Book of Genesis Issue 2
Issue 2
Scene 1
The battle continues between the Devil and Michael.
Michael
“What do you want with the body?”
Devil
“Purely scientific, I assure you.”
Michael
“You will have to excuse me, if I don’t trust you.”
Devil
“Trust has nothing to do with facts.”
Demon Dog
The Devil conjures a demon dog to go after Moses’ body.
Twin Angel
Michael creates a clone of himself to go after the demon dog.
The Devil and Michael continue to swing weapons.
The clone of Michael catches up to the demon dog and once the clone of Michael touches the dog they both disappear in an explosion of light.
Scene 2
Gabe is at the hospital and even though he is covered in blood he is completely unharmed. The Doctors struggle to understand why he is covered in his own blood, but does not have any visible wounds. They all stop talking at the same time, when suddenly all of the television screens in the hospital broadcast breaking news.
It shows a video of the encounter and everything that happened. It even shows Gabe’s spirit rising and then returning to his body. Everybody turns to look at Gabe when time itself seems to stop and everyone around Gabe is frozen in place.
A spatial portal like the one before appears and from it exits the same woman from the alley and a clean cut, good looking man with dark hair and a dark suit.
Natas
“Please do not be alarmed. I just wish to talk. My name is Natas.”
The man says as he gestures his hand towards Gabe. Gabe realizes everyone around him is frozen in place. He realizes that he alone seems to be aware of what is going on around him.
Natas
“I understand that you must be perplexed by the events from earlier tonight, as well as the current situation you find yourself in. So, I will attempt to explain.”
Natas walks slowly over towards Gabe.
Natas
“Currently, everyone around us is unaware of my presence and that of my companion. To put it simply, I have frozen time for everyone around us. Only the three of us remain unaffected. Once we are finished, I will simply restart time for them and no one will have any knowledge of us ever being here.”
Gabe just stares at the man and the woman.
Natas
“Let me start by saying that you are not crazy. My associate and I have what you would call special powers that we use in only the most dire of situations and times of need. Tonight is one of those instances. We are part of a group that secretly helps humanity and until today very few people even knew of our existence. All that I ask is that you hear what I have to say and after that I will allow you to make your own choice as to whether you will join us or not.”
Gabe
“What the hell is going on?”
Natas
“Well, that will take some time to explain and we do not have that luxury at the moment. Stopping time for an entire planet is very taxing. I am only able to pause time for a few minutes. Which doesn’t allow me the time I require to explain to you everything that I need for you to hear and understand.”
Gabe
“I don’t understand anything. That guy in the alley made a dagger out of nowhere and then stabbed me. I felt it. I died. But then she jumps out of some hole with some guy in a wolf suit and fights the guy who stabbed me.
And…and..then I’m floating. I’m dead and then I’m alive. And then you’re here. And everyone is uh…What did you call it?”
Natas
“Time Pause.”
Gabe
“I don’t understand any of this.”
Natas
“Will you come with us? Your life is in danger and let’s be honest, you can never go back to the way your life was before.”
Gabe
“No. I’m not going anywhere. I…”
Natas interrupts Gabe.
Natas
“We don’t have the time for this, Mags my dear, can you please.”
Mags creates a teleport energy disc under Gabe and then one for her and Natas, they all three disappear and time starts back up again for everyone in the room. Everyone in the hospital is looking around for Gabe who has now mysteriously disappeared.
Scene 3
All three of them appear in a dark and medieval looking room. Gabe falls down to the floor while Natas and Mags walk through a portal.
Gabe
“What the fuck? I didn’t agree to go with you.”
Natas
“I offer you my sincerest apologies. There wasn’t much time left. I can only pause time for only short periods. It is quite strenuous on me. Please allow us to start over. I am Natas and the lady with me goes simply by the name of Mags.”
Gabe
“Where are we?”
Natas
“Gabriel, I find it very rude to forgo introductions and pleasantries. However, I will overlook it in this instance. The obvious answer would be you are in a room and somewhere safe, but the long version would be that you are in an underground bunker hidden far beneath the earth underneath what you would call The Dead Sea. We call the base Tartarus.”
Gabe
“You’re crazy…I need to get home.”
Gabe says frustrated with his hands in the air.
Natas
“Please, just try and calm yourself.”
Gabe
“Calm down? How the hell am I supposed to calm down? You just kidnapped me.”
Right then an elderly man dressed like a butler enters the room. He is Indian with a turban on his head.
Natas
“Gabriel, this is my associate, Advocate. He will tend to your needs during your stay with us.”
Gabe
“I don’t care who he is. I just want to… Man I feel like… like I’m not really mad anymore.”
Gabe starts to walk, but his body collapses. He finds that he is too weak from everything that happened and is now unconscious. His last image is looking up at Natas and Mags staring down at him.
Scene 4
Gabe wakes up completely naked and lying in a huge bed. He climbs out of the bed and finds some clothes that were laying out and puts them on. He walks towards the door of the room he is in and to his surprise it is unlocked. He exits the room to find a long dark corridor.
He walks down the long corridor and passes the open door to what he assumes are other bedrooms.
The first door that he passes he hears heavy metal music and someone screaming. He sees someone’s back to him. The person is sitting at the computer playing video games.
Craze
“I shot that man. I know that he is cheating. I know it.”
Suddenly Gabe sees the figure pick up his keyboard and throw it across the room. The keyboard breaks as it hits the wall.
Craze
“I hate this game.”
Just then Craze turns around and looks at Gabe. He is a Dracula Zombie looking creature with withered skin and sunken facial features.
Craze
“And what are you staring at?”
Gabe looks away and continues to walk down the corridor. As he passes another door he hears classical music and sees flames coming from underneath the door. Gabe continues down the hallway. As he passes the next doorway, the door is open and inside is a giant blob of a man sitting in front of a TV and laughing uncontrollably. We only see the back of his head.
Adam
“HAHAHA. He funny. Dat man so funny.”
Gabe continues down the hallway when Advocate suddenly appears in front of him.
Advocate
“Master Gabriel. If you would follow me please.”
Gabe follows the man. He can’t explain it, but all feelings of apprehension fade away and he is at peace. They enter the same room that Mags had teleported him into when he first arrived, Standing inside is Natas and Frankie. Frankie is an older small white man like a bald Albert Einstein with glasses and frizzy hair only on the sides. He’s dressed in a lab coat.
Natas
“Ahh, Gabriel. I hope you slept well.”
Gabe
“I did. Thank you for asking. Now get me the hell out of here.”
Natas
“I’ll make you a promise. This gentleman is a doctor of medicine and if you have no objections, he will examine you. After the examination you will be taken home.”
Gabe
“If I refuse then I’m a prisoner?”
Natas
“No. of course not. To be candid, I can easily enter and leave Tarturus on my own, but in order for everyone else to do the same we require Mags and her special talents. The woman who brought you here.”
Gabe
“Well, have her send me home now.”
Natas
“At the moment she is away, but when she returns I give you my word that you will be able to leave. Now if you will allow the Doctor to examine you.”
Frankie walks over and starts to feel on Gabe’s body.
Frankie
“Corporeal. Very fit. You stated that he did flatline, but was resuscitated?”
Natas
“Yes, the process was interrupted.”
Frankie
“Hmmm, I doubt I could retrieve a blood sample from his body now. I’m unable to arrive at a consensus on where we stand now in the process.”
Gabe
“Would you stop treating me like I’m not here?”
Natas
“Yes. I’m sorry Gabriel.”
Gabe
“It’s Gabe.”
Natas
“Yes, please accept my apology. I will call you Gabe from this moment forward.”
Frankie
“Well, if there is no further use for me then I will get back to my lab.”
Natas
“So you don’t have any definitive results?”
Frankie
“I’m afraid not. I do surmise that this outcome might be to our advantage, but it is just a hypothesis. We are witnessing something entirely new.”
Frankie then exits the room. Leaving only Advocate, Gabe, and Natas standing there.
Natas
“We require no further assistance, Advocate.”
Advocate
“Then I will take my leave. Goodnight then”
Natas
“Thank you old friend and goodnight to you.”
There are two big recliner chairs in front of a fireplace with a roaring fire.
Natas
“Gabriel. I mean Gabe, please have a seat.”
Natas says as he gestures towards one of the chairs. Both he and Gabe sit.
Natas
“Excuse my manners. Are you hungry or thirsty?”
Gabe
“No. I’m good.”
Natas
“Well. I thank you for your patience, I’m sure that the events that have transpired have left you with more questions than answers. I will try to answer some of those questions as we wait on Mags. Shall we start at the beginning. You were attacked by a man whose only purpose was to hunt you down and kill you. Which he almost succeeded at.”
Gabe
“But why? I don’t even know him.”
Natas
“Well the answer to that question is more complex than the question itself and from that answer more questions will arise. What if I told you that you are a special person that contains great power?”
Gabe
“I’m not special. I’m just a cop.”
Natas
“What if I told you that everything that you thought you knew about your life was a lie?”
Gabe
“Like what?”
Natas
“Well to start. Do you believe in God?”
Gabe
“Honestly I don’t know.”
Natas
“What if I told you that God isn’t real? Could you entertain the idea of that?”
Gabe
“Yeah I guess I could.”
Natas
“What if I told you that the God that humanity believes in is actually an interstellar life form that has been manipulating mankind since the beginning of their existence?“
Gabe
“Like in science fiction?”
Natas
“Yes and No.”
Gabe
“So you’re telling me God is an alien?”
Natas
“I’m going to tell you a story and whether you believe me or not, it is factual. All I ask is you listen to the entire story.
Eons ago, not long after the universe began, a cosmic event created the first signs of life.
A supernova, not unlike the billions of others that filled the young universe, violently exploded outward, scattering the primary building blocks of life for all planets.
However, this one particular supernova and its eruption were unlike any other and would forever alter the universe and its journey towards constant expansion. When the explosion occurred, it mysteriously created seven, strange; hydrogen based energy life forms that miraculously managed to escape the destructive blast of the supernova.
This was the first appearance of sentient life in our universe. These new life forms found comfort and strength through each other and discovered that they could travel over vast interstellar distances when they all combined together into one large mass of energy.
The Seven, as they would eventually call themselves, traveled the universe together observing the wonders of creation that surrounded them. However over time, that role would eventually evolve. As their intellect and individual personalities and desires grew so did their ambitions.
They soon began to understand the science and math behind the evolution of the ever expanding universe and where they were once content to only witness life as it slowly crawled into existence; they eventually found themselves wanting to play a more active role in the evolution of all life in the universe. They began to create, experiment, and manipulate life on many planets throughout the universe. They ruled civilizations, destroyed worlds, and when there was nothing left of the planet or its inhabitants they moved on to the next.
They were no longer simple life forms; they considered themselves gods and masters of the known universe. The universe would be fashioned in whatever shape they imagined and only life that they deemed worthy was permitted to exist and evolve.
While a few of The Seven were solely interested in creating life and acting as caretakers of fledgling civilizations, the others wanted to subjugate and control the destinies of those civilizations. This led to constant in-fighting between the group and divisions were soon born. However, none of them could leave a planet unless all seven were together and in agreement.
They couldn’t travel interstellar distances without combining into one energy form and oftentimes they couldn’t even agree to do that.
They traveled the universe for eons continuously creating and interfering with life on any suitable planet they could find. However, everything would change when they arrived on the planet we now call Earth.
Not long after arriving on Earth, a war broke out between The Seven, brother fought brother, and in the end, one of The Seven lay dead. Up until that very moment, they all believed that they were immortal and that their individual energy could never expire, but now one of them lay lifeless. This would be the end of The Seven and they would forever be trapped on this small undeveloped planet. The final battle took place in what would be later called the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It would later be known as the Chicxulub crater and the reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
At the time Dinosaurs roamed the Earth and were the dominant life form on the planet. However, after the War of The Seven they were wiped out. The remaining six of The Seven would split the continent of Pangaea to create and promote their own ideas of life and its future on the planet.
With the destruction of the dinosaurs, they began their work to create a new life form. They experimented with mammals and created humans.
Each of the remaining Seven would participate in this experiment and ultimately the first homosapiens would walk the Earth, engineered by aliens who represented themselves as Gods.
After a while they went their separate ways, they each influenced the world of man in their own unique way. They were lords and masters of their own section of the planet. Some would take the shape of man and some the
forms of animals in which to control and alter the path that mankind walked.
For many thousands of years these aliens manipulated the world without humanity ever knowing it. They were Gods.”
Gabe
“So everything we are…is because of aliens? That doesn’t make any sense.”
Natas
“But it is the truth.”
Gabe
“Why? What do they get out of it?”
Natas
“I can’t tell you because I don’t know the answer. Myself and a few others have sworn to fight back. We have all been hurt and exploited by the aliens and we have vowed to fight them. No matter the cost.”
Gabe
“Was the guy I fought in the alley one of The Seven?”
Natas
“I’m afraid not. He is with a group that calls themselves The Naga. Naga means touched by God in Hebrew. They are a group of people like us, but with different views. They have also been impacted negatively by the Seven and have vowed to destroy them. We have worked together in the past, but we have shall we say conflicting methods on how to achieve that outcome.”
Gabe
“And what do they want from me?”
Natas
“That will be even harder for you to accept. The Seven have only one goal and that goal is to collect enough energy and unite together so they can leave the planet.”
Gabe
“That still doesn’t explain what they want with me.”
Natas
“See Einstein was correct when he said that energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another. They are after every human being’s energy on the planet, they have groomed humanity to continue to live, breed, and die so as to collect the energy after it leaves the body. That is why they manipulated mankind into what it is today. Humanity has been bred for the sole purpose of harvesting . We are no different than cattle to these aliens, but instead of harvesting meat we are being used for energy.”
Gabe
“That can’t be true.
Natas
“Well, aren’t all legends and folktales built on some small shards of truth?”
Gabe
“And how do they collect this energy?”
Natas
“Pyramids. Every ancient culture has constructed their own form of pyramids and large monuments. Every large pyramid and statue from the ancient world collects humanities energy after it leaves the body and stores it. It is collected and stored in vast underground areas around the globe.”
Gabe
“The pyramids are in Egypt.”
Natas
“Like I stated, every ancient culture built pyramids or large stone structures to collect the energy, not only Egyptians but the Inca, Aztecs, the Olmec, Mayans, Native American burial mounds, Stonehenge, the Colossus of Rhodes, Cambodian temples, and much more. I can continue if you want.
They still manipulate mankind to create these structures to this day. Think of every large structure in the world. The Eiffel Tower, The Washington Monument, even the St Louis Arch.”
Gabe
“There’s no way.”
Natas
“To put it simply, humanity is so involved in their own selfish needs and desires that they can’t seem to look past themselves and see what is actually going on around them.”
Gabe
“But why me? What makes me special.”
Natas
“You have been somehow touched by one of the Seven. You, like the members of my group and the members of the Naga are somehow influenced and altered by the Seven. For example, if you interact with any member of The Seven over long periods of time you leech small amounts of energy from them. It changes each person uniquely, giving them special powers and or appearances.”
Gabe
“But I’ve never interacted with any of them.”
Natas
“What about your mother?”
Gabe
“My mom is a God fearing Christian woman. There is no way.”
Natas
“And your father?”
Gabe
“I never knew him and my mom never talked about him. She always said he just wasn’t in the picture and that was fine with her.”
Natas
“Well I can state for a fact that you have been touched by the Seven somehow and now the Naga are pursuing you. I’m not sure how, but we can find out together.”
Gabe
“I’ve got to get home. My mom and my girlfriend have got to be worrying about me.”
Natas
“Once Mags returns you will be able to leave. I’ve got an idea if you will indulge me.”
Advocate suddenly enters the room.
Advocate
“The gymnasium has been prepared for you sir.”
Natas
“Thank you Advocate. Gabriel, if you would be so kind as to follow me.”
Gabe
“I said call me Gabe.”
Natas
“You will have to excuse me, it’s a habit.”
Scene 5
Natas and Gabe walk out of the room and down the hallway. At the end of the hallway they enter an old looking gymnasium with weights and floor mats. As they enter, Wolfgang enters the room behind them.
Wolfgang
“Yeah boss?”
Natas
“Ah yes, Hans my dear boy. You have not been properly introduced, but this is Gabriel.”
Wolfgang
“Why can’t you just call me Wolfgang? You never call anyone by the name they want to be called. Except for Mags for some reason.”
Natas
“Fair enough. Gabriel I would like you to meet Wolfgang, one of the members of our group. As you can see by his appearance, he has had an interaction with one of the Seven. It has altered his form as well as granted him with enhanced senses, agility, stamina, and strength. He will be the one to test your mettle today.”
Wolfgang walks out to the center of the room and motions with his hand for Gabe to follow him. Gabe reluctantly walks out and squares off in front of Wolfgang.
Gabe
“So, we’re going to fight?”
Wolfgang
“Something like that.”
Gabe turns his head towards Natas.
Gabe
“This isn’t fair. He’s a fucking…”
Wolfgang suddenly charges forward and slams his shoulder into Gabe’s body and Gabe flies through the air into the wall and falls to the ground, He gets up unfazed.
Gabe
“That wasn’t fair.”
Wolfgang
“Fair? There is no such thing as fair in a fight.”
Wolfgang charges at Gabe again but Gabe quickly dodges to the side making Wolfgang’s knee avoid him.
Gabe smiles, but Wolfgang twirls around and lands a sweeping leg kick to Gabes face. Gabe goes flying through the air and into the wall on the other side of the room. He picks himself up.
Gabe
“I’m getting really tired of this.”
Wolfgang
“Stop being a pussy and fight back.”
Gabe gets up and runs at Wolfgang. Wolfgang starts to run at him as well and then they clash. Wolfgang is landing punches and kicks on Gabe, but they don’t seem to affect him, Gabe is throwing punches as Wolfgang dodges everyone of them. Gabe grabs a hold of Wolfgang and throws him into the wall across the room. As soon as Wolfgang hits the wall Gabe is already there pouncing on him. Gabe throws a punch putting a huge hole in the wall. Wolfgang has a surprised look on his face and does his best to avoid Gabe’s punches. Gabe’s flurry of punches gets faster and faster until he finally connects and Wolfgang flies across the room and onto the floor. Wolfgang picks himself up.
Wolfgang
“Are we done?”
Natas
“Ah yes, thank you Hans that will be all.
Wolfgang picks himself up and walks out of the room.
Wolfgang
“That motherfucker will never call me by my fuckin name.”
Natas
“Well, that was quite informative.”
Natas says to Gabe as he ignores Wolfgang.
Gabe
“Informative? He almost killed me.”
Natas
“Did he? Every punch and kick he landed on you left you with no visible injuries or marks. Am I also wrong to assume that you felt no pain?”
Gabe
“Uh no, I didn’t feel anything.”
Natas
“Also, that hole you put in the wall. It would take considerable strength to inflict damage like that. You also appeared to get faster and avoid his attacks while eventually being able to land one of your own.”
Gabe
“So what, now I’ve got superpowers? Yeah right.”
Natas
“I can’t say for certain, but what I can say is that your physical body has surpassed ordinary humans.”
Gabe
“Whatever, just get me out of here.”
Just then Mags walks into the gym.
Natas
“Perfect Timing. My dear if you could be so kind as to take Gabriel home.”
Mags
“I would like to see my daughter first.”
Natas
“Of course my dear. Would that be alright with you Gabriel?”
Gabe
“I guess I have no choice.”
They leave the room and as they walk down the corridor a beautiful teenage girl comes running down the hallway and wraps her arms around Mags.
Sarah
“Mother.”
Mags
“I’m here baby.”
Sarah
“Will you be staying?”
Mags
“No, I have a few things yet to do, but I will have some time after that.”
Sarah
“Oh, Hello.”
Sarah says to Gabe.
Gabe
“Hi.”
Sarah
“Are you working with my mother?”
Gabe
“Nope. Just visiting.”
Natas
“My dear Sarah, your mother must take Gabriel home and then she will return.”
Sarah
“I haven’t seen anyone new around here in a very long time. So, nice to meet you. Mother, I’ll be in my room. Hurry back.”
Mags
“I will.”
Sarah then turns around and walks back down the hallway until she disappears.
Mags
“You told me I would have time with my daughter.”
Mags says to Natas.
Natas
“Yes, circumstances are evolving and we may be running out of options. Remember you came to me for help. I would hope that you would honor our agreement.”
Mags
“I know our agreement and I will do my part. You just make sure you honor yours.”
Natas
“Of course, my dear. I wouldn’t dream of not fulfilling my end of the bargain.”
Mags
“Follow me.”
Mags says to Gabe.
Mags then walks down the hallway and into a bedroom. In the room are vintage photos of her and her daughter. Some of the pictures seem to be taken in the past. They are dressed in period costumes that people wore during different time periods in history.
Mags
“I just need to change.”
Mags then takes off all of her clothes and looks through a closet as Gabe quickly turns around.
Gabe
“Hey. What are you doing?”
Mags
“Cretin. I’m not trying to seduce you. Are you ashamed to see flesh? I just need to change clothes. Okay you can turn around.”
Gabe turns around and Mags is wearing the same looking outfit.
Gabe
“I thought you said you changed?”
Mags
“I did. Let’s get going.”
Mags creates a spatial energy disc and walks towards it. Gabe just stands there.
Mags
“Are you joining me?”
Mags then pulls Gabe into the disc and they disappear.
