When the light came back

When the light came back, every living thing was gone, except for his workmates. The waiting beasts were no longer waiting. But the dead ones had disappeared as well; even the blood and intestines were gone. He turned to look at the man beside him, whose stupefied expression was directed towards his knife. It was clean and shining as if it had never been used. One came in from outside, shouting, but saw the emptiness and his voice drained away. 'My dogs just disappeared', he said. 'On the back of the ute a second ago.'