2 impostors remain

2 imposters remain

Life on the Skeld has been mundane for a very long time.

Days were spend finishing tasks and doing nothing. Occasionally they'd pass by other ships, visiting and trading supplies, until they'd separate their ways. It's been years since humans left the earth, having killed off their home planet. Humans left in groups in self-build spaceships, bound to wander around in space in search of a new planet to live on.

Brian felt lucky to be with his friends, he wouldn't want it any other way. Sure, they got on his nerves and he really wanted to eject them into space, but he loved them any other day. Besides his fellow Irishman was there to keep him calm. Whenever Delirious was being stupid again, Nogla would place a hand on his shoulder and drag him away from cafeterias to do their boring ass down to do their boring ass download and upload tasks.

He would always talk about something funny that happened and it would instantly lighten up Brian's day. Nogla would often refer to them as the two space potatoes and he was just so dumb it made butterflies flutter in Brian's stomach. Although often claimed otherwise, Brian loved Nogla.

Lately, they've been running into more and more spaceships. Nothing strange about that. The strange thing was the stories they told. Apparently, some weird space virus had been spreading among ships and it turned some of the crewmates into monsters. They said the monsters could transform, looking like their normal selves one moment and changing into a sharp teethed man-eating thing the next.

At first, they didn't believe them, who could blame them? Monsters on a spaceship? That's crazy talk. It did change however when they passed by a spaceship that had been sending out a S.O.S. signal for the past days. They send out a request for communication, which was left unanswered.

Cautiously, some of the crew forced their way onto the ship to see what was going on. Nogla was one of them. The others remained on the Skeld, finishing some of their tasks in the meantime. When they returned, Nogla and Marcel were covered in blood and Tyler's shaking hands were still holding his gun. Smitty was as pale as a sheet and immediately ran towards the bathroom. Kryoz ran after him.

Vanoss, Moo and Delirious helped the others sit down as Brian stood frozen in place, staring at the blood stains on Nogla's suit, hoping it wasn't his. It was silent as Scotty checked the two for injuries. Then the silence was broken by Panda asking the ham question. "What happened?"

Tyler had finally stored away his gun, rubbing his face, looking tired. "Bodies," he said solemnly," All we found were... bodies." Nogla nodded, staring at the floor. "No one was left alive," Marcel muttered. "Or so we thought," Nogla said. Brian finally moved, sitting down beside Nogla.

"What do you mean?" Vanoss asked and Brian was sure he never heard as much fright in his voice before. "There was... something..." Nogla said," It didn't look like a normal human... it just stood there watching us." Marcel shook his head. "When we tried to talk to him, it twisted half its body towards us and bared its teeth," he shivered," Its horrible, sharp teeth..."

Silence fell upon the group once more and Brian took Nogla's hand in his. "It attacked us," Tyler said," I had to shoot it, it would've e-eaten Marcel." Marcel gave him a thankful pat on the back. It wasn't long until Scotty cleared the two blood covered men and everyone went separate ways.

Scotty and Moo went to medbay, meeting up with Kryoz and Smitty to check up on the latter. Vanoss and Delirious went to work on their tasks and Tyler left for his room, wanting to be alone. "Are you okay?" Brian asked softly, squeezing the hand in his. "To be honest, no," Nogla answered. Brian looked at Nogla's face, at the serious expression and the anxiety in his eyes.