As the sun set over the children, David started to get excited. He knew the creatures Abie had drawn would be considered ugly, but that didn't stop them from being totally awesome. "Okay," said David, a grin breaking out on his face, "now we need to each sacrifice something precious to us."<br/><br/>His friend's high spirits faltered for a bit. Finley was the first to speak. "Me and Jeanette could sacrifice our stuffed animals," his twin glared at him, "I know it sucks, but our stupid parents said that we were getting too old to have them anyway."<br/><br/>Jeanette considered this. "Okay," she sighed.<br/><br/><br/>"I could sacrifice my Frankenstein shirt," declared Abie, "I mean, it's really cool, but being a real monster would be even cooler!"<br/><br/><br/>"But what could I sacrifice?" asked David, "my mom and dad never let me have stuffed animals or anything like that!"<br/><br/>Abigale stepped over the Keith's crying form and put a hand on David's shoulder. "Do you have anything else of your grandpa's?"<br/><br/>Tears begun welling in David's eyes again. "Just his old medallion," he said, pulling a necklace out from under his collar. It was a silver chain, with a large but delicate looking blue bauble hanging from it.<br/><br/>"Then you'll have to sacrifice it," said Abigale sadly, "Your grandpa wouldn't want you to miss out on being awesome because of something he gave you."<br/><br/>David nodded sharply. "Okay, we need to really break the sacrifices."<br/><br/>Luckilly, Abigale's knife was still sharp enough to cut through fabric. The twins tore their precious teddy bears to pieces, and dumped the remains on Keith, as per Archimedes' instructions. Abigale stripped off her overalls and shirt, ripping the latter into as many pieces as she could, before also depositing them on Keith. David managed to take a lot of pleasure in placing his grandpa's necklace on Keith's back, and jumping on it as hard he could.<br/><br/>"Okay, said David, it says we have to rub what's left of our sacrifices all over itself, so we'll have to be undressed," said David.<br/><br/>The kids were not embarrassed by seeing each other naked, not after many shared baths, or the countless hours spent running through the sprinklers together. It was decided quickly that Abigale would finish sacrificing Keith. It was a strange sensation, plunging a knife into another human being's throat, and a lot physically harder than the movies she watched made it look.<br/><br/>"Quick," said David, "rub the fluff and...stuff all over before it dries."<br/><br/>When the gang looked like a gaggle of Martians who'd just finished shearing some sheep, David beckoned them all to stand in a circle around Keith's remains. He spoke in words that made their teeth hurt, in a voice that almost sounded older than it should.<br/><br/>The children stood there for a few seconds. "So what happens now?" said Abigale.<br/><br/>"I don't-hey," said David. All of a sudden he felt really, really good...<br/><br/>