Oneshots - Ship Book

Veteran x Player - Impostor

A/N -
Just as a disclaimer... I obviously don't own the characters mentioned in this one shot. They belong to Game Toons. This is based on the YouTube series "Among Us Logic". Anyway, thank you!
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Veteran's PoV -

     It was a normal day on Polus. The air was cold and snow fell from the sky. The crew was working on our research as normal during our short stay on Polus before returning to Mirah HQ. Player and I made our way to the specimen room to do our tasks. We chat about random stuff as we do our tasks. Player is typing something into the computer while I'm busy dissecting an alien species. I look away to exchange tools when I swear I see movement out of the corner of my eye. I look over but see nothing besides the long dead creature. Player seemingly senses my unease, "What's wrong, Veteran?"

     "Huh, oh, nothing," I'm still confused but I go back to my task wanting to get done as soon as possible.

     "Okay, I'll be right back, I need to go download some data," Player states as he exits the room leaving me by myself.

     I make a small cut into the chest cavity of the creature searching for it's heart so I can study it. The creature flinches and I jump back in fear. I probably just hit a nerve. I return to my work and insert the tweezers into its chest cavity when the alien creature lunges at me! I fall against the wall with a hard thud. I need to get out of here! I try to run before the creature finds me but it is too late. The creature jumps at my chest and easily tears through my space suit with razor sharps claws and teeth. Pain courses through my chest as the creature continues to claw and bite at me. Soon the pain overcomes me and I black out. This is my end isn't it!?

Surprisingly, I wake. I feel pain throughout my chest, cold and hunger also naws at me. With some trouble I stand. Then I notice all the blood covering the walls of the specimen room. I look down at my own chest. My yellow suit is stained red with my own blood. My suit is ripped to pieces exposing a large gash in my chest. Then I remember that horrible creature. Wait, shouldn't I be dead if my suit was compromised. I have no oxygen. Am I dead? No, I feel horrible, ghosts can't feel.

The door to the specimen room opens reveling Player holding a stack of papers, "I'm back, Vet." Then he sees all the blood and the gash in my suit, "What happened!"

Player drops his papers and rushes over to my aid. "Veteran, are you okay?" Player inspects the damage to my chest and my suit.

"I honestly have no idea," I try to laugh it off but my chest hurts too much.

Player allows me to use him as support. I gently lean against him as we make our way to medbay. Suddenly, my hunger naws at me again. I feel a craving for blood, for anything living. I feel movement in my chest. That creature. It infected me!

I jerk away from Player, not wanting to hurt him. I stumble to use the wall of decontamination as support. I've read about 'Impostors' before. They sabatoge crewmates and eat them alive. Our mission as a crew was to investigate the impostor species but now I guess I am one. "Veteran, what's wrong?" Player hurries over to me wondering why I jerked away from him.

"That impostor species I was dissecting did this to me," I point to the large gash in my chest, "it's inside me, I can feel it." I'm holding back tears.

"I'll take care of you, Vet, we need to get you help," Player helps me lean against him again and he helps me stumble to med bay.

"Player, don't you understand, I can't be around you because I don't want to hurt you," I'm actively shedding tears now.

Player helps me sit down on a cot in med bay. "You won't hurt me, I know you too well, Veteran," Player continues, "Sit still, I'm going to get Monster and Not-Orange to see if they can help you."