kiss of death - corpse x sykkuno

chapter four: electrical

Sykkuno and Corpse kept their faces buried on the screen in Security.

Greaseball had run back down to refill the gas can after filling the Upper Engine tank. Pewds was still in Reactor.

I need to draw their attention away from tasks.

So, Corpse stepped away to sabotage the lights. He made sure Sykkuno went down, before he hopped into the vent in the corner.

The vents were musty. Dust filled his nose and it took his entire will not to sneeze. He crawled toward Electrical, poking his head out before hoisting himself out.

He rounded the corner, and watched as Pewds came in first.

Very quickly, he snapped his neck and left him to lie at the light panel. Then just as quick, he made it back into the vent and back into Security.

Greaseball was still there.

Lights are off. He can't see me.

He waited in Security, lower out of Greaseball's sight. Sykkuno would have to report the body soon, right?

Corpse's adrenaline was slowly recovering. He hated how drained he felt after he killed... which made him feel inhuman. Of course his body is going to despise ending people's lives. Hell, he wished he could stop doing it. But he wanted to help Sykkuno out, and to do that, Corpse had to win to bring them both out alive.

Right?

Because I don't have to kill Sykkuno once I kill everyone else.

The tablets flashed red. Dead Body Reported. It was pink.

Corpse followed behind Greaseball to the cafeteria. Only Sykkuno waited.

"Pewds... God, I shouldn't have stayed on cams," Greaseball muttered.

Sykkuno looked at Corpse. "Corpse.. Um, where were you?"

"I was still in Security. When the lights went out I noticed Greaseball didn't follow Pewds to go fix them and came into Security, so I wanted to wait and see why he stayed behind," he lied. "And then the body was reported... so..."

Greaseball shook his head. "Sykkuno, you and Pewds practically ran down together, what took you so long to report his body?"

"I went back up to see if anyone else was following, but you guys stayed behind so then I went back."

"No you didn't," Greaseball said, "I would have seen that on cams."

Corpse interjected, his heart beginning to pound, "You didn't get directly back on cams, maybe it was before you started watching again."

He can't think it's Sykkuno. But he seems smart... maybe he knows it's me.

"How would you have seen when I was and wasn't on cams if lights were out?"

"I..." Corpse started, but Sykkuno saved him.

"Don't tell me you're suspicious of Corpse!" Sykkuno said. "He's been with me this entire time, for rounds and rounds we've been doing tasks together. We've only had brief moments without each other, there's almost no way it's Corpse."

Ohhh God oh fuck oh no oh lord.

"Well, Sykkuno, if that's true why is Pewds dead? It's one of you," Greaseball shot back. "And I'm leaning toward you because there's no reason why it took you so long to report Pewds' body."

"Well, hold on a minute, you- you really think it's me?" Sykkuno asked. "Corpse can tell you it's not me, I scanned in Medbay!"

Greaseball turned to Corpse. "It.. What? This makes no sense."

"It makes perfect sense," Corpse said. "You did each kill since Dream was ejected. You called oxygen to cut off whoever ran from the west of the ship, but couldn't do it before oxygen was fixed. So you went back, and who was there but Spedicey?

"You didn't stay on cams. You vented in and out of Electrical back to Security, no wonder you 'stayed behind.'" He finished.

Sykkuno stayed quiet, but Greaseball was quick to pipe up, "No, that's what you must have done!"

"How would I have done any of that? I was in Admin the entire time when the oxygen was depleted. I wouldn't have had time for that kill," Corpse replied.

Greaseball was at a loss for words. "You're such a manipulator. You've won it, haven't you?"

"We've won it," Corpse said, grabbing onto Sykkuno's shoulder. "You've lost."

"Sykkuno," Grease breathed. "Oh, God, he's got you convinced. Of course he does, how wouldn't he? He's literally painted the illusion of him being there the whole time."

"I can't put together how Corpse would be able to pull that off," Sykkuno finally said. "It's impossible. I watched with my own two eyes that he did his tasks, and he never vouched for Dream when we voted him off... Corpse, it's not you. I know it isn't."

They both looked to Greaseball.

This man is paying for something I've done.

But I can't risk losing Sykkuno. Or risk Sykkuno losing me.

"Just do it. Sykkuno, I..." Grease started, but paused. Then after a couple breaths, "I don't know how you couldn't catch on to what this guy is doing."

The timer began pinging.

Corpse voted, and so did Sykkuno.

"This really fuckin' blows," Grease scoffed. "I'll see myself out. Good luck, Sykkuno. And Corpse? You're a fucking legend for pulling this off."

Grease voted... for himself.

They guided Grease to the shute, and he let himself inside. "Still devastated at how blind you are, Sykkuno. I'm out."

With that, Greaseball's body was shot outside into the night.

The lights were still out, and at the center table that had a screen was displayed a large red word.

DEFEAT.

But on Corpse's tablet was the word VICTORY.

In the faint red light, Corpse could see Sykkuno's horrified face.

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shorter because i'm still figuring out if i want to end this story after the next chapter or if i want to continue the arc :') if i do continue it, editor apps will deffo open on the discord hehe

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