Hey guys, TheDoctor1998 here with another chapter. It's time for one of the most well known 001, the Gate Guardian.

Now, on with the show!

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Doctor Nori appeared on the screen. "Good afternoon everyone, my name is Doctor Nori, and today we're going to be studying one of the SCP-001 proposals. Specifically, Dr Clef's proposal, AKA the Gate Guardian."

Sera started frowning. She already had a sneaking suspicion on what, or rather who, this Gate Guardian was. The Watcher said that Lucifer knew them well, and there was only one person the High Seraphim could think of that would fit the situation.

Part of her hoped she was wrong, for various reasons, but another part of her hoped that she was right. At least she'd know if the Heavenly Virtue of Chastity, who'd been missing since the creation of Hell, was alright or not.

Item #: SCP-001

Containment Class: Euclid/Keter

Secondary Class: None

Disruption Class: Ekhi

Risk Class: Critical

"What the hell?" Husk muttered, confused at the Containment Class.

Special Containment Procedures: Because of the nature of SCP-001, no containment procedures are necessary. 24/7 monitoring of SCP-001 is to take place from a safe (10 km+) distance from a pre-determined location (Site 0). The location of Site 0 is known only to the current SCP Administrator and the single Overseer-level Agent of Abrahamic faith (O5-14) assigned to monitor SCP-001 from Site 0. Said Agent is authorized to take any action necessary should SCP-001 become active, and is required to immediately alert the Administrator and all other Overseer-level agents should SCP-001 show any change in behavior, as this may constitute the beginning of a PATMOS XK-class end-of-the-world scenario.

"S-so this thing can destroy the Earth?!" Emily screamed, freaked out by this revelation.

"Don't be ridiculous." Lute scoffed. "Only the Lord Himself can do something like that."

"Well, either dad, a big meteorite, a rogue planet, or even a star or black hole." Lucifer muttered. "Though, me and the other Archangels would be able to do the trick too."

"Is that a threat?" Lute growled.

"A statement." The devil corrected. "I don't wanna destroy the Earth. I may have lost my faith in humanity, but there's a lotta things on that blue ball that I'm fond of."

Should SCP-001 become active in any way, personnel are required to immediately consult the Patmos series of Emergency Orders. Decoding algorithms for Emergency Order Patmos are to be maintained on-site at Site 0 in the possession of the designated observer, and are to be transmitted to SCP Foundation offices only in the event of SCP-001 becoming active. Foundation Personnel with vital roles in one or more variants of Emergency Procedure PATMOS are to be advised to take the following precautions:

To maintain good relations with one or more organized Abrahamic faiths.

"Abrahamic whatnow?" Angel Dust asked.

"Christianity and related religions, dumbass." Adam snarked, before going quiet as he noticed Sera's troubled look. Both at him and this Gate Guardian.

To maintain, on hand, a supply of the following: holy water, a rosary, crucifix, cross, prayer rug, or other symbol blessed by an Abrahamic cleric of bishop or equivalent higher rank, a copy of Abrahamic scriptures (Torah, Bible, Quran), and standard emergency supplies in mobile form (bug-out bag).

Charlie glanced over at Vaggie and her dad. "Those things don't actually work, right?"

"Ehh, sorta?" Vaggie said, making a so-so move with her hand. "If someone from Heaven wants to bless something a human does, they kinda get a bit of heavenly power from it. Makes holy symbols have some effect against demons and such."

In case of a premillenial rapture scenario, all vital personnel are to designate a secondary operative of non-Abrahamic faith. Said secondary operative is to be informed of the location of the primary designate's copy of Emergency Procedure PATMOS and memetic kill agent innoculant, and is to be kept on ready status to take over the primary's duties as necessary.

To maintain familiarity with all other SCPs involved in possible PATMOS XK-class end-of-the-world scenarios.

"How many of these things can destroy the Earth?!" Emily screamed. "Sera, did you know about this?"

Sera, who was lost in thought, looked back at her sister. "No. Aside from the Lord and the Archangels, I was unaware that it was even possible for something to destroy the living world."

Description: SCP-001 is a humanoid entity, approximately seven hundred (700) cubits in height, located in an undisclosed location near the intersection of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The following features are known about the entity:

"Cubits? The hell are those?" Cherri asked, drinking from a can of beer she somehow managed to get.

Pentious started thinking, muttering something before perking up again. "320 meters, my dear."

Cherri whistled. "That guy must have a big dick."

A number of luminous, wing-like appendages emerging from the shoulders, back, temples, ankles, and wrists of the entity. Although an accurate count has never been established, most observers place the number of wings at anywhere from two (2) through one hundred and eight (108), with the mean number being four (4).

"Waitwaitwait, that's an angel?" Sir Pentious asked. "I may have only been in Heaven for a little bit, but I've never seen an angel like that!"

"There shouldn't be." Sera muttered. "The only angels who could shapeshift at all would be-"

"The Archangels." Lucifer said, eyes wide. 'Is it really one of them?'

A weapon, possibly a sword or knife (SCP-001-2). The weapon appears to emit flames at a temperature rivaling that of the sun, based on spectrographic analysis, although there appear to be no destructive effects from the intense heat on the surrounding area. Any entity that approaches within 1 km of SCP-001 is immediately struck by the weapon and obliterated from existence. Any and all hostile actions taken towards SCP-001 have resulted in the annihilation of the attacker, regardless of range (see incident report re: Indian Ocean Submarine Missile Experiment, December 26, 2004)

Adam whistled. "Hey Sera, you gotta get this guy to join us at the next Extermination. Those demon losers won't stand a chance!"

"I don't think he'll appreciate following you, Adam." Sera growled, having realized just exactly who this is about.

Lucifer, meanwhile, simply looked down in guilt. Like Sera, he knew who this was.

SCP-001 appears to be standing with its head bowed in a gesture of supplication with SCP-001-2 held in both hands point-down in front of it. Since originally recorded by the Founder over [DATA REDACTED] years ago, SCP-001 has not deviated from this stance.

"Geez, that guy needs to learn how to take a break." Adam said, scarfing down some popcorn.

"Yeah, knowing him, that's not gonna happen." Lucifer sighed, having figured out that this Gate Guardian is one of his brothers.

Human beings exposed to SCP-001 report hearing a voice in their heads, giving them a directive which the subject reports cannot be disobeyed. The most common directive is "FORGET", which results in the subject walking away from SCP-001 with no memory of having encountered it. On rare occasions, however, other directives have been given: the most famous of these is the one given to the Founder ("PREPARE"), which he has claimed formed the impetus for founding [DATA REDACTED] to catalog and contain any and all supernatural and/or paranormal artifacts that represent a serious threat to the current existence of humanity. This is the organization now known as the SCP Foundation.

"So the Foundation is a holy organization." Lute said, nodding to herself.

Observers have reported that SCP-001 appears to be standing in front of a gate of immense proportions. Long-range photographs have occasionally detected what appears to be a pastoral grove within, containing numerous other entities of the same composition as SCP-001, as well as several fruit trees of unknown composition. Of particular note are two fruit trees of immense proportion near what appears to be the center of the grove: one, it is noted, appears to be an ordinary apple tree, although the other bears a fruit unknown on earth, described as [DATA EXPUNGED].

Adam's eyes widened, jaw dropped as far as it could go. He recognized the place. "Home." He whispered to himself, some ancient part of him longing for something long lost.

"Sir?" Lute asked, looking concerned at her superior.

"It, it's fine bitch." Adam said half heartedly. "Don't ask questions, Danger Tits."

Lucifer and Sera only stared at Adam, already knowing what he was thinking.

It is the avowed belief of the Founder that the gate which SCP-001 guards may be the gate to [EXPUNGED] based on correlations with ancient Babylonian texts and the Dead Sea Scrolls. In which case, one can deduce that the entity known as SCP-001 may be [EXPUNGED].

"It's Uriel." The Devil knew his brother was always loyal to a fault, and being all too willing to stand at the gates to protect Father's interests.

"Dad, who's Uriel?" His Duckling asked, not noticing the wide eyed stares of most of the angels. "Are they one of my other aunts and uncles?"

"Yeah." The Morningstar patrach sighed. "He's the Virtue of Chastity to oppose your uncle Asmodeus, and the Archangel of Presence, made specifically by dad to protect the gates of Heaven. He always did exactly what Dad told him to do, which is why he became the Virtue of Chastity. He just didn't care about that kind of thing."

"At least some of you angels are more sensible about that sort of thing." Alastor muttered, having some respect for that particular angel.

"Gee, thanks Shitlord." Vaggie muttered.

"But, Uriel hasn't been seen for millenia." Emily said, getting over her shock. "Last anyone saw him, the Lord gave him a mission, though nobody knows what it was."

"Guess Dad told him to guard Eden." Lucifer said, sighing. "Makes sense, the Garden was always an important place for Heaven."

Sera nodded. "Eden was something akin to a workshop for us during the billions of years where we created life on Earth, and it's the only place in the mortal realm with a direct gateway to Heaven." The Seraph started frowning. "Though, ever since the humans were banished from there, the gate between Eden and Heaven has been closed."

Addendum 001-a: Experimentation re: SCP-001-2's effective kill range

1. EXPERIMENT A: 1 Class-D personnel instructed to approach SCP-001 as closely as possible on foot.
Result: Upon making visual contact with SCP-001, subject is ordered to "LEAVE." Subject immediately turns away from entity and walks away. Despite repeated orders to continue the experiment, Class D Personnel refuses to obey and is terminated. Upon termination of Class-D personnel, all research staff involved are immediately obliterated by an unknown force, presumably SCP-001-2.

Charlie couldn't help but feel conflicted about that. On one hand, she didn't like how the Foundation uses those Class-D's, but she also didn't like how her uncle chose to retaliate against them.

2. EXPERIMENT B: 1 remote-operated research robot guided to approach SCP-001 from the ground.
Result: Upon approaching within 1 km of SCP-001, research robot is obliterated, presumably by SCP-001-2. All further attempts at remote reconnaissance have the same result.

"Ooohhh, that angel's a bad boy." Niffty grinned.

"Please don't try to flirt with my brother." Lucifer sighed. "He doesn't do those kinds of things."

"Ooohhh, so he's like mister Alastor." The demonic maid grinned.

"How so?" The Radio Demon asked, simply confused as to what she meant.

3. EXPERIMENT C: 100 pre-programmed research drones instructed to approach SCP-001 from multiple angles simultaneously.
Result: Coordination is successful, and all 100 drones cross the 1 km mark simultaneously; however, all 100 are simultaneously obliterated by SCP-001-2. Designated observer at Site 0 reports that SCP-001-2 appeared to "strike in all directions at once." SCP-001 did not deviate from its stance while this took place.

Angel Dust whistled. "Dang, I love me some fella who can swing his big sword around."

"Goddamnit Angel." Husk groaned at the innuendo.

"You know you love me baby." The spider Sinner winked.

"Yeah, I do." Husk said with a reluctant smile.

4. EXPERIMENT D: Wire-guided missile fired from a distance of 3 km.
Result: SCP-001-2 obliterates weapon upon crossing the 1km mark, simultaneously obliterating the launch site and killing all personnel.

"Pitiful technology." Alastor muttered, still not liking these kinds of things. That being said, he did appreciate humanity's creativity when it comes to carnage and destruction.

5. EXPERIMENT E: Multi-Warhead Intercontinental Ballistic Missile fired from SCP nuclear submarine "Nautilus."
Result: See Indian Ocean Submarine Missile Experiment, December 26, 2004

"Oh shit." Vaggie breathed. "The Boxing Day Tsunami."

"Oh, yeah, I remember that one." Emily said, her head drooping. "So many panicked souls appeared in Heaven that day."

Lucifer simply winced. His brother had always been… overzealous, to say the least.

6. EXPERIMENT F: SCP-076 and Task Force Omega 7 instructed to approach SCP-001 on foot.
Result: SCP-076 refuses to carry out mission, despite not being informed of the mission's nature. Upon being asked why, SCP-076 replies, "No. Just no."

Adam froze again, seeing a face he hadn't seen in millenia. "Able?"

Sera's eyes widened, now recognizing the would-be first human soul in Heaven. "How? What happened to him?" She remembered when he died, when he appeared in front of Heaven's gates before vanishing once again.

Adam glanced down, knowing that he was the one who denied his son eternal paradise, that he used his powers as the King of Audapaupadopolis to bring him back from the grave, at the cost of Able's sanity.

He may have boasted to Lucifer's brat about never having made a mistake in his life, but deep down he knew that that was a lie.

7. EXPERIMENT G: SCP-073. Due to the results of experiment F, SCP-073 was not informed of his destination until arriving at Site 0.
Result: SCP-073 approached the site on foot. Upon seeing SCP-001, SCP-073 became distressed and asked to abort. SCP-073 was ordered to continue. At that point, the symbol on SCP-073's forehead became [DATA EXPUNGED]. Experiment was terminated due to [DATA EXPUNGED]. See Addendum 001-aa.

Adam glanced up again, this time growling in rage at the piece of shit he saw on the screen. "Cain." He muttered the name of his former son, the one he'd cursed for eternity.

Lucifer on the other hand only gazed at the man in curiosity. He knew that Cain was practically destined to go to Hell, but oddly enough he never saw the first killer. Heard rumors, certainly, but nothing to indicate he actually went to his realm. Most people these days assume the guy died again by Adam's hands or something, but those that have been in Hell since its conception know that he just never appeared there.

Addendum 001-aa: By executive order of the Administrator, no further experiments are to be carried out re: SCP-001. No further SCPs are to be exposed to SCP-001. SCP-001 is not to be used to dispose of dangerous SCPs. Please see revised containment procedures for details.

The King of Hell sighed in relief. He knew Uriel well enough to know that he wouldn't tolerate constant annoyance, and knowing him, he might lash out against the Foundation for trying to use him as a glorified wastebin.

ADDENDUM: On ██-██-████, the following errant transmission was received by Foundation personnel:

INITIATE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE PATMOS-OMEGA

ATTN: All Foundation Personnel.

The following message was received at approximately ████:██:██ this morning from Site 0.

SCP-001 has left its location. The Gate is Open. They are riding forth.
Oh G_d, it's so beautiful…

The majority of the audience started getting nervous, already not liking whatever's being described in this message.

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gneththelordhasreignedthelordshallreignforeverthelordreigneththel
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thelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelordheisgodthelord
heisgodthelordheisgodHEAROISRAELTHELORDOURGODTHELORDISONE

Because of this event's confluence with the recent breach of SCP-995, the opening of SCP-616, and the activation of SCP-098, the Foundation is required to immediately begin preparations for an XK-class end-of-the-world scenario. SCP-076 and SCP-073 are to be secured immediately. All personnel are to unlock and decode Emergency Order Patmos-Omega, and follow all orders within. Site 19 is to be secured, and all nonessential SCPs and personnel terminated and/or destroyed. Repeat, because of this event's confluence with the recent breach of SCP-995, the opening of SCP-616, and the activation of SCP-098, the Foundation is required to immediately begin preparations for an XK-class end-of-the-world scenario. SCP-076 and SCP-073 are to be secured immediately. All personnel are to unlock and decode Emergency Order Patmos-Omega, and follow all orders within. Site 19 is to be secured, and all nonessential SCPs and personnel terminated and/or destroyed. Repeat, because of this event's confluence with the recent breach of SCP-995, the opening of SCP-616, and the aktivation of SCP-098, the Foundation is rekwired to immediatelebegin preprrations ffr an XK-class end-of-theworldsenario. SCP-076 and SCP-073 re to be secured immediately Cain and Abel my two sons, I amcoming all personnel are to unlock and decode behold, I stand at the gate and knock and if anyanayansdfysffollow
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"Sera, was that-" Emily started before being interrupted.

"Doubt it." Lucifer interrupted. "I may not be as up-to-date about Heaven's affairs, but even I would know if the Rapture would start."

"Yeah, for once I've gotta agree with that wife stealing bastard." Adam said, emotionally exhausted at seeing his kids on Earth. "The Exorcists haven't been planning anything when I was alive, and that kinda shit needs at least a decade to plan."

Lute nodded at her boss. Earth still hadn't gotten to the point where only Sinners-to-be inhabited it. Many of them were there, true, but not enough to start the Rapture.

Upon contacting Site 0, O5-14 responded that no such message had been sent from his location and that SCP-001 remained inert. The transmission was initially determined to be a hoax. However, close examination of the transmission reveals a timestamp dated [DATA REDACTED] years in the future. It is theorized that [DATA EXPUNGED].

"Wait, time travel is actually possible?!" Lucifer asked in shock.

"Apparently so." Sera replied, still somewhat in shock at the revelation of Uriel, Cain and Able all being down on Earth.

Doctor Nori appeared on the screen again. "So, SCP-001, something that could easily cause a crisis of faith to whoever sees it. For reasons that should be obvious."

All the former humans in the audience nodded. All of them knew that the confirmation of Heaven and Hell's existence would change humanity on a fundamental level.

Doctor Nori was shown within an observatory, looking at a screen displaying SCP-001 while standing with a human who's head shifted between various animals before settling on the head of a blonde human. "So, any plans to deal with that angel army when they get out Clef?"

The man simply grabbed a shotgun. "Nori, I'll just keep shooting at one until one of us ends up in Hell. You?"

Nori's mechanical hand then switched to a minigun, her face erupting in a manic grin. "If I'm gonna go down, I'm going down fighting."

Adam burst out laughing, trying to get over the sight of his sons. "Fucking hilarious! Do those itty bitty humans think they can stand up to an angel?"

"I wouldn't underestimate humans if I were you, Adam." Lucifer tisked. "After all, of all the demons in Hell, it was a human soul protecting her children who figured out how to kill an angel."

"So it wasn't an act of malice?" Emily asked, hope shining a bit in her eyes.

"Nope." Vaggie said, taking the reins of the conversation. "She was just buying her daughters time to run from those deranged bitches during the last Extermination, and actually ended up killing one by accident."

Lute simply growled at her former comrade. All that spilt ichor, Adam's second death, all of that because of a fucking accident?! If she ever found the woman who killed Melons, she'd torture those bastard kids of her to death in front of her before doing the same to that bitch.

Hell, maybe she'd pay Uriel a visit. Someone as loyal as that fucker would see the need of keeping those demons down.

"Anyways." The Watcher interrupted before a fight could break out. "Now that you've seen evidence that what I'm showing is actually real, I might as well continue." She then simply showed the next file.

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And that's a wrap. The Gate Guardian has made his appearance, and one of Lucifer's bio-siblings has been found. TheDoctor1998 here, signing out!