Chapter 6 Little Evil Gumdrop Things

Once they were inside, they found the rest of their group huddled around the cylindrical centerpiece of the vast room.

"So where are we going to go?" asked Sero excitedly, his eyes flitting between all of the different buttons.

"Y'know what would be funny?" exclaimed Kaminari with an air of humor in his tone. "If we were able to go into Among Us! Y'know, the game with the little evil gumdrop things!"

"Yeah, that would be crazy-" Mina began, cracking up at the thought, only to be interrupted by an overly excited Doctor.

"I can bring you there!" he clapped, eagerly. "It's a video game? Hmm, maybe if I press these buttons…" He began muttering to himself, tapping a finger to his chin.

"I- wait, you can't put us in a video game..can you?" questioned Kirishima with a nervous excitement in his voice.

"Why of course I can! This gal can do anything!" He patted the console.

"That's awesome!" Mina said gleefully, rocking back in forth in excitement.

"Now wait," Kirishima began, waving his hand in front of Mina's face to get her attention. "If we were to go into a video game, shouldn't we go into one where people don't, uh, ya know, die?"

"That's what ghosts are for!" She exclaimed happily, booping her red haired friend on the nose.

"Well yeah, but-" He tried to speak, but Mina silenced him.

"I wonder what it will be like to float through walls!" She commented happily.

"But-"

"Only one way to find out!"

The Doctor grinned like a mad man. "I love this lot! So enthusiastic! So eager for adventure!" He bounced around the console. "I have no idea what I'm doing!" he exclaimed, pushing buttons at what seemed like random.

"What do you mean you don't know what you're doing?" Sam said through gritted teeth. "I thought you were a 'genius'."

"That doesn't mean I have to have a plan!" The Doctor's grin was still plastered across his face. "Geronimo!" he yelled, pulling a lever.

The TARDIS immediately lurched downwards, sending everyone flying. The Doctor, however, stayed steady, laughing with delight.

"Gaah- Okay, this is fine," Kaminari said nervously as he clumsily lost his balance and face-planted into the ground.

"I- What is happening?" Kirishima asked in a high-pitched voice, clinging onto the wall to stay standing.

Dean grunted, gripping the railing. "I didn't think a time machine would include flying," he yelled.

"Heh, I am superior," Sero laughed as he found that he could conveniently tape himself to the walls.

"You guys having fun yet?" The Doctor asked, oblivious to the TARDIS's constant jerking.

"Heck yeah!" Kaminari screeched joyfully as he rolled willingly across the shiny TARDIS floor.

"I mean- I guess you could say that," Kirishima chuckled awkwardly, but obviously amused.

"If being thrown around the room is your definition of fun, then sure. I'm having the best time," Sam said sarcastically.

"Well that's how I like to spend my time!" Mina chirped happily, despite her strange position sprawled out against the wall.

"What the hell is wrong with you," Dean muttered, trying not to have a panic attack. He looked around the TARDIS, and worry entered his eyes. "I- wait. Where- where's Cas?"

"Aww did your boyfriend leave you alone?" The Doctor asked, turning the corners of his lips down.

"Yeah- I mean, he's not-" Dean stopped, his face flushed.

"Ooooo, so you finally admit it, Eh?!" Mina teased, a large grin spreading on her face like wildfire. "Oh, I wish I was recording!" She quickly realized, feeling around her back pocket for her phone.

"I didn't admit anything!" Dean snapped.

Sam sighed. "Trust me, kid, all of their staring and tension gets annoying after a while."

She snickered, finally having found her phone. "Next time," She said imposingly, raising the device in front of her face. "I'll be ready."

Suddenly, there was a loud bang. Everyone stumbled, not expecting the drop.

"Welp," The Doctor jumped down to the group. "We're here!"

"Finally," Kirishima gasped, letting go of his hold of the wall, tripping clumsily towards the door.

Dean closed his eyes and silently prayed for Cas. He always comes when Dean calls for him.

"Hello Dean," said a familiar deadpan voice. Dean's eyes immediately flew open.

"The hell did you go?" Dean grunted, trying not to look relieved (but failing). "You can't just teleport away like that."

Cas shrugged. "I felt threatened," he said simply.

Mina squealed inhumanly and began to cackle violently.

"Um, is she okay..?" Sam asked, signaling vaguely to the girl.

"What you have just witnessed my friend, is the death of a fangirl." Kirishima sighed. "She's probably fine, she does it a lot," He shrugged and walked away.

"I'm starting to think she's a cat and not an alien with the whole 'nine lives' thing," Kaminari laughed and followed the others who were huddled near the door.

The Doctor bounded towards the group like an excited puppy. "C'mon c'mon! What are you waiting for? Let's go!" He pushed his way through and propelled the door open. The five teenagers poked their heads cautiously around the door, not sure what to expect. Kaminari gasped and pushed his way out the door.

"You guys, it's the lobby!" He exclaimed, looking around wildly. "Except like...it gained weight!"

"You mean it's in 3D?" Bakugou asked dully, also stepping out.

The rest of the three teens closely followed, observing the metal structure with awe and wonder at seeing one of their favorite games in real life. Sam, Dean, and Cas, however, had no idea where they were.

"Wait, this thing actually moved?" Sam said with disbelief. "But- but that's not possible! It just.. Teleported? Like I guess Cas can do that but this a.. Uh.. I don't know what it is. But.. it moved!" He ran his hand through his long hair.

Dean smirked. "You better believe it Sammy. We've seen weirder."

"Alright!" The Doctor clapped his hands. "So. We're here. What is this game about exactly?" he asked the group of teens.

"Oh, well," Kaminari began excitedly, "There's an imposter, and, uuh…" He trailed off, realizing something. "Will it be a problem if people, uh, die?" He asked nervously.

"You have to kill people?" Dean raised his eyebrows. "Remind me to download this game after this."

Kaminari stared at him. "I-"

"See? At least someone has the right idea," Bakugou said and somewhat smiled.

"Seriously Blasty?" Sero gaped at him.

Kirishima sighed. "He only played the game when I told him that you could kill people."

"Fun! Anyways, since you re-spawn in the original, we'll probably be fine," Mina shrugged from her spot next to the customization computer, which was placed atop a greenish metal crate.

"Oooh, does that work?" Sero asked her, pointing to the computer.

"Yeah, I think it does!" She said, using the touchpad on the laptop to navigate the mouse around the screen. She clicked on the color pink, causing a bright pink space suit to appear on her.

"Woah, that's amazing!" Sero exclaimed, pushing her aside to get a closer look.

"Wait a second, I gotta finish!" she huffed, reclaiming her spot. She went into the 'Hats' Tab and selected the flamingo hat, causing it to appear on her head.

Mina smiled and turned to face the rest of her group. "I'm bootiful!" She joyfully exclaimed.

Cas tilted his head. "Why would you want a pink bird on your head?"

Mina looked at him. "Well why wouldn't you want a pink bird on your head?"

"Because it looks stupid," Dean remarked. "Thats why."

Cas looked up at Dean with a confused look. "I was going to say it looked adorable." He looked over Mina's shoulder. "Are there any hats that have bees?"

"Uh, I don't think so… let me check," Mina said thoughtfully, turning back towards the computer. "Well there's a cat hat, and some ski goggles, a sticky note, a fez-"

"A fez?" The Doctor gasped. "Like a fez fez? A cool fez?"

"What the hell is a fez?" Dean muttered.

"A fez is a cool hat!" The Doctor grinned. "Fezzes are cool! Is there a bowtie?"

"Uhh I don't think so?" Kirishima responded, putting his finger to his chin in thought.

"Is there any pie?" Dean asked sarcastically.

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Yes, yes. You and your pie."

"Hey I- wait how did you…? I just met you today!" Dean exclaimed.

The strange man grinned. "Spoilers."

"Oh yeah! You like pie, don't you? That's what you ate at McDonalds!" Kaminari exclaimed, pointing to Dean.

"Wooow, way to connect the dots!" Sero rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, I know right!...wait…" Kaminari said proudy at first, before realizing Sero was teasing his stupidity. "Hey!"

"Well anyways, scoot along I'm going to give myself a makeover," Sero said, shooing Kaminari and Mina away from the computer.

"Wait is no one going to question how he...ah, never mind," Kirishima shrugged, referring to the Doctor's earlier comment. He knew his friends were pretty stupid, so at this point it didn't phase him.

Sero emerged a few seconds after adorned with a black space suit and a bright yellow sticky note tacked onto the upper of his helmet, the words DUM engraved to it in dark marker.

"Oh so they have that thing but they don't have a bowtie?" The Doctor pouted. "At least they have a fez. Now move over! I wanna pick my costume."

"Alright, alright," Sero replied. "Keep your socks on!" He stepped away from the device, gesturing dramatically towards it.

"Why doesn't he just use the bowtie he has on now?" Bakugou growled, staring at the bowtie as if it just offended his great ancestors.

"I-...that's actually a good idea…" Mina gaped. She quickly composed herself one more and said with a mischievous smirk, "Good thing I thought of it!"

"EXCUSE ME?" Bakugou's head spun in her direction so fast it should have snapped.

She grinned wider and whispered. "And it doesn't even involve blowing anyone up, character development!" She emphasized the end of her sentence with jazz hands.

Before Bakugou could get any more furious, the Doctor frantically said, "That was a great idea lad! Just, please, no fighting! Fighting is bad, talking is much better and much more effective!"

Kirishima walked over and clapped his hand onto Bakugou's shoulder. "Yeah, try to save the murder for the game," He chuckled.

Bakugou huffed and glared at the Doctor as he went to choose his character settings.

The Doctor's eyes gleamed. "Oooo I can be blue! Like the-"

"Oh no you don't!" Dean said, pushing his way through to the Doctor. "Blue is my favorite color!"

He stuck his tongue out. "Well it's my color now! And you're gonna have to deal with it."

Dean clenched his fists, and as he was about to respond to the Doctor, Cas teleported next to him. He murmured something to Dean (probably something like "We shouldn't have conflict," or "It's alright it's just a color, no need to overreact."), and Dean just grumbled and crossed his arms.

"Tadaaa!" The Doctor announced, spinning in a circle. "How do you guys like it?" He had on a dark blue space suit, a fez, and his bowtie. "I rather like this look."

"Oooo, you look immaculate!" Denki commented, smiling. Under his breath, he muttered something along the lines of "Haha, big words, big brain,"

"Gabriel Agreste is quaking right now," Mina added.

"You look like you put a cheap blue space suit over your normal outfit," Sam smirked.

"Yes, but a fabulous cheap blue space suit!" Mina continued.

"I mean, at least he would be saving money," Kirishima shrugged nonchalantly.

Sam shrugged. "Just trying to be realistic here."

"Eh, I suppose you're right. But, little heads up, we don't support realisticness here." Kirishima spoke, the end of his sentence in a whisper. "Just warning you, before they attack." He finished quietly, shrinking away dramatically.

Sam stared at Kirishima with a concerned look. He opened his mouth to respond, but shut it again, having no idea what to say.

"Anyways," Kirishima said casually, as if the events prior never happened. "Who's going next?" He asked, turning once more to face his friends.

"Ooo, me!" Kaminari squealed energetically, jumping up and down while waving his hand around frantically.

"Okay, okay, jeez, it's not like anyone's stopping you," Kirishima laughed, moving away from the computer to give Kaminari space.

The excitable blonde sprinted to the metal crate which the computer rested on top of. He promptly emerged, clad in an electric yellow space jumper, a wifi pole sticking out of his helmet, which was held tight beneath his arm. He smiled and screeched,

"I'm a highlighter!"

"And why would you want to be a friggin highlighter?" Dean grumbled.

"Excuse me? I am a bootiful highlighter, thank you very much!" Kaminari gasped indignantly. "Honestly, who wouldn't want to be a highlighter!" He added, glaring at Dean.

"Literally anyone with brain cells," Bakugou sneered. "But I mean, at least you haven't mistaken someone's fingers for fries," He shrugged accusingly.

"Hey! That was one time!" Kaminari wined, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Three times," Sero corrected.

"Three times- wait, what?" Kaminari wheeled around to face Sero. "What do you mean?"

The raven-haired boy shrugged. "Kinda hard to forget when your best friend tries to eat your fingers… multiple times."

Kaminari flushed red with embarrassment, but held his head high.

"What can I say? Your finger-fries were very tempting." The short boy stated, not quite meeting anyone's eyes, which only caused the latter to laugh.

"Alright can the rest of us choose our colors now?" Sam asked impatiently. "You guys have the weirdest arguments," he muttered.

As Kirishima walked away from the computer, clad in white and a bird's nest sitting on his pale helmet, almost everyone had chosen their colors. Dean, the last remaining person who hadn't chosen yet, approached the computer, carefully surveying his options. He frowned.

"You guys took all of the good colors," he complained. "Sammy got red, Doc got blue, what is there to choose from now?"

"Well there's always that one!" Sam snickered, pointing to cyan.

Dean grumbled something inaudible. Sam grinned and responded, "Jerk."

"C'mooon, pick your color already!" Mina said, tapping her fingers against one of the greenish boxes. "We don't have all day."

"Alright, alright," Dean huffed. He halfheartedly chose green, then looked at the hat section. His eyes brightened as he saw a cowboy hat. "Finally, something I actually like!"

Sam burst out laughing. Dean raised an eyebrow and asked, "What?"

"You look ridiculous!" Sam choked out, failing to contain his laughter.

"Easy for you to say!" Dean exclaimed. "You're red with a beanie!"

"Well at least it looks good."

"Ok fashion police-"

Cas teleported between them, wearing his trench coat over a brown space suit, and a halo for his hat. "Stop. We don't have time for your worthless arguments. We need to find out who the imposter is!"

Dean tried to stifle a smile. "You do know the game hasn't started yet… right?"

"Oh." Cas blinked. "I thought-"

Sero bursts out laughing. "You- you thought we started? People would be dead already!"

"Well how could I know how this game works," Cas huffed.

"Not important!" Kaminari announced. "Now that we are all ready, we should start! Uhm...how is this going to work…" He trailed off, remembering the large triangular button that usually occupies the bottom of the screen. He looked around and spotted something small, but recognizable, on the empty crate to the right. He smiled and approached it excitedly. He looked down at what appeared to be a small remote with that same start button on it.

"Well, nevermind! Are we all ready?" He asked impatiently.

Most of the group nodded vigorously, the others just looking around with unreadable expressions. Kaminari let out a breath and pressed a finger to the button.

And so, the game began.

AN: Among Us, the game of betrayal. Just for a reference, The Doctor is blue; Kaminari is yellow; Sero is black; Mina is pink; Dean is green; Sam is red; Castiel is brown; Bakugou is orange; and Kirishima is white. In the next chapter, you won't know who the impostors are, so have fun trying to figure it out with the group!

Thanks for reading!

Also please forgive me if the chapter doesn't come out next Sunday, me and PopRocksAndPigeons have been busy (*cough* PROCRASTINATING *cough*) and we haven't finished the seventh chapter. So if it's not finished by next Sunday, I'll update this as soon as possible.