Adil paused.
Something stood in the distance—tall, humanoid, but blurred. His eyes narrowed, trying to focus.
A system screen flickered.
[Warning: SCP-055 proximity detected.]
Then—static.
The screen glitched and vanished.
Adil frowned. "I swear I saw something… right there."
Kael glanced over. "There's nothing."
Adil blinked. "No, I—wait. What was I saying?"
The system flickered again.
[ERROR: SCP-055 proximity. Data corrupted.]
Adil blinked.
Adil:"…What was I saying?"
Kael frowned, clearly annoyed.
Kael:"It's not joke time, you fool."
They kept walking.
Suddenly, Kael stopped.
A strange noise echoed from a nearby building—metal scraping, like something shifting.
Kael:"Hey, clown. Did you hear that?"
Adil shot him a glare.
Adil:"I'm not a clown, idiot."
Then came the voice.
"Help me… help me…"
It was faint. Childlike.
Adil's eyes widened.
Adil:"It sounds like a kid."
Kael's expression darkened.
Kael:"I don't think that's a human voice."
Adil:"What do you mean? What if there's actually a kid in there?"
Kael hesitated.
Kael:"Hmm…"
Before they could move, a creature lunged from the shadows.
Red skin. Eyeless. Rows of jagged teeth.
SCP-939.
Kael staggered back.
Kael:"What the hell is that?"
Adil's thoughts raced.
(It's SCP-939… I've read a bit about it. They hunt in groups. Predatory. Dangerous.)
Kael raised his hand.
Kael:"It's lo—"
Adil:"Run, Kael!"
Adil spun and ran backward.
Kael didn't move.
Kael:"Why would I run from this ugly creature?"
Adil groaned.
Adil:"-_- Enough of your bullshit. Just run!"
Kael still didn't move.
The monster charged.
Kael slid sideways, low to the ground—his wolf instincts kicking in. He moved like liquid, fast and precise.
He grabbed a rusted metal pipe from the debris and spun it in his hand.
Kael (muttering):"Let's see how loud you scream."
SCP-939 lunged again.
Kael ducked under its claws and drove the pipe straight into its ribs.
CRACK.
The creature shrieked, releasing a burst of amnestic gas—a thick, invisible cloud that warped the air.
Kael staggered.
His vision blurred.
The fog pulsed.
Kael (thinking):No. Focus. It's not real.
The creature lunged again.
Kael roared—half-human, half-wolf—and slammed the pipe into its jaw, twisting hard.
Blood sprayed.
SCP-939 collapsed.
Kael stood over it, panting.
Kael:"That was easy."
He turned to leave.
Then—
Another voice.
Another creature.
Kael (thinking): "Another one. So, Adil was right, there are more"?
The hallucination deepened.
The loop began.
In reality,
His body lay limp in the ruins.
Blood soaked the ground.
SCP-939 dragged him by the leg, claws scraping pavement.
Its eyeless head tilted, mimicking his voice.
"Next time… try harder."
Scene shift
Adil (thinking):It's not that I don't want to fight. I just need to know if there are more. SCP-939 rarely hunts alone.That bastard wouldn't listen. I hope he survives.
He cut through a collapsed alley, turned left, then right—trying to break the pattern.
Then he stopped.
Same bent pipe. Same scorch mark. Same billboard.
Adil (thinking):No way. I ran a different route. How did I end up here again?
He turned toward the broken house.
There—just for a second—SCP-055.
A blurred figure. Static in human form.
Then—
[System Glitch Detected][SCP-055 Proximity Alert]
Adil blinked.
"…What was I doing?"
The memory slipped. Again.
Kael stood nearby, arms crossed, same annoyed look.
Kael:"Are you the idiot now?"
Adil blinked.
Adil:"Wait… didn't we already—"
Kael raised an eyebrow.
Kael:"You good ?"
Adil didn't answer.
He turned toward the wall.
Where the glitch began.