“He had isolated the main power line on the street and rigged it with a small charge of C4 rigged to a timer. At precisely ten o’clock, the charge would blow, killing the power to the center, extinguishing the lights. And then, he knew, the creature would come. Complete darkness. Prey huddled together. Helpless. Simply waiting for the lights to come back on. Spears would be able to see it all perfectly. The moment the screaming started, he would be able to sight the monster down the barrel of his rifle and put a bullet right through its skull.”