Chapter 7

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(This one is a different POV because I can't think of anything else for Blaza ;-; and something important happens here, sooooo yeah)

    Bruh Moment looked over his task list again, making sure he was headed to the right place. He had a hard time remembering what his tasks were, and would often go into the wrong room and waste time.
He wanted to get his tasks done quickly so he could head back to his room.
He'd been taking notes and doing plenty of detective work in his free time.
He wasn't sure who he thought it was, but it helped to write his thoughts down.
He finished inspecting samples and headed toward Navigation to stabilize steering.
"Oh hey Bruh! How've you been?" Tbh said, stopping to wave at Bruh as he passed. "Oh hey Tb! I've been pretty good, how about you?" Bruh responded with a smile.
"It's been decent, aside from... well, yknow..." Tb trailed off. "Yeah... anyway, Imma head to nav, see you later?" Bruh said, hoping to avoid any awkward silence.
"Yeah. Cya!" Tbh called over his shoulder as he trotted toward Upper Engine.
Bruh started to walk toward nav, but noticed a slip of paper on the floor. He bent down to pick it up and read.
'Tbh Tasks'
Bruh turned to give the task list back to Tb, but froze around the corner from upper engine as he heard voices come from inside.
"What are you doing?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean. You haven't forgotten the mission, have you?"
"Of course not."
Bruh peeked around the corner, glancing into Upper Engine to see Tbh and... some kind of creature talking.
"You know we're not here to make friends." The creature said, eying Tb. "Of course I know that, I-"
Tentacles came from The creatures back, pinning Tb against the wall. "I was just gaining trust!! Would you put me down?!?" Tb squealed, his voice seeming to double for a second as he spoke.
"Do. You. Remember. The. Mission."
It said, pressing Tb harder against the wall. "Bro, I... listen, I know what we gotta do. But... I don't know if I wanna do it. It's already been hard enough, and why do we need to-" Tb was cut off as the creature smacked him with a smaller tentacle.
"You know our orders. Honestly, I thought you were smarter then this. You know what we have to do."
"Yeah, but-"
"You will complete the mission."
It's voice seemed as if many more people were talking as it said the last sentence.
"Fine. Would you let me down?"
Tb said. "Someone could see, you know."
The creature growled.
"Fine."
It released Tb, who sprouted two tentacles from his back to keep him from collapsing onto the floor.
He fell gracefully, planting his feet perfectly on the ground and retracting his tentacles back into his back.
Bruh slowly backed away, contemplating what he'd just witnessed. The entire crew knew that there were at least two shapeshifting aliens shifted as their friends, and Bruh may have just found one.
He dipped into medbay, going up to the place where you inspect samples and standing there, thinking about what he'd just seen.
He couldn't identify the second person, but he'd seen Tbh sprout tentacles. If that wasn't a clear sign he was an alien, Bruh didn't know what was.
"What'cha doin?" Tenson said from the doorway. "Oh, Hey Tenson! Just... thinking. That's all."
"Mhm."
Tenson eyed Bruh carefully.
"Looks to me like you're faking a task." He said smugly.
"What? No! I actually did this task, look." Bruh said, holding up his list and pointing to 'Inspect Samples' near the bottom of the paper.
"Sure you did. Don't think I don't see though you." Tenson said, going full detective more.
"Where were you when the lights went down?"
"I was in my room."
"Doing what?"
"Sleeping."
"During the day?"
"We're in space. It's not exactly like there's a difference between day and night."
"Don't get smart with me."
Tenson leaned his face into Bruhs. He had to admit, Tenson was intimidating. He was the second tallest person on the ship, aside from Blaza.
Tenson was very protective of people he believed to be innocent, and called people out on every potentially sus action.
And he also had a pretty big influence during meetings.
Which meant if he thought it was Bruh, so would everybody else.
And if he got ejected, then the information about Tb would die with him.
The lights flickered, sending the entirety of medbay into darkness.
Bruh felt someone grab his arm, and had the feeling it was Tenson. It wasn't really a threatening grip, more like someone was grabbing him out of fear.
Bruh glanced around, not hearing or seeing anything.
Then he heard it.
Two voices, getting closer.
Both voices were unnatural and alien.
The impostors!
Bruh froze, praying with every muscle in his body that whoever they were would walk past.
Instead, the voices got closer, and he could make out what they were saying.
"Fine. But you're taking Bruh... I'm not going to be responsible for that."
"Don't tell me you're attached. We had this conversation already."
"What? No! I just... uh..."
"Just do your job. And no, I will take care of the blue one. As funny as it would be to see you lose to a mere Crewmate, it'd be a better idea for the weaker of us to take on the weaker of them."
Bruh tensed. They were going to kill him and Tenson!
Bruh backed away, hitting a wall quickly. He could hear Tenson whimper next to him. For how threatening he was in the light, when his life was at risk he wasn't nearly as intimidating.
Bruh wouldn't judge though, he was just as terrified.
He heard a shriek beside him, followed by a 'shing' sound. The grip on his arm quickly loosened and faded.
"Please... whoever you are... please..." Bruh whispered, sliding down on the wall and gripping his knees in his hands.
He heard another shing, as if a knife were being pulled. Bruh braced for the pain, but it never came.
"What are you waiting for?" A voice hissed. "I-I can't." Another said. Both the voices seemed to come from everywhere at once, and were bone-chilling.
"Do it!" The voice hissed. "No!" The other shouted.
"You're worthless."
He heard footsteps nearing him.
He heard More footsteps, but faster.
"No!"
"Move aside!"
"No. Not unless you tell me why we're doing this in the first place."
"Why you-"
"Tell me!"
"I'll tell you after you finish the job."
"Tell me first."
Bruh heard a loud growl, followed by a shriek. "Are you happy with yourself? I'm giving you one last chance. Do it, or you join the blue one."
"Fine."
Bruh could feel a tentacle wrap around his throat, lifting him from the ground. He gasped for air, finding none.
He kicked at the tentacle, hitting nothing but air.
Then he heard a shriek as the grip loosened from his throat. The tentacle lowered him gently to the floor as a roar of pain erupted from somewhere in the room.
"Ah, well, I see you've made your choice. You only need a pawn for so long, I suppose. Farewell."
Another shriek.
And then he blacked out.

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