…look who showed up. I thought you were on vacation! Everyone needs one now and then, but some require a more permanent retirement… depending on their experiences. I've noticed many enjoy playing poker in their spare time. Do you know the story of the French deck? It's said its figures are references to ancient characters or gods, and then there are the jacks… you know, "Jack". Legends teach their own Jack as tricksters, swindlers that survive on pure cunning. Now the question is: How do we stop someone like that...?
You have the file, right? I can see it on your face: you know it's not like the others, that there's something different. It's not just a matter of format or secondary classifications. The resources the Foundation has invested to contain this SCP are impressive. Agents working alongside local authorities, alteration of drinking water, premature identification of unusual pregnancies… more than containment, it's a neutralization effort.
The Subject
SCP-2254. Gigantic, incorporeal, and hostile. We have to use infrared cameras to detect its shape... if we can call it that. It stands almost thirteen meters tall, has six legs, six eyes, a face and neck completely deformed. Yes, that thing on its forehead is the letter J, right above a heart. We have not registered a nose or mouth, but what it carries between its legs... that does make itself noticed. It would be logical to expect a more 'human' configuration in that region of the body, no matter how monstrous it is. What does SCP-2254 have there? A huge mass with wounds that seem to be full of pus, and the only thing it accomplishes is hindering its movement.
SCP-2254 has shown a certain preference for the Little River Canyon area in Alabama. There it devotes itself to exerting its influence, manipulating very young men and women, who never seem to exceed 20 years old. What does it do exactly? Well... forces them to have sex. But there are no threats or violence. SCP-2254 traps its chosen partner in a kind of dreamlike state very exciting and stimulating for both.
Several Foundation elements discovered that they can interrupt the act using tear gas and other similar agents. Coming out of the state is confusing and chaotic, but none of the involved have felt doubt or remorse after a forced encounter. One might say SCP-2254 chooses its partners quite well...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/xITr5spcphwThe Offspring
After analyzing multiple events, the Foundation managed to determine that SCP-2254's main task during the sexual act of its victims is to observe them. Somehow, this tends to guarantee the insemination of the woman. If that doesn't happen the first time, SCP-2254 pauses and watches them again, triggering a second sexual encounter. The woman always ends up pregnant from that 'second phase'... and that's where our problems begin. It would be fantastic to say SCP-2254 just wants to form new families... but things simply don't work that way.
In 7 out of 10 cases, the fetus the mother carries is not human, but an instance classified as SCP-2254-1. Genetic samples do not match any of the biological parents, but instead adopt characteristics linked to proto-humans and other human ancestors... that look a lot like those of SCP-2254. And the process is brutal. SCP-2254-1 takes every available resource from its mother's body, almost starving her to accelerate its growth. As if that weren't enough, it also alters her perception: the mother becomes extremely defensive despite her condition.
Generally, instances of SCP-2254-1 do not kill their mother during birth, but the massive loss of blood through the vaginal canal usually seals their fate. If she survives, the modification to her perception continues outside the womb: the mother is unable to see SCP-2254-1 for the monster it is, and will even try to breastfeed it. The most terrifying thing is the spectacular level of violence that each SCP-2254-1 exhibits. Basically, they try to rape, mutilate, murder, and devour anyone who approaches when it's with its mother.
Containment and Aftermath
If the mother does not survive, the instances of SCP-2254-1 proceed to consume her body, and as soon as they finish, they go out to seek refuge. The Foundation calculates that in the last fifteen years, free instances of SCP-2254-1 have been responsible for more than thirty deaths with extreme signs of sexual violence.
The Black Tuesday protocol aims to retain the local population in the region and control exposure to SCP-2254. Economic depression, low prices for tobacco and alcohol, increased access to heroin and other drugs of similar potency, reduced funding for education, and establishing doctrines that "prioritize the family" are part of the list. But the most important thing is in the water: The Foundation has introduced mifepristone and prostaglandin to induce abortions.
The Foundation also monitors five women who no longer live in the area and who receive occasional visits from SCP-2254. One of them has even survived two births of SCP-2254-1. The way she talks about her 'babies' and her Jack... the years pass, and his influence does not dissipate. That's the situation. We have a creature focused on impregnating minors, with rapist and killer monsters as 'offspring'. But there's something else: The women who have been in contact with SCP-2254 insist that Jack has brothers... and they are not 'good' like him.
UNDER THE PARAMETERS RECOMMENDED BY THE CLASSIFICATIONS COMMITTEE, SCP-2254 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH A CLASS 3-KENEQ DISRUPTION POTENTIAL, AND A CLASS 2-CAUTION RISK. IN CASE OF ANY DOUBT, CONTACT THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR AKTUS. - MjAyMC4wMS4wNy5TODEgQVNFR1VSQVItQ09OVEVORVItUFJPVEVHRVI=
