after a happy day cut short, the group return to john b's house. meilani sits on the porch, inconsolable alongside sarah.

"what's going on?" rafe panted. jj handed him the letter and he read it. immediately his face dropped and he began to shake. sarah got up and gave him a hug.

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'boneyard, john booker routledge,

john took off in his van, alone. he drummed his steering wheel as he began to get anxious.

he looked around, cautiously, making himself aware of any attackers who were hiding. in the distance he spotted another glass bottle on the sand. he jogged towards it.

'welcome john b,

you didn't think i'd be here tonight did you? god it's not that easy. you're task is simple. lay in the water face down for one and a half minutes, let's hope you don't drown like your old man ;)

and we're watching, so don't you dare chicken out, or remember...they both die'

thoughts raced through john bs head. this wasn't right and he knew it, he didn't want to lay in the water but he knew that he would have to, he didn't know how powerful this unknown person was and what they were capable of.

the boy psyched himself up and eventually began to lay down. he held his breath.

soon enough, he began to feel light headed but he pushed it away. it felt like he had been laying there for hours. water filled his nose and his breath was hitched in his throat, struggling to breath, maybe he was going to die and this was the anonymous plan.

then he heard it, a timer beeping. he lifted his head up and immediately began coughing and breathing in and out with difficulty. his cell phone rang.

"congratulations john, you've completed your task" a deep auto tuned voice spoke. "who are you!" he yelled but the number hung up.

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pope arrived at the dock of tannyhill. he immediately spotted the glass bottle.

'hey there pope,

welcome to figure 8. your task is simple as. all you have to do is pull the plug on topper thornton's brand new boat....again. yes we know it was really you the first time ;)

oh and also, spray paint 'pogues for life' on the golf course.

and we're watching, so don't you dare chicken out, or remember...they both die'

pope inhaled. he was terrified. he didn't want to have to go through of it again. after a few long minutes of debating, he plucked up the courage and took the red spray paint sitting on the floor.

he moved swiftly to get it over with and to avoid getting caught by the golf course owners.

on his way out he ran to toppers boat and unscrewed the plug. he was shaking by now. his phone rang.

"congratulations pope, thats your task done." the line went dead before he could speak.

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sarah walked slowly towards the wreck. "shit" she muttered under her breath. a glass bottle was awaiting her on one of the outside tables.

'little miss sarah cameron,

welcome daddy's girl. although this time you're causing someone else's daddy an issue.

your task is to trash the wreck. that's right, spraypaint, smash windows, kick over trash cans. everything a perfect girl like you wouldn't do.

and we're watching, so don't you dare chicken out, or remember...they both die'

sarah began to quietly sob. she didn't want to do this, ever. mike and anna's face was so clear in her head it was as if they were there judging her.

she entered the alarm pin that kiara had given her once before and walked inside. she grabbed the cans and sprayed them all over the floor and walls. she grabbed a chair and hesitantly threw it at one of the windows.

her heart was beating out of her chest as she kicked the tables and trash around the place. she sighed and ran outside and set the alarm again. her phone rang.

"congratulations sarah, your task is complete." "fuck you." the line went dead yet again.

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kiara stood at rixons cove, shivering. there was a glass bottle right at her feet.

'welcome kiara,

hope tonight you aren't too concerned by the environment otherwise your task might break your heart.

you have to take that chainsaw and cut two trees down, oh and there's a box of small turtles, you cannot release them. we just thought we'd tell you that they were there so you'd know they wouldn't be alive in the morning.

and we're watching, so don't you dare chicken out, or remember...they both die'

kiara began to sob. she cared about the environment so much that it was basically her brand. she didn't even want to think about it, all she thought about was rafe and meilani.

she completed her task with great difficulty, tears still in her eyes. her phone rang.

"congratulations kiara, your task is complete." the line went dead and kiara walked away hearing the muffled wails of the turtles.

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jj arrived at his house. "my house?" he said under his breath, confused. the glass bottle sat on his porch.

'jj, sweet innocent jj.

welcome home! your task is easy....money.

all you have to do is steal your fathers drug supply and half of his money.

enjoy ;)

and we're watching, so don't you dare chicken out, or remember...they both die...think of meilani ;))'

he was enraged. he didn't give a shit about the task all he cared about was his beautiful girlfriend. he tore into his house.

he searched everywhere, ripping the house to shreds. he eventually got everything and left the house, panting. there was another note attached to the porch post.

'drop the goods into this small box, and leave, now.'

jj hesitated thinking about taking some of the money but didn't instead he did as the note said as he knew meilani would get hurt. his phone rang as he walked away.

"congratulations jj, you've completed your task" the deep voice laughed evilly. "fuck you, you're a terrible perso-" the line went dead.

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finally the group gathered at john bs once again, each arriving back from their task. rafe and meilani sat there awaiting everyone.

eventually jj arrived. meilani ran to him, engulfing him in a huge hug. "i'm okay" he whispered into her hair.

rafes phone rang, he put it on speaker.

"rafe cameron and meilani haywood, it's your turn. you must meet me at the hawks nest, alone. no one will be with you to protect. all you have is eachother. be there by midnight."

the line went dead one final time.

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