Born To Lead Prologue

Nearly four years had passed since the ape liberation in San Francisco where an evolved chimpanzee called Caesar led a revolt that freed them all from imprisonment, practically enslaved under humans. Before he'd been born, still carried in his mother's belly, Caesar had been exposed to an experimental drug known as ALZ-112. It boosted his intelligence far beyond that of an ordinary ape.

When he was confined at a shelter for apes watching the abuse and neglect he witnessed his kind victimized under he wanted more for them. So he deliberately exposed them, and many others, to a new virus created by man that was ALZ-113. Similar to the ALZ-112 it elevated their intelligence exponentially. Afterwards they came to realize they were better than what humanity viewed them as. That is when the rebellion occurred.

Following Caesar apes of all kinds, chimps, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and bonobos, fought valiantly making their way to freedom. But the relief they felt upon reaching the Redwoods across the Golden Gate Bridge didn't last for long. In hope to find the cure to the plague raging through their civilization, utterly desperate, the humans sought to eradicate the apes, capturing all they could for study before ultimately destroying them without success. In a last resort attempt the humans set fire to the Redwoods hoping to burn the apes to ashes. The corpses of deceased apes fooled the humans enough to cease their attempts believing the apes to be long gone, returning to their own dilemmas impacting them. Tricked they left the woods alone.

Which was exactly what the apes wanted.

Afterwards, deep in the mountains, an Ape Colony was established, Caesar at their head, in a hidden canyon isolated from outsiders. It provided safety and security just what the apes needed after their struggles. Hidden from prying eyes belonging to those who would do them further harm, blamed for a crisis they had no say or control over. Thriving in the isolation where others did not the population of the Ape Colony has been steadily increasing over the years.

Now another addition is to be born increasing their numbers by one…or perhaps two.

Authors Note: Saw the movie on the premiere night and haven't been able to get the series out of my head since. I've been reading the books and watching the movies nonstop over and over again. Hope you all enjoy. :D