**Genesis Universe: Nova Messiah – Tome 1**
**[ESTABLISHING SHOT]**
*A lone farmhouse stands defiant against the Nebraska prairie, its white paint peeling under a sky bruised purple with storm clouds. The wind howls like a living thing, bending the wheat fields into golden waves. Inside, the air smells of sweat, blood, and something electric—like the moment before lightning strikes.*
**PAN TO:**
**ESTHER CARTER (25, laboring)**, her knuckles white around the bedpost. The midwife, **MARTHA HOLLOWAY (60s, weathered but steady)**, presses a damp cloth to her forehead. A kerosene lamp flickers wildly, casting dancing shadows that seem to *lean in* toward the bed.
**MARTHA**
*(low, urgent)*
"One more push, child. This babe's comin' whether you're ready or not."
**CUT TO:**
**PREACHER ELI CARTER (30, broad-shouldered but trembling)**, frozen in the doorway. His Bible hangs limp at his side. Through the window behind him, the storm rages—but the thunder doesn't sound right. It's too *clean*, like a bell tolling underground.
**CLOSE-UP:**
Esther SCREAMS—
—and the world **holds its breath**.
**THE BIRTH:**
The baby slides into Martha's hands. No squall. No mewl. Just a **single, clear note** that makes the glass in the windows hum.
**MARTHA**
*(whispering, reverent)*
"Lord Almighty..."
**REVEAL:**
The child is **clean**. No blood. No vernix. His skin glows faintly **pink-gold**, as if dusted with dawn light. And his eyes—
**ELI'S POV:**
The baby's **blue irises flash with something older than time**. For a heartbeat, Eli **sees**:
**VISION:**
*A man in white, walking on water. Behind him, cities burn. Above him, a star brighter than the sun.*
**BACK TO REALITY:**
The lamp **explodes**. Darkness swallows the room.
**MARTHA**
*(shaking)*
"Esther... this child ain't like others."
**ESTHER**
*(exhausted but fierce)*
"His name is Daniel. For the lion's den."
**ELI**
*(kneeling, voice breaking)*
"And he shall be called *Nova*... for he will burn away the darkness."
**FINAL SHOT:**
Outside, the storm **stops mid-thunderclap**. The clouds part. A single shaft of sunlight pierces the farmhouse roof, illuminating the baby's face.
**SUPERIMPOSE TEXT:**
*"And there shall come a light in the darkness... and the darkness shall not overcome it."*
**—Gospel of John 1:5**
**[CONTINUOUS – NIGHT]**
**INT. CARTER FARMHOUSE – BEDROOM**
The afterbirth steam rises in the moonlight as Martha cleans Daniel with practiced hands. The baby remains eerily **silent**, watching the room with ancient eyes.
**MARTHA**
*(to Esther, low)*
"My grandmother delivered a babe like this in '49. Had the same... *quiet* about him."
**ESTHER**
*(weak, but sharp)*
"What happened to him?"
Martha's hands pause. The shadows deepen.
**MARTHA**
"Died at Gettysburg. Took twelve bullets 'fore he fell."
A beat. The wind **whispers through cracks in the walls**.
**CUT TO:**
**EXT. CARTER FARM – FIELD**
**ELI** stumbles into the night, gasping for air. The sudden **stillness** is worse than the storm. The wheat fields stand motionless under a sky too full of stars.
Then—
A **COYOTE** sits at the property line.
**Not right:**
- Its fur is **black as crude oil**
- Eyes glow **hellfire orange**
- It **smiles** with human teeth
**ELI**
*(hoarse)*
"Christ preserve us..."
The creature **laughs**—a wet, choking sound—before dissolving into shadow.
**BACK INSIDE:**
**MARTHA** presses a **silk-wrapped bundle** into Esther's hands. Inside:
- A **dagger** made of bone (human femur)
- A **vial** of murky liquid
- A **scroll** in Enochian script
**MARTHA**
"When he's of age... the Holloways will teach him what he *is*."
**DISSOLVE TO:**
**NEWSPAPER CLOSE-UP (on bedside table):**
*"GERMAN OCCULT SOCIETIES GROW - KAISER APPROVES 'THULE RESEARCH'"*
**FINAL PAN:**
The moonlight shifts. For a heartbeat, infant Daniel's **shadow** appears:
- **Taller** than the room
- **Wings** outstretched
- A **sword** in its hand
Then—gone.
**[DISSOLVE TO: 1928]**
**EXT. GRANT FARM – CREEK (HIGH NOON)**
**DANIEL (12, lean but strong)** splashes after **ELLIE (11, freckled fury)** through the creek. Her laughter rings across the water—until she stops dead.
**ELLIE**
*(pointing up)*
"Danny... the sky's sick."
**REFLECTION IN WATER:**
Instead of clouds, the creek shows:
- **Black crosses** (Luftwaffe planes)
- **Trenches** filled with liquid shadow
- A **figure in white** walking toward them
**DANIEL**
*(squinting at real sky)*
"Ain't nothin' there, Ellie-Mae."
But his voice shakes. The vision **fades**, leaving the water strangely **still**.
**CUT TO:**
**INT. CARTER PRAYER SHED – NIGHT**
**ELI** unlocks a rusted trunk. Inside:
- A **Crusader sword** (rusted but glowing faintly)
- **Scrolls** in dead languages
- A **photograph** of young Eli in uniform (1912) with a unit patch: **"GENESIS 3:15"**
**DANIEL**
*(touching sword)*
"Pa... you said Granddaddy fought Rebels."
**ELI**
*(grim)*
"He fought *things* that wore rebel skins."
The shed's **single candle** flickers. For a moment, Daniel's shadow shows:
- **Wings**
- A **crown of fire**
- **Missing** where his heart should be
**SMASH CUT TO:**
**VIENNA, AUSTRIA – SAME NIGHT**
**YOUNG HITLER (39, gaunt)** screams awake in his flophouse bed. His **paintbrush floats** in midair, dripping **black blood** onto a half-finished portrait:
**THE PAINTING:**
A **golden man** (Daniel) standing over Hitler's corpse.
A **SHADOW** (Satan's true form) whispers from the corner:
**SATAN (V.O.)**
*"Find the child... and I will make you a god."*
**FINAL IMAGE:**
Back in Nebraska, Daniel sleeps—unaware his **first miracle** is coming.
**SUPERIMPOSE TEXT:**
*"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers..."*
**—Genesis 3:15**