Coition. Which they had to learn fast that the other great ape were not keen to… Most of them at least.

Even if the bonobos were not the strongest fighters nor hunters, they were probably some of the fastest apes within the colony. They usually make the best scouts due to their longer limbs and slightly smaller frames. Aside from that they were also probably the best at crafting many of the things that were needed throughout the community. Finally the oddest thing about the bonobos was that they were not quite as afraid of water as the other three great apes. While chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans steered clear from the water's edge the bonobos usually wade within it. Even with their strange antics and oddities the bonobos are still very much accepted and are essential to the colony of apes.

Walking up to the bonobo, Winter could see Glade's beaming smile. The other ape then patted the ground next to him and taking that as a hint, Winter sat down on the spot. He then observed as Glade reached on over and picked out a piece of the cooked boar and handed it on over towards him, to which he gratefully accepted.

"Where are the rest of the apes?" Winter asked before taking a chunk out of the offered meat.

"Others are gathering water by the river," Glade answered. "Once they return and the meat is finished cooking, then we go back to the human city. To feed apes there," Glade signed back happily before turning back around to stoke the flames with a piece of stick.

What Glade didn't see though was Winter tensing up during mid bite when he had mentioned that they would be returning to the human city. Lowering the food away from his mouth, Winter stared solemnly at the ground with his green eyes and let out a small grunt, grabbing Glade's attention.

"Are you not scared to go back into the city?" Winter asked uneasily, turning to stare Glade in the eyes.

Pausing for a moment, Glade tilted his head curiously at Winter. The two stayed like that for a moment before Glade closed his lime colored eyes and took in a deep breath.

"Glade is very scared Winter, always," Glade signed back, finally opening back up his eyes to stare into Winter's, a sad smile upon his lips. "But we must go back. The apes depends on us to bring them food. Without anyone to feed them, they will starve. It is our duty to protect and feed our apes. Understand? Apes together strong."

Winter watched as Glade placed both of his hands together to represent the unity of the apes. A sign that Caesar had made much earlier that morning when he announced that the human soldiers were coming and that they all needed to stand together in order to fight this new force that would drive them from their home. Smiling weakly, Winter himself repeated the gesture with his two fists as well.

Apes. Together. Strong.

…

Cornelia watched as her Caesar had approached her, informing her that he had something to attend to. She could see that her mate was hiding something from her and she tried to pry the information out of him. Caesar however relented and tried to inform her that it was nothing. The queen, however, was not having any of it and stood her ground, wanting answers to what her mate was up to. Caesar however merely gave her his iconic stare to not question him, she however did not back down and stared him straight in the eyes, challenging his authority. She was sick of being kept in the dark and wanted to know if what her mate was doing was going to endanger his life again. She and her children could not bear to lose her mate and father again.

"You. Tell me. Where. You. Are going. Or. I. Follow. Too," Cornelia wheezed defiantly with a frown upon her features.

Cornelia herself did not speak much mainly because it was strange for her to do so but when she did however, she was not one to be trifled with, even if the other ape was her mate, earning her title as queen. While she spoke to Caesar though she did have minor trouble mainly due to the fact that she was still recovering from her illness, merely a couple of days ago.

With that being said, Cornelia watched as Caesar gritted his teeth and looked away from her, glaring at the wall just a few feet away from them. She knew what he was doing, he was waiting for her to give up, to relent to his whims; but not today, not after what had happened so much in just a few hours. She was not going to back down this time and will wait as just as long as it took or she was going to keep her word and go with him to wherever he was heading to.

"The human who had healed me had come and asked me to go with him. Said that he had found something of interest to us. Had asked that only a few of us apes to go," Caesar signed after a while, still not looking at her.

At this, Cornelia lowered her shoulders and pondered a bit about what Caesar had just informed her. Looking down at their child, sleeping within her arms, she bent down and rubbed her snout softly upon Cornelius' temple.

"Do. you. Trust him?" Cornelia asked softly, letting her gaze wander back up to her mate.

"Yes," Caesar responded, turning to look at her as well.

As she cradled their sleeping child within her arms, Cornelia thought about the two humans who had saved her, healed her from her sickness. Then to her surprise Caesar had informed her that they had also saved him too, when he was wounded by Pope, whom had shot him with the human gun. She never got the chance to thank the two humans properly for saving both of her and her mate's lives. So… If her Caesar trusted them, then she would too.

"I'm just afraid that you won't return. Back to me and your children," Cornelia signed, her eyes becoming wet with oncoming tears.

"I will never leave you. Or our children," Caesar answered in his low voice as he brought their foreheads together.

"I. Fear for you. Caesar. But. If you must. Really go. Then promise me. Promise me. That you. Will come back. To us," Cornelia whispered as she closed her eyes and felt her mate's head upon hers.

"I promise," Caesar responded with his low voice before lifting his head away from hers.

The two stared into each other's eyes for a long while before Caesar slowly turned around and walked away, calling upon Maurice, Rocket and Luca to follow.

That talk she had with her mate had been several hours ago and Cornelia was starting to worry for her Caesar while she cradled Cornelius within her hands. Heaving out a sigh, Cornelia lifted her head upwards and stared at the clear blue sky the clouds pushed by a gentle breeze that came from beyond the ocean's horizon.

Cornelia and the rest of the females that had chosen to stay behind had done their best to care for the many injured, both apes and humans. It was a terrible sight to behold but Cornelia did her best to help the injured males that were under her care. It had hurt her that she could do nothing more for the more seriously wounded however a glimmer of hope came in the form of some of the humans that they had saved.

A small amount of the humans that had empathized with the apes had chosen to stay behind and help out with the healing process. They did what the apes themselves wouldn't have thought of. One human had showed them all how to place two pieces of wood on either side of another ape's arm and wrapped it up with some bandages, while another human brought them supplies from their own wares to help out the injured.

"Why. Help?" Cornelia had asked one of the humans who looked down at her and smiled.

"Because one of you saved us," the human had responded genuinely and this made Cornelia smile in return.

It went on like this, both apes and humans helping with what they can for the injured, together like what Caesar had wanted. It was very small but it was a slow start that maybe, just maybe both humans and apes could coexist with one another. If only they could cast away their differences.

After a period of time, Cornelia had decided to rest by the stone steps with Cornelius playing within her arms. Hearing a small hoot, she had looked up and was quite surprised to see her best friend and cellmate back at the San Bruno Primate Shelter - Tinker, approaching her.

Tinker was a bit small for a female chimpanzee but she was small as she was beautiful. Every one of Tinker's movement was graceful, careful and almost ethereal like, like that of a dancing fae folk that played within the forest from human stories. She is the mate of the big ole bulky chimpanzee - Rocket, is the fair mother of her honorary nephew - Ash.

Tinker smiled as she approached Cornelia and sat down beside her.

"You should be resting. Not out and about with us," Tinker signed as she stretched an arm out and accepted her honorary nephew from Cornelia, relieving her friend from the infant.

"I am worried Tinker. Caesar has been gone for a long time now and I haven't seen Blue Eyes anywhere," Cornelia signed back a worried expression appearing on her features.

"I worry too but boys will be boys. No matter what we do or say they will keep on doing what they feel and think is right," Tinker signed, slowly rubbing her hand down Cornelius' small back as he clung to her.

"I just want them to be safe," Cornelia gestured.

"As do I," Tinker responded with a sad smile.

As the two sat there atop of the stone steps, Cornelia felt a small tug, causing her to turn towards Tinker whom was smiling warmly and pointing down at the crowd of apes below. Following her friend's hand, Cornelia was met with a sight that she thought she would never have seen. There at the far end of the crowd stood her son and Lake, Andy and Judy's child, seeming to be conversing with each other. Cornelia and Tinker then couldn't help themselves as they watched as Blue Eyes stood there awkwardly as Lake started to groom him.

"Oh, Blue Eyes is so clueless," Tinker signed with a small pant laughter.

"Almost as clueless as his father," Cornelia harrumphed but smiled warmly down at the two young apes.

Out of the corner of her eye, Cornelia then turned her sights at another young couple and she slowly reached out to tap Tinker on the shoulder.

"Seems like Blue Eyes and Lake are not the only ones," Cornelia gestured to her friend pointing to where Ash and Maple where, both affectionately grooming one another.

At the sight of her own young, Tinker smiled warmly and softly stroke the small of Cornelius' back.

Observing the budding love between the young apes from afar, both mothers was glad that even though they've just had quite the disaster, that something good still bloomed around it, only if one knew where to look. It wasn't long after until both Cornelia and Tinker heard footsteps behind them. Getting up from the ground the two females turned around and was met with the sight of Caesar and Luca returning from the direction of the human tower.

Standing there in shock, Cornelia turned towards Tinker, whom returned her child back to her and quickly made her way on over to where her mate stood. Cornelia was relieved when she felt Caesar's strong arms wrapping around her and Cornelius, prompting her to bury her head into his chest.

"Took you. So long," she breathed in a whisper.

"I am sorry," Caesar's voice sounded above her head.

Cornelia however shook her head and gazed up into Caesar's warm green golden eyes.

"Welcome back," she answered him instead with a soft smile upon her lips.

Original Characters Introduced...

Glade - The bonobo that had the small talk with Winter.