We've only just ditched our black garbs after our mourning period for dearly departed Max.

But now Hollyoaks are hitting us with another tragic story line.

And it involves the McQueens - this is a *SPOILER ALERT* folks.

Jennifer Metcalfe, Leah Hackett, Claire Cooper and Gemma Merna (aka Mercedes, Tina, Jacqui and Carmel McQueen) We don't know if we can take this one, we heart the McQueens.

But the word is one of the girls is going to lose her life - and their loon of a half brother is at the root of it.

A dramatic explosion in Hollyoaks will be the climax of Niall Rafferty's murderous revenge on his birth mum Myra McQueen.

In scenes to be aired in October, he kidnaps half siblings John-Paul (James Sutton), Carmel (Gemma Merna), Mercedes (Jennifer Metcalfe), Tina (Leah Hackett) Michaela (Hollie-Jay Bowes) and Jacqui (Clare Cooper).

Niall (Barry Sloane) holds them in the disused church where Myra (Nicole Barber-LaneHollie-Jay Bowes plays Michaela McQueen) abandoned him as a baby.

Then he only goes and blows it up... (insert dramatic pause). 

Sob, boo hoo - it leaves one of the sisters dead - but which one will it be?

Crikey, Niall is really racking up the body count - he's already killed Max Cunningham (Matt Littler) and he's set to poison John-Paul's fiance, Kieron Hobbs (Jake Hendricks) next week.

We're ready with the Kleenex, we think we're going to need it again.