The Impostor

Chapter 4 - Everyone's Dying Around Me

I tossed and turned that night. Hadn't the imposter done enough damage? My shoulder was already stinging and I missed Blue. He was one of my best friends! Stupid Imposter! I hate him! I hated him! I hated the space company for sending my father on that mission! I hate everyone else on here for joining the space company!

What was I thinking?! It wasn't the space company's fault that someone like the Imposter was alive. All we needed to do was to wait until the Imposter died of old age! Brilliant idea White! If only Grey wasn't alive. I buried my face into the pillow to stop everyone from hearing me sobbing.

The next morning I went to specimens. I looked through the fossils trying to see what creatures back in the past in Polus looked like. I was puzzled. This creature had feathers and webbed feet?! Ridiculous! An animal who would fly couldn't swim! I turned around to study my notes on a wall and dropped my magnifying glass. Blue!

"Blue!" I called out.

Blue turned and looked at me. He looked startled.

"You, you can see me?"

"Blue! Who killed you?"

Blue furrowed his brow in concentration. "I don't know. They stabbed me from behind."

There must have been something that startled Blue because his eyes flew wide open and he suddenly vanished.

"B-Blue?!"

I ran out of specimens. That place was haunted! Or... was I going crazy? Was I wrong that I could hold it for fifteen days? I shuddered at the thought that I couldn't. I looked at my watch.

Lunchtime.

I ran to admin and, making sure I wasn't followed, I lifted the table and crawled under into the cafeteria.

I grabbed a pizza and some sparkling water.

"Hi White!" Lime called as I walked by.

"Hullo," I responded. I sat down and ate my pizza, thinking. About five minutes had passed when I finished. I looked down at my watch when I finished. 1:31?! It was 1:20 when I started! I was going to be late for a meeting! I put my plate in the sink and started running to the ladder. Then, suddenly,

"Everybody report to O2! There has been another murder"

My radio buzzed as another message was sent. I didn't look. I just bolted to O2 as fast as I could. I couldn't believe it! Another murder! I was out of breath when I reached O2 and saw a few crewmates already crowding around a body.

Lime.

I gasped. Lime also lay in a pool of blood. A long hole that completely went through his chest to his back meant...... No branch fell on Lime. Lime was murdered by a spear tongue. The Imposter or his minions took a visit. I instantly crouched by Lime's body. It was cool.

"Who did this?!" Pink sobbed.

"Ain't it obvious?!" Orange snapped. "The Imposter! Grey must have spear tongued him! Or his minions."

Yellow stared at Lime's body as everyone waited for Yellow's instructions.

Yellow managed to croak: "From now on, us crewmates know that polus is not safe. Each of us will carry a gun for self-defense. ONLY for self-defense. Crewmates will stick together in groups of two or more. We will always wear armor over our space suits."

Then, he carried Lime's body to the Lava pool for the ritual.