2 - Fake IDs and New Faces

*Characters: Brooks, West, Willow, Stone*

Researcher Brooks walked through the seemingly endless maze of hallways, searching for one of the other staff. Seconds later she heard a loud yell.

“Well, I’ll be off! Goodbye West!” Seconds later, she watched as a white-haired teen raced past her.

“I’m off to cause a Homicidal Maniac to come loose from a Prison!” As Brooks watched the teen run down the hall, she heard the sound of wings.

“STONE! I NEED HELP STOPPING WILLOW!”  The source of the voice then stopped a foot away from Brooks, but wasn’t looking at her, instead looking at something beside her.

“Do you have any idea where she might go?” Brooks glanced to her left and jumped, stepping back as she saw another person standing right next to her. The teen beside her shrugged as the white haired one called from around the corner. “YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STOP ME!”

Brooks wasn’t sure on what to do, having only arrived at the site two days ago. She jumped for a second time as the staff member beside her spoke.

“She’ll most likely try to disable the security protocols.”  ‘Stone’ glanced over her shoulder in the direction of the third staff member. Brooks noticed there was something odd about her, there appeared to be static around the teen's face.

In response to ‘Stone’s’ statement, ‘Willow’s’ voice was heard from the far side of the site.

“I've already booked plane tickets and made a fake ID and costume!”  Brooks then heard the winged staff member sigh and watched as she pulled out a walkie-talkie.

“Hey, can someone check to see where Willow bought her ticket and where it's going and fake IDs and stuff?” The staff member then looked at Brooks. “Hi! You're the new person, right? Welcome to Site-██! I'm Dr. West and my esteemed colleague here is Dr. Stone and that one running away is Researcher Willow.” Dr. West then looked towards where Researcher Willow had run off.

“YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE DEMOTED TO SCP IF YOU DON'T COME BACK!” West’s wings flared, then folded, as she glanced warmly back at Brooks. “Don’t worry, you’ll fit right in!” She then softly added under her breath, “Once we get Willow under control.”

Brooks tilted her head slightly. “Is there anything I can do to help?”

Stone turned to her. “Can you catch somebody who’s everywhere at once?”  Brooks shook her head as West tossed her the walkie-talkie. “Figured not, anyways, just let us know if you see anything.” Brooks nodded. “Uh, alright.”  West turned to Stone.

“Any idea where she’s going?” Brooks looked over at Stone as well.

Brook watched the static around Stone’s face move as she shook her head. “Oh well, anyway, see you ar- wait, weren’t you going somewhere?”  Brooks nodded slightly. “Um yeah, I was looking for another staff member.” she explained. “I still don’t really know my way around yet.”

West nodded and opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by Willow racing towards them. “West! You wouldn't dare! Also, hello new researcher!”  She skidded to a halt and extended a hand to Brooks. “I’m researcher Willow, nice to meet you! I’m sure you’ll fit in fine!”

West glared slightly at Willow “I would dare, can't have you causing this much chaos indefinitely”

She turned to West. “Also West! Have you heard the news?”  Both West and Stone shook their heads, and Willow continued. “Apparently the Higher Ups are sending in More of their "Defects" here sometime soon.”

Willow shrugged and looked back at Brooks “Anyways, do you have any Anomalous Properties? Since, The O5 Usually like to send their more.. Anomalous staff here” She said that Willow glanced at West.

Brooks shook her head “ I don’t think so”  Willow nodded “We could Always Test- a few quick questions though.. How easily do you get burns, how easily do you drown and can you hold your breath for long periods of time?”  Brooks looked at the white haired researcher with slight worry.

West quickly shut the offer down “WAIT! NO! No ‘testing’ if she has abilities. Remember what happened to Kyle?” Brooks raised an eyebrow but shrugged it off as West turned to face her. “Well anyways, nice to have a human working with us for once.”

Brooks tilted her head. “Isn’t Stone huma-” She stopped as she realized Stone was no longer beside her, and then took a startled step back as she felt a tap on her other shoulder. She heard Stone speak. “Over here, on your right.” She made eye contact with the second teen, noting that the static had vanished.

“Also nope. I’m not human, or at least not completely.” Stone stated calmly, gesturing to the large ram horns on her head. while crossing her arms, Stone started fiddling with something.  West and Willow were quick to notice and Willow raised an eyebrow. “Stone... where did you get those?”

Stone looked up. “Hmm? Oh don’t worry, for once, it's not a box of matches.” Stone then held up the box. “See? Just a deck of cards.”  West nodded. “Alright anyway, Willow, you said that we might be getting more staff members?” Willow nodded.

West flared her wings then folded them against her back once again with a sigh. “I hope some of them are construction workers 'cause we're gonna need more space if They keep doing this to us”

Willow shook her head. “No, it’s a researcher who goes by Dr. Atlas. And they’re going to be here within the next two months,”

“So I won’t be the only new one?” asked Brooks.