"Please," Kirstie cried. The moonlight bled across the sky in the white, angry drip. Her tears fell into the cloth of his jacket with such longing, it may have been ages before she finally shut his eyes, running her fingers down his face, nothing more to say to anyone. She pressed her lips together and muffled a scream, then pressed her forehead against his once more and cried out, hopeless, alone.
"He's gone," Mitch sighed, looking back and upwards to Avi's now deadly glare. A friend lost, but no more time to waste. They had to go. There were more coming. Avi dipped down his head and glanced over to Kevin who wasn't even looking at the one who lay breathless in the sand, caressed by the sobs of Kirstie. "What do we do now?"
"Leave 'em. We've got to go," Avi said, no emotion left in his voice.