By the light of the moon

Reese nods his agreement to Phinox. "Alright. We'll play it your way for this one. Any objections?"

Though Jason scowls, no one says anything against the plan.

"Okay then. I want us all to prepare for what will happen. Nate, I want a backup plan in case anything fails. And all of you are under my direct orders to get at least two hours of rest between now and when Phinox gets back from his meeting. No ifs ands or buts. We all need clear heads."

As everyone gets up and heads out of the room, Jason and Derek lock eyes for just a moment. But Jason is the first to look away and shoulder his way into the hall. He heads right back to his office, closing his door on the world.

He had no idea how to feel right now... he had no idea how to sort through any of this.
Oh Katie... where is my hero?


Getting pushed back down into the water again, Kyle gives a wail, but doesn't fight too much. He was having too much fun to spoil it.

Coming up for air, he sees the fireworks too, and just watches them for a moment, giving a little jump at one of the booms.

Alice's hand brushing against him causes him to glance in her direction, but he doesn't say anything. Instead, he watches the fireworks again. "It's like no one else exists on the planet," he muses quietly. The sun was completely set, and everywhere it was dark. With the city behind them, it looked as though they really were alone for miles.

Out of nowhere, Kyle spins around and grabs Alice's hand, dragging her from the water, up onto the beach. Taking her other hand, he starts to dance, twirling her around and singing out.

"Music playing on the air,
Voices calling everywhere.
Step in time with Heaven’s beat,
We’re dancing by the light of the moon, yeah,
Dancing by the light of the moon.

Stars are shining clear tonight,
Melodies somehow take flight.
Step in time with Heaven’s beat,
We’re dancing by the light of the moon, yeah,
Dancing by the light of the moon."

A firework booms loudly, showering them in sparkling light. The singing and dancing is brought to an abrupt halt as Kyle seems to realize what he'd been doing. Letting Alice go, he backs up a step and blinks. Breathing heavily, he has no idea how to recover, and just looks Alice in the eye for several moments before simply spinning around and staring at the fireworks again. "Just think... there are people that paid to get up close to those tonight, when they could have just come here for a front row seat."