《Alpha After Omega: God Has Charged Me With Creating New Life.》 Prologue: The End And The Birth Of A New World Life. It has always fascinated me. From the dawn of the dinosaurs to the dawn of mankind, the origins of life has remained a mystery. In my youth I always thought about life. How we are born, how beings are created. A close friend of mine told me that, life is a gift from God, we shall never truly understand for it is not our place to, we should just be thankful. That answer never sat well with me though, that life is a gift from God, and how we shall only ever be thankful for it and not try to understand it, I guess those thoughts are what led me to where I am today, on the floor of my lab bleeding to death. My fascinations as a child led me to crave the power of creation. To create life anew with my own to hands, something made from my mind, not from an entity that could potentially exist or not. Following my dream, I excelled in my studies, and soon after graduating from Uni, I was accepted into an organisation of a ''questionable moral standing''. However, it was at this organisation that I set out to fulfil my dreams. There I distorted life, in an attempt to create it anew. I created chimaera''s and homunculi. Abominations of existence made from the deformation of genetic matter in an attempt to create new life, often dying within a week of being made. It was grim work, I neither enjoyed nor hated it, I was merely entranced in the creation of new life, the organisation however was much more interested in the creation of super soldiers, which leads to current predicament. Soldiers dressed all in black attacked our compound. I''m guessing that our experiments here were not kept as secretive as I had been led to believe, and perhaps a rival group, or perhaps the government themselves decided to put an end to us. To end our work, or to take it as their own I do not know. But I guess now, with two bullets in my chest I''ll never know... As I lie here on the cold ground, i feel myself grow cold, my vision darkening, and with my final breaths, I mutter to myself. "If, if only I could have done it... If only I could have truly created new life..." Finally, i feel myself breathe my last breathe, and my mind has truly been let free from my body. But before I lose myself to oblivion, I find an invisible hand gripping my existence, holding me in place, binding my mind to life. A subtle golden light appeared in front of my eyes, chasing away the shadows as is burst into existence. Time seemed to stop as the light took form, a teenage girl, of no more than 16 or 17 appeared before me. Nude in appearance, except for the sky blue light enshrouding her body, preventing my from seeing anything ''important''. Seeming to sense my thoughts, she smirked before speaking in a voice that had no sound, yet I could feel within my being. "What If, you could create life with your own two hands" "..." "If I gave you a new life, to create then create life anew, will you become mine?" "To create life... I would even sacrifice my own soul, if such a thing exits." As I croaked out those words, her sapphire eyes seemed to radiate with even more light, engulfing my existence, and I found my consciousness fading to black. "Then you shall become mine, for now and forevermore, to create my world anew." The girl looked down at the hollow shell of was once a man, a small smile dancing on her face as she reached down to the man, tracing her hand along the side of his face, with her fingers just phasing through his cheek. She pulled her hand back, and after staring at him one last time, she vanished, and with her disappearance time continued to flow. I awoke in what appears to be the abyss of space. Stars shining like diamonds all around, distant nebula¡¯s painting the abyss with all the colours of the spectrum, asteroid belts like distant mine fields in the expanse of space. Here and now in this great void, I did not think of how I am existing here, my mind did not wander through the impossibility of my current situation. It was as if my reason and emotion had been frozen in the face of all that was before me, there as only, Awe. As I look down to see the stars bellow me, I find that I had no feet, legs, appendages, nor a body of any kind. And then I remember. Ah right¡­ I died didn¡¯t I? Strange though... To think that after death there was neither heaven nor hell for me. Or perhaps this is a form of stellar purgatory? Regardless, all that matters now is that I am here now. Being bodiless I can¡¯t move, no matter how hard I try, all I can accomplish is to swivel my perspective in space, allowing me to see the stars around me. Hmmm¡­ Not being able to move is going to be boring assuming that I¡¯m stuck here forever¡­ Thankfully, something catches my eye. Far off, in a distant expanse of space, I see a green light, no a cloud coalescing. As I focus on it, I find my consciousness transported before it. It was beautiful. A nebula of greens, reds and blues, a rainbow of gases swirling around each other, coalescing into numerous solids. As I watched it, I felt as if time was passing me by, have I been floating here for hours or years I don¡¯t know, but before me, a planet is forming. The nebula of gases had coalesced into a crimson ball of light, spinning around a nearby star. As it cooled, the burning crimson flames turned a dark orange, like dying embers, and soon it turns completely black. After what seems like another hour, clouds have begun to form, and in mere moments oceans form on its surface. Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. This. This planet before me. It¡¯s beautiful. Although there are no plants that I can see covering its surface, its vast oceans shine like a great sapphire in the void of space. "Do you like it?" A voice comes from behind me, interrupting my train of thought. Turning around I see her, the girl from when I died, standing, no floating before me. This second time I see her, she no longer glows with golden light, and I can make out her features in greater detail. Unfortunately, she is now fully clothed¡­ She is fairly short, average for a girl though. Her shoulder length black hair is kept out of her face with a couple of hair clips, and she wears a long grey hoodie that goes down to her thighs, stylised with a blue frog pattern on the hood. Overall she looks like a Japanese college student¡­ What is this? I think to myself. "This, this is my birth" How did you? "Your mind, I can read it like a book" Who are you then? "I am a newly born celestial body, in your world your equivalent would be Gaia or God" You call yourself a God! Don¡¯t joke with me! "We are both in space, I¡¯m not dying, your dead and you have witnessed the birth of a planet. If that isn¡¯t enough evidence for my godhood I don¡¯t know what is." She leans back floating in space as if resting against a wall, wearing an annoyed expression on her face. Never would have thought that a God would have an annoyed expression. Never thought that there was such thing as a God, assuming that this is real, and I¡¯m hallucinating as I lie dying back at the lab¡­ "You know I can still hear you right? And I don¡¯t like to be reduced to the level of a mere hallucination." Ah, right¡­ Sorry. Regardless, why am I here then? "Finally asking the right questions" *mental sigh* "Fine, fine I¡¯ll tell you" "You see, I am a newly born celestial body, in other words I am the God of that newly created planet, we are one and the same." She shifts her position, falling backwards and stopping as if landing on a bed. "As a divinity of a celestial body, it is my job to ensure that my planet is inhabited, and that is where you come in!" She takes a stance, pointing towards me with her outstretched arm as if she is posing for a photo at a convention. *sigh* Are you really a God? "I¡¯ll take a pass on that comment and get back to the matter at hand." Go on. "Ya see, most gods like me, when they are born, let nature take its course or actively create new life and leave it for a few millennia to get evolution going, but that¡¯s really long and boring... So what I¡¯m going to do is assign that role to you!" She gestures again to me, once more taking an embarrassing pose. So wait¡­ You are saying that you want me to create new life? My emotions start going into overdrive, my heart, if I still had it would be beating out of my chest. My dream, will I finally be able to achieve it here and now, after my death? "I¡¯m going to make you a major divinity on my planet, governing over creating life and evolution. To make it easier for you to create life, I¡¯m providing you with a couple of gifts that will help you create new life. The first, is the Ark. It¡¯s like a memory bank, containing the genetic material of every sing species that currently lives, or has ever lived back on your old world, the second you¡¯ll see pretty soon." Why did you choose me? Out of all of the people back on Earth, why me? "Because you said you would give anything to be able to create new life, anyway, I think it¡¯ll be interesting if you¡¯re the one who created life on my planet." "Oh, and also this world is in a different dimension to your old, there is something known as mana in this dimension, so have fun with that when making new organisms." Mana, as in like magi- "One last thing!" She says interrupting me. "Me making you into a major divinity, as well as the gifts I¡¯m giving you is going to drain me for a while, so I¡¯m gonna sleep for a few millennia, see ya!" She blows a kiss towards me, and I feel as if a great wind is blowing me away, causing my consciousness to once more fade to black. Quick Poll & More Hey guys, sorry for the slow releases, been busy lately, I''ll try to get another chapter or two in this week but no promises sorry =( Also, I took your advice (I may not release often but I do check my comments XP) and have fused prologues one and two, as well as having replaced [...] with "..." I have decided to to give different characters different coloured dialogues, so far Goddess chan ~ dark blue If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.MC ~ undecided, I''ll leave his text in white for now. Finally, for the matter at hand. Should I have an evolution system in place, that allows for organisms which have gained enough power through various means to evolve into other, newer and stronger organisms (cause MC is god of creation & Evolution btw) or should I not have an evolution system, and MC will just evolve certain organisms into newer species when he feels it is necessary? Chapter 1: Alpha,Sigma And First Life (Part 1 of Chapter 1) (Part 1 of Chapter 1) A man lies beneath the night sky, moonlight accentuating his wavy silver hair. Eyes shut, chest motionless and body cold, as if life did not grace his vessel, all around him a deep silence sets in the barren land. Standing 6-foot-tall, with light cocoa skin, and an athletic figure. He wears black suit trousers, a black and gold striped open-collar shirt and a long white lab coat running the length of his body, fluttering in a non-existent wind. From the shadows behind him, a woman strolls forth, her heels systematically clacking against the stony ground. "Have you finished daydreaming" "..." Seeing no visible response I walk to his head and bend down slightly, looking down at his face. Inching my face closer to his, I resist the urge to poke his cheek. No good, my finger as if having a life of its own moves closer to his cheek, must poke his chee-- "Hey Sigma" "..." "What are you doing with your finger?" "Adjusting my glasses" I reply, straightening up whilst pushing my glasses further up on my nose. "You know, from here I have a great view of your brea-AGH!" My face flushes pink with anger as I drive my heel into his skull, pressing his head into the ground. "I''m sorry Master, I didn''t quite hear what you said?" "Agh it hurts, I didn''t say anything I''m sorry I''m sorry" "I don''t know what you mean Master, could you repeat what you said?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry for ogling you, but¡­ Could you stay there for a sec?¡± ¡°¡­Why?¡± ¡°Well, when your stamp on my head, your skirt raises just enough for me to see your panties.¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Oh black lace with roses design, did you want to show this to me later?¡± I felt a vein throb on my head at his words, my anger rising to a new level. I raised my foot up above his head, condensing the mana in the air around us into it. The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.¡°Die, you lowly cockroach!¡± ¡°W-Wait a sec, Sigma! Sigma don¡¯t you da-!¡± I brought my foot down onto his head, driving him down into the earth causing the surrounding ground to explode outwards from the force carving out a house sized crater in the ground. *sigh* Even as a deity, it will take him a minute or two to dig his way out without using his powers. Honestly, thinking back on it, we¡¯ve only existed on this planet for two days yet Master is already driving me insane. Master is the divinity of Creation and Evolution on this planet, a reincarnated being, who from my understanding was a scientist in his prior life. Being the first being on this planet aside from the celestial god of the planet, he took on the name ¡®Alpha¡¯ the first. The celestial god granted him a number of gifts, foremost amongst them was ¡®The Ark¡¯, a divine artefact which contain the DNA of every single species on Master¡¯s former world. I guess that this was to help him readjust to his new position, perhaps allowing him to witness humanity once more in his new life. The second gift provided to him is me. I am a newly created divinity of wisdom, born for the purpose of aiding Master. As I was ¡®gifted¡¯ to him at creation, my physical appearance was greatly influenced by Master¡¯s ¡®preferences¡¯ unintentionally of course, however it is annoying that ever since my birth, Master has acted like Sexual harassment put on a lab coat and gained divinity. As master took the name Alpha, I decided upon Sigma to be my name, it ¡®fit¡¯ if that makes any sense. Seeing the ground before me rumble slightly I waited in anticipation, raising my foot in the air once more. ¡°Puhaaa- Air! It feels so good to breathe!¡± Master head burst from the ground, seeing his stupid expression once more igniting my anger. ¡°YOU DON¡¯T NEED TO BREATHE!¡± I shouted down at him, once more driving my mana loaded heel into his head, forcing him lower into the ground. After repeatedly bludgeoning Master into the ground a few dozen times, I dusted myself off and walked away. ¡°I¡¯ll see you in the morning Master¡± ¡°See you in the morning Sigma.¡± Master¡¯s muffled voice called out from behind me, signifying the end of our tiresome exchange. Not a chapter... Hey sorry guys, middle of exam season so I won''t be able to release anything for a while, but I''m NOT dropping the story, just that I probably won''t release anything until after my exams are done. And to answer Killashard''s question, I will release part 2 of chapter 1 then part 3 of chapter 1 etc, then once I''ve completed all the parts I''ll put all the parts together into one chapter which will just be called chapter 1 etc. The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. Part 2 of chapter 1 will be from the MC''s POV and will explain what has happened over the past couple of days in the story. The first organism he creates won''t be released any later than part 3 of chapter 1 and I''ll probably finish the chapter once part 3 has been released. Ah well, good luck for all you guys out there in the midst of exam season and PEACE! Chapter 1: Alpha,Sigma And First Life (Part 2 of Chapter 1) Hell, she really didn''t hold back on that last kick, I swear if I didn''t know better I would think she was trying to kill me. But who would think that a divinity could make such an adorable expression? It took most of my willpower to not try and jump her. Of course if i tried, divinity or not I would probably end up dead... She''s scary when angry. Lifting myself from the ground I brush the dust from my clothing, grimacing at a particularly annoying stain on my shirt. Releasing a fraction of my Divine Power, a gold and silver aura emanates from by body, the aura permeating my clothes and cleansing them of dirt. To think, that I have only been a divinity for a mere two days, yet I have already become accustomed to wielding my Divine power. Hell, two days ago I could barely call forth my aura, yet today I can manipulate it as easily as my own hand. --------------------------------------------------------------------Two Days Earlier-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark clouds gathered blanketing the night in a starless sky. The moon, a dull glow through the forming storm. The winds whipped and wailed at the lands bellow, shrieking as if to curse the world. A single teardrop of rain coalesced, before it fell from the skies. As if on cue, the stormy clouds let loose the tears of heaven flooding the barren lands bellow. Each drop of rain like a mortar upon the land, throwing dirt and stone up into the air as they tore miniature craters in the ground. Soon the raindrops connected to form streams which in turn linked to form rivers; roaring dragons that carved their way through the lands of stone, rushing ever downwards to the cerulean blue sea. Where wind and rain had come, soon followed thunder and lightning. Small sparks flashed fleetingly through the black clouds above, flashing and jumping between the clouds like the synapses of a monstrous being above. Within moments, large bolts of lightning struck the ground, arcing and twisting through the air like violent dragons traversing the sky. ''Crash. Crash. Crash''. Lightning fell from the sky with increasing repetition, each strike calling forth a resounding thunder to cross the lands, each strike akin to the tribulations of an immortal or the strike of a god''s hammer across the anvil that is the world. Ninety-nine bolts of lightning struck the earth bellow, the soaked ground carrying the currents far and wide, dissipating only upon reaching the sea far from land. All rain had stopped, all wind had died, yet the clouds did not abide. Slowly and quietly, a spark grew within the heavens, illuminating the blackened clouds above. The clouds acknowledged the arrival of their owner, coalesced, spinning and churning, as though a black whirlpool within the skies. The spark in the centre grew and grew. For each rotation of the clouds, its size doubled until a piercing ball lightning, a divinity in the skies had formed, discharging sparks into the clouds around. At first, there was silence. A pillar of lightning broke free from the clouds above, a rampaging beast that threatened to devour the land in its entirety descended on the mountain below. An incinerating light bleached the land; its rays painted the world in monochrome. Where it reached, stone and earth turned to glass: glistening plates covering the land. If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.Where it passed, entire seas were vapourised: oceans of mist where left in their place, settling upon the glass-lands. Where there is lightning, thunder follows closely behind. An almighty roar shook the land, blew apart the storm and mist, shattered the glass lands: the scattered shards flew for miles around and ingrained themselves deep within the ground. In the epicentre of the cataclysm the once mighty mountain stood; now reduced to a crystalline plateau of glass, the aftermath of the lightning having formed obsidian from the liquefied upper half of the mountain. The black mountain riddled with a spiderweb of gold and silver cracks, with origins in two points upon the heart of the plateau where a man and a woman laid unconscious, their bare bodies smoking from the heat of the lightning. I awoke to a blue sky and a bright golden sun shining down burning my eyes. "Shi-i-i-i-t" I cry out, shutting my eyes in reaction to the light whilst rolling across the ground. Wait... I have eyelids? I open my eyes once more, this time with my head turned to the side in preparation for the light and I see. "O-Oh!" A goddess. A beautiful goddess lay before me. Her body had a lightly toned form, with enough fat to retain its curves yet not enough to show significant muscle. Her bosom large enough to attract the attention of near any man, yet not ridiculously large. A perfect hourglass figure, a true golden ratio between her chest, waist and hips. Her full lips, rosy olive skin, strong nose and cheekbones, perfectly arched eyebrows, and lustrous straight black hair that reached down to her shoulders. But for me, the finisher was the small beauty spot on the right side of her face, just below the corner of her lips. A goddess a goddess. There is no other way that a woman from my wildest dreams could exist. All thoughts of how I came to be gone, I rolled on my belly and inched towards her like a caterpillar. Up close she was even more stunning. Flawless skin with no makeup, a light blush on her face giving her rosy cheeks. Feeling myself flush as blood rushed to my face, my breathing became ragged as I tentatively reached a hand towards her. I''m not a pervert I promise, I''m just trying to check her pulse! I''m a doctor dammit. As my hand neared her ''neck'' I gulped. It has been a long time since I''ve seen a woman ''a la naturale'', as research took up the majority of my time so right now I''m incredibly nervous. Just as I was about to ''make contact''... "Ahem." She woke up... "What are you doing?" "..." "..." I grab her chest. "Don''t worry I''m a doctor." "..." "Hmm you have an irregular heart rate, I would recommend a massage therapist; fortunately I''m qualified." A wide grin spreads across my face as I inch my other hand towards her. "All enemies of women shall die." "Wait wha-AA!" The world appeared to be flying alongside me, with my face to the sky. Did I just get kicked? Huh is it just me or is it getting dark again? Ah shit not agai-zzzzzzz. (Author''s Cloud - We interrupt this POV due to our MC getting the pervert beaten out of him by our female lead, we will try to prevent him getting irreparable brain damage, the next segment of the chapter will be released hopefully tomorrow) --------------------------------------------------------------------Author''s Cloud for real-------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry all of you readers out there, I know that only now when the holidays are over am I finally starting writing again, but I have a serious condition. I''m a part time NEET and lazy person (orz). It takes an incredible amount of willpower to for me to do anything outside of eat, sleep, game (and look KAWAII as ****) during the holidays, and I have so much fun reading stories myself, but I created Alpha After Omega (How does AAO sound as an abbreviation?) and such, like a drunken wastrel single father during a rare moment of soberness, I realise that I have to care for my baby, and care I will! like seriously if I was a father, how could I grow my kids if I can''t grow my stories. Right? So anywaaaay, I''m going to try make writing a regular thing, I feel if I make it a habit then I''ll get used to making more frequent releases. And again gomen-gomen for being an irresponsible author hopefully not too many of you guys gave up on my story, Falling Out! P.S. considering my username is FallingFromTheSkies, what do you guys think of me abbreviating myself to FFTS?