(Back to Blaza :D)

   Blaza, again, woke in a cold sweat.
He'd had the same dream, but a single change in it had made the whole thing ten times worse.
"The Rook has been eliminated."
The creature had whispered in his mind just before he woke.
Did that mean someone died?
Blaza shuddered as the sentence hit him. Whoever the creature considered the 'Rook' was dead. Gone.
The question was, who was the Rook?
Blaza dismissed the thoughts of the dream meaning something, and decided it was just a nightmare.
After all, why would he get a meaningful dream? He was no one special. At least... not in his eyes.
He yawned and stepped outside his room, looking around before continuing further into the hallway.
He had to admit, he was definitely paranoid ever since... well, everything.
Taking walks did help though, for some reason it made Blaza feel so much less helpless and more like he could defend himself.
Though, after seeing the creature so clearly, and then reliving it in dreams, he knew that he would be outmatched.
His feet took him through cafeteria and toward upper engine, but as he passed medbay an sickeningly familiar smell hit him.
He looked inside to see a painfully gruesome sight.
The walls were splattered with blood and black goo, with Tbh, Bruh Moment, and Tenson lying in pools of blood on the floor.
Tenson had a stab wound in his chest, Bruh was paler then Blaza knew was possible, and Tbh had a large, clean hole piercing his shoulder.
Blaza fumbled with his watch, which had flipped upside down on his cast. Finally, he managed to hit a button on the side, and immediately the watch buzzed and showed a hologram of Tensons lifeless form.
Having successfully reported the body, Blaza collapsed and cradled his head in his hands.
How much devastation would the creature cause?
He could hear footsteps behind him as everyone rushed into medbay.
Everyone but Socks headed toward the bodies to investigate, while Socks sat next to Blaza. "You ok?" He asked softly.
"No! No I'm not! I haven't been for as far as I can remember and by the looks of it, I never will be!" Blaza half-shouted, half-sobbed.
He could feel several eyes turn to him as Socks stared at Blaza, his face one of pure shock.
Blaza hadn't yelled since he'd woken up in medbay, and based on the looks he was getting, he assumed he didn't do it much beforehand either.
"Tbh and Bruh are still breathing!" Oof shouted. "What?" Socks said, looking up. "Get them on the beds! Woolf, you get bandages, Oompa, you get... something else?" Oof continued, clearly not quite sure what he was doing.
"Ugh! I wish Meme were here!" Nadwe complained.
The room fell into silence as the group remembered the fallen doctor.
Even Blaza, who'd hardly known him, missed him. His anger at the creature burned again inside him. How could it kill innocent people like that?
"Okay, I bandaged Tbh, I think, and Bruh doesn't have any wounds... I think he was choked? His neck is pretty red." Oof said, obviously trying to hide that he didn't really know what he was talking about.
Blaza glanced at Tbh and Bruh, and with a jolt he realized they were indeed breathing.
Hope flickered in Blazas chest. Maybe they'd remember who attacked them!
Bruh suddenly gasped, waking up and sitting up at the speed of light.
"Bruh! You're awake!" Oof exclaimed, seemingly surprised. "Y-yeah, what-...?" Bruh trailed off and glanced at Tbh laying unconscious next to him.
"Do you remember who attacked you?" Nadwe asked hopefully.
Bruh hesitated for a moment before answering. "No, the lights were down. All I heard was Tenson scream and then footsteps by the entrance. I blacked out after that. Tb must've come in and..." Bruh looked at Tbh. He was faced away from Blaza, so he couldn't quite make out his expression.
Suddenly, it clicked.
His dream did mean something. Tenson was the Rook!

(—— POV switch because I can't think of anything else to put :p —-)

"Are you ok?" Woolf asked Bruh. "Yeah... I'm fine." He responded.
Woolf had to admit, he did seem ok. Tbh, on the other hand...
The wound was painful to look at. His shoulder had been pierced clean through, and the sight of it made Woolfs own shoulder hurt a little.
Fortunately, it didn't seem to be bleeding. It looked like Tb would be ok, which was a relief, but the damage that had been caused in just one night...
Three people had been attacked, one killed, and the rest seemingly almost joining him.
How much longer would this go on for?
"I'm gonna head to my room." Blaza said behind him, standing up and leaving.
Socks followed, which wasn't surprising, leaving everyone else to bombard Bruh with questions.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"You didn't recognize the attacker?"
"Was anyone else nearby?"
"Did you see anyone before...?"
"What happened to Tb?"
Bruh thought for a moment before answering.
"Yes no no yes and I don't know." He said.
Woolf had to admit it was impressive that he not only remembered the questions, but answered all of them with such little hesitation.
"Wait," Woolf began, realizing that the fourth question had been a yes. "Who-" he was interrupted by a groan from Tbh.
Tb woke slower then Bruh had, his eyes opening slowly and staring blankly into the wall for a few seconds.
"What...?" He stammered weakly, sitting up slowly.
His eyes widened as the entire crew turned their faces to him.
"I-I... y-you..." he stuttered. He seemed almost shocked to have gotten medical attention.
"Are you ok?" Socks asked him softly. "I-I think so..." Tb said, grabbing his shoulder gently.
He stared at the hole in disbelief. Woolf would've had the same reaction if he were in his shoes.
"What happened?" Oompa asked expectantly.
Tb looked at the floor. "I-I don't wanna talk about it." He answered solemnly.
Oompa opened his mouth to speak, but Oof shushed him. "If he doesn't wanna talk about it, he doesn't have to."
"Let's go. They probably could use some rest." Oof said, leaving the room. Everyone else soon followed, Woolf staying at the back.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tbh and Bruh lock eyes, Tbs expression seeming both confused and grateful.

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starting now I'll probably do more POVs, simply because I'm blanking with Blazas, but Blaza is still the main character. I'm just gonna give the poor fictional version of the guy a break for a bit, tho next chapter will start with his POV
Word count: 1122