Tales of Pandora

Origins of Salizar, Chapter 3 ~Scorned~

That night when Caesar was asleep Salizar picked the lock of his kennel, he flashed a glare at Caesar and jumped up to a air conditioning vent, ‘how could he betray me! For those humans no less!! Coward! We were like brothers! Well, not anymore, I swear I’ll get my revenge on the humans, and you…’ Salizar thought. He crawled through the vents until he reached the grate of Primalis’s room. The man was sitting on his bed his hand on his chin, trying to think of a way out. Salizar looked at his bedside table and saw a case full of antique throwing knives. ‘How beautiful! He won’t be needing them..’ Salizar thought. He quietly crawled out of the vent, he walked over to the bedside table and snatched the small case. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK, “Doctor Primalis? We’re here for the apes.” A voice said. “Your early!” Primalis shouted, he stood up and turned around seeing the black ape, “Subject, get back to your kennel..” Primalis said calmly. “No!” Salizar said. “You speak?” Primalis said. Salizar opened the case and threw the knives at Primalis, he dropped and Salizar retrieved the knives, he hurried back to the vent. “Doctor? You alright?” A voice said. “Hey! Weren’t there supposed to be two chimps? This cage is empty!” Another voice said. “FIND IT!” The first voice said.

Salizar ran out of the facility, he was in a redwoods. he could hear the soldiers behind him, shooting guns and throwing spears. He climbed a nearby tree, and waited quietly. “Where did it go?” “I don’t know circ-” FOOMP “what was that?!” PHHEW “AHH-” “it’s throwing knives!” “I’ll get it!” Salizar heard a hissing sound, and then fire erupted from one of the soldiers, burning the shrubbery and torching the trees, the fire crawled up to Salizar and he had to jump, he threw knives at the other soldiers as he was in the air, and when he landed he was behind the torcher. He threw one at the soldier with the flamethrower, it hit the fuel tank and boiling oil sprayed out, hitting Salizar in the side of the face. “AHH-” he shouted. The soldier quickly turned around, “gotcha!” He said, he pulled the trigger and his back exploded. The burned corpse lay before Salizar, half of the skull was exposed.

Salizar left the scene, he had killed a battalion of soldiers, and won.

The next morning King Drake arrived with more soldiers to investigate. “My lord, one of the mesopithicus escaped, I tried to stop him but he took my father’s knives, hurts like the devil..” Primalis said clutching his bandaged arm. Two of the knives had hit his arm and the other his chest, just missing his heart. “Fool. What happened to my troops.” Drake questioned. “I don’t know I was on the floor clinging to life..” Primalis said, the pain making him bolder. “Sir, we found them. It’s not good.” A soldier said. King Drake followed the man out to the forest, and he saw the scene. “Two injured the rest dead.” The soldier said. “Where are the survivors?” Drake asked. The soldier led him to the survivors, one bandaged by the leg the other the stomach. “What happened..” Drake asked. “The chimp, he threw knives at us through the trees, we tried to stop him, but it all happened so fast.” The one with the leg injury said. “Rest up men. You’ll need your strength on the front lines.” Drake said. He walked back to the facility. He walked up to Primalis who was outside, “Primalis. I’m giving you one last chance.” Drake said. “I’ll do anything sire.” Primalis said. “Find your creation.” Drake said. “I didn’t create it sir.” Primalis said. “Then I’ll bring you one of the ones who did.” Drake said. “And the other mesopithicus?” Primalis said. “If the other is as deadly as that one, we train him. After all, he didn’t kill a battalion of my men and escape.” Drake said. “How.. gracious my lord.” Primalis said slightly annoyed.

Primalis walked back into the facility, he went up to Caesar’s cage and crouched down to look in, “your friend is dead, if you don’t want to end up like him you’ll do what we tell you. Understand?” Primalis said threateningly. Caesar nodded. Primalis smiled and stood up, “Good.”