SCP-414-FM

The SCP-414-FM Hive.

SCP-414-FM's current host.

## **`DESCRIPTION`**

SCP-414-FM is a wasp nest made in a large fragment of wood, which possesses what appears to be an approximation of a human face. Reports of SCP-414-FM date back as early as 2009. However, the item only came into Foundation awareness on April 25, 2014, when reports of several previously missing individuals returned several weeks after their abduction, displaying signs of sudden and rapid pregnancy. The potential that those pregnant had hidden their condition was ruled out, as one of the returning individuals was male.

All affected individuals were taken into custody and amnestics were administered to any witnesses. The Hive was also removed from its place, grown onto the side of a local home, after several of the affected displayed protective instincts toward the object.

The SCP Foundation returned to the scene of the initial outbreak when reports of missing persons continued to rise. The Foundation soon discovered a nest inside an abandoned barn, within which was a humanoid insect creature, keeping several of the missing individuals within. The creature possessed characteristics of insects within the order Hymenoptera (consisting of wasps, bees, ants and sawflies). The creature attacked and was eliminated by Foundation agents. The new victims were then brought into Foundation custody.

Shortly after the entity was eliminated, a researcher assigned to SCP-414-FM named Dr. Beatrice Hunter was looking at the hive when a light shone through the eye sockets of the face. Within hours, Dr. Hunter's colleagues reported her becoming unfocused and becoming physically aggressive. Dr. Hunter was quarantined and it was discovered, during a medical examination, that she was growing what appeared to be insect-like appendages. Within several more hours, Dr. Hunter was fully transformed into another instance of the entity.

It was theorized by Foundation researchers that the hive "chooses" a new "queen" whenever the current queen becomes deceased. Within 48 days of the first abduction, one of the affected individuals "gave birth" to what appeared to be typical instances of the Vespa Mandarinia (Asian Giant Hornet). The instances were each the size of a fully grown Giant Hornet, approximately 5.6 cm (2.2 inches). Each infected individual gave birth at approximately the same amount of time since their individual infection and produced between 426 and 444 specimens. The births are generally non fatal, although many express feelings anywhere from discomfort to disgust. Stings from the newborn insects is not uncommon, but are much less deadly at this stage than their non anomalous counterparts. Despite this, two infected individuals had died from anaphylactic shock due to a severe allergy to bees and wasps.

The main difference between the specimens and their anomalous counterparts is that the birthed specimens continue to grow significantly past the maximum recorded size for their species, increasing to a size of approximately 50.8 cm (20 inches) over the course of approximately two weeks. When fully grown, the birthed specimens have venom with nearly 10 times the legality of its non anomalous counterpart. However, the greater quantity of venom contained in the much larger instances creates an even greater risk of death.

The instance formerly known as Dr. Hunter has been placed in containment where she may be studied. Due to the risk of the hive selecting another host, the current instance is to be kept alive as long as possible. In order to study how it infects individuals, several D-Class of each sex were sent into its containment cell. The results show that the entity releases a pheromone to induce a state of arousal in the victim. The entity then extends a long appendage from its lower extremities, which it will use to {REDACTED}. In the case of females, the copulation proceeds much like normal coitus, save for the entity itself, with the appendage entering the woman's {REDACTED}. However, in the case of males sent into the chamber, the appendage is instead inserted into their {REDACTED}.

Despite the constantly enhanced state of arousal the entity produced, it does not negate an individual's free will and several of the victims have reported attempting to escape prior to being infected, only to be stopped by the entity. Once each of the victims had given birth, amnestics were provided and a cover story of an infectious agent was created. The same cover story was used to explain the deaths of the two victims who did not survive. Their bodies were kept, to be dissected and studied by the Foundation.