A/N: This is a side story to my original horror series,
Nightfall. If you really want to know more about this world of
vampires that the Predator has come to, then I suggest you check
it out.  As far as the Nightfall "time-line" goes, this story
takes place roughly around #45-46, and it is possible that some
of these characters may make the cross-over to the main
Nightfall story-line.   Ky'Reel studied the readouts on his
instruments, unsure of what to make of them. It had been only
two years since his people had been here, a respite ordered by
the Council of Elders in light of a few of their members being
bested by the "local wild life" in as many years, but there was
no accounting for the readings he was getting now. Well, there
would be a plausible reason if he were also detecting traces of
radiation, but that was not the case. No, these readings hinted
that some other catastrophe had occurred; something that had
wiped out millions and millions of life forms.  Life readings
were still being detected, thoug