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Chapter 22. The mission isn't over...

What... What was that? I heard a voice coming from inside my mind.

Yep, you did. Remember me? I'm your subconscious. Now that we are one, I can finally communicate with you directly, Whenever I feel like it.

I cringed. So, what, you can like, read my thoughts or something?

Read them and I can hear your inner dialogues. Think of me as... your little man on the shoulder, I guess. I'll tell you if I have an opinion on something or I just feel like talking.

I sighed. 'That's just terrific. Do you have a name?'

Call me... Omen.

Cool name.

Thank you.

I looked to the main facility, still covering myself up. 'Thank you for the compliment earlier, by the way... While you're here, could you tell me what's up with my skin? Will I just be stuck looking like a burnt mannequin or is there anything I can do to revert from this?'

No, unfortunately not. You'll just have to get used to looking like this going forward.

I sighed. 'Figures.'

I made it to my cell once again and I was thankful that I still had spare clothes. Luckily, I kept a large wardrobe with a ton of the same clothes in case of emergencies. Safe to say this is one of those emergencies.

I finished getting dressed and thought about what I should do. I could maybe go check out that 3199 issue that Alex told me about in the aquarium. I don't really have anything better to do and it's not like I need to be afraid of dying... Yeah, why not. I don't have a weapon, but there are other ways to solve problems outside of fighting.

But if it came to it, I can always just use my newfound fiery powers... But that was only going to be a last resort. I still don't know if I can control it.

Don't worry pal. If you can't, I can.

'Yeah, thanks Omen.'

I headed out of my cell and looked toward the aquarium/cantina t-path. Man, I remember when this place was all peaceful. No SCPs on the loose, people going about their business... But that's in the past now.

I walked down the path with determination. The mission isn't over before it's over.

Upon reaching the aquarium, I saw the blast doors had been closed. That explains why the SCP-3199's haven't spread around everywhere inside the facility. Turns out they have been kept inside the aquarium behind this solid steel wall, and that was just as well. Those chicken monsters reproduce like fresh hell.

I pushed my palm against the keycard reader, and accidentally melted it when I accidentally pushed some fiery energy into it.

"Hot damn! I didn't mean to do that..."

A thought then occurred to me. I could just melt the whole door down.

A sinister smile formed on my face, and I pushed my palms against the 20cm thick steel blast door. I focused the fiery sensation into my hands... and the door began glowing a bright yellow color. After just a few seconds a circle-shaped portion of the door just outright melted apart, flowing down to the floor in one smooth motion. I let go of the door and casually stepped through the hole I'd made.

Well that certainly makes keycards completely redundant.

I looked around the Aquarium, and there were tons of 3199's. The glass of the aquarium was still intact, somehow, and the 3199 seemed to be oblivious to the fish swimming on the other side of the walls.