The sound of stumbling rushed up to her quicker than she could lift her head from her chest, and there he was, stumbling down the hill and out of the descended darkness. Transfixed, she watched the young man, dropping to one knee, tumble the last few yards down the hill, ending with the heavy thud of his back against the trash dumpster. The impact of him against the metal snapped her focus into what was going on, as an injured, bleeding young man lay at her feet.
