Scp 2521-2

The SCP Foundation — The Beginning

In 1866, in Essex County, New Jersey, a boy named Aaron James Siegel was born, completely unaware that he would eventually become the founder and absolute leader of one of the most secretive and powerful organizations on Earth. As Aaron grew older, he eventually became involved with a preexisting secret organization that dealt with strange and unexplained phenomena, working as an operative who investigated and attempted to deal with things that ordinary governments and civilians didn't even know existed. At first, Aaron believed that these organizations were capable of protecting humanity from whatever strange things existed in the world, but that belief would eventually be shattered after he encountered one of the most dangerous anomalies he had ever seen: an entity later known as The Prototype, or 86243AR-001. The Prototype was an extremely hostile and destructive creature with a bizarre humanoid body, an enormous mouth, and a strange colorless-to-milky eye hidden within it that could produce dangerous singularities, allowing it to attack its surroundings and move through space. Aaron's organization attempted to deal with the creature, but their efforts were disastrous, with the Prototype killing personnel and proving far more difficult to contain than anything Aaron had previously encountered. The experience left Aaron frustrated with the organization he worked for, realizing that a small, localized group could never properly protect humanity from anomalous threats scattered throughout the entire world. After the incident, Aaron eventually went for a walk along what initially appeared to be an ordinary trail, only for the trail to become something impossible, seemingly continuing far beyond where any normal trail should have ended. Eventually, Aaron encountered the Gate Guardian, an entity far beyond anything he had previously encountered, and the meeting completely changed his understanding of reality. The Gate Guardian revealed to Aaron that the Prototype was not some isolated incident and that countless anomalous beings, objects, places, and phenomena existed throughout the world, many of them potentially far more dangerous than anything Aaron had already witnessed. Aaron realized that humanity was completely unprepared for what was hidden around it, and if nobody created a unified organization capable of finding, studying, securing, and containing these anomalies, the entire world could eventually be doomed by something humanity wasn't prepared to face. Aaron therefore decided that the existing organizations were not enough and began creating something of his own, recruiting scientists, soldiers, researchers, doctors, intelligence personnel, occult specialists, and others who possessed knowledge or experience with anomalous phenomena. His goal wasn't simply to destroy every strange thing they encountered, because some anomalies could not be destroyed, some were harmless, and others could potentially be studied or used to protect humanity; instead, his organization would Secure anomalies, Contain those that posed a danger, and Protect humanity from the things it could not understand. After years of planning, recruitment, operations, and dealing with numerous anomalous incidents, Aaron finally established his organization on September 4th, 1912, officially naming it the SCP Foundation. Aaron became the organization's highest authority, eventually becoming known as O-1, the absolute leader of the Council, while the Foundation expanded far beyond what Aaron originally imagined, establishing hidden facilities across the world, developing containment procedures, creating specialized teams, studying anomalous objects and creatures, and quietly dealing with threats that the public would never know existed. Meanwhile, the Prototype remained one of the Foundation's earliest major containment subjects, and although the creature had once been considered an extremely dangerous threat, time eventually became its greatest enemy. The Prototype gradually became weaker as it aged, eventually losing much of the strength it had demonstrated during its earlier years, causing its classification to eventually be reduced from Keter to Euclid because it had become considerably easier to contain. Decades passed, and on August 17th, 1961, the Prototype finally died of old age inside its containment cell. There was no final battle and no dramatic execution; the creature that had once been one of Aaron's greatest obstacles simply became too old to continue living. Its body was left completely limp on the ground, its tongue hanging from its mouth, while the strange eye that had once been capable of producing terrifying singularities had become completely colorless. Foundation personnel collected the remains and eventually classified the Prototype as Neutralized, marking the end of the anomaly that had unknowingly helped inspire the creation of the organization that would eventually contain thousands of others. However, by the time of the Prototype's death, the Foundation had already discovered that the world contained anomalies far stranger, stronger, and more dangerous than Aaron's original enemy, with creatures, objects, phenomena, and entities that could make the Prototype seem almost insignificant by comparison. Aaron himself continued leading the Foundation long after the Prototype was gone, surviving far beyond the lifespan of an ordinary human through anomalous means, including drinking from the Fountain of Youth, while decades of operations, injuries, and technological advancement eventually resulted in him becoming partially cybernetic. By the modern era, Aaron James Siegel was no longer simply the young operative who had once failed to contain the Prototype; he had become the mysterious, extremely old O-1, a partially mechanical man who had spent more than a century watching the Foundation grow into one of the most powerful secret organizations on Earth. The organization that began because Aaron realized that one dangerous creature was too much for an ordinary secret agency eventually became responsible for containing anomalies vastly beyond anything he could have imagined during his first encounter with the Prototype, and even though almost nobody outside the Foundation knows who O-1 truly is, Aaron remembers exactly why he created it in the first place: because he once discovered that the Prototype was only the beginning.

The SCP Foundation — Modern Day By the modern era, the SCP Foundation had grown into a massive worldwide organization operating almost entirely in secret, with countless Sites, containment facilities, laboratories, Mobile Task Forces, researchers, doctors, security personnel, and administrators spread across the planet, all dedicated to the same three principles that had guided Aaron James Siegel since the organization's creation: Secure, Contain, Protect. What had originally begun because of the threat posed by the Prototype had become something far larger, with the Foundation now responsible for containing an enormous variety of anomalous entities, objects, locations, phenomena, and individuals, ranging from harmless anomalies such as SCP-999 to extremely dangerous entities such as SCP-682, SCP-106, SCP-953, SCP-096, and countless others. Many anomalies were not simply monsters that could be locked inside a room; some were intelligent beings with personalities, relationships, fears, goals, or even friendships with Foundation personnel, forcing researchers to treat containment as something more complicated than simply putting an anomaly behind a reinforced door. SCP-682, for example, was one of the Foundation's most dangerous contained creatures, an immensely durable reptilian entity possessing extraordinary regenerative and adaptive abilities, with an intense hatred of humanity and a seemingly endless desire to survive, yet even 682 had developed unusual relationships during its time in containment, particularly with SCP-053, a young anomalous girl known to Foundation personnel as Abby, and SCP-079, an anomalous artificial intelligence housed inside an old computer system, with the three anomalies developing a strange bond that contrasted sharply with 682's normally hostile behavior. Despite being one of the most dangerous entities in containment, 682 could sometimes display a strangely protective or cooperative side around Abby and 079, making the Foundation's understanding of its personality far more complicated than simply labeling it a monster. The Foundation also conducted dangerous experiments to understand the limits of its anomalies, including a notorious test involving SCP-096 and SCP-682, where the two entities were forced into a prolonged confrontation that lasted approximately six hours and ultimately ended without a decisive winner, with neither anomaly successfully overcoming the other, resulting in what was effectively a draw; afterward, SCP-096 developed an unusual fear or avoidance response toward SCP-682, creating one of the stranger psychological consequences ever observed between two highly dangerous anomalies. SCP-682's encounters with other entities were not limited to controlled experiments, either, and during one major containment breach it eventually found itself inside the anomalous pocket dimension belonging to SCP-106, where SCP-106 and SCP-953 became involved in a three-way confrontation with 682 that lasted approximately three hours before ending without a definitive victor, with the three entities eventually separating after the prolonged battle. SCP-106 itself remained one of the Foundation's oldest and most troublesome containment subjects, possessing a decayed humanoid appearance, immense physical resilience, corrosive abilities, and the ability to create or enter a personal pocket dimension where the normal laws of space and reality could be heavily distorted; its history stretched back decades, with the Foundation eventually determining that its origin could be traced to a human soldier named Corporal Lawrence, a young man who had served during the First World War before becoming something far removed from the person he once was, and the experiences of Lawrence's life, including his encounters with other anomalies and his eventual transformation into SCP-106, became an important part of the Foundation's historical records. SCP-953, meanwhile, was a highly intelligent and dangerous polymorphic humanoid capable of taking the appearance of different people and animals, possessing a particularly deceptive and manipulative personality that made ordinary containment methods difficult, while its history and abilities were carefully documented by Foundation researchers. Other anomalies required entirely different approaches, such as SCP-239, whose true name was Sigurrós Stefánsdóttir, an extremely powerful anomalous child capable of altering reality through her imagination, making her one of the most dangerous young anomalies ever contained by the Foundation; Doctor Alto Clef, whose mysterious history and unusual behavior made him one of the Foundation's strangest personnel, became particularly involved with 239, including the infamous attempt to terminate her after determining that her powers represented an unacceptable threat, although the attempt failed and 239 survived. Clef himself had a history that was almost as strange as the anomalies he worked with, with his true identity being Francis Wojcienchowsk, a man whose life was deeply entangled with anomalous phenomena, occult organizations, and traumatic encounters that left him with an unusual worldview and a reputation for being unpredictable, eccentric, and sometimes seemingly insane, although beneath his bizarre behavior was an extremely capable Foundation operative who possessed extensive knowledge of anomalous threats. Clef's personal history also involved Lily, a childhood friend from Cornwall, England, who possessed reality-bending abilities and eventually encountered writings connected to the Scarlet King, with the experience severely affecting her mental state and eventually contributing to the tragic circumstances surrounding the birth of her daughter, Epon, who would later become SCP-166; Clef's relationship with Lily and the events surrounding Epon became one of the darker pieces of his personal history, with Clef ultimately killing Lily while attempting to protect their child, leaving Epon to eventually become a Foundation anomaly herself. SCP-166, also known as Epon, was therefore not simply another random anomaly to Clef; she was his daughter, making her containment and protection an extremely personal matter despite Clef's often detached and strange behavior. The Foundation also possessed anomalies such as SCP-811, a humanoid entity adapted to swamp environments; SCP-029, whose history and documentation had become fragmented and altered over time, resulting in the Foundation's version of the entity being somewhat different from older records; SCP-456, a humanoid anomaly associated with extreme heat and burning; SCP-054, a water-based humanoid anomaly; SCP-1471, a strange humanoid-like entity associated with digital devices and images; SCP-191, a young cyborg anomaly whose body had been heavily modified; SCP-374, an invisible humanoid whose identity remained uncertain; SCP-529, a partially anomalous cat known as Josie; SCP-6764, an anomalous entity associated with the identity Madeline; SCP-1702-1, the anomalous queen of the French Hive; SCP-835-JP, Keteru Yamiko; SCP-4818, Leora; SCP-496-J, Dr. Margaret Sawyer; SCP-5094, Miss J; SCP-3887-B, Grena; and many other anomalies whose lives and histories were recorded within the Foundation's enormous archives. Some anomalies were not dangerous at all, and the Foundation occasionally became more like a strange community than a prison, with entities such as SCP-999 interacting harmlessly with personnel and SCP-529 being treated with considerably more affection than most contained anomalies, while other anomalies were so dangerous that even experienced researchers avoided unnecessary contact. SCP-4666, known as the Yule Man, was among the particularly disturbing entities encountered by the Foundation, associated with wintertime disappearances and attacks on isolated communities, requiring extensive monitoring and containment efforts to prevent further incidents. SCP-6666-A, known as Demon Hector, represented another type of anomalous entity entirely, possessing a connection to demonic and extradimensional phenomena that made conventional classification difficult. The Foundation's archives also contained records of SCP-2521, an especially unusual anomaly whose behavior made conventional written documentation extremely dangerous, resulting in much of its information being deliberately restricted or removed from ordinary records. Beyond the anomalies themselves, the Foundation had developed an enormous internal history of researchers, administrators, soldiers, and other personnel who had dedicated their lives to containing the anomalous, and some of those personnel had become anomalous themselves. Dr. Jack Bright, for example, became connected to an anomalous amulet after his death during a containment breach involving SCP-076-2, also known as Abel, causing his consciousness to become bound to the object and resulting in a bizarre existence in which the identity of Jack Bright continued despite his original body being gone. Abel himself remained one of the Foundation's most dangerous humanoid combat anomalies, possessing extraordinary physical abilities, extensive combat knowledge, and an aggressive personality that made containment extremely difficult, while the Foundation continued studying him despite the immense risks involved. The Foundation's personnel therefore developed an unusual mixture of professionalism, fear, humor, rivalry, friendship, trauma, and personal relationships, because working around anomalies for decades inevitably caused many researchers to stop seeing every contained entity as merely an object on a spreadsheet. Some researchers formed bonds with anomalies, some became obsessed with understanding them, some were traumatized by them, and some eventually became anomalies themselves. Above all of them stood O-1, Aaron James Siegel, the ancient founder who had watched the organization evolve for more than a century; despite his age, Aaron remained alive through anomalous means and advanced cybernetic modifications, with his partially mechanical body serving as a reminder of how long he had remained involved in the Foundation. By this point, the Foundation had become far more powerful and knowledgeable than the organization Aaron had originally created, but it had also become surrounded by threats that even its greatest researchers could not completely understand, including entities connected to other dimensions, anomalous gods, reality-bending individuals, ancient civilizations, and phenomena that appeared to violate the basic laws of existence. The Foundation's purpose had therefore expanded beyond simply protecting humanity from monsters; it had become a constant struggle to understand what was hidden within reality itself while preventing the anomalous from overwhelming ordinary civilization. Thousands of anomalies were contained, thousands of personnel worked behind the scenes, and countless incidents were quietly erased from public knowledge, while the Foundation continued operating in secrecy, watching the world from behind walls, cameras, laboratories, containment cells, and classified archives, always following the same principle established by Aaron James Siegel more than a century earlier: Secure. Contain. Protect.

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