The Impostor

Chapter 2 - There is ONE Murderer Among Us

"Um, hi," I said. No response. The other crewmates just stared at me, mouths wide open. "I'm White. Skeld 2.0 was just attacked by the Imposter. They sabotaged the oxygen so we landed here."

Yellow nodded. "Polus was also attacked by the Imposter, a bit before you came. They killed seven people!"

"Th-they attacked here!?"

"Yes. To be honest, they only killed six people. They stabbed another one and that one also started trying to kill us, so, so...."

"Stabbed?"

"Yeah. Must've been some kind of poison. Their blood turned purple and soon they lost it."

I stared. Lime said: "Well, uh, are you guys hungry? Orange just made some lunch. She's really good at cooking."

"Yes please!" Blue said.

After we were done eating we talked a bit more and introduced ourselves. "You can put your spacesuits here," Lime said, leading us to a closet. I took off my spacesuit and put a jacket on. It was cold. We then entered a secret room on Polus. It was under the admin room and it was warmer there. Still, I kept on my jacket. Not because I was still cold, but because I didn't want anybody to see my cut. Only I and Blue were going to know.

"Hi. My name is Julia and I'm color Lime. I am twenty-nine years old."

"Hi, my name is Mike and I am color, White. I'm thirty years old."

"My name is Jessie. Color Orange I am twenty-five years old."

After we were done, we talked a bit more about the imposter attacking Polus. "Wait, so you said that the Imposter attacked before we came? Like how much before?"

"About six or five minutes. Like he knew where everybody was. Lime, and Orange, and I went into this secret room. He didn't know about it."

"Six or five minutes?! But he attacked our spaceship in six or five minutes!"

Yellow looked at me. "Haven't you heard? The Imposter is recruiting members!"

"WHAT?!"

Gray was recruiting crewmates to kill! I couldn't believe it! Who would join such a person?!

"Who would join such a person?!" Blue asked.

Yellow shrugged. "Probably more evil people." He said.

That night, I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned, my shoulder aching. Maybe I should go ask Blue for treatment. Blue was a night owl. He slept mostly during the afternoon and always kept night watch. I heard Blue was patrolling the East. I put on my slippers and went towards medbay. When I got there, I gasped. Blue lay in a pool of blood. His eyes were wide and sightless. His clothes were bloody and his body was crooked. I stared, then grabbed my radio.

"EVERYONE REPORT TO MEDBAY!" I shouted. "There has been a murder!"

Almost at once, Yellow, who was patrolling the east coast, was here, panting and gasped at the horrible sight.

"W-What happened?!"

"I don't know. I found him dead."

The other crewmates came and all gasped at the sight.

"Did the Imposter come here?" Purple asked. "Did you see anyone?"

"No one," I replied. "I crouched beside Blue's body. "His body is still warm! The Imposter or his minion must be nearby!"

"Everybody!" Yellow called. "Orange, Purple! You take the north! Green, Lime! West! Pink, Cyan, east! White! You and I will take south! When you are done, meet me at the office. Any trouble radio everyone!"

We all hurried along, and Yellow and I searched every room. No one. We met the other groups at the office. No one.

"They must've been hiding some ship and flew away," Pink said.

"We would've heard that," Cyan replied. "I think they're still hiding on the planet. I, I think it's one of us!"

I lay down in my bed, thinking. What did Cyan mean? I had a feeling that this had to do with different people, not us! But then I thought. Yellow had told us that someone had been stabbed. Then, they also started killing. What if, what if, they hadn't had a choice! Their blood had turned purple! They were poisoned! The minions didn't have a choice!