SCP-049

by The System


The Cure

*alarm*

A voice came over the intercom.

"Alert! There has been multiple Euclid and Keter SCP containment breaches! Full lockdown initiated!"

*cell doors opening*

"Hmm?"

SCP-049 stepped out of his cell. The people who usually were there were gone.

"Hello?"

His voice echoed through the tunnels. No reply was heard.

No time to lose.

He quickly ran through the tunnels, as he searched for the elevator to the surface.

He exited the tunnels, and made his way through the facility. The place was long and twisted, but he continued to search for the right place.

SCP-049 still remembered where he was brought in. Gate A.

After what seemed like forever, SCP-049 made his way outside.

He began to cross the bridge, unaware of the guards.

The voice on the intercom came back. "SCP-049 has escaped the facility through Gate A. SCP-049 is up for termination."

Guns went off. SCP-049 was hit, bullet after bullet, before fallen to the ground, dead. A pool of blood slowly formed.

The cure was dead.

-(???)-

SCP-049 attempted to open his eyes, but everything was a blur.

A sudden pain faded. He felt the ground beneath him.

Grass. He had escaped the facility. But where was he now?

SCP-049 rubbed his eyes as he stood up off the ground. His vision was a little better.

"What...?"

He stood in a courtyard. Statues of ponies stood around him, and to the side was a hedge maze. A fountain was near the center.

"But where's the facility...?"

He looked around, but then he quickly tried to forget. That facility had been a burden to him.

It took him a moment to notice the gigantic castle sitting next to him.

"And where else to start my work than a kingdom?"

SCP-049 began to make his way around to the front. He made sure to make no encounters with anyone or anything, as this may have been a trick.

As he tried to exit the courtyard, which was larger than he thought, he was stopped by a "Halt!"

He froze. He had been stopped by two white unicorns, dressed in golden armor and wielding spears. They only stood at half his size.

SCP-049 couldn't help but laugh.

"Who are you?"

"I am a doctor."

"Doctor who?"

"I..." He stopped. He couldn't even remember his name. "I don't know."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means I don't know."

"So, are we supposed to call 'Doctor'?"

"...SCP-049."

Better than nothing.

"What?"

"It's all I can remember. As a name, anyways."

"Ok, SCP-049, we want to ask you a few questions."

"First, how did you get in the courtyard? We have guards all over the place, so one of us would've seen you."

"I was..." He looked back and remembered what had happened. "...shot. In front of the facility."

"Shot?"

"And then I was here. Anything else that happened, I wouldn't be able to remember."

"Alright... Second, why are you dressed like that?"

"Dressed? *chuckle* Good sir, this mask is flesh and bone. But, I look this way to be prepared for surgery."

The guards stood speechless.

"Sorry, did I say that out loud?"

He quickly went down and grabbed them by their necks. They began to struggle before they slowly grew weaker, and eventually stopped altogether.

He let go and they collapsed. He pulled his bag out.

"Stay calm. This may take a little bit."

(-- 23 minutes later --)

Soon, they had been dissected, had 'surgery' done on them, and were sewn back up.

SCP-049 stood up off the ground. "Thank you for your time."

His bag returned, and he continued forth into the castle.

The halls were huge, standing ever so tall, and doors passed left and right. SCP-049 just ignored the beauty, however, for there was buisness to be done.

"So... the princess is taking requests from the citizens in a few minutes, eh? Enough time for me to find the way around."

He hurried through the empty halls of the castle, looking for the throne room.

Time must not be wasted.

He could hear them now. The faint voices of the citizens left and right and the princess herself.

"The guards gather at this time, so two are missing and-"

"Stop!" called the princess.

SCP-049 moved in closer to the door. "Two of my guards are missing. Where are they?"

He heard... hoofsteps coming his way. "They should have come by through here by now!"

SCP-049 stepped through the door, putting everyone in shock. "I'm afraid they won't be joining us."

"Who are you and what have you done to them?"

"I am SCP-049. And I cured them."

"They're dead!" called a guard from behind him, who went to see what happened.

"Cured them." he repeated.

The guards stood up to him. "Halt!"

The guards stepped aside as Princess Celestia confronted him herself.

"You said SCP, correct?"

"Yes."

"I feared this day. They're coming."

"I assure you, I'm the only one that came through."

He raised his hand and brushed her face. "But that's besides the point."

"Besides? You killed two innocent ponies! You are a murderer! You... You... You..."

She suddenly collapsed onto the floor.

"What did you do to her?"

One of the ponies in the crowd, obviously a doctor, stepped forward to feel her heart.

"She's dead."

A spear went straight into SCP-049. And then another. And another. Now they felt like bullets.

Bullet after bullet.