Dusk to Dawn
by Punko McMac
I don't own Crimson, nae sir, not I. Crimson and all other prominent characters are owned by Humberto Ramos, Francisco Haghenbeck & Oscar Pinto, 2000.
This is a sort of chapterized revisit of the first issues of the 24-issue
long run of Cliffhanger comic's Crimson. I've altered parts of the story
and dialoge and added to parts in order to mature the story and get across
the ones I thought would have been good. Crimson's a great comic (and the
only Cliffhanger book to get out on a consistent basis!), but I thought
the ultra-violence was out of place in an otherwise tame book. Now, bear
with the story's beginning, because it sets up to some minor events later
in the story. Those of you who've read the comic may recognize it. But
if you're not into the whole biblical intro, skip ahead. It doesn't have
a whole lot to do with the issues I'm covering.
So, without further adoo-doo...Crimson: Bloody Life
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Prologue... .. .
In the beginning when God began to create Heaven and Earth,
the Earth was first unformed and void; and darkness was upon the face of
the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
God said, let there be light and there was light. And
God saw that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness,
calling the light day and the dark night. And this was the first day.
God said, let there be and expanse in the midst of the
waters that it may divide the waters from the waters...and it was so. God
called this expanse sky. This was the second day.
God said let the waters be gathered in one place,
so that dry land may appear. And it was so. And God called the dry land
Earth; the gathered waters seas. And God saw that it was good.
God created behemoths called the Chalkydri to be the guardians
of the new born world. And these were dragons, and they lived through God's
glory and kept watch over the Earth.
And god said let the Earth bring forth vegetation; seed
bearing plants, and fruit trees of every kind on Earth. And it was so.
The Earth gave rist to green life of every kind. And God saw that it was
good. And this was the third day.
On the fourth day God said let the seas bring forth swarms
of living creatures; and birds that fly above the Earth across the expanse
of the sky. God created giant sea monsters, and other creatures, and the
winged birds of every kind. And God saw that this was good, and he blessed
them all and bade them be fertile and increase upon the Earth.
On the fifth day God said let the Earth bring forth every
kind of living creature: cattle, wild beasts of every kind, and creeping
things. And it was so. And God saw that it was good.
And God said let us raise up beings who will have dominion
over the lower forms. And it was so...but this was not good. For these,
called Grigori, had no souls and would not worship God. And God was displeased,
and these fell from his favor.
And God created again. And God made the human in his image,
in the image of God they were created; male and female. God blessed
them and bade them be fertile and increase; to fill the Earth and master
it. And God gave them reign over all lower creatures that crept upon the
Earth.
Another creature there was, who seethed with envy. She
was Lisseth. She had been created to mate with the first human, but was
not of the same flesh. Because of this rejection, Lisseth lost her heart
and became bitter and jealous.
And as with Lisseth, God seemingly forgot the Grigori,
and they fell under the sway of the Evil One. And he begane to scheme with
them how to reclaim creation.
Before Earth was, God created Angels to help minister to God's creation. Mighty were these in strength and grace, and near to God were they in power. And the Angels served God in joy and glory. All the Angels served God, save one called Lucifer, whose name meant 'light of God.' And God loved him, but Lucifer was jealous of God, and jealous of God's creation -- of all the worlds God had made, full of creatures who loved and worshiped God. Lucifer desired all this for himself, and had sought to wrest it from God's grasp. Lucifer sowed seeds of discontent among his fellow Angels, and with his God-given light won many to his twisted side; and so began a war that shook Heaven itself. And God saw what Lucifer had wrought and was sore displeased. God stopped the war and banished Lucifer and his minions from Heaven forever. Despite his desire and black conciet, Lucifer had not the power to contest against God, and was cast out of God's light and into eternal darkness.
Though he failed in Heaven, Lucifer came to Earth with
his seeds of envy. And these seeds bore fruit among the soul-less Grigori.
And lucifer pitted these against the Chalkydri, who had remained close
to God. And great battle rent the peace of all creation.
Humankind was spared the perils of this warfare -- by the power
of God's love, and the protection of God's warrior Arch-Angels. Many soul-less
ones and Chalkydri perished and their great numbers were vastly deminished.
And God greived for both sides of the conflict. In greif, God bade the
hostility end, and it ended.
God knew that the creatures had been misled by Lucifer,
and God forgave them their part in the war, and spared them. Himankind
was given to freely roam over the whole Earth. And God transformed Eden
into a desert, and in the center of this God placed the Tree of Life to
nurture the balance between good and evil in all the world.
A Grigori who would one day call himself Ekimus survived
and escaped into seclusion on Earth. Forever set apart from the humans,
forever denied the full measure of God's creation, Ekimus was alone and
resentful...as was the one called Lisseth. And bitter was her aspect forever.
The day would come when these two imperfect beings would come together
to breed perfect terror. And all creation would fear the monsters the two
birthed in secret over the long eons to follow...
