Running With the Devil (SCP Fanfic)

Chapter 29: Glass Soldiers

Once again, Hammer found himself sitting in the meeting room deep within the glossy black halls of the Command Wing.

Silence overtook the room as the soldiers that were supposed to belong to this new unit looked at each other. No one spoke a word. They all expected Command-1 to walk through the door any moment, but it had been a while.

They were to be fully inducted into the unit with Hammer as the squad lead. This would be their first day as Dark Rainbow MTF, and they would be debriefed on their objectives.

Hammer was seated next to the head of the table, furthest from the door, and looking back, his gaze gravitated towards an older looking man at the back. Everyone else here was around the same age, except for this man. He reminded him of his father, also being older. It wasn't only the age, though, that made him think of his father but the eyes. They sparkled like his father's, too. Hammer felt comfortable, as if it was his father, but he knew it wasn't. It was just the old face and young eyes that told him he had an honest soul.

If any highly trained soldier was old enough to survive this long, maybe someone was looking after him. And as Hammer was about to open his mouth to speak to the man, it was cut short due to the door swinging open.

Command-1, accompanied by Commander Near, walked through the door. Command-1 walked to the front of the room where Hammer was and turned around to face them as Commander Near took a seat. He wore the same uniform as they all did. He didn't have his combat gear on like before.

"Commander Near will also be joining this MTF as of now," is all he said before turning back around and preparing a slide show like the last time.

The screen on the wall lit up white, and soon enough, it was replaced with a picture.

"The objective of this unit will be to take out the Occult Collection Coalition by eliminating their high command. To the public, they are perceived as collectors of antiquities and artifacts, but it goes much deeper than that."

"As seen here, they are divided into three sects that form the Coalition."

The picture presented on the screen was of three symbols. The first symbol was a serpent coiled around a sword. The second, a bird in a cage. The third, a bobcat in a bear trap.

"The Serpent's Sword, The Serpent's Cage, and the Serpent's Snare each with their own roles and responsibilities that intertwine with the other sects."

Command-1 forwarded to the next slide, displaying the symbol of the Serpent's Sword and a masked man, "The Serpent's Sword is the OCC's own private army. Armed to the teeth, they oversee the production of weapons and ammunition. They are also in charge of all military operations and help the Serpent's Cage with obtaining anomalies. This is Captain Wolfe. He heads the Serpent's Sword."

The picture on the slide show of Captain Wolfe showed a man in all black military gear, a black shoulder cape with a red symbol of the Serpent's Sword, a sword on his back sheathed in Kevlar, a red beret, and his face concealed by a black balaclava with two eye holes.

"He is one of your targets and is most likely going to be the hardest to eliminate besides SCP-666. He is also the most elusive and unknown person. We don't know what his face looks like, and we didn't know much about him until recently. In the book that the SCP, James Deckart, had, there is mention of a Anton Wolfe who led a group called the Serpent's Sword. We believe this is the same man and group, except there is one problem. This text dates Anton Wolfe back hundreds of years and cites that he was killed. Because of how SCP-777 works, being able to pass SCP-666 to the next living person in SCP-777's bloodline, we must conclude he died otherwise SCP-666 wouldn't have been in the possession of the current SCP-777, James Deckart."