AMONG US: Untrust

16 | sour taste

🌊 BROOKE'S POV 🌊
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Everyone else stared at the message. "What the f*ck is this?" Fuchsia gasped. While he was walking towards the message, he accidentally stepped on the sandwich me and the guys made.

"I- What is this???" he said. "That would be our ham and cheese sandwich with pickles, ketchup, salami, crisps and shredded cheddar with ten layers," Rudy said sadly. He tried picking it up off the table, but I slapped it away.

"Hey-" Rudy yelled before he realised why I did that. Fuchsia shook off the ham and bread and walked towards the message. "Oh god.." "One of us is going to die?" Nutella gasped. Andy looked around the alive crewmates and started cihnting them. "One, two, three,four, five.. Five". "So, if the impostor kills us person but gets off free," Daisy said. She quietly did some maths in her head. "That would leave three innocents. They could kill us all easily".

Everyone stared in fear at the message. Even the two impostors. Lime sighed and turned towards the live crewmates. "D-Don't worry guys!" they told us. "I'm sure we can get out alive. Or at least, some of us". The four other crewmates looked at eachother. Lime looked towards Andy and Daisy. "Angie and Lemon would've wanted you two to survive this hell of a horror plot!" they told the two. "And Andy, you promised Rudy to tell Maria that he still loved her. All of the other dead crewmates would've wanted us to get out of this alive".

Nutella nodded. "They have a point," she replied. "The others wouldn't want us to die the same way they did! We have to stay strong". Lime nodded. "For the others that died here," they said. "Those now, and for those before us".

I saw Lemon walk up to Daisy and crouch down to her level. "Survive for me, okay Daisy?" he asked her. She took a short glance at him and nodded. "Okay," Lime sighed. "Anyways guys. Let's get some rest for tomorrow. We'll stay together in a group of five when the day starts".

The other live crewmates walked out the Cafeteria. Soon enough, the only people left in the room were the ghost club. Rudy kneeled down next to the pile which was our sandwich. "So, we gonna do anything about this?". We looked at eachother. "I'll get the mop," Pumpkin sighed and walked over to the kitchen. "My ham and cheese sandwich with pickles, ketchup, salami, crisps and shredded cheddar.. All gone and down the drain" Rudy sighed before Pumpkin sweeped it away. "Stop being so over-dramatic, kid," Angie chuckled.

Rudy sighed and sat down on the table. "We worked hard on that sandwich, okay??" Rudy told her. "We talked hard about those toppings" Vincent said. "Even me and Brooke got into a short argument because of it". "Now now, Vincey," I replied. "If you already have one layer of cheese, you don't need to add another one".

"They're different types of cheese though," he told me. "It's still cheese, *sshole" I replied. Vincent ruffled my hair. "The point is, that sandwich was very important to us, Angelica". "Yeah, yeah," she said. "I'll let you guys be guys".

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I lay down in my bed. It was 2 am. I was supposed to be asleep a long time ago. Thoughts circulating my mind. Ends tomorrow? Does this hell-hole get to end soon? How long has it been since we first got here? A few days? Weeks, maybe? Why hasn't anyone sent any help?? Why hasn't-

"Can I stay with you for a while?" I heard a voice ask me. I turned around and saw Vincent phasing through the walls. "Sure," I sighed. He phased his whole body through the wall and lay down on the bed next to me.

I felt a warm embrace of arms around my waist that pulled me closer. "Hey, Brookie" I heard him yawn. "You tired, Vincent?" I asked him. I felt him nod. I think it's been about a week or two since we first started dating. "Why are you here?" I chuckled. He mumbled something back, but I didn't hear him. "I just wanted to protect you" he told me. "Make sure you were safe..". "Bro, we are literally ghosts," I told him. "I don't need protection cause I'm already dead. I don't even know where they got rid of my dang-blasted body-"

"Ehhhhhh, no talk" he told me. "You need to sleep". I smiled. I turned over to him and cuddled up to his chest. He felt soft and warm. And safe.
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I heard the alarms ring throughout the ship again. I slowly opened my eyes and woke up. I was still in bed with Vincent. He was still asleep, his arms wrapped tightly around me. I tried to slowly wriggle out without waking him up.

I heard him mumble something. I slowly got out of bed. I heard somebody open the door. Daisy peeked her head through the door. "Is Vincent here?" she asked me. "He wasn't in his room-". I signalled towards Vincent's sleeping body. She nodded and slowly closed the door.

I saw Vincent move a bit and then get up. His hair was a mess. "What time is it??" he asked me. "Dude, it's 8:30," I told him. He slowly got up. He walked towards me and wrapped his arms around my shoulders . "Meeehhhhh, I'm tired. Why can't we just reeeeest??? We're f*cking deeeaaaddd". "We still have tasks to do, babe" I told him. "Come on".

We walked out of my room, hand in hand. The other ghosts were waiting in the hallway for me. "Damn Vincent, you alright?" Angie asked him. Vincent nodded. "Just a little tired," he replied. Rudy walked up to us and ruffled his hair a bit. "There, bro" Rudy told him.

Vincent nodded to us. "Come on, guys," Pumpkin told us. "The end is nigh after all. We need to see what happens to them". We all filed into the Cafeteria. The remaining crewmates sat down at one of the Cafeteria tables. Fuchsia, Daisy, Andy, Nutella and Lime.

Us ghosts sat down at one of the tables near them. "Okay, let's all stay close together" Lime told them. "If we're all staying close together, we can see the impostor if he strikes,". The others nodded while they ate.

Daisy looked over at us and sighed. They had wiped the bloody message off the walls. "Let's try and get our minds off of it," Lemon sighed.
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The crewmates were ready to work through their potentially last night. The five of them all went into a small group. Realising there were only five of them now made me a little anxious. Me and the other ghosts followed close behind them, doing our tasks as we did. Lemon was always trying to talk to Daisy any time she was out of earshot of the other live crewmates.

I passed by Medbay when I saw the group in there. Nutella was doing a Medbay scan, keeping her eyes on the other live crewmates while she did. "See guys. I'm innocent," I heard her say.  As she stepped off the platform, the lights suddenly flickered out again.

"Aw, f*ck," I heard Nutella mutter. "Okay! Stay calm," Lime told us. "Just stay close together and we can find our way to Electrical without getting killed". Me and the other ghosts looked at eachother nervously. The five stayed close to eachother and tried finding their way towards Electrical without bumping into any tables or boxes. Fuchsia accidentally had gasoline poured on his head.

"Who was that!?" he shouted. The other three crewmates shrugged. I looked over at Rudy, who was carrying a can of gasoline. "Not my fault Fuchsia bumped into me," he replied. We continued watching them as the four finally found their way to Electrical and fixed the lights. "Finally," Nutella sighed. She look around us. "Hey.... Where's Lime?". The other three crewmates looked at eachother, nervously.

"Oh god.." Andy muttered and all four of them tried retracing their steps. They walked into the Cafeteria, scared. Hoping that they were alive. What they saw instead.. Was Lime with a knife in their chest, slumped over the table.

"Oh shoot," I heard Lime mutter. I was startled by them for a second, but remembered that they were a ghost now. "God, I'M DEAD!?". "It's alright, Lime," Angie told them. "It's going to be ok-". "YOU GUYS WERE GHOSTS THIS WHOLE TIME!?" Lime shouted. "HOLY FRICK!!"

And while Lime was still getting used to being a ghost, the other live crewmates were standing over Lime's dead body, scared and anxious.
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