Fic: And Lo, The End Of Days

[noxnoctisanima]

Title: And Lo, The End Of Days
Author: Nox
Fandom: Primeval
Pairing/character: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Not mine. No offence or liability intended
Summary: The world burned itself clean.
Notes/Warnings: Apocafic

 

The end of all things came quietly, stealthily, not heralded by angelic clamour or the ride of the horsemen. It was altogether unremarkable, there were no warnings, no last minute heroics or sacrificial daredoing, it could not be stopped, it could not be contained, it was just the end.

 

Fire flamed and the sky burned, the smell of burnt flesh hung in the air, leaving the populations of the world like twisted offerings to the end of days.

 

No one descended from heaven, there was no rapture, no prefect world, millions of people’s prayers and selfless acts and sacrifices were all in vain, the sublime I told you so of the atheist.

 

But as all the world burned, three men stood in shattered light and watched it die, watched their friends scream and blacken in a forest full of memories where everything began and everything ended. 

Comments

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

This is really vivid and dark and atmospheric . . .

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I was feeling a bit mad and end of the world ish :D

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Now I'm wondering who the three men are and why they're watching and letting everyone else die.

I *love* apocafic and this is nicely dark and atmospheric. Thank you!

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And the three guys are Stephen, Nick and Connor who came back through the anomaly to a burning world and couldn't do anything but watch and mark it.

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

*meeps*

This is scary...

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

I may be a little mad at the moment. Angsty weird things are fun.

[fredbassett]

WOW!! Very dark and atmospheric. That just send a real shiver down my spine.

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D It was fun to write such angsty stuff.

[thefakebook.livejournal.com]

*meep*

I'd go hide under the sofa but that seems rather pointless. ;-)

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

Buahahah! Frightening is good :D

[reggietate.livejournal.com]

Eeek!

*begs for sequel*

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

*Grin* Glad you liked it.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Well done.

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

ooh, that was very atmospheric and had some lovely visual images. Particularly liked that last image of the three men in the shattered light.

Dark and scary as well.

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I was enjoying playing with the imagery.

[fififolle]

OMG! This is really, really scary.
Well done.

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

*Grin* Thanks, I was enjoying the scary.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Very dark and final sounding. Powerful image of the three watching from the 'safety' of an anomaly.

[noxnoctisanima.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I thought that would be an interesting way to finish it, with them watching the world burn.