Noah Page #2

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Was she hurt badly?

She had a big cut on her belly.

Mother helped and I held her hand.

That must have made her feel safe.

Well?

Fire consumes all.

Water cleanses.

It separates the foul from the pure.

The wicked from the innocent.

And that which sinks

from that which rises.

He destroys all,

but only to start again.

You sure?

Yes.

The storm cannot be stopped.

But it can be survived.

Yeah.

You may need this.

It's a seed.

From the first Garden.

From Eden.

Remember, Noah,

He chose you for a reason.

You can't get me! You can't get me!

Dada!

My grandfather lives.

He's helped me see

what we're here to do.

Men are going to be punished

for what they've done to this world.

There will be destruction.

There will be tragedy.

And our family

has been chosen for a great task.

We've been chosen

to save the innocent.

The innocent?

The animals.

Why are they innocent?

Because they still live

as they did in the Garden.

Yes.

And we need to save enough of them

to start again.

But what of us?

I guess we get to start again, too.

We get to start again

in a new and better world.

But first

we have to build.

Build what?

A great flood is coming.

The waters of the heavens

will meet the waters of the earth.

We build a vessel to survive the storm.

We build an ark.

Take the traitor back.

He is a child of the old one!

Stop!

There is work to do. Help us.

Help you?

We tried to help your kind once.

And we lost everything because of you!

Not everything.

We can save what is left.

We can serve Him again.

You treacherous snake!

The Creator.

Children!

What is this?

This...

This is our ark.

We will help this man.

No!

Shem.

Wait.

Please.

It still hurts?

Ham!

Shem!

He doesn't have anyone.

Come.

Father, did you see them?

Father?

Yes, Japheth.

It begins.

Ready?

It sleeps.

Gently.

See, that's a boy one

and that's a girl one.

After the storm,

they'll become a mother and a father.

And the hatchlings will spread

right across the world.

We have to be gentle with them

and we have to be protective.

If something were to happen,

that would be

a small piece of Creation lost forever.

All of these innocent creatures

are now in our care.

It's our job to look after them.

Father?

All the birds are two.

You have Mother, Shem has Ila.

But what of me?

What of Japheth?

Who is there for us?

Did you see how He made the forest

to give us wood for the ark?

How He sent the birds?

So,

hasn't He sent everything we need?

Mother!

What is it? What?

Snakes!

- Snakes are coming, too?

- Yeah.

All that creeps, all that crawls,

all that slithers.

It's all right.

Father! Father!

Don't be afraid.

No one will hurt this boy.

What's your name?

- Ham.

- Ham?

I am Tubal-cain.

Do you know me?

You don't know your king?

My father says there can be no king

in The Creator's garden.

Ham, come here.

Do not take my best soldier.

He's nothing of yours.

Look at his hand on that weapon.

I believe he is something of mine.

Ham.

Leave it.

- No, he gave it to me.

- Do what I tell you.

When I heard talk of miracles,

I dismissed them.

But then I saw the birds

with my own eyes, flying here,

and I had to come.

There isn't anything for you here.

No?

This all belongs to me.

This land. This forest.

That stronghold of yours.

Did you really think you could

protect yourself from me in that?

It's not protection from you.

Then what is it?

An ark

to hold the innocent

when The Creator sends his deluge

to wipe out the wicked from this world.

The Creator does not care

what happens in this world.

Nobody has heard from Him

since He marked Cain.

We are alone.

Orphaned children,

cursed to struggle by

the sweat of our brow to survive.

Damned if I don't do everything

it takes to do just that.

Damned if I don't take what I want.

We have met?

I am the son of Lamech!

Eight generations descended from Seth!

Return to your cities of Cain!

Know we have all been judged!

I have men at my back,

and you stand alone and defy me?

I'm not alone.

Take the children!

Do not fear, my people!

Don't be afraid! Stand!

Hold your line, men.

His minions, they're with you?

Miracles? A deluge, you claim?

Well, perhaps you're right.

Perhaps casting us out of Paradise

was not enough.

Perhaps, He returns to finish us off.

Well, if He does,

I will ride the storm in that ship of yours.

There is no escape

for you and your kind.

Your time is done.

- The land is dying.

- Ham.

- The cities are dead.

- Don't listen to him.

My people follow me!

And more will follow them!

I'm not afraid of miracles,

son of Lamech!

If you refuse my dozens now,

I shall return with legions!

Move.

Father?

Will so many really come?

We need to finish as fast as we can.

The sooner He sends the rain,

the better.

Until then, we're safer inside.

We build.

First weapons, then men.

Feed only those that will fight.

Arm them, train them,

and there is nothing they can't do.

With an army,

we can crush those giants.

Please, we're hungry!

- Give us meat.

- Our children are starving.

Please help us!

Let us go!

We're starving!

Should I come back?

No.

Do you think

those men are going to attack us?

When the rain comes.

What do you think it'll be like?

I've imagined it.

Seeing that much death,

I'm not sure there are words.

The end of everything.

The beginning.

The beginning of everything.

So what is it?

Whatever he's done or said,

Shem is very fond of you.

Shem needs a woman.

A real woman.

He should have a family.

I can't give any of that to him.

And I'm not going to

deny him those things,

even if he wants me to.

I won't do it.

Besides,

why would The Creator

want a barren girl on His ark?

Ila. Ila.

When we first took you in,

I thought you were going to be a burden.

And I didn't want to see

anybody else ruined by this world.

But I was wrong.

You're a gift.

A precious, precious gift.

Just don't forget

how precious a gift you are.

I know you'll be going to find wives

for Ham and Japheth.

- You should find one for Shem, too.

-lla.

Where do you think you're going?

Please, please don't take my baby!

Let them go! Please!

Sorry, we have to eat!

Don't take my baby! No!

Don't take my baby!

No, no, please will you stop him?

Let them go!

No!

Quit struggling! It'll be easier.

Come with me! Stop struggling!

You! You!

I have two girls! I have two girls to trade!

Take the girls! Give me the meat!

Give it to me!

What happened?

All of this should be inside by now.

The storm is coming.

What about our wives? Where are they?

Did you not hear what I just said?

But when are they coming?

There will be no wives.

What? What? No!

You said that The Creator

would give us what we'll need.

- Help your brother.

- No.

Listen. Listen, you can't do this!

You can't.

How am I supposed to be a man?

I said help your brother.

You want me to stay a child!

No!

I'm asking you to be a man

and do what needs to be done.

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