red vs blue: Felix's second chance

12- the warning

" Finally. All right, I'll start at the beginning again," the white clears his throat and then makes a dramatic pause. „Reeeedddssss.... Reeeeeeds... I have come to warn you." he shouts.

"Do you get it now, that's exactly why I shot him. He's transparent and talks in a spooky voice. I thought he was a ghost." Donut interrupts the whites speech in a shrill voice. He just sticks his head out of the door frame.

"You're right, I've never encountered a person through whom bullets simply flew through. Something is definitely wrong here." Felix replies.

Felix also finds the whites behavior extremely strange. However, he now has an idea who he's looking at. Church. Who else could it be? The bullets are flying through him? Sure, because he's now a hologram. Felix has probably only killed his body. But an AI can continue to exist without a body.

Damn, he worked so hard. For what? Nothing... technically all the reds and blues are still alive.

But what about Church? Doesn't he realize he's not human? How can an AI forget what it is?

"Hey are you going to listen to me or not?" asks the white, crossing his arms in annoyance.

"Oh, sorry, of course. But could you maybe talk a little less ghostly? I think it's creepy. I don't want to have any nightmares tonight." Replies Donut.

"And I thought Tucker and Caboose were idiots." Hisses Church.

"Hey let me see it too." Simmons says and pushes past Donut.

Sarge also leaves his cover. He's carrying a shotgun. Sarge looks exactly as Felix remembers him. His armor is colored in standard UNSC red. Felix wonders how he is supposed to tell Sarge and Donut apart. They look completely the same when they have their helmets on.

"I hope he's a blue. Then we can capture him and squeeze information about the other blues out of him. Simmons, get ready. On my signal, you charge at him." Says Sarge.

"Good plan sir, but how would I do that? I think I'd just fall through him. He might actually be a ghost. Even if that defies all logic," Simmons ponders, shaking his head thoughtfully.

"Hmmm, a good point Simmons. Come up with something. Otherwise we'll send Grif out as bait."

Felix enjoys watching Church get more and more angry. Church can hardly stand being ignored by everyone. Finally someone other than him has to put up with the stupidity of the Reds. He grins under his helmet. Nevertheless, he knows he has to intervene. The 5 minutes are already over halfway. Besides, at the moment he has no idea how to eliminate Church in his AI form. So it would be pretty embarrassing if the Reds actually launched an attack. What would they even do? They cant even touch Church. This would mean the blues would win this round.

Felix doesn't want the blues to win. He is the strongest here and nothing and nobody should be able to change that. "Quiet, we promised to listen to the white." He therefore shouts as loud as he can. He even uses his best commanding tone.

It works. Everyone is silent and stares at him in surprise.

"Thank you. Finally someone with a bit of brains. But don't think that makes me forgive you for destroying our tank." Says Church.

"Of course, be brief, you've got two minutes left. Who are you and what's so important that you've turned up here unannounced?" Felix plays with his knife. He throws it skillfully through the air and then balances it on his fingertip. Even though his voice sounds friendly, he is sure that Church understands the threat. No one can just walk into the red base while he's here. He will make sure of that. Not because he likes the reds, but because he is superior to all of them.

"I had such a great speech prepared. You really ruined my cool entrance. But let's get down to business. My name is Church. I'm one of the blue ones."

"Knew it!" Shouts Sarge.

"Quiet." Growls Felix and Church at the same time. Oh man, that was embarrassing thinks Felix.

"I'm here because I was murdered last night." Church continues, spreading his arms out dramatically.

Donut gasps in shock.

Not good at all, Felix thinks. But he is shocked for another reason. Of course he had expected something like this when Church turned up. But now that he has decided to let Church talk, he is having second thoughts. What if he was careless after all... Could it be that Church saw his face? Is there anything that he might have accidentally overlooked?

Felix's heart is racing. But after all these years of lying and cheating, he knows how to hide his feelings. No one can see how stressed he is at the moment. He hopes that Church will finally continue talking. Felix desperately needs to know if Church has any suspicions. He's already starting to think of excuses as to why he couldn't possibly have killed Church.

"Anyway, I'm here to warn you. Last night, a ghost invaded our base and killed me. Did a ghost show up at your place too? Tucker chased it into the caves but then lost it."

That's right, thinks Felix and sighs in relief. The disguise... He hadn't thought about it because of all the commotion. Felix wants to laugh. His stupid plan has worked.

"Wait a minute. Isn't that a bit strange, you're claiming a ghost attacked you when you're a ghost yourself? Do you think we're stupid?" asks Sarge.

"I came all the way from the great beyond to warn you. Shouldn't you be a little more grateful? Maybe I really am stupid." Church considers this and laughs bitterly. "Believe me, it's no fun being dead. Besides, it's really exhausting showing up here in the world of the living and just to talk."

"Thanks for the warning, I didn't see anyone. What about you?" Felix asks the reds. Even though he already knows the answer.

As expected, they shake their heads. But wait, Simmons doesn't look very convinced.

"Then why was Grif screaming? Was it because of Church, or was there something else? I can't imagine someone like Church upsetting Grif like that. Did you see anything that would explain this, Donut?" asks Simmons.

"I don't know, I ran out and started firing. I don't know what Grif did." Donut says, shrugging his shoulders.

"Then I'll talk to Grif again. Maybe he's calmed down by now." Simmons says and disappears into the base.

"Suddenly two people in blue armor appear.

"Hello Church my best friend," shouts the one in dark blue armor. He jumps up and down and waves cheerfully. Not Caboose again, thinks Felix.

Next to Caboose is Tucker. Just the sight of him makes Felixs blood boil.

"You could have waited for us. Did we miss something?" asks Tucker.

........

Its Church!!! Hes back.

Will they fight or will they talk, now that Church has some backup.

Do you think Felixs crime will be uncovered or will he get away with it?

Write your guess in the comments.

(By the way, im working on a machinima adaptation of the story. If you are interested in helping,  comment or write me a private message. Still need some people for voice acting.)