The furious Koba then returns to the armory, where he steals an assault rifle and murders two human guards. In response, Caesar severely beats Koba, but at the last moment refrains from killing him adhering to his philosophy that "ape not kill ape", Caesar hesitantly forgives Koba. Meanwhile, Koba discovers the armory and confronts Caesar, questioning his allegiance and taunting him over his "love" for humans. Mutual distrust of both sides gradually subsides the truce is endangered when Caesar's infant son Milo discovers a shotgun smuggled in by Carver, but the two sides reconcile when Ellie offers to help treat Caesar's ill wife Cornelia with antibiotics. As Malcolm, his wife Ellie and son Alexander work, they bond with the apes. After a tense discussion, Caesar allows Malcolm to work on the dam's generator, if they surrender their guns. Malcolm then travels into the ape village, but is captured by gorilla guards, who bring him to Caesar. Dreyfus, distrustful of the apes, arms survivors using an abandoned armory. Malcolm convinces his fellow leader Dreyfus to give him three days to reconcile with the apes to gain access to a hydroelectric dam in their territory, which could provide long-term power to the city. He demands that the humans stay in their territory and states the apes will stay in theirs too. Prompted by Koba, a scarred bonobo who holds a grudge against humans for his mistreatment, Caesar brings an army of apes to the city tower where he conveys the message that while the apes do not want war, they will fight to defend their home. The remaining humans in San Francisco, who are genetically immune to the virus, are living in a guarded and unfinished high-rise tower within the ruined city. Carver calls for the rest of his small party of armed survivors, led by a man named Malcolm, while Blue Eyes calls for the other apes. While walking through the forest, Caesar's son Blue Eyes and his friend Ash encounter a human named Carver, who panics and shoots Ash, wounding him. Near the ruins of San Francisco, Caesar leads and governs an ape colony located in the Muir Woods. Over 90% of the human population has died in the pandemic, while apes with genetically enhanced intelligence have started to build a civilization of their own. Ten years after the worldwide pandemic of the deadly ALZ-113 virus (known as the Simian Flu), human civilization is completely destroyed following martial law, civil unrest and the economic collapse of every country in the world. Spoiler warning: The following contains plot details about