//''"The coordinates were wrong! It was all a set up!"''//
Your sister, Judy's voice was the last thing you heard before the comms went off. You rushed to where she could be, the control room. Then some minutes later, the lights went out as well.
You weren't sure whether the chill that ran through you was out of concern for your sister or if it was from the power going off in the ship. If no one turned the engine back on a lot of things could go wrong.
The ship could get sucked into a nearby star's gravitational pull, the cold vacuum of space could freeze the ship and the crewmates or with the power off whoever ambushed them could pick everyone off one by one.
[[Turn on flashlight]]You look around the hallway you were in. When the ship had abruptly stopped in its tracks, the stillness in the ship was subtle but it was enough to stop everyone's conversations.
Judy and Nik had volunteered to go look at what was going on in the control room and figure out why you had stopped. They kept in contact through the comms and you remember hearing Nik sound confused as you heard the rapid typing on the keyboards.
You had felt like something was wrong so you had gotten up to go find your sister and Nik, but now you were alone in the dark hallway with no comms to contact the rest of your crew.
[[Start walking]].
You worried about your sister in the control room. Her voice sounded urgent and the way she cut off, you worried that perhaps she was in trouble. You had no idea who was behind all of this but the idea that your sister was caught by them frightened you.
At the same time, however, you knew that it would be better to turn on the engine. The back-up generators would take an hour to turn back on unless manually turned on. And even if you got to the control room, you weren't sure if the doors would open without the power on.
[[Go to control room]].
As you began walking in the direction of the control room like you originally had before the lights went out, you felt yourself walking faster as the thoughts poured in your head. All the horrible possibilities and the worst case scenarios that could have happened to your sister.
Oh right, and Nik too.
As you were now sprinting at this point, you stopped for a second to realize there was another sound of footsteps running.
[[Call out]].
[[Wait to see]].As you near the engine room, you smell something foul. You pinch your nose as you get closer. You can't identify for sure what it was.
When you found the engine room, you (if: (history:) contains"Turn off your flashlight")[turn on your flashlight and] walk in. You look around to remind yourself where the backup generators are.
From what you can recall of what Arjay, the engineer, said, it should be somewhere high on the wall if you wanted to manually start it. You have a hard time finding where it is but you know it should be somewhere close since Arjay is always able to find where it is quickly.
Speaking of Arjay, you begin to wonder where he was. You can't seem to remember if he was in the cafeteria or not. Was he also behind this?
You find the backup generator. You need to put in the password. You remember that it is Arjay's birthday. If you remember correctly, his birthday is on May 25th.
[[Keypad]]"Who is there?!" you beckoned.
After a brief silence, you heard Skye call back, "It's me! Where are you?"
You notice a light from around the corner and you rush over. When you turn the corner, you see a shaking Skye. Her eyes wide with fear and her hair disheveled, you never seen her look so beatened up and bruised. When she sees you a wave of relief rushed over her expression.
[[Approach]].
[[Keep your distance]].
[[Run away]]."Hello? Who is there?"
It sounded like Skye. She sounded scared.
[[Call out]].
[[Stay quiet]]."Oh thank god," she breathed and threw herself on you, "I am so glad to have found someone. I was so scared when I heard Judy's voice."
You give her a hug back and rub her back to console her. However, when you do, you feel something sticky on her clothes. Bringing up your hand to your face, you notice it was red.
"Um... Skye?" you gulped.
Skye whispered in your ear, "It's okay. It is nothing personal."
Before you could ask anything, you felt a blade run through your gut and a blood splatter out from your mouth. You fall back and your eyes froze still on Skye as she wiped the blood on her shirt.
"S-skye?" you breathed out.
She raised an eyebrow at you and then smiled, "I was worried when I heard Judy alert everyone over the comms. And I knew you couldn't stay away from your sister's desperate call. At least now you are out of my way."
She blew a kiss and walked away from you as your vision began to go blurry and you bled out until you died."Oh I am so happy I was able to find someone," she breathed and when she took a step towards you, you took a step back.
"What's wrong?" she pouted and the way her face crinkled you thought she was going to cry.
[["Nothing." Step closer.]]
[["What happened to you? Why do you look so beat up?]]"Where are you going?" she seemed confused.
You don't turn or even look back. You keep running.
"Hey! Come back!"
[[You keep running]]."Oh thank god," she breathed and threw herself on you, "You had me so scared."
You hesitate.
"Skye, why do you look so beat up?"
She began sniffling into your shirt.
"I- I ran into control room when I heard Judy's voice."
You grabbed her by the shoulders and looked at her straight in the eyes, "What happened? Is Judy okay?"
She rubbed her eyes and wailed a cry before shaking her head, "It's Nik! Nik sabotaged us!"
Your body began shaking as the images of what could have happened to your sister filled your mind. Tears uncontrollably began to fill your eyes and then overflow trickles down your cheeks.
"No!" you shout.
"I am so sorry," Skye whispered and pulled you into a hug.
[[You hug back]].
[[You pull away]].Skye looked down at herself, "I- I ran into control room when I heard Judy's voice."
You grabbed her by the shoulders and looked at her straight in the eyes, "What happened? Is Judy okay?"
She rubbed her eyes and wailed a cry before shaking her head, "It's Nik! Nik sabotaged us!"
Your body began shaking as the images of what could have happened to your sister filled your mind. Tears uncontrollably began to fill your eyes and then overflow trickles down your cheeks.
"No!" you shout.
"I am so sorry," Skye whispered.
You bit down on your lip in pain and thought about your sister's last words and then back to Nik's but then you opened your eyes and furrowed your brows. It didn't make sense. Nik had been there in the cafeteria when the ship stopped and he volunteered to go with Judy. You remembered hearing Nik over the comms and there would be no reason for him to wait until they got to the control room and Judy warned everyone before he killed her.
"Are you okay? Would you like a hug?"
[["Skye, where were you when the ship stopped?"]]You give her a hug back. However, when you do, you feel something sticky on her clothes. Bringing up your hand to your face, you notice it was red.
"Um... Skye?" you gulped.
Skye whispered in your ear, "It's okay."
Before you could ask anything, you felt a blade run through your gut and a blood splatter out from your mouth. You fall back and your eyes froze still on Skye as she wiped the blood on her shirt.
"S-skye?" you breathed out.
She raised an eyebrow at you and then smiled, "I was worried when I heard Judy alert everyone over the comms. And I knew you couldn't stay away from your sister's desperate call. At least now you are out of my way."
You clutch onto your wound and began gasping for air.
"Your sister put up quite the fight. Too bad I couldn't say the same about you."
She blew a kiss and walked away from you as your vision began to go blurry and you bled out until you died."Hey, are you okay?" she questioned.
[["I don't believe you!"]]
[["I need to be alone right now."]]Her fragile exterior faded and her expression turned cold.
"I guess I couldn't fool you, huh?" her voice was different than her usual helpless girl tone.
"Skye?"
She cringed her nose and mocked, "Skye. Skye. Skye," she rolled her eyes, "Shut up. You old fart. I am tired of talking. I have stuff to do and you are in my way."
Skye lunged at you with a knife she pulled from behind her.
[[*Get ready to react!*]]"Oh, are you sure?" her voice was sweet as she reached for you but you kept taking steps back.
"It's okay, you can talk to me. I will listen," she beckons.
You shake your head and gripped your hands into fists as you felt rage fill inside of you as you stared into the eyes of the person who could be responsible for everything.
"I just really need to be alone right now, Skye."
"Oh," she seemed concerned but nodded, "Alright. If that is what you want. But I want you to understand that I did everything I could to help your sister. But I barely made it out alive with my life. You understand that, right?"
You felt her heart pang with pain but you just fake a smile and nod.
"I understand, Skye. Thank you for trying to save her. But I just need to process all of this. I need some time to process it all. I am just going to go to-
[[the engine room|not engine room]].
[[the cargo room|not cargo room]].
[[the cafeteria|not cafeteria]].
[[the control room|not control room]].Her fragile exterior faded and her expression turned cold.
"I guess I couldn't fool you, huh?" her voice was different than her usual helpless girl tone.
"Skye?"
She cringed her nose and mocked, "Skye. Skye. Skye," she rolled her eyes, "Shut up. You old fart. I am tired of talking. I have stuff to do and you are in my way."
Skye lunged at you with a knife she pulled from behind her.
[[*Get ready to react!*]](set: $counter to 3)
You have |amount>[$counter] seconds left!
[[Stay still]].
[[Dodge]].
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You stayed still and Skye's knife ran into your ribs. Blood splatter out from your mouth. You fall back and your eyes froze still on Skye as she wiped the blood on her shirt.
"S-skye?" you breathed out.
She raised an eyebrow at you and then smiled, "I was worried when I heard Judy alert everyone over the comms. And I knew you couldn't stay away from your sister's desperate call. At least now you are out of my way."
You clutch onto your wound and began gasping for air.
"Your sister put up quite the fight. Too bad I couldn't say the same about you."
She blew a kiss and walked away from you as your vision began to go blurry and you bled out until you died.You managed to dodge her attack. You turned around to begin sprinting.
"Come back! You piece of shit!"
You hear Skye calling back for you. You don't bother turning back to look. You just keep running.
Thankfully for you, you were always a fast runner. Soon, you don't hear Skye calling back for you. Her voice fades into the darkness behind you.
[[Turn off your flashlight]].
[[Go to engine room]].You use your muscle memory and with your hand guiding you along the right wall to help you find the engine room.
[[You find the door|Go to engine room]].You began heading to the engine room, thankful you told Skye you were heading to (if: (history:) contains"not control room")[the cargo room] (if: (history:) contains"not cargo room")[the engine room] (if: (history:) contains"not cafeteria")[the cafeteria].
You know what really happened and at least one person who is responsible for your sister's death. But you will deal with her later. First you need to get to the engine room. You worry about whether or not Skye would come up behind you.
You decide to-
[[Turn off your flashlight]].
[[Keep walking with your flashlight on|Go to engine room]].You began heading to the cargo room, thankful you told Skye you were heading to (if: (history:) contains"not control room")[the cargo room] (if: (history:) contains"not engine room")[the engine room] (if: (history:) contains"not cafeteria")[the cafeteria].
You don't feel like you can trust her. For now, it would be best to trust only yourself. You reach to outside the cargo room and press your head against the window of the door to peer inside.
[[Look inside]].You began heading to the cafeteria, thankful you told Skye you were heading to (if: (history:) contains"not control room")[the control room] (if: (history:) contains"not engine room")[the engine room] (if: (history:) contains"not cargo room")[the cargo room].
You make it halfway to the cafeteria before you hear someone rasping for breathe in the hallway.
You look around to find who it was and you discover Ryan on the floor. He was bleeding out and when you two make eye contact, you are almost sad that he knows you saw him.
He was always a dick and you never really liked him. Ryan was always such a pretentious little shit who had a lot of undeserved self confidence. In fact, on several occassions he made you really want to kill him because of what a terrible person he was.
You turn from side to side to see if anyone else was in the hallway. There was no one. You two were alone. No one would know. From what you could tell, he hadn't bled out too much and you could probably still save him. You decide to-
[[Save him]].
[[No one would know if you pretended you didn't see him]].
[["Mercy" kill him]].Skye nods and then takes a few slow backwards and disappeared into the darkness. You hold your breath and wait with your flashlight for a few seconds and then looked around for her. Once you were convinced she was gone, you took a deep shaky breath and then decided to really go to-
[[the engine room]].
[[the cafeteria]].
[[the control room]].You began heading to the control room, thankful you told Skye you were heading to (if: (history:) contains"not cargo room")[the cargo room] (if: (history:) contains"not engine room")[the engine room] (if: (history:) contains"not cafeteria")[the cafeteria].
Skye nods and then takes a few slow backwards and disappeared into the darkness. You hold your breath and wait with your flashlight for a few seconds and then looked around for her. Once you were convinced she was gone, you took a deep shaky breath and then decided to really go to-
[[the cargo room]].
[[the cafeteria]].
[[the control room]].Skye nods and then takes a few slow backwards and disappeared into the darkness. You hold your breath and wait with your flashlight for a few seconds and then looked around for her. Once you were convinced she was gone, you took a deep shaky breath and then decided to really go to-
[[the engine room]].
[[the cargo room]].
[[the control room]].Skye nods and then takes a few slow backwards and disappeared into the darkness. You hold your breath and wait with your flashlight for a few seconds and then looked around for her. Once you were convinced she was gone, you took a deep shaky breath and then decided to really go to-
[[the engine room]].
[[the cargo room]].
[[the cafeteria]].You see a flashlight flail around the corner and Skye's frantic panting, but you keep silent.
"Hello???" she calls out and you hear a whimper.
She sounds so scared. You think back to the short little hot-tempered girl that would run around the ship. She always had a smile on her face and gave everyone a hug. You could remember how she told you this wasn't her first job. She had plenty of other jobs before. Some as dirty as this one and others neat and proper. But she liked the more illegal ones because they paid better. It made it easier to send money back home to her parents.
"Is anyone there?"
[[Call out]].
[[Still be quiet and turn off your flashlight]].You watch her look around for someone as you hid in the shadows and then you hear her swear, "Shit. Where the fuck are they?"
You have never heard her curse before, nor have you ever heard her voice like that. She always had such a sweet candy-like voice. You gulp and hold your breath until you watch her walk away. You don't move until you are sure she is gone.
Then you continue your path towards the control room.
[[Continue]].(if: (history:) contains"End") [Since you turned on the power, you were able to open the doors. The code was Tricia, your captain's birthday. September 18th.
[[Keypad|Keypad 2]] ](else:)[
(if: (history:) contains"Run away")[With Skye past you on your path to the control room, you make it to the door without anyone catching you.](if: (history:) contains"Stay quiet")[With Skye past you on your path to the control room, you make it to the door without anyone catching you.] You don't know what is going on, but you know that there is something wrong. And as of right now, you can't trust anyone yet.
You find the control room doors and notice the doors weren't open. You knock lightly on the door and whisper, "Judy. Can you hear me?"
All you hear is silence.
You knock a little louder.
"Judy? Judy?!"
No response. You sigh and whisper, "Nik? What about you? Is Judy there?"
You hear nothing in response. You sigh and try to unlock the keypad, but the pad isn't working. You hit it a few times and since the power isn't on, you can't open the door.
[[Seriously?]] ]
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You did it! The backup generator begins to roar with life and you hear the engines in the ship begin to churn and whistle like they used to. As you hear the lights slowly begin turning on. Finally the lights turn on in the engine room and you take a sigh of relief.
The foul smell fills your nose again. You want to vomit but you hold yourself together. When was the last time you went into the engine room? It had been a long time.
If you could recall, the last time you were in the engine room, you had been snorting up some spices with Arjay and passing the night with a happy haze. A smile spreads on your lips as you remember how you two celebrated a recent job. It had been a good haul and a generous payload. Arjay always figured out how to have a spend a good time and where to get the best spices.
[[Was the foul smell something he smuggled?]]
No, the foul smell couldn't be anything he smuggled or bought. Maybe the reason you don't remember seeing Arjay in the cafeteria was because he was shitfaced somewhere and vomitted or defecated himself. You couldn't help but snort at the thought at finding one of your best friends like that.
You took a step back and yelped when you stepped on something wet.
You take a look down.
It was like your entire soul left your body.
[[It was Arjay]].Your guts start convulsing upwards as you began uncontrollably vomiting over to the side. Stomach acid burned your throat and snot spilled out from your nose. Your eyes stinged of tears after you saw Arjay's body laying on the ground.
He laid there unmoving and his head sliced clean off.
"N-no..." you mumbled, "no, no, no, no..." you began sputtering as you wiped your tears away.
[[Who could be doing all of this? Why???]](if: (history:) contains"You pull away" OR "*Get ready to react*")[You have your eyes on Skye. She seems to be involved. But how much? How many of your friends are in on this?]
You shake your head. It was too much to think about right then. So you just take off your jacket and place it over Arjay's head. After a few silent wishes him farewell and a promise to figure out who had done this, you leave the engine room.
You decide to go to-
[[the control room|Continue]]
(if: (history:) contains"Look insdie") [~~the cargo room~~] (else:) [ [[the cargo room]]. ]Eventually, you realize you are far enough away and you don't think Skye is running after you. But just to make sure, you wonder if you should turn off your flashlight.
[[Turn off your flashlight]]
[[Keep them on and proceed to the control room|Continue]]You press your forehead on the door and whisper, "I'll be back. I promise."
You turn around and start heading towards the engine room to try to turn the backup generators on manually.
[[Head to the engine room|Go to engine room]]You swallow your anger and decide to be a good person. You bend down and take a small pocket knife from your belt. You rip one of Ryan's pant legs (because you are definitely not ripping your own clothes for the sake of this asshole) and begin to bandage him up the best you can and put the pressure on his wound.
"Ryan, why are you being so dramatic? It is just a flesh wound."
"I am on blood thinners, stupid. I require serious medical assistance. Where is Lilly? I need a real doctor. Not you."
You begin to become angry for what a drama queen he is.
[[Kill him now|"Mercy" kill him]].
[[Continue being a good person|Good person line]].Double-click this passage to edit it.(if: (history:) contains"Save him")[You hold up your pocket knife, which you normally used to use for only opening up packages, now you got to open up a whole new chapter in your life, a life without this annoying man draining your energy every minute.](else:)[You smile and pull out a small pocket knife you have on your belt. Normally, it is meant for opening up packages, but this will be like opening up a whole new chapter in your life, so it's basically the same thing. Your life can now finally be free of this human misery.]
"What are you doing?" he rasped.
"Oh don't worry, I am just mercy killing you, since I," you smile wickedly, "don't want you in so much pain. Awe, you are like a deer on the side of the road. I have to put you out of your misery."
"T-that's not necessary!" he held up his hands and waved them, "I am fine! It is just a flesh wound!"
It was too late to change your mind. You never felt more alive than in that moment.
[[Clean your pocket knife]].Then you continue on your way to the cafeteria. Once you get there, you notice a few lights coming from the door.
When you listen in, you can hear Lilly and Miyako talking.
"When do you think they will come back?"
"I am not sure."
"They told us to stay here, but maybe we should go."
"We don't know what is going on out there."
They seem clueless to the situation and you decide they are innocent.
[[Step into the cafeteria]].
(if: (history:) contains"Go to engine room")[~~Go to the engine room~~](else:)[ [[Go to the engine room|Go to engine room]]. ]
(if: (history:) contains"Continue")[~~Go to the control room~~](else:)[ [[Go to the control room|Continue]]. ]
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You look around once more and notice no one is near. No one will find out. You smile and-
[[move along|Continue being a good person]].Double-click this passage to edit it.Thankfully, there is nothing that bothers you on the way to the cargo room. You reach to outside the cargo room and press your head against the window of the door to peer inside.
[[Look inside]] The cargo seems unharmed. It was shipments of large amounts of spices being smuggles across galactic lines and if any authorities caught you, your crewmates and you would be sent to prison for a long time. It was dirty work, but it paid good amounts of money and it got you always the best connections to all sorts of people in the galaxy.
It didn't seem to be touched, so you took a deep breath and looked around to where you wanted to go next. You decide to go to-
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}You did it! The password was accepted. The doors hiss and slide apart. You dash through them in a haste and immediately scan the room for Judy. Judy is nowhere to be found. Nik is laying next to the control panel and lights are flashing across the keys.
Jumping over, you aren't quite sure how you should fix it. You see several alert messages on the screen.
Nik and you never been that close since he was one of our newest crewmates. Perhaps you could still save him and get him to help you fix the communications system and start the ship back on its correct course. However, from what you can tell, his injuries are beyond your knowledge of firstaid. You could still try though. Or you can try to solve the alert messages on your own.
[[Save Nik]].
[[Try on your own]].You kneel down next to him and scan his body, trying to figure out where it was that he was hurt.
"Nik? Nik? Nik can you hear me?"
He tosses and turns his head before opening one eye. Your eyes meet and he grimaces, "It hurts."
"What happened?"
He swallowed hard and licked his dry lips as his voice hoarse, "It- it was-"
"Oh thank god!" you turn around to see Judy at the door, looking a bit beaten up but alive nonetheless.
[[Go hug your sister immediately]].
[[Get Nik to say who it was|Rush over to Nik]].Nik passes away at your feet and you begin rapidly typing into the computer the different solutions you could think of to try to at least turn communications back on. It is failing.
"Oh thank god!"
You look over and notice Judy standing by the door. She looked a bit beaten up but alive nonetheless. You both smile once your eyes meet and launch towards each other in gleeful relief. You both hug each other, slightly sobbing and clutching onto one another.
"I was so worried I wouldn't be able to find you!" she whispered into your ear and then squeezed you a little tighter.
You smile in relief and squeeze her back, "I can't tell you how many worst case scenarios I ran in my head. I wanted to find you so badly but each time I thought I was close, I was frightened by the idea of what I could find."
Judy chuckled and nodded. You two last a second longer before finally pulling apart to take in each other's sight.
"You are covered in blood," Judy commented.
You had to shrug, "I found Arjay's body in the engine room. (if: (history:) contains"Clean your pocket knife")[Ryan in the hallway just absolutely massacred. I don't know what happened to him.] (if: (history:) contains"Good person line")[I had to help Ryan from bleeding.] And I just discovered Nik's body."
[["Judy, what happened in the control room?"]]
You abandon Nik's aid and rush over to embrace your sister. You both hug each other, slightly sobbing and clutching onto one another.
"I was so worried I wouldn't be able to find you!" she whispered into your ear and then squeezed you a little tighter.
You smile in relief and squeeze her back, "I can't tell you how many worst case scenarios I ran in my head. I wanted to find you so badly but each time I thought I was close, I was frightened by the idea of what I could find."
Judy chuckled and nodded. You two last a second longer before finally pulling apart to take in each other's sight.
"You are covered in blood," Judy commented.
You had to shrug, "I found Arjay's body in the engine room. (if: (history:) contains"Clean your pocket knife")[Ryan in the hallway just absolutely massacred. I don't know what happened to him.] (if: (history:) contains"Good person line")[I had to help Ryan from bleeding.] And I just found Nik's body and- Oh my god!" You remember Nik.
(set: $counter to 20)
You have |amount>[$counter] seconds left!
[[Rush over to Nik]].
[[Delay|Nik dies before you can save him]].
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(if: $counter is 0)[(go-to: "Nik dies before you can save him")]
(replace: ?amount)[$counter]
]
(if: (count: (history:), "Save him") is 1)[You have 1 save!](elseif: (count: (history:), "Save him") < 1)[You have 0 save.]
You patch him up in a haste and huff at the fact he wasted your time.
[[Continue to cafeteria|Continue being a good person]]You were able to manage to aid him in time by applying ample pressure onto his wound to stop the bleeding.
"It- it was," his voice was faint, "it was Skye."
You bit down on your lip and nodded, "I had a feeling she was behind all of this."
Judy kneels down next to you and explains what happened. When Judy and Nik figured out the coordinates they had been set on were fake, she called it on the comms and then the comms went out before she could say who was the last one to sign in to the navigation logs. Then Skye came in and tried to take out both Nik and Judy. She tricked them with an innocent act before she ran her knife through Nik's side but Judy was harder to take down. While the two girls fought back and forth, Judy was able to get her to talk about why she was doing all of this.
[["Why?"|Why?]]You were too late to save Nik. He bled out waiting for you.
[[Darn it!]]"She is planning on sabotaging the rest of the crew and the ship, so she can be the one to deliver all the spices we smuggled. That way she doesn't have to split off the money with anyone. This could be her final big job. After she pays off all her debts, she says she wants to retire."
Anger fuels inside of you. You couldn't believe Skye did this. How could she betray everyone, all of whom considered her a friend, for something as meaningless as money? Well, a part of you could understand why. You remember talking with her about money and her debts she had to settle.
It made sense. Heck, she would be getting a large sum of money indeed from their load.
"I am kind of jealous I didn't think of it first," Judy mumbled.
You jerked your head at her and raised an eyebrow.
[["What did you say?"]]"I mean, that's really smart. There are a lot of us on the ship. The bounty wouldn't have been as impressive. However, if it was only shared between one or a few, then the money is enormous. Heck, if we had thought of that first, we could finally retire."
You blink in astonishment. Did she really just say that?
Then you thought about it harder and then bit down on your lip before nudging her arm.
(if: (history:)contains"Why?")[
[["I mean, we could still do it"]].
[["Let's not be like Skye, Judy."]].]
(else:)[
[["I mean, it isn't too late to change our minds"|Murderer Ending]].
[["Let's not betray everyone like Skye."|Nik dead but good line]].]Judy raised her eyebrow at you and you both had a silent conversation with your eye contact.
"We could get rid of Nik right now."
Nik's eyes widened with alarm.
[[Kill Nik]].
[[Change your mind, be a good person]].Judy nodded and shrugged, "It was just a suggestion".
You nodded, "I know. I get it. It would be nice to start thinking of retiring. You and I aren't getting any younger."
"You know," she cooed, "if you change your mind, this is your last chance. You could get rid of Nik here right now and we could just go and kill off the rest. It would be the two of us against Skye and the others would be easy to kill off."
You gulped and decide-
[[Kill Nik]]
[[Just save Nik|Change your mind, be a good person]] You release the pressure from Nik's side and his eyes were wide with fear and anxiousness. You bring out your pocket knife from before and smile at him as you stroke his hair.
"It will be okay, Nik. I am going to put you out of your misery."
You kill him swiftly and his body went limp as the blood was now flowing out faster and creating a pool around their feet.
There was a silence and Judy put a hand on your shoulder, "You made the right choice. Do you feel okay?"
You just smile, "I am just happy I am wearing non-slip shoes right now." You both laugh.
[["Come on, Judy. Let's get rid of the rest."|Murderer Ending]]"No, no, Judy. Come on. Let's be serious," you continue treating Nik's wound and let him rest as you and Judy get down to business in stopping Skye.
[[Go onto cams|Nik dead but good line]]**ENDING**
(if: (count: (history:), "Kill Nik") is 1)[You have 2 kills!](elseif: (count: (history:), "Good person line") is 1)[You have 1 kill.] (else:) [You have 0 kills.]
With Judy by your side, you are able to take down the rest of the crewmates with ease. You suffocate Lilly and Miyako in the cafeteria by sabotaging the doors to lock and then closing the air vents. Finding Skye was easy by checking the cameras and with the two of you, you were able to take her down easily. Like that, one by one, everyone was pick off and even the captain, Tricia.
You now have **a lot more** kills! Congratualtions. You got the Murderer Ending.Judy sighs and explains: When Judy and Nik figured out the coordinates they had been set on were fake, she called it on the comms and then the comms went out before she could say who was the last one to sign in to the navigation logs. Then Skye came in and tried to take out both Nik and Judy. She tricked them with an innocent act before she ran her knife through Nik's side but Judy was harder to take down. While the two girls fought back and forth, Judy was able to get her to talk about why she was doing all of this.
"She is planning on sabotaging the rest of the crew and the ship, so she can be the one to deliver all the spices we smuggled. That way she doesn't have to split off the money with anyone. This could be her final big job. After she pays off all her debts, she says she wants to retire."
Anger fuels inside of you. You couldn't believe Skye did this. How could she betray everyone, all of whom considered her a friend, for something as meaningless as money? Well, a part of you could understand why. You remember talking with her about money and her debts she had to settle.
It made sense. Heck, she would be getting a large sum of money indeed from their load.
"I am kind of jealous I didn't think of it first," Judy mumbled.
You jerked your head at her and raised an eyebrow.
[["What did you say?"]]"It is okay. He was badly hurt anyways. It wasn't your fault," Judy consoles you. You nod but can't help but wipe a single tear trickling down your face.
"He wasn't a bad guy. I wish I could have saved him," you mumbled.
After a moment of silence, Judy turns you to face her, "Okay, let me tell you what happened to me."
[["Judy, what happened in the control room?"]] **ENDING**
Judy and you team up together to find where Skye is hidden through the cams. You find the captain unconscious in her chambers and Skye was fast approaching. You locked the doors leading to the captain's chambers before turning on the communications.
"It's Skye. Everyone go on high alert. We have an traitor among us."
Teaming up with the remainder of your crew, you were able to take Skye down and save the ship and the cargo. (if: (history:) contains "Change your mind, be a good person")[After Nik recovers from the blood loss, he is able to bypass the coordinate overrides and fix your navigational course.]
Congratulations! You achieved the **Happy Ending**.{
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