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- Anyone find anything? - Nope.

- Nup, nothing here. - Nope. Ew.

Is this grotto definitely the place on the map, Ellis?

I've triple-checked the symbols using topological island maps,

done numerous fly-bys with Dave, who's never wrong.

Okay, we have to go. We have to prep for Nan's birthday bash.

It is not a "bash".

It is an intimate soiree at our place hosted by moi!

But I do need to get started on decorations.

Just five minutes more. Power search, then party prep?

Okay, energy source, I'm coming for you! Ha!

- Dave! - Oops!

Meesha, we've talked about karate around Ellis.

- Sorry, Ellis. Sorry, Dave. - He's stuck!

It's caught on something.

Is he okay?

Dave's tougher than that.

Okay, I'll make it up to you. Lunch on me.

- It's a start. - Let's call it a day.

We can come back later.

That water felt gross!

Okay, since you're buying, Meesha, I'm going double serves.

I'll get you something too.

It's just we're still no closer to finding the energy source.

We will.

You just need a smoothie

and an afternoon of solid, hardcore partying...for my nan.

Taylor!

Meesha!

Am I hallucinating...

or is everyone frozen?

Gillian?

Can you hear me?

Nan?

What...is...happening?!

♪ A strong case of speculation how ♪

♪ It takes more than intuition ♪

♪ To work the situation out

♪ It's right before your eyes Can you feel it? ♪

♪ It's right between the lines Try to reveal it ♪

♪ So look until you find all of the pieces ♪

♪ Put them together

♪ Now you see it

♪ Rock Island Mysteries.

Can you hear me, Nan?

Oh, she's still breathing.

It's like time has frozen for everyone except us.

But time hasn't frozen.

Are we travelling at the speed of light?

Have we fallen into a really well disguised black hole?

Is this the beginning of the island vanishing?

- Nori? - Great, you're okay.

'Cause Silas is--

Frozen, right?

How did you know?

Everyone here is, too, except us.

How do we wake them up?

Ellis and Meesha are trying.

Hey, Brock. You got Schroder's equation wrong!

That would've woken me from a coma.

I need to check on Lila.

Nori, we'll meet you at the jetty.

Oh!

- Grouch! - Where did this plant come from?

It was like this big! Nori! Personal space, bro.

What are you doing? Get out of my face.

How are you feeling? Are you okay?

Fine.

Come on, Lila, pick up!

Tay, this is a disaster.

I haven't even showered yet

and it's gonna take me hours to untangle these decorations.

Why weren't you answering?

Soz! I had music on.

So...you weren't frozen?

- Huh? - Just meet us at the jetty.

We'll explain everything.

- Are we alone? - Completely.

Are you sure Gillian doesn't know about this?

Uh-uh. She can't.

I love you. You make me feel like a young man.

You're beautiful. You're radiant.

You're--

No, not again.

Whoa!

Nan?

I'm trying to remain calm, but this is not okay!

Is it us? Are...are we causing this?

Ellis, can you see if it's happening anywhere else?

Uh, checking Institute beach cams...

It looks like all humans on the island are frozen,

but not animals.

Yeah, how about the rest of the world?

No one on the mainland is frozen.

Or anywhere else that I can see.

So it's a Rock Island thing.

What if Nan does something like turn on the stove

or goes swimming and freezes again?

Or what if animals rise up against us?

You can't tell me that cows and chickens

wouldn't want a bit of payback!

We need to figure out what this is and how to stop it.

Because right now

we're the only people on the island not affected.

This...is...freaky!

Everyone's frozen.

This is how I imagine the apocalypse begins.

It could have something to do with the grotto.

We're the only ones who were there

and the only ones not frozen.

Okay, this...this is big!

I just saw Emily and Faraz and--

Are they okay?

Um...

Yes, it's just...

Well, I don't really know how to say this, but--

Is that Nori?

He's not moving!

Nori! Nori!

- There goes your grotto theory. - This doesn't make sense.

He wasn't frozen before.

Are we going to be next? What's the best position to freeze in?

Seated? Lying down? Something more comfortable than Nori?!

Looks like he was washing his hands.

Good idea! I didn't get the chance at home.

Don't!

Why not?

We're the only ones who put our hands in that rock pool.

And we're the only ones who weren't frozen.

And Nori's the only one out of us who washed his hands.

And now he's frozen.

- So it's on our hands. - What, exactly?

Some sort of freeze repellent.

Antifreeze. Whatever you want to call it.

Hey, Ellis, can you find out if there's anything on our skin

that we can't see with our eyes?

We need to get somewhere where we can control the light.

- Oh, oh! - What are you all doing?

- You froze! - What? No, I was just--

Washing your hands?

I'm psychic.

I'll explain on the way. Come on!

What's that?

UV light. Shows anything outside standard vision.

Turn off the main light, please.

Alright. Hands out.

This is amazing!

And disgusting!

Ew! It won't come off.

Nori, you have hardly any of the antifreeze stuff

left on your hands.

It must only come off in water.

So if it's protecting us from freezing,

we can't wash our hands or get them wet.

Let me guess...

We go back to the grotto and see what we can find?

We'll go back...

but not you.

I want to help.

The quickest way to the grotto was over Slippery Rock Creek.

The rocks are quite slippery there.

- Thank you, Ellis. - No worries.

It's too risky if you freeze. Stay here and stay safe.

Uh, maybe assume the crash position.

Be careful. We can't wet our hands.

So, uh, Taylor, do you think whatever's going on

could make people act... differently?

Like how?

Uh, like in 'out of character', upsetting

or in potentially soiree-wrecking ways.

What are you talking about?

It's what I was trying to say before.

There's just been so much going on.

Faraz kind of declared his love for Emily.

- Seriously? - That dirty cheat!

- It's always the smooth ones. - Lila, are you sure?

Yes! He was even holding her hand when they were frozen.

On Nan's birthday. Some present.

He'll get one too when I see him next--

Acknowledging everyone's very valid feelings,

we don't really have time to handle

a Mum-Faraz-Gillian love triangle right now.

- Quadrangle if you count Sunny. - Oh!

Poor Dad!

Let's just focus on figuring out how to stop everyone freezing,

then move on to quadrangles.

Oh, not another tremor!

- Argh! - Ellis!

I'm okay. See? Told you we should've all worn gloves.

Oh.

Maybe you still have some antifreeze stuff

on your fingers.

We're almost there. Let's keep going. I'm sure it'll be fine.

Yeah, you're good.

Yeah, nothing to worry about.

Only the space-time continuum on the island is breaking,

Faraz now loves Emily

and I could freeze at any moment.

Happy!

The water's drained.

- How? - Maybe the tremor?

Wait, what's that at the bottom?

I wonder how this got in here.

What is that?

It appears to be a...

I have no idea.

- An hourglass? - It's a timer.

It has to be what's making people freeze and unfreeze.

Do you think you should be touching that?

What the...?

Okay...that's even weirder. It won't stop.

Okay, let me try.

Come here, timer.

What?

- It just does whatever it wants. - Respect.

I could run some more tests at the Bermuda Queen.

Or I could just smash it. It might make everyone unfreeze.

No! It could freeze people permanently.

We need to find out more first.

Why is it ticking? Is it going to blow?

It's getting louder! Argh!

Ellis, do you think that--

Ellis?

Ellis?

Ellis!

Hello!

Okay, so when the sand runs one way, everyone's normal.

But the other way, everyone freezes.

So we definitely know the freezing

is caused by this device.

And there's something in that rock pool

that keeps us protected.

And I never want to be frozen in this position.

I wonder what position Nori's frozen in.

Probably scoffing a smoothie.

Why design an hourglass that causes people to freeze?

Some ancient civilisation with time-management issues.

Imagine what you could do

if you knew everyone was going to freeze, except you,

and for how long.

Why put it in water that protects you?

My best guess is it offers protection to whoever uses it.

And when we pulled Dave out of the rock pool,

we somehow set off the timer.

And now we have to un-set it.

Oh, no.

Not again!

- Oh! - He was supposed to stay put!

Hurry!

Nori.

Please be okay, please be okay.

- She's here! - Who? What happened?

Raquel. She followed me here.

Aarghh!

Raquel! She took the hourglass!

Raquel came into the Milk Shack. I left to warn you.

And she followed.

The last thing I remember seeing is her face.

Same, but opposite.

One minute I was at the grotto, and the next,

the scariest woman on the island is looming over me!

So the hourglass doesn't affect Raquel either.

So either she's got stuff on her hands as well, or...

Something even scarier is happening with her.

Whatever the reason, if she controls the hourglass,

she can do whatever she wants.

Without anyone in her way.

Me, Lila and Meesha are protected. We can stop her.

You'd better do it quickly.

That stuff won't stay on your hands forever.

I followed Raquel, but she got in a car.

So she'll be taking the hourglass to the South Section.

She went in the opposite direction - to North Bay.

Why would she go up there?

Fallon said Raquel has a secret base. Maybe she went there.

Can I borrow Dave?

Yeah.

One other problem...

Oh, not another love triangle?

Nan's soiree.

According to my schedule, in half an hour, she and Silas

are meant to be transporting party supplies in a van.

If they freeze while they're driving...

- I've gotta stop them! - Ellis and I can go.

No way, you're both freezers too.

Look, you need every non-freezer to take on Raquel.

Plus, the van doesn't leave for another half an hour

and, uh, Silas is always late.

Okay, just, whatever you do,

do not mention the Faraz thing until I get there.

I want to be there for Nan.

And Faraz.

What...?

I'll catch you up.

So, what happened?

Keep looking for a heat signature.

- I saw something move. - It has to be her.

That looks like the old boat graveyard.

Let's go!

Alright.

Okay.

See?

Plenty of time. The van doesn't leave for another ten.

- Hey, Silas! - Stop!

What happened to, "Silas is always late"?

Gillian, tell Silas to stop the van. Now!

Wait!

Wait, come back! Stop!

This place has definite secret evil lair vibes.

Yes, I understand.

Oh, shh!

Yes, Professor. But this is the progress I promised you.

It's a game-changer, Professor.

We can search the island without any obstacles.

Yes, it's here in the South Section now.

What? This ain't the South Section.

- Why would she lie to him? - No idea.

She's so evil, she keeps secrets from her evil boss!

Okay.

Security guard? For all this stuff?

Definite secret base.

Is that a crusher?

Crusher for what?

I don't know why. Nori just said we had to stop.

Please get out.

- Dude, what's going on? - Are you okay?

You're not meant to leave for another eight minutes.

- Seriously? - You know how Lila is

with her event planning - total tyrant!

- Lila won't mind if we're early. - You need to walk!

What?

You're always saying how you need more exercise, Silas.

- No I'm not. - Look, boys.

I don't know what's going on here, but we are leaving.

Faraz is in love with another woman!

- Excuse me?! - Real subtle, Ellis.

At least I didn't say that woman was Emily.

Quit messing around!

There's the hourglass.

We have to get it back.

What is that?

The sand has stopped flowing.

Looks like Raquel has jammed the hourglass with some device.

How?

I'm not sure, but she must have some idea of what it is.

Now the whole island's gonna stay frozen.

What if there's another tremor?

What if Nori and Ellis didn't stop the van?

We need a distraction.

- What's she gonna do? - Turn on the crusher.

Who's there?

Quick! I'll get the hourglass.

Oh, I don't know how to turn the laser off.

I can't move it.

Hurry! We don't have much time.

She's turned off the crusher!

Make that no time!

- Maybe we can deflect the laser. - With what?

A mirror would be good.

Okay, but who carries around a mirror in case of emergencies?

Lila!

Perfect! Here.

- Sorry! - I'll get it!

Get away from the door.

- Hurry! - Taylor?

Get away from the door!

If I could just reflect the laser back onto itself,

it should release the hourglass.

Where did she go?

- I got it! - Now can we destroy it?

Not yet. We have to wait for the freeze cycle to finish.

Otherwise everyone will stay frozen.

She's got a hose. Taylor!

Look out!

No. Where is it?

No, no, no. Where is it?

Oh, no...

Hey! Come back!

Don't come any closer. I'll do it.

Destroy it now, and your friends will stay frozen forever.

Stay back!

Don't.

Stay back.

- Taylor! - We're coming!

Aaarghhh!

- We had a close call today. - Yeah, about 37 of them.

So, do we know where the device came from?

No. Although Raquel seemed to.

I'm not gonna ask her.

She was furious when we left. She's going next level.

Then so do we.

Because there is no way we are giving up without a fight.

But right now we need to celebrate Gillian's birthday.

I can't believe she still came.

- Gillian says she's not worried. - Well, Faraz should be.

Give him a chance, Meesha.

- Yeah, I will, I'll give him a-- - Meesha.

Oh, Faraz. Emily. Where have you been?

The kids have been saying the strangest things.

I needed to pluck up my courage.

Gillian...

I love you.

You make me feel like a young man.

You're beautiful, you're radiant.

And you make the best smoothies!

I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

Maybe Faraz was doing a practice proposal run

with Emily?

Faraz, that's amazing

because I was going to propose to youtoday!

Go Nan!

Will you marry me?

Yes!

- Congratulations, buddy. - Celebration dance time!

♪ We're never giving up

♪ Whoo, ooh

♪ Just keep going...

♪ Rock Island Mysteries.