Scp-053 Novels & Stories

“From where?” Sophie didn’t answer. But Elias did. His voice barely a whisper. “I’m not the first.” Julian stood in front of the projected files, arms crossed. The evidence was clear. Crane’s prototype sequence didn’t begin with Elias. It began years earlier—with an unnamed Subject 03, stored offline, never activated beyond training. Somehow, **its trauma—**its fail-safe code—survived the transfer. Julian turned to Sophie. “How dangerous is it?”

“No, he wouldn’t– couldn’t–” But my father could. My father did many things no sane Alpha would do. Gavin moves toward me slowly, voice gentle but fraying. “Harley… you’re shaking.” I jerk away. “We don’t have time for this.” Luca swallows hard. “There’s more.” He scrolls. The next entry hits like a bullet to the heart. GENETIC SUBJECT C-37 – ALESSANDRA NOONE Status: FLAGGED / CLASSIFIED PROJECT FIVE – ACTIVE

*Test subjects. Aleksandr stepped forward, studying the nearest chamber. The label read: SUBJECT 017 – STATUS: ACTIVE Suddenly, the figure’s eyes snapped open. A sharp alarm blared through the lab. Elena’s heart pounded. “We need to move, now.” Hydra’s Trap Above ground, Dante and Luca had infiltrated the facility’s control center. Screens flickered with security feeds—guards mobilizing, alarms flashing red. Luca swore. “They knew we were coming.”

The Spire’s core was just ahead, a pulsating, white-gold heart that radiated a frequency so powerful it made my teeth rattle in my skull. I reached the maintenance hatch—a circular plate of reinforced obsidian. It was locked with a biometric seal. "Vessel 002 detected," a cold, feminine voice echoed in the pipe. "Identity: Zora Vane. Status: Rogue. Biological purge initiated." The liquid around me began to boil.

Vic answered the system. "Sure! Vic!!" "Okay. I'm Sternly Vic." "Just who am I and who the hell are you!"

All of them had white hair. "They were trying to clone you," Leo whispered, horrified. "They were trying to replicate the royal line." At the very end of the hall was a pod glowing with an intense blue light. The name on the monitor read: ASTRA. SUBJECT 001. I touched the glass. The girl inside looked no older than sixteen. Her eyes snapped open—they weren't gold. They were a piercing, frozen blue. The glass shattered before I could even pull my hand away.

When the doors opened, it felt like opening the mouth of something dead. The lab swallowed them whole. Cold metal corridors. Empty rooms. The hum of generators still barely alive, like the place had been waiting. Cassian moved fast. Dahlia followed, eyes hard. Anais gripped Maris’s hand tightly. They reached a control room. Dust covered the desk, but the monitors flickered when Cassian powered them on. Old feeds. Files. And then—on the center screen—a name blinked alive. SUBJECT 0-A Anais stared.

A woman stepped out. Tall. Dark coat. Gloves. Sharp eyes behind thin glasses. No uniform. No badge. But everyone felt authority radiating from her. Lena’s heart stuttered. Alexander’s jaw clenched. Elias stiffened. Jay flinched. Z-04’s lights flickered. “Recognized. Affiliated with Kass Laboratories. Designation: Internal Control Operative.” The woman adjusted her glasses calmly as she took them all in. Her gaze stopped on Z-03.

"The 'Holding' protocol has expired. Repossessing raw materials." "Raw materials?" I yelled, the Red Blood surging back to life. I felt the violet spark Silas had left in me ignite, creating a strange, swirling energy that felt like a storm in my veins. "We aren't materials! We’re the ones who survived your 'Graveyard'!" The Null turned its green lens toward me. "Subject 01-A. Identified as: **High-Value Bio-Mass**. Synthesis of Red Blood detected. Recovery of the 'Prime Frequency' is mandatory."

"Can't say we're boring." --- But across the city, in a subterranean lab buried beneath the old metro tunnels of Geneva, a screen flickered to life. Lyra's bio-readings appeared. A shadowed figure leaned in. "She's awake," they said. Another voice replied from the dark. "Then it's time." They pressed a button. A new file loaded. > Subject 03 – Retrieval Protocol Initiated.