Henry had gone off to the Medbay to put the mutilated and mutated arm of Tommy into the analyzer and fill out two more death reports. Eleanor and Gary were cleaning up the mess of foam in the Upper Engine while Sam, Alice and Rachel cleaned up the vent where Charlie was sliced in half.

"Urgh…" Alice said with a groan "Charlie let out a lot of blood."

"You get used to it" Sam said "I saw pints of blood spilled on battlefields often."

Rachel glared at Sam "If you start saying anything about your military career…"

"Oh calm down Rachel, I'm not gonna say anything about it."

Rachel sighed in relief, but Alice groaned as she scrubbed the bloodstains away.

"Alice, what's wrong?"

The first mate tossed her sponge against the ground.

"Why the hell hasn't anyone turned the lights back on yet!?"

The emergency lights were still on and made visibility on The Skeld a pain to deal with. All the electrical devices were working but the main lighting circuit still needed to be restored.

"Gary wants us to clean up the dead bodies so that the stench and rotting of the bodies and blood doesn't ruin the rest of the trip," Sam explained "Which is pointless in my opinion considering that half of the crew is gone."

Alice and Rachel nodded in agreement.

"I'll go take care of the electricity once we're done with this" Rachel offered.

Sam shook her head "No Rachel, you stay with Alice. I'll take care of it."

"Please…" Rachel spoke "I'm the head mechanic now that Tommy is dead. I'll take care of it."

"Being the head mechanic now makes you more valuable towards the stability of this ship than ever before. I'll do it."

"How about you both go?" Alice suggested "That way you have more eyes to spot for anything suspicious."

The two girls nodded and made their way to the Upper Engine to find Eleanor power washing foam away with Gary sweeping up rubble.

"Hey Eleanor?" Sam began.

"Hmm?" Eleanor spoke as he turned off her power washer.

"Rachel and I are going to Electrical to turn the lights back on, is that ok?"

Eleanor turned to Gary, who nodded in approval.

Sam and Rachel both smiled as they exited the remains of the Upper Engine to make their way to Electrical.

"Hey Gary?" Eleanor asked.

"Yes Eleanor?"

"Maybe we should check on Henry, see if he has found anything out about what happened to Tommy."

The two nodded in agreement and began to walk to the Medbay while Sam and Rachel passed by the Reactor and the Lower Engine and to arrive at Electrical. The door opened to reveal walls of circuit breakers and wires of various gauges strewn across the floor. A wall of panels blocked part of the view of the back wall.

"Please tell me the light breakers are on that wall…"

Rachel sighed as she shook her head. Sam groaned as the two entered the room to look for the lighting panel. It was right against the back wall and was in the darkest part of the eerily quiet room. The panel had been smashed open and was hanging on by only one of it's hinges. Caring little about fixing the door, Sam tore it off and let it clang on the ground.

Instead of a wire having been overloaded, the wires had been slashed and were sparking loudly.

"You turn off the lighting breaker while I get some wire…." Rachel spoke.

Sam nodded and turned the switch off next to the panel and the sparking swiftly stopped. Then with an almost destructive glee she started yanking out the cut wires out of the connections.

Next to a vent on the floor laid a metal tool box that Rachel brought over to begin reconnecting the wires.

As Rachel took out a wire, neither of them were paying attention to what could have been behind them. Could have been the unknown monster that killed Sam? The murderer of Sal? The saboteur of Scottie?

Rachel felt a chill in the air and stopped connecting the second wire. "Sam? Can you hold these for me?"

Sam nodded as Rachel pressed her back against the panel of circuit breakers that blocked the view of the door. She took out her IA Multi tool and unfolded out the knife. Her breathing increased rapidly, fearing the monster or traitorous crewmate that could have been stalking her.

"GYAHH!"

With a shout, she jumped out from behind the wall of panels, ready to take on who or what was going to attack her.

But there was nothing but the hum of electrical lights and the dimness of the dark.

Rachel let out a sigh as she folded her knife back in.

"Sorry Sam!" She spoke as she began to resume fixing the wires "I guess I let my imagination get the best of m…"

Rachel dropped her IA Multi tool on the ground with a loud thud as she saw Sam.

A barbed and scarlet colored tentacle like tongue was wrapped around Sam's neck, grasping tightly. The body of the soldier twitched and shook ever so subtly as she was choked and lifted into the air.

From her chest, the tongue had pierced through her suit from the back and making blood quietly drip onto the floor. The tip or the tongue was still wiggling around, the remaining consciousness of Sam had her eyes follow the tip as it shoved into her mouth before stabbing her through the back of her skull, eliminating the remaining life from her body.

The frightened Cadet slowly looked up at the ceiling and saw the contorted body of a crew member hanging from the pipes of the ceiling. The color was hard to determine in the dimness of the emergency lighting and the face of the beast was hidden behind the pipes.

Rachel swiftly hid back behind the wall of electrical panels and gulped. Should she engage on the beast? Should she run? Who should she go to?! Who was left on the The Skeld?

"…ALICE!" Rachel shouted as she ran out of the Electrical room and to the Reactor.

Alice, who had just finished the final touches on her cleaning job jumped in surprise as she heard Rachel's scream.

"Rachel?" The first mate asked as she sticked her head out of the doorway for the Reactor, her eyes widening as she saw her frightened crewmate.

"ALICE!" She shouted "Something is in Electrical! It got Sam!"

"SAM?!" She replied as she got out her Hand Phaser and ran towards Electrical with Rachel.

She opened up the door and aimed into electrical. "Where is this thing?"

"B-Behind the wall…where the electrical panel is…"

Alice sighed, well aware that her actions resulted in Sam's death as she quietly entered the room.

The hum of the ship and the slight sparking of wires were the only noises that could be heard as the first mate shimmied against the wall to prepare to confront the attacker.

"GAHHH!" Alice shouted as she jumped out and fired at what ever possible being was there.

But there was nothing, only Sam's mutilated body lying quietly on the floor and a loose vent panel that had been moved from it's position.

Alice put her phaser away with a groan "Rachel…fix the wiring."

Rachel nodded and swiftly repaired the wiring and the lights all swiftly turned back on. The two crew mates squinted as the lights turned back on and their attention turned to Sam's body.

"Rachel Juno;" Alice began as she reached for her phaser "Give it to me straight."

Rachel backed up against the wall, fumbling for her own weapon.

"Did you do this?" The first mate asked as charged her weapon up.

"No! I didn't!"

"Who are you really?" Alice demanded "What's your IA-NRS?"

"I'm Rachel! Cadet and Assistant Mechanic! RM EN TN DO is my code!"

"Do you really know that by heart?" Alice asked "Or did you have to look it up before you took over Rachel and killed Sam?!"

"I didn't kill Sam! I haven't killed anyone!"

"Well maybe you're just saying anything to stop me from killing you…like a rat in a corner."

Alice's tone changed to something that Rachel never heard before. It was faint but distinct.

"ANSWER ME!" Alice screamed as she placed the phaser barrel against Alice's head.

"Enough Alice." Said a voice from behind the two. It was Eleanor, pointing her own Phaser at the first mate. Standing next to her was Gary with his own weapon.

"Kill Rachel and we'll eliminate you Alice" Gary spoke.

"And besides…" Eleanor began "Her white uniform is spotless. She doesn't have any red on her."

Alice's eyes widened "Red…stains…Where's Henry?!"

The crew members wildly looked at each other and quickly noticed the absence of their doctor.

"HENRY!" Alice shouted as the four began to run to the Medbay. The doors were closed so the two flanked the sides of the entrance with Eleanor and Gary on one side and Rachel and Alice on the other.

"Everyone have their phasers ready?" Gary asked.

The other three crew mates nodded.

"Alright…once I open the door, we fire." Gary spoke "One…two…three!"

The doors swished open and Henry, unaware that he was being aimed at, turned to see what was coming from the door.

"Hey there what's go-AHH!"

Henry jumped as the four crew mates fired, all exhibiting horrid aim as the doctor hid behind one of the beds. The shots hit the Medbay scanner as well as several shelves of medical supplies on the back wall.

Eventually, the charges on the phasers ran out an the firing stopped and gave Henry the opportunity to stick his hands out from his cover.

"Guys?" Henry asked, rattled at the experience "Why are you firing at me?!"

"Oh don't play dumb Henry!" Alice shouted "You killed Sam!"

Henry peeked out from his hiding spot "Sam's dead?! How?!"

"Why should we tell you?" Gary spoke "You killed her!"

"That's a load of crap!" Henry yelled as he got up from behind the bed "I've been here the whole time, as I've always been! You were with me! So was Eleanor! You both wanted to check up on my investigation!"

"That's a lie Henry!" Eleanor retorted. "Gary and I went to look for you but you weren't here!"

"Exactly!" Gary added "We opened the doors and you were gone!"

"Gary! Eleanor!" Henry pleaded "You were with me! You were watching me go over the analyzer and examine Charlie's and Tommy's blood."

"Oh quit your falsities!" Alice spoke "Just fess up and we'll make it easy for you! You've killed everyone on this ship."

"You were able to sterilize the weapon after killing Sal!" Gary spoke.

"You stole a phaser and overloaded it in the Security room to cover your tracks!" Eleanor added.

"You killed Max so you can delay the truth from getting out about what's been going on!" Alice continued.

"You voted Louise off to throw everyone off the scent!" Gary spoke.

"You were probably working with Charlie to sabotage the ship and then killed him so he wouldn't squeal!" Alice yelled.

"And now you finally killed Sam and lying about me and Gary being with you!" stated Eleanor.

"PLEASE!" Henry yelled "It wasn't me! How could have I gotten to electrical anyway?! I would have had to enter through the same doors that Sam and Rachel did!"

Alice pointed to the vent in the corner of the Medbay. The panel was missing.

"Through the vent?!" Henry shouted "I can't fit through there! It's too cramped!"

"Well Charlie was easily able to crawl through!" Eleanor replied.

"B-but I didn't do it! It wasn't me! Why do you hate me?! I'm not a bad guy! I'm not useless! I'm a doctor! I-I was taught to heal not harm!"

The doctor's voice wavered and his body shook. Rachel put her weapon away and approached Henry to rub his shoulder before sighing.

"…We should vote whether or not we should eject him."

"Are you kidding?!" Alice spoke "He's obviously guilty!"

"Rachel's right" Eleanor spoke as she prepared her tablet for voting "We voted Louise off…so its only fair that we should vote to see if we should get Henry off."

"But who else could it be?" Rachel wondered.

"Gary." Henry coldly spoke, causing everyone to turn to the doctor "I swear that Eleanor and Gary were with me…I had my eyes on Eleanor the whole time as I worked… but Gary could have slipped away…"

Eleanor sighed as she made the final arrangements on her tablet.

"Alright. You press your color first then you will see Red and Orange. Touch the color of the person you want to vote off. We go chromatically."

Gary took the tablet and glared at Henry as he made his vote. Alice did the same as she cast hers. Dr. Rodman quietly voted for his then Eleanor voted followed by Rachel. After the last vote was cast, everyone looked at the results.

VOTE TO ELIMINATE
CAPTAIN GARY WILLIAM: TWO VOTES
CHIEF PHYSICIAN HENRY McKIDD RODMAN: THREE VOTES

Henry sighed and hung his head.

"Fuck." He then gathered himself and stood rigidly "Captain, may I have a few final requests?"

"That depends on what they are…" Gary spoke.

"Are you kidding?!" Alice shouted "We voted him off, lets get rid of him!"

"Who's captain again?" Eleanor said teasingly.

Alice groaned as she turned to Henry.

"I want to get a blood sample from Sam's body… and a sample from everyone that's left. I then want to grab a few things from my quarters before I am ejected off the Skeld. Is that too much to ask before I face my uncertain fate?"

Eleanor and Gary looked at each other before turning back to Henry.

"Sure. But we're all gonna be watching you. We'll all keep you in our sights as we let you have your last requests."

"That's fair, as was the voting process…"

The four took out their phasers and aimed at Henry as he prepared to take out some syringes.

With phasers at his back, Henry walked to Electrical and got on his knees to draw blood from Sam's mangled body and then gently closed her eyes with his fingers. He then wrote Sam's name on the vial before turning to the rest of the crew.

"Alright then, who wants to go next?"

The crew all turned to each other as if they were expecting anyone else but them to get jabbed.

Rachel then stepped forward, rolling up her sleeve and exposing her vein.

Henry nodded and sterilized the area.

"You're gonna feel a small prick…"

"It's fine Henry, it's not like I haven't been pricked before."

Alice chuckled while Eleanor rolled her eyes. Henry drew out blood and then wrote Rachel's name on the vial.

Gary had his blood drawn next, then Eleanor's. The whole operation having three phasers pointed at the doomed doctor.

"Alice, it's your turn." the captain spoke as he rubbed where he was pricked.

Alice kept her gaze away from the doctor "I'm not getting my blood drawn! What if he tries to attack me!?"

"As captain…" Gary began, but he need not finish as Alice begrudgingly rolled up her sleeve as Henry sterilized and drew blood.

"Now for the hard part…" Henry spoke as he wrote on Alice's syringe "My own blood…"

Henry rolled up his own sleeve and sterilized the site, but he hesitated jabbing himself.

"Rachel? Can you…"

Rachel gently smiled as she took the syringe and jabbed Henry with the needle. The doctor winced as he got pricked but it was over in just a second. With the blood finally withdrawn, Henry gave the vials over to Rachel.

"Alright, we have everyone's blood now." Alice stated "Can we now kick him off the ship?!"

"Can I just grab somethings from quarters so I can die in space peacefully?!"

"Yes Henry, you can." Gary spoke.

Like a man on death row, Henry was escorted to the Crew Cabin and he made his way to his bunk. He grabbed a music player and some photographs from home and stuffed them into his pockets. He also grabbed his rarely used IA MultiTool and strapped it to his belt.

"Henry?" Rachel began.

"Yes Rachel?"

"Don't you want some final meal or drink before you go?"

Henry thought for a moment but then gently shook his head "No Rachel, I'll be fine without a last meal."

Rachel hung her head as Henry grabbed his helmet and put it on.

"Alright Captain, I'm ready to be discharged."

Gary nodded and the four led Henry though the Cafeteria, past Admin and the Kitchen towards Storage. Henry made his way to the garbage airlock and crawled in, going fetal due to how cramped it was.

"Does anyone have anything to say before we send Henry into space?" The captain asked.

"I do" Rachel spoke as she walked up to the disposal. Her gazed locked on to the eyes of Henry and she could see a single tear drip from his eyes. Not wanting to look at the still conscious doctor, she tightly closed her eyes and laced her fingers as if she was about to pray.

"Through the great goodness of whatever powers there be that control the universe, may they pardon Henry for whatever sins have been committed by him. And if we are wrong about our decision, may those powers pardon us for our mis-judgement."

Rachel unlaced her hands as she stepped away from the airlock. Gary then sighed and lifted up the cover that would activate the airlock. Closing his eyes, he slammed on the button and the doors space-side flew open and sent Henry into the vacuum of space to meet his uncertain fate.

Everyone watched the doctor vanish into the blackness while Rachel was trying not to cry. Eleanor and Alice turned their backs to the window. Gary simply sighed.

The cadet solemnly took out her tablet and started a timer for six hours, the same time she gave for Louise when she was ejected.

"Alright everyone…" Gary began "There's only four of us left. Keep your phases set to kill at all times. Alice, you stay with me. Eleanor, you watch over Rachel."

"Oh there is NO way I'm staying close to you Captain! I don't want to be paired with someone who could potentially kill me!"

Gary turned to the cadet "Rachel, are you fine with Eleanor being with you?"

Rachel turned towards the purple communications officer. She had a hesitant smile but didn't seem as threatening as Alice or as overly formal as Gary.

"I'm fine with Eleanor being with me."

"Alright then. What are you gonna do now?"

Rachel held up the six vials of blood "I'm going to take these to the med bay and put them in a safe place."

Gary smiled "Alright then. Alice, come with me to Navigation or you can go to the Shields if you…"

"I'm going to the Shields" Alice barked as she stormed out of Storage.

Gary then went down the same path to go to Navigation while Eleanor and Rachel walked towards the Cafeteria to make their way to Medbay.

"Who did you vote for?" Eleanor asked as the pair entered the Medbay.

Rachel kept silent as she went over to the vial rack that had the blood of the deceased crew mates and brought it to a table as she began to search for a container.

"Rachel? Did you vote for Captain Gary?"

The cadet eventually found a padded case meant to hold at least vials. Carefully, she put the 12 vials into the case and sealed it tight.

"Rachel…did you vote to kick Gary off the ship?"

Rachel then took out a permanent marker and wrote on it.

BLOOD OF THE CREW OF THE IA SHIP THE SKELD AFTER LANDING AT OMEGA PSI 5.5-2

Eleanor then grabbed Rachel by the shoulder and turned her to face her.

"RACHEL! WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR?!"

"I DIDN'T VOTE FOR ANYONE!" Rachel shouted as she freed herself from Eleanor's grasp.

Eleanor blinked in confusion "But there were five votes…"

Rachel groaned "I voted, but not for Henry to be ejected. I voted against Henry to be ejected."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't think that Henry nor Gary were responsible…but I couldn't just not vote."

Eleanor sighed "I understand, but what if Gary was voted off? Do you really want Alice running the ship?"

"Does it matter who runs the ship?! Does it matter who's in charge? No! What matters is that half of the crew has died, two have been kicked off and the rest of us don't trust anyone else!"

The communications officer frowned "I understand Rachel…it's not right."

The cadet hung her head "If only we can find out what happened I'd be at peace. If I could know if Louise and Henry were truly guilty I could be happier."

Eleanor stepped forward and hugged Rachel.

"It's ok, this will all be over soon."

The two quietly embraced and Rachel slowly calmed until Eleanor let go.

"C'mon Rachel. Maybe we can dig into the Pavlovas now."

Rachel smiled as she followed Eleanor into the Cafeteria, the fates of Henry and Louise slowly fading into the back of her head and hoping that it was all going to be ok.