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Stella, Kiko and Miles were the first three crewmates in the reactor. Stella and Miles stabilised the reactor as quickly as they could. Kiko let out a relieved sigh, before a loud slam was heard. "Fuck." Miles blurted, as the trio looked up to see the reactor door had slammed shut.

"Oh my god.. what is happening??" Kiko blurted, completely panicked. "Kiko has a really bad feeling.. really bad! We're not safe!" The faunus panicked as Stella and Miles faced the girl.

She began to breathe really fast, hyperventilating. Stella found herself worrying too, as she felt like her stomach was doing backflips. She wanted to freak out and scream, but she knew if she had an outburst it would only panic Kiko more.

Instead, the pinkette approached the chameleon faunus, and gently took her hands in her own. "Hey, Kiko, just focus on my voice okay?" She asked as Kiko nodded, but still looked panicked. "We are going to be okay, I promise you." The Valentine said softly. "But Lia!! Kiko is worried about Lia!!" Kiko panicked again. "Ilia is a tough girl, she will be fine." Stella added. Kiko nodded, taking deep breaths as she began to calm down.

As her heartbeat slowed, she then embraced Stella. "Kiko thanks you, Stella." She said quietly, as Stella returned the hug. "You're welcome, Kiko." The Valentine replied.

Miles smiled at the scene in front of him, before flinching as the doors suddenly opened. "Fucking hell— that gave me a fright." He blurted. Stella and Kiko let go of eachother, before turning to the doors. "Alright, let's go and make sure everyone is okay." Stella spoke.

Jasper, Yang and Enzo raced into O2, their jaws dropping as they found Abra on the ground, dead. Her throat had been slit, and she laid in a pool of her own blood.

"Oh.. my god.." Yang blurted, as Jasper stood in front of the pair, his face going pale. "Guys.. this isn't over.." Enzo blurted, feeling panicked. "Why?! Why Abra?! She was so nice! She never did anything to hurt anybody!" Jasper snapped, tears welling in his eyes now. "Jasper.." Enzo trailed off. Yang just continued looking at the body, completely lost for words.

"We need to alert everyone." Yang finally spoke up, looking at the two boys. "Yeah, let's go to the cafeteria." Jasper decided, as the pair left.

Meanwhile Nova and Jaune raced into Navigation, both freezing in shock at the sight they saw before them. "No... no no no no.." Nova trailed off.

Leon laid on the ground, assumably dead, as he had been stabbed multiple times and was bleeding out. Though his eyes darted towards Jaune and Nova, catching their attention. "He's barely alive!" Jaune blurted. The panther faunus raced to the Trinity boy's side. "Leon? Baby? Stay with me." Nova insisted, hoping to find Stella quickly, so Leon could get help.

"..Nova.." Leon managed to choke out. It was clear that he wasn't going to make it, as his own blood pooled on the floor. Nova tried to hold it together, knowing this would be their last moments. "..I love you." Leon stammered, in almost a whisper. "I love you too Leon, more than you know."

Nova leant his forehead again Leon's, as a couple of tears rolled down his cheeks. "The imposter.." Leon stammered. Nova moved his head back, looking into his lover's eyes. "The imposter is..." Leon took his last breath, not managing to get the name out of his lips.

"It's okay, we'll find out who it is. You will be avenged, my love." Nova said softly, before he left a soft kiss on his forehead. He saw the light leave his boyfriend's eyes. It was then, the Pierce broke down, sobbing.

Tears rolled down Jaune's cheeks, as he watched Nova cry over his future fiancé's death, and felt a stinging pain in his chest as he realised he would never see his own best friend again.

"This is so unfair.. so fucking unfair.." Jaune mumbled, as he cried. Nova was unable to speak, as he just kept sobbing. The Pierce didn't see any sort of future without the Trinity, but now he was going to have to live without him. The faunus was completely inconsolable and heartbroken.

Sometime later

"In case anyone wasn't aware, Abra and Leon are dead." Yang announced. Those that didn't know, gasped in surprise. "Oh my god.." Maeve gasped. Elena's face went pale, before she looked around at the other crewmates.

"This means.. we have another imposter on our ship." Stella managed to say, "Does anyone.. does anyone know of anything.. suspicious... that—" The Valentine stopped, struggling to get the sentence out of her mouth. "This is exhausting, and heartbreaking.. why do our friends keep dying!? Why is somebody on this ship killing off our friends!?" The pinkette suddenly snapped. Pyrrha took Stella's hand, hoping to calm her down.

The redhead looked at the other crewmates, as they all looked completely exhausted as well. They had lost now five of their dear friends, and had barely had a chance to grieve.

"I think we all need some time." Jaune spoke up. "Everyone looks so defeated and destroyed." He added, "I know I am. I just watched my best friend.. take his last breath." The Arc admitted, his eyes filling with tears again. "I think we should take some time, maybe give it a few hours. And we'll come back with clearer heads, and try and figure out who the imposter is." He decided.

Everyone fell silent, knowing that decision could just give the imposter more time to kill, but mentally they were completely drained, they weren't in any head space to talk about this.

"Everyone stay in groups of two or three, with people you trust. It would be easier to stay with whoever you're rooming with but that is up to you." Jaune explained. Regardless of what Jaune had just said, Nova turned around and left, alone. Jaune turned around and went after him, followed by Nora.

"This isn't going to end.. is it?" Weiss asked, sadly. Yang looked to Weiss, and sighed, unsure what to say. She wanted to tell her best friend that everything would be okay.. but it wasn't.

Blake and Maeve left the cafeteria, hand in hand, as they decided to go off and do their tasks, hoping to get their minds off of their departed friends. Elena and Jenni then left together, as well. Alec, Miles, Enzo and Adam decided to stay together, and lap around the ship, to complete some tasks and possibly find evidence. Weiss, Ari and Jasper went into the kitchen, deciding to get a snack or make a hot beverage.

"Kiko and Lia are going to their dorm." Kiko announced, before she looked to Stella. "Thank you Stella for giving Kiko hope... but we're not going to be okay. Kiko doesn't know if we ever will be okay, again." The chameleon faunus sighed. Stella nodded sadly, "I'm... I'm sorry.. for giving you false hope, Kiko.." Was all the pinkette could stammer.

Seeing the pinkette on the verge of tears, Yang raced over, and embraced her. Stella hugged back, sinking into Yang's arms. The best friends didn't say anything to eachother, but the comfort was definitely needed.

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