Some Monsters aren't bad - A SCP Story

The Beginning of an SCP's story

"Now down here is SCP 173, we have been running a few experiments as you can see," A little girl who was about five or six years old, hopped over and over again to see through the window. Her curly hazelnut-colored locks bouncing before her father picked her up. "There you go sweetie," "Thank you, papa," the little girl said as she smiled before looking through the window, seeing a strange humanoid statue facing away from them, "As you can see, SCP 173 is normally very tame when left to his own devices," the scientist said re-adjusting his glasses before pressing the button for the intercom. "Attention all Class-D personnel, please enter the containment chamber for testing, and keep direct eye contact with SCP 173 until Instructed to look away," Soon two men in orange prison suits walked in the chamber with the statue, "Closing chamber doors," the scientist said into the intercom before pressing a button, which made the doors of the chamber close swiftly, "Even if direct eye contact is kept it will be tame, but," the scientist began before looking at the young girl. "You may want to have her avert her eyes," he said as he hovered his finger over the intercom button, the girl tilted her head before her father covered her eyes with his hand, "Papa, what are you doing?" there was a small moment of silence before her father replied, "The statue is gonna do a little magic trick dear, it'll make the two men go to sleep, but you have to close your eyes," The girl nodded as she closed her eyes behind his hand, "Remove eye contact with SCP 173," there was screaming for a brief moment before to cracks had been heard, like a hard vegetable snapping in two. "Papa what was that?" the girl asked, "Nothing dear, it's alright," he replied before removing his hand, "Look it's done," he said as the girl opened her eyes to see the two men lying on the chamber ground with the statue standing next to them, "Woah..." she said lowly smiling a bit. "Sir, what class is required for it?" the scientist asked before the father put the girl down, "Euclid, continue to study it," he said as the girl's mind wandered off. She watched as one of the scientists walked out of the room leaving the door open, giggling softly her curiosity moved her out of the room, skipping through the halls of the facility before finding the cafeteria. She looked through to see if there were any leftover snacks before glancing at the two machines that laid next to each other against the wall. She smiled as she walked over to it, her little black flats tapping against the floor, she looked at the vending machine humming softly, being unfamiliar with it before glancing over at the other machine next to it. She smiled again as she then pulled a chair from one of the tables towards the machine, she then climbed up to gain access to the touchpad and coin slot, reaching into the pocket of her overall dress she pulled out a small bag of quarters that she kept with her. She placed two in before hearing the machine make a small ding, she giggled as she typed in what she wanted before pressing the enter key, she then climbed down as soon as she heard the clink of the cup. Watching happily as it filled with hot chocolate, topping it off with a pump of whipped cream, giggling she carefully took the cup and walked to one of the tables before drinking the sweet concoction. Draining the last drops of her drink she sighed refreshed before giving a small hiccup, that's when she had gotten startled by the alarm that suddenly blared overhead, "SCP-682 just broke out into the facility, I want all snipers onto the main floor immediately," The girl's brows furrowed in worry, "Papa," she then placed her cup down and quickly made her way to the door, she then quickly ran through the halls before finding herself in a large room with multiple passageways. She hummed a bit trying to calm herself before heard loud thumps of footsteps along with a low growl that hung in the air like a thick fog, she then slowly turned to see a great reptilian beast that was about ten times the size as her limping towards her, it's scaly skin half rotted off its body and covered with a thick mess of matted up seaweed like fur covering most of its body. Its face was grey and rough as if it was showing the skull of the beast fully, "You look lost little one, what are you doing here all alone?" it asked in a rough deep tone as if it had been gargling nails for years, the girl gulped before replying quietly, "I'm just trying to find my papa," The beast came closer to her, so much she could feel it's rancid breath blow against her, she looked at the creature before noticing a thick red and black liquid leaking from its scaly leg, "You're hurt," she said lowly before it lifted its large claw. "Yes, it does seem that way, but sadly there isn't a way to really fix this wound little one," It replied before lowering it slowly, soon a large commotion had filled the air as multiple snipers had flooded the area around them making the beast growl angrily, "GALENA!" The young girl turned her head to see her father on the balcony of the second floor, "Sweetheart step away from that thing," he said with a terrified expression, the girl looked at her father and back at the creature. She frowned softly as her gaze slowly drifted towards the wall, her eyes widened before she quickly ran towards it, grabbing the emergency medical kit that hung there. "Galena," her father called out in a warning tone, she then took it over to the beast who tilted its head, "little one what are you doing?" The beast asked lowly as she opened the medical kit, pulling out a roll of bandages, a cloth, a bottle of disinfectant, and a bottle of rubbing alcohol. She then carefully opened up the cap of the bottle before dumping a bit on the rag, she then made a small grabby motion at the beasts claw, "just stay calm," she said softly before the creature placed its injured leg towards her. The girl then slowly walked towards its leg before gently dabbing the cloth against the black and red oozing wound, making the beast growl in pain as it jerked its claw up, the girl petted it's scaly claw gently before looking up at where its eyes should have been, "It's okay, calm down," she said before continuing to clean up the wound. She then placed the now dirty cloth down before taking some of the disinfectants and dipping the half of the roll of bandages in it before gently wrapping it around the now clean wound, using the bandage tape that was in the kit to keep it in place, the creature looked down at its bandages before the girl hugged its snout gently, "Galena, come here please," her father called out to her before she turned her head towards him nodding gently. She patted the creatures head softly before walking up to one of the guards who escorted her to her father, "And all of you, make sure that SCP-682 is taken back to its enclosure," she heard him say before hearing the multiple pounds of footsteps in the other room, she fiddled with her fingers nervously as she was taken back to her father. She then felt being picked up and hugged tightly, "Oh honey," she heard her father's voice say softly before being pulled away gently, "What were you thinking, you could have been hurt," he said with tears peaking in his eyes, she was taken aback. She never saw her father so distressed to the point of crying, she whimpered softly before hugging her father again, "I'm sorry papa," she sniffled out before her father pulled away again, "Look, how about we get some ice cream," he said as he held her face gently, she smiled softly before nodding. Her father soon picked her up gently before turning his head to one of the staff, "Testing will be postponed for the time being, but keep an eye on SCP-682," he said sternly before they walked to the cafeteria. "Papa?" The young girl asked catching her father's attention, "Yes honey bee?" He asked with a small grin, "When I was helping the monster, why were you scared?" She asked tilting her head, a long pause came before he sighed, "SCP-682 is one of the very dangerous monsters we keep in here honey bee, I was scared it was going to take you away from me like your mother," he said lowly before wiping his eye with his palm. The girl's brows furrowed before giving her father a kiss on his cheek, "I'm sorry papa," she said softly before her father smiled softly, he kissed her cheek softly before hugging her, "It's okay my little healer, now come on, let's go get that ice cream," he said smiling making the girl smile happily. "Yaaaayyy!" She exclaimed before they both laughed, going into the cafeteria with happy smiles on their faces.