"So, we finally meet. That idiot Kondraki may have interfered last time, but your stay of execution has run out. SCP-239-EN, you have been charged by the O5 Council for wanton disregard of all life on this planet. The punishment is immediate death. I am your executioner and I have been waiting for this moment for 11 years!"

He draws out a red knife with arcane Sumerian cuneiform on it…Sumerian for "death" and "hate" and "suffering" and similar words imbue this knife with killing power. It appears to emit a psychotropic cognitohazardous effect.

"Now stay dead!"

The humanoid creature, dressed in a lab coat and having his face covered in static charges at the young girl.

"You can't hurt me anymore."

The knife strikes her, but it deflects off. The knife's mind disruption technique is not affecting her!

"Huh?! Well, how about this?!"

He takes out a shotgun and cocks it.

"I stole this from Konny and loaded it with 148-EN slugs. One shot from these and you'll finally be terminated!"

He fires, but Sigurrós pulls of an Anime-esque flash step to dodge the blasts!

"Stay still so I can kill you!"

"No. I don't think I will." She taunts

"Grr…SRAs, fire!"

50 Scranton reality anchors arrive on the battlefield and are activated all at once…

They all immediately malfunction and fail!

"I didn't even need to do anything to them!"

"Expensive paperweight!"

He kicks one of the SRAs…it falls over.


"Ok, I think that's enough for today!"

The man dissolves into a kaleidoscope of SCP-408-EN.

"Pretty Booterflies."

"SCP-408-EN, Illusory Butterflies. They make great training partners. Especially since Doctor Kondraki controls them."

"Ok guys, take five."

Leni disappears the illusory kaleidoscope of SCP-408-EN. Huh, she can make illusions of creatures that can make illusions. Illusion-ception!

"These 408-EN kaleidoscopes have really improved both your combat abilities and your courage! You've made great progress!"

"Thanks, Leni!"

"Since anything you believe comes true, maybe improving your confidence will strengthen your control over your abilities and it will be less likely that you will experience a power surge."

"Now that you mention it, my powers aren't fluctuating as much."

"Well, you haven't done anything besides being a transport system…"

"True, but we can literally do anything!"

"Having the power of Deus Ex Machinae really complicates our abilities. That's why I only use my powers if absolutely necessary."

"Is that why you won't resurrect your dad?"

"I don't think it's a good idea to bring dead people back to life. They might come back normal, but they may also come back as humanoid abominations and/or zombies. And not the "Haitian slave" type, the "slow moving, brain eating" type that Hollywood overuses."

"I see. And if that happens, you don't have the resolve to execute him if he come backs wrong?"

"Exactly. Lincoln might watch a whole bunch of zombie movies, but could he kill a real zombie or humanoid abomination that used to be our dad? I think not."

"I heard SCP-040-EN tried to bring a dead body back to life with rats. It went so horribly wrong that it traumatized her for three weeks and she refuses to resurrect dead people anymore."

"That is probably for the best."

The two of them ponder this for a moment before Leni speaks up.

"So, how did you end up in that situation?"

"Well…"


"Are you serious, Konny? We're researchers, not daycare providers!"

"Considering she blew up a hospital in Kópavogur, I think it would be in humanity's best interest if she was contained here."

"No way. Type Greens are too much of a flight risk to keep! I say terminate them all!"

"Hmm, if that's the case…"

Doctor Kondraki holds a shotgun to Doctor Clef.

"Maybe we should start with you?"

"Gladly!"

Doctor Clef pulls the trigger and seemingly suicides…

"Except I literally can't die!"

"Shit, and I thought Site-17 would be slightly better today."

"Love you too, Konny!"

"Fuck off, Ukulele."

A squadron of MTFs lead what seems to be a baby crib with prototype SRA technology integrated in it.

O5-7 said she's your problem now, Doctor Kondraki. SCP-239-EN has a special containment chamber already built within Site-17. O5-1 and O5-2 managed to convince the others to not terminate her on sight, make sure you don't prove them wrong.

Doctor Clef coughs something that vaguely sounds like "pansies".

SCP-239-EN cries. A severe thunderhead appears over Doctor Clef's head and a lightning bolt electrocutes him. Doctor Kondraki laughs at this.

"I think she heard you insulting the O5s, Alto."

"Very funny, Konny…"


Fast forward to 2008. SCP-239-EN is now 8 years old. Due to her low risk status (at this point) she is allowed limited access to the cafeteria and is allowed to befriend any non-hostile anomalies. She spots a blond haired, blue eyed female eating from a Little Caesars pizza box.

"Hello."

The girl stops eating the pizza to look at the girl.

"Oh, I think I've seen you before…239-EN isn't it?"

"EN?"

"English. The Foundation is just starting to branch out into other countries. I heard that the French, Russian and Chinese branches are being implemented."

"How do you know that?"

"An MTF told me."

"And they didn't shoot you on sight?"

"I guess I have special privileges."

"What are you eating?"

"Oh, it's a cauliflower crust pizza with a San Marzano tomato sauce with onions, green peppers, mushrooms, arugula, kale, spinach, basil, cilantro and pineapple. It's actually my first time trying this type of pizza. My preferred option is a small thin wheat crust pizza with olives."

The pizza immediately changes into her preferred option.

"Dang it. I may love this type of pizza, but I still want to try something new."

"Is that pizza magic?"

"The pizza isn't "magic", 239-EN. The box is. SCP-458-EN gives the user their favorite pizza, as long as it doesn't have human (and their byproducts) as its ingredients. That's what the researchers say about it, at least."

"Oh. What is your name?"

"It's Iris Thompson. Why do you ask?"

"I want to make a friend."

"A friend? In this place? I wish you luck on that, but this place is like a prison. If the other anomalies don't kill you, the guards will. Site-17 is minimum security but something like Armed Biocontainment Area 14 is maximum security."

"What is your anomaly?"

"I don't have one, but my camera does."

"Then why don't they just keep the camera?"

"I've been asking that ever since they contained me."


Since she's getting nowhere with her, she decides to ask another anomaly for friendship. She asks a blindfolded humanoid but somehow missed a spot check, since there is around 5 Ε11 MTF soldiers surrounding her.

"Beat it, kid. We're here on official duty."

"I just want to talk with her…"

"Sorry, but she's going to sleep after this."

"Oh. Is something wrong with her eyes?"

"Yes, she can see present and future simultaneously."

Hmm…sounds like Kalinin's 001 proposal. Could they be related or is this just a coincidence? Green did say Kalinin's proposal is the true 001…

It seems like she won't be able to befriend her with these Nine Tailed Fox MTFs around her.

"I did eventually manage to befriend both of them before the incident."


Fast forward to before the incident. Doctor Kondraki and SCP-239-EN are outside Site-17. While he's doing field research, she roams outside nearby.

"Oh, that's so sad…"

She looks at a nest that shows a bunch of birds. There is a dead bird nearby. She tries to bring the dead bird back to life. She succeeds. The bird flies to the other birds.

"That must have been the mother bird. Aw…now their family is reunited!"

Meanwhile, a staticky looking glitch is seen from some bushes outside.

"Wait until I tell O5-7 and O5-10 about you…"

After their "field trip", Doctor Kondraki escorts SCP-239-EN back to her room and heads to SCP-408-EN's enclosure. Doctor Clef heads up to prepare his after-action report to the capricious members of the O5 Council. He just needs to rehearse it.

"My analysis of the situation has led me to the conclusion that SCP-239-EN is an unacceptable containment and security risk. Although several proposals have been made re: using her for containing other SCPs, the example of SCP-953-EN and others must serve as a stark reminder of the risks of overestimating the Foundation's ability to control SCPs with reality-altering powers.

I would therefore like to make the following proposal: a dagger will be constructed of SCP-148-EN, capable of penetrating SCP-239-EN's otherwise invincible skin. This weapon will be used to terminate SCP-239-EN while she is asleep and her powers are neutralized. Because of the danger of SCP-239-EN awakening and resisting termination, it is my recommendation that the selected operative carry SCP-668-EN as well, in order to minimize complications.

One of the dangers of this procedure is the possibility that SCP-239-EN will awaken and perceive the operative as a friend or "good person," thus changing reality to match. It is for this reason that I would like to volunteer to carry out the procedure personally. A review of my personnel file should indicate that my [DATA EXPUNGED] should allow me to carry out the operation even after a reality shift of this nature."

Doctor Clef is confident that this after-action report will terminate a bothersome Type Green and might possibly make him a level 5 researcher! He then notices that the Site-17 intercom is on and that he just broadcasted it sitewide.

"Yeah, get Ε11 here immediately! Doctor Clef is planning to carry out an unauthorized termination order!"


Incident 239-B Clef-Kondraki Evidence 19 and 34 [DECLASSIFIED]

Interview Log x I239B-CK-SG-01, Date: 11-4-2008

O5-1: At what point did you become involved in the incident?

Doctor Gears: I was doing work with Professor Kain on SCP-244-EN-ARC. We had determined that several sections could be retrofitted to be modular. We were working on a new crystal-powered cannon module when site command gave us the order to respond.

O5-1: Did you have any prior knowledge of what was going on?

Doctor Gears: Somewhat. We had heard an alarm go off, but no "black alert" breach warning, so we had continued work. More, I worked while Professor Kain was providing feedback. The P.A. system came on in the lab, and site command said Doctor Clef was attempting to terminate SCP-239-EN without approval, and had caused several containment breaches, in addition to harming other personnel, notably Doctor Kondraki. We were to attempt to contain Doctor Clef until site security could respond.

O5-1: Did you find that odd?

Doctor Gears: What?

O5-1: That you were being asked to stop a hostile action.

Doctor Gears: No. Doctor Clef's actions were…unexpected, but I have been called to do many things outside my area of expertise since joining the Foundation.

O5-1: What did you do after you received orders?

Doctor Gears: Professor Kain entered SCP-244-EN-ARC and stated that he was going to assist Doctor Kondraki. The new module was still attached, and the professor expressed anticipation in regards to using the cannon to disable Doctor Clef. I advised caution; However, Professor Kain was already leaving, and may not have heard me.

O5-1: You didn't go with him?

Doctor Gears: I doubt I would have been able to render much help. Professor Kain is a brilliant man, in the body of a dog, in a large mechanical combat device derived from several SCP. I am a human being with no combat training, and severely limited emotional response. I responded in the way I felt would do the most good.

O5-1: And how was that?

Doctor Gears: I went to speak with SCP-239-EN.

Interview Log x I239B-CK-SG-02, Date: 11-4-2008

(Forward to 00:42:18)

O5-1: Gears, god damn it, what did you say to her?

Doctor Gears: Sir, I do not understand your current agitation. The video record is in excellent condition, and the audio in question is 88% complete. You are already aware of what was said, and its effect. I don't…

O5-1: Don't. Don't you dare try to pull that with me. I know you Gears, and the logical bullshit you pull with everyone else will NOT work on me. I've seen your file, I've reviewed the event, so DON'T treat me like a goddamn moron. Now you answer me, and you answer me now, what did you SAY?!

Doctor Gears: (silence)

O5-1: Gears, what you did could potentially bring down the whole Foundation. What's more, you broke the goddamn SCP! What the hell were you thinking? She can do ANYTHING Gears. We want to keep her from experimenting, and you do this! You heartless freak, I swear if…

Doctor Gears: I understand your frustration, but I do not view it as warranted. I caused the breach of SCP for 239-EN; However, I did so in a way allowing for the re-instatement of SCP. I did not just tell her to do what I asked, thereby calling into question the current "Witch-child" control strategy. I used what resources I had available to extend the control strategy, and affect the end of hostilities initiated by Doctor Clef. SCP-239-EN remains unaware of the full extent of her abilities, only that they may be augmented by "Over Counsel Wizards" and their "emergency spell books".

O5-1: …what the hell are you talking about?

Doctor Gears: Doctor Clef had been attacked by the Great Darkness, a mass of formless evil that reached into our world. It had taken over Doctor Clef, and left only a few witches and wizards with any magic left. I, as an Over Council Wizard, was dispatched, along with the swordsman Kondraki, to subdue Clef and drive the evil from him. Working together, SCP-239-EN and I would be able to use an Emergency Spell book, which can only be used by two wizards at the same time, and only when the Great Darkness is around.

O5-1: …And she believed you?

Doctor Gears: Sir, with all due respect, she's eight. Her only question was if she would be allowed to learn to sword-fight as well.

O5-1: This is insane… you could have gotten everyone killed! What "emergency spells" did you have her do?

Doctor Gears: We started small, with the most basic spell that everyone learns first.

O5-1: …which is?

Doctor Gears: Magic Missile.


"Damn it, Clef, stop this! I don't really want to kill you!"

"I… don't want to kill you either… don't want to kill anyone…"

"What the hell are you talking about? You just murdered two people! Look at yourself!"

"Had no choice… had to do it… she can change reality, Konny, she can make the world change just like that…"

"She's contained! What we're doing works!"

"No, it doesn't. It already failed… on me…"

"Clef, what the hell are you talking about?"

"Magic Missile!"

Three green explosive darts hit Doctor Clef, interrupting his presumably epic duel with Doctor Kondraki. SCP-239-EN and Doctor Gears flank Doctor Clef on the eastern side of Site-17.

"You little brat! The O5s will terminate you for this!"

"Have you completely lost your mind, Alto?! You're the one carrying out an unauthorized termination order!"

"It will be authorized by O5-7, she can understand the danger that Type Greens like her are on the planet!"

Doctor Clef charges at the two, running like an anime neckbeard with SCP-1023-EN-ARC. It actually kind of looks like a crudely forged version of SCP-572-EN…at least Doctor Clef's weapon doesn't turn him into a weeaboo."

SCP-239-EN uses her reality warping powers to fire a plasma bolt at Doctor Clef. He blocks it with the sword, but the blast was strong enough to snap his blade. Clef beats a hasty retreat, but Doctor Kondraki and Professor Kain block him in.

"We have to stop him, here and now, 239-EN. Do you remember what we have to do?"

She nods. Both SCP-239-EN and Doctor Gears try "casting" the "evil" out of Doctor Clef. It worked…and Doctor Clef was knocked out, but a black dragon looking similar to Alcar emerges from the unconscious Clef.

"What now, Doctor Gears? This is the evil that was possessing Grand High Wizard Clef. How do we defeat it?"

"Right, we need to defeat the source of the evil. Professor Kain will deal with this instance. Right now, we need to get to safety!"

SCP-239-EN agrees and follows him to a panic room filled with emergency supplies.

"There's got to be a spell in that emergency spell book that will help us. Look for one!"

SCP-239-EN begins flipping through the pages searching for something. While she does so, Doctor Gears pulls out a syringe of…something experimental that the Foundation had just created.

Class-E is not an amnestic. It is intentionally designed to put the individual into a drug induced coma permanently. It is to be used in cases where termination of an individual is not possible or preferable. Foundation staff of Level-3 or lower are not permitted to know the actual purpose of Class-E.

For all intents and purposes, Class-E rehabilitation is to be interpreted as entirely possible and any observed adverse effects are to be explained as being the rare exception rather than the desired outcome. Persons administering Class-E may only do so once during their employment as to prevent suspicion.

"Doctor Gears, I think I found one!"

He hides the syringe.

"Wait, really?!"

"Yes. It's called Orbis Terrarum Reversionis. It says this spell can only be used by members of the Wizard Magistrate. Maybe we could find one of them and they can cast the spell!"

"I know what that spell is. World Reversion is so dangerous that even the grand wizards on that council refuse to touch it for fear of causing irreparable damage to the planet! It is overkill for our current situation and is strictly prohibited unless facing off against an opposing class 4 or 5 reality bender."

"Is Doctor Clef a reality bender?"

"No one knows…but keep looking, that spell is too dangerous."

"Ok…"

She continues looking.

Doctor Gears sidles up behind her and injects her with the Class-E COMATOSE "Amnestic". She is knocked into a coma.


Incident 239-B Clef-Kondraki Evidence 42 [DECLASSIFIED]

Excerpt from Audio Log, Observation Room for SCP-239-EN

10-15-2008, ████:██:██, 3 Weeks Before Incident.

[BACK]

Doctor Saghai: Hey, Cleffie, what's up?

Doctor Clef: Nothing much, just dropping by to check up on Coldplay.

Doctor Saghai: Coldplay?

Doctor Clef: 547-EN-D. He's petitioning to be allowed into Omega 7. Good kid, but too young. I came by to convince him to wait a few years, since he and I seem to get along pretty good. How is our little H███████ G██████?

Doctor Saghai: Her name is Sigurrós.

Doctor Clef: I know, just joking.

Doctor Saghai: She's doing all right. We've managed to implant the witch suggestion pretty deeply into her psyche. The number of out-of-control incidents is down to 5% of what it used to be. And she likes her witch hat and wands, too. Spends a lot of time sorting them out, giving them names, experimenting on which ones work best with which "spells." All bull, but we encourage it. It keeps her busy but…

Doctor Clef: … but?

Doctor Saghai: Well, she's been experimenting with "unsanctioned spells." We told her very sternly not to do it, but she tries anyway, when she thinks we aren't looking. We haven't told her about the cameras yet, so we try not to, but we're worried she might have another incident.

Doctor Clef: Hmmm. Maybe I can help.

Doctor Saghai: How so?

Doctor Clef: Well, if she's not going to listen to dear old Professor Kain and the other Wizard School teachers, maybe she'll listen to Grand Arbiter Clef, the very scary and very stern Wizard Magistrate from the Grand High Wizard Council, sent to discipline a very naughty Student Witch who's been breaking the rules.

Doctor Saghai: Think that'll work?

Doctor Clef: Well, you guys aren't going to do it. You like her too much. And hell, it's okay if she hates me, I'm never at Site-17. I'll be the bad cop, no problem.

Doctor Saghai: I'm still not sure.

Doctor Clef: Would you rather wait until a huge incident occurs and O5 orders a termination?

Doctor Saghai: True. If you think you can, go for it.

Doctor Clef: Trust me, when it comes to scaring women, I'm an expert.

Doctor Saghai: [laughter] No argument there.

Doctor Clef: Want me to do it now?

Doctor Saghai: Nah. She's watching "Sleeping Beauty" with Iris right now. Let's wait until they're done first.

Doctor Clef: "Sleeping Beauty?" Ever tell you I used to have a huge crush on Maleficent when I was a kid?

Doctor Saghai: You're shitting me.

Doctor Clef: Hell yeah, hot sorceress babe who can turn into a huge dragon? How sexy is that?

Doctor Saghai: I'm starting to see why you scare women.


"You know why you are here. Agent Ukulele."

"Yes, because you two don't have the balls to ice these Type Greens. I've been trying to get you guys to let me terminate her before she became a problem. But you two wanted to go with Kondraki's plan!"

"Right, and that resulted in 239-B."

"Well, since everyone heard my after-action report, I'm sure that you can agree that SCP-239-EN is dangerous enough to have a termination order on her."

"We'll humor you."

O5-1 addresses the other members of the council.

"All in favor of approving a termination order on SCP-239-EN?"

O5-3, O5-4, O5-7, O5-10, O5-11 and O5-12 raise their hands.

"All opposed?"

O5-1, O5-2, O5-5, O5-6, O5-8, O5-9 raise their hands.

"A tie. Well, we're going to need O5-13's vote…"

The council leaves, deliberates, and comes back.

"O5-13 voted against. So, we have 6 for and 7 against. SCP-239-EN is to not be terminated at this time."

"Well, considering half of the council agrees with me, I consider this a win."

"Oh, we're not done yet, Alto."

Doctor Clef is a bit confused.

"You didn't think we weren't going to punish you for going renegade, did you?"

"I suppose not. So, what Keter assignment do I get?"

"Well…we did find SCP-239-EN's diary during the cleanup of the shitstorm you caused."

Date: 11-01-2008

Dear Diary,

I did a bad thing today. I was in the garden, and I saw a dead bird and there was a nest of little chicks above it, and they were all crying for their mommy and I used the Vita spell to bring the bird back to life.

I didn't mean to break the rules, but Grand High Wizard Clef told me that if I broke them again, he would banish me to the Netherworld for a hundred years. I'm afraid of Grand High Wizard Clef. He's so scary.

I hope he doesn't find out. I don't want to die :(

"It seems to us that…you caused Incident 239-B."

"What? It's a lie! She's just trying to goad sympathy from you to save her own skin!"

"Is she? Maybe she's influencing us to punish you. Oh right, we can't ask her because Doctor Gears put her into a coma because of you trying to terminate her!"

O5-1 quiets the rest of the council.

"So, does anyone want to change their votes?"

All dissenters except O5-7 and O5-11 raise their hands.

"Are you serious? She's dangerous!" Both dissenters argue

"11 of us seem to disagree." O5-2 counters

"See, O5-7 still isn't swayed by this saccharine garbage! The fact she hasn't swapped sides proves I'm right!"

"Clef, enough!" O5-1 shouts

"This matter is settled. SCP-239-EN will not have been terminated. As for your Keter duty…I think SCP-296-EN should be a good enough punishment. Your task will be to remove all the dead bodies from there. If you don't die, we'll allow you to come back to work. Agreed?" O5-2 suggests

"Wow, Sophia. That's pure evil! I love it!" O5-7 admits

The remaining 11 members deliberate this punishment…

They agree that this is a sufficient punishment.

"Ok. You heard O5-2! Get rid of those dead bodies in 296-EN! And don't come back until every last one is removed!"


"Wow…so everything happened because you brought a bird back to life."

"Yeah."

"But how did you break out of the coma? Even if the burst brought you here, you should have still been in a coma."

"I don't know what happened, but my theory is that passing through that gateway made me wake up a little from the coma and that I used my reality warping powers to fully break out of it. I also used my anomaly to repair any atrophied limbs."

"That could actually work."

"It was night when that gateway spit me out in your house, but it was daytime when I got out. I think time works differently in your mall dimension."

"It does."

"Oh, and thanks for telling me that the pandemic ended."

"No problem. It was pretty anticlimactic. It didn't even leave Greenland! I had to teleport Vector back to the SCP dimension before she froze to death. Ironically, she tried to start spreading the infection in Greenland but she didn't have any cold resistance."

"Well, at least the infection was put on ice. Thanks for training me to keep my powers under control, Leni."

"You're welcome."

And with that little update, the reality warping duo are prepared to take on any threat that comes their way! There may be something dangerous coming soon, so it sure is a good thing they've been training for a while!