Short Stories

GHreyLas

"Agh, damnit!" GHrey cursed after the wire split open her hand. Her cold black blood oozed out of the wound for a moment before Six sealed it up.

"Why do you try anymore? You know you can't do tasks."

"I can at least try... I just wanna help the crew, yknow?"

"I don't know, actually. Did you forget that Captain yelled at you earlier today? And that other guy, Jeremy, they threw him in out the airlock because he was looking at Dina. He wasn't even the one who killed her, it was obviously the pink bastard Kevin..."

"They're scared. Six, we're all scared. Don't you think you're being insensitive? Seriously, they have barely any food left, three days left to get back home, and they still haven't found out who's the imp."

Six scoffed and leaned back against the wall. "Seriously, I bet we could just kill them all now and no one would even think-"

"PURPLE!" Captain shouted from outside the generator room. "Meeting's been called, we got things to discuss."

GHrey nodded and stood up, covering her hand and walking towards the meeting room.

People were shouting at each other. Apparently they found half of a body, which had recently belonged to Benson, a man with a lime green suit and a family waiting for him back home. Everyone was pointing fingers.

GHrey took a deep breath and stood up, looking around at them. "I have to use the restroom."

Captain nodded to her and waved his hand, but suddenly Darwin grabbed her arm.

"Hold on girl, you have been quiet this whole time. Where did you say you were during the murder?"

"I-I was in electrical doing wires, I cut my hand on one, you can see-" she showed her bandaged up hand, which she had painted a convincing red color during the meeting.

"The whole start of this day, you've been sitting in electrical... that sounds rather suspicious."

GHrey pulled her arm away. "Look, I haven't figured out the wiring yet, I've been trying to-"

Wendy stood up and shoved Darwin away. "You're just blaming her because you were the one in coms with Benson!"

The pointing of fingers started again. This time, most of them pointed at Darwin. When the voting began, it was clear Darwin was getting thrown out the airlock. Captain handcuffed him and Wendy sedated him, putting him in the airlock. They pulled the lever and waited... but nothing happened.

The body of an innocent human drifted slowly away from the ship and they sighed, shaking their heads.

"Alright people. Let's get some rest, and make sure to lock your doors. Be careful who you let in."

Late that night, GHrey heard Six again.

"They know it's you now. They just tossed out your accuser. They'll toss you out next."

"Shut up."

"They're gonna be so happy when they seee my corpse floating out of your de-pressurized suit, and your eyes boil out of your skull."

"Shut up, shut up, just shut up! I'm thinking..."

"Well you should be thinking about going through the vents and grabbing Captains keys. Then you can take them all out."

"No... no, I don't want to kill anyone."

"If you don't, they'll kill you. If you'd rather not kill, let me do it. Let me save you. Maybe... if she plays nice... I'll infect Wendy and keep her alive. Deal?"