I've been wondering Iris, I know you and had been separated from Caesar for 10 years but when was the last time you actually saw him, I know it wasn't at the shelter" he asked her curiously.

Iris was holding her head in her hand sideways as she was bent over in the chair.

"No... It wasn't... I saw him two more times after that...the second was when he snuck out of the shelter and back into the house in the middle of the night to take the ALZ-113 canisters and I caught him...but I thought I was hallucinating it at the time..."

"And why did you think that Iris?" the man asked.

She sighed leaned back in the chair.

"Because I got into my dad's liquor and became a little drunk...also because I heard him speak my name... I don't really remember cause I passed out there and somehow woke up the next morning tucked in my bed with a major hangover even though I had no memory of going back to my room...most likely he's the one who carried me to it..." she said bluntly.

The man looks a little taken back by this information and Iris noticed it.

" Hey it's not the worse thing I've done...and you already know I've done a lot of shit..." she said bluntly.

"You got yourself drunk when you she was only 13..." he said quietly.

" I was also trained to fight and use a gun to kill the infected and apes at 14...like I said not the worse thing that I've done or that's happened to me...A lot had happened during that time I was depressed..." she told him plainly.

The man looked at her grimly.

"And the last time you saw him..." he asked.

"It was the day he led the apes to freedom my dad and I followed him to the woods...I-I was never scared of him before...but seeing as he was on that day on the bridge 13 years ago...he truly frightened me..." she said softly.

Ape Village, 3 years ago

Nightmare

Iris laid on the frosted stone ground in terrible pain, the cold making it even more unbearable, She could feel blood drip down her chin as she looked up at the sky, her hair was dry and chocked she almost looked as a frozen statue coming to life as her breath was ragged and rattling. She could feel blood drip down her chin as she looked up at the sky

Her moment of peace didn't last long cause a large wooden spear came crashing down to hit her hard on her side.

She fell with a cry as she buckled and collapsed gritting her teeth as she seethed through the pain.

She looked over to her side to see Onyx smirking at her with a club to his side, She could tell Onyx was enjoying her pain she turned her head weakly over to see Moon in one the cages at the zoo watching her with his eyes filled heartache while he hooted in distress at her pain along knowing he couldn't do anything to stop it.

"You disgust me..." he growled under his breath"You corrupted...ape...make... him betray...his own kind" he growled louder as he cracked the spear down harder. Iris could see Onyx smile get bigger and saw something in his eyes as she stared at her, she didn't like it one bit.

Onyx slammed the club down on her palm as she screamed hoarsely as fresh blood oozed out of her hand, causing Onyx to smile, before he could raise his club again a gorilla by his side grabbed it roughly, his muscles underneath his fur bulged.

"The captain wants her alive" he signed and as he roared at Onyx gripping his club tight.

Iris but her lip holding back her screams of pain while closing her eyes tight, when she reopened her eyes she saw Pope still scowling at her if the horrible scars on his face didn't make him frightening enough his hateful glare on his face made it even more so. Moon started to bang on the cage along with hooting loudly and growling in rage, his eyes sending promises of deep pain to one hurting the girl he loved.

"She will...live" Onyx chuckled as he kicked her in her bruised hip.

Pope scowled as he gripped Iris's hair and yanked her head violently to look at him, her hazel eyes tried to keep focus as she stared into his golden green ones. She seethed through pain as she was forced to look at him.

"What!" she snapped weakly.

"Do you...actually think...ape or human...will accept...what you and he have..." he growled under his breath his comment making turn her eyes to Moon.

She stared emotionally at Moon making her heart leap, she then turned her head and glared straight at Onyx and Pope.

"Screw you" she coughed.

He huffed in disgust.

"Unlike Moon...I rather burn myself alive then do that..." he spat at her.

Iris chuckled "I hope...it's a slow way to die from what I heard and from my own experience, nice," she said as she gestured with her eyes to her arm with the burn scar.

He growled at her then throwing her head to the ground making her grunt, he then signaled for one the apes to bring over something she saw it was an iron bar and it was being brought over by the female ape Cora who looked reluctant to do so when Iris got a better look at she could why it was burning red at the tip of it.

Iris spat some blood out her mouth as the red droplets painted the ground Onyx hooted in sadistic laughter seeing her in pain. Cora looked at Pope fearfully and looked at her with pity.

"Pope please, isn't this going too far" She signed to her captain.

Pope growled and towered over Cora, showing dominance to her for questioning his authority and making her cower in fear.

"I'm so to try to forgive me Pope" she signed in fear as she secretly felt sympathy for the young girl.

Iris felt bad for her, she knew the female ape did not like humans but she wasn't malicious, she was the only ape here that tried to treat her decently. Moon looked at the burning iron bar in horror and even more so when he saw Pope get closer to Iris with it.

"I'm sorry" Cora signed weakly to Iris turning her head away from the torture.

Iris looked up to see the iron bar coming her way her eyes became wide as quarter's as she tried to scramble away but Onyx took ahold of her.

"You're not going...anywhere.. you're going...to feel...what it's like...to be...branded..." he said as he grinned wide, sneaking a small sniff in her hair and neck making Moon roar at him.

"POPE!...I KILL YOU IF!...YOU TOUCH HER WITH IT!..." Moon screamed at him enraged.

She struggled hard but Onyx's hold was too strong, so she couldn't do anything to stop Pope from pulling up her shirt and bringing the burning metal to scorch her flesh, she arched her back and bit her lip holding back her excruciating pain as her branded her stomach, Moon roared and screeched in extreme rage as he banged on the bars.

End of Nightmare

Luca was awoken by another one of Iris's nightmares, while he was getting use to them this one was different because she was tossing violently and was very vocal.

Luca quickly went over to her and tried to shake awake but it wasn't working.

"No!...Pope!..." he heard her spit out making his face frozen with shock to hear this name, an ape that was long since dead and was taboo to talk about but what made him shocked the most was Iris was dreaming about him. He didn't even notice how violent Iris was becoming in her struggles until she punched him the face hard, catching him off guard.

He rubbed his face in surprise she got good hit out of him, he then took both of her shoulders and shook her a little harder.

"Iris!...IRIS!" Luca said gruffly not use to speaking but it did the trick and woke her up.

Iris woke up in a hot sweat while breathing hard, her eyes filled with fear and confusion as she stared at the Gorilla's that held seriousness and concern, she looked around to see she wasn't at the zoo but in Luca's hut. Luca released his hold on her once she started to calm down.

Iris then looked down at her stomach and slowly pulled up her shirt but not all the way to look under surprising Luca but when he got a glimpse at what she was looking at he became appalled at what he saw it words that where craved onto her stomach sloppily that shook him to his core.

BAD HUMAN

Luca felt a deep anger for the dead traitorous ape realizing he was the cause it, they met each other's eyes tears threatening to fall from hers he was even more shocked when Iris who known as a cold woman wrapped her arms around tightly around him.

"Please...Please don't tell him.." she softly sobbed as she pleaded with him.

Luca slowly wrapped arms around her slim form trying to comfort her, but even though she, plead with to him not to tell he knew he couldn't keep this from his king.

Yea this chapter saw a little of Iris's past with Pope and Onyx and it wasn't pretty... I like to thank my good friend Marcey for helping me write this chapter I love her :D you should check out her pota story Heroine of the planet of the apes on wattpad she's called ladygull1278 it's really good :) well I hope you enjoyed the chapter let me know :)