Mass Effect: Containment Breach

AN: I am going to add one element from one more franchise. I'm adding it because it seems to fit the SCP Organization really well... ;)

Disclaimer: I own neither Mass Effect, SCP, or Cabin in the Woods... but if I did this wouldn't be fanfiction. This would be canon.

Chapter 2: Mr. Anderson...

David Anderson just knew it would be one of those days. After an extended tour patrolling the Alliance's border with the Batarians did he grow a bit weary having to hold 2 jobs. Not only did he have to destroy that not so hidden slaver base on that asteroid he'd also have to recover that... special artifact for his other superiors. What ever those slavers found it had the organization's eggheads shaken. He overheard a few words in their conversation like 'cycle' or 'reaper' but couldn't stay any longer since he had to run crowd control. Apparently his crew had a lot of questions concerning who these strange people are or what the hell is that thing. A few modified memories later and one heavily modified report did he get clearance for the Citadel Vacation he'd been planning. Only one day in his week long vacation did he get the notification that he must inform the Council of the Organization and be their liaison. The Director promised him that he'll pull some strings to get his vacation rescheduled for next month with an extra week added. He was to sit here at the Darkstar Lounge for 8 hours for the next several days until the Council met him. He was told that they might spend a few days thinking it over so he might as well get comfortable. After looking at the selection of drinks the bar offered he decided to partake in a few of the Salarian brews he'd heard about from his crew members. After all he was going to be here for awhile...

2 Days Later...

Tevos held on to Sparatus as they entered the Darkstar Lounge. After discussing the matter for the last 2 days the Councilors had decided to take SCP's offer. To avoid the media field day that was sure to happen they agreed going in disguise was the best option. Tevos' skin was youthful enough that she could pass as a matron stage Asari and Sparatus' plate tone and facepaint was a common enough pair that he could go out in public easy. Liress would meet them there since a dalatrass-age female salarian walking with an Asari and Turian would be fairly obvious. Tevos looked around nervously at the different people around them. She had never really been this far into the wards in a long time and Zakera Ward wasn't exactly the safest. As if to reinforce this a couple of Blood Pack Krogan leered at them but didn't do much else due to the patrolling C-Sec officers. Like many Asari Tevos did spend some time as a mercenary in the Eclipse back when they were a mostly legitimate organization but that was so long ago she doubted she could still handle herself in a fight.

Looking over at Sparatus she could tell that he was fairly out of his element as well. Though all Turians serve in the military at 15 most drop out once their required term of service was up and though he didn't like to talk about it Sparatus was once of them. At the urging of his father did he re-enlist but went to officer school this time. He rose quickly through the ranks and became a Primarch a few years later. He didn't personally experience humanity's introduction into the galactic stage his younger brother on his first tour was killed on Shanxi. The media didn't make the connection and neither was Sparatus going to tell anyone. He didn't know she knew but if ever let his personal feelings get in the way of a really big issue concerning humanity she was going to bring it up.

When they entered the club through the loud music and pulsating lights they spied Liress. She apparently saw them first since she was already making her way over. She drew their attention to a slightly bored looking human sitting in a booth in the back. Making their way over to the table Tevos put on her most friendly face. This didn't seem to have any effect on the human since he had a slightly annoyed look on his face if she could read human expressions correctly. "Is alright if we sit here?" she asked.

"Sorry I'm waiting for someone." he replied.

"Please we've been walking around for awhile and after all the ones in the dark must be shown the light."

The human's expression immediately change to one of understanding. "Well then if you put it that way then by all means sit."

As the Councilors sat down Anderson started the conversation with a light hearted but blunt "Took you long enough."

"If I may so Agent Anderson that this was a fairly big decision and we needed time to think." Liress interjected.

"Don't worry I'm not holding it against you" Anderson waved off "I can tell that you people have a lot to do so lets get started."

"Are you sure this is the right place to discuss this. Wouldn't our private chambers be more prudent?' Tevos asked.

"Councilors this is the perfect place to have this discussion. The loud music will hide our conversation and everyone is too drunk to pay attention too us. So... You want to know what SCP is?"

"Yes we do. That is the entire point of this meeting." Sparatus huffed in irritation.

"Peace Councilor. I can't tell you everything but I can tell you this. The SCP Organization protects humanity from certain artifacts and creatures wishing to do us harm."

"So you're like Cerberus." Sparatus snorted

"Oh no councilor we are nothing like Cerberus. The artifacts and creatures we collect are of a breed possibly no one in galaxy has ever seen. Our studies show they mean harm to all species and not just humans. That is part of the reason we are informing you of or organization in the first place. So you have any questions?"

"Are you apart of the Alliance?" Tevos asked

"Oh no we're an independent organization and always have been. A few key officials in the Alliance were informed of our existence."

"What do you mean by key members?" asked Sparatus who was becoming slightly interested.

"A few members of Parliament, The Prime Minister, Admiral Hackett along with some other admirals and our former ambassador Anita Goyle. I'm actually supposed to inform Ambassador Udina once I'm done here."

"You mentioned artifacts and creatures. You also said they were dangerous to all species. How so?" asked Liress

Anderson adopted a serious look as he answered. "Councilors the things we are about to show you can't be merely discussed. We planned a trip for you to our main HQ so you'll see plenty of them there."

"Are the creatures sentient? Can they be reasoned with?" asked Tevos

"A good number of them are sentient Councilor but you'd have more luck reasoning with a wall. Those creatures are what everyone would call monsters or beasts or fears." Anderson then got a notification on his omni-tool which Tevos noticed had turned pure black and had a white circular symbol with SCP under it. After reading it Anderson said "I'm sorry Councilors but we seem to have a problem. Someone must have recognized you on your way here and now a member of the press is on her way. We should leave before she gets here."

Anderson and the Council paid for their drinks and quickly left. Anderson led them to a deserted area were he parked his aircar along with another provided for the Councilors by SCP. They were almost in the clear until they were confronted by someone most people of all species had a firm dislike for.

"Kalish Al-Jilani. Westerlund News. Councilors I was wondering if you could answer some questions concerning why you were wandering around the wards in apparent disguise."

Without waiting for an answer Ms. Al-Jilani already turned on the camera drone behind her. While she was distracted Anderson gave the Councilors some tinted goggles designed for their respective species. "Put these on" he said in a slightly assertive tone. Neither Councilor wanted to see what would happen if they didn't so they put on the goggles. As they did they noticed Anderson put on something humans called sunglasses over his eyes. Activating his omni-tool which turned black again he waved it over Kalish's drone which then short circuited.

"Hey! Just who the hell do you think you are!" Kalish yelled in anger.

"Me?" Anderson said calmly while pulling out a small cylinder. "Ms. Al-Jilani I am just a figment of your imagination." A bright flash filled the area blinding the Councilors momentarily. When their vision returned they saw Anderson giving Kalish orders.

"Ms. Al-Jilani you did not see the Council in the Wards. It was just a rumor. From now on you will no longer rely on rumors and yellow journalism to build your career and only on the facts. Now go."

Kalish then picked up here broken camera drone and left without another word. Sparatus then broke the silence with a classic. "What the hell was that!?"

"This Councilor" Anderson said while holding up the cylinder "Is a neuralizer. One of the artifacts we have in our possession has the ability of erasing and modifying memories. After studying it for centuries we finally been able to replicate it. Those goggles I gave you protected you from the effects though there are still some kinks"

"Is there anyway that we could get a few of those neuralizers for ourselves?" asked Liress who was already thinking of the implications. The effectiveness of their STG and Spectres would increase by 300% if the could erase and modify memories at will.

"All in good time Councilors. I bid you a good day." Anderson then climbed into his aircar and before he took off he said something that made the Councilors wonder what else SCP had up their sleeves. "Oh yes and Councilors the real reason we didn't want this meeting in your personal chambers is that the Shadow Broker has bugs installed in there. We disabled them when we sent you that message but he's since replaced them." With that Anderson then flew off leaving the Councilors in silence. A silence that was then broken by a ping on Liress' omni-tool.

"It seems SCP has already scheduled a trip to Earth for us. It is supposed to be a 2 week long goodwill trip to the human homeworld. All expenses paid for by the human Prime Minister with a helpful donation from several companies."

"Or one very secretive organization" Tevos added.

"I must admit they are very discreet and skilled at orchestrating elaborate cover-ups." said Liress

"I hate to interrupt this conversation but we should be getting back to the Presidium. Plus we also need to remove those bugs and fire our Security Chief." said Sparatus.

By Request of Agent [REDACTED] Anderson Level 1 SCP Codex has been downloaded onto personal device.

Informed- Informed is the term used to describe individuals that have been told of the SCP Organization's existence. Usually only Head of States and high ranking Military commanders are informed of the Organization. In the early years of human history the Heads of State of nearly any nation were informed of the Organization until the 1930s when Adolf Hitler took control of Germany's chapter of SCP after being informed about it. He then used the chapters resources to fight his war. A shadow war being fought by the main organization and Hitler's commenced until his death in 1946. After the war SCP made it so only those that are considered 100% trustworthy enough are informed.

Neuralizer- After centuries of study of SCP-[REDACTED] did it finally bear fruit. Now that the organization had a hazy idea on how it worked and human knowledge on the brain was better were they finally able to put it in technological form. The neuralizer uses an energy beam seen as a white light to remove cells in the hippocampus thereby erasing memory. Depending on the number of cells removed can the extent of memory loss be decided from minutes to years. Agents are to use neuralizers strictly for SCP business after Incident 12b.

Incident 12b- Agent [REDACTED] used his neuralizer on his wife making her forget she wanted a divorce. He then proceeded to use it to tell his wife she liked cleaning and giving him [REDACTED]. Agent was put on 3 months suspension with no pay. Wife was returned to normal state but still felt urge to give her husband [REDACTED]

Agent [REDACTED]- Hell yes!