SCP-9834: Ghost of an Extinguished World

Living in Fiction and Daft Punk part 2

"Sorry to keep you all waiting." Ameera walks out the bathroom. She notices Kai and Cerberus groaning in pain. "Did I miss something?"

"Nope. Just these meatheads sparring their love for each other." Iris answers.

"...Okay. Well why don't I show you where the object is currently being kept, huh?" Ameera pulls out her phone and tries to locate her objective. "Follow me." 

"Hold it. Aren't you forgetting something?" Cerberus says seriously.

Shit! Did she promise something? What could it be!? "I'm sorry. There's a lot of things I need to do and it must've slipped my mind. What was it again?" Ameera is doing her best to act natural, nervous that her cover could be blown. She can definitely take them on, but she doesn't want to raise the alarm without the key in her possession. 

"Yeah." He approaches her. "I wanted to see the dormitory where some of the O5 members reside!" 

"Is that right?" Ameera sighs in relief. "We can pass when we're done. They currently don't want to be disturbed." 

"Aaaaw. All right then." Cerberus pouts. 

In the facility 

They enter the room where the key is kept behind glass. A scientist approaches them. 

"Hello, Dr. Neith. The installation of security measures have been completed like you requested." She notices the group. "Are they the ones the Foundation sent?"

"Yes. They're here to take the key back to headquarters." Ameera introduces them. Cerberus runs to check the object. A golden key that's rusting at the tip, but the end looks good as new. 

"So this is what we need for the Lock." He says to himself. Back in his world, there was no reason to locate the key and would rather destroy it, than wait for whatever was inside to be set free. Now they know it holds another universe shaped by anyone who opens it. The others join him to be amazed by the beauty of the object. Except for Kai. She's at the corner hoping this will be over soon.

"E-Excuse me? Do you know where the restroom is?" Lilith asks shyly to a scientist.

"It's down the hall." She tells her. Lilith nods and goes to the bathroom. She giggles at looking at her own reflection and fixes her hair. Ameera walks in. 

"You're very beautiful." She stands next to her. Lilith steps away. "I admire the beauty of a person. Even the ugly ones. Everyone has something that makes them unique." She cups her breasts. "Such as this voluptuous body made to bear great children, yet I don't feel the desire to conceive. A waste wouldn't you say?" Lilith stays silent, focusing on herself. "Kids have so much energy. Soooo delicious~!"

Through her peripheral vision, she notices Ameera lunging at her with a giant needle. Evanescence materializes to block the attack with her knife. She punches her face with the other arm, sending Ameera to smack against the wall. 

"Ungh! I was told to be careful around you, but they didn't tell me about that." Ameera stands and reveals her sharp canines. "No matter. I will just kill you both!" She attacks Eva. They parry each other's strike, but Ameera is quicker and sticks the needle in her abdomen. Eva, thinking fast, creates a shadow portal on the floor to jump in. She appears on the ceiling and cuts off the portal to make Ameera's needle stuck. Eva pulls herself away.

"Agh!" Lilith feels the pain and is bleeding from the abdomen. She leaves the bathroom to regroup with the team. She enters the room.

"Lilith!?" Mary is the first one to notice and runs up to tend her wound. "What happened to you?"