Egypt, 7000 B.C.
The sun rose over the land of Egypt.
The tribe was moving along the banks of the Nile. They were looking for food. Five hundred men, women and children marching under the scorching african sun. They walked around. It was a real hot day, even for this part of the world. The sun shone really bright and all. This nomadic tribe was known as the Hatrans, the smallest group of the Hittites.
One family was lagging behind. The father and mother pushed a camel along. The young daughter walked on foot behind them. She was a young woman, only eighteen years of age. She walked there, carrying a heavy load. The tribe was moving, looking for new territory. They were forced to abandon these parts because more aggressive tribes from the East were moving in. Those barbarians had a habit of destroying pretty much anything and everything in their way.
Still the tribe marched on. They continued to march even as a sand storm suddenly rose, the dunes were moving about and the wind hipped really fast. They saw a rocky hill not far away and decided to take refuge there. They hurried because desert storms could be lethal to even the strongest desert people. The young woman ran along with the tribe. At some point, she tripped over a rock and fell. She hit her head against a rock and lay still. No one noticed that she had fallen, so intense was their fear of the desert storm.
The young woman lay there. She lay there even as the storm came near. She was unconscious. She lay there as the sand storms raged about. When she woke up, her tribe was gone. She was all alone. And it was night time. She would wander the desert for awhile, looking for her family. She could not find them. She would encounter a rather strange beast while looking for them. Something very old and powerful. A beast with intelligence and power. Something the desert people actually feared and respected. That beast would bite her and something of itself would go into her. She would become half human and half beast.
She inherited something from the beast that changed her. She developed a craving for blood. She would wander the desert by night looking for prey. The blood of the living sustained her. It would give her great strength and a very long lifespan. At the time, no one could have known that she was the first of a new breed of creature. The creatures that prowl the night looking for human victims and draining them of blood. Whenever she bit a human and exchanged blood with them, they became like her. Preternaturally strong and fast, blessed with a very long lifespan. These
creatures were known as Blood Drinkers.
England, 2004.
The young woman ran. She ran as fast as she could. She didn't dare turn around, fearing who or what was in hot pursuit of her. She was a young woman
in her early twenties. Her name was Rachel Dailey. She was a street girl. The
member of one of those rare "girl gangs".
She had been on her usual corner, selling dope and promising cheap thrills to the lonely. She was a hustler. Her gang controlled the prostitution and dope dealing on this side of London. Rachel was not someone you should mess with. She was a hardened killer. She once killed a man with a knife. She was dangerous. She was fierce. Now, tonight, she was scared. Something had come to the streets of London.
Something dangerous and powerful. She had heard the thugs talking about it and had
refused to believe it. Now, it was after her. She kept running in the street, avoiding the light. She didn't see the dark form drop from high above and land right in front of her until it was too late. Rachel found herself staring into the eyes of a tall, strikingly beautiful young man.
"Hello." he said.