chapter twenty-four:

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Please just pretend the
storage and the empty chute
task are in separate room.
Like that there's a wall between the two. That's why they can't see what happened yet.

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The whole ship shook from the force of whatever had happened. I wobbled on my feet, quickly steadying myself on the end of the round table. I watched as everyone immediately dropped the subject we were on, rushing to go check out what the turmoil was all about. Not wanting to be left out, we quickly trailed along, making good time.

Total panic broke out. Everyone was either screaming or standing in place, rooted to the spot by utter shock. I frantically looked around, searching the ranks of people for brown, only to make the realization that brown was gone. He couldn't help us any longer. Just when I was also about to loose it, a female voice rang out, drawing the attention of all members. Soon, all was calm, except for the light shaking of the ship. Once everyone was  ready, orders were handed out, telling everyone what to do. I was told to go fix the engines and got to choose whom I wanted with me, to which I of course, chose my two everlasting companions. We then dispersed, getting ready to gather the things we would need for our assignment.

As we headed for storage, we were met by a few members running back, I assumed to navigations in order to steady the ship from it's still slightly wobbly state. Going further, I could also see some frantically collecting things from storage and  carrying it down to where we empty the chutes. Feeling the need to hurry, I rushed past storage, grabbing a canister full with fuel on the way, black getting my idea and quickly following me with another one, while baby blue managed to find the toolbox. Now in lower engine, we quickly opened the heavy metal door, baby blue climbing in in order to fix whatever may have happened to it after the ship rattled so violently.

Black meanwhile undid the seal for the fuel refill, grabbing one of the two canisters we brought and emptying it out, seeing as it was basically empty. Having nothing to do, I quickly threw a glance at the rotator's blades, making sure they wasn't destroyed. They weren't, but I did see a dangerous looking chip in one, so I decided to ask black, once he finished, to help me get a new blade from storage.

Finding the blades wasn't particularly hard, considering the size of them, but the hard part was carrying it. I doupt I would've made it on my own, it's so heavy me and black were barely able to lift it together, let alone carry it to the lower engine. But it had to be done. Trying my best to think quickly, I only resolved to go get help from someone.

Leaving black to wait, I made off, headed for admin. There, I found orange simply standing and looking at the admin table. I groaned, not wanting to ask him, but everyone else in the room seemed busy. He would also be one of my best options, considering his build, and also the fact that he was an imposter, which probably gave him extra strengh, seeing as how he needed to subdue and kill everyone in order to win. Swallowing what little pride I had, I walked over to him, tapping him on the shoulder to get his attention.

"What..?" I could tell he was annoyed, judging by his prolonged tone which was laced with slight anger.

"Look. I need you to help us since we can't carry the new blade to lower engine." I quickly explained, eyeing him defiantly.

"And why would I do that? Can't you find someone else to do your bidding?" The orange clad member spoke, clearly bothered.

"Because you're currently my only option, seeing as you're barely doing anything. Plus, we need your stfengh, that's why I came here after all."

"How am I supposed to help with strengh? It's not like I just have to lift something heavy and my job would be done." The man voiced sarcastically, rolling his eyes as further demonstration.

"That's exactly what I need you to do."

"Wait what-?"

"Come on, let's go. We've got no time to waste." I grabbed his hand, dragging him along after me to where we needed him. "Your tentacles would be of great use right about now." I explained, to which he only made a confused sound.

Arriving in storage, I made my way over to where the blades were, on the ground, since I wasn't able to get them up.

"This is what you needed me for? Are you that weak?" He asked mockingly, throwing me a knowing smirk.

I simply rolled my eyes, not paying his words any mind. As I went over to the blades, grabbing one side and raising it as high up as I could, I nodded my head at it as I waited for him to help me. Hearing a grunt of annoyance was all the warning I'd get before I felt the whole things just be picked up, almost lifting me with it had I not let go.

I could hear grumbling coming from orange, who only turned to me, his eyes glowing. At first, I was ready to shriek, but then I noticed that they were still white, so I hadn't agitated him enough to kill me, thank God.

"Where to?" Was what came out of the man's mouth, him looking at me with those pearly whites.

"Lower engine, we need to replace the rotisserie blades since the current ones have taken some damage. Enough to be a concern at least."

"Alright, let's just get this over with." He then started leading the way, leaving me to follow after him.

Back to where the rest of my team was, I could see them tense up as soon as they saw orange, throwing me a bewildered look.

I only nodded at him, so as to show them that he was no threat to us, for now.

CRACKKK...

Just then, the whole ship seemed to convulse again, causing the blades the orange-clad member held onto to fall to the ground, while the rest of is only bearly saved ourselves from falling.

We rushed to the chutes beneath storage, seeing as that's where the sound came from. The sight that greeted me was outright terrifying.

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If you wish to find out what
happens going further,
check out the new book I started
for this series, seeing as it
had quite enough chapters!

And thank you SO MUCH for the 300+ readers that took their time to read this story! Thank you so much! You don't know how happy it makes me to know that people enjoy what I do. Now, I know that I've been posting at very odd times and very rarely recently, but I hope to be able to update stories more regularly moving forward.

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⏰ Last updated: Aug 23, 2023 ⏰

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