My friends and I made our way to the beach. Not much longer after we arrived, Aqua Tail popped out of the ocean. He landed on the beach, startling most of us.
"Aqua Tail!" Cried Harvey. "Don't do that!"
Aqua Tail just laughed. "No! I will do that!"
"Stop wasting my valuable time." Sapphire ordered. "Why did you call us?"
"Aren't you the impatient one." Aqua Tail looked over us. "There appears to be some of you missing."
"That would be Simon and Ellen." Gavin answered.
"No, no, that would just make sixteen of you, and isn't there eighteen of you?"
"You better stop talking." Irene growled.
"Not cool!" Sam added.
"That's right! One got bashed to death, while the other one got crushed to pieces!" Aqua Tail burst out laughing.
Irene growled and started to move towards Aqua Tail, but Bridget quickly grabbed her arm, stopping her in place. Sam looked pretty pissed too, but Gavin put his hand on his shoulder to calm her down. Everyone else looked angry, annoyed, or disturbed.
"Come on!" Sapphire whined. "Get on with it!"
Aqua Tail shook his head. "Nope! I need all of you here for this, so shut up and wait!"
"Whatever you have in store for us, it won't work!" Henry replied.
"Our artistic determination will overcome any motive you have." Bridget added.
"You won't get us again." Dane stated.
"All of your false hope is just too funny!" Aqua Tail continued to laugh.
"God, I just wanna go back to bed!" I complained to myself.
We waited for about ten more minutes until Simon arrived, followed by Ellen a bit later.
"We wouldn't have to wait if you two simply joined us for breakfast." Irene commented on.
Simon shrugged. "I don't give a fuck how long you bitches have to wait for."
"I really wish you would stop your harsh language, Simon." Bridget replied. "It isn't artistic at all."
"Neither is your choice in sex partners."
Irene stormed over towards Simon, ready to pummel him to death.
"Irene! Stop!" Bridger ran up to her and grabbed shoulders, making Irene stop. "This jerk isn't worth it."
Irene glared at Simon, before walking back to her original place with Bridget.
"Just get on with it." Ellen stated. "I don't want to be here longer than I have to.
Aqua Tail started laughing again. "I love this drama! They gotta be eating it all up!"
"Huh?" Miranda asked.
"Who's eating up this drama?" RK asked.
Aqua Tail quickly regained his composure. "Don't worry about it, let us get down to business."
"But..." Henry tried to say.
"I SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!"
Henry gasped and held on to Kirsty, leading her to shove him to the ground. Dana quickly ran over to help Henry up.
"Sometime today, people." Rory stated.
"As I was saying." Aqua Tail replied. "Let us get down to business. As you bad, bad students know, there has yet to be a second murder her on this island!"
"You know it!" Gavin replied, pumped up.
"DON'T INTERRUPT!"
"Mommy!" Gavin screamed like a little girl as he jumped into the air. Sam rubbed his shoulders as he came back down, quite shaken up.
Aqua Tail eyed us all before moving on. "You are all very bad! Time is besting wasted, while no blood is being spilled! Therefore, time for another motive!"
"No!" Harvey cried.
"Fiend!" Sam added.
"It won't work!" Kirsty replied.
"We won't submit to your tricks." Dane stated.
"All of you shut up!" Aqua Tail screamed angrily. "Pull out of your freaking tablets.
Everyone did as they were told.
"Make sure your tablets are on."
We made sure.
"Find the new app, it should be called "Motive 2." But before any of you hit it and read it out loud, this is your only warning for this motive. If anyone tells anyone who their target is, I will know and I will kill you, that includes right here and right now. I'll explain more and answer any questions you may have about this motive, but do not say anything as or after you read this next motive, I'll do that."
"What the hell is he talking about?" I asked myself. I shook it off and found the new app, it was called "Motive 2." I hit it and started to read it.
Everyone else did the same.
"Good." Aqua Tail smiled.
Motive 2 had a picture of Dane and some reading under the picture.
I read it in my head. "Here is the deal for this motive. Each of the remaining sixteen ultimate students is assigned a target. Natalie Bowie, your target is Dane Anders, the Ultimate Waterboy. If you kill your target and aren't found out during the class trial, not only will you be allowed to leave this island, but you will be able to leave with one billion dollars. It is pretty simple really. However, nobody is allowed to tell other people who their target is. If you do, you will die immediately. This offer is up for grabs until one murder happens, the instant someone is murdered, no money for you. This doesn't mean you can't kill anyone who isn't your target, you just get no money when you leave if you survive the class trial. Any questions, just ask Aqua Tail Good luck!" I finished reading and I didn't even know what to think.
"Everyone done?" Aqua Tail asked.
Everyone turned their attention from their tablets to Aqua Tail.
"Interesting." Ellen stated.
"What... What?" Dana asked.
Irene was pissed. "Do you think you can put a price tag on any of our lives!?"
Aqua Tail burst out laughing again. "Yes!"
"I get to kill one of these fuckfaces, leave this shithole, and get one billion dollars?" Simon asked. "That couldn't be more perfect."
"Simon!" I cried. "What are you saying?!"
"Did you not fucking hear me?"
"No way!" Gavin exclaimed. "This won't happen!"
"Yeah!" Agreed Henry. "We won't be tempted by money!"
"Money, money, money, money, money!" Harvey repeated.
Kirsty smacked Harvey in the back of the head. "Shut up!"
"Explain yourself, Aqua Tail." Bridget stated. "This isn't artistic at all."
Aqua Tail sighed. "Man, are you kids really that dumb? I thought I made everything clear, but I guess I'll explain everything."
"Please do." Dane replied.
"For this next motive, here is the game plan. Each of you has been assigned a fellow student to target. If you kill your target and survive the class trial, you get a shit load of cash when you leave this island."
"One billion dollars!" Harvey cried.
"Shut up!" Sapphire yelled.
"Pay attention as it seems you kids really need to understand this." Aqua Tail continued. "Nobody is allowed to share their targets with anyone. I will kill anyone who does, immediately!"
Miranda started to lightly sob, Dane pulled her into a hug.
Aqua Tail laughed. "First come, first serve for this motive. After the next body hits the floor, this motive is over. That includes if the next murder to happen isn't somebody killing your their target. Which reminds me, you are still able to kill anyone who isn't your target, but no money for you if you do. I think that about covers it, any stupid questions?"
"Money, money, money." Harvey continued to say.
"You sick bastard!" Irene growled. "This will not work!"
"Yeah!" Sam agreed.
"Keep telling yourselves that!" Aqua Tail replied. "I know this is the perfect breaking point for one of you! I can't wait to see who bleeds next!" Aqua Tail jumped into the ocean, leaving us alone with this new motive thrusted upon us.
"Come on guys!" Gavin urged. "We can't let that otter get to us!"
"Shut up geek!" Harvey replied as he started his way over to punch Gavin, but Sapphire tripped Harvey and he fell to the ground.
"You're so annoying!" Sapphire whined.
"Can we please go one day without anyone hurting another person" Dana asked as she ran over to help Harvey.
"This is fucking idiotic." Simon stated. "I'm out of here."
"Shouldn't we discuss this motive as a group?" RK asked.
"What is there to discuss?" Ellen replied. "Aqua Tail is right, somebody is already tempted by the money to go after their target."
Ellen's words cast an unnerving and uncomfortable silence upon most of us.
"No." Irene replied. "I won't let that happen, not this time. RK is right, we will discuss this motive on the hotel patio, and that includes everyone." Irene glared at both Simon and Ellen.
"Whatever." Ellen replied. "But this is just a waste of time."
"I guess it will be good for some laughs, thinking you fucktards will be safe." Simon added.
"Way to go Irene, that's our leader!" Rory cheered.
Irene smiled proudly. "Let's go everyone."
We all quickly made our way back to the hotel patio to discuss the motive.
"Where to start?" Dane asked.
"With you on the ground!" Harvey yelled.
Both Sam and Kirsty punched Harvey in the head. "Shut up!"
"Please Harvey, just don't." Irene replied. "We need to take this seriously."
"And you think that's possible with this fucking group?" Simon asked.
Rory snickered.
"Enough with the unartistic talk!" Bridget cut in. "We need to focus with an artistic vision!"
"Well obviously this is just Aqua Tail trying to spur up another murder." Dane replied.
Miranda nodded. "He really is...trying hard."
"One billion dollars is a clever prize." RK added. "But the fact you can only get it if you kill a specific person."
"What do you mean?" Sapphire asked.
"You can only get the money if you kill your target." I answered. "Pretty much, planning a murder will most likely be harder since it has to be your target and not anyone else."
"Oh."
"I could easily murder any of these nerds here." Harvey stated while flexing."
Kirsty slapped Harvey again. "Shut up!"
"Ow!"
"Who cares about what Aqua Tail said?" Asked Sam. "Nobody is going to fall into that kind of despair again and murder."
"She's right!" Gavin agreed. "We won't even go there!"
"Don't worry my darling Kirsty." Henry said with heart eyes. "Nothing bad will happen."
Kirsty scowled at him. "I don't need any reassurance from you!"
"We should just remember what Irene said after the trial." Dane cut in. "It isn't worth it to murder anyone. The rest of you will work together to find the truth."
Irene smiled. "Thank you, Dane. But yes, keep that in mind everyone. If another murder does happen, which it shouldn't, but if it does, the truth will be uncovered."
I nodded. "Also consider the fact that since there is now less of us, our chances increases of finding the killer with less suspects."
"Yeah!" Gavin agreed. "And each trial will just get easier with less people!"
There was an awkward silence after what Gavin said.
"That wasn't quite the good artistic there, Gavin." Bridget explained.
"Crap! I didn't mean it like that!"
"Someone is suspicions again." Sapphire replied.
"Hey, back off!" Sam got up. "He didn't mean it!"
Miranda started to sob quietly, while Dane comforted her. "I don't want...to do...more...trials!"
"Ugh!" I thought to myself.
"Don't worry Miranda." Dane reassured. "There won't be another trial.
"I can't listen to this anymore." Ellen got up.
"Huh?" Rory asked.
"Yeah, I'm done dealing with you fucking idiots as well." Simon also got up.
"Hey, we aren't done discussing the motive yet." Irene replied.
"Well I'm done listening to all of this chicken shit bull shit." Simon walked away from the hotel patio.
"If you truly believe that nobody here isn't at least considering going after their target for that kind of money, then maybe you deserve to die." Ellen walked away from the hotel patio as well.
"Wow!" Henry exclaimed.
"Nice ones those two are." RK stated.
"Well they're wrong!" Kirsty added. "I know we'll all continue to work hard and brush this stupid motive off!"
"I believe in this group." Irene replied. "I know Ellen is wrong and we can do it."
"Now that is the good type of artistic." Bridget smiled at Irene.
"Hope appears to be our strongest weapon right now." I thought to myself. "Our situation continues, but I know I have to try to keep hope alive."
