Power of the 8 Elements

Chapter Seventeen

"Ugh! There's nothing in here!" Celeste shouted.

"Be patient," Phoenix said.

"Easy for you to say. We're running out of time." She set down another file and pulled out another from the drawers.

Lucifer flipped through pages inside a binder, skimming through them quickly. For a guy with one eye, he could read extraordinarily fast. "What exactly are we looking for?" he said.

"The SCP Foundation always keeps information about victims," I said.

"We're still on the idea that Jacob is a victim?"

"We've got nothing to lose," Phoenix said, closing a folder and placing it back in the drawers. She closed it and opened another one. "How much time do we have left?"

"That depends. Did you sneak off, or did you plan a diversion or something?"

"We snuck off," Celeste said.

I tsked and closed the folder I read, placing it on the table. "Yeah, it won't take long for Alicia to act suspicious."

"I FOUND IT!" Phoenix said.

We turned around and flocked over to her. She held a bright red binder that held several pages. One of the pages said: VICTIMS & SPIES. Several unknown and familiar names were listed, but I skimmed through it all.

"Ah-hah!" Celeste said. "Jacob; there it is."

I ripped the page out and folded it, then placed it in my coat's inside pocket.

"Nice sweater," Phoenix said.

I paused. "Oh...thank you." I closed the coat.

Celeste pulled another binder from the top of a shelf and placed it on the table. It had several tabs and sticky notes inside and had to be the thickest book I'd ever seen. Its title? SCPs AND THEIR ESCAPES.

"Whoa..." Celeste said. "Now that's a fat book."

"How many break-outs have they had?" Lucifer asked.

"A lot apparently," Phoenix said.

"Maybe you're in the book. It must be alphabetized." Phoenix opened the book to the last couple of pages and flipped through. Suddenly she let out a terrified squeal and dropped the binder on the floor.

"What? What is it?" Celeste asked.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just scared myself. Unnatural picture, you know."

Lucifer picked up the book and turned it to the page. Although he didn't jump, he recoiled a little.

"Oh...that's repugnant."

"What? What is it? Please explain to me!" Celeste said.

He handed her the book before bringing his hand to his eyes.

"Oh my gosh."

"SCP...106?"

The name made my heart stop. My tendrils froze in place and collapsed to the ground. I turned around.

"What...did you see?"

"SCP 106. Do you know him?"

"First of all, not all SCPs know each other. That's like assuming that all light ones are snobby push-overs. Second, of course I know him."

"They say he's one of the most dangerous SCPs in the Foundation."

"Yeah?"

"He escaped, and he's still out there."