The cure

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by neoeppes

by neoeppes

Corpse timeline.
Terry, SCP Jack: Nova
Sherman: Me

Ezra was working with Terry to synthesize something to help make 'scp 33330' less acidic to the point that it was safe to hug him, and they had finally made a breakthrough. Terry was monitoring the acidity levels from samples, watching them slowly climb down to a neutral state. He was so excited to tell sherman, but... At what cost..? It.. broke his heart to see jack like that... It broke his own heart.. so he'd been secretly working on a solution to let jack free. Terry was about to radio Sherman, letting jack hold his hand, sitting in his containment with him.

Sherman was making his way toward Jack's containment, he liked seeing Jack but at the same time..it hurt.. a lot. He just wanted to hug him without the risk of the acid coming through the hazmat. He opened Jack's containment and what he saw, he was confused, "W..What the fuck?" He said as he blinked. Terry was holding Jack's hand, "H..How is the acid not...hurting you?"

Terry looked up from his notebook, a tired look in his eyes. "Hey sunshine.. you caught my little surprise.." he chuckled softly, jack looking.. surprisingly calm. "Ezra and i have been working out the sludges chemical compound.. and we neutralized it." He slowly let go of jacks hand, which caused him to whimper, showing sherman that his hand was completely fine, save for being covered in a more greyer-hued sludge.

Sherman walked closer and looked at Terry's hand, "Oh..my god..." He said. His wish had been granted..he can actually hug Jack without it hurting.. he looked to Jack and slowly put a hand on his shoulder, he felt no pain. He could feel tears fill his eyes. "Hey bud.." He said with a soft smile.

"d..ad..." Jack wheezed softly, slowly turning, looking up at him. "B..ett..er..." He wheezed, reaching and grabbing shermans lab coat. Terry smiled softly, happy that he was able to do something for sherman... After all, he knew how much this killed him. He looked through his notes, giving a soft nod before standing, getting to work scrubbing up any sludge in the containment block. Now that he was able to touch it, he was intent on keeping jacks containment clean.

"Yes... you're better bud." Sherman said as he felt a tear slide down his cheek. He pulled Jack into a hug, it had been so long.. He felt more tears fall down his cheeks. He missed this. So much.

Jack closed his eyes, pressing himself weakly into the hug. Terry looked back, sighing and exiting containment to let them have some time together. "...p...pops...." Jack barely spoke, "t...terry... Help.... don't.... H... Hurt... So much....." he just stayed in shermans arms, happy to be able to be held again, warming his corpse. He was ice cold.

Sherman smiled, god, he loved Terry so much. "I'm so glad he did.." He rubbed Jack's back softly, "It's so nice to see you..not hurt so much like..you used to." He gently pressed a kiss into Jacks hair. After, he is gonna have to go apologize and say thank you to Ezra.

"m... Missed... You..." Jack muttered, "...w.. want... Ryan... And.. adam..." He reached up and gently grabbed at shermans lab coat, almost crying. "W... Want..... Sleep.... T... Tired ..."

Sherman ran a hand through Jack's hair, "I missed you too bud..Ryan and Adam will be here soon, you can rest and by the time you wake up..they'll be here." He said and started to hum Next Up Forever.