 Later, the group members find both Gerry and Melissa, and discover that the alien activity was faked by smugglers who captured Melissa and are holding her ransom.With the mysterious events seemingly solved and Melissa standing guard over the smugglers until the police arrive, the teenagers and Gerry return to the ocean to await the dank wave, only to be abducted from the sand by the aliens they had come to find.The group find themselves back on the ridge and are picked up by helicopters before being returned to a military complex.