Phoenix Rising
The Phoenix. The beast that I Hunt tonight. If I don't survive, even if I am successful...someone
should know the truth beyond the legend. The truth that mankind has forgotten, or denies. The
legend says that if it dies, it is reborn of its own ashes. The truth is a slightly different tale. Here is
that truth.
At the dawn of this worlds creation, God enlisted the help of one of his earliest creations, a beast of
feather and flame. The Phoenix. This he did to His own purpose. He set this creature on the new
world He had finished, in the form of one of its new inhabitants: man.
Once in each generation, hidden in plain sight, this creature is to be born. When its current form,
dies, or is killed, its essence is reborn in another. So it has always been. The "human" usually
doesn't know what it is. Sometimes a minor gift develops- telepathy, healing, something of that sort.
Often, it just lives a normal human lifespan, with no clue. But this time its different. This one
KNOWS.
Only when the world is already on the brink of destruction, facing its end, is the hidden beast given
full knowledge of who, and what , it is. Only then will it realize its true form, and then
will it become AWARE. Only twice before in the history of mankind has this happened. This third is
NOT a charm.
You see, the Phoenix is Gods back up plan. If His original end to the story, foretold in the Bible, is
averted somehow, God will call on the now Aware beast, at Gods command will then do
what it always does. It will die in fire. And this time, it will take the world with it, and assure the
obliteration of mankind.
The spirit, the essence, of this being cannot be destroyed. However, if its human form is killed, the
destruction it brings on mankind will be delayed. At least for another forty two years, when the next
incarnation is mature enough to ignite. So this is what I go to do tonight. Stave off the end for a little
while longer. Steal a little time, offer a little hope. Hope that mankind can grow, and that the
destruction is no longer needed.
Once I was more... than the old hunter heading to his fate. But life, love, loss...have made me this.
So I go now to do what I can to save mankind...even if I never really was a part of it.
Carry On,
C