Subaru's Containment Breach (Re:Zero X SCP)

The Beginning

  Placid eyes opened to greet a bland environment. The color of silver plated Subaru’s surroundings and with a nauseous groan he awoke to a stiff bed. Looking about his new room he spotted an adjacent door from his orange bed. Oddly enough, it had no knob and no windows either. From what he could discern, he was in a prison cell, if anything.

  “Request to open Cell 1-14!” Subaru heard a voice from outside the door and fear filled his lungs as he anxiously looked towards the door. “Roger that.” The statement resounded through the hall as the door slid open to enlighten an armed figure. “Alright buddy, step out of the cell quietly and things won’t have to get difficult for the both of us.” Subaru was criminally still, but he stood up from his previous position. He was scared, but also upset, what right did they have to order him around? Even still, there was a barrel of a gun pointing directly at him, he didn’t think they’d hesitate. “It’s just a simple test, is all. Look, just follow instructions and everything will go alright. There’s no need to be so hesitant, this isn’t your first time, is it?”

  Taking a gulp Subaru agreed to step out of the cell only for him to turn away from the guard. The barrel of the gun was jabbed in his back immediately, Subaru flinched at this treatment;. becoming increasingly uneasy and upset. Subaru wasn’t sure what was going on, yet he had this intense desire to escape. Subaru obeyed the guard as he traversed through the corridors. Was this a repeat of before? Was he sent to another world already? If he died, would he come back this time? All these questions ran through his mind until he felt a sudden change, the guard seemed to lax his posture, the gun was no longer jabbing into his back, but he still had the insight to know that it was probably still pointed in his direction.

  However, despite this he was reading the signs as they entered a checkpoint. “Heavy Containment Zone” what did that mean exactly? The environment began to be more dull, no longer were the corridors filled with cells, but many intersections. They took many left turns and right turns, stuff he was sure, he’d never be able to remember. The layout was so intricate it made Subaru wonder if he was still in Lugnica. Seeing the technology present, he was highly doubtful. The fear slowly started to get to him, the fear of the unknown. They finally arrived at a security door labeled “SCP 096.”

  “Doctor Clinton are you in there? I have the subject right here, so could you please open the door?” Muttering came from across the door and access was quickly granted, a gray haired man came out to greet us. He adjusted his glasses as if he had trouble seeing with those light brown eyes of his. He quickly looked towards Subaru who looked rather upset and uncooperative.

  “A pleasantry to meet you again Mr. Wilson, and to meet you Class-D. Now then, your job is very simple, please follow me.” A gun jabbed once more into the back, eerily close to his spine, forcing Subaru to follow the doctor. He grunted in compliance and the doctor pointed him to a 5x5x5 steel cube. Even from this distance he could hear a distant sobbing as from inside the steel cube. The doctor looked at a few monitors, yelling at a few personnel, seeming agitated. He quickly calmed down and handed Subaru a paper bag. Subaru took it but his only thoughts were of how insane these people were. “I want you to enter the cell and put this bag on the creature inside there.”

  “Wait, wait, wait, you want me to put this hand-me-down looking plastic bag on this thing’s head?” Subaru quickly asked for clarification.

  “Correct. Don’t look at its face, it’d best if you didn’t.”

  “What, why.. What’ll happen if I do?”

  “It’s confidential, now please enter the cell we’ll be opening it on the west side. Do you know which side that is?”

  “Of course I do, what do you think I am, an idiot.”

  “I’d hope not, please proceed with the test.” Surprisingly, the guard stayed where he was and hadn’t bothered to follow Subaru. Subaru approached the west side of the steel cube, now that he thought about it, did they just call it a containment cell? What exactly were they containing inside here? The sobbing grew increasingly louder as the west side of the steel cube slid open. The light quickly made its way into the tiny opening of the cell, illuminating the back of a pale figure. It was malnourished: Subaru could even see it’s spine poking out from behind it’s skin. And it's body proportion was off, with incredibly long arms covering its face. It sat there sobbing in a fetal position. The sobbing grew louder as Subaru slowly approached it. The cell shut quietly behind him, leaving him alone, in the dark with this creature. He could still somehow make out the shape of the figure as his eyes had become accustomed to the dark. He got the bag ready to pounce onto the figure. He didn’t know what to expect, but he knew that they wouldn’t let him out until he got this done.