"Honestly...I'm with Zane, I'm surprised you trusted Garrett after all he was Pope's follower and he did take part in your torture..." the man said as he looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
Iris just stared at him emotionless.
"I didn't really have much of choice...the threat to the village...to Caesar and his family was more important then my past...trauma" she struggled to say"And honestly even though it may be hard to believe Garret was not as worst as Pope and Onyx..." she said.
"From what you've told me your probably one of the few humans he has respect for...and the apes don't respect many..." the man said plainly.
"He led more than what he wanted me to believe" she spoke.
"You know he could have killed me when I tried to kill Koba or when I was freed from Pope...but he didn't..." she leaned her head back ran a hand through her hair"...our relationship was...complicated...one minute we would be telling each other off the next we were working together in the middle of a battle..." she chuckled a little remembering their time together.
The man became interested at this as he looked through some papers"There was an incident at an alpha omega base 2 years ago of you evading it and blowing it up and people said there was a large and brutal ape that helped you...that ape was Garret wasn't it?" the man asked.
"It was one the things we had in common...we both hated Alpha Omega for what they did to us...and what they were still doing..." she said darkly.
Ape Village 3 years ago
Iris dropped the body she dragged over to the pyre on top the other ones in a huff, she ran a hand through her sticky sweaty hair as she back away to allow apes to do the same. Once they brought the last of them they started a fire and began to burn them, Iris just watched the flames dance around as they smoldered the carcasses. She could feel her heart speed up as she watched, the fire seemed to be the cause of most of her trauma from the fire in Muir woods 9 years ago which burned her arm, the burning of the infected or apes alive by Alpha Omega, to blowing up the Alpha Omega base where many lost their lives. She took a deep breath and gulped as she brought up a tense hand close to her face. Iris was snapped out of her trance when she felt a hand on her shoulder making her turn her head to see Luca.
"Are you alright?" he signed to her in concern.
She looked at the fire"Yea..." she replied hoarsely. "Yea...I just don't like fire that much..." she said.
Luca looked over at the young woman while he was wondering why she disliked fire he could easily tell that there were other things plaguing her mind right now especially after what he witnessed today. When he found out what her and Mikey did a mixture emotions overcame him, most of it was shock then it turned to anger for what for his friend did to the young woman he was looking after but it wasn't to do to disgust or even that the chimp took advantage of the kings sister but much to his great shock that because he discovered he had developed feeling for her that he didn't realize until that moment that the chimp revealed what conspired between the both of them.
Luca turned his head to see in Surprise the prince, walking towards them fuming. Iris followed his gaze and sighed deeply when she saw the young male come over to them with Lake chasing after him.
"Hello Blue..." she said weakly.
"Blue Eyes calm yourself!" Lake signed attempting to calm the situation.
Blue Eye's ignored her words grabbing onto to Iris's shirt pulling the sleeve down to reveal the bite mark. Iris was caught off guard by this a little but did her best to remain calm.
He closed his eyes fuming than breathing slowly looking at Iris again "It's true what they say, I wished I didn't believe it... now I don't know what to say to you" he signed.
He opened his eyes "Is it true..that you led him on..or did he do it to you?" he asked sounding betrayed and disappointed.
She looked at him depressed"No I didn't sweatheart...he has.." she licked her chap lips and took a breath as she tried to explain it carefully" deep feeling for me...apparently for a long time now that I didn't find out till he...he expressed it..."Iris could feel her vision get glossy.
"Mikey was going through a lot and I wanted to help him somehow...s-so I just let him do he wanted to me..." she said as she not to choke up.
"Than It's true, he was jealous of Moon..." Blue Eye's felt Lakes hand caressed his bicep attempting to calm him "They're gonna hold a council meeting, and Mikey will be a prisoner at the time, it's pure utter chaos" he said.
"I tried to appease them but they wouldn't have it, I tried explaining this to Caesar but he was interrogating Mikey" Lake piped in.
Luca grabbed ahold of Lake's shoulder squeezing it for comfort.
Iris grew wide at this "Where are they?" she asked curtly.
"At the summit, they're talking each other to death about this chaos" Blue Eyes frowned clearly showing he hated being there.
With that Iris quickly raced off to that direction causing them to chase after her.
"Iris no! Your not ready" Lake shouted in the distance.
Iris didn't hear as she raced over to where the council was, great feelings of dread overwhelmed her making her think of times when others hurt the ones her brother loved causing him to retaliate violently and by the look, l she saw in Caesar's eyes today she knew he was close to that again. She didn't have a hard time spotting the group due to the loud screeching, she didn't allow herself to catch her breath as she made her way over to the chaos. She gave a short shout feeling a large leather hand pulling her into the crevice of a cave and then she felt another shoving her at the rocky wall. She was about to punch whoever it was but her fist was quickly caught.
"Close call Iris" Garrett growled"What do you think you're doing?" he questioned.
Iris growled as she violent threw the gorilla grip off her "I'm trying to Save my friend from being killed by my brother you bastard!" she said as she tried to go out of the cave not really wondering why he was in the village right now due to the situation at hand only to be yanked back to face the male.
He grabbed her shirt shoved her against the rock wall "Listen to me!" he growled.
He's safe, Mikey's safe, your brother is talking to him, despite the fact what happened was dramatic" he spoke calmly.
"Garret you didn't see him today! He doesn't react well when he finds out someone hurts, threatens or takes advantage of his family!" she yelled desperately at him.
"Rgh meet me at the edge of camp tonight, it'll rain so we'll be covered safely, I have something to tell you that you need to hear" he spoke sounding irritated shoving the human out of the cave.
Making her stumble but not enough to lose her footing she ran her hand through her hair in a huff as she glared and flipped him off "You fucking brute.." she growled under her breath as she made her way over to the screeching council.
"Caesar!" she yelled causing everyone to shut up the screeching and all turn their eyes to her and allowing causing Lake, Luca, and the Prince to find her as well.
The young woman's eyes laid on the king as he stared at her and then she brought them to Mikey. He was on the ground crying his eyes out, There were some spots of blood. When Iris saw this she made her way over to get a closer look and then she gently grabbed his face and brought it back up so she could look at him and her eyes widen a little at what she saw.
"What happened?..." she asked slowly as she turned her head slowly to look at Caesar"Does someone want to explain to me what's going on?!" she yelled at everyone.
Iris quickly kneeled down as in front of Mikey and stroked his head gently as her face fell to sorrow at the fresh bruising on the chimps face, while there was still some from his fight with Zane and Rocket's punch she able to notice fresh ones as well.
"Oh god Mikey..." she said weakly.
"Please just end this I can't stand it anymore" he whimpered.
She closed her eyes tightly as she trembled in anger"You realize he isn't the only one to blame.. "she turned around to glare at them" I'm to blame as well in fact just place it all on me I'm sure some of you will then more than happy to do that" she spat at them.
"I'm not going to lie I am a little angry at him for not telling about what mating means here before...we did our act but...he only did it cause he loves me..." she said hoarsely, she then turned back to look at him solemnly"and I don't even deserve that..."
Lake grasped Blue Eyes hang tightly seeing the event happening.
Mikey hooted at her sadly.
"Who hit him this time?.." she asked quietly but never taking her eyes off Mikey.
"Spear seems to hold grudges..." Blue Eyes spoke.
Iris was a little surprised at this and quickly turned to look at the chimp with the gage in his ear.
Iris then took a deep breath and stood up to look at everyone" I know what you all are thinking...what we did was "unnatural" that is was "disgusting" and I probably could go on with more cause frankly I've heard this all before a long time ago..." she closed her eyes"A-and someone died because of it" she struggled to say as she opened her eyes to look Caesar"but in the end were not much different...we make mistakes...at the end of the day neither side perfect...I know I'm not..."
She then turned around to look at Mikey"I-I do love you, Mikey. but not that way..." she said as she felt some tears run down her face "You know what happened to me and Moon...you know neither side would accept this...it only leads to tragedy..." she said grimly.
"We're both sick Mikey...very sick...you need someone hasn't given up because honestly, I don't really care what happens to me anymore..." she said depressingly.
The young woman's little value for her own life wasn't news to Caesar, Rocket, and Luca having heard her mention some time ago but it was a shock to Spear, Maurice, The Prince, Zane, and Lake.
"Iris something tells me...I have to put you under watch again..." Caesar said gruffly as he stared at her seriously beginning to worry about his sister state of mind.
"Iris..." Zane said quietly as he looked at her with sad eyes.
Iris was surprised by the chimp comment"What are you saying?..." she asked and frankly everyone else wanted to know as well.
"Fuck Spear, fuck Onyx, fuck AlphaOmega! And Fuck you, Zane! Fuck you!" He screeched.
He raised himself up pointing a finger at Zane accusingly, there was still hatred in the young chimp's eyes despite being beaten to shit and losing a tooth.
Iris grabbed his arms gently but firmly at this"Mikey calm down!" she said to him.
Mikey shoved her hands off of him not in the mood "Fuck the council! As well I would rather die than let them decide my fate!" Mikey seethed in anger.
"If you hadn't mentioned the conversation Zane than none of this would've happened, Fuck you!" He flipped him off.
Zane glared at the chimp at this while some apes began to hoot in distress. Rocket, Luca, Spear watched the chimp carefully, seeing if they would have to step in to restrain the chimp from a fight with Zane or prevent him from hurting Iris.
"Mikey you've been obsessed with her for 6 years! Even after she married Moon you still desired her! You took advantage of her affection and worry so you could finally claim her and you ended up hurting her " Zane signed as he gestured to Iris's arm." I have no doubt you made her remember him!" the bonobo signed aggressively as he bared his teeth.
"You have no idea what it felt like to be used and get fucked in the Ass! It was the most traumatic experience I had to endure I felt abused and my identity is taken away, of course, you get everything, and I got nothing!" Mikey pounded his chest referencing himself.
Iris looked at him angry at this"Mikey we all been through hell don't think you the only one!" Iris yelled. "And I do understand what you went through..." she gestured to the scars on her neck and collarbone" I understand very well.." she said completely forgetting others where around them"And you weren't the only one to be abused by the soldiers s sexually..." the young woman said while trying to keep her voice from cracking.
"You have done nothing for your friends, all you do is sit on your ass and watch while I had to suffer! You still have family and I lost mine at a very young age" he ranted.
"Without family who the fuck are we!" Mikey pressed his fingers to his forehead remembering his bad experiences.
Iris looked at him like he just told practical a joke"I haven't lost Haha..." she laughed" you think I haven't lost!..." she yelled.
"Alpha Omega barged into my home and shot my father as I watched... I had to drag his body into the backyard and bury him..." she continued to laugh hysterically" A 14-year-old having to bury her father's body after watching him being murdered.." she said as tears streamed down her eyes Caesar looked at her in horror and sorrow never knowing the full story of their fathers death.
"Why do think I made you and Zane go without me to this Village Mikey!" she screamed"Everyone who gets close to me or who live dies! My grandpa...my dad...my mom...Tina...Moon...they die! They all die, Mikey! That's why I isolated myself in the woods and the only reason I didn't kill myself yet because I promised Malcolm I would stop trying to!" she sobbed, this information shocked everyone around her greatly.
"You see...that's the thing about our loved ones right? OUR FUCKING LOVED ONES! They can come and be blindsided every fucking time even your own friend's. It feels like Everyone keeps saying to me, Mikey! Mikey! WHO THE FUUUCK! IS IT GONNA BE! THEM! OR ME! MEEEE! OR THEM!" Mikey screamed furiously at the top of his lungs frightening the council and Lake.
Mikey than started to cry and laugh at the same time "Like you know.. like everyone fucking thinks that I have to make a fucking choice!" Mikey expressed pointing at himself.
"The next time I see you, Zane which I hope not, I'm gonna *Whistle* put a bullet through your skull *Tongue click* like I did to that chimp that was no older than me when I escaped. And I'll make your family watch how fun do you think that'll be it's gonna be like Daisy Domergue except for bullets" he chuckled hysterically doing a sign language of a gun shooting a bullet through the head.
Iris was horrified by what Mikey threatened and gestured, Zane, bared his teeth and growled in rage" What the Fuck Mikey!" She said yelled at him in outrage.
She was about to grab ahold of Mikey's arm attempting to calm him, in his moment of hysteria he backhanded her hard by accident causing him to be shocked, Lake quickly hurried to her side. Iris looked at him in complete shock at this as she brought her hand to touch her lip to see that it was bleeding causing her to look at Mikey in disbelief. Caesar and Blue Eyes quickly started become filled with rage, the king huffed and tighten his hands at the sight of his sister bleeding. Blue Eyes growled at Mikey as he helped Iris up with Lake while.
Luca glared at the chimp while he huffed deeply trying to control rage.
His fingers shook greatly without him noticing he was focused staring at her horrified "I-I-I didn't mean it, I was blinded by rage...I didn't see her" he spoke to himself.
Zane got up and went over Mikey with his teeth bared"You bastard! You say you love..her and look...what you did to her!" the Bonobo yelled at in rage.
But Zane never made it over to him because the king beat him to it and began to hit him repeatedly as he growled in fury. Iris' eyes widen in horror"Caesar don't!" she screamed tried to rush over to the king only to hold back by the Prince who was seething at Mikey.
The apes around them screeched and hooted in anticipation waiting for the outcome of the fight, the young woman could see the fury in his eyes as he hit the young chimp over and over making him a bloody mess as Mikey weakly tried to defend himself. Iris was all too familiar when Caesar became like this, he would become consumed by his rage that it would be impossible to snap him out of it. Iris finally managed to pull out of the young ape's grip and rushed over to Caesar and Mikey, she went up behind the king, wrapped her arms around his chest and pulled him off Mikey which was a difficult task for her.
She held onto Caesar tightly as she buried her face in the fur of his neck and shoulder. She could feel his chest rise in and out and his heart pound against her face as he remained unmoving in Iris's arms.
"Just fucking kill me" Mikey half sobbed clutching his mouth muffling more of his words.
Caesar's eyes soften a little when he saw the younger ape's pitiful state and feeling the young woman's tears soak the fur on his back "Caesar...please don't hurt him anymore...please...he didn't mean too..." She begged him under her breath, the older ape huffed deeply as he closed his eyes.
Lake kneeled down to Mikey's side petting his shoulder in order to comfort him.
Caesar gently pulled Iris's arms off him and then stood up to tower over Mikey to state at him seriously. He then turned his gaze to Lake"Take him back to his hut Lake..." he says gruffly. Iris brought her self up and sighed deeply in relief as she looked at Caesar and Mikey with tired eyes.
The female began to help the male up steadily.
Mikey winced and whimpered in pain as he shakey got up, blood dripping down his face. The chimp brought his bruised damaged face to look at Iris who look like it was taking a lot of energy just to keep herself standing and Maurice started to notice this as well.
"Iris?...are you alright?..." he asked gruffly while his narrowed at her.
All eyes turned to her at this as she closed her eyes tightly and held her head "I-I don't-" but she never got to finish before her legs bulked and she collapsed the ground.
Maurice got off the log and quickly went over to her side in concern. Zane, Luca, and Blue Eyes rushed to her side as well, the bonobo cradled her face as she looked at him with a spacey look Zane could tell from the black rings around her eyes that she hasn't been getting much sleep and it didn't help her state with recent events that have been happening lately either.
"Dammit, Iris...you been pushing yourself too hard...And you been having nightmares... again haven't.." he said irritated as he checked her over.
Mikey limped towards the cave to hide from the state of affairs.
"I'm fine..." she said hoarsely as she pulled herself up wobbly making Blue Eyes and Lake protest quickly.
"Iris..." Caesar said as his eyes looked at her with concern.
"I need...to do something right now.." she said without looking at him as she walked off down the rocky path not noticing Mikey was watching her every move along with a certain gorilla she was about to meet. Luca went up to Caesar having a good idea of what he wanted him to do as he followed his king's hard gaze to the young woman walking away"Follow her..." he told the gorilla, Luca grunted in response not needing to tell him twice.
It was then that Zane noticed Mikey was no longer with them making him search around for him "Where's Mikey?.." he asked sternly to the others making them look around as well.
Mikey limped towards the waterfall holding onto the ledge of the cave seeing the water splash towards the ground, his emotions were wreaking havoc..he felt betrayed.
"Am I truly obsessed with her?" Mikey spoke to himself questioning his actions.
Deep remorse and sorrow filled as he remembered seeing the blood dripping down Iris's lip and that sadness in her eyes, he had hurt the woman he loved deeply.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!" He screamed collapsing onto the Rocky floor, he didn't see Garrett behind him.
Mikey realized he was obsessed with the young woman who had stood up for him that no human other than his grandmother ever did. His grandmother left him at a very young age, sickness took her he had to survive by himself to learn. He was found by Alpha Omega shortly afterwards who used him as a slave and treated him so horribly, there were days he wanted to die one day he finally gave up and was eagerly waiting for death as a soldier began to beat him with a rod but it didn't come for a teenage girl grabbed it, stopping the soldier from making another blow. The soldier was obviously furious and then threatened her if she wanted his punishment instead. The beautiful girl didn't even hesitate as she agreed to take his place, having no value for her well being at all.
The chimp just stared at her in disbelief when she agreed to this, she the only human who offered any kindness to him since his grandmother died it filled his heart with warmth but then quickly it was quickly filled with sorrow as he watched the soldier beat her savagely. He flinched feeling a leather hand touched his arm, he turned his head to see Garrett.
Garret looked at him solemnly" so I was right when I smelled you on her...you mated with her..." he signed plainly.
"But honestly I'm not surprised...I saw that way you looked at her back then and still look at her now...your deeply in love with her aren't you..?" he asked as he sat next to him.
"I don't know if I can look at her again.. I threatened my best friend I hit the girl I love and I acted like an animal at the council meeting..." Mikey spoke.
Garret huffed deeply"Iris doesn't hate you...she deeply cares about you... I believe Zane does too...He's just frustrated and angry right now...and the council..." he expression turned grim "They have other problems to deal with then what happened with you and Iris right now..." he explained.
"For now... I need you to be careful and stay out of trouble, don't give the council a reason to kill you or exile you, and wear some clothes you look naked without weapons" He smirked tilting his head.
"I do admit that she is beautiful for a human...when she doesn't open her mouth..." he said in exasperation.
Mikey kneed his side not hard but playful for tease "Didn't you say you had a woman once?" he teased.
Garrets expression turned depressed at this as his hand tightened up "Yes..." he replied gruffly."My wife...but she was killed..." he said trying not to choke up.
"Humans butchered her like an animal...I was forced to witness it hearing her screams...it became too much something snapped inside me..the next thing I remember I was covered in their blood" he spoke bringing his voice calm and stoic.
Expression of sorrow and sympathy filled the chimps face as he stroked the gorilla's arm with his hand and hooted softly to him.
"Iris is not much different from you...but you already know that...you were there when Pope killed Moon in front of her...and when she snapped and tried to kill Koba..." he said as his eyes trailed to the dirt.
"You know what's awful...while I was destroyed that I lost my good friend... I was also happy because I thought finally could make Iris mine.." he said grimly.
"Now you know the truth of her feelings for you" Garrett spoke.
Mikey huffed deeply "Yes but...I still love her...I don't think I can stop loving her...I tried...believe me I really tried to find a mate in the village but..." he looked at his friend solemnly" none them could ever fill my heart with warmth like she did..." he said softly as he began to fiddle around with a stick he found.
"Did you know Moon didn't even take her...she was untouched...until I did it...A-and I hurt her..." hahastruggled to say as his grip on the stick trembled.
"No, but I knew he was infatuated with her" Garrett turned to look at him "I know you heard this lot but you both couldn't think straight you just went with your emotions not knowing the consequences..I've been there before and those mistakes had haunted me for years now" he explained.
"Oh he wasn't just infatuated with her Garret...he was married to her...she was his wife...and w-we.." he tried not to choke up" she was forced to watch him die...just like you..."
"Enough" Garrett waved his hand I cannot change the past and neither can you, all we can do is move forward and do what we can in the present" Garrett spoke slightly angry in his tone.
Mikey sighed and closed his eyes" if it was only that easy Garret...the past still haunts me and my nightmares it consume me... even more so with Iris...she feels very deeply" he reopened his eyes to look at the gorilla seriously"You saw her Garret she's a hallow of her former self..." he said depressingly.
"She's gonna meet me tonight..were gonna solve a conflict that'll happen soon, if you want to help us, don't get in the way" Garrett spoke getting up jumping off the cliff.
A group of the bodyguards came close to the cave entrance.
Iris rushed to the resonated spot where she was supposed to meet Garret more like dragged herself like dead weight all the way there, trying her best to keep her over exhausted, sore, and stressed out body from collapsing.
"You arrived...good" Garrett spoke in his new armor biting into a red apple.
"Why aren't you in better Clothes?" He asked as sprinkles of rain hit against his armor making small sounds.
Iris looked down at her black t-shirt and brown jacket, she didn't know where her jacket was because she hadn't had time to worry about it.
"Hope you lived up to the events years ago, let's go," Garrett said throwing the apple
"Never mind what I'm wearing Garret...where did you get that armor?" she asked him perplexed as she followed, but she did agree that she hadn't changed in awhile and her clothes were becoming dirty. Iris also took a look at her bandaged arm along with her sloppily banged job she did on her shoulder, both of them had become dirty, she knew would have to change them soon or else they would become infected.
Iris looked at it a little awe and surprise" Never figured you for craftsmanship..." she said quietly.
"Oh, you like them?" He smirked before frowning again" I took it from Grey's tribe, they're taken metal from car's, street lamps and they're using glass for shields" he explained, "As you can see it's Romanesque."
"They're's is brutish I made mine through schematics I've drawn from comic books you'd be surprised that it'll be easy to pick up the habit of crafting" he spoke.
"What are we doing Garret?..." She asked seriously.
"To my home than to Grey's tribe were gonna do some... reconnaissance" Garrett explained as the two-headed deeper into the forest.
Iris raised an eyebrow at this"Then wouldn't his "tribe" be in the village? "
"You weren't paying attention...Grey has his stationed far away from the Dam" Garrett commented.
Iris froze at mention at this making Garret turn around when he noticed she was following him anymore.
One of the most traumatic experiences the young woman had was at that dam.
"Something is telling me there are demons down that plane you experienced" he frowned.
She licked her lips and closed her eyes tightly"A-alpha omega threw a little girl I was watching out for 9 years ago...on-off that dam...she was sick so they thought she had the virus..." she struggled to say as she reopened her eyes"That's the day...they captured me as well..." she said as she tried not to choke up. "She...she was only 4 years old..." she said brought her gaze to the side as she felt tears fall down her face.
"No use dwelling in the past..it only brings bad experiences" he spoke as he walked.
She walked slowly behind him"I can never forget...I can still hear her screams as she was thrown to her death..." she said depressingly.
"Stop dwelling.. there's nothing you could do for her, focus on our goal and keep moving...and stick close the storm is getting more heavy" he grumbled.
This caused the brunette to look up at grey gloomy clouds, she could feel drops of water hit her face making her close her eyes as she heard the sounds of the clouds and the droplets of water hitting the earth and trees and smelled the moisture in the air. She raised up her arms as the water hit her body and soaked her clothes, her face still looked up as the water began to drip down her face. She then ran both hands through her hair and looked back to the gorilla who was staring at her curiously.
The rain has always relaxed me..." she said while her hands were still in her now damp hair"But I don't have time relax...let's go."
They made their way near a bridge across the heavy water, their passage was clear now. Little did they did they know Luca was closely following them eyeing the other gorilla suspiciously.
Iris followed the Gorilla through the trees as they ventured deeper into the forest. The young woman looked around curiously, wondering where he was leading her due being unfamiliar to this part of the woods. "I've never been in this area before... "She said as she looked around" and I've been living out for 5 years," she said as she brought her attention back to the gorilla who she could see was getting irritated by the rain hitting him making her chuckle a little. "You don't like the rain that much do you, Garret," she said as she smiled at him, he turned around to give a grumpy glare.
He huffed annoyed while she chuckled.
The two arrived at a cave entrance decorated like a viking's house. She could see different types of weapons against the walls and pile furs in the corner of the cave.
"Your home reminds of Mikey's..." she said as she walked and started to looked around at the decor" But with a lot more weapons..." she said as she picked up one the spears admiring it.
"I like to be prepared" he commented, "Let's gear up."
"Do you have a machete?" she asked as she looked around.
"In the locker" he pointed near the chest by his bed as he grabbed an ax from the wall holder
She went over where he pointed and picked it up to look it over "I never wanted to kill again..." her fingers slide across the blade as her eyes trailed down it grimly"But I really don't think we have much of a choice...in order to prevent for not only war with the soldiers but a civil war as well" she said as she did a practice swing. Just then something on a rock caught her eye, she put the blade down to take a closer look to see that it flowered with what looked like beads. It looked like the beads the females wore in their hair in the village and the ones Cornelia braided into her own hair.
Garret grabbed her arm tightly as she picked one up to look at it. The gorilla huffed deeply as he glared at the beads and the flowers then turning his glare to her, she looked at her arm then him without showing fear but more with confusion, his intense grip was beginning to hurt her arm especially even more so since he was holding her injured arm causing her to wince and hiss out in pain a little.
"Don't...Ever...Pick that up.. Again!" he roared in her face.
He snatched the beads out of her hand placing them onto the bed, Iris just stated at him and then towards the rock emotionlessly putting two and two together" What was her name?..." she asked softly.
He froze at her question.
"P-Persephone" Garrett spoke richly deep walking towards his workbench placing his ax on it adding more modifications.
"What happens to her?..." she asked with soft eyes as she got closer to him.
"She...she was trying to find me during the scourge, she was worried about my safety, she fell into a trap set by human hunters that were then they caught me and...forced me to watch her get butchered into pieces" he gripped the ax tightly wrapping a leather harness around the wood.
Iris's gaze turned to sorrow as she Hesitantly reaches out her hand gently on to his back making him flinch a little "I'm so sorry...truly I am..." she said quietly.
She took a deep breath as she struggled to say her next words"When Alpha Omega heard a rumor about Moon and mines relationship...they ordered him to beaten in public...a-and forced me to watch.."her hand trembled" they w-wanted to see my reaction to find out it was true...and Moon he gave me an unspoken order" she could feel herself choke up" as they where beating him basically telling me not to move, not to react...because he knew they would have killed me from being "tainted" by an ape..." she said as tears fell down her eyes as she looked at the dirt.
Iris squeaked in Surprise as the big Gorilla grabbed her and pressed his mouth onto hers, He then released her but not before he grabbed his modified ax and heading to the exit "Now we go hunting" he growled.
Iris froze in bewilderment from the male's action, have always thought that gorilla hated her or let alone thought he would ever be attracted to her or any human for that matter, it was like hell had frozen over that was the only exception she could think off as she touched her lips lightly.
"Move it! And grab something to defend yourself with" he spoke exiting the cave.
Finally regaining her senses she put the machete in her belt and rushed out of the gorilla's home after him into the still pouring rain"Garret!" she called out for him as he walked ahead of her.
He stopped looking at her with his stoic gaze.
"Why did you do that?!" she asked seriously. "I thought you would burn yourself alive before you touch a human like that..." she said as she stared at him hard.
He glared back at her "Your confusing me for Pope, your thinking too much of it" he spoke deep.
She scoffed at this " Well you would have to forgive me, Garret, it's not every day someone kisses me let alone an ape" she said sarcastically as she crossed her arms" Not to mention I thought you hated me...?"
"If I did hate you I would've shived you in your sleep" he spoke gruffly walking out into the cold rain "Rgh, hate rain."
They didn't notice that a certain gorilla was eavesdropping on their conversation close by.
"Let's go, Grey's camp is far but not far to Caesar's tribe," Garrett said.
Iris growled in frustration"God males are idiots no matter what species" she said under her breath as she marched after him.
"Women why are they so emotional" he grumbled.
She sped up in front to face him causing him to stop to look at her" You were one of my torturers Garret yet you never once tried to force or touch me in anyway sexually...in fact it seemed you where disgusted by the relationship Moon and I had...so that's why I don't understand..." she said as she tried to read the male.
"I wanted to know what it felt to kiss one..it seemed Moon was right" he spoke as he started walking again.
Iris was surprised by this as she watched him walk ahead of her but not before she gave him a good rough shove "Some advice Garret all females are emotional creatures who don't like having them played with" she turned her head to tell him irritatedly as she walked ahead of him"Stupid small minded brute..." she growled under her breath.
"Cute coming from a Lara Croft Cosplayer" Garrett chuckled.
She chuckled sarcastically"That's rich coming from you Grod..." she said as she made her way through the trees"I'm surprised a brute like you even takes time to consider to read..." she insulted him.
"Oh I didn't know you were so witty April O'Neil," he said walking clear from the bushes"I'm shocked you stopped crying for the past 30 minutes, congratulations on breaking a world record."
"Oh no Garret the highest record I have is breaking the most bones," she said while holding the handle the machete that was snug in the belt of her pants tightly.
"Hm cute" he smirked.
Dun Dun Dun! So here it is :D things are becoming more interesting now, are they? I would like my good friend Marianofcintra for helping me :) I hope you guys enjoy