An angry parent is worse than prison.

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We all know who this person is, so I won't bother with the mystery. Clef points the gun at him. Using all his strength and energy, Cerberus flips the bed over to the side acting as a barrier. She fires and it pierces through the frame, hitting his right shoulder. He screams in pain.

"Rngh! The cuffs!" He tries to break the binds. Mary summons Santana to degrade the cuffs. He breaks free and uses Mary as support to move to the bathroom. Clef shoots again, hitting his left leg before hiding behind the wall.

"You think you're some kind of hot shot? Coming from another world? Hah. You're a dime a dozen, 'man'. But for some reason, everyone seems to think otherwise. Heh. I don't get it, but I honestly could care less." She menacingly walks towards them.

"Santana, please stop her!" Mary commands. Santana places her hands on the wall. Plant life grows on the other side. Vines charges towards Clef and wraps around her torso.

"...That's another thing. Whenever you're in trouble, you always have someone to save your ass." She slowly moves, unfazed by the restraint. She finally reaches them, huddled up on the corner in fear. She aims at his head. "You even had your Protector doing all the work. You've never achieved anything on your own!" She pulls the trigger ever so slightly.

Then she gets punched repeatedly by Three Days Grace. "DURORORORORORO!!" She cries. With the final punch imprinting Clef's body on the titanium wall. Kai is at the entrance.

"Hmph. All talk. As always from a human." She spits on the floor. Clef's body starts to disintegrate into dark particles. "What the hell?" She feels a cold metal pressing against the back of her head.

"Well well. What do we have here?" Clef is behind her, completely unscathed. "You know, I've never tried my gun on ya. How about we find out if you're truly unkillable?" She chuckles.

Kai isn't afraid. She shouldn't. After all, nothing in this world can fatally harm her. Then a thought creeps into her mind. What if there was something that could actually kill her? She isn't stupid. She is aware there are other versions of herself that actually died. Confidence turns into doubt. What if she was one of the versions that can die? She is in shock as she is still processing everything.

Clef is about to pull the trigger, when Evanescence has the dagger placed on her neck. Lilith is behind Clef. "Long time, no see, love. I didn't expect you to get here so soon." She smirks.

"I did not expect to see you here, either. Which means somebody told you about it." Lilith says firmly.

"...I may have gotten an anonymous tip. But I'm just a tad pet peeved you didn't even protest to such procedures."

"We all volunteered to do this."

"Babe. Honey. I'm disappointed. Has it never crossed in your intelligent mind that this all might not be as simple as it seems? I've been keeping up with the updates. 'His' Incubus trait is getting stronger. What's to say you're all not influenced by now?"

"If that's the case, you would've been affected too. You know full well their anomalies cancel each other. I know the real reason you're here. Try to fool me all you want, the only one who'll fall for it is yourself." Clef stays silent. "She's a grown woman that can make her own decisions and protect herself."

"Don't tell me things I want to hear. The only reason all of you are here is because of 'him'!"

"We're here to try and stop the enemy from opening the Lock. Even if she were to die or disappear, our goal remains unchanged!" Lilith bites back.

Clef ponders for a moment. "...You know what? It might be my old age making me soft." She lightly taps Kai's neck, sending her blasting through three walls with immense force. "I can't remember the last time I became this emotional. She just...reminds me of my little girl. Well, she's all grown up right now. I have to remind myself that it's okay to feel...human sometimes." She turns towards the exit. "Hey 'man'. I leave their care in your hands. I hope you understand the weight of the responsibility you carry now."

Cerberus limply walks towards the bathroom door with Newi supporting him. "God dammit, Clef. You're one crazy son of a bitch, you know that?" He pants.

She smirks. "Hmph. Later." She leaves. Cerberus and Newi collapse due to exhaustion.

"WARNING. THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE BREACHES. WARNING." The alarm goes off, making everybody panic.

Council Committee

The O5 members are arguing amongst each other like twelve angry men.

"This is unacceptable!" One of them slams the desk. "We are wasting resources, time and money on these ridiculous experiments!"

"What is even the point? It doesn't take a genius to know how that organ works. She's not even the only one we discovered with the same appendage." One adds.

The Founder, who was looking at the live feed in Cerberus's chamber, turns to face them directly. "And you call yourselves geniuses." She sits down on the round table with the rest. "Yes. She is not as unique as I had hoped, but I believe she holds the answer to further our goals. But let me show you something." The Founder uses a remote to change the screens to show a presentation. It displays the SCP logo.

"The purpose of this video is to explain the theories behind SCP-9834's anomalies. SCP-9834's main anomaly is 'his' immunity. 'He' can completely bypass other anomalous properties with no complications. However, it is impossible to replicate 'his' genetic make up in any way. Possibly due to 'his' unique genes which could be a side effect. Which can explain 'his' second anomaly, the 'Incubus' trait. Through many interviews, 'he' has stated that this trait only developed in this world. There is one plausible theory that could explain this.

Due to 'his' mental stability to keep humanity safe, SCP-9834 developed the 'Incubus" trait to spread his immune gene through sexual intercourse. This will produce generations that can possibly be immune to anomalies. Because of this possible outcome, security measures need to be taken to prevent other groups with nefarious intentions from kidnapping 'him'." The video ends.

"Now do you understand the purpose of Project Eve? We can have a group with 'his' anomaly and explore sites thought to be impossible. What is our mission?"

"SECURE. CONTAIN. PROTECT." Everyone says in unison.
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"Exactly. We will use any means for our goal. No matter what obstacles stand in our way." The Founder creepily smiles.

The next day

After the whole chaos from yesterday, the maintenance team quickly patched the holes caused by Kai. She is in her cell recovering. The rest are together in Cerberus's chamber, who has his head laid on Lilith's thigh.

"Don't tell me she's sad again?" Iris asks.

"She's right. I'm useless without anybody dragging me out of the abyss. Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuungh." Cerberus sighs.

"That was the most depressing and longest sigh I've ever heard." Iris shakes her head.

"There there. Don't listen to what Clef said to heart. She's...very eccentric in her own way." Lilith tries to comfort him.

Mary approaches him. "Um...I'm sorry for forcing myself on to you. From now on, I will never do anything to make you uncomfortable any more."

Cerberus pulls the blanket to cover his face. "Fuck. I actually kinda liked it...I'M SO FUCKED UP! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" He cried the Mississippi River that day.

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