Among Generations

24.

 (WARNING)
--thoughts of suicide--
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   Purple had sat at the bench for over an hour.Orange began to worry.He looked to Lime and Blue as they walked to their sleeping quarters and he warned them,"Something's up with Purple."
Lime and Blue made note and went to the their rooms.
  Blue had his own room and Lime still shared one with his father.
With a full belly,Lime shoved himself into his blankets on the bunk above his dad and fell fast asleep.
Blue had locked himself in his room but he did not sleep.He laid there all night awake,digesting his heavy meal.
Not needing sleep because his food provided his energy till his next kill time.
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  Red and Black volunteered to clean up the kitchen.They walked passed Purple who still sat at the Cafeteria table.
After they cleaned up they noticed he was still there and went to speak with him.
Red sat beside him while Black stood a few steps behind him.
"Purple," Red had asked in a softer tone,"It's okay,your safe now.You don't have to worry."
Purple was still silent and didn't say anything.Feeling defeated and wanting to give him some space to think,Red and Black left to their sleeping quarters.
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  Early that morning,something made Lime wake up.
Slowly climbing off his bed he went to the door.
He heard his Dad suddenly whisper,"What's wrong?"
Lime glanced back to him and replied,"Go back to sleep,Dad.I'm going to check something."
Orange was instantly worried,what could his boy need to check so early this morning?
He stood up from his bed and walked over to Lime,placing a hand on his shoulder,"I'm coming with you," he said.
However Lime wasn't having this,"I'm sorry,Dad.But you need to stay here.I can't risk anyone seeing you up. I promise I'll be careful."
Orange removed his hand from Lime and knodded.He watched as Lime left the room they shared and he softly shut the door behind him.
  Purple, where's Purple? Lime asked himself this as he walked through the hall of the sleeping quarters.He passed by Blues room but he didn't bother with him.He needed to know what was up with Purple.His father had told him to keep an eye on him but Lime had another thought in mind.
He went to Purples respected quarters and sniffed around to catch his scent.When he did catch it,it was faint like he hadn't been there in a while.Lime followed the trail back to the Cafeteria and he spotted Purple.
He stood by the air lock,glaring at the lever.Standing so still.
Lime came over to him and stood a few steps behind him.
Purple sensed someone was there and he said aloud,"Don't try to stop me."
Purple pulled the lever,opening the first air lock door.
Lime knew what he was going to do.Lime quickly reached out and said,"I won't stop you but if you just go missing right now,other Crewmates will die for nothing."
Purple stood facing forwards but he turned around to face Lime,"Here.Give this to them."
Lime was handed a sticky note with the word Dum written on it.He turned it around to see a goodbye note.
Purple hung his head,"It's my handwriting.Red will recognize it." Lime held the note firmly and looked to Purple.
Almost pleading for him to stop.
Purple turned his back to Lime and stepped into the air lock.
  Lime almost panicked but he knew what he had to do.
He shoved the note into his pocket and ran to Purple.Purple was a little surprised by him.
He stood still as Lime removed his helmet.
Lime gazed into Purple's light brown eyes.His hair was short and the colour of deep,dark brown.A tear fell from his left eye.Lime guided his hands slowly to Purple's face and gently held him still.Purple was speechless,what was going on?
Then in an instant,Lime snapped Purple's neck.He fell dead to the floor of the air lock.No mess,no sound.
  Lime struggled to pick up Purple and ended up dragging him across the floor into the Cafeteria's kitchen.He made sure not to forget Purple's helmet.
Lime placed Purple's body in the very back of the large freezer that was aboard the ship.
He knew Red and Black had cleaned the kitchen before hand and had no reason to look here again.
He put Purple's helmet back on him.Lime took the note out from his pocket and placed it where Purple sat before at the Center Table.Walking over to the air lock,he shut the door and opened the other door leading outside.
  The alarms that the air lock had been open began to go off.
Lime ran back to his room.Only to meet his father standing in the door way.Down the hall he saw Red and Black zipping up their suits,coming from their own respected rooms out into the hall.Blue was the last to come out.
Everyone ran to the Cafeteria to see the airlock door had been open on the outside.
Black turned off the Alarm and Red quickly shouted out,"Where's Purple!"
Everyone looked to one another in confusion and replied,"I don't know."
Black walked over to the table,seeing the sticky note Purple had on him at all times.Like Purple had said to Lime before,Red recognized the writing as Purple's and they all believed the same thing.
That Purple had ejected himself.