ACT I
Chapter VI
682
Incident Record
July 27, [Expunged] – 15:05:47 – Site [Expunged]
Staff Sergeant Michael Yair, Callsign: Arch Angel
"-we cannot hold our position any longer! We about to get overrun here!"
"Broken arrow, broken arrow! Launch those Javelins! NOW!"
Two MTF agents armed with FGM Javelins raised their weapons, taking aim for the monster known as SCP 682 as it closed in on an MTF team who fought back in vain against the creature.
The sound of two missiles being launched was heard as the MTF agents fired their Javelins, sending the powerful HEAT Warheads racing towards 682, impacting and exploding with his head; the MTF team nearby was caught in the blast and was never heard from again.
SCP 682 stumbled around, stunned from the force of the impact and explosion the two Anti-Tank missiles delivered but quickly recovered and continued his attack.
"Where are the .50 cals, move your asses!" an MTF Major shouted over the radio as teams armed with Browning .50 cal machine guns and Barret .50 cal rifles hurried to get into position.
The Barrett M82s quickly got into the prone position while the Browning machine guns hurried to set up, firing at will. The Anti-Material shots slowed down 682, piercing his flesh and shattering bone underneath, much to his displeasure as he roared back in anger.
The Browning Machine locked and loaded and joined in on the shooting gallery, effectively suppressing 682 who stopped in his tracks.
"Mobile Task Force Hellfire, move in, go, go, go!" the MTF Major ordered.
Immediately an MTF team with two men armed with Napalm based flamethrowers moved escorted by their teammates armed with M14 battle rifles. As they approached 682 adapted his genetic makeup to grant himself an armored hide to resist the incoming .50 cal bullets.
Mobile Task Force Hellfire closed in on him and unleashed their Napalm based flamethrowers upon 682 causing his armored hide to expand and contract; 682 roared in agony in response to this. The intense heat from the flamethrowers also softened up his armored hide allowing the .50 cals to continue dealing damage and fully suppressed the monster.
The MTF Major scoffed in amusement as he got on the radio, "Command, you can call off your pet Arch-Angel, SCP 682 has been neutralized, get a mobile containment unit down here."
682 laid motionless as Hellfire and the .50 cal teams continued to dish out more and more punishment on him then without warning, a .50 cal ricochet off 682, a metallic ping could be heard as it did.
The monster moved again snapped its jaws at Hellfire and mauling one of the flamethrowers. Taken by surprise from this Mobile Task Force Hellfire stopped their assault on 682 revealing the monster hidden beneath the mass of fire.
682's skin was now metallic in appearance, with a few dents in it from the .50 cal and 7.62 bullets striking against it, its hide now resistant to heat and bullets.
The monster swiped its claw at the rest of Hellfire sending them flying to the wall nearby, the tank for the last flamethrower rupturing as they did, resulting in a fiery explosion that consumed them all.
The Major watched in shock, then got on the radio, "Arch-Angel where the hell are you!?"
"I'm at your one o clock, second floor." I replied as I arrived at the scene; I was on a balcony that ran along the entire length of the hallway below where 682 currently was.
The Major looked up and spotted me as I raised my new M4, upgraded by 914, taking aim for 682 and pulled the trigger. A single laser bolt shot out from the muzzle of my rifle and slammed into the side of 682's head and exploded, causing significant damage to his head.
The monster snarled angrily as it turned to look at me then began to claw away at the wall below me to try and destabilize the floor I stood upon. I ran to my right to get clear as the floor collapsed down unto 682 who turned his attention to wall interior below me and began to demolish that.
Seeing the monster would just keep demolishing the floor below to try and knock me down, I ran towards the railing and leapt across to the balcony across. I fell short but managed to grab onto the ledge of the floor which was all I needed, I turned by sights on 682 who was still busy demolishing the wall across, thinking I was still on the balcony floor above him.
I raised my rifle using one arm to wield it and the other to hold onto the ledge, pulling the trigger in semi-automatic fire, unleashing a barrage of high explosive laser bolts into the back of 682's head.
682 angrily pulled himself out from the rubble and roared as he came at me, his jaws open ready to maul me. I slung my rifle then tossed an M67 frag grenade into his mouth as I leapt from my position and over his head, landing on his back as the grenade in his throat detonated.
SCP 682 coughed and choked, spitting out blood as I raised my M4 again firing away at the back of his head where there were some gaps in his metallic hide to allow his neck to turn and twist.
The monster thrashed around in pain and anger, trying to throw me off him like an angry bull in a Texas Rodeo. I glanced to my right just in time to see his huge tail coming at me, attempting to swat me off his back.
I jump up doing a midair cartwheel to the dodge his tail, then duck down to dodge another swipe from his tail, firing my weapon again as I did. Having failed to successfully remove me from his back, 682 rolled over like a crocodile in an attempt to crush me.
Quickly I jumped the opposite direction of his roll, rolling to my feet as I did, then turned around to aim my weapon at the monster and shoot.
"Foul insect!" the monster snarled as he started coming at me.
I pumped the undermounted launcher on my M4 then pulled the trigger, a blinding flash of light overwhelmed my vision followed by a wave of intense heat. I closed my eyes and raised him hand to shield my eyes to avoid going blind, when I opened my eyes again I could smell the scent of burnt melting metal and charred flesh in the air.
682 growled in agony as he struggled to regenerate himself, the metallic hide he once had was now completely gone, the blast from my launcher had completely obliterated it away, all that was left was his exposed muscle tissue and some bones.
I pumped the launcher again then pulled trigger only to hear a click traditional to that of an empty weapon. I glanced down to see a small gauge on the launcher which was currently flashing red, a circular gauge slowly fading away; cooldown.
"Where did you get that?" 682 growled as his skin slowly began to return.
"From a box of cereal this morning." I retorted.
"Ignorant cretin." The monster commented as he came back after me.
I quickly tossed out a Flash grenade towards the monster's eyes as I turned away to run down the hall. A loud bang was heard briefly followed by the recognizable ringing noise that accompanied flash grenades.
It wouldn't stop 682, but it would slow him down long enough for me to get a head start. 682 gave chase as I ran down the hall, making a turn at the end leaving the monster to crash into the wall, exposing a maintenance room.
A custodian was unfortunate enough to get caught inside and was trapped beneath a pile of debris, screaming in terror as 682 closed in on him; I stopped to shoot at 682, trying to get his attention away from the custodian to save his life.
682 snarled at me as he turned to come after me, ignoring the custodian and setting his sights on me again. I could not outrun this monster, he moved too fast despite his size, so I tensed my legs and prepared myself as 682 came closer.
I moved to the left and 682 tracked my movements as he opened his jaws then suddenly I jumped to the right, diving through his open and rolling to my feet and his jaws snapped shut behind me.
With only a small window of time, I quickly pounced on 682's neck, using my knife like an ice pick to climb up onto his back.
"Foul bag of tissue! Get the fuck off me!" 682 growled as he began to thrash around again like a rodeo bull.
I fired my weapon into the back of his head again, dodging his tail as he tried to swat me off his back. Failing to do that, he proceeded to roll over on his back to try to crush me, but I leapt off him, rolling to my feet before raising my weapon to resume shooting at him.
"Insignificant cretin, who don't know what you're dealing with!" 682 snarled as he turned around to face me.
"Took the words right out of my mouth." I retorted as I loaded a 40mm Cryo-bomb into the launcher.
SCP 682 came after me again and I raised my M4 then pulled the trigger of the launcher, firing a massive ice-cold blizzard at the monster. Everything within my line of fire was frozen over and covered in snow, 682 stood frozen in his tracks like a prehistoric dinosaur from the Ice Age.
I fired my M4 at the monster blasting away bits and pieces off of him as he fought to break free from his icy prison then came back after me. I dropped a smoke grenade down at my feet then ran towards 682 as he ran past me, blinded by the cloud of smoke.
682 quickly realized where I had gone and turned around to give pursuit, I swiped my level 4 clearance card on a panel nearby, triggering the emergency containment blast door to close on 682, catching his head by the neck.
682 roared in anger as he struggled to free himself like a wolf with its head stuck in a doggy door, but after some violent thrashing, the monster managed to force his way through, tearing the blast doors from their place as he continued his pursuit of me.
"Arch-Angel lure him to the southwest wing!"
"On my way." I replied on the radio as I bolted down the halls as fast as I possibly could.
I made a sharp turn to the right as I came to fork in the hallway and took off running again, as I made my way down the hall I heard 682 crash into the wall of the fork as he tried to maneuver his large body through the halls to give chase.
I spotted a Tesla gate ahead and stopped to quickly use my clearance card to turn it on before continuing on. 682 kept coming, his head going through the Tesla where he was violently electrocuted, causing him to roar in pain before he used his claws to rip the machine apart.
682 threw the machine parts at me which I ducked and rolled to dodge, almost losing my footing but continued sprinting through the facility's halls. I used my card to close another blast door behind me to buy myself some time, as I did I spotted another MTF team arrive with a stationary gun.
It was a field gun, but not a Pak 40 or anything you'd see from the second world war, no this was a Rail Gun! A cannon that used magnetic coils to accelerate a non-explosive projectile to several times the speed of sound, anything caught in the line of fire, was guaranteed to be obliterated.
I took position next to the crew as they loaded a 50mm round into the cannon and waited for 682 to show his ugly face.
"Get ready people, he's behind that door." I said as I loaded another 40mm Cryo-bomb into my M4's launcher.
"Don't worry sir, we'll be more than happy to say hello to the freak."
Soon after the sound of banging was heard, the blast door slowly bending out of shape from the monster trying to force its way through.
"Shoot him!"
"No hold your fire!" I ordered. "That's one meter of solid titanium, wait for him to breach the door."
More banging, the door gave in more, slowly losing integrity until finally it could no longer hold back the monster.
"Now! Fire!"
I loud boom was heard that sounded like thunder, followed by an explosion of blood and gore as the 50mm round impacted with 682's head blowing half of it away. I fired my launcher, flash freezing 682 again in another white blizzard giving the crew time to reload the canon.
"Hurry, load the next one!"
"Loaded!"
"Fire!"
Another boom of thunder and 682's icy prison was shattered, and his front left limb blown completely off as he roared in agony. I quickly laid out suppressing fire with my M4 to slow down the monster while the crew reload the Rail Gun, 682 slowly making his way toward us.
"Ready!"
"Fire!"
Another reign of thunder, and the round struck 682's body causing a gory shower of blood and flesh. Enraged, 682 grabbed ahold of the floor and pulled out a chunk of concrete, rebar, and tile from the floor then threw it at the Rail Gun like a soft ball.
"Watch out!" someone shouted as we all scattered to get clear.
The chunk crashed into the Rail Gun, smashing it to pieces and catching the loader who was behind it pinning him underneath the debris.
682 rushed after the Rail Gun crew but I drew its attention by shooting at it with my M4 as I shouted at it, "I'm right here you fucking gecko!"
"Gecko!?" 682 snarled as he came after me.
I took off running again, this time I didn't have to worry too much about 682 catching up to me, with half his face blown off and one of his limbs missing, he wasn't able to move as fast, that didn't mean he wasn't dangerous anymore though.
I was running out of options, the Major and his men couldn't stop this thing, the Rail Gun couldn't stop him, and all my M4 can do is slow him down, but nothing so far has been able to effectively destroy him.
I thought back on all the termination tests conducted on 682, all the attempts made on this monster's life and yet this thing still lives; not even other SCPs housed here in containment were able of destroying this thing.
That's when I remembered one of the few termination tests that were successful, not against 682, but another SCP, 096. Quickly I improvised a plan and hurried to back to the containment areas of the facility, making sure 682 was on my trail.
"You can't run forever human!" 682 called out taunting me as we navigated through the halls and corridors.
Eventually I found myself where I needed to be, a blast door, this one being made of stainless steel, and next to the door a sign reading, SCP 173, Object Class: Euclid.
SCP 173, also known as the statue by Foundation personnel, was a humanoid statue looking object made of concrete and rebar with paint on its face to resemble a face. It a hostile SCP that kills its "prey" by snapping their neck but can only do so if the "victim" breaks visual contact with the thing.
Its because of its ability to break bones that 173 was chosen to try and terminate 096, which was met with success. 096's previously indestructible bones were broken at the neck when it was exposed to 173, and personnel were able to finish the job by pumping acid into its neck.
173 was also exposed to 682 in a previous termination test, but failed due to difference in sizes, however during that test 682 displayed signs of fear toward the statue. If a near invincible monster 682 is afraid of something, then that means it must have the ability to destroy it.
I took out my clearance card as I breathed heavily, my hand shaking with fatigue, I could hear the sound of stone scrapping against stone from the other side of the door.
682's size had been reduced by a large amount from our battle together, but will it be enough to enable 173 to kill it? If not, then the Foundation was going to have two SCPs free from containment.
It was risky, but it was one I was going to have to take if I was going to stop 682. I turned around with my clearance card ready to swipe to unlock the blast door as I heard 682 get closer.
682 came into view and I raised my M4 to fire away at him to slow him down and blast off more bits and pieces off of him as well as keep his regenerative abilities from healing him completely.
Once he came within "blinking distance" I shot out both his eyes and swiped the card, the alarm blaring to signifying the blast doors were opening.
682 roared and kept charging at me blind as I heard the sound of scrapping stone draw closer behind me, followed by the sound of bone popping and snapping, then darkness.