Chapter 23: A final stand PT IV

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It was dark by the time Caesar finally revived he was the last to do so and he was pleasantly surprised to find that Anvil had been violently wiped off their ever growing list of troubles by two of his seconds and their human allies when he had first come to he found Cornelia Maurice and Koba by his side and he had finally given into his secret feelings and embraced the glowing chimpanzee he held her tightly until their moment was ruined by Mark who had been unable to resist catcalling them and making a comment of "smooth" he scowled until his human Father came over and helped them both up laughing along with Maurice at his surprising show of public affection after his head had cleared he took a moment to walk among his people checking them for injuries and finding out there had been only two casualties off their side and both had been a human Allie

Once he was satisfied that his troop were managing he joined his closest friends by the base of a pine tree  where he found that although it was the early hours of night time during autumn it was far from dark the aftermath of the fire bombings was still eating away at the woods seemingly intent on burning the once prestigious landscape to ashes "so where will you go" Maurice asked the humans turning the conversation from laughing and joking to the more pressing matters that now faced their human friends Mark let out a loud sarcastic sigh before leaning back against the pine tree "I was thinking England" a loud chorus of "fuck no's" rose from the other humans who smiled widely and shook their heads Trish Becky and Jordon's eyes screamed of unspoken horrors at the mere mention of the place "what what's so bad about England" Rocket asked not having the feintest idea where or what England was

"Nothing it's a great place except for the last time we were there those three managed to get themselves arrested Trish broke a guys arm and nearly died from a plane crash" Jordon said pointing a charred stick at Trish Becky and Caesar as he spoke the apes shook their heads with mock frustration and surprise "you five are always getting into bad situations" Maurice observed the humans nodded in agreement before Beth offered another suggestion "how about New York I hear that they've got the contagion mostly under control and there are plenty of places we could lay low" before she could finish Mark and Trish cut her off with an immediate and hard no their eyes flying wide as they did

Caesar chuckled and asked the obvious question of what was so bad about new York "three words uncle fuck face" Mark responded casting a sideways glance at Sofia who was sleeping in a battered car seat in the helicopter the apes looked at Mark with raised eyebrows before Jordon offered yet another state "what about LA that seems like a perfect place to watch the world falling apart there's lots of bars and fancy pant's restaurants to see" An agreeable murmur swept through the group before Mark opened his mouth his face plastered with the sarcastic childish gleam he always seemed to have whenever he said something he hoped would get on peoples nerves "don't forget the strip clubs lots and lots of strip clubs ouch" he exclaimed as Trish gave a back handed slap to his burnt arm

"What's a strip club" Rocket and Luca asked in unison an aura of childhood innocence radiated from them as they rocked back on their ankles curiously Mark went wide eyed understanding that he'd once again gone too far "a strip club is where human men go when they aren't getting any from their significant others and they have money to spare" Jordon explained sarcastically a chorus of laughter floated around the group as Beth and Trish gave Jordon a kick in the back while Becky rolled her eyes and Mark rolled around in a fit of laughter "how about Africa it's hot there and almost no one will recognise us" Becky suggested Jordon cleared his throat and got to his feet before answering "yes no one will recognise us cause hardly anyone will be around there much longer the ALZ116 virus has already started it's rounds there and they don't have enough medical resources to deal with it" Jordon stated as he walked away to the closest helicopter and retrieved five cans of cider

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