The SCP Foundation

Chapter 130: SCP-804

In an isolated building, nearby a remote town in Alaska, a group of environmental activists had gathered together, talking amongst themselves and laughing. One of those activists, had tapped his wine glass with a spoon, gathering everyone's attention.

"I'd like to take a moment to thank all of you for coming." the activist spoke. "This humble collective wouldn't be the same without all of you here."

The rest of the activists had agreed amongst themselves, then the activist cleared his throat, about to speak again.

"Now that we have all of the formalities out of the way, it's time for us to unveil our newest work." the activist walked towards an object, currently covered by a sheet. "The sole reason why all of us are here."

The activist lifted the sheet, revealing the object. It was a globe, containing a set of gradually smaller globes, attached to a statue, with the entire piece titled 'The World Without Man.'

At the sight of this, the collective gasped in awe, impressed by the creation.

"This is amazing, Vilho." one of the activists said to him, out of respect.

"Thank you..." the activist responded. "Me, Niko and the rest of the Unelmat Paremmasta Maailmasta had worked tirelessly on this piece, so naturally, I have to show you our masterpiece."

"'The World Without Man?' Heh, if only..." another activist chuckled, prompting others to follow suit. "The world would be better off without all of the disgusting architecture... this cancer... infecting our Mother Earth."

"I hear you, ystävä..." the activist agreed with a nod. "Everyone else will never begin to comprehend our views and perspectives, they don't understand that we are the Earth's only defenders, that we are the only ones who care about what's happening around us."

The activist then puts his hand on the globe.

"And it all starts with this... our message will be clear." the activist lightly spun the globe and raised his glass. "To our future!"

"To our future!"

Almost immediately, the entire collective began to drop to the floor, suffering from cardiac arrest. With the adverse effects killing the collective, the area of effect began to reach the nearby town.

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After eight hours, a Foundation task force had arrived via helicopter. The helicopter landed on the main road, and all of the personnel had departed from it.

The Foundation unit surveyed the area and found that all of the buildings were destroyed, with no living person present.

"Jesus Christ..." one of the personnel reacted. "What happened to this place?"

"That's what we came here to find out." the task force leader responded. "Everyone, survey the area. Check everywhere for any survivors to be brought in for questioning."

"Yes, sir."

With that, the Foundation task force began to spread out through the town, looking for any clue as to what had happened.

After a short while of looking, they had found nothing of interest. That was until one personnel of the task force had discovered an isolated building west from the town, and they decided to walk towards it.

As they walked closer, the task force were seeing something peculiar. There were a number of civilians, with their clothes being torn to ribbons, affected by hypothermia, and seemed to be suffering from starvation.