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ROTPOTA – Chapter 3

Everyone seemed distracted. Not just the chimpanzee's but also the humans. That word felt foreign on my tongue, to me they had always been the creatures who had poked me, hit me, who seemed to frown so much it was as if their faces were stuck like that. The atmosphere was so full of anticipation you could almost see it come off everyone. Not just the chimpanzees unsure of what was going to happen to them, the humans seemed to be excited about something, maybe that was why there was so many humans about today. I could have watched them go by for what seemed and eternity. Head resting against uninjured arm in a fatal position staring out the glass watching everyone rushing by. Everything ached now, blood seemed to have got everywhere except in my body, head pounding I daren't move from where I was. Goodness knew what was going to happen now, I read the files and I was going to be killed.

In the last two hours 4 chimps had passed by the glass, all passed out on trollies going somewhere with humans in blue clothing. Whenever my nerves were up I would count things easily up to 50 now. There were more chimps as of the ones I could see there was about 12 of them. Varying in sizes and some had even noticed me. There was one across from me called Cornelia from what I could read on the door. She too looked scared, but she had the most beautiful eyes, bright green in colour. Maybe double my size she too stared out the glass watching the others go by. As soon as she saw the 5 chimp go by and be put back in a glass box she looked away, but not before looking at me, or eyes catching for a moment. I didn't blame her for looking at me scared I was a mutant mix, fur rubbed off bloodied and I looked slightly like the creatures who had captured her. There was someone else looking my way, the scarred ape who seemed to hat me. Feeling his gaze I turned my head to meet his vision. He stood up proud, but he seemed to have a hunch in his back. I felt uncomfortable under his gaze, his eyes sweeping over my curled up body and then looking out the glass again huffing as the humans went by.

His reaction to me didn't matter to me. I just lost interest and continued to count the beings outside. The light make my eyes ache with the intensity, white boxes across reflected the light. The smell in here was different too it was artificial like the room they took me too where they poked me with needles. I didn't like this place it was too much but I would not sleep. Not with all this noise the less I concentrated on the noise, the more it seemed to grow. More yelling, more alarms, more noise. I just curled up more ad hoped it would all go away.

(Third person pov)

The apes had go into the building. Raging, led by Caesar. Running attacking trying to find those who had been taken by the labs. Caesar was desperate he just wanted to see Cornelia alive and get the rest out of the testing

(First person POV)

'Crash!' I heard the noise piercing my eardrum making me aware of the chaos. I looked up and saw humans running wild papers everywhere. Lights flashes and a siren had started going. What was going on? Confused I pulled my exhausted body up going along the shelfs up to the glass. It was just a mess, no idea what was going on. Chimpanzees started banging against the glass, yelling as they ran by rattling the boxes willing to escape.

A giant crash took over the rest of the noise on my right, looking through the glass I could see glass shattered and as the final humans ran and fled I saw them. Chimpanzees. Lots of the making as much noise as they could. One smashed the control panel releasing all of the door locks. Chimpanzees started escaping the cages others pulling the doors off the very hinges. A complete ruckus ensued of yelling, alarm, glass shattering piercing my ears. I had to get out of here, carefully I pulled my body up trying not to jostle my arm and possibly start the bleeding again. Looking out I saw the scowling ape with the scarred white eye escape and I started yelling at the top of my lungs. As loud as I could with my already weak voice banging with my fist, pink skin even paler than before. However any sound that I made was easily swallowed up by the noise the other chimpanzees were making. If I carried on like this I would quickly pass out,

*I am not going to sleep* I repeated in my head but my vision was already beginning to blur.

In a desperate hope I started to sign help, just as my voice gave out, with the little energy I had left in a plea for just someone to help. No-one was answering. Tears started falling from my eyes as I realised no-one outside would help. They would go and escape and the humans would kill me. My throat was just too hoarse to yell anymore and I looked away from the glass, hope was lost of leaving this abusive lab.

A loud crash met my ears. Immediately I went to cover my ears to which my arm started bleeding again profusely. I looked up and my body uncurled more only to see a chimpanzee staring at me through what was once the door. He looked different than the others, larger with darker skin and orange fur butt with an angry determined face. I tried to cower away, fearful of what he may do to, but my body was just too weak to do so. I closed my eyes clutching my hands and just listening to what was happening. The noise had calmed down and only a few chimpanzees must have remained.

The orange chimpanzee moved closer, I heard him and slowly I turned around looking at him, his eyes staring right back at mine.

"Who did this to you?" he signed. I merely stared back at him surprised that he could sign. Only two beings I had met had ever been able to sign.

Meekly I pulled my body up with my aching arms and replied "humans"

He snorted at the word, almost angry it seemed. What if he attacked because I was half human? I was quick to shield myself from him attacking like the humans did because I was a mutant. The blows never came. Instead I felt fur rub against my stinging sensitive skin. Scared I looked up only to see that he had curled my arms around me and began to pick me up, bringing me close to his body. I clung o to his fur unsure of what to do, No-one had ever done this before. Protectively he wrapped an arm around me and started walking out of the glass box. My brain mixed with thoughts and emotions, why would he do this? I was a mutant no-one could ever care for me. Unsure I looked around only to see that he had walked out of the box and over to a chimpanzee, standing on his hind legs yelling something as others continued to escape the labs.

"She is injured badly" signed the orange chimpanzee I was cling to as if he was my lifeline between life and death – which he was.

"What is she?" I saw the other chimp sign back, like Cornelia he had piercing green eyes and a stern look upon his face and I broke eye contact.

"A human experiment" replied the one carrying me. My heart dropped at the word experiment, they just reminded me of what I actually was. Something gone wrong. But the harshness in the apes face lessened and a thoughtful face replaced it, like the ones humans gave whilst staring into the glass boxes.

"Be careful with her" the green eyed chimpanzee replied and he went hurtling down the corridor. One I had not seen before, but we were not far behind him. The orange chimpanzee followed him along the corridor, more shattered glass and noise coming and I hid my face but I was finally going to escape this place. A few tears escaped my left eye down my face but for the first time they were not tears of fear but rather relief of escaping the prison I had been forced to call home.