Hello everyone! Sorry for such the long wait and I apologize greatly! Here is chapter 17 though. Honestly I'm not very happy about it but here it is at least. Happy readings everyone!

Emerging from the broken-down structure of the human tower, Maurice ambled on over to where the tops of the stone steps were. Peering down it though, the orangutan witnessed that all the apes had formed a rather giant circle where in the middle of it stood some of the humans. Curiously, Maurice stood by the rails and watched on with his beady green eyes, wondering what was in store for the humans.

"You're sending us away?" one of the humans, a man wearing a maroon colored shirt with bright red hair and pale blue eyes asked curiously as he glanced Caesar's way.

"Yes…" Caesar answered simply, meeting the human's stare.

"Why? We could help you," a woman with straight raven colored hair and dark brown eyes spoke up in a worried tone.

At this, Caesar turned to the woman and let a ghost of a smile appear briefly on his lips before his face turned stern.

"Humans must leave. It will be dangerous to stay here. If humans want to help apes. Then humans must go. Go find other humans. Tell them that apes only want peace," Caesar explained as best as he could, turning to look at each and every one of them.

At this the humans looked at one another, considering the ape leader's words. It wasn't until the red and raven-haired couple step forward slowly, causing the many apes around them to give off warning hoots.

"Alright. If that is what you all wish. Then we will leave," the man spoke out, glancing around at all of the apes then to his people.

"And we will tell other humans of what the apes want," the woman echoed, turning around to gaze upon all of the apes as well before finally settling onto Caesar's face. "Peace."

Maurice observed carefully as the humans gathered up their belongings and were provided with a small amount of food from the apes for their journey away from their old home. Before making their way out of the city, Maurice curiously watched from afar as the red and raven-haired couple approached both Blue Eyes and Ash. It seemed like the two humans were saying something to the two young chimps before the woman bowed at them. Maurice smiled to himself as he watched both Blue Eyes and Ash looking at one another confusingly as the human couple turned around and walked away, following the rest of the small group out of the city.

Deciding that it was the right time to join Caesar and the others, Maurice climbed down the stone steps and made his way on over to where his old friend stood. Nearing his king, Maurice waited patiently as he observed Caesar signing with Cornelia for a moment before the two finally noticed him standing just a few feet away. With a soft hoot, Cornelia pointed the orangutan out, causing Caesar to round about and face him.

"Maurice!" Caesar greeted as he approached, stopping just in front of the older ape.

"I see you have finally decided to move all of the humans out of the city," Maurice signed back as he watched the figures of the last remaining humans disappear off into the distance.

"Yes." Caesar answered simply as he too turned to look at the humans before he faced the orangutan once more."It will be dangerous for the humans if they decide to stay… I have made them leave. For their own safety and for ours. They will be our messengers of peace," Caesar explained.

At this Maurice nodded, agreeing with what his old friend had decided on. If there were ever to be peace among apes and humans then they must be the first to extend their hands out and help them.

"What happened? Where is Rocket and the others? What happened to…?" Caesar inquired after a brief moment, snapping Maurice out of his thoughts.

"Our human friends took him," Maurice gestured back, noticing Cornelia curiously looking back and forth from him to Caesar.

"Caesar?" Cornelia spoke up as she walked on over and stood in front of them. "What are you talking about? What do you mean humans took him?" Cornelia asked both Maurice and Caesar this time.

Both Caesar and Maurice glanced at one another momentarily before the ape king huffed out a breath.

"Cornelia, I need to speak to you," Caesar signed so that only both his mate and Maurice could see.

Caesar then took a hold of Cornelia's hand and gently led her and little Cornelius away from the prying eyes of the other apes that were all around them. Once he was far enough, Caesar waited for Maurice to quietly follow and noticed that Luca had trailed behind the orangutan as well. Looking from Maurice, then to Luca with the gorilla grunting, nodding as he used his body to block out Caesar's signs.

"Caesar? What is going on?" Cornelia asked as she held Cornelius closer to her body.

"Cornelia I need to tell you something, it is about Koba..." Caesar informed.

"He is gone Caesar… Other apes have said-"

"He is alive," Caesar breathed, noticed his mate's eyes growing wide.

Before Cornelia could say or ask anything else there was a loud clatter, causing the four apes that were standing in a circle turn their heads to see who it was that made that noise. To all of their surprise, the ape that stood there was Tinker and at her feet was a small platter of food that she had dropped.

"Koba. Alive?" the petite female gasped out in a worried tone.

…

How long has it been since his parents and Rocket had left him alone at the house? It might have been merely seconds, minutes or even hours ago but to Alexander, those time away from his family felt like an eternity. Oh why did he agree to stay behind? He should have fought to go with his parents. But his father had asked him to stay and that they were all short on time? What time? He didn't understand it himself and had wished his dad had informed him more of what was going on. But nonetheless here he was, sitting on a couch in an empty house, all alone.

While he waited, Alex had started to drift off, closing his eyes and thinking of way back then, when his mother was still around. He didn't remember much about her as he was too young but he remembered her holding onto him, keeping him safe from harm. Now though… She was gone, taken away by the disease that had wiped out humankind. A disease that ironically humans themselves had created, from what he's heard. Hugging himself, Alex wished that his mother was still here to comfort him from the dangers of this new world. But as much as he wanted her there… Alex knew that his real mother was never coming back… She was gone... But that didn't mean that all was lost for him. In the days of growing up thereafter he had found a new mother - Ellie, who loves him just as much, as if he were her own child and for that he was very thankful for.

Within the middle of his thoughts the sounds of a running engine was heard from outside that came to a slow stop. Curiously, Alex looked up and before he knew it he could hear the frantic voices of both his mother and father. Getting up from his spot, Alex was about to reach for the front door but stopped when it swung open with Rocket barging in right through it. Both he and the balding chimpanzee stared into each other's surprised eyes before Alex's gaze wandered past the ape to the figures of his parents walking towards them with something on a portable stretcher.

"Mom!? Dad!?" Alex blurted out.

"Alex, can you clear the way?" Malcolm grunted as he helped Ellie carried in their injured charge.

Nodding quickly, Alexander run into the living room area and cleared as much of needed space he could while Rocket moved on over to the side of the hallway, keeping his green eyes on both of the adult humans. Taking a step back, Alexander observed as his parents brought in the portable stretcher and was surprised to see an ape on it, whom looked to be in quite the bad shape.

"Gently onto the couch on three. One. Two. Three!" Ellie grunted as she and Malcolm lifted the bonobo onto the furniture.

Walking on over slowly from behind, Alex looked between both his parents to see who or what this ape was. To the boy the creature looked slightly familiar but he couldn't pinpoint it as everyone was fussing over it. But now since he's got a clear look at the ape, Alex let out a small gasp as he took a step back. He remembered those scars that decorated the wounded ape in front of him. This was the bonobo that had attacked him at the dam, where he probably would have lost his life had it not been the intervention of both his father and Maurice. Everything was a blur to him at that point as Ellie immediately went into her nurse mode and started to clean the injured ape's wounds and injected him with medicine while his father stood back up and faced him.

"Hey, Alex?" Malcolm spoke up, reaching out and placing his non bloodied hand onto Alexander's shoulder, snapping the boy out of his stupor. "I'm sorry we left you," he apologized.

Alex merely shook his head and sniffed quietly before he reached out and hugged his father.

"It's okay. You came back. That's all that matters to me," Alex whispered, feeling his father's arms encircling him, holding him tightly.

Feeling a small pressure upon his leg, Alex looked down and stared into the olive green eyes of his mother - Ellie. Reaching out a hand, Alex took her's into his, feeling her strong grip. It was moments like this that he was happy, truly happy that both his parents were still here, no matter who they are.

"Okay… I have to work now," Ellie spoke up when they all heard the injured ape gave out a shuddering huff of air. "Malcolm?" Ellie called for the man.

"Alex you want to wait outside again?" Malcolm asked, looking into his son's eyes.

Warily, Alexander turned to look at the scarred ape momentarily, seeing the bonobo's strained face, much more so than Caesar's and turned back towards his father, nodding. Reaching down to pick up his bag again, Alex waked out of the room and sat himself by the front porch once more. With a sigh, he pulled out his artbook once more and flipped through the pages and stopped when he came upon his drawing of the ape king - Caesar. Alex stared at his drawing for a moment and thought long and hard before he flipped the page into the next blank canvas and started to sketch something out.

…

After his father's announcement of what the apes should do with the humans both Blue Eyes and Ash watched as the humans slowly gathered their things to leave, whatever that may be. Blue Eyes had glanced on over to where his father stood, seeing the older chimp's eyes watching the humans carefully. Blinking slowly, Blue Eyes understood what his father had wanted from the humans. He wanted the humans to leave, seek out others and inform them of what the apes wanted. Blue Eyes was not sure if the plan would work or even if the humans would find others out there… But what did he know? He has never ever strayed even strayed outside of their protective forest. Were there other apes out there too? Who knows…

Feeling a nudge to his side, drawing him away from his thoughts, Blue Eyes turned to glare at Ash. Not seeming to be bothered too much by his glare, Ash indicated with a nod towards the front of them. Curiously, Blue Eyes followed Ash's gaze and was surprised to see the red and raven-haired humans approaching them. Standing up, Blue Eyes narrowed his eyes slightly as he stood protectively in front of the surrounding apes, with Ash by his side. The two humans though, paused and only stared at the both of them.

"We wanted to thank you… For saving us," the red haired man spoke up, causing both Blue Eyes and Ash to look at each other briefly before turning their attention back to the two.

"Last night remember? When you two saved the other ones that were trap in the vehicle?" the raven-haired woman spoke out this time, seeing the two apes tilt their heads slightly to the side. "You two probably didn't see us but we saw you, the both of you… And we just wanted to say thank you."

"Yes, thank you two for saving us. We'll never forget you two," the red haired man spoke in as well as the raven-haired woman bowed towards them. "Well do what your leader has asked of us. We'll find others. Tell them that you apes only want peace. And if any of you ever come around. You'll have a place to stay, among with humans who understands."

With that being said the two humans thanked them one last time before they turned around and were lead away by some of the older apes. Watching as the human couple left them, Blue Eyes slowly glanced on over towards Ash with the other chimp looking at him as well.

"What was that all about?" Ash signed curiously.

"I think they were thanking us for saving them from the human cage," Blue Eyes informed slowly, eyeing the couple once more as they disappeared slowly into the distance.

Letting his gaze wander back up to where both his parents were, Blue Eyes observed as his mother and father spoke to one another, only to be soon joined by Maurice. He was wondering what his uncle was saying to his parents before he felt a soft tap behind him, causing Blue Eyes to slowly turn around, only to come face to face with Lake. Upon seeing the other female, Blue Eyes froze momentarily as Lake smiled up at him and tilted her head slightly.

"Humans?" Lake had asked the bigger male whom looked away quickly before slowly turning his gaze back towards her and nodded slowly.

At this Lake couldn't help herself but let out a small laugh at Blue Eyes' odd behavior. Looking past the sky-eyed prince, Lake waved at Ash whom waved back with a grin upon his features. Lake watched as Ash shoved Blue Eyes on the shoulder to get the prince's attention and signed something to him. Blue Eyes nodded at his good friend and with that Ash bid the both of them a goodbye before he bounded away, leaving the two of them alone. As Ash disappeared into the crowd of apes, Lake turned her eyes back up to where Blue Eyes was looking at her and she smiled warmly at him in return.

"Did you eat yet?" Lake had asked Blue Eyes whom slowly shook his head at her.

At this Lake tilted her head at the male and stretched he hand out towards Blue Eyes who curiously looked at it before letting his gaze wander back up towards her face.

"What?" Blue Eyes signed.

"Take my hand silly," Lake gestured back with a small fit of laughter before she stretched her hand out towards the male again.

At this Blue Eyes paused momentarily before he reached out and encircled his hand over Lake's, looking at their conjoined grip before he let his icy blues wander up towards Lake's evergreens. With a gentle smile set upon her lips, Lake tugged Blue Eyes, making him follow her lead.

"Where. Taking me?" Blue Eyes grunted out as he was being lead away by the smaller female.

"You said you haven't eaten yet yes? Let's go find some food for you," Lake paused to sign momentarily at Blue Eyes before continuing onwards.

Soon enough the two chimps approached a rather large wagon that had carted in goods from the forest. Feeling Lake let go of his hand, Blue Eyes watched as the female walked on over to where a familiar timid looking white gorilla stood guard, alongside another ape, a bonobo whom was beaming at everyone as he handed out handfuls of food towards everyone. Blue Eyes observed Lake as she signed at the white gorilla for a bit before she stopped and looked around, as if she was looking for something. Both he and Lake made eye contact and the female tilted her head confusingly for a moment before she beckoned him over.

"Blue Eyes what are you doing over there? Come!" Lake signed.

Snapping out of his stupor, Blue Eyes blinked several times and did what the female had asked him to do and followed. Approaching Lake and the white gorilla, Blue Eyes glanced back and forth between them.

"Blue Eyes? This is Winter. You remember Winter. He played with us when were small," Lake introduced.

Blue Eyes remembered Winter well and remembered playing with the white ape. Back in the day when they were but younglings, they would all play Find the apes and usually the poor white gorilla would be found first due to his white hair. Most of the time the gorilla would laugh it off and kept on playing with them but often times Blue Eyes would see the lone white gorilla sitting by himself, looking down trodden as he picked at his snow white hair. Blue Eyes had wanted to console the white ape but didn't want to alienate himself with the other young males as he played in their little games.

"Hello Winter," Blue Eyes greeted.

"H-Hello… Blue Eyes," Winter signed back with a half-hearted smile with his arms held close towards his own chest.

Blue Eyes looked up at Winter and wondered why the white haired ape was acting so… Shy. However the prince decided to not ask, thinking it best to let the ape tell him himself when he was ready. Lake however reached up and touch Winter's shoulder, causing the white gorilla to face her. The smaller female then signed something to Winter and the gorilla nodded before he turned around and reached into the wagon. Before long, Winter pulled out a hefty looking piece of meat and offered it towards Blue Eyes. Blue Eyes glanced up at Winter and then at Lake before he accepted the offered meat and thanked the gorilla for it.

"Do not forget leafy foods. Nuts and water," the smiling bonobo suddenly popped into Blue Eyes' line of sight, nearly causing him to drop his food. "Hello Blue Eyes!" the bonobo greeted with a wide smile.

"Glade," Blue Eyes greeted with a single nod at the slightly older bonobo.

Glade was a strange one… Then again most of his kind were a little… Off... If Blue Eye could recall correctly. There were not very much bonobos at all living within their vast colony. Most of them kept to themselves but they were very open with all of the other apes… Sometimes a little too open, which had gotten them into some trouble. Blue Eyes could remember his uncle - Koba, grunting in disapproval when he saw the members of his own kind, usually calling them idiots, before stomping away. Blue Eyes didn't really understand why the bonobos acted the way they did but they were quite fun to hang around with and they usually made their get togethers very entertaining.

Before long, Lake reappeared with a plate full of several leafy greens, wild nuts, berries and a small waterskin. She smiled up at Glade and thanked the two apes for their hard work before she eyed Blue Eyes once over before walking away from them. The three apes watched curiously at Lake's disappearing form with Glade glancing back and forth between the younger two.

"Are you not going to follow her?" Glade questioned, grunting to get Blue Eyes' attention.

Blinking several times at the bonobo, Blue Eyes looked down at himself before turning his attention back to Lake as she walked further away from them. With a embarrassed grunt, Blue Eyes quickly followed the female as she lead them to a secluded spot, far away from the other apes so that they could eat together in peace.

Glad however merely pant laughed at Blue Eyes as he watched the young prince take his leave while Winter frowned and scratched the side of his head, confused as to what his friend thought to be so funny.

…

"Where is Rocket?" Tinker signed hesitantly as she looked from Caesar to Cornelia and then to Maurice and Luca.

"Tinker calm down. Let us explain." Maurice started.

"Where is my Rocket?!" Tinker signed as she stared up at her old friend and then king.

Tinkers eyes were not challenging nor showed any form of disrespect. Her gaze however were that of a worried mate who was desperately looking for her love. Heaving out a tired sigh, Caesar slowly approached Tinker and reached out, placing both of his hands upon the petite female's arms.

"Rocket is fine. He is with our good human friends," Caesar signed to the petite female.

"You said. Koba. Alive," Tinker whimpered her eyes becoming wet with the start of forming tears. "If you say that Koba is alive then what makes you think that he won't hurt Rocket too? He has already tried to kill my Ash. My sweet beloved Ash," Tinker signed, drawing her hands close to her bosom as she reminisce cradling her little sweet Ash as he informed both her and Rocket of his experiences with the crazed bonobo.

Caesar watched the petite female chimp deflate in his arms and didn't know what to say until Cornelia walked on over and placed a comforting hand upon his shoulder. He turned to face his mate and saw the look that she was giving him. Caesar nodded at Cornelia and took a step back as his mate consoled with their old friend.

"Tinker… Rocket is fine. We both know how he is. He will not give up without a fight," Cornelia signed to her friend.

"How do you know if he is alright? What if he? What if Koba?-"

A whoop had caught the attention of the three chimpanzees, causing them to glance in Maurice's direction as he slowly approached.

"Rocket is doing fine, you need not worry for him. Koba is not very well at the moment as well, so do not fear for your mate Tinker. I assure you, he is perfectly alright," Maurice signed from afar.

With a huff, Caesar faced both Tinker and Cornelia again, walking up to the both of them.

"I am going to go to where both Koba and Rocket are. I do not know how long I will be gone for but I let you both know this. Koba is in no condition to threaten any apes in his current condition," Caesar informed.

"Why are you helping him Caesar? Did he not attack you?" Cornelia asked.

At this Caesar turned to look at his mate and stared long and hard into her eyes. She had asked him quite the difficult question and with that he did not know how to respond. Was it out of pity? For what he did to the bonobo? Or was it because he felt sorry for his old friend who had gone crazy at the appearance of humans and was manipulated by Pope.

"We have lost too many apes as of the fight that had occurred with the humans due to Pope's manipulation. We need not suffer any more losses Cornelia," Caesar gestured to his mate as he brought her in and hugged her before he turned to face Tinker.

"How would you know if Koba would not attack you again? If he would try to hurt other apes again?" Tinker signed desperately, looking up at Caesar.

"Because we all know Koba, Tinker. We have lived with him for ten winters now. He was not in the right mind when he had lead the attack against the humans. He was used and manipulated by Pope and I still believe there is good in him if he would only let go of his hatred," Caesar signed.

At this, Tinker lowered her head and thought about it for a while before she looked back up at the ape king.

"I hope you are right Caesar. Like you have said, we have lived with Koba for ten winters now. He has done nothing but be loyal to the apes and I trust you. But you must remember as well Caesar. All apes are not good and as I shall learn too, all apes are not bad… Just like humans," Tinker signed slowly.

Taking his good friend's word to heart, Caesar nodded at Tinker and slowly turned to where Maurice and Luca stood.

"We must go back," he stated simply with the others nodding in agreement.

...

Huffing and puffing, Koba didn't really understand what was going on around him. He had remembered talking to Maurice for a moment before he had blacked out due to the intense pain he felt. Soon enough after that, Koba felt something pricking his arm and after a little bit the pain slowly ebbed away into a annoying irritation that filled his being. Nevertheless next he knew, he vaguely remembered being lifted into something before being carried away. He couldn't remember much but he did remember dark tunnels that soon had him squinting his eyes as it was suddenly replaced by sunlight. During this time he had heard voices as well but couldn't really understand them as they all sounded jumbled while he was being transported away. Soon enough he felt something soft underneath him and with that he blacked out again.

Soon enough as he regained consciousness, Koba suddenly tensed his body as pain erupted all around him. Screaming out loud as he felt hands upon him, searing his wound with hot burning liquid and felt something sharp piercing him over and over again in various places on his body, especially his backside. He had wanted to escape whomever was doing this to him but strong hands pushed him back down, causing him even more discomfort and voices erupted all around him. Looking towards whoever was holding him, Koba could only make out blurred silhouettes and tried to push them off of him but his body wouldn't respond. Eventually it was all too much and he fell unconscious once more, letting the feeling of sleep's embrace take hold of him.

When he had finally came to again for the second time the first thing Koba felt was a dull ache that radiated all over his body, his chest, arms, legs and backside irritated and uncomfortably hot. As he tried to move, hot searing agony lanced through his body, causing him to arch his body upward with a grunt. As Koba grunted out loud, he suddenly felt two small hands trying to push him back down as a soft voice called out over his cries. Where was he? Who was holding onto him? And why was he in such terrible pain. With a loud snarl, Koba instinctively knocked away at whomever was trying to hold him down with his good arm, causing the thing to let out a loud yelp in the process. With a few laboured huffs, Koba sat up abruptly and nearly vomited as his world suddenly spun around him. His body had also protested the sudden movements by violently cramping up and causing him to fall, missing whatever he was laying on and hitting the carpet below with a loud thud.

With a few strained breaths, Koba laid there with his eyes closed tightly as he tried his best to ignore the pain that was wracking his whole being. The agony he was going through, hurt so much, reminding him of the days when he was but a test subject back in the human labs in his youth. The memory of sharp things being stuck into his skin as he screamed in pain while the humans poured liquid fire into him. Trying to ignore the pain and memories, Koba dug his face deeper into the carpet as he breathed quick long breaths to help keep his mind off of it. While he laid there, Koba could hear hurried footsteps and strange voices that did not sound anything like an apes. Gritting his teeth, Koba cracked open his eyes and turned to see who those voices belong to. To his surprise, Koba could see three humans huddled together as they held onto one of their own, possibly the one that he had knocked away from himself, good.

"Humans!" Koba hissed and slurred, gaining the attention of the three and flinching as he felt his jaw shooting tremendous amounts of pain through him, as if they were going to fall right out of his mouth.

As they turned their heads his way, Koba was surprised again to see that it was none other than the two humans that had came to them, begging them to work at the human dam. What were these two still doing alive? Why was he there with them? Was he their prisoner? What happened to Maurice? Luca? Rocket and his Caesar? Was he their prisoner now? Their lab rat to be used again? With these thoughts shooting through his mind, Koba tried his best to get up but pain fired through his left arm and leg, causing him to cry out in surprise.

"Don't move! You'll hurt yourself even more," the human woman spoke out in concern.

"Human did this to me!" Koba barked back through the pain that spiked around his jaw, before stopping for a moment as visions and memories slowly came back to him. "No… no… not. Not humans… A-Ape?" Koba huffed out as he reached up to touch at his head, laying back down onto the carpet beneath him?

Looking on over to where the two humans were, Koba's eyes widened when he saw a familiar looking ape, staring down at him with dark green eyes.

"Rock… Ket?"

"Koba!" Rocket hissed back at the injured bonobo.

The two stared off at each other for a long while before Rocket took in a deep breath and composed himself.

"Calm yourself Koba. Humans are helping you," Rocket informed with sign, accompanied with a growl.

"Humans... Help?" Koba breathed as he slowly looked down at himself, noticing the various odd stitches here and there that ran all over his body.

Feeling the ground shake beneath him, Koba craned his neck around to look at Rocket and the two humans again, seeing them get back up and walking on over towards him.

"Humans stay! Away!" he tried to growl out but instead sounded like a desperate whimper instead.

"It's okay… We're not here to hurt you. I promise," Ellie spoke quietly as she knelt down next to Koba.

"Do not…! Touch! Me!" Koba spat, blood flying from his mouth and landed onto Ellie's bare skin.

He could see that he frightened the human woman and it filled him with satisfaction that he was able to instill such fear into her. However that did not last long as the human woman closed her eyes momentarily before her face hardened and she reach on over and placed her hand upon him, causing him to tense up at the contact, taking in a deep breath.

"Filthy hu-"

"Enough!" Ellie snapped, cutting Koba off and causing the bonobo's milky and green eyes to widen momentarily. "I am tired of you! Tired of you taking out your anger on others. Tired of you just being angry all the time… At us humans… Can't you see that I am trying to help you? You could die you know!" Ellie chastised the injured ape.

At this Koba merely growled but then stopped, noticing tears slowly cascading down from the human woman's eyes.

"No. No more okay? No more being angry. No more dying. Please. I don't want to see anymore death. I'm sick and tired of it. If you want to hurt me, or kill me or whatever, then do it once after you are well. So please… Please let me help you. I don't want you to die," Ellie begged as she stared into Koba's eyes.

Koba stared at the woman for a long while, seeing the sincerity within her olive colored orbs. Why? Why was this human crying for him? Why did she not want him to die? Was he not the one that had cause of her and her kind much pain? The notion from the human female baffled him. He hadn't felt another human's care since he was but a very small ape himself. Oddly enough this human woman reminded him of his very old caretaker from long, long ago.

"Ma.. Mary?" Koba breathed aloud, his eyes glazing over slightly.

Ellie and Malcolm looked to one another before they turned their attention towards Rocket, bemused by the name. Rocket however looked just as confused as they were and they all jumped when Koba suddenly slumped over and began to shake on the floor.

"Ellie? What's going on?" Malcolm asked as he stood over the convulsing bonobo with Rocket standing by, unsure of what to do.

"I… I think he's going into shock! He's lost a lot of blood!" Ellie explained as she quickly placed herself around Koba and ordered Malcolm to assist her.

Just then they all heard approaching footsteps and in came Caesar, Maurice, and Luca. The three additional apes stared wide eyed as they all saw the two humans trying to help Koba whom was shaking on the ground

"What happened?!" Caesar asked in a worried tone, stepping into the room.

"He's lost a lot of blood! If he doesn't get any more he might die!" Ellie explained as she gently turned Koba's head to the side while he continued to writhe on the ground.

Caesar panted as he looked down at Koba, seeing the bonobo's eyes rolling to the back of his head while he shook. Huffing and puffing, Caesar glanced around himself, desperate to find something to help out his friend, but what could he do? Where would they find any blood supply that would even help Koba? Making eye contact with the others, Caesar glanced down at himself and touched at the wound upon his chest. With a grunt, Caesar drew his hand back and stared at the red liquid that coated his fingertips. Slowly kneeling next to both Ellie and Malcolm, Caesar caught both of the human's attention.

"Need blood?" Caesar asked.

"Yes?" Ellie responded, not sure to what Caesar was getting at.

"Mine!" Caesar offered, raising his arm in between both Ellie and Malcolm, causing the woman's eyes to go wide while Rocket and the others protested with loud hoots.

"Caesar, you just healed we don't even know if-"

"Take!" Caesar ordered.

"Caesar… We don't even know if you are compatible…" Ellie tried to reason, seeing the desperation within Caesar's eyes.

"Please… He… Is… Friend… Is… Brother," Caesar begged.

Ellie looked long and hard into Caesar's green golden eyes before she turned to look at Malcolm whom was doing the same thing, staring at the ape leader.

"Do it," Malcolm said slowly, turning his head to look at Ellie. "Do it," he said quietly again.

Ellie bit the bottom of her lip as she thought long and hard for a moment. There was so many things that could go wrong. Caesar had just been shot not too long ago and he was still recovering as well. If he were to give up blood to save Koba then he was also in trouble. Worst yet if his blood was not compatible with Koba's then it could end up killing the injured ape. Looking back up at Caesar and seeing his begging eyes, Ellie couldn't just say no to him. She had to try, try and save them.

"Okay… I'll do it," Ellie finally answered back.

Things are happening to poor ole Koba now. Wonder what they are...