Power of the 8 Elements

Chapter Sixteen

 (This chapter is really long, so I hope you're ready)

"Welcome to the SCP Foundation," said a young woman as she opened the gates allowing us to step inside and observe the several cells with anomalies staring at us as we entered, staring back at them.

Phoenix wore a cold shoulder dark blue sweater. She had her in wavy curls and she wore a light grey beanie. Her pants were blue and black with geometric diamond patterns.

"This place is a secret governmental organization that surprisingly has more power than the government. And if you tell anyone about anything you see in this facility, we will not hesitate to track you down and shoot you."

The woman looked to be about Silver and Thrax's age. She had orange-ish red curly hair with light green eyes. She wore a white lab coat with the SCP symbol on it and was giving us the tour. Phoenix had the most serious expression on her face. She didn't look like she was playing around with anybody and probably wasn't in the mood for a joke. Her wings were lowered.

"When do we sneak off," I whispered to Lucifer.

"Thrax sent me a text. He said get Alicia to lead us to the Keter class anomalies and ask about him. They can sneak off then."

The tour was mainly boring until we finally reached the Keter class. The door that said SCP - 106 had several caution tape signs all over it along with traffic cones and more caution signs.

"What's behind that door?" I whispered aloud.

I turned and continued following the supposed—Alicia. She was head of the entire foundation and apparently took her job very seriously. Occasionally she'd stop just to shout at a guard to straighten his back and not slouch in front of guests. We came across a door that read SCP - 6536. There weren't any guards positioned around it.

"Why aren't there any guards?" I asked, "This is the Keter class section, right?"

"That cell is empty," Alicia said.

"Why?" Phoenix asked.

"That door belongs to SCP - 6536 who has recently become a member of the Apollyon class. Allow me to tell the story...not too long ago, we caught a mysterious creature with a ridiculous sense of fashion who was surprisingly one of the most powerful creatures we'd ever seen in the facility. We placed him in Keter class because of his frequent tendency to break out. He was heartless and cruel and spunky and awful and-" She continued rambling on listing more adjectives to describe Thrax.

Lucifer grabbed my hand and Phoenix's, and we ran off.

Anthrax POV

"Uh...where are they?" I muttered pacing back and forth. I looked at my phone and saw a text from the Old Man.

Wanna meet tonight for some...LOVE?❤

I rolled my eyes and put my phone away. Suddenly Celeste, Lucifer, and Phoenix appeared landing from the draft in the ceiling.

"Took you long enough," I said, trying not to show my vulnerable side.

"Sorry, we lost our way a few times. The tunnels in this place are terrifyingly confusing. How do you know your way through them?"

"I've been here for a long while. Now let's look through these cabinets. All files about the foundation are alphabetized, so this will be easy."

As we looked through the shelves, I recalled my experience in the foundation. 

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 I walked through the gates of that dumb foundation with pride all over my face. I'd been brutally beaten, scared, and maybe I might've lost a few limbs. I don't know. I'd put up a heck of a fight, and I still looked hot. That counted for something. As I walked down the halls of the Keter class section I grinned widely at every anomaly that looked at me in terror. My face fell when I stumbled upon an anomaly with corrosive skin. He was bald and looked somewhat like an old man, but he was a corpse. Thin and decaying. He broke his hand out of his containment cell and grabbed my arm pulling me to his face.