Linda's game had now reached day 9. Brenda, Claudette, Elias & Flynn found themselves in another room.
"This entire thing will surely be over soon. Maybe today we'll get lucky & escape" said Brenda.
"I hope so. This madness has gone on long enough" said Claudette.
"I don't know what'll happen 1ST: The authorities finding us & taking Linda to jail or us getting through the rest of the game to escape. It could go either way" said Elias.
"No matter what we can't give up. We're almost out of here" said Flynn.
After attempting to escape again with no success a grid of tiles appeared. Linda's voice was then heard on the intercom.
"For today's challenge you'll all take it in turns looking for tiled letters that spell out the names of the other 3 kids. There are 36 tiles overall & the letters in your names make up 25 of them. The other 9 tiles are blank. Once all the tiles that spell out your name are revealed you're out. The person who remains the longest with at least 1 letter tile in their name undiscovered wins & gets to start the elimination process. Happy name hunting" said Linda.
Brenda went 1ST & picked a blank tile. Claudette also picked a blank tile as did Elias & Flynn. On the 2ND turn everyone picked out letter tiles. The letters were C, 2 T's & U. On tur tile was discovered. The 4TH turn had 4 E tiles uncovered, turn 5 saw 3 A tiles & a Y tile uncovered, turn 6 resulted in 2 N tiles, an S tile & an L tile, turn 7 uncovered another 2 L tiles, an R tile & another N tile, on tur tile was discovered which eliminated Claudette since all the letters in her name had been discovered, an F tile which eliminated Flynn & another blank tile. On the 9TH & final turn Brenda picked the last blank tile & Elias picked another D tile eliminating Brenda & making him the winner of the challenge.
"Congratulations on victory #9 Elias. Once again you get to kick off the elimination process" said Linda.
The grid of tiles disappeared & was replaced with a table holding 3 keys.
"I'm saving Brenda" said Elias as he grabbed a key.
"The last person safe is Flynn" said Brenda as she grabbed a key.
"The final 3 have been decided" said Flynn as he grabbed a key. This left Claudette without a key.
"You're eliminated Claudette. The rest of you may continue to the next room" said Linda.
Brenda, Elias & Flynn entered the next room leaving Claudette behind.
"The death trap in this room is a giant spike which will impale you. It chills me to the bone to see an 11-year-old die that way. Goodbye Claudette" said Linda.
"LET ME LIVE. I WON'T TURN YOU IN. DON'T DO THIS TO ME" cried Claudette as a giant spike launched out of the wall & impaled her. Claudette screamed as the spike pierced her body & killed her. Meanwhile Skye was in her helicopter flying over Adventure Bay & the surrounding areas to see if she could spot Linda & the kids from the air. She searched everywhere she could think of from the middle of town to the South Pole & everywhere else in between. Unfortunately, she didn't see anything that'd be of help. After searching everywhere that she could think of & finding nothing Skye returned to the Lookout.
"How did the air search go Skye?" asked Ryder.
"I couldn't see anything. I flew over every area I could think of, but I didn't see Linda or the kids anywhere. Their whereabouts are a complete mystery" said Skye.
"Thanks anyways Skye. We need to get some rest. Tomorrow the search shall continue" said Ryder.
Everyone proceeded to settle down for the evening. As Skye headed to bed she thought about how difficult it was to not find any leads.
"I don't get it. How can Linda & the kids be so well hidden? Surely, they're not that far away. I just can't think of any exact locations that they'd be in. This is easily the longest mission we've ever been on. It beats the search & rescue efforts trying to find Elias when Aaron kidnapped him. I refuse to give up though. Even if there are little to no leads right now I have a feeling that sooner or later we'll find something that'll help find everyone" thought Skye as she went to sleep.