SCP {The SCP That United Them All}

9- Anomaly Testing, SCP-035

Come morning, exactly 7 am, Rocky awakens to 173 wrapped around him.

He jerks. "What are you doing?!"

173 rises the end of her chain to "look" at him. "Because your aura was weak. If anything happens to you, worst case die, I could die too! You need to be more careful!!" She shrinks back to the size of a neckless, in his hands.

"I.. I am sorry. I was just testing my limit to see if I could push it... I almost ended up trapped in phase 3." Rocky sighs unhappily.

"You can.. put me back on.. if you want to.." 173 seems to say shyly.

Rocky chuckles. "Really? The 'Queen' is being shy?!"

173 growls, flaying about angrily. "Don't make fun of me!! I.. just thought maybe you wouldn't want me around for SCP-035's meeting."

Rocky shakes his head, looking at her with his blue eyes. "No. I will need you there. If things get out of control, I need you to restrain 035 or possibly me."

173 happily wraps around his neck, then sighs. "Just.. try not to get hurt."

"I am beginning to think you worry more about me than yourself." Rocky again chuckles.

173 remains silent. 

Rocky exits his room and steps slowly towards Jennifer's door. He knocks. "Jennifer?"

On the other side, Jennifer steps slowly towards the door, reaching out to open it, but stops saying nothing.

"I am sorry.. I truly hoped you would not have to witness any more terrible futures. I do want you to know, whenever this happens, I will be back. I will return and one day I will give you an answer." Rocky says walking away.

Jennifer sits on the floor, against the door, silently sobbing. 

Rocky makes his way to the interview room 15D, located on the third floor. He groans as he is met by D-213 and Doctor Therman. 

D-213 is a Latin male, 5' 4" does not talk, knowing his task would be the end of him.

"Well, Mr. *****, you asked for this, so let's get it over with." Doctor Therman frowns.

Rocky shrugs and enters the first interview room, followed by the others. Inside the secondary room sits a glass case with SCP-035 inside smiling. 

"I hate to ask this, but 05 wants you to attempt putting the mask on first." Doctor Therman says unhappily.

Rocky's neckless shakes once, almost unnoticeable, in protest.

"And, given his abilities, should he extract information about facility layouts, what then?" Rocky asks.

"Exactly why I am unhappy about this request. Protocol, for a request like this, calls for termination. However, there is no known way to terminate you. Therefore, proof that you are immune to 035 is required before the interview will be 'fully approved'." Doctor Therman points to the mask then turning on a video camera. "I know how manipulative 035 can be, so watch your back."

Rocky shrugs with a confident smile. "If that was all.." He opens the secondary door and marches up to the case, opening it and placing the mask on his face with no hesitation. 

The door slams shut and locks.

The mask's smile quickly turns to a frown.

"See?" Rocky asks.

"Can you remove the mask?!" Doctor Therman urges from a microphone.

Rocky removes the mask and places it gently on the table. "No sweat."