Among Generations

18.

There,he looked away.I got him.Thank you Kyle for teaching me what you could.
"Listen up you good for nothing,Shit.Lime is precious to me.He's all that I have.I raised that boy! If you hurt him in ANY way.I promise you this.I will hunt you from ship to ship.You'll be running forever.The day I catch you will be your last and I don't care of the consequences that happen to me.Understand that?"
He glanced at me and knodded slowly.I guess that means he understands.
  I relax myself a bit and step back away from him.Giving him some space to relax too and he did.
"Lime said you were gonna teach him how to use his stomach mouth more efficiently.Did you mean that?"
The Blue Impostor spoke,"Yes.He lacks proper hunting skills.He relies on his mind to much."
That was true and I know that's my fault.I guess this Impostor isn't all bad but I still don't fully trust him,I won't.
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  The alarm was going off.
Someone has pressed the emergency button.It means to stop everything and go to the cafeteria.
Lime hesitated to leave the Medbay but White and Yellow ran passed him.Telling him to come quickly.
He had to go with them or someone might suspect something was wrong.
Blue and Orange looked questionably at each other and Blue turned his face again.
Orange turned his back to Blue and walked out of Medbay first with Blue following him closely behind.
  Lime was happy to see his Dad and Blue still one piece.He flashed a smile but turned back to the group of people sitting down at the center cafeteria table.Orange sat down with Blue right next to him.
The girls both asked at the same time,"What happened? What's wrong?"
Purple was silent with his head down and Cyan was super nervous.
Red stood up tall and said,"This morning I sent a request to Brown to divert power from the Electrical room to the cafeteria.Tonight is cooking night for White and Yellow and they needed the stoves there charged for tonight.I went to find Brown this afternoon and I couldn't.I figured he was busy so I kept an eye on the tasks bar but It stayed with one person not doing tasks.I thought maybe Blue since he's been standing around for a while at times but I passed by Electrical and I found Browns body there.Mutilated."
Everyone was at a loss for words but Cyan was the first to speak up,"Wait,you mean Dead?! Brown is dead?! How!! What happened?!"
Everyone started talking now.No one allowed questions to be answered and that piled on  more and more questions.
Blue stayed quiet and Orange signaled Lime to keep quiet too.
Orange spoke up.
"Hey,shut up!!"
Everyone went silent.
Red thanked Orange and he started talking.
"Yes,Brown is dead.He's gone.I'm not sure for how long though.His body was shoved into the vent.He was cold so I couldn't make out when he died.
Everyone was trembling.
Blue hung his head down in 'sorrow'
Cyan crossed his arms.Trying to stop himself from shaking and that's when he heard an unfamiliar voice.
"It's...It's happening again.. There's an Impostor....Among us.."
The voice broke and began to cry loudly.Screaming within themselves.Cyan looked to see it was Purple talking.He hadn't spoke since he came aboard this ship.Cyan scooted closer to him.Taking his hand in his.Purple leaned over and hugged Cyan.Everyone could hear him crying loudly into Cyans chest.
The sound made everyone tremble even more.White and Yellow scooted closer to one another and looked around in fear.
This time Black stood up and spoke,"Everyone here on this ship has been part of another Crew.Until now it didn't matter about the past and I'm sorry to say this.To ask this.Purple,do you know anything more about Impostors?"
Purple sniffled and glanced at Black,"Well,I....I know they eat us..Preferably our top halves.All my friends were killed by being sliced in half."
Cyan put his arms around Purple.Hugging him into his chest,trying his best to comfort him.Then Blue said it,"There's and Impostor among us."
His deeper voice startled White and Yellow and Red's attention was caught immediately.
Black shook and fisted his hands saying,"Thanks for stating the obvious.Now how do we get rid of it?!" Orange stated,"We can toss them out the airlock."
White and Yellow looked to Orange and White said,"That's a little cruel don't you think?"
Lime spoke up,"This thing is killing our friends.Your friends! You think throwing them off the ship is unreasonable?!"
White trembled from being yelled out,"I'm sorry, I just think that if we learned how the Imposter hunts maybe we can catch it and study it."
Black slammed his hand into the table shouting,"Unacceptable! This thing is a killing machine.There's no dealing with it.We aren't equiped well enough to even hold an Impostor as far as we know." Red knodded saying,"Yes,I agree.If any of us finds the Impostor,Alert everyone immediately.We'll dispose of it through the air lock."
Cyan still held Purple in his arms and he asked with a gentle tone,"Is there anyone who we might think is the Impostor?"
Purple gripped Cyans suit.He trembled in his arms.
Red and Black looked to one another and said,"We've been together in security most of the time."
Orange raised his hand,"I confirm that.Iv'e seen them there together when I do tasks in the area."
Lime spoke out,"I share a room with Orange but lately I've been doing tasks with Blue."
Blue hesitated to say anything but cleared his throat and said,"Yes,Lime and I have been together all day.Our last task was Medbay."
Black looked at Orange,"Orange,were have you been all day?"
Orange took a deep breathe and said ,"I had to clean the O2 filter today.It was clogged real bad and took up most of my time."
In reality he wasn't lieing it just took less time then he said it did.
Red checked the tasks list and found the O2 room had been cleared.His alibi checked out then he asked,"Okay,that leaves White and Yellow.Where were you two?"
The girls trembled.They wern't sure if anyone could vouche for them but they told the truth.
Yellow spoke up,"We've been together all day.Since we had engine duty this morning we thought we could do it back to back together.We started in the upper engine and then went down to the lower engine."
White spoke up,"We just finished the lower engine room when the alarm went off."
Cyan took a deep breathe,"Purple and I have been in the reactor room all day.I can confirm their whereabouts.I could hear them laughing together in the upper and lower engine rooms."
The girls sighed deeply.Happy that Cyan heard their loud laughing.
Red sighed and said,"Well,that's everyone.Everyone is accounted for.But remember,do not hesitate to run for this button if you see or suspect anything."
Everyone knodded and stood up.
It took a good minute before everyone finally left the cafeteria and back to their tasks.
White and Yellow stayed behind to do Cafeteria work.Although they were very quiet the rest of the day.
Lime and Blue walked back to MedBay while Orange followed behind them.
He watched them both go into Medbay and glared at them.
Lime got nervous and turned away from his dad.Orange walked on.Headed to the upper engine room to update the alignment.