Chained

Chapter 11: Cyan

Suddenly, Black heard a crashing sound from behind him, right outside the door. There was a quick, high-pitched scream, as if from a child, which was quickly muffled and eventually slowed down into complete silence. Black and Red exchanged looks of unease.

Black looked back up towards the door as footsteps quickly padded towards them. Black looked down at Lime. Even she looked slightly uneasy.

Two tentacles flew into the room, striking Lime and Red. Black gasped, before quickly covering up his mouth to keep him quiet. The tentacles holding him up slowly and weakly sank into the ground. Black was left standing there, shaken.

Analyzing the bodies, Black realized that Red and Lime had been hit with the smooth ends of the tentacles, only knocking them unconscious. Black sighed quietly in relief.

Cyan walked into the room, leaving Black a little less relieved and a little more terrified.

"My turn," Cyan boomed. Black stood up straight and leaned as far as he could into the wall.

Why does Cyan always come in when I'm about to find out something important?

It's like she can see what's happening.

"For your knowledge," Cyan said, interrupting Blacks train of thought. "The other one... Like... You... Was Banana. Our old engineer."

Black was quick to assume and panic. CAN she see what's happening?!

"U- uh..." Black stuttered, before swallowing. "Why did you need to knock them out?"

"Those incompetent worms... They don't know how to really get information from you. You. Something unique. Someone we need to uncover secrets from, so we can prevent others from having their visors turned cyan."

"Uh-huh.. Uh, what did you want to speak to me about?" Black managed forced out the question.

"This," Cyan stated, reaching out a tentacle and pulling back a small, light pink imposter, the color of strawberry milk. Black quickly realized, in horror, that the scared little imposter was a child. A young one, too.

"Do you know who this is?" Cyan gestured towards the mini imposter with a tentacle. The child shuddered, closing her eyes and tearing up.

"No... I don't recognize her," Black answered truthfully. The mini imposter looked up, and Black quickly realized she had a cyan visor.

Wait, so there's me, Banana, and this child...

That makes three of us.

"Hold on..." Black muttered. "If you have this child, who is more likely to tell the truth about these visors than I am, why are you asking me the questions?"

"First off, you're an adult," Cyan responded hastily. "You know more than her. Second off, she's mute. Except for screaming..."

What was she DOING to her?! Black almost spoke his thought aloud, but hesitated and kept it internalized.

Cyan extended the tentacle holding the child out of the room, who was silently crying at this point. Black felt sick to his stomach.

Cyan then walked to the middle of the room, brushing Red and Lime's bodies to the side.
"One more question for you..." Cyan said. "Do you see any ghosts in this room?"

Black looked around. The room seemed to be empty, other than him, Cyan, and the two unconscious people on the floor.

"No..." Black replied, still trying to look around for ghosts. Cyan closed her eyes for a moment.

"How about now?"

Suddenly, a ghost faded into view next to Cyan. It was yellow, with a purple and blue striped bandana around its neck. Obviously a crewmate.

"Yes, I see one," Black breathed. He started trying to breathe slowly, in an attempt to relax.

"Okay, hmm, what's it doing?"

The ghost, once completely still, sprang up and dashed into the floor.

"I can tell by your gaze that you can see it. Goooood," she purred. Black gave up his attempt to calm down as he started to hyperventilate again at the tone of her voice.

Suddenly, to Black's left, he heard some shifting and grunting. Both him and Cyan quickly looked over.

"These imposters wake up too quickly..." Cyan muttered, just loud enough for Black to overhear.

Red was holding his head and leaning against the wall, slowly trying to pull himself up. Black instinctively rushed over to help, but he was quickly knocked back with a large tentacle.

"Don't help him," Cyan hissed. Black quickly rushed back to his original location.

She wants this. She wants Red to struggle.

Black stood there, watching Red struggle. He glanced over at Cyan, who looked slightly amused at the whole ordeal.

Once Red had managed to get up, Cyan reached a tentacle straight out the door and pulled in the child again. Red's visor widened and he quickly took the hand off his head.

"This," Cyan hissed. "You know about this. Tell me what happened to make her visor cyan."

Red glanced over at Black, before looking back at the crying child. Red quickly put a hand behind his back, so only Black could see. Meanwhile, Lime was slowly getting up herself, though slow, it was quicker than Red. Red held up three fingers.

Two...

One...