Scp-038 Novels & Stories

"They were people." --- In the heart of the annex, they found a row of cryo-chambers. Most were empty. But one remained sealed. Monitors beside it blinked weakly. The readout was blurry, but a name appeared. Subject 03: Lyra. Elodie leaned in. "Heartbeat is faint but steady. Cryogenic preservation protocols are holding. She's alive." Bella stepped back, stunned. "All this time..." There was a motion-detection video feed embedded in the system. Bella pressed play.

"Where are you? Please call me." Another message came. "I know you found something. We need to talk." How did he know? I turned off my phone. On the plane, I found a paper I hadn't seen before. Newer. At the top it said "ACTIVATION PROTOCOL - PHASE THREE." Below that was tomorrow's date. And at the bottom: "Subject C-8 must return to base in 48 hours or the death sequence will start." They would kill me if I didn't come back.

That wasn’t synthetic. Neither was mine. A soft tone interrupted the silence. New notification. Not from the apartment. From my tablet. I crossed the room slowly and picked it up. The screen displayed a single classified document. PROJECT ORPHEUS Behavioral Synchronization Trial – Phase III Primary Objective: Emotional Dependency Pairing for Executive Stabilization My blood went cold. Below it— Subject A: Reid, Shawn Subject B: Agreste, Catriona Status: Convergence Successful Shawn went utterly still behind me.