Tension started to rise in the room the man was either unsure or was afraid to ask his question. Iris's eyes look like they were trailing off into their own little world blocking everything else out.
"Did you have these... blackouts a lot Iris he asked her carefully.
Iris didn't respond, trapped in her own little daze.
" Iris?..."the man asked again.
Iris brought her gaze to look at the man with the dead eyes, she then tilted her head back a little and raised a eyebrow.
" Do you really want to know?...because during those times apparently I was frightening... Some called me a monster...others called me a savior... " she asked him bluntly.
The man looked at her a little unsure and maybe a little afaird at what she would tell him.
" But after everything I've done... I think it's appropriate to call me a monster..." she said quietly as she turned to scar on her arm that looked newer then the rest, that looked like from the teeth from a canine.
Ape Village, 3 years ago
Iris quickly went over to the ape who was almost ripped apart by the now dead wolf, when she got close she recognized him to be Spear who was looking at her with incomprehension as she bent down to check if the wolf was really dead, when she realized it was she yanked the arrow out roughly and turned to look at the male ape.
"You alright" she signed to him.
Spear looked at her eyes in shock to see that they were completely dilated, you couldn't even see her iris.
He nodded to her nervously, the dilated pupils wasn't the only thing that scares him about her eyes right now, it was also the dark intent along with it he along with the other apes around them could feel the intention radiating off her, it scared them greatly.
Satisfied by this Iris sped off towards the rocky path but not before taking off her jacket knowing it would be harder to move with it, and placing it on a random rock. She could feel her blood pumping and could hear her heart pounding in her ears but unlike earlier this time it was for survival and adrenaline while feeling the cold foggy air bite at her skin as she moved.
Iris gripped the bow and the arrows tightly while her face remain calm but deep inside she was anything but, see could see and hear apes screeching and fighting. She made out 3 wolves running around, growling and trying to bite the apes who where trying to hold them off, she saw wolves ethier stabbed with spears or daggers, had arrows sticking out of them or were just plain beaten, laying dead on the rocky ground along with dead apes laying in pools of blood from bite wounds, she bolted into action while aiming as she ran then taking a shot striking the wolf down and killing it.
She sped over and pulled the arrow out of the wolf only to realize that the arrow head had broken off inside it and making her curse but didn't have much time to dewell in it when she heard a screech from a ape who pointed, warning her to look behind to see a charging quickly rolled out the way scraping her exposed skin, the wolf then charged at her again but she she quickly pulled a dagger out of one the dead wolves and pounced on it, slammed it to the ground and started to stab into the animal repeatedly while she screamed, feeling the blood splatter on her skin while she could hear and feel her heart pound out of her chest, she plunged the knife for one final time before yanking it out.
She panted hard trying to catch her breath and slowly got off the wolf, she held her heart feeling it race as she looked around to see all the bodies of apes mangled and covered in blood across the rocky terran, the blood coated like a layer of paint with looks of horror molded on some of the dead faces. She could see apes injured and whimpering in pain while others tried to help them but most where grieving over the dead, she looked at the scene in front of her with great sorrow.
Iris then noticed most had their eyes on her, staring at her with a mixture of fear and astonishment. Their gazes made her turn eyes away from them as she slowly got up, she seen the way were looking at her before and frankly she didn't blame them.
She was about to ran her hand through her tangled sweaty hair when she saw her hand drenched with blood in fact both of them where drenched in blood. She stated at them wide with horror, she started to panic a little.
"Iris..." a gruff voice called out to her making her flinch and slowly turn towards behind to see a chimpanzee with brown fur who was injured and holding himself up with his spear.
She saw the ape look at her with shock to actually to see her at all and she realized why, she knew this ape from long ago making her looked at him with equal shock. While her face looked indescribable what she what she felt inside began felt like a deep boiling rage at the mere sight of this male along with a deep horrible memories of grief going down the pit of her stomach making both emotions mixed together, she felt her hands shake in anger and sadness tighten so tight till her nails started to dig in her skin and made her bleed, mixing her blood with the one already on her hands.
The chimp noticed her state and what appeared what she was she thought was a look of shame and guilt on his face along with what she thought was a hint a worry.
"Fifer..." She said deathly quiet.
The two just stared at each other not speaking the male obviously because he didn't how to talk to het and Iris because her conflicting emotions made her not able form words to how she was feeling right then. Iris no longer felt The chill of the morning crisp air but now felt heat riadiating off herself she seethed. The apes could sense the tension and the spiral of emotions coming from the human woman and from one of their own, they didn't dare make a sound in fear what would happen after what they saw what the woman did earlier, afaird of her wrath while wondering what did the the male do that made her so angry. But before anyone could say anything they began to hear more screeching and loud growls, Iris and the apes snapped their heads to where the noises was coming from they realized in horror it was coming from the school.
"THE CHILDERN!" one ape signed in aggressively in panic.
Iris's face became white as a ghost at with a overwhelming feeling of dread at this ape's remark.
"Take the injured to the healing hut!" she signed to the apes around her aggressively.
Some hooted in protest and in anger that they where being ordered around by a human woman but one look from Iris shut them up right away.
"None of you are in any condition to help, you won't be any good to them if your dead" she signed to them blurtly while her eyes held a deadly serious look to them.
" Do you want your families to bury you, like these apes families will have to do for them!" she yelled angrily as she gestured to the dead.
The apes looked at her taken back by her out burst but they did as she suggested and looked around to the deceased fellows apes making their expressions turn to grim.
"Help the others who need it right here...make it so that they and you can see your families again tomorrow and onwards..." she signed to them with soft eyes not before rushing off where the school was.
She took one more glance behind her to look at Fifer who turned his face away from her in shame, with that she turned her head back to the front and dissapered from the sight from the sight of the apes that area.
Iris moved quickly but sneakly as she rushed down the rocky path clutching the dagger tightly in her hand and holding it closer to her side, she saw apes running towards different directions screeching, hooting, growling, it was chaos. She blocked eberyone out as She made her way though her steps were soft against the dirt as she stalked towards her destination, she could feel her adrenaline and blood strongly, she was like a predator trying to find it's prey, as she stalked she noticed a female Bonobo holding her baby tightly to her chest in fear.
Iris looked at her with solemn eyes and cafefully went over to her and gentle touched her arm, which made her flinch and stare at the woman fear filled eyes which turned to surprise once she saw it was her.
"Go to the healing hut, they are gathering up the wounded there" Iris signed to her.
The female looked at her a little unsure and then turned her head to the direction of the school in fear.
"The rest are near the school aren't they?..." she asked her.
The female turned her head back and nodded to her to her confirming suspicions. Iris looked at the direction and back to the female.
"Go to the hut I'm going to go help" she said to the female, the mother Bonobo just looked at her complete shock but couldn't really protest cause Iris pushed her along making her reluctantly go where Iris told her to while went in the direction of where the remaining wolves where more like ran.
She watched apes trying to fight off wolves,Jaws snapping and teeth bared o both sides. In all the years she's lived In this woods she has never seen a pack this big before it scared her to think just how many where in the village right now, or worse is if they had found Blue Eyes, Cornelius, Cornelia, Ellie, or Caesar. This made run quicker while she knew the king was more then capable to take care of himself she couldn't help but worry.
She she saw the rocky wall that held the rules along drawings for teaching she knew was in the right place but what she saw brought what she greatly feared to life, Blue Eyes with one other ape where facing a wolf while Maurice tried his best to shield the childern from the canine. The wolf growled and snapped it's jaw at the apes which made the blue eyed ape return the favor the wolf then charged at at the other ape with the prince taring his throat as he screeched in pain until he became quiet. The wolf then got off the but it ears then perked up and turned it's head to see a baby orangutan has fallen down from the rocky ledge that the childern and their teacher where standing on away from the wolf,Maurice looked in horror as the wolf began to stalk towards the young one but Iris made sure that would never happen when she threw her dagger hard hitting the wolf in the side.
The wolf howled in pain as he stumbled. Blue Eyes looked at the wolf in shock and then turned to see Iris coming towards him. She gestured for Maurice who was staring at her in surprise to grab the child now while the animal was still distacted the older ape made no protest as he hooted softly to the child as he reached his arm and help the child up back on the ledge while his eyes looked at the woman in concern at what she was going to do.
Iris ran over to Blue Eyes when she saw the wolf has a new target now that the baby ape was, it was the Prince making the childern and Maurice hoot in distress. The wolf Evan though injured charged at the young ape catching him off guard he tired using his spear to block the wolf but the animal grabbed it with its jaws and ripped it out the ape's hands making the him state at the wolf wide eyed.
But before the wolf could sink it's jaws into him like he did to the other ape the animal was tackled to the ground violently by Iris. She wrestled with the canine as he struggled and snapped at trying to get out her grip but Iris never have in knowing what happen if she did. She grunted as she wrapped her arm around the wolf's neck as her legs around its body trying to restrain it but proved very difficult as the wolf continued to struggle even though it was injured it kept repeating it's attempt to trash the human off but is lowered them to the ground with Iris laying on her side but holding tightly to the wolf.
She didn't notice the looks astonishment from the around her. Trying one last tempt to get her off the wolf snuck it's it muzzle under the arm holding it's neck sunk it's teeth deeply into her skin causing her to cry out in pain, She could hear Blue Eyes hallor in distress and tried to pull the wolf off her and to shoved away hard my the thrashing wolf. Iris kept her grip onthe wolf as it kept diving it's jaws into her arm but didn't losen as gritted her teeth through the pain and just a loud shot was heard shocking everyone there and the next thing Iris knew the animal's jaw was realising her arm and it's body fell slack on top of her.
Iris shoved the wolf off her quickly, and sat up while panting to see the wolf was dead, from a bullet. Her gaze quickly left the now dead animal to the direction to were the bullet came from only to look in complete shock to see Zack just 5 feet away from them holding pitsol looking at her with panic and then relief, Iris decided to deal with him later and she quickly turned around and crawled over the one individual the worried about the most right now.
Blue Eyes looked at her sitting in the ground against a rock still in shock while panting. When she got close to him she cradled his face in both her hands and looked at him with eyes full of worry.
"Are you aright?...Are you aright?.." she asked him weakly.
He nodded as he looked at the dead animal and then back to her, Iris felt tears of relief talk down her face as she closed her eyes. She brought herself up to kiss his forehead which bewilderd him a little she then pulled away only for him to put his hand behind her neck brought her head to rest against his making her sigh in content, Iris pulled her head away to wrap her arms him causing him to do the same to her. She stuck her head in his shoulder feeling his fur against her face, enjoying the the sense of closeness but her vision began to become blurry and her embrace with the prince began to sag she could taint sounds of screeching, she then saw darkness.
Well that was a really long chapter for me I'm sorry I took so long to update I had School then I got food poisoning but anyways I'm better now so I can start writing again :) I would also like to tell guys I uploaded a new story called Childern of the woods feel free to check it out and I hope you like this chapter ^^