They Walk Among Us | Book One

Peter Green ~ Meeting ~ Chapter Two

"So where was the body Peter?"

I looked down at my shaking legs. My mouth couldn't open, the only sounds I could make where the whimpers I let out.

"Medbay, I bet. Peter probably killed Isac and then ran off with Tyler- maybe they're two of the killers?" Opal suggested. Ember let out a quiet sob.

"His body wasn't in Medbay," Tyler clarified. "It was-"

"It was just outside Navigation," Samuel said. When I gave him an accusing look, he continued by saying, "Oh Peter, do you think I'd give myself away like that. I'm not delusional, you know. I was in Reactor, and I saw you and Tyler run out of Security. You look scared, so I followed you. You must've not noticed me, but I still saw Isac's body before you reported it."

I smiled. Of course - that was reasonable. Samuel wasn't dumb, he wouldn't say anything that could get him killed, unless it was extremely important and/or useful. 

"N- Near his body was s- some sort of e- e- electronic d- device-" I stuttered. Isac's death had really shaken me. "It l- looked like s- s- some sort of h- heads- set, but with an arial... Th- The headseat w- was sh- sh- showered in b- blood, but it was com- completely c- c- covered on both s- sides..."

"There was only one stab wound that we could find." Tyler added. "There was bloodstains on the ceiling of the corridor and the wall. The one to the right of you when you enter the room, which is very interesting... It didn't seem like Isac even went into Navigation, so how could his blood reach the inner wall?" 

"Isn't it obvious?" Coral chuckled (Coral is Cory, but since Cory is bigender he alternates between male and female. ~Felix). "Isac was wounded twice."

"But there was only one stab wound-"

"Only one STAB wound, you say," Coral corrected, staring at Tyler. The corner of my mouth twitched in anger - how dare she look at him! "What if he was shot, then stabbed?"

"But what would be the point of that?" I asked him, smirking. If I could prove him wrong, it would teach him not to look at my husband-to-be... "What is there to gain by covering the bullet wound by stabbing him? The killers have limited time to alter the crime scenes-"

"The killer must have wanted to think they only handled a knife, potentially pinning the crime on Brooke or I, for we are the only ones with access to the Underground Kitchen (This is an additional part of the ship I added for this purpose- ~Felix). There are no vents leading to the kitchen, so not even the Impostors can access it - unless, of course, Brooke is an Impostor," Coral replied, returning my smirk with satisfaction. "I assume they shot Isac when he was leaving Navigation, and so the blood splattered onto the front of the headset then. The killer then put his body on the floor to stab him, but the headset fell off and blood splattered on the back. The killer then hopped into the vent, before Peter and Tyler reported the body."

"How do you know Isac was laying down?" I asked, my voice full of accusation.

"Well he can't have been standing up, could he? Besides, how else would blood get on the ceiling?"

"He has a point. That does seem to be the most reasonable explanation. But that's why it's wrong," Tyler countered. Coral looked at him in shock. He explained, "The vent had no evidence of being used. It was too dusty, unlike when Angie died in Navigation two years ago."

"Well, you two must be the killers!" Opal screeched. "I was just looking at the Admin table, and it said Isac died only eight seconds before you reported it-!"

"Didn't I say I was following them?" Samuel butted in, looking at the girl smugly. Her cardboard crown slipped down her head as she looked down her nose at him. "They can't have killed Isac, or I would've seen. The killer must have been in the room with them, so it must have been someone with dark hair and/or clothing."

"The only ones with dark hair AND clothing are Samuel and Ember. Ava, Peter and Tyler have rather dark clothing, but we know it couldn't have been Samuel, Peter or Tyler-" Coral answered.

"What if the Impostors are Peter, Tyler AND Samuel?" Opel suggested.

Ava shook her head and said, "No, I just saw them before the body was reported. I came up from Shields."

"Well that rules out Ava, too," finished Coral. "So it must have been Ember, or else we're completely wrong about how the killer got away."

"We don't have to eject her, though!" Brooke suggested hopefully. "We don't have any concrete evidence it was Ember, and I don't think we should eject ANYONE with the situation we're in. We're losing people to the killers, and if we're wrong that kind of make US killers..."

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Word count: 834

Sorry the chapter is really short ;v; it's only the first kill though and I didn't want to go into TOO much gruesome detail about it. There is still some mystery, though! What is the headset device Peter mentioned? Follow me to find out!!

Who should we eject? If you don't want to eject anyone, say 'skip'. If not, say the FIRST NAME of the character you think deserves to be ejected, and maybe even why!

Don't forget to say who you want to spectate in Chapter Three! You can't spectate Peter, because he's been the centrepiece so far. We need someone else to take place now-