Down at the beach, the bright light of the sun was just beginning to sneak between the trees, giving a shadowy illumination to the area.  The salty scent of the ocean was permeated with a bitter, iron stench of blood.  Although none of the campus police had yet made it to the area, no doubt they were assembling to come and take a closer look at what had happened.<br/><br/>Much of the blood was in piles, caking the sandy shores alongside piles of what looked to be ash.  Although some of these mounds were assembled in roughly humanoid shapes, others were chopped up, separated out into chunks or simply spread apart by the winds.<br/><br/>Though there was no sign of the monsters, the only human still around was the top half of a college student, leaving a flowing mass of blood and missing quite a few organs, with a corresponding pile of ash a half a foot away.  The right lens of his sunglasses were broken, and his hand kept twitching, something sparkling between his fingertips.  He was only barely conscious and clearly beyond saving.