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veiledndarknessTitle: In Thade We Trust – Chapter 2
Author: veiledndarkness
Warning: The usual disclaimer, not my property, just playing with the characters. Takes place shortly after the end of Planet of the Apes (2001).
Summary: In the darkest parts of the human mind lies the ability to be needlessly cruel and inhuman, a baser nature that separates us from the animals.
In Thade We Trust-Chapter 1
*
Dr. Naira passed many of the other scientists and doctors on the way to his rooms. He carefully kept his face blank as he walked. He fought to hold back an angry frown as he recalled the treatment of the human today. He swiped his pass card in front of his door sensor, letting the door slam shut behind him. He tossed his folder on the nearby desk and headed straight for the small kitchen. He poured a glass of cold water and drank it slowly as he mulled over the findings.
Naira was more than annoyed at how unnecessarily rough the gorillas had been with the human. It went against his beliefs to be overly forceful with the subjects. They certainly weren’t going to get better results if the humans were too afraid of their owners.
He sat down at his desk and ran one paw over his head. He rubbed at his eyes tiredly. He was not looking forward to having to deal with the senator in the morning or for that matter, with the senator’s headstrong daughter, Ari.
Ari had openly protested human testing, and was doing her best to have all human testing labs shut down. Her latest protest rally had almost successfully resulted in stricter laws regarding the treatment of the humans. Naira snorted at that. He was most positive that her father had more than a little to do with the final decision to keep things just the way they were.
He flipped open his folder and read over the results from the DNA test. He made small noises of approval as he compared the results with that of the first male human that they had come across, almost twenty years before this new one. As he’d suspected, the chromosome information matched up on the more basic levels. He jotted down a few notes in the margins of his papers as he scanned through the info. The next round of tests would be far more invasive than something as simple as a choking fog. He tapped his pencil idly while briefing himself with the procedure dosages.
Naira stood up and flicked his desk lamp off. He made for his bed, still troubled by the look of betrayal on the human’s face.
*
Hours after Dr. Naira had left; Leo finally gave in to his desperate hunger. He ate the banana as slowly as he could, wanting desperately to make it last. He sipped at the still cool water in the bowl. His chained arms made it difficult to move and even hold the bowl. He made do by lowering his head and lapping at the water much the way a dog would.
Leo sat back; his arms slightly raised above him and studied his cage. The steel bars were thicker than one of his wrists. He sighed softly as the realization that he might very well spend the rest of his days in this cage, began to sink in. He wanted to cry. Instead, he bit down hard on his lip till it bled to distract himself from his self-pity.
“I will not give in. I will not give up,” he chanted, the words barely audible over the humming of the machines nearby. He closed his eyes and practiced the meditation techniques that he had once scoffed at when they’d been offered on the station.
Leo drifted in and out of sleep, ignoring the various scientists who came in and out of the room. They weren’t paying much attention to him and for that he found a sense of relief.
It was short-lived.
Leo had searched in vain for a clock, beginning to feel disoriented by the fact that he had no idea how many days had passed since he’d been captured. A sudden hush fell over the room, the doctors looking agitated and the scientists nervous. Leo peered through the bars, straining for a glimpse of what had upset them.
Leo listened hard as he heard the sound of shouting in the hallway outside the lab.
“…can’t possibly expect me to believe that this human is not being mistreated! I know all too well what happens in these labs Dr. Naira. And know this; I will have you shut down, no matter how long it takes.”
Leo smiled to himself. The strong, feminine voice reminded him strongly of Ari. He scooted back a tiny bit, struggling to keep the circulation in his arms. He turned his head sideways so that he could keep an eye on the chimps. His jaw dropped when he saw the female chimp walk into the room.
She continued to shout over her shoulder as she walked at a brisk pace over to Leo’s cage. She read over the chart that was next to his cage before dropping it on the table in disgust.
“Dr. Naira, I do believe that this has gone on long enough. When will it become clear to a scientist of your standing and intellect, that this ‘studying’ as you call it is nothing more than a chance to destroy what little understanding we have of other cultures?” she said, each word clipped and pronounced with anger.
Leo stared up at her, blinking rapidly. “Ari?” he said, his voice still hoarse from the fog.
Ari turned to face Leo, her mouth falling open in shock. “He can speak?” she breathed.
Dr. Naira stood beside her and shook his head sadly. “It is not in his best interest to speak,” he said softly, so that only Ari could hear him.
Ari leaned closer to the cage, ignoring the protests of her father behind her. Leo pushed his sore arms forward so that he could scoot closer to the front of the cage. They stared at each other in silence.
“How did you know my name?” she asked.
Leo held back a wave of disappointment. “Coincidence I guess,” he muttered as he swallowed over the large lump in his throat. She looked him over carefully before spinning around and facing the crowd that watched her.
“If I come back here and find this human suffering at all, I will have this facility closed faster than you can blink!” she snapped before jerking her head towards Dr. Naira, who followed right behind her as the Senator left the room to speak with one of the government officials.
Ari looked up and down the hallway, ensuring that they were alone. “Why is it not a good thing that he can speak?” she whispered.
Dr. Naira sighed. “Because it means much more invasive testing, that’s why. Very few humans have ever uttered any words in our presence.”
Ari crossed her arms angrily. “Are you telling me that you are going to continue conducting these experiments?” she asked, her voice dropping lower.
Naira nodded once. “I’ve no choice Ari, you must understand that. My hands are tied so to speak. If not from me, then some other will be brought in, one who has no qualms about cutting open a human while he’s awake.”
Ari winced. She’s heard the horror stories of tests that had supposedly occurred in the facility over the years. She hung her head.
“I suppose that’s the best you can do then.”
Naira placed one hand on her shoulder. “If I could free him tomorrow I would. It would mean death for all three of us, not just the human. There are far too many unanswered questions about this one, and believe me, these tests are just the beginning.”
Ari blinked back tears of defeat. She nodded her head sharply and let out a long breath.
“Let me know of his progress. I will want to speak to him to ensure that he’s not being harmed.”
Dr. Naira frowned. “I will inform you of his progress, but the bosses will not let you communicate directly with him. Surely you know this Ari?”
Ari gave him a dirty look. “I’m aware. It seems I was mistaken in my beliefs about you Doctor. I hope you find whatever it is you’re looking for.”
With that, she turned on one foot and left the hallway, her stride strong and unmistakable. Dr. Naira sighed once more before heading back into the lab. He dropped into the chair beside Leo’s cage and frowned.
“That Ari is going to be the death of me,” he grumbled.
Leo cocked his head to one side and half chuckled, a rusty, grating sound.
“Better you than me,” he said.
The doctor looked over at Leo before rolling his eyes. “I would advise you not to speak unless absolutely necessary, especially around the others.”
Leo stayed silent as he watched the doctor putter around the room until he came back towards the cage with another needle. Leo was horrified to hear a small whimper come out of his mouth as the needle was injected into his arm.
The doctor looked over at him and for just a moment, Leo was sure that he saw true pity in the doctor’s eyes. Leo closed his eyes, the sedative already beginning to kick in.
*
Author: veiledndarkness
Warning: The usual disclaimer, not my property, just playing with the characters. Takes place shortly after the end of Planet of the Apes (2001).
Summary: In the darkest parts of the human mind lies the ability to be needlessly cruel and inhuman, a baser nature that separates us from the animals.
In Thade We Trust-Chapter 1
*
Dr. Naira passed many of the other scientists and doctors on the way to his rooms. He carefully kept his face blank as he walked. He fought to hold back an angry frown as he recalled the treatment of the human today. He swiped his pass card in front of his door sensor, letting the door slam shut behind him. He tossed his folder on the nearby desk and headed straight for the small kitchen. He poured a glass of cold water and drank it slowly as he mulled over the findings.
Naira was more than annoyed at how unnecessarily rough the gorillas had been with the human. It went against his beliefs to be overly forceful with the subjects. They certainly weren’t going to get better results if the humans were too afraid of their owners.
He sat down at his desk and ran one paw over his head. He rubbed at his eyes tiredly. He was not looking forward to having to deal with the senator in the morning or for that matter, with the senator’s headstrong daughter, Ari.
Ari had openly protested human testing, and was doing her best to have all human testing labs shut down. Her latest protest rally had almost successfully resulted in stricter laws regarding the treatment of the humans. Naira snorted at that. He was most positive that her father had more than a little to do with the final decision to keep things just the way they were.
He flipped open his folder and read over the results from the DNA test. He made small noises of approval as he compared the results with that of the first male human that they had come across, almost twenty years before this new one. As he’d suspected, the chromosome information matched up on the more basic levels. He jotted down a few notes in the margins of his papers as he scanned through the info. The next round of tests would be far more invasive than something as simple as a choking fog. He tapped his pencil idly while briefing himself with the procedure dosages.
Naira stood up and flicked his desk lamp off. He made for his bed, still troubled by the look of betrayal on the human’s face.
*
Hours after Dr. Naira had left; Leo finally gave in to his desperate hunger. He ate the banana as slowly as he could, wanting desperately to make it last. He sipped at the still cool water in the bowl. His chained arms made it difficult to move and even hold the bowl. He made do by lowering his head and lapping at the water much the way a dog would.
Leo sat back; his arms slightly raised above him and studied his cage. The steel bars were thicker than one of his wrists. He sighed softly as the realization that he might very well spend the rest of his days in this cage, began to sink in. He wanted to cry. Instead, he bit down hard on his lip till it bled to distract himself from his self-pity.
“I will not give in. I will not give up,” he chanted, the words barely audible over the humming of the machines nearby. He closed his eyes and practiced the meditation techniques that he had once scoffed at when they’d been offered on the station.
Leo drifted in and out of sleep, ignoring the various scientists who came in and out of the room. They weren’t paying much attention to him and for that he found a sense of relief.
It was short-lived.
Leo had searched in vain for a clock, beginning to feel disoriented by the fact that he had no idea how many days had passed since he’d been captured. A sudden hush fell over the room, the doctors looking agitated and the scientists nervous. Leo peered through the bars, straining for a glimpse of what had upset them.
Leo listened hard as he heard the sound of shouting in the hallway outside the lab.
“…can’t possibly expect me to believe that this human is not being mistreated! I know all too well what happens in these labs Dr. Naira. And know this; I will have you shut down, no matter how long it takes.”
Leo smiled to himself. The strong, feminine voice reminded him strongly of Ari. He scooted back a tiny bit, struggling to keep the circulation in his arms. He turned his head sideways so that he could keep an eye on the chimps. His jaw dropped when he saw the female chimp walk into the room.
She continued to shout over her shoulder as she walked at a brisk pace over to Leo’s cage. She read over the chart that was next to his cage before dropping it on the table in disgust.
“Dr. Naira, I do believe that this has gone on long enough. When will it become clear to a scientist of your standing and intellect, that this ‘studying’ as you call it is nothing more than a chance to destroy what little understanding we have of other cultures?” she said, each word clipped and pronounced with anger.
Leo stared up at her, blinking rapidly. “Ari?” he said, his voice still hoarse from the fog.
Ari turned to face Leo, her mouth falling open in shock. “He can speak?” she breathed.
Dr. Naira stood beside her and shook his head sadly. “It is not in his best interest to speak,” he said softly, so that only Ari could hear him.
Ari leaned closer to the cage, ignoring the protests of her father behind her. Leo pushed his sore arms forward so that he could scoot closer to the front of the cage. They stared at each other in silence.
“How did you know my name?” she asked.
Leo held back a wave of disappointment. “Coincidence I guess,” he muttered as he swallowed over the large lump in his throat. She looked him over carefully before spinning around and facing the crowd that watched her.
“If I come back here and find this human suffering at all, I will have this facility closed faster than you can blink!” she snapped before jerking her head towards Dr. Naira, who followed right behind her as the Senator left the room to speak with one of the government officials.
Ari looked up and down the hallway, ensuring that they were alone. “Why is it not a good thing that he can speak?” she whispered.
Dr. Naira sighed. “Because it means much more invasive testing, that’s why. Very few humans have ever uttered any words in our presence.”
Ari crossed her arms angrily. “Are you telling me that you are going to continue conducting these experiments?” she asked, her voice dropping lower.
Naira nodded once. “I’ve no choice Ari, you must understand that. My hands are tied so to speak. If not from me, then some other will be brought in, one who has no qualms about cutting open a human while he’s awake.”
Ari winced. She’s heard the horror stories of tests that had supposedly occurred in the facility over the years. She hung her head.
“I suppose that’s the best you can do then.”
Naira placed one hand on her shoulder. “If I could free him tomorrow I would. It would mean death for all three of us, not just the human. There are far too many unanswered questions about this one, and believe me, these tests are just the beginning.”
Ari blinked back tears of defeat. She nodded her head sharply and let out a long breath.
“Let me know of his progress. I will want to speak to him to ensure that he’s not being harmed.”
Dr. Naira frowned. “I will inform you of his progress, but the bosses will not let you communicate directly with him. Surely you know this Ari?”
Ari gave him a dirty look. “I’m aware. It seems I was mistaken in my beliefs about you Doctor. I hope you find whatever it is you’re looking for.”
With that, she turned on one foot and left the hallway, her stride strong and unmistakable. Dr. Naira sighed once more before heading back into the lab. He dropped into the chair beside Leo’s cage and frowned.
“That Ari is going to be the death of me,” he grumbled.
Leo cocked his head to one side and half chuckled, a rusty, grating sound.
“Better you than me,” he said.
The doctor looked over at Leo before rolling his eyes. “I would advise you not to speak unless absolutely necessary, especially around the others.”
Leo stayed silent as he watched the doctor putter around the room until he came back towards the cage with another needle. Leo was horrified to hear a small whimper come out of his mouth as the needle was injected into his arm.
The doctor looked over at him and for just a moment, Leo was sure that he saw true pity in the doctor’s eyes. Leo closed his eyes, the sedative already beginning to kick in.
*
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ah!
Date: 2007-02-22 01:03 pm (UTC)Re: ah!
Date: 2007-02-22 02:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-23 08:10 pm (UTC)Hm.. I love Leo & Ari xD
Poor Leo, Air didnt remember him at all :(