Although SCP-053 is only three years old, due to her natural ability and experience, she is far more intelligent than her peers and more mature.
Through the thick isolation door, Lin You couldn't see the little girl's face, and could only discern the other's emotions from her voice.
"… I do not know you."
The little girl's voice was soft and waxy, with some doubts, "You don't seem to be the few people who usually come here, but I feel... part of what you said is true."
Lin You was secretly surprised.
There are times when SCP-053's intuition is so accurate.
"Let's put it this way," she squatted down, trying to keep herself on an equal level with the other person, so that her voice didn't sound so condescending, Lin You said carefully, "The relationship between me and that big lizard is a bit complicated. But in general, it's true that I can let you play with it."
"… Um."
"But I can't stay here forever."
Lin You continued: "So, if you want to do this, you have to leave the foundation with me."
"—how do you choose?"
She stared at SCP-063 to make her own choice, and within half a minute, she heard the little girl categorically say: "I will go wherever 682 goes!"
... Love it! !
Lin Youxin said, no wonder.
She recalled the experiment conducted by the Foundation with a certain SCP called "Desire Camera", and the photos taken in the records proved that SCP-053's wish was to be with a girl in her favorite little floral dress and pink nail polish. The Immortal Lizards were playing together.
—The picture is too beautiful to dare to look at.
Let's not let the Immortal Lizard know about this, otherwise it will want to eat people.
Anyway, since she got an affirmative answer, Lin You once again looked at the closed door of SCP-053.
Because of her own special nature, this place is usually isolated. Personnel entering and exiting must also wear full, thick atmospheric isolation clothing and eye protection to avoid touching SCP-053 or making eye contact with her.
Because of this, Lin You thought, she must also live a lonely life.
That's why he regards SCP-682, who can contact and play with it unimpeded, as his only friend.
Living in containment every day, Iris, who is still able to move freely for the time being, will be depressed. It is also rare for SCP-053, who cannot have normal contact with people, to develop such an optimistic personality. She is not aggressive, so as long as you don't think about it and touch her rashly, there will be no serious consequences.
The foundation's custody measures for her are not very complicated, except for the iron chains in the room used for second-degree isolation when delivering meals, the outer floor is similar to "a hole in the wall".
Lin You swiped the lock with the universal card.
SCP-053 was waiting at the door early in the morning. The door panel was turned back, and just when she saw the small corner of the skirt printed with flowers of different colors, Lin You immediately turned her head sideways to avoid the little girl's sight.
She made a mistake.
It is obvious that SCP-053 has not fully trusted him yet. If he wants to take her into action, he cannot avoid it forever, otherwise it will be troublesome and unsafe—
She didn't say what she was thinking, but the housekeeper seemed to have noticed something, and he opened his mouth with a smile.
"Leave it to me," he said.
Lin You: "Really?"
Mr. Deeds nodded with a smile. He knelt down on one knee in front of SCP-053, and extended a hand to the three-year-old girl in a friendly manner. The moment the two looked at each other, even Lin You couldn't help but sweat.
But the butler still kept his hand outstretched as if nothing had happened, without showing any signs of being affected. Two seconds later, the short-haired girl with her head lowered curiously put her right hand in—she spent a lot of time in the foundation. In the past few days, I was used to seeing employees in isolation suits, but now I couldn't help but feel a little novel.
After he took the little girl's hand and stood up again, Lin You realized that the butler summoned by the butler's bell might not be within the range of SCP-053's influence.
This can be regarded as relieving the urgent need.
"That's it," she said immediately, "let's meet Iris now."
Lin You's journey in "The Box" to the present, 90% of the 10% is due to her own strength, and the remaining 10% is sometimes inseparable from luck.
But now, her luck is obviously not good.
The soles of combat boots tapped the ground, and the agents who stepped out from behind the wall saw them. Although he couldn't see his expression hidden under the riot helmet, he could tell from his movements—
Maybe it was because he didn't expect that the target was really abducting SCP, he was just as dumb as Lin You for almost a full second.
Lin You: "..."
Fuck.
She tried every means to avoid the camera, but after all the calculations, she still bumped into her face to face.
Still at times like this—
The agent quickly raised his gun, "Hands up!"
At the same time, he pressed the device on his body with his other hand.
Lin You didn't know what it was. But almost at the next instant, the bright white light that illuminated the entire corridor turned red and flickered at steady intervals.
Then there was a piercing alarm sound, and the long "di" sound hit the eardrum, just listening to it made people tense up for no reason.
"Whatever you order."
The housekeeper said humbly: "I will do it."
Lin You knew that what he meant was to send him to stop the agent.
"No," she said quickly, "since they already know where we are, there's no need."
She gave a low voice.
"—Let's retreat first!"
"stop!"
Lin You made up her mind, turned a deaf ear to the shouts coming from behind, and rushed directly in the direction agreed with Yuan Wei—she said she would not go too far, and she would take care of it in case of any situation. God prophesied.
The little girl couldn't run fast, so the housekeeper simply picked her up—it was still a standard posture for holding a child, and let her sit on his arms.
SCP-053, who was forced to bounce, was a little hard to understand what was going on, but he still grabbed his shoulder obediently.
"Shoot carefully!"
Someone shouted from behind: "They are running with SCP-053! Be careful not to look into her eyes!"
The Foundation has always focused on protecting the contained objects, and now there is an extra little girl who can deflect all physical attacks. If she is not careful, she will be in a dilemma.
While they were still in a dilemma, Lin You quickened his pace as much as possible.
At the corner, she almost collided with someone who was running in front of her.
Yuan Wei obviously rushed back after seeing the alarm being sounded, and said in surprise: "What's going on?!"
She then saw SCP-053 lying on the butler's shoulder. Recognizing the little girl at a glance, Yuan Wei opened her mouth in shock but said nothing, so she looked away in surprise and looked at Lin You.
"She's coming with us."
The situation was urgent, so Lin You had no choice but to make a long story short: "I was bumped into by a patrolling agent just now—is there any shortcut to get to the apron?"
Iris took a deep breath.
"—wait for me to see."
She fumbled out a dozen photos from her pocket, and spread them out in her hands like playing cards. Her eyes quickly scanned from left to right, and after a few rounds, she suddenly stopped on one of them.
"This one!" she said, "Come with me!"
Iris is a master in information control.
After all, it was Abel and the Omega-7 members who had been trained in actual combat. She continued to cross-observe the photos she had taken, and she reached in to make a little trip, and she insisted on spelling out an escape route.
They could always miss the agents who were chasing halfway, but the sound of footsteps behind them became more and more chaotic.
There were more and more pursuers, but Lin You and the others were stopped in front of the door leading to the roof.
"—It's over."
Iris gritted her teeth and said, "How does this work?"
The lock head and the door frame are firmly fixed together, and it is not through by swiping the card. Naturally, the "universal card" in Lin You's hand is useless.
The last corridor they passed through was mostly "Safe" level creatures, and the empty small room was used as their temporary habitat. When Lin You passed by, through the small window on the door, she saw the eyed pod and the half-cat with only the upper body. The latter was still grooming her fur slowly.
At the end of this corridor, the nearest one is a flowery rabbit nestling in an open-air enclosure, gnawing on...a piece of granite brick.
"...!!"
Lin You's eyes lit up.
She grabbed the little black and white rabbit.
The rabbit was obviously very confused by the sudden suspension, and the broken bricks still in its mouth fell to the ground. Lin You didn't care about anything else, and leaned towards the door while supporting its body.
rabbit:…
Whether the sky is falling or not, as long as there is something to eat!
It moved its long black ears, and simply gnawed on the lock with its front teeth.
Seeing that most of the originally solid unknown metal lock had disappeared visibly under its teeth, Yuan Wei slapped his forehead in a sudden reaction.
SCP-524, Walter the Gluttonous Rabbit.
He is so kind by nature that someone even named it "Walter". There is almost no need for any security protection, and it is only locked in the fence because it is afraid that it will eat the important facilities of the base.
It can eat anything, even radioactive materials. He once ate himself in a shocking way, and half an hour after eating himself completely, he reappeared completely in the same place.
Within ten seconds, it gnawed out a big hole in the metal door. Lin You held the rabbit in one hand, and with a slight push, the emergency stairwell leading to the roof appeared in front of them.
The pursuers are approaching.
Several people rushed up the stairs, and heard the voices of the agents and the response team gathering at the door below.
At the same time, the Foundation's Site No. 24 was also nervously counting their losses.
"I can't find the shadow of SCP-638 anywhere? Didn't that guy break through the containment, where did he go?!"
"Could it also be-"
"SCP-999's container is open! It's not inside!"
"Oh the hell what is she doing with that tickle?!!"
"Don't you see who that's on Diz's shoulder? The little girl!—Wait, God, where did she get the butler's bell?"
"Even SCP-105 ran away, can the Omega-7 group take care of their captain? Especially I heard that they lost one today?"
"She also walks with Walter - this guy won't let a rabbit go!!"
In the chaos, someone still judged the direction of the group and quickly connected to the helipad.
In order not to die, all the staff searched the stalls of the entire base, and there were only two people on duty there.
"Be careful!"
As soon as the signal was received, the security guard standing next to the helicopter listened to the voice from the headset, "That new SCP—"
His eyes suddenly went black.
The butler supported the guard who was knocked unconscious by him. He and Yuanxi attacked people one by one, dragged them out of the tarmac, and carried SCP-053, who was obediently standing by the door, onto the plane.
He sat in the driver's seat and said respectfully, "Still according to the previous plan?"
Lin You said "hmm".
"Time to play with Abel," she laughed.