My Little Crewmate

2- Sabotage

Today something strange happened. I was in the cafeteria, downloading data, when all of a sudden the lights started flickering. "Mama?" Limey asked. "What's going on?" I looked next to me at Pink as the lights dimmed so low that I could only see my immediate surroundings. Pink started shaking with fear and biting her lips. "Somebody fix the lights!" she cried. I caught a glimpse of Black and Red running toward the electrical room, and soon afterwards the lights came back on. 

"Thank god," Pink whispered. "I thought we would die!" Limey looked up to me with big eyes. "Mama, who did that?" she asked. "I don't think anyone did it, dear," I said. "It was just an accident." She nodded. 

Pink, Limey, and I went to the cafeteria for breakfast. We were all a little shook from the blackout, and I hadn't even finished downloading the data. "Eggs and bacon or muffins?" Green asked us. "Muffins, please," Limey said. Pink, Green, and I chuckled. "OK, muffins. Thanks, Green," I said. Green nodded and came out with a platter of blueberry muffins. Cyan and Sam came over to our table. "That blackout was scary, wasn't it," he said, biting into a muffin. Pink nodded and fingered the cherry pin by her forehead. "I wasn't scared!" said Limey proudly. "Of course you weren't," said Cyan cheerfully.

After breakfast Limey and I went back to the control panel to finish downloading data. I checked that task off of my list and headed to the admin room to upload it. "Mama, I need to rest," Limey complained. I sighed. "Sit here in the cafeteria," I said. "Pink! Look after her, won't you?" Pink nodded from where she was emptying the garbage chute. 

I went to the admin room to upload the data. Suddenly I heard a horrible alarm go off. Ree, ree, ree, ree... "Reactor meltdown!" I heard Red yell. "Everyone head to reactor!" My heart started beating out of my chest. I hated myself for leaving Limey in the cafeteria and wanted to go check on her, but I knew that something bad would happen if we didn't fix the reactor meltdown in time. I ran to the reactor as fast as possible and managed to stop the meltdown with Black's help. As soon as the alarm quieted, I ran to the cafeteria to get Limey. She was gone!

"LIMEY! PINK!" I screamed. "TESSA!" Pink ran to my side with Limey following here. "Why did you take her?" I growled. "I was trying to stop the reactor meltdown, Lime," Pink protested. "You and Black had already stopped it by the time I got there, and I knew that you wouldn't want me to leave Limey here alone." "You're right, I wouldn't," I sighed. "Sorry." Pink nodded silently and handed Limey to me. "Was that an accident, too?" she asked. "Yes," I said automatically, but when I thought about it, I realized that maybe it wasn't. Maybe someone was sabotaging the lights and the reactor!

I wandered through the ship with Limey (who didn't want to be separated from me again), completing my tasks, wondering if someone really was sabotaging the lights and the reactor. But who? "Mama?" asked Limey, rattling me out of my thoughts. I smiled at her. "Let's go eat lunch. I heard a rumor that Green is making grilled cheese..." "Yay!" Limey cried, and ran ahead of me to the cafeteria.

Limey and I sat with Cyan and Sam at lunch. Pink was sitting with Purple and Brown at another table. I felt bad for snapping at her earlier. Red walked over to our table. "Have you seen the keys to the vents?" he asked, taking off his military hat to rub his head. Cyan and I shook our heads. "Why?" I asked. "They're gone," Red sighed. "Now all the vents are locked, so we don't have an emergency exit." I gulped as he walked away to question Black and Orange. 

"Penny for your thoughts," said Cyan as I picked at my sandwich. I sighed and decided to tell him about my suspicions. "I think that someone is sabotaging the ship," I admitted. His eyes widened. "I mean, two emergencies in one day? I think that someone is trying to..." I looked over to make sure that Limey was occupied with playing with Sam. She was. "Kill us," I finished.

Cyan didn't say anything for a long time. "Maybe you're right," he said. "But who? There's no one on here except the crewmates." "Exactly," I responded. "What if one of the crewmates is...an imposter?"

That's what happened today. I have a bad feeling about what is to come. 

A/N: Hey guys, hope you liked this chapter. Question of the day: Would you rather be an imposter or a crewmate? My answer: Imposter!