They find some sort of pitch-black things floating around. 
Some brain at the Foundation has seen something like 
them before, figures out how to kill them. Silver bullets, 
and pray to God as you fire. Literally. For some reason, 
that makes it work. Doesn't matter which God, but you 
damn well better mean it. 


| can't, anymore. Not after seeing the nest. 


Anyway, Foundation figures out where it's all coming 
from. Some house in the middle of Bumfuck. No one's 
lived there in years, not since yadda yadda, murder, cult, 
rituals, bullshit. The main thing is, these things keep 
appearing out of the front door. A team goes in, and they 
never come back out. But then again, neither do the 
monsters. A sane person would say, Good enough, keep 
an eye on it, kill anything that moves. But this is the 
Foundation. 


You're a tough agent from MTF-Whatever-the-fuck. 
Maybe Sequere Nos, maybe Choir Boys, like me. You go 
bust down the door and run inside, and that's it. You're 
fucked. 


The living room was bad enough. That's where they got 
O'Brien. They reached in, and suddenly he keeled over, 
and one of them took off with his heart in its... claws, | 
guess? 


They're less distinct here. You probably noticed that. 
They're like shadows. Stay away from the light. | know 
that sounds stupid, but think about it. In the light, 
shadows are stronger. They have edges. When it's dark, 
they're indistinct. They can hardly touch you, and they 
don't see very well. | think they see by your shadow. | 


don't know. I'm just pulling at straws here, I'll be honest. 


You've probably tried going back out the door, but if you 
haven't, don't. It leads to some place even worse. There 
aren't any monsters, but... Jones went too far from the 
house, and | swear to God, he started to melt. Things 
started popping out of him, and... All you need to know is 
he didn't make it back. That's when we closed the door. 


So, we started moving through the house. We kept to the 
light at first, before we wised up. Three of us gone that 
way. But we got a pretty good picture of our 
surroundings. 


This place? It's big. It's not just the farmhouse. It's like... 
It's like they stole bits and pieces of a lot of places, and 
stuck them all together. There's some bits that look like 
an apartment, some that look like a shopping mall, and 
even what | swear is a closet from my old high school. 
Same patterns on the tiles and everything. 


There's also bits that are made out of... stuff. It's black, 
like the shadow-things, and it's mostly in the well-lit 
places. If the lights go out, you can stick your hand 
through. | don't recommend it. That's how we lost Torres. 
Something grabbed him, pulled him through. The hole 
wasn't big enough for his head, but he still went through, 
eventually. 


So, stay away from the light places, but watch your step 
when it's dark. 


Of course, there's no way out. We figured that out too. 
Any door you find, it either just leads to another room in 
this nuthouse, or it leads out there, and it's pretty obvious 
we can't live there. So it's wait until you starve to death 
or one of those things gets you. Great bunch of choices, 
huh? 


There's one thing you can do. | couldn't go through with 
it, but maybe you can. It won't help you live, | don't think, 


but it's... | think it's important. I'm pretty sure someone's 
going to have to, or these things are going to get out 
eventually. 


This place is stolen from lots of places. So I'm thinking 
there have to be other doors. We've closed all the ones 
we've found, but what if they get opened again? And the 
Foundation doesn't find them in time? Hell, they don't 
even know about closing the doors. I'm just hoping they 
figure out that if someone goes in, the things might stop 
getting out. And that's assuming everyone's smart 
enough to close the door after they come in. 


So, | think | figured out a way to stop these things. It's the 
nest. 


| only saw it once, for a few minutes. We followed one of 
the bastards after they got Denning's heart. It took it into 
a room that | guess is in the middle of this whole place. 
It's all black stuff, and they've dragged in every kind of 
light they could find, | guess. Lamps, flashlights, candles, 
you name it. Some of them were carrying more in as we 
watched. Anyway, at the middle, there's a big pile of 
hearts. Just tossed in a heap, and torn open, every one. 
They threw Denning's heart on the pile, and it started to 
beat, and then pulse, and then thrash around. Then it 
tore open, and one of those things pulled itself out. It 
shook itself, started to grow and then went right to work. 
The gross thing is that, torn apart as they were, the 
hearts kept beating. | swear | felt a twinge in my own 
chest. 


There were shadows in the place. | don't mean the 
monsters, | mean real shadows, of people. Only there 
was no one there to cast them. They were coming from 
the hearts. A new one appeared at the same time as the 
hatching monster, and started trying to pull away, but it 
couldn't. 


That was when | ran. | couldn't take it, you understand? | 
wasn't trained for this kind of shit. | heard the others 


behind me. | don't know if they were trying to stop me, or 
if the bastards had spotted us, but we got separated. | 
found a nice, dark closet, and I've been hiding in here 
since. I've been writing by penlight. | turn it off whenever 
| hear one of them getting close. It's worked, so far. 


| can't go any further. I've got a few shots left in my gun, 
but | can't pray anymore, not and mean it. Not after | saw 
the nest. But you, if you've found this, you've got to be an 
agent too. Maybe you're stronger than | was. If you can, 
go in and destroy the nest. Destroy every last heart. If 
you do, maybe it'll kill them. It's the only thing | can think 
of. You'll probably die doing it, but you're dead anyway. 
So what's it matter to you how it happens? 


Me, I'm going to try and get this report back to the living 
room, which | hope is where you found it. Then I'm going 
to make sure they can't use my heart to make another 
one of those things. 


Good luck. Morituri te salutant. 


SCP-1983 is presumed to have been neutralized by D-14134, who 


was posthumously awarded the Foundation Star (one of only two 
awarded to Class-D Personnel). Due to information contained in 
Document 1983-15, it is believed that the anomaly was not 


localized, as previously believed, and renewed resources have gone 


into attempting to locate similar incidents. 


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SCP-1984: Dead Hand 


Item #: SCP-1984 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1984 is to be secured at 
Armed Containment Complex-04, km SSE of Verkhoyansk, 
Sakha Republic, Russian Federation. MTF Omega-59 (Nechayeva's 
Wolves) and MTF Sigma-18 (Chess Masters) are to be permanently 
stationed at Complex-04. 


SCP-1984 itself is to be contained in Warehouse 5-E in a standard 
humanoid containment cell, modified to be enclosed within a 
Faraday cage to prevent external broadcasts from reaching the 
interior. The only broadcasts allowed to reach SCP-1984 are those 
created by the Information Control Team. All broadcast signals in 
the vicinity of Complex-04 are to be monitored. 


At all times, the Information Control Team shall be staffed with no 
fewer than fifteen (15) members and housed in Dormitory 3-F, 
adjacent to Studio 1-A. Among these must be at least one (1) 
military historian, two (2) personnel with an extensive background in 
international diplomacy, one (1) economist, two (2) actors with 
significant stage experience and three (3) personnel with at least ten 
years of experience in the Soviet/Russian media. SCP-1984 is to 
receive a narrative, transmitted via radio and television broadcasts, 
depicting an ongoing state of detente between the Soviet Union and 
NATO, designed to resemble official releases from TASS, the 
Associated Press, the BBC and other established Cold War-era 
news organizations. 


Description: SCP-1984 was created by the Soviet Union during the 
1980s to serve as its second-strike nuclear deterrence mechanism. 
SCP-1984 is in fact the system referred to in Western media as 
"Dead Hana", an automated nuclear response commonly believed to 
be triggered by the destruction of the Soviet command-and-control 


structure. However, rather than being a network of sensors and 
computing systems, SCP-1984 is an autonomous, self-aware entity 
of varying observable existence with direct access to all Russian 
nuclear sites and the ability to commence the launch of ICBMs 
stored therein. 


SCP-1984 consists of the embalmed remains of Sergeant Marat 
Chernikov, a Russian soldier killed during the Soviet-Afghan War in 
1982. While Sgt. Chernikov is referenced in Project December 
documentation, no official Russian Federation records exist 
regarding him at this time. SCP-1984 serves as the locus for 
SCP-1984-01. 


In its dormant state, SCP-1984-01 is a semi-sentient consciousness 
capable of receiving and processing broadcast signals. 
SCP-1984-01 can apparently discern the informational content of 
any broadcast it receives. During times of what it perceives to be 
heightened global military tensions, especially those involving the 
Russian Federation and the former satellite states of the Soviet 
Union, SCP-1984-01 will begin to manifest, and becomes able to 
interact with the physical world to varying degrees. Manifestations 
have ranged from a barely perceptible, hazy human-shaped outline 
(believed to be related to an unintercepted report regarding the 2004 
Russian Presidential election), to a glowing, bright-red apparition in 
the distended shape of a child missing its legs (Containment Breach 
1984-13, 08/07/2008). 


When SCP-1984-01 manifests in this manner, its secondary abilities 
become apparent. These include the ability to directly interface with 
nuclear command systems within an approximately 50 m radius, and 
combat capabilities focused on severe disruption of the human 
nervous system. When SCP-1984 fully manifests, it can move at 
speeds measured up to 140 km/h, and will immediately attempt to 
travel to the nearest functioning land-based strategic rocket 
installation housing R-36M ICBMs (the nearest installation is 
currently - , 81 km NW of Armed Containment Complex-04), 
access its command system, and launch all missiles at their present 
targets. It will repeat this process until it has launched all remaining 
missiles under Russian control. 


SCP-1984-01 is extremely hostile to any human it perceives as 


interfering with it, and will engage any personnel in its immediate 
path. SCP-1984-01 has shown limited vulnerability to microwave 
radiation; however, this serves to misdirect and "confuse" the entity 
rather than directly harm it. 


Recovery Log 1984: In early 1984, Dr. Sergei , the Soviet 
Union's official liaison with the Foundation, contacted O5- 

(Overseer of Eurasian Affairs at that time) to discuss what was 
characterized as a matter of "grave importance to the continued 
survival of the human race." At a secret conference in Sarajevo, 
Yugoslavia (coinciding with the 1984 Winter Olympics to provide 
cover for the presence of high-ranking state officials from several 
nations), Soviet and United States officials briefed Overwatch 
Command on the true nature of "Dead Hand" (then assumed by the 
Foundation to be a traditional nuclear deterrent) and the existence of 
SCP-1984. In the wake of information obtained by Soviet officials 
after the suicide of Dr. Anatoly Lavrentyev and subsequent 
destruction of his research facility, SCP-1984 was revealed to be 
both increasingly beyond the control of the Soviet government, and 
designed outside of original specifications; rather than serving as an 
assured second-strike nuclear response in the event of the complete 
destruction of Soviet leadership, SCP-1984-01 was actively 
attempting to initiate a nuclear first strike at targets in the United 
States, France, West Germany, , and the People's Republic of 
China. At the request of a joint U.S.-Soviet delegation, the 
Foundation agreed to assume control of SCP-1984 and immediately 
commence containment procedures. Dr. , a Surviving senior 
researcher with Project December and code-named "EZRA" by the 
Foundation, was appointed as Director of Armed Containment 
Complex-04. 


+ Incident Report 1984-1 


Incident Report 1984-1: On 08/11/1984, United States 
President Ronald Reagan joked that "I'm pleased to tell 
you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw 

Russia forever, we begin bombing in five minutes" prior 
to a campaign speech. Thousands of media outlets 

reported on the President's remarks, and in the ensuing 
signal traffic, an audio recording of the event broadcast 


by the People's Republic of China's Xinhua News 
Agency reached SCP-1984. Researcher's Note: We still 
do not understand how transmissions are able to 
occasionally bypass the Faraday structure enclosing 
SCP-1984. Studies are ongoing. 


Upon receiving the transmission, SCP-1984-01 
immediately underwent a full manifestation event with no 
detectable warning signs. SCP-1984-01 breached 
containment at 0308 hours, and was immediately 
engaged by MTF Sigma-18. Upon sighting MTF 
operatives, SCP-1984-01 assumed the form of a blue, 
translucent, emaciated woman dressed in traditional 
Pashtun attire and began attacking. According to video 
logs, Pvt. , Pvt. and Capt. began exhibiting 
signs of neurological trauma, such as profuse bleeding 
from the ears, seizures, and leakage of copious amounts 
of what appeared to be cerebrospinal fluid from the nose 
and eyes, before team members equipped with 
specialized weaponry could train directed microwave 
pulses at SCP-1984-01, holding it temporarily at bay. 


While MTF Sigma-18 attempted to neutralize 
SCP-1984-01, members of the Information Control Team 
hastily began recording a simulated television broadcast 
designed to return it to a dormant state. The first attempt 
(Video Log 1984-84.42) was interrupted by the sound of 
a wall collapsing 80 m away, the result of a failed attempt 
by MTF Sigma-18 members to initiate Emergency 
Procedure 12. The second attempt succeeded, although 
footage had to be edited to remove one broadcaster who 
began suffering what appeared to be a stroke. The 
resulting broadcast consisted of a staged BBC news 
update stating that the Politburo had been "in on the 
joke" and previously-recorded contingency footage of 
General Secretary Konstantin Chernenko explicitly 
stating that Soviet nuclear forces were not on heightened 
alert. 


Fighting between SCP-1984-01 and MTF Sigma-18 


continued for approximately 15 minutes after the 
Information Control Team broadcast its report; however, 
SCP-1984-01 soon began to "fade" and its attacks 
decreased in intensity, until containment was 
reestablished at 0541 hours. With 13 MTF operatives 
killed in action, 4 support staff dead and 8 more staff 
rendered permanently disabled by traumatic brain 
injuries, Incident 1984-1 remains the deadliest 
containment breach yet recorded for SCP-1984. 


+ Recovered Project December Documentation 
Recovered Project December Documentation: