Even after already knowing the truth, I was still shocked to the core when Aqua Tail announced Raj was the killer. Nearly everyone else in the room appeared as shocked as I was. Dane, who was on Raj's right, quickly backed away from him, Ellen, who on Raj's left, just shook her head at him pitifully. Raj slowly eased up on the crying, but was still doing it.

"How did it turn up like this?" Gavin asked. "Raj...you killed Donald!"

"I still can't believe it was the damn basement dweller of all people." Simon commented on.

"Why...did you do something that wasn't artistic at all?!" Bridget demanded.

Raj just continued to quietly cry.

"Raj! Answer us!" Kirsty ordered.

"It was for his stupid collection obviously!" Sapphire replied. "That is why he murdered Donald!"

"Seriously?" Irene demanded, getting a bit angry. "You killed Donald just to ensure the safety of your comic books and trading cards!"

That last comment made Raj snap. "Shut up! Just shut the hell up!"

Raj's outburst made Miranda start to sob, Dane quickly rushed over and to comfort her, this was still no time to get jealous.

"Hey man, might wanna remember who you're yelling at." Rory reminded as he pointed towards Irene.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" Raj screamed.

"He's lost it!" Henry cried.

"I'll take care of him!" Harvey bashed his fists together.

"Stay right where you are Harvey." Irene ordered, quite angrily.

Harvey complied.

"Please calm down Raj." I begged.

Raj took many deep breaths, then he finally calmed down.

"Are you...okay Raj?" Dana asked.

Raj nodded. "Yeah..."

"Are you going to explain yourself?" Ellen asked. "Or are we gonna leave this courtroom without fully knowing why you did it?"

"I'd take advantage of the very little time you have left!" Aqua Tail laughed. "You know what's coming up next for you right?!"

That remark made Raj shudder in fear.

"Just shut up Aqua Tail!" Kirsty yelled.

"Raj." I began with. "Please tell us what happened."

Raj didn't say anything for a bit longer, until he spoke up. "My collection..."

"What about your collection?" Sam asked.

"...I needed to save my collection!" Raj started panicking again."

"Man, this sucks." Rory stated.

"I don't think there is much he can tell us that we don't already know." RK added.

"He killed Donald to ensure the safety of his collection." Gavin replied.

"It does appear so." Dana agreed.

I wasn't ready to give up. "Raj."

Raj continued to panic.

"RAJ!"

Raj turned to me, with fear, panic and despair in his eyes.

"Please calm down and tell us anything that you think we should know, it will help everyone in the room."

"We don't need to hear anything from him!" Harvey cried. "We all know why he did it!"

Kirsty kicked Harvey in the balls, bringing him to his knees squealing. Dana ran over to check on him.

"Take your time Raj." Dane stated as he continued to comfort Miranda. "Whenever you're ready."

"Not really!" Aqua Tail cut in. "Time is of the essence!"

Ignoring Aqua Tail, I kept my focus on Raj. "Please Raj."

Raj panicked for a few more seconds, before slowly calming down. "Okay, I'll tell you everything, but it really isn't much. I did kill Donald, to make sure my collection would be safe. That collection is everything to me, I couldn't risk it being in any kind of danger."

"I understand your passion Raj." Henry replied.

"But you thought you could sacrifice my life, just for your stupid action figures!" Sapphire yelled

"Silence Sapphire!" Irene hissed

Sapphire immediately shut up.

"Go on Raj." Dane urged.

Raj sadly looked down at the ground. "Natalie pretty much got it all right during the trial. I thought Donald was be the easiest one to kill, since he was probably the only person I could convince to meet me on the beach that late at night."

"Did Natalie get your plan right?" Bridget asked.

Raj nodded. "Looking at it now, my plan was stupid and rushed. But I didn't really think about it for too long after we discussed the motive. I needed to ensure the safety of my collection fast, so I just needed something I thought would work.

"But you failed." Ellen replied. "Horribly."

"Ellen!" Irene hissed.

"I guess I did fail pretty horribly." Raj continued.

"Please though..." Raj begged. "Please believe that I didn't want to kill Donald and sacrifice the rest of you...I just..."

"Your collection." RK finished.

Raj nodded. "My collection..."

"What...What...happens now?" Miranda asked, still slightly crying.

Aqua Tail laughed. "Weren't you paying attention?! If the killer was found out during the class trial, which he was! Then they get executed!"

Raj started freaking out again. "No! No! Please! I gotta get off this island and get home to my collection!"

Aqua Tail shook his head. "No you're not! You knew the risk when you decided to commit murder! Time to suffer the consequences!"

"No, don't!" I cried.

"I won't let you!" Irene hissed as she started walking towards Aqua Tail

"Don't Irene!" Bridget begged as she ran after her.

Aqua Tail continued to laugh. "Remember! If you try to hurt me, you'll die!"

"We gotta try something guys!" Gavin exclaimed. "We can't just let him kill Raj!"

"I agree!" Sam shouted.

"There isn't anything we can do." Ellen replied.

Dana looked away sadly. "I'm sorry Raj."

"No! No! No!" Raj continued to panic.

"At least you ensured the safety of your collection!" Aqua Tail laughed. "It will still be around, unlike you!"

"My collection!"

Suddenly, a chain came down from the ceiling and went to Raj. It wrapped around Raj's neck, and started pulling him up towards the ceiling. My classmates and I screamed, as Raj was taken away from us as he struggled and pleaded. Next, a giant monitor came down where the chain had been.

"Don't worry guys!" Aqua Tail hopped down from his chair. "You get to see him one last time before he dies!"

"Stop this!" Henry cried.

"What the hell is going on?!" Rory demanded.

"This will definitely not be artistic!" Bridget added.

"Show time!" Aqua Tail laughed.

The screen turned on, it showed Raj in a dark room. We could only see him, surrounded by darkness. He looked extremely scared as he looked around for a way out. Suddenly, the whole room lit up, revealed he in a decent size hallway, and in the hallway with him, was everything he had listed that was in his collection when I first met him. To the sides of the whole hallway was comic books, action figures, models, trading cards, plushies, posters, etc. I'm pretty positive it was his entire collection. Raj continued to look around, he was shocked for a bit, but then got a bit excited about seeing his collection. That excitement didn't last long though. Out of nowhere, a giant ass crusher appeared in the room. It was a giant, metal, razor spiked crusher that covered where it stood in the hallway horizontally. It started crushing and moving towards where Raj was. He had a good bit of distance, but the crusher started crushing everything in it's path. Raj's eyes caught focus on what happening and they immediately turned to horror as the crusher was destroying his collection. Raj ran towards the crusher, but then slowly backed up when he realized what he was dealing with. Raj picked up as much stuff as he could, and then ran back to the end of the hallway, still very much panicking. There wasn't anywhere for Raj to go, the crusher would destroy his entire collection, and then get him. This went on for several more moments, the crusher kept advancing to the end of the hallway, while crushing whatever part of Raj's collection was there, while Raj would keep a safe distance to bring what he could of his collection to the end of the hallway, while clearly freaking out. I could tell Raj knew there was nothing he could really do, and it would soon be curtains for him. Eventually, there wasn't much left for Raj to pickup, and he couldn't run to close without risking getting caught by the crusher. Raj quickly ran back to end of the hallway, with all of his collection that he managed to save. The crusher was closing in on Raj. He turned around to face it, with tears coming down his eyes. He closed his eyes like he was literal physical pain. Raj then turned around and grabbed some action figures from his collection and threw them into the crusher. He then picked up some plushies and did the same. Perhaps he thought he could jam up the crusher or it would stop if enough stuff was thrown into it. But regardless, this was torture to Raj, having to sacrifice his precious collection, when there was no guarantee he would survive and he had probably less than a minute left to live. Raj kept up tossing his collection into the crusher, but it didn't stop it, the crusher kept coming. Raj was out of stuff to throw and he screamed when he realized this. His entire collection was gone, and he was next. Raj ran the little feet he could until he hit the wall at the end of the hallway. Raj panicked as he banged on the wall, it was all he could do. The crusher finally reached Raj and crushed his entire body. Raj screamed in pain as he was pulled in. His body was crushes, and then slowly fell apart. Leaving massive amounts of red blood to pour out of the crusher as it slowly shut off as it reached the end of the hallway. Raj's crushed body parts were scattered inside of the crusher. Raj was truly dead.

"Awesome!" Aqua Tail fell over, laughing with excitement.

The giant screen went away, as my remaining classmates and I all reacted to Raj's death quite differently. Miranda, Bridget, and Sam all burst into tears, and then quickly being pulled into a big hug by Dane, Irene, and Gavin respectively. Henry quickly wrapped Kirsty into a big hug as well, but she immediately threw him to the floor, while looking extremely disturbed herself. Dana didn't even notice Henry on the ground, as she just stood at where the giant screen had been with her mouth open in extreme shock. RK had looked away, frowning with discomfort, while Rory had fallen to his knees in shock. Sapphire and Harvey just let out screams of fear, while Simon balled up hist fists in anger. Ellen just appeared to be in deep thought, while I playing with my hair harder than I ever had before, I was just so scared, anxious, and didn't know what to do.

Aqua Tail finally got up, still laughing. "Boy! You kids sure seem like you enjoyed that treat!"

Still comforting Bridget, Irene turned to glare at Aqua Tail with hatred and anger in her eyes. "Treat?! Is that what you call that?!"

"You freaking tore him to pieces!" Rory cried.

Aqua Tail shook his head. "He knew the risk, if the killer is discovered, they die!"

"What kind of sick fucking cult are you apart of?!" Simon shouted.

"Who are you?!" Kirsty asked. "Tell us!"

Aqua Tail shook his head again. "You don't need to know that."

"You otter bastard!" Harvey shouted.

"What do you intend to do now?" RK asked.

"Continue the killing game of course!" Aqua Tail replied. "You kids really need to pay attention, if you survive the class trial, you will continue to live your lives on this island, until the next murder happens, hahahaha!"

"Just let me go home!" Sapphire demanded!"

"Please!" Miranda begged.

"There won't be another murder!" Gavin cried. "This won't happen again!"

"I will do my best to make sure everyone is okay." Dana confirmed.

"What is the point in this so called killing game?" Ellen asked. "What is your intended purpose?"

Aqua Tail started laughing again. "You really think I'm gonna answer that? How are any of you ultimate students?"

"We'll show you!" Sam yelled.

"Yeah!" Bridget agreed. "There won't be any more murders!"

"We won't repeat Raj's mistake!" Henry shouted.

"We'll see!" Aqua Tai laughed.

"Liar!" I shouted at Aqua Tail, once I realized something.

Aqua Tail turned to me. "Excuse me?"

"You lied! You said Raj's collection would be safe! But you...you destroyed it all!"

"That only made his death much more horrifying." Dane added.

"Why did you destroy Raj's collection?! It was suppose to be safe!"

"Then...does that mean all of our precious things are still in danger?!" Sam asked.

"Answer us!" Irene demanded.

Aqua Tail burst out laughing again. "Hahahahahahaha!"

"What's so funny?!" Harvey demanded.

"It's just too funny! You have no idea!"

Then tell us!" Kirsty ordered.

"Why did you lie?!" Gavin demanded.

Aqua Tail laughed a bit more. "The funny thing is...I didn't lie!"

"Huh?" Gasped Henry.

"You just lied again." Dane accused.

"We all saw his collection get destroyed." Rory added.

"What would you say...if that wasn't Raj's collection!"

"I don't understand." Dana replied.

"That definitely looked like his collection." Bridget added.

"I saw the way the basement dweller was humping those toys." Simon stated.

"Yeah..." Aqua Tail replied. "About that...that wasn't his collection!"

"Stop lying!" Sapphire demanded.

"Wait!" I replied. "Where those...all fakes?"

Aqua Tail nodded. "You got it! I threw in a bunch of cheap crap that was disguised as Raj's actual collection!"

"Why?" Miranda asked.

"It made things funnier! As well as made his last moments alive, more full of despair!"

"You...sick fiend!" Gavin shouted.

"You did that for laughs!" Irene yelled, angrily.

"You really are messed up." Rory commented on.

Aqua Tail just started laughing again. "Yes I am! But at least I kept my promise! Raj's collection and all of your precious things are safe!"

"But Raj didn't know that!" Sam cried. "He died thinking his collection was gone!"

"And that...he destroyed some of it." Miranda added.

"Why do you guys care about that guy?" Aqua Tail asked. "He killed Donald and put the rest of you at risk."

"That doesn't mean we wanted him to suffer at all." Dane angrily replied.

"Yet, you all voted for him, knowing what would happen if he won the majority vote."

"You're saying this is our fault?!" Sapphire asked.

"Don't you dare put the blame on us!" Irene yelled.

"We're in this situation because of you!" I cried.

"This is your fault!" Gavin yelled.

Aqua Tail just kept on laughing. "Deny it all you want, but the truth is, you all voted for Raj, knowing he would if he was truly the killer, and that is a fact!"

"Just shut up and go away!" Kirsty demanded.

"I think it would be best if you left us alone for now." Ellen added.

"Get out!" Harvey cried.

"Fair enough." Aqua Tail replied. "I guess you guys need to get used to the aftermath of class trials, since I know they will happen again! Well, class trials will at least!"

"This won't happen again!" Sam argued.

"We'll see! Bye guys!" Aqua Tail waved and then left the cave, leaving the sixteen of us alone.

"What are we gonna do now?" Henry asked.

"Shut up you...meh forget it." Harvey replied, sounding pretty bummed out.

"We should leave this cave." Dana suggested. "This place has nothing but bad and bloody vibes."

"I agree." Irene replied. "Let's all go to the campfire area and talk there, all of us." Irene cast both Ellen and Simon and demanding look.

"Very well." Ellen replied.

"What fucking ever." Simon shrugged.

Slowly and full of misery, we all left the cave and went to the campfire area, where we all took a seat on the rocks.

"This should be better." Dane stated.

"What's better about it?!" Sapphire whined. "Two of us are now dead!"

"And we just watched one of them get torn to pieces." Rory added.

"The mood is definitely down." RK stated.

Miranda started to cry again, Dane pulled her closer to him. I tried to not look jealous.

"What should we discuss?" Bridget asked.

"Take it away Irene." Sam encouraged.

Irene struggled to say something.

"What's going on with our fearless leader?" Rory asked.

"I'm sorry guys." Irene apologized. "I don't really know what to say here."

"Maybe please don't murder anyone." Simon snickered.

"How can you be making jokes at a time like this?!" Bridget cried.

"You better shut up!" Kirsty yelled.

Simon just shrugged.

"You were saying Irene?" Dane asked.

"Look guys..." Irene began. "I don't have all of the answers, or even any answer really. And honestly...at this point...it is probably safe to say we're in for some more hell while we're on this island."

"That does appear to be the case." RK agreed.

"Aqua Tail will try to force another murder to happen by throwing more motives at us. We're all probably more tense and scared now of being killed, after all that just happened. But we can't give into the despair that Aqua Tail wants us to fall to."

"We have to keep hope alive." I added.

"We need to do it for both Donald and Raj." Sam added.

Irene nodded, while cracking a smile. "Remember that class trial if you end up thinking about murder, we will solve it, espically Natalie."

"Me?" I asked shocked.

"You definitely were a star in there." Dana replied. "We may not of solved the case if it wasn't for you."

"For sure!" Henry exclaimed. "You helped us out a lot!"

"You worked harder than anyone else." Kirsty complimented.

"It truly was amazing." Dane added.

I started blushing, and it wasn't just from the attention and compliments I was getting, it was mainly Dane.

"You still need a lot of work on your outfit and appearance." Sapphire stated. "But even I have to give you props there."

"Yeah! Right on Natalie!" Harvey cheered.

I continued to blush. "Thanks guys, I'm glad we all managed to make it out of that cave alive."

"Not all of us did." Ellen commented on.

With those words, the group fell silent. Even though only two of us were gone and sixteen of us still remained, their absence was definitely noticeable and the group felt smaller.

"No one wanted that to happen!" Gavin cried. "But it was our only choice!"

"We did...what we have to do." Miranda quietly replied.

"Raj really messed up, and he paid for it." Kirsty added.

"It wasn't our fault, or his." Bridget stated. "The fault belongs to Aqua Tail and the unartistic people that put us in this horrible situation."

"Yeah." Rory smiled.

"Let's all work together and get off this island." Dane replied as he stood up smiling.

"Shut up geek!" Harvey cried. He ran over to Dane and punched him in the stomach.

"Ow!" Dane was knocked to the ground.

"Harvey!" Irene growled.

"What?" Harvey asked.

Irene went up to Harvey and grabbed him by the throat, making him struggle. "Cut that out!"

"Cut...wha...out..." Harvey was struggling to breath.

Irene just angrily shook her head before throwing Harvey to the ground. Miranda was checking on Dane to make sure he was alright, while Dana ran up to Harvey.

"Looks like things are starting to get back to normal around here." RK stated.

"People hurting each other, doesn't get more normal than that." Simon replied.

"We're gonna be okay, my darling Kirsty!" Henry exclaimed as he wrapped up Kirsty in a big hug.

"Don't touch me!" Kirsty punched Henry right in the face, sending him to the ground.

"Oh dear." Dana replied as she went over to check on Henry.

"Yeah, things are totally back to normal around here." I stated.

Sam started doing some backflips. "We're gonna be alright! We'll get through this!"

"Yes we will!" Gavin agreed.

Miranda managed to crack a smile. "We'll...be just fine."

"Of course we will." Dane agreed while smiling. "If we work together."

Everyone stood up motivated and started talking excitingly with each other. Well, almost everyone did. Simon and Ellen walked away without anyone noticing, minus myself of course. But I was feeling much better after all that just happened. Donald and Raj may be gone, but I know we'll keep their memories alive by getting off this island for them. And no matter what motive Aqua Tail throws at us, we'll get through it together. I believe in my new friends, no one else is gonna die!