Red who was left dumbfounded sitting at the cafeteria snapped out of his daze and tried to run after White who bolted out.
Red eventually made up his mind and decided to scout the whole ship in hopes of finding the youngster.
Red ran towards the right wing first where White stormed out earlier. Passing and checking through the rooms he passed, he still couldn't find White.
From the Shields, to the Weapons, to the O2, to the Comms, White was nowhere to be found!
Red then suddenly remembered the Electricals.
Yes, White loves going in there. He might be there right now!
With that in mind, Red dashed to the Left Wing of the ship. Arriving at the said room, he stood infront of the door first, praying that White was indeed there.
Red pushed the open door button then the metal door slid to the right, opening the way. Red slowly entered while softly calling White's name.
"White. Are you in here?"
But just when Red was about to roam around the room, the lights went off again. Red was startled by the sudden darkness.
Red composed himself and took his portable flashlight out then checked the wire boxes on the room if there's any problem and found no faulty wires.
Beside the wires, the only possible reason for this black out was the switches were turned off. Red then went to the switches then found that hs was indeed right.
Red started to switch it on again when mysteriously the switches he moved, moved again as if someone was controling it.
Red was extremely nervous at the moment, the dark surroundings also didn't help at all. Red hated the dark the most, he didn't know what things may be lurking behind it.
Just when he was thinking of these scary things, a metallic sound of something that was opened and closed rang out.
Yes, Red was right. White was really in the Electricals.
Then why would he be in the Electricals? Because he knew that Red would chase him there. He planned that while Red was fixing the lights, he would then vent to the medbay where Pink was grieving for Blue.
And so with trembling hands, Red worked hard and successfully opened the lights.
Red was still trembling, that sound earlier, he was certain that he have heard it from the inner part of the room and not the door itself.
Red approached the inner part and looked around, wary of his everything. And then his eyes swept over the vent.
The vent?
He thought, then went towards it and tried to open it. And indeed the sound he heard was from the vent. He suddenly remembered the time when he was in the Admin room with White and felt that the sound was very familiar.
He heard this sound before!
Then White who was supposed to be beside him was already outside of the room when the lights went back. Then what happened?
Someone died.
Red's hearts was beating abnormally not because of nervousness but with suspicion and denial.
No it can't be! It's impossible!
Red chanted over and over. But he couldn't lie to him anymore, if what he thinks is true then everything would be explained.
Every piece will fall to it's place.
Every dots will start to connect.
With uneven breathing, Red hurried to the Admin, he needs to clear his suspicions.
White, he was quiet and wants to be alone. Red thought that he might just timid, but what if that was so he could lessen his presence within the crowd?
He also likes to hang around the Electrics, what are the important thing one could achieve in the Electrics?
The answer was, everything.
.
.
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Red finally arrived at the Admin. He opened the computer and looked for the file of the Skeld's blueprints.
And with shaking hands he clicked on the blueprints, especially the vent's blueprints.
Upon seeing it his eyes couldn't help but widen. He couldn't understand what he was feeling at the moment. He was trembling all over. His knees eventually gave up and he fell on the floor on his butt, his hands covering his mouth from utter shock.
He was confused. He was angry for White deceiving them. He was sad for the fall of his comrades. But most of all, he was disappointed in himself.
He sat there, petrified. Tears slowly began cascading on his cheeks.
The situation is now very clear, but he still couldn't believe it. He tried hard to imagine White doing all those things. To make himself hate the teen. To imprint into his mind that White is the Imposter.
But he couldn't.
The White who was sometimea doozing on the Cafeteria innocently, the White who was trembling because of fear like a child, the White who weak and lovable, were the images that kepf resurfacing on his mind instead.
And like the speed of a lighting, the scene when White trapped him inside the Comms flashed on his mind.
He's hopeless. Completely hopeless.
Despite already confirming White to be the alleged imposter, he still couldn't bring himself to hate him.
If anyone was to be responsible for everyone's death it should be Red himself. He was the one who didn't noticed, he was the one who couldn't keep his team to trust each other 'til the very end. He failed as a leader. And as a friend.
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered Pink.
He could still save Pink! After that he was willing to die in White's hands. It would be his atonement for everything.
Red was ready to die. His resolve was already decided, he stood up full of courage to face White. He still needs to ask him a lot of things.
So he needs to find him now!
Red pushed himself up and was ready to go to the medbay when suddenly an eerie and bloodcurdling scream echoed through the whole Skeld.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
There's no mistaking it. That was Pink's voice!
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