Upon waking up the next morning, I was visited by Doctor Harper with some extra items in a giant bag, which made me very confused.
"You were right once again, Marcus! After 106's grave was located and we exorcised it accordingly, we got the memo that 106 lost its properties and turned into a pile of slimy ashes, with the slime finally losing the corrosive properties. We feel that, before you go to attack the base of 4666, you could use some extra firepower. And lucky all of us, 914 is at this facility," she said, me gaining a big, stupid smile at that.
"Ah, 914. My favorite experiment log SCP. My favorite test was when the machine beat the doctor at chess. Funniest lines I ever read," I chuckled, Harper snickering at that.
"We're hoping that, as you have been able to communicate with other SCPs that aren't usually able to communicate, you may be able to speak with 914. We're hoping to finally decipher if 914 is sentient or not and what it's game plan is when it comes to how it operates." After this, I agreed completely as we then proceeded towards 914's chamber and, upon entry, I went inside of the room and, when I did, I heard a voice in my head... and I did not expect the voice in question.
"Why, hello there, random person! Are you hoping to get a trade? I can assist, so long as it doesn't involve explosives or that HORRID flesh that they placed in me! Still feeling the disgusting taste from it!" 914 said, me looking at Harper, as she was in the room alongside me.
"When you talk of this flesh, was it from a sample of 682?" I asked, the machine then speaking after.
"EGADS! FINALLY! Someone who can understand me! And to answer your question, yes, it was the lizard's gross body!" the machine spoke. As for voice? It sounded like a female salesperson doing an imitation of the snake oil salesman type from the olden films.
"You can understand 914?" Doctor Harper asked me.
"Yes, indeed, and she's still feeling the bad taste from 682's skin," I said, which Harper was surprised.
"Um... she?"
"How uncouth! Good sir, tell her to apologize for assuming my gender!" 914 said, me then translating, which Harper frowned at.
"Ugh... apologies, 914... what is your true name, per chance?"
"Unfortunately, my master who created me never gave me one. I've been thinking on one from the countless combinations of letters but could never decide! You, young translator, can you give me a name, per chance?" 914 asked, me being surprised at that.
"Oh? Okay, then... your new name? From this day forward, your proper name shall be Marie Iris. How does that sound?" I smiled, which 914 spoke after.
"Ah, a name that means genius goddess? You flatter me all too well! Only you may call me as such, my new friend! Would you like to get to business? Any particular interests for trades?" she asked, me smirking at that.
"Actually, we do have some specific interests based on the items in this bag," I said as I brought out different items, one being a telekill helmet, a piece of candy from 330, a piece of paper that said 'erase from existence gun' and even a single suit copy of SCP-5000. And after seeing all of these, I smiled.
"We need to find some means of defeating SCP-4666 as well as any SCPs that have teleportation abilities. We need to know if there are specific things we can get that can help us out with this," I said, 914 then responding in a chipper tone.
"Oh, but of course! I know who this SCP is and, yes, it needs gonzo! Present me the items, and, just for you, I'll give you the listings of what can come from them!" 914 said, me smirking at that.
"Okay, we have this telekill helmet that we need to use in order to prevent anomalies to use teleportation."
"Ah, I can give that an upgrade to do just that, as well as a remote control that can produce it on whatever you point it at and use a button on it. Great for long-distance encounters! Put it in on the Fine setting, pretty please," 914 said, me then doing so after explaining to Harper, her nodding and giving me the clear.
Afterwards, it was exactly as 914 described. I then proceeded to test it with Doctor Harper and she got the helmet onto her head, me then pushing the button again and, afterwards, the helmet actually got stored inside of the remote!
I then asked for what I could get from using a piece of candy from 330 into 914, which she described would be good to use against SCPs that were hungry, as it'd fill them up to the point they'd never need to eat again, but they'd end up losing their hands in the process, so choose wisely.
I then told this to Doctor Harper, and her response was "not for 4666, but others could be tested for that, such as SCPs that hunt for food, such as any instance of 939. I then put it in on the Fine setting as instructed, which got me an awesomely cool candy, which Harper looked to be entranced by until I placed it into a sealed container.
"You didn't mention that people would be drawn to it," I said to the machine.
"Oops, sorry, I forgot to mention it. I'm a bit forgetful at times of negative side effects," she admitted, me then doing the same with the 'erase from existence gun' paper, which she claimed I could use it on Very Fine to get a gun just as described. Only downside, it could only be used by any 2-Dimensional SCP. So it'd be a good idea to have 085 use it if she needed to protect herself.
"May as well, since 085 is set to go attack another 2D SCP in the future," she said, me then doing so and the result was exactly as depicted.
"Oh, one more thing. Not only will it erase whatever the laser hits, but it'll also make it as if they never existed in the timeline to begin with, so be wary."
"Good to know. Now for the final thing. We need to know what we can do with this suit here," I said. And when I showed it off? 914 looked at it and then gasped.
"Oh my! You uh... you shouldn't use that on any setting, unfortunately. Otherwise, the whole of this universe could be another instance of what happened in 5000's story," she explained, me being surprised at that before explaining the explanation to Harper, who was surprised, but understood after.
"Got it, good to know she can warn us in case of catastrophes... but can you ask her how she managed to play chess with one of the researchers and how she won?"
"Oh, it's easy! I'm one of the smartest machines in history! Chess is one of the best games for smarts, and thus, I know how to win in very few moves," 914 said in a boastful manner. I then translated and Harper smirked at.
"Pretty humble. Okay, we're ready then. Time to go to 4666's cave," Harper said as we then proceeded to get to the area in question, me needing to use the gun that was given to me prior to the testing to attack 4666 as well as the remote in hand.
Information on next part slightly Redacted until proven neutralization of {Redacted} is established.
Upon arrival to the cave, I then went in. Time start: 10:00 AM in the area we were in.
"Going down into the pit. Standby on the surface for assistance. I need to go in alone," I said into the radio.
Harper: "Understood, 789XP. Be careful and remember that the suit has a night-vision mode."
"Got it."
After going down the hole in night-vision for a long time, I eventually saw... well... a very grizzly sight.
"Oh... Oh god..." I gasped with barely a sound. Why? I was seeing that... something else had already gotten to 4666 before me. And laid him very close to the hole as opposed to the children, who were for sure deeper in the complex. And upon looking at the body? I knew I was possibly in danger.
"Command, we have a problem. Do not come down until I get it dealt with," I said as I then gasped as I felt... something... I felt something inside of my body! And where was it? Well, it started inside of my lower abdomen before entering my stomach... but when it got there? I immediately had to take my suit off to prevent the entity within from breaking it apart! And then, it started to struggle...
I gagged at this, but kept the creature down. I knew exactly what it was, due to the appearance of 4666's body. But until I could make sure that the entity was no longer a threat, I have to Redact some information.
10:30
It was about 25 minutes after the entity entered my stomach, which was now a lot more bulbous as the entity thrashed within.
"Ohh... you're a tough one... you monster," I growled. The monster then shouted back at me and tried to escape with moving his hand up my throat, but it didn't work at all. I just gulped it back down. I then, in a bright idea moment, got the telekill helmet on my head, which, after doing so, the entity seemingly gave up, but was still inside of me.
"LET ME OUT!" it shouted, me growling at him.
"You'll never be found again, {Redacted}." And after this, I got a message on my radio.
SCP-9431: "What's going on in there, mate?"
"Do not come down here... ooh... it's heavy..." I groaned as I laid on the ground as I felt my stomach finally begin to churn the entity within... I could feel it slow down as it became much more liquidy in my stomach. You know those big stomachs you see on porn sites? That's what it was like right now. It wasn't pleasant.
"Ugh... need to make sure this entity is completely eradicated before we can confirm that the area is safe to explore... do not come down until I say so... afterwards, send a random D-class down here with clear instructions. Here are the instructions: {Redacted}.
Doctor Harper: "Got it, just ugh... how bad is it? Did you go further down?" she asked.
"I've not done so yet... need to burn the body of 4666 first before we can go down further... I'll explain why later," I said, which they nodded at as I then got one of the fire weapons I was provided with, a blowtorch, and proceeded to burn 4666's body to ash while the entity thrashed in my stomach!
After this...
11:30
It was only at this time when I felt that the entity within my stomach no longer had any solid body parts. Everything was digested and turned into a slurry of digestive juices, meaning I was going to gain a ton of weight. "Okay, send down a D-Class with the written instructions as labeled and we'll continue further down," I said, them doing so as they sent down a D-Class, him looking at me and my bulbous stomach in shock.
"Oh god! What the hell happened to you?!" he asked.
"Before I explain, I need you to comply with the instructions and repeat after me, okay?" I said, him then looking at me in confusion before I burped. Nothing came up, though. "Repeat after me. I found {Redacted}
D-78234 "I found {Redacted}.
Nothing happened.
"{Redacted} is here."
D-78234 "{Redacted} is here?... What are you going on about?"
"Now for the final of the first test... {Redacted} is in the cave owned by 4666."
"Uh... {Redacted} is in the cave owned by 4666?"
"Good, now to explain... the entity in question was a Keter SCP, it being known as 4885. AKA, 'I found Waldo'," I said. And again, nothing happened.
D-78234: "So... you freaking ate him whole?!"
"No, I didn't. How he works is that, if you know his location or see a body that he'd killed prior, designated 4885-1, then Waldo will go into your body and try to rip you apart by going through either mouth or rectum and going out the other side in a painful, deadly manner... but for me, as I'm immune to SCP effects, Waldo got stuck in my stomach and stayed there until he digested. And he didn't stop resisting until I put the telekill helmet on my head," I explained, which the D-Class looked at me in shock.
D-78234: "Wow... that's uh... gross..."
"But now we need to see if he hurt any of the kids in here... I surely hope not..." I said as I went down further with the D-Class into the deeper parts of the cave, using Night Vision as well as placing numerous beacons on the ground to light our way out. And when we got further down, we gawked at how, in the deepest parts of the cave tunnel, we found them!
What did we find? We found 29 children of human descent as well as 6 Children of the Night, which the D-Class looked terrified of... but as for their appearance? I saw them as shadowy children similar to SCP-017, but without the anomalous effect.
"W-Who are you... p-please... s-s-save us..." the children said, me seeing that, of the lot, 4 of them were missing parts of their bodies and were in a bad state because of them being turned into toys.
"Don't worry, we're here to help you," I said, the kids looking at me in surprise.
"You... can speak to us?" they asked, including the Children of the Night.
"Yes, I can... come on, let's get out of here. The monster is gone. He will never come back, I promise," I said, them sniffling at that as we then led the group of kids out as well as the Children of the Night, them looking at my D-class ally with interest. And the one of the children then spoke to me.
"Is he... food?" she asked, me knowing it was female.
"No, he's here to help all of us get home. Trust me, you'll all get some rest, relaxation, food, and drink when we get out of here along with medical treatment for your injuries... and for you children of the night, I'll get you home to the queen as soon as I can," I said, the 6 of them speaking after.
"The moment we see the sun... we'll go directly to her... she must really trust you..." they said, me sighing after.
"I wish I could say so, but I wasn't the one to defeat the monster... I had to defeat the monster that defeated the one who did this to you," I said, them gasping at that.
"That's... scary..." they admitted, me nodding as we then exited the place and, afterwards, the Children of the Night, upon touching the sunlight, proceeded to turn into a vapor form of shadows and zoom through the skies far into the atmosphere before vanishing into a visible portal... but I saw the kids were looking up there in confusion.
"Where did they go? They just vanished!"
"They went home... don't worry, kids. We'll get you healed up and we'll make sure you never remember any of this," I said, them sniffling after.
"I... We trust you," said one of them as we then got all of the children into some stretchers as we set up a medical bay in the immediate area and proceeded to see the injuries.
Among them, a child was missing an entire arm that was amputated and cauterized, another was missing her eyes, one had their hand bones removed completely and had her hand sewn shut after, and the final, a boy of 8 years old, had almost all of his teeth taken out of his mouth, with all of them being baby teeth and none of them ready to come out yet.
"This is... what did you encounter in there?" Doctor Harper asked as I then whispered it to her outside of earshot of the kids.
"Waldo. 4885. That's what I dealt with," I said. And afterwards, nothing happened.
"You... neutralized 4885?... Oh god... you digested him when he entered your body?" she asked, me nodding at her.
"I did... it was not pleasant... but he's gone... man, I'm going to gain so much weight after that..." I groaned.
"And you might plug up a toilet, too... you need some rest after that big of a meal, so go and get some sleep on the jet. We'll handle the children from here," she said, me nodding as I then went to the interior of the SCP jet and laid down on the bed to go to sleep...
After this, I got into the dream and saw I was next to Titania, who looked at me with a smile, but one that was of surprise.
"I apologize, Queen Titania... I wasn't the one to kill Krampus. I had to kill the one who killed Krampus. Otherwise, all the children would've been in immense danger," I explained, which she smiled at after.
"I saw everything from afar. You saved not just the children, but also me as well. Before you placed that helmet on your head, Waldo was about to teleport to my domain and do the same to me as he did to Krampus, as he saw I was watching from afar... you're in my life debt after this," she said, me being surprised at that. The fact that Waldo was about to kill not only Queen Titania, but all the children of the night in her domain!
"Um... yeah... can I ask if you're okay, then? And the children that I rescued? How are they?" I asked, her smiling at me.
"They're being looked after by our elders, and I'm doing fine... I feel I should do more than what you requested of me for the payment," she said, me looking at her in confusion before I then got a small idea in my head.
"Maybe I could ask if you could look at me a bit deeper... see if I'm also immune to any anomalous effect that would result in time travel and dimensional transportation?" I asked, her looking at me and nodding before then placing her fingers on my face... and after a few seconds, she hummed to herself.
"I've seen that your abilities are unlike any that have appeared prior. Not only are you immune to any SCP effect, but, should you perish by any non-anomalous means, you'll resurrect immediately an hour prior to the incident at where you were prior to stop anything bad that happened at that time. The only exception is if you did it via a self-inclicted wound. If you commit suicide, you'll never revive."
Upon hearing this? I was surprised, but she continued. "And yes, you are also immune to time displacement and dimensional shenanigans. And you'll never age ever again," she said, me then gasping at that.
"I-I can't age?! I'm not only immortal, but eternally young?!" I gasped, her humming.
"Well, that's half-true, actually. Upon looking further, I've seen that you age by one day ever 366 days in this world. So, in order to grow to the next year of your life, it'll take 366 years before you age by one."
"That's... upsetting, but intriguing... I'm going to need to update my profile immediately upon waking up..." I admitted.
"And as for me and your calling? I'll wait for 1 human year before I ask for your assistance again. Or, in your case, 1 year in this world, 1 day for your aging process."
"Understood... before I wake up, can you give me a full listing of all the SCPs that are going to be healed from your effects?" I asked, her nodding as she then poked my forehead and I got a full detailed listing of the SCPs that would now be neutralized, there being a total of 10 of them, as well as what their initial requests were prior to Queen Titania granting their wishes.
SCP-096
Wished to get revenge on those who made fun of its face. Turned into 096.
SCP-202
Wished he could rewind "His Life". He meant a video tape that couldn't be rewound anymore due to damage, Titania misinterpreted and made him completely backwards in every aspect
SCP-3663
Wished to be a great Tunnel Monster. Got his wish and then some, much to his internal horror.
SCP-6670
Wished to grow big and strong. The poor girl ended up growing way too much to the point she became a giant amorphous blob.
REDACTED (811's creator)
The one who wished SCP-811 to become the Swamp Woman. She claimed that though the man died, she forgot to redact his wish when he perished. She said that 811 would now be back to who she used to be, but, due to the immense time gap (she was apparently born in the 1600's (she couldn't give an exact year) she would just be the same age as she was when she was turned into 811.
SCP-Allison Eckhart:
Allison Eckhard was cursed by Allison Eckhart to always be remembered as Allison Eckhart. Too many Allison Eckhart's later, Allison Eckhart would now be back to 1 Allison Eckhart when I woke up.
...:...
That one SCP that only likes images. Upon waking up, it'd be back to normal. Wished to be seen and never heard. Thus, the dots.
SCP-503
Wished to have luck on his side. Misinterpreted meaning of 'luck' resulting in tons of bad luck in the long-term and tons of good luck in the short term.
SCP-384-1
Wished to find the best hiding spot and never be found by {Information only for higher-ups}. According to 6666, the only way to solve the issue of 384 is to find the POI in question and have him find 384-1 in the dark room produced by the door. Titania (6666) describes that, she granted one wish but is unable to grant a second wish upon request before said wish is broken. But, due to 384's properties, not even 6666 could break the wish on her own. She needed us to do it for her, at which point, she claimed that I could get one more favor.
SCP-3199
Wished to become the next stage of human evolution... but when wishing, was also thinking of all other components that would eventually make up the genetics of 3199. Upon awaking, all instances of 3199 would end up becoming dead aside from the eldest, who would be back to normal. And, to prevent him from asking the same wish again (6666 claims that said subject had a learning disability and that's why the wish turned out so wrong) she would make him mute from that point on, as wishes could only be made verbally to her.
After the list, she then bowed politely at me and I then woke up... and afterwards, I then knew what I had to do. I had to tell Doctor Harper, who was overlooking my slumber, everything that needed to be edited for the entries, including the fact that I'd actually saved 6666's life, her holding her end of the bargain, my newest edit in only 5 days' time, and the list of SCPs that needed to be found and see if they were back to normal (save for 384, who I needed to disclose the POI... and as for these instances? They will be in the next chapter... it'll be a big one, folks!