My classmates and I, minus Ellen and Simon of course, enjoyed dinner as best as we could. There was the usual insulting and yelling, as well as people getting punched and what not. We tried to think of new strategies for getting off this island, but ideas were running low. I also noticed we still hadn't settled on a bathroom buddy system.

After dinner, we all went our separate ways again. It was late, but not too late at the moment. I decided to sit down on the patio stairs to think and clear my mind of everything. After sitting for a few minutes, Sam and Rory walked by the hotel, talking to each other.

"Rope sure is great, isn't it Rory!?" Sam asked.

"Hell yeah they are!" Rory replied. "My best pranks involve rope."

"Hey Sam, hey Rory." I greeted. "What are you guys talking about?"

"Hi Natalie!" Sam greeted. "Rory and I were just talking about rope!"

"Rope?" I replied, a bit confused.

"Yeah." Rory smiled. "Since rope is used a lot for our talents."

"Oh." I replied, now understanding. "I guess Sam being an acrobat, you're doing a lot of tricks on rope."

"You bet I am!" Sam responded, while doing some backflips.

"And of course...I already know how good you are with rope." I said to Rory, while giving him a small glare.

Rory laughed in response. "What can I say? Pranking people is what I do best, and rope definitely helped me best the best." Rory continued to laugh.

I groaned a bit at Rory's remark, but I then spent some time with discussing rope with Sam and Rory. It was pretty boring for me, but it definitely was exciting for the other two, mainly Sam.

"I just love rope!" Sam stated while jumping up and down.

"We know Sam, calm down." I replied.

Sam started walking on her hands.

Rory had set his backpack on the ground and pulled out a large rope. "I'm gonna use this baby to prank that dickhead Harvey soon, oh man is it gonna be awesome!"

I shuddered in fear for Rory. "Be careful Rory, Harvey will try to pummel you once he gets free."

"Harvey will deserve it though." Sam said in a serious voice after getting off her hands. "That guy has been bullying all the guys, I saw him punch Henry and Raj on the way to dinner."

Sam's words reminded me of what Harvey did and has been doing to Dane, I got angry."

"Definitely get him good, Rory." I muttered, angrily.

"I will, you can count on me." Rory replied as he put the rope back in his backpack, and then put his backpack back on.

"Good." I replied. "Anyway, I'm gonna get ready for bed soon, I'll talk to you guys later."

"Okay!" Sam waved goodbye, and then started doing some more backflips.

"Later Natalie!" Rory waved as well.

I waved goodbye to those two and started to head back to my hut. Sam is definitely very hyper and overly excited, which can always lead to something bad, but I can tell she's a good person. Rory, well his ultimate title says enough, he's always up to mischief. But it never is anything extreme, and I feel like he's also a good person.

As I continued walking, I started to get a little headache, but thankfully, I was right near the supermarket, so I quickly headed in to get some Advil to help. I quickly found some in the medicine section, and then grabbed a water bottle as well to help me swallow. I headed to the front of the supermarket to leave, when I ran into Irene. She had just finished downing a protein shake. She tossed the empty bottle in the trash and then our eyes met.

"Hey Natalie." Irene greeted, smiling at me.

"Hi Irene." I replied.

"Whatcha getting?"

"Just some me Advil for a small headache."

"I see, I see." Irene continued to smile at me.

I laughed a bit nervously as I took a pill out of the bottle, and then opened my water bottle. While definitely not as bad as when I first met her, Irene was still just a bit intimidating for me. I quickly swallowed the pill with water before turning back to Irene.

Irene suddenly got a bit serious. "How are you holding up with everything?"

"Um, you know, still just a bit scared about everything, but trying to remain positive." I replied, while putting the cap back on my water bottle."

Irene nodded. "That is good to here, we all need to be strong, but I know that can be really hard in this situation, so staying positive at least is fortunate.

"Right."

Irene then sighed. "But I'll admit it, I am scared myself a decent amount."

"Really? You're scared Irene?"

Irene nodded. "I definitely don't want anyone else to know or even notice, I'm suppose to be the leader here, and what kind of leader can anyone count on if that leader is scared."

I shook my head. "No, you're wrong there Irene."

"Huh?"

I spent some time talking seriously with Irene about all our feelings over everything. By the time we were nearly done, I could tell she was feeling much better."

"Thank you Natalie." Irene thanked. "I know now I was being foolish, and honestly, I feel much better about taking on Aqua Tail and whoever is controlling him."

I smiled at Irene. "No problem, I'm glad I could help."

"Definitely not just a cute face, you're wise as well." Irene winked at me.

"Yeah...thanks." I replied, starting to get a little on edge as I felt like Irene was trying to flirt with me again.

"Well I'm gonna head back for the night, I'l see you tomorrow at breakfast." Irene waved to me as she walked out of the supermarket.

I waved back and decided to wait a bit before leaving. Irene is a strong woman, and she means well to everyone, and it's honestly assuring to know that even someone as tough as her is scared, we really are all in this together. But I wish she wouldn't flirt with me, I'm definitely not attracted to her.

Shaking those thoughts off, I left the supermarket and continued walking back to my hut. It was now getting dark, so I picked up the pace as it was getting a bit scary.

I eventually reached the bathrooms. I honestly felt like taking a shower, so I headed on inside to the girls side of the bathrooms. When I got inside, I saw Dana and Bridget were talking to each other.

"Hey girls." I greeted.

Dana turned in my direction. "Hi Natalie, are you doing alright?"

"Just fine." I replied as I grabbed some towels from the racks.

"I'm so happy you stopped by just now, Natalie!" Bridget squealed.

"Why?"

"Your hair is so pretty!" Bridget had gotten up in my personal space and had grabbed my ponytail.

"Stop that!" I gently slapped Bridget's hands away.

"Sorry, but your hair is just so pretty!"

"Bridget, please respect Natalie's wishes." Dana lectured.

"Thank you Bridget." I thanked. "But yeah, please stop touching my hair."

"I will try." Bridget replied. "But your hair is just so artistic."

Dana sighed. "Please try not to mind her, Natalie. We were just talking about hair when you came in."

"Really now?" I asked.

"Hopefully this won't be like when Sapphire gave Miranda and I her stupid advice." I thought to myself.

Bridget walked back over to Dana and grabbed her hair. "Your hair is very pretty too Dana, very artsy as well."

Dana sighed again, but then smiled. "Thank you Bridget, while I do like my hair the way it is, I did always like it when it was longer, but since I'm a lifeguard, I need to keep it short."

"Can't you just tie it up in a ponytail or even a bun?" I asked.

Dana shook her head. "Too much of a risk, I can't have a ponytail or bun coming lose and my hair getting in my eyes if I'm trying to save someone from drowning."

"I see."

"Hair is just so beautiful!" Bridget chimed in.

While I took my shower, I spent time talking with Dana and Bridget about hair. I wasn't too into it, but Bridget really was, and Dana seemed to enjoy it. I finished my shower and I hung out with Dana and Bridget so we could finish our talk before bed.

"Even after a shower, your hair is still so beautiful Natalie!" Bridget exclaimed.

"Thank you." I replied.

Bridget then tried to reach for my hair again.

"Bridget!" Dana said sternly.

Bridget immediately stopped. "Fine, but I can't help it if I'm inspired.

"Well learn to help it!" I yelled to myself.

Dana gave Bridget a stern look, and then turned to me. "I hope you're feeling more relaxed after your shower Natalie."

"Yeah I am thanks." I replied. "A good shower can always help you feel better, even in this situation."

Dana smiled at me. "Glad to hear it, let me know if you ever need a hand if you're not okay."

"What about me Dana?" Bridget asked.

"Yes, you too Bridget."

"Yay!" Bridget cheered, but then suddenly starting yawning. "As artistic as this night is, I think it's time to put a wrap on it."

"Agreed, I'm gonna call it a night as well. How about you Natalie?"

"Yeah, I am too." I replied. "But I'm gonna use the bathroom first, I'll see you girls tomorrow."

"Very well." Dana nodded. "Have a good night Natalie."

"Can't wait to see your hair again." Bridget replied as she gave it a nice stroke before quickly leaving the bathroom.

Dana just shook her head and waved to me as she left too. I waved back and then headed for a stall. Dana is definitely a big hearted person who seems to care more about others than herself, she sure is awesome. As for Bridget, she's definitely special in her own way, but hearing words related to art coming out of her mouth every ten seconds is getting kind of annoying, and I definitely don't want her touching my hair all the time, even if she is pretty cute.

I wrapped up in the bathroom, and then quickly headed for my hut. It had gotten really dark now and I was really on edge now with the thought of someone lurking outside that might try to kill me. But I was able to make to my hut safe and sound. I changed clothes and hopped into bed, and after many crazy thought of all my feelings, I slowly drifted to sleep.

The next three days on this island just slowly went by without anything happening. Everyone except for Ellen and Simon met up for breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day to eat and discuss anything relevant, though there was hardly and relevance we didn't already know. The usual shenanigans happened as usual. Harvey tried to bully the other guys, but ended up getting yelled at and assaulted himself by one of the girls. Henry continued to stalk Kirsty, which usually ended with Henry on his back on the ground. Sapphire whined and complained, while Irene did her best to lead. Donald talked through Mr. Warn, while Raj went on and on about his collection. Rory pulled pranks, while Gavin was still trying too hard at everything. Sam wouldn't sit still, while Bridget tried to play with my hair. Dana was always looking out for everyone else, while RK didn't say much. And of course, I continued to tried to talk to Dane, but he was usually talking with Miranda, which made me jealous. I rarely saw Ellen or Simon, who were obviously keeping to themselves. You know, the usual.

Most people continued to investigate around the island, but we had already been around it so many times, we weren't finding anything we hadn't already seen. Things were started to look hopeless as we just did what we could to get by these new three days.

On day six of being stuck on this island, I was hanging around the campfire area with Irene, Donald, Gavin, Dana, Sam, and Raj. We were all pretty bummed.

"Are we ever gonna get off this island?" Raj asked. "I really need to get home, I need to see my collection."

"Are you okay Raj?" Dana asked. "You keep going on about your collection?"

"I need to see it!"

"Please calm down Raj." Irene urged. "You freaking out like that won't help at all."

"Can you blame him though?" Sam asked, who was actually sitting still, so definitely something was up with her." We been on this island for nearly a week, and we still have no way of escape, or really know anything about who put us here."

"I been trying so hard to figure it all out!" Gavin exclaimed. "But I keep failing, I won't give up, but it's gonna be hard."

"Cheer up boys and girls!" Donald stated in his Mr. Warn voice. "Turn those frowns, upside down and smile!"

"You're not helping Donald, you really aren't." I stated.

"Natalie's right, Donald." Irene agreed. "Please cut it out for once.

I don't know if Irene offended Donald or he was just as down as the rest of us, cause I saw that Donald started looking really down too, he actually lowered Mr. Warn.

"What are we gonna do?" Sam asked.

"We can't give up, that's for sure." Irene stated. "Though that itself is gonna be a challenge."

"Please don't stress out Irene." Dana said.

"She's right." I agreed. "Don't take on all of this yourself, we're all in this together."

Irene smiled as she nodded at me.

"My collection!" Raj cried.

"Attention students!" Aqua Tail's voice boomed over the whole island out of nowhere, making all of jump up from our rocks in shock or fall off in Donald's case. "You have all been very naughty students! It is already day six, and you're all still alive! Bad kids!"

"What is this?" Growled Irene. "What the hell is he getting at?"

"I'll tell you what I'm getting at Irene!"

Irene gasped in shock.

"Everyone! Get to the front of the beach! Now!"

We stood around in shock.

"This...probably isn't good." Sam commented.

"I agree." Dane replied. "But we all need to go as there is no telling what Aqua Tail will do if we disobey him."

"Right." Gavin replied. "We gotta go.

I started playing with my ponytail as I got nervous. But we all started to walk to the front of the beach.

"What does Aqua Tail want?" I asked myself.

It didn't take too long for all eighteen of us to gather where Aqua Tail ordered us to go. Nearly everyone looked freaked out to some degree.

"Wonder what the otter wants?" RK asked.

"Shut up cleaning boy!" Harvey yelled. "Nobody needs to here from you!"

Sam quickly punched Harvey in the stomach, bringing him to his knees. Dana ran over to to check on him.

"Shut up Harvey!" Bridget hissed. "Now isn't the time for your usual crap that is very unartistic."

"Calm down everyone." Irene ordered. "Whatever Aqua Tail has in store for us, we'll face it together."

"I like the sound of that." Dane replied, smiling.

Miranda held Dane's hand, which made me so pissed off. "I do...too."

"What the hell!?" I yelled to myself.

"Has anyone even seen Aqua Tail recently?" Henry asked.

"I haven't." Gavin replied.

"Yeah, don't think anyone has." Rory added.

"I just want to get this over with!" Whined Sapphire. "Whatever that otter has in mind can't be good!"

"For once, I agree with the whiney, little whore." Simon snickered.

"EXCUSE ME!?"

"Guys, please!" Dana begged.

"I'm gonna break your neck!" Sapphire started to walk up to Simon, but Irene ran up and grabbed her shoulders.

"Stop it Sapphire!" Irene ordered, before turning her eyes on Simon. "And you! For once, cut that crap you call dark humor out!"

Simon just shrugged his shoulders, as Irene tried to get Sapphire to settle down.

"Maybe Aqua Tail is finally gonna let us go home?" Raj asked.

"I wouldn't count on it Raj?" Sam replied.

"Why not?" Donald asked in his Mr. Warn voice.

"God, you people are still so stupid." Ellen commented. "Do you really think whoever brought us here will just let us leave like that?"

"Why was Miranda holding Dane's hand?!" I asked myself.

Irene finally got Sapphire to settle down, but after the former walked away, the latter picked up sand from the ground and tried to throw it at Simon. Her aim was horrible and the sand landed in both Dane's face, and Harvey's who was slowly getting up.

"My face!" Harvey yelled as he went back down.

"Ow!" Dane yelled as he also fell down.

Dana ran back over to help Harvey, while Miranda helped Dane back to his feet.

"You people." Kirsty started. "This effort should be used for working hard, not acting like children."

"Oh my sweet Kirsty is so smart!" Henry exclaimed with heart eyes.

"Ugh!"

Ellen rolled her eyes. "Damn idiots."

The usual craziness continued on for my classmates until Aqua Tail popped out of the water a few minutes later.

"Whoa!" Rory cried.

"Here we go." RK commented.

Aqua Tail landed on the beach right in front of us, making a lot of people scream and back up.

"Hey kids!" Aqua Tail exclaimed. "Did you miss me!?"

"No!" Henry replied.

"Let us off this island!" Gavin demanded.

Aqua Tail laughed. "No way! The fun is really gonna start now!"

"What fun?" Asked Kirsty.

"Don't play games with us otter!" Irene hissed.

Aqua Tail laughed some more, before looking serious and angry. "We're not playing any games! Like I said, you children have been bad!"

"What?" Harvey asked in confusion.

"It's been nearly a week! You're all still alive!"

"That's right!" I replied. "We aren't playing this killing game!"

"You can't make us!" Added Sam.

Aqua Tail suddenly smiled I again. "We'll see about that."

"Stop wasting my time." Ellen ordered. "Why did you summon us?"

"You kids today and being so impatient, but fair enough. I do want to get started too, did everyone bring their tablets?"

My classmates and I all pulled out our tablets.

"Good, good, now you should all see a new app on your tablet."

I turned on my tablet and I saw what Aqua Tail was talking about. There was a new app that was labeled as "Motive 1."

"Motive 1?" Bridget asked.

"What is this?" Added Raj.

"Don't click it yet!" Aqua Tail ordered as he suddenly pulled out a box of headphones. "Everyone come get a pair of headphones and stick them in your tablets, you'll need them for this new app."

We were all pretty confused, but we all walked over to Aqua Tail and grabbed a pair of headphones. We then plugged them into our tablet and put them over our ears."

"Everyone ready?" Aqua Tail asked excitingly. "Check it out!"

Focusing on my tablet and this new app, I hit it. What came up was a video of Aqua Tail."

"This is for Natalie Bowie, the Ultimate Receptionist." Aqua Tail said.

"What is this?" I asked myself.

"No murders have happened yet, and that should be concerning to you. If no murders happen soon, you may just lose something precious to you."

"What?" I was really confused now.

The video then cut to a shot of me sleeping in my hut, with Aqua Tail standing above me, which really freaking out.

"Poor Natalie." Aqua Tail continued. "You want to be more than just a receptionist, you don't know what yet, but you are aiming for a certain place." Aqua Tail then pulled out a device that had a very large needle attached to it. "It would be a shame if all those desires went away, wouldn't it. That is the precious thing you may lose if blood isn't spilt soon. And yes, I can make it happen, you will lose your desires to move on from where you're currently at, don't test me."

The video then went back to the first shot of Aqua Tail.

"Two days, that is how long all of you have to commit a murder. If nobody dies by then, at random, someone is going to lose something precious to them. And for every day after that where there are still no dead bodies, someone else will be chosen again at random. Happy killings!"

I was starting to shake and really freak out. I didn't want to believe that Aqua Tail could take away my desires like that, but that device he had was scaring me. I took off my headphones and turned back to my classmates, who were all starting to really freak out as well.

"No!" Henry cried. "This can't be!"

"What is this?!" Sam cried with tears in her eyes. "What is this!?"

"No!" Raj screamed.

"What kind of monster are you?!" Bridget roared.

Aqua Tail started laughing really hard. "Looks like my first motive is starting to work! Can you all feel the despair flowing through your bodies!?"

"Leave...Leave them alone!" Miranda cried with tears falling down her face.

"You fucked up piece of shit!" Harvey roared. "I'm gonna tear your scrap to scrap!"

"You can't do this!" Sapphire whined.

"Everyone! Please calm down!" Irene pleaded, though she too was shaking.

"Who are you?" Dane asked, while trying not to shake. "What are you?"

"I won't let you do this! Gavin exclaimed, while glaring at Aqua Tail.

Aqua Tail just smiled. "If those things matter so much to you, you guys know what to do!"

"We can't!" Kirsty chimed in, while also shaking.

"We won't kill!" Dana added, but she was also shaking.

"This is seriously fucked up." Rory muttered.

"Way pasted fucked up at this point." Simon added. "Super, ultra, mega fucked up."

"Is this a joke?!" Ellen demanded, who seemed quite nervous.

"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Donald panicked in his normal voice.

"Wow." RK stated.

I walked right up to Aqua Tail. "Stop this! Let us go!"

Aqua Tail started laughing again. "No can do sweetheart! You guys should know by now what you have to do! Let me get those headphones back and I'll leave you to it!"

Nobody could move after what we had just saw, so Aqua Tail went and took back the headphones from everyone, before jumping back into the water, leaving us all frozen in fear.

"What are we gonna do now?" Dane asked, while still shaking.

Irene slowly got her composure back together. "We all need to discuss this as a group, let's head over to the hotel patio to calm down, then we can start talking."

"Not sure if that can really do a whole lot." RK replied. "But I suppose that is all we can do."

"Yeah..." Gavin agreed. "We should talk about this."

"It might help everyone's place of mind." Dana added.

"Okay." I replied. "Let's get to the patio."

"You bitches can count me out." Simon stated.

"Huh?" Miranda asked.

"I'm not talking in any gay ass sewing circle."

"I'll be taking my leave as well." Ellen added. "I don't need to talk to you people about anything.

Both Ellen and Simon started to leave the beach, when Irene ran up in front of them.

"No." Irene growled. "We are all gonna discuss this motive as a group."

The three of them had a stare off for a few moments, with no one backing down.

"Very well." Ellen replied.

"What fucking ever." Simon stated while shrugging his shoulders.

"Good." Irene replied. "Everyone, let's get to the patio now."

Still scared about what he had just saw, we slowly made our way to the hotel patio to discuss it.