Word Count : 1261

Warnings : Murder, death, strong language, description of death

Y'all heard of Among Us? The new game that's basically murder mystery for mobile?

Yeah ok so what if it was with the Hermits?

I'm going to try and do my best to do explain events in the story the best I can- I haven't exactly memorized maps cuz irl stuff- lol

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Doc's eyes glared dangerously at everyone around the table. Or at least at everyone who was left. "One of us is a murderer. One of us killed the others and has tried to kill the rest of us by sabotaging our systems. It's going to end here and now."

Sniffles and depressed looking facial expressions were all that stared back at Doc.

They were all stranded on a fucking satellite in space and a comm to Houston back on Earth would take too long. And then a couple orbits around the planet later; a body is found.

Scar was the first member to be killed. The imposter had taken him out when he was at one of the wire boxes in the engie room.

Poor Mumbo was accused. The others were so close to having him ejected had it not been for Keralis jumping in to defend him.

Unfortunately, Keralis' assistance went in vain as Mumbo was found on the floor between a data pad and the navigations control with a stab wound to his back the very next day.

Ren was the one who found him.

After Scar and Mumbo were killed, it was Etho, followed by Impulse, TFC, Biffa, Ren, Zedaph and Iskall. All very strong people. The thought that the imposter was physically strong enough to kill very quick and pretty good hand to hand combatants; terrified the rest.

And yet still no imposter had been caught.

Doc stared down each remaining hermit.

Grian, Tango, Vintage, Keralis, Xisuma, Hypnotized, Bdubs, False, Stress, Cleo, and Joe.

"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way." Doc continued. "Which way do you all want to go."

Stress looked up at the creeper hybrid with puffy, red eyes. "What's going to be the difference." She questioned.

Xisuma gave a sharp look at Doc. "No. No one else is going to get killed. If we do figure out who the imposter is we'll give them a proper justice sentence. If we kill a killer then that just makes you just as bad as them."

Grian; who was already emotionally unstable since the first couple of deaths blurted out. "Look at the facts Doc! The Hermits that went down were all strong enough to defend themselves! Not many of us here could've over powered them except for you!" Jumping from his seat, Grian glared right back at Doc.

Tango shot a glare at Grian. "Oh shut up Grian. You're just as capable of killing them as Doc." He scolded.

Stress slouched in her seat, covering her ears with her hands and shutting her eyes tightly.

Joe gave a worried glance at Keralis before rising from his seat. "Now now, let's not fight, ok?"

False was sitting with one leg crossed over the other and her arms crossed over her chest. She glared accusingly at Joe. "What are you trying to prevent, Joe? A fight that would kill someone here so you can finish them off later?"

Keralis also rose from his seat. "No. We all need to calm down."

Bdubs had his head down in his hands. "Calm?" He started. "We need to calm down?"

Bdubs turned his head up to Keralis. "Someones just gone and killed nine of us and you're telling us to calm down?!" He raised his voice, rising to his feet.

"Bdubs." Cleo warned.

"No!" Bdubs shouted, turning his head to the undead hermit. "Don't go bringing your warnings tones and commands to calm down at me!"

Before Keralis knew it, the entire cafeteria had erupted into arguments left and right.

No one noticed him sit back down in his seat. Nor did they notice the smile that was spreading across his face.

Keralis simply remained silent as the others shouted amongst each other as he put his head down to better hide the grin; and closed his eyes.

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Flash Back
Keralis walked down to Mumbo's station to check on him. Yesterday had been stressful for the guy. It had been stressful for everyone.

Keralis' guess on where the brit was now was correct. He was just heading towards the navigation controls from a data pad.

Mumbo looked as if he hadn't gotten any sleep last night. His eyes were still red: most likely from crying. He appeared paler than usual.

Good. No one would be able to tell the difference.

Keralis put on his caring face and walked in ear shot of the mustached hermit. "Bumbo?"

Mumbo flinched, turning his head towards Keralis before turning it away and quickly wiping his arm sleeve over his eyes in one fluid motion. Then he turned around and looked back at Keralis. "Oh, hey."

Keralis stepped up to the much taller hermit, putting his hands behind his back. "How are you doing?"

The younger hermit shrugged his shoulders. "I... don't know... I'm alright I guess?"

Keralis gave a slight nod. "Mh... yeah. I guess. I'm just glad they didn't eject you into space."

Mumbo gave a weak chuckle, turning his head down so his eyes were fixated on the floor. "I guess I should say the same. Thank you, by the way."

Keralis tilted his head. "What for?"

"F-For sticking up for me. I'd probably be in the vacuum of space if it weren't for you. I'm not sure how to repay that."

Keralis gave sigh, looking up at the taller man before embracing him in a hug. "Just- keep smiling. And stay out of trouble ok?"

Mumbo flinched, tensing up for a second before relaxing and returning the hug. Tears started to well in his eyes. "Okay, I pro-"

Mumbo choked on his words.

He felt something sharp pierce between two of his ribs. The air left his lungs after that.

A nasty taste of metallic and blood filled his mouth and suddenly he was coughing.

The object left as soon as it had come and now Mumbo was on the floor leaning against the wall. His body was going numb and he felt like he was suffocating painfully in fresh air.

Kneeling beside him was Keralis who now held a bloody knife in his hand.

Keralis also had a creepy looking smile across his face, but at the same time it almost looked natural.

A warm hand made its way to Mumbo's cheek, gently caressing it.

"Shhh... it'll all be over soon. Be good for Scar will you not? I know you and he will get along just fine for awhile. Then the others will join too."

Mumbo felt like his body was shaking violently. Tears made their way down his face as his vision narrowed to darkness.

He mustered out one word.

"Keralis?"

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Fin

AYEEEEEEE! I've got a chapter up after awhile! Yeet! I love weekends.

Anyways-

Among Us. It's murder mystery game where up to ten people can play in a lobby.

There can be multiple murderers or 'imposters' who kill innocents or 'crew members' and try to sabotage stuff.

Every player has a specific set of tasks that can be found via the map that your given.

It's a pretty fun game but I would recommend doing it on a PC, but phone works pretty well I'd say.

Anyways. Byeeee!