Chapter 33: Fighting Against A God With A Mortal Body!
"Huuu"...
Taking a deep breath, Tony opened the file. Then, the report from the Agent appeared.
[My name is ██████ ██████████, and I am an agent at The Foundation, the year in my world is 1972.]
[I assume it is the same in this world, but from what I have seen due to SCP-093, life on this world ended in approximately 1954.]
[I have used SCP-093 to visit a number of locales starting and ending here in this centre.]
[I have seen the landscapes where no grass will grow. I have run from the 'Unclean' as they pursue anything they sense.]
[I have no understanding of how they hunt but I have learned what they are.]
Seeing this bit of information, Tony felt a shudder for a moment.
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Kamar-Taj.
"Because of SCP 093, all life in this world ended"? The Ancient One had a serious expression on her face.
As the Sorcerer Supreme, her main role is to prevent the earth from being invaded by beings from other dimensions. "It would be quite troublesome if these so-called 'Unclean Ones' were to pass through the portal in Stark's Mansion". She murmured to herself.
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SHIELD Headquarters.
"No… how's this possible"! "How could this thing destroy the world"?
"Damn! I thought this thing was just a portal to another world"!
"Wait… The Unclean! Is it because of the unclean? Did they destroy the world"!
"..."
All the agents were shocked from this information. They thought this Red Sea Object would be the least threatening SCP so far. So they felt relieved.
But from this information, the Red Sea Object actually led to the end of all life in that world!
"Isn't this a Euclid-class Containment"? Nick Fury was quite baffled, but he suddenly had a thought.
"Perhaps our previous speculations were all wrong". "The levels of these Special Contained Objects may not be related to the degree of danger". Nick Fury came to this conclusion.
"But that doesn't matter now". He turned his attention to the light curtain.
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Stark's Mansion.
"That thing ended all life in that world"? Colonel Rhodes exclaimed in shock.
"Hmph! Didn't you see the rest of the information, Colonel"? "That's just because their world was in 1954. Now in our time, technology is far beyond that era". General Ross sneered.
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On the other side of the mirror, Tony continued to read the documents.
[Approximately 350 years ago or so this world experienced a technological boom ours did not. The source of this seems to have been the arrival of He, a god-like being of unknown origin.]
[He declared the world Unclean and full of Sin, and the only way to purge itself of this Sin was to purge the Sinners. A war, whoever was left alive, was Clean.]
[Amazing advances in science were bestowed to all cultures for a period of ten years to prepare them for this war and during that time, He disappeared. The war happened anyway, the instigator, The Holy Union of Land, apparently the landmass that for us would become the United States.]
[Records are sketchy and books that detail anything about this time period are forbidden in the world.]
[I located a cache of recorded history by following a series of corrupted computer communications.]
[It seems the primary weapon used in this war for His Love was in fact, people. Exposed to something called His Holy Tears, a liquid compound I have seen in use even today in abandoned medical facilities.]
[His Holy Tears purge the Sin from the Unclean and make them love Him; at least that's what the label states.]
Seeing this information, everyone was in an uproar.
"A God"?
Inside SHIELD Headquarters, the agents all gasped in shock. From the previous interactive experimental video of SCP 096, that SCP 343 was also called a God.
"Does the so-called 'God' in this document refer to a God similar to SCP 343 "? An agent wondered.
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Asgard.
"Another God again"? "How do these Midgardians encounter these unknown Gods"? Loki wondered. He still doubts if a being like SCP 343 can even exist. And now there's another God who seemed to have destroyed humanity in that world.
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Stark's Mansion.
"Human beings exposed to holy tears"? General Ross was very excited: "This must be some kind of genetic enhancement fluid similar to the super soldier serum, right"? His gaze shifted to the direction of the armored vehicle. With the use of that weapon, he felt confident he could get his hands on those holy tears!
[The records I recovered are very unclear about how this war was waged except to state 'His Holy Chosen walked the lands of the Sinful and took their sin unto themselves. Those who cried for His Salvation received it and are now our children. Those who denied His Love were purified in His Radiance.']
[But something apparently happened no one knew how to deal with. The Unclean, the large creatures that are half a man and devour whatever they touch that lives and breathes.]
[I actually found a scientific report written by someone who stumbled here with a SCP-093 copy. These creatures are the result of exposure to a very pure form of His Tears resulting in a genetic apocalypse occurring within the exposed.]
[There are terms in here, something about Quantum Restructuring, I don't understand any of this but it means they were once humans like everyone else, that couldn't be controlled. But they COULD be contained.]
[I don't think the Unclean can die. They're immortal, but they don't want to be. They just want to die.]
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"As I thought, the Unclean are the result of genetic mutation by these holy tears"!
General Ross was practically shaking with excitement. According to the description, these 'Unclean' have managed to destroy the world! Their fighting power speaks for itself.
"If these holy tears could be re-engineered, we could even discover the secrets to immortality"! Having an army of undying soldiers that could be controlled, just thinking about it made General Ross filled with excitement!
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Kamar-Taj.
"A God? Or an invader from another world"? The Ancient One murmured in a low voice. "However, these holy tears seem quite interesting"….
"But any kind of immortality always comes at a great risk. In this case, it seems the person will lose their sanity".
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"Hhuuu"...
Taking a deep breath, Tony continued to read.
[They seem to be attracted to His Tears and a central point was established in various regions where a person with the purest form of His Tears stays, keeping the Unclean in that area known as an Unfertile Land.]
[Something went wrong with that too, not sure what, but everything fell apart. The power structure, the culture, the people, all of it fell to ruins and now those things shamble around the land as its new owners, with no purpose or direction.]
[You can stand next to one if you can stand the stink and they just slip right past you.]
[If you catch their attention though, that's it, they move like lightning if they need to and like a snail unless they have a reason to speed up.]
[Sometimes, I think they chase just to do it, others, they move to kill.]
[I think someone is in this facility, or someone's, I keep hearing voices and requests coming from areas under the floor.]
[I want to leave this before I explore the facility any further. I have sent SCP-093 back through the entry mirror to seal that gate. These things can't be let into our world nor should we have anything to do with this one, we're simply not smart enough to understand it all I feel.]
Seeing this information, Tony suddenly felt a creepy chill all over. Suddenly, he thought he heard voices.
"Is someone else here"? He perked up his ears and was quiet for a moment, not daring to move. After a while of no response, he breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Maybe I'm just imagining it"… He continued to read the report.
[They're.. in my head I think.. I didn't notice it till just now but, equipment in this room is starting to react to me, words on the screen, begging for help. I, I remember touching the Tears, smelling it, tasting it, just a touch.]
[Not eating it just.. touching to it, tasting for acidity, we have pretty stupid investigative procedure I think ha ha ha.]
[The High Fathers are .. alive. They have technology we only imagine in our comics given by Him.]
[Some of the records on this machine indicate space travel, but they didn't go far, just far enough to watch the world fall apart and wait to come back and take it.. but if they're up there.. who is in this building with me?]
[I've seen the faces, of the people, the Unclean. They show up on the pictures cast by the machine, in the room with me, watching me. I think, they're everywhere on this world, only seen by machines now. They don't look sad, or happy, just, curious.]
[They want to know..why..why them..why did it all happen? I don't know.. I just don't know..
they showed me things when i touched them and its not quite like the records say.]
[The unclean remember it all, every person they touch becomes part of them, safe inside them, but dead to us. every mind, every feeling, every terror, its eternal to them.]
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Seeing this last paragraph, the SHIELD agents all fell silent. They felt horrified by the eternal torture these Unclean had to endure.
The agent in charge of recording these documents suddenly said: "Ever since that agent touched those holy tears of God, everything changed"! "His later paragraphs sounds like crazy and deranged ravings"!
"Perhaps his cognition is polluted"? Nick Fury focussed his attention on the light curtain.
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Tony continued reading the report.
[I kind of want to join them but.. too much to do.. they want me to.. find him, kill him.]
[There was no war it was him him him him him IT. IT. it came from between the folds of time and space and worlds and light and dark something that is but should not be slipped in and called out to them as their god and they believed it and they tasted it and touched it and layed with it and became its property and did its will and IT IS STILL HERE.]
[The scp-093 it brought with it, pulled forcefully with it, built it, i don't know, they don't know, but it belongs to him.]
[It lets him move between places, between worlds, so i BROKE IT, ha ha ha.]
[I threw pieces of it away through holes so those doors are closed just like ours is closed and i can't go home so what else can i do?]
[It calls out through the rock, somehow, it knows where they are but can't touch them, but if you hide the rock he can't call out and he's stuck too i got you you son of a bitch I GOT YOU BANG BANG ha ha ha.]
[I touched him. with my fist. and my gun. and he fell down. but he'll get back up. soon. i'm sorry, i did all i could, let me sleep now, please… let… me… sleep.]
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Kamar-Taj.
Seeing the last bit of information in this report, the mages and apprentices all trembled with awe.
"In the end, in order to prevent this 'God' from entering his world, he took the initiative to find 'Him', and managed to stop him, even if temporary". The Ancient One looked at the light curtain and let out a sigh.
The mages all looked at each other in blank dismay. Such a powerful 'God', even for mages like them, i'm afraid escaping would be their only priority.
The agents of this foundation are merely highly trained ordinary people, with no special abilities. But their bravery is unmatched!
The Ancient One had even more respect for this foundation. She thought inwardly; "The Sorcerer Supremes of previous generations all risked their lives to protect the Earth from invasions of other dimensions, just as she has". "It seems that we are not alone in guarding the Earth". She smiled genuinely.
"I dare say this agent has more courage than most Sorcerer Supremes"! "He possesses no special power at all, but with his courage alone, and his mortal body, he was willing to risk his life to fight against a God"! "How admirable". The Ancient One said.