Impostors Among Us

Pollus Part 2

   What was a kid doing out here? They were wearing a very large jacket that probably wasn't there's. She looked to be about 6 or 7, Black was bad with guessing ages and couldn't be sure. She had blonde hair and emerald eyes.
    As he approached, she continued crying, curled up in her jacket. Black decided to call out to her softly. She looked up, and her eyes filled with fear. Black realized why, and quickly took off his helmet. He smiled as non threateningly as possible.
    Black scratched his black hair, still puzzling over his predicament. The cold air nipped at his brown skin.
    "It's ok...I won't hurt you. See? I'm just a regular human. Not a monster. It's ok."
     She rubbed her nose and sniffled. But she looked at him again, this time with curiosity instead of fear.
    Suddenly the little girl stood up and ran to him, hugging his leg tightly. Black stiffened, then reached down to pat her head. He wasn't good with kids, and he had no idea what was going on. "Uh...are your parents around here?" She looked up at him and shook her head no, more tears forming.
     Black had an idea. "I'm gonna go get my friends, we'll find your parents." He started to turn around but she hung on tighter. "Don't leave me! It'll kill me like my parents!" Black didn't know how to respond to that. All he knew was that a wave of fear had washed over him. Did someone...or something...kill this girl's family? Pollus had recently been colonized, yet the crew hadn't seen any signs of life out here. Oh no.
    Whatever killed this girls parents was still out here.  That's why they were sent here! That's why no other teams had been sent on this mission! They were chosen because they had already been out in space and were disposable!
    Black's fear was quickly replaced by anger. But he maintained his forced smile for the kid.
     "Ok uh...come with me sweetie. I'll get you out of the cold." He pried her off of his leg but offered his hand, which she held onto with the same amount of tightness
     When black returned to the facility, his crew was confused.  After explaining the situation, black handed her off to yellow to take care of her while he went to the lab. He had a theory.
     Yellow took the girl to he cafeteria to get something hot to eat. She learned the girl's name was Julie, and she had been living here with her mom and dad. And a dog.
     Julie liked soda and her favorite color was white. She was weird. No wonder black found her.
     When black finally entered his lab, he was shocked. His test subject...was gone? Oh no.
    Black looked under the table, and suddenly a black mass grabbed onto his hand and pulled him under.