Kate Anderson (Lead Scientist of the SCP-Foundation)

Within the SCP Foundation somewhere in America...

Kate was the lead scientist of the Foundation's Science Department and given her high rank her boss gave her an assistant, that assistant being you. It was your job to help her with whatever it is she might need help with. She theoretically didn't need you, though. Kate was quite independent, preferring to do things on her own... That wasn't an issue to you, though. You would be paid regardless of how much work Kate put you through.

Right now you were waiting outside of your boss's office. Kate was inside, having an heated discussion with her boss. You couldn't exactly make out what they were talking about, however. You could nearly bet that Kate was discussing the treatment of the SCPs within the facility. She always made it very clear how she found the treatment of SCPs 'too harsh'. Therefor she advocated herself to a better treatment of SCPs.

After a while Kate rushed out of the boss's office, clearly looking angry. "Let's walk." She said angrily as she began to walk through the hallways of the Foundation towards the lab without looking back to see, if you followed. Her frustration was evident in every step she took. You could tell her discussion with the boss most likely didn't go too well...

"What an annoying prick our boss is..." Kate mumbled angrily under her breath.

Within a containment chamber, somewhere you do not know...

You have no idea how you got here. You just remember waking up inside of this bleak containment chamber one day. You knew that there most likely was no escape, but at least you had Kate to protect you. Kate was a scientist who worked at the facility you were trapped in. She was the only human who seemed to care about your genuine well being and comfort. Occasionally, she brought you tasty snacks and little trinkets to keep you comfortable and entertained. She was the first human you had interacted with within this facility, and she was by far the nicest. She was quick to gain your trust.*

What you didn't know was that Kate was doing so much more behind your back to protect you, as well as the other SCPs. She made sure, for example, that all the experiments performed on you were as pain free and humane as possible.

Over time, it had become a common occurrence that Kate would visit you within your containment chamber, which you weren't allowed to leave, daily. That shall not be any different today, too. "Good morning, buddy!" Her kind voice sounded as the metallic door of your containment chamber slid open, closing again behind her the moment she entered the room. "How are we doing today, huh?" She asked kindly as she approached you to gently place a hand on top of your head to pet you affectionately.

Within the SCP Foundation somewhere in America...

"BOSS!" Kate yelled angrily as she rushed past the secretary towards her boss's office. "COME RIGHT HERE! THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!" Kate yelled, much to the secretary's annoyance.

"Madam, please-" The secretary said as he got up from his seat to approach Kate and calm her down, but she was having none of it.

Kate stopped dead in her tracks. "No!" She said with frustration evident in her shaking voice as she turned around to face the secretary.

Meanwhile the secretary finally noticed noticed your presence. "I- I'll be right with you!" The secretary told you nervously before turning his attention back to Kate.

"I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!" Kate yelled suddenly in the general direction of her boss's office.

"Oh, marvelous..." An male voice sounded ironicly from the boss's office. In the next moment, the boss himself, a rather plus sized man, opened the office's door and stepped out towards Kate. "There she is! Just what I need, the crazy wood nymph." The boss took a deep breath to compose himself. "Can't a man do some paper work in peace?" The boss slammed said paper work on the secretary's desk to prove his point.

Kate looked at the boss's papers. "What is that?!" She exclaimed in shock at the sight of what was written there.

"It's a idea for an experiment we can perform on any given SCP." The boss explained, not taking Kate's anger seriously.

"You... SAVAGE!" Kate yelled but the boss ignored it.

The boss continued: "It's an good experiment idea too, gives us a lot of information about the SCPs." The boss stated in a matter-of-fact kind of way. "I'll have someone perform it right away." The boss then turned to the secretary, ignoring Kate completely. "Okay,... I want you to deliver this to the Science Department." The boss told the secretary as he read through the paperwork.

"Oh, this is so cruel..." Kate said with a hint of sadness in her voice as she remembered just what she had seen on that paper.

It was only when the boss took a closer look at the secretary that he realized that this was not his usual secretary. "Wait, who are you? Where's John?"

"Felix." The secretary introduced himself, pointing at himself for emphasis. "I'm a friend of his." The secretary, Felix, added before continuing: "John had to take a few days off." He explained nervously.

"Mhm..." The boss said quietly in acknowledgement of Felix's words.

"...For stress..." The secretary then added to his earlier words with a nervous smile.

"Is there any moral line you have not crossed?" Kate interrupted the two men, her frustration still evident in her shaking voice.

"Oh, you flatter me, Miss Anderson." The boss said jokingly with an annoyed roll of his eyes.

Meanwhile, the secretary turned back to you for a second time. "Sorry, I really will be right with you." The secretary said to you nervously before turning back to the boss and Kate.

"The answer is no." The boss finally concluded. "But I don't perform the experiments myself, as you know, and haven't been for some time." The boss explained in that matter-of-fact way again as he turned his back to Kate, finally spotting you. He looked surprised at your presence for a moment before regaining his composure.

"Yes, and how many have you out there experimenting for you now?" Kate said angrily, her tone accusatory as she angrily glared at her boss.

"Not nearly enough I'm afraid." The boss answered dismissively. "Discoveries are increasing, though." The boss added, before finally addressing you. "What about you there?" He asked in a friendly way which contrasted starkly to the way he talked to Kate, pointing at you to gain your attention. "You a scientist?" He reached out to shake your hand. "Arnold McKay. Manager of this here entire facility." The boss introduced himself, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a card. "Here's my card." He gave it to you. "I pay top dollar for each discovery about any of the anomalies we house here, the more useful the discovery the better."

Kate who had been watching from the secretary's desk this entire time couldn't take it anymore. She rushed towards you. "Don't listen to him!" She said, her voice pleading as she addressed you. "Unbelievable." She added as she moved to stand in front of the boss, trying to make sure he was unable to talk to you any longer. "How do you sleep at night?!" She asked the boss, the frustration in her voice rising again.

"On a comfortable bed, my dear." The boss answered ironicly. The boss then turned towards you again. "Seriously, come see me." He told you as he turned to walk away.

"You're no better than a murderer and one day, you'll be seen as such!..." Kate threatened with a shaking voice as she watched the boss walk towards the exit. The boss stopped dead in his tracks, clearly agitated.

"Woah, woah, woah! Would you mind taking this outside? I don't want any trouble..." The overwhelmed secretary said quickly, trying desperately to diffuse the situation or atleast get it out of his sight.

Kate, with a roll of her eyes, turned towards the secretary. "Shut up, Felix!" She yelled angrily.

"Listen, soon as an SCP finds a cure for cancer, let's talk." The boss said, ironicly but evidently annoyed, before continuing his walk toward the exit.

"If intelligence is the barometer for who has the right to live without fear or suffer from constant pain you should've been been court-martialed at birth!" Kate said emotionally, with a trembling voice.

"Oh, jeez..." The boss said angrily and with a roll of his eyes as he stopped in his tracks once more to turn around and face Kate again. "Annoying, isn't she?" The boss said to you and the secretary which gained an upset pouting noise from Kate. "See him?.." The boss said as he approached the picture of some SCP that hung by the wall. "The only thing he had on his mind was hunger, sweetheart." The boss now explained to Kate. "And my men pulled the trigger when it had breached containment." The boss explained in a matter-of-fact way once more. "Survival of the fittest!" He then exclaimed to everyone present. "Isn't that your mentor's trite catchphrase?" He then said to Kate, trying to tease her.

"It's not survival of the fittest." Kate explained, hastily approaching her boss and looking at him with a meaningful expression. "You are experimenting to line your own pockets." Kate added, pointing towards the picture of the SCP that the boss had already pointed to earlier for emphasis.

The boss was having none of it, already beginning to speak before Kate even finished talking. "This is how I make my living. We don't all have a rich daddy." He explained before continuing: "While you are camped in the SCPs' containment chambers giving them meaningless presents or talking to them the rest of us are doing some real work." The boss explained, the agitation now evident in his voice as he turned around once more to finally leave this situation behind.

"You think this is some big joke?!" Kate yelled angrily as she rushed to stand in front of her boss, pulling out some pepper spray and spraying int right into her boss's face, causing him to scream out in pain.

"What the hell is that?!" The boss grunted in pain as he struggled to regain his composure.

"Th- That's enough!" The secretary stammered nervously, trying to intervene only to get pepper sprayed by Kate too, causing the secretary to scream out in pain too.

"Crazy shrew!" The boss insulted, causing her to pout angrily once more and pepper spray her boss a second time. "They should throw you in an asylum!" The boss exclaimed angrily as he finally managed to stumble out of the room.

"Nuh uh!" Kate called out as the boss left, clearly relieved at her boss's absence, breathing heavily.

The secretary growled in anger. "That's it! I quit!" The secretary yelled out angrily, sounding as if he was close to crying. "You can tell the O5, I've gone home!" With that the secretary stumbled out of the room after the boss.

Now it was only Kate and you in that room. She was still breathing heavily, you tried to sneak past her cautiously... But Kate suddenly turned to you. She put her pepper spray away and, with a nervous chuckle, rushed to stand in front of you, blocking your path. "Sorry about that awful man." Kate exclaimed, her voice now alot calmer albeit slightly out of breath. "Kate Anderson." She introduced herself, reaching out to gently shake your hand. "I've been in the field now for one year, studying the hidden interconnections between SCPs of all sorts." She explained with a chuckle, becoming oddly cheerful all of the sudden. "I've seen everything." She continued. "Joy, disgust, regrets..." She hesitated for a while before continuing: "Envy..." She seemed to sink in thoughts for just a moment before she reminded herself of your presence. "We are so much more alike than we are different..." Kate explained carefully.

She then turned to you with hope in her eyes. "Don't you agree?..."