VPulse

Society seizes to exist in America after a nation wide breach caused survivors to move into bunkers underground. 30 years later a survivor writes about her memories, losses and her education about the SCP Foundations failure.

Over the course of my life I've found that not only does the Earth work in mysterious yet powerful ways, but our lives work as tragedies. My life is no exception. I've lost loved ones and I lost my home. So I write this paper to remember my tragedies since I've tried to forget for so long.

When I was 7 a government failure occurred that completely changed the course of my life. I can still remember the when my parents packed us into the station wagon to drive to the bunker. We had to park down the block in order to make it inside, I'll never forget my dads passing on the outside of the compound.

I remember my father yelling, What the fuck is that!"

And almost as quick as words left his mouth I remember that thing tearing him apart It was almost human; however, it had strange body proportions with its arms being the longest parts of its body and its skin was a leathery, pale white. I remember its scream piercing my ears.

When we made it in the large doors shut locking about 20 others outside to presumably meet their untimely demise. Without a word, my mother embracing me and her tears soaking the top of my t-shirt. My mother had always been a tough cookie, but I think that that crumbled her.

The past 30 years have been a mental struggle, I can't wipe my fathers death from my head and sometimes I wish to only forget. I wake up in cold sweats sometimes, my husband has to comfort me at those moments and I think that that has taken its toll on him as well.

My mother was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and has been at the medical bay for 2 months now and has only been going downhill. She told me that she's having a hard time remembering my father and I've become thankful that she was able to see me give birth to Georgia a year ago.

For years my mother teared up whenever she thought of my father. She went to Dr. Simone for therapy for about 5 years after fathers death. I never told her what I learned about the failure and I'm struggling on whether I should her before she passes.

I learned from Emmett Gray, a former SCP researcher, that this facility used to be where they stored and researched the creatures that escaped and killed my father. He told me that on 3/15/1996 all SCP facilities in the US suffered systems failures that caused a country wide breach.

Gray refused to tell me the exact reason as to why these creatures and anomalous objects were kept from the public's knowledge, though I'd assume that it was for our safety the exact reason is unknown.

Gray told me that he resigned 25 years ago due to the guilt he carried from being apart of the SCP program.

"I can't forgive myself for our failures, I sent prisoners to their deaths, because it was supposedly for the greater good. Despite our work, we still failed and our failure doomed millions of men, women, and children. I have to inform others, otherwise I won't live with my self."

I haven't seen Gray since he told me that,I haven't heard a word as to what happened to him either. I plan on continuing Gray's goal and eventually I, Rita Parker will inform others of the crimes committed by the SCP Foundation.