Last Ones Standing

"Yuzuko..." Aron couldn't finish his sentence. "Kiki is..."

"Gone?" Yuzuko asked.

Rós picked up from where Aron left off. "The lighthouse exploded. Kiki was there helping Alfie. We wanted to save her, but we were too far away."

"So you're right. Everything I've done was for nothing." Yuzuko grasped, shaking Lavender's lifeless body in her arms. "All for nothing... please don't tell me Sakura is dead!" She burst into tears. Hands covered her heated cheeks.

Rós squatted besides Yuzuko and hugged her. "Sakura was still alive the last time we saw her. We lost three team members though."

Yuzuko wiped her tears, looking up at Rós. It did not ease the anxiety inside of her, but it stopped the tears. "Is that including Lavender?"

Aron responded on his girlfriend's behalf. "Christian, Alfie and Catherine. Alfie wasn't the dumb kid we thought he was," Aron admitted. "If he had more independence, he could have gone a long way."