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 They think it's over, but it's far from it. As the Murder Crew feels it's safe to turn in all the evidence to the police and get some closure to the situation, they all receive a text from an anonymous number.

"Your precious Emily Bailey is being held hostage by me. Destroy all your evidence, and she can leave this room alive."

Who could be sending this?

Derek, in Emily's room has a near lifeless Emily in his arms, trying to revive her, to carry out his plan to end this, once and for all.

He gets a reply on his phone saying, "Who are you, and what do you want?".

He simply replies, "I'm the one that never died, the one that's connected to all of the murder victims, one way or another."

Back with the Murder Crew, they are studying the mastermind's replies to decode who it is sending the messages.

"Hmm...never died," said Minji, "maybe it was thought this person was dead."

"Maybe...," said Su, "it would make sense."

"Wait...so, who were our victims? One of them could be doing it," said Virginia.

"Hmm...first, Ashton, then Vanessa, then Adam, and lastly, Derek."

"So, out of all of those people, which one is connected to all of the others somehow?", questioned Dylan.

"Derek," Michelle said blankly, "Look, Derek hated Ashton, dated Emily, who is friends with Vanessa, and liked Ali, who was engaged to Adam."

Then, it hit them. Derek is sending the texts. Derek never died. Derek is holding Emily hostage.

Derek was arrested. The Murder Crew had sent the cops to Emily's house, since Emily had told Michelle that's where she'd be after school. They found him, and he was sent to jail.

After all of this had died down a week later, each Murder Crew was sent this message:

"You got Derek, but you don't have me. I'm still here. I'm still watching your every move. Watch your back, because you don't know when or if I'll stab you in it. ~J"

THE END.