Our story pt2

Chapter 14 round 2

Caesar was out scouting for a safe place to hide his troop when he once again ran into a group of mercenaries seeing their hostile familiar faces he took cover in a cluster of rotting foliage and froze listening intently to their conversation "Garrison come in" a metallic voice demanded over the tranquil sounds of the woods "go for Garrison" a burly man in the centre of the group responded narrowing his eyes Caesar spotted Mark in the group next to the man who's name was Garrison "GreyStoke wants you all back to the compound now shits hit the fan we've got new orders" the metallic voice informed them Mark and Garrison looked at each other puzzled as Garrison responded with bewilderment "what do you mean new orders what happened" Caesar grimaced at the sound of new orders

Whatever they were he was almost certain it was nothing good for his troop "Gensys has been decommissioned permanently everyone's either dead or being investigated by city hall" Caesar grunted in confusion as Mark smiled and let lose a quiet laugh then looked directly at Caesar's hiding place "shut your mouth Ashworth unless you want it shutting for you Fredricks what happened to gensys" Garrison shouted into his radio "never mind that the ALZ115 is out of control people are dropping dead all over the place and we can only blame Dr Rodman's kid for so long" the radio informed Caesar grinned widely as sad as it was that the humans were dying it was good news for his troop Marks laughter died down as Garrison shut his radio off "alright everyone back to the compound if you see any apes on the way back kill em on sight" Curious to know why the humans were being given new orders Caesar waited till the group was out of sight before chasing after them

He caught up just as they were driving away growling in frustration he did the stupidest thing he could've possibly done and hurled himself in front of the moving vehicle he heard Mark exclaim in alarm as he dropped into a pencil shape and allowed the car to run him over missing the wheels by a relatively safe margin he attached himself to the underside of the car and clung for dear life as the car sped up as Caesar intended the driver Garrison had sped up on purpose in an attempt to kill him and he could hear Mark demanding that they turn back to make sure Caesar was unharmed Garrison sped up as they rounded a corner and in minutes they were driving into the compound

His face looking like an enraged dog Mark stepped out of the truck and seized Garrison by the scruff of his shirt "gimme the keys to the truck I'm going back to look for him" Mark snapped practically choking the man before him "Garrison Ashworth get your sorry asses in here" a voice shouted from outside GreyStokes tent Caesar froze and looked up to where the voice had come from trying to figure out who it was his hands were starting to cramp from holding on and the bullet wound had started bleeding again clenching his teeth he dropped to the floor and smacked the centre of his spine on an unfortunately placed stick the sound of his landing alerted a woman who looked as though she worked as a model her red hair was in a messy bun and she had freckles that made her skin tone appear darker than it was confused the woman squatted and peered at him before smiling in welcome

Frantic as the reality of what he had done sank in Caesar shook his head and pressed a desperate finger to his lips the woman mearly smiled and winked at him before standing up and approaching the men Caesar didn't move a single muscle as he listened to the humans argue "Mark just drop it there's nothing you can do" he heard the woman protest "Erica what are you still doing here" Mark asked surprised there was silence for a moment before Caesar heard a thump and came face to face with a dazed Mark who barely Registered he was there before he was wrenched to his feet "GreyStokes tent now we have a guest" an unfamiliar man ordered Mark and Garrison huffed and started dragging their feet in the direction of the tent

"What the hell are you doing back here I thought you went into hiding with the others i sent Garrison's team on goose chase to cover for you" Mark hissed under his breath Erica rolled her eyes and cleared her throat "there's an old saying that those seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who couldn't hear the music" Erica countered him Mark narrowed his eyes and glared at her "what the hells that supposed to mean" he asked loudly as they entered GreyStokes tent Erica glared frantically at him and took a stand in the corner of the tent "gentlemen now that your finally back I'd like to welcome and introduce to you Craig Dreyfus he's taking over on behalf of city hall" GreyStoke said bitterly Garrison and Mark looked at each other confused