-Chelsea is stunned by Stefano saying Hope is her mother. Stefano tells her a DNA test will prover it. He tells her to get to safety as the island will soon self-destruct. He runs off and thanks her again for saving him. Chelsea asks again if he has any clue about her real father but Stefano yells he doesn't know and runs off. Chelsea runs off to find the others. Meanwhile, Stefano finds a speedboat in a hidden storage hanger and takes off in it saying that the Phoenix has risen and will now be back full force. He vows to shake up Salem.

-Chelsea runs into Bo, Hope, Billie, and Patrick. They are all relieved to see each other. Bo thinks that Billie and Hope should get to the lifeboats and take a captive Patrick with them but Hope wants to stay and help. Bo orders Billie to take Chelsea but Chelsea does not want to leave Hope. This stuns Patrick, Bo, and Billie. Chelsea insists that she owes Hope alot for saving her life and by helping to save all of their loved ones, including Hope's, she hopes that will help pay Hope back for everything. Bo and Billie don't buy it and think something else is going on, as do Hope and Patrick. They have no time to argue and drop the subject. They take off to find the others.

-Shane is stunned to see KAYLA BRADY staring at him. He thanks her for saving his life. He opens the secret door to let John, Eric, Nicole, Austin, Lucas, Kate, Roman, Bonnie, Shawn, Mimi, Rex, Cassie, and Belle all out. They are stunned to see Kayla. Kayla explains that she has been watching Shane since he arrived in Salem to help out. She explains this goes back years, to 1995, in fact. Kimberly had brought Andrew and Jeannie for a visit to Shane. They all stayed with him. While there, Kim overheard him on the phone talking about Steve and his death. This piqued Kim's interest. She came to visit Shane at ISA headquarters and found herself in his office alone at one point. She found a file on Steve and learned that Shane was investigating and surveiling Lawrence Alamain and Stefano Dimera. There was reason to beleive that there was more to Steve's death and that one or both of the evil masterminds were involved. Kim told Kayla since she felt she should know but both women soon learned that the investigation was dropped after finding nothing. Fast forward to years later with what happened with the first Melaswen plot and now what has happened now and Kayla now thinks Steve's death could've been faked too. She knew Shane thought that and as soon as Shane left for Salem, she left California. Kim called her and told her that Shane was going to Salem to deal with the Dimera's and all the "deaths" on Morgan Island and in Salem. Kim mentioned how some of the "deaths" were like how Steve died in the hospital. This got Kayla thinking that Steve and her had enemies in Lawrence and Stefano and maybe his death may have been a ruse too. She somehow ended up on the same flight as Shane since he needed to catch a connecting flight and chose to merely follow him and not tell anyone else she was around since she knew nobody would tell her anything, especially Shane. She wanted to stay in the shadows and hopefully learn things on her own and be close enough where if she needed help she could make her presence known to Shane, John, etc. When they all left for the island, she knew she had to find her own way so she took Bo and Hope's boat and here she is. She has been searching the island for clues that may pertain to Steve and anything else and has nothing. Bo, Hope, Billie, Patrick, and Chelsea show up. Bo and Hope reunite with Kayla and she tells them the story of why she is there. Kayla also tells everyone that she is a doctor now. Kayla learns that Roman may not be Roman and that John could be. She finds it hard to beleive and says they just need to wait for medical proof before driving themselves crazy. She is happy to know everyone is alive again and is shocked about Marlena, Ernesto, Stefano, Andre, and the Wendell situation. She asks where her mother and father are. Bo and Roman break the news about Shawn Sr to her. They all embrace and hug. Kayla hugs Sami. Eric and John as well. They decide they need to go find the others. Bo thinks that some people should get to his boat and get off the island. They all refuse saying they are all in this together. John says if things get worse he will order them all to get to the boats no matter who is left behind.

-Jennifer is still confused over Jack and Frankie. Abby tells her mother she likes Frankie but will never accept him as her mother's husband. Max tells Abby to be fair. Abby reminds Max to stay out of it and he reminds her of the pact they made to both stay out of it and not let what is going on affect them. They hug and both agree. Jennifer tells Jack and Frankie she loves both of them. She knows she will have to decide once returning to Salem. Mickey and Victor try to get Caroline and Maggie to get to the rescue boats but they won't have it. They want to find the others. They manage to meet up with Shane and crew. Caroline reunites with Kayla and they cry over Shawn Sr. Max, Frankie, Jennifer, and Jack reunite with her too, as do Mickey and Maggie. Kayla asks her mother if it was the shock over John and Roman and Rex and Cassie that caused Shawn Sr to die. Caroline says that is true but something else drove him over the edge. Roman blurts out that it was an affair with Victor. Kayla is stunned. The ground begins to shake and John orders everyone to start to get to the rescue boats and the Fancy Face III. Caroline tells Kayla they will talk later. John tells everyone to split up and start going for the boats no matter who is still behind. Kayla, Jen, Jack, Frankie, Max, Abby, Victor, Maggie, Mickey and Caroline are sent to the Fancy Face III as Bo and Hope will stay behind to help with the rescue operation. Kate, Austin, Lucas, Sami, Belle, Shawn, Mimi, and Bonnie are sent to one of the lifeboats. Greta shows up and sees Victor. She tries to tell him that he may be her father but decides not to given what is going on and everything that happened already with his affair with Caroline and all. Greta is told to go with Eric and Nicole and John decides to sent them off with Kate, Austin, and co. They all break up. Billie tells Chelsea to head for the boats too but she wants to stay with them. Bo and Hope are worried about Abe, Lexie, and Celeste.

-On the way to the boat, Kayla catches up with Jennifer. Jennifer talks about her being caught in the middle of Frankie and Jack. Kayla tells Jennifer that maybe the best thing is to choose neither since she really loves both of them and someone is going to be hurt. Jennifer says she needs to choose one-she can't cop out of this. Kayla tells her that she will lose either way as choosing Frankie will cause problems with Abby and hurt Jack and choosing Jack would break Frankie's heart and, no matter what she chooses, this thing could have a bad affect on the friendship between Abby and Max that looks real close. Jennifer notes that they are close and this thing could really hurt their relationship no matter what way it goes. She is really torn.

-Belle does not want to leave the island without looking for Philip. Kate, Austin, and Lucas agree. Shawn tells them all to go to the boat and that he, Austin, Lucas, and Eric will try to find him but it is to no avail as the woman want in too. They defy John's orders and along with Sami, Eric, Nicole, Greta, Bonnie, Mimi, and Shawn go to find Philip.

-Abr orders Tek tp let Lexie go. Tek professes her love for Lexie and says he knows Lexie loves him. Lexie tries to get him to back off. Abe warns Tek he is a dead man. Tek asks Aby why he cares since Lexie betrayed him with a Dimera henchman. Abe says she is still his wife and his son's mother. Tek says his life has been hell being blackmailed and forced to work for Stefano. He has no one-he lost his mother, who was the reason why he agreed to work for the Dimera's in the first place as he needed money and they helped him get into the ISA. He needs Lexie. Abe and Celeste vow to never let him have her. Abe then lunges for Tek as Lexie pulls him off of her. Abe and Tek fight. Tek manages to grab a hold of Lexie again as Abe tries to get up. The ground begins to shake and a crater begins to open up. Lexie tries to get Tek away from her but he pledges to never give up on her. She pushes him and he falls right into the crater, which fills up with boulders and rocks from above. Lexie, Abe, and Celeste watch as Tek is crushed to death. Lexie is relieved it's over but horrified that she killed someone. Celeste insists it was self-defense. Abe agrees. Lexie asks what this means for Abe and her. Abe says it means nothing but that Tek is dead. She still betrayed him too many times and he still can't help but look at her now and see Stefano's daughter. She is a Dimera through and through and always has been. He just refused to see it but sees it now and this time he won't make the mistake of giving her another chance. It's over for good this time. He tells Celeste and her to come with him so they can find the others and get off the island. Lexie asks her mother what will happen now. Celeste says her future is uncertain like the futures of many on the island given all the reveals and recent occurances. Lexie walks off to follow Abe as Celeste is overcome by a vision of shadowy people crying in pain over what look like bodies. Celeste predicts more misery and tragedy for those on the island and insists that the worst may be ahead. She then takes off to follow Lexie and Abe to find the others as the screen fades to black and the credits roll.