The Soda Devourer

Figure 1: SCP-8135 inside primary storage. Note the total lack of identifying commercial branding.

Item #: SCP-8135

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-8135 requires active feeding to prevent catastrophic containment failure. Every twelve (12) days, without exception, exactly one (1) Class-D personnel must be escorted into the containment chamber to open and ingest SCP-8135, initiating a standard consumption event.

When not in an active feeding cycle, SCP-8135 is to be kept in a vacuum-sealed, soundproof titanium containment cell at Site-19.

If a feeding cycle is delayed past Day 14, a Site-Wide Level 3 Emergency is to be declared immediately. All non-essential personnel must evacuate Sector-4. Under no circumstances should security personnel attempt to physically block the containment doors during a Starvation State, as physical barriers are entirely ineffective.

Description:
SCP-8135 is an anomalous 355mL aluminum beverage can matching the branding of a cherry-flavored cola. The object physically resets and completely replenishes its liquid contents exactly 24 hours after being opened.

The primary anomaly, designated SCP-8135-1, is an invisible, and entirely intangible predatory entity tied directly to the can. SCP-8135-1 cannot be detected on any technological spectrum (thermal, infrared, or digital) and cannot be harmed by any known physical weaponry or barriers.

The anomalous lifecycle operates on a strict timeline based on human interaction:

• Stage 1 (Consumption): When a human subject ingests SCP-8135, they immediately suffer severe, acute paranoia and auditory hallucinations.
• Stage 2 (Insomnia): The subject enters a state of severe, anomalous insomnia lasting up to 72 hours, frantically resisting sleep out of terror.
• Stage 3 (The Feeding): The moment the subject loses consciousness, a localized electronic blackout occurs within a 10-meter radius, and SCP-8135-1 manifests. The entity violently dismantles and completely consumes the victim within 30 seconds before de-manifesting.
• Secondary Effect (The Aura): Any conscious human within 15 meters of a feeding event is instantly afflicted with severe paranoia and vivid hallucinations. This psychological trauma lasts for exactly 168 hours (one week) before abruptly ceasing. It is entirely resistant to amnestics.

The Starvation State (Active Containment Breach):
If SCP-8135 is denied active feeding for more than 14 days, SCP-8135-1 will enter an aggressive hunger cycle. It will begin striking the primary titanium blast doors with localized kinetic force exceeding 50,000 Newtons until the doors are completely torn off their hinges.

Once free, SCP-8135-1 will actively hunt the facility. It projects a moving 50-meter radius of absolute darkness and intense, anomalous lethargy. Any personnel caught in this radius will experience immediate neurological exhaustion, collapsing into sleep within 30 seconds. SCP-8135-1 will systematically consume sleeping personnel until it has eaten at least two (2) subjects, at which point it will return to its dormant state inside the can.

+ Open Audio Log 8135-1-Audio

Recovered Audio Log 8135-1-Audio
*The following is an audio transcript from Test 09. Subject D-4431 had been awake for 74 hours using heavy chemical stimulants to resist sleep. The test cell was lined with 10-centimeter-thick titanium plating.*

[00:00:00] D-4431 collapses onto the floor due to total neurological exhaustion. Her eyes close.
[00:00:02] *All digital cameras and primary power grids within the wing immediately cut out. Analog backup audio begins.*
[00:00:05] [AUDIO START] The sound of profound, absolute silence inside the chamber. The previous hum of the ventilation system has stopped.
[00:00:11] *A sudden, loud metallic groan. The 10-centimeter titanium floor plates visibly warp and indent downward, as if sustaining immense weight, though nothing is visible.*
[00:00:14] D-4431 lets out a muffled shriek as she is violently lifted off the ground. The audio picks up the distinct sound of bones snapping under extreme pressure in mid-air.
[00:00:18] D-4431: (Gasping, choking) *There's nothing… there's nothing there…*
[00:00:22] *The sound of a massive, wet impact against the chamber wall. This is followed by rapid, heavy crunching sounds and the tearing of flesh.*
[00:00:39] *The sound of swallowing. A brief, cold wind rustles the backup microphone.*
[00:00:45] *Power abruptly restores. Lights flicker back on. The titanium floor plates remain permanently warped, but D-4431 and all biological traces have vanished.*
[00:00:48] [AUDIO END]

+ Open Incident Report 8135-A-7

Incident Report 8135-A-7
Date of Occurrence: [REDACTED]
Location: D-Class Residential Block C, Sector-4, Site-19
Involved Personnel: D-2291, D-2292 (Cellmate), On-duty Security Guards

Foreword: Earlier that day, D-2291 was utilized in an authorized testing session involving SCP-XXXX. Due to a clerical communication error during a shift change, the researching staff failed to flag D-2291 for immediate Type-4 Isolation. Instead, D-2291 was mistakenly escorted back to his standard, shared residential cell following the test.

Incident Timeline:

• 21:00: D-2291 returns to Cell 402. Cellmate D-2292 notes that D-2291 is visibly trembling, hyperventilating, and pacing back and forth across the cell.
• 23:15: D-2291 enters Stage 2 of the anomaly's effects. Surveillance footage captures him violently scratching at the cell door, screaming that "the corners of the room are getting darker." D-2292 calls out for security, stating his cellmate is having a psychotic break.
• 04:12: Due to intense physical and mental exhaustion, D-2291 loses consciousness and falls asleep on the floor.
• 04:13 [CONTAINMENT BREACH]: The primary power grid for all of Residential Block C abruptly fails. All security cameras, electronic door locks, and corridor lighting cut out simultaneously. Backup analog audio recorders immediately activate.

Audio Transcript Excerpt (Cell 402 Microphone):

[04:13:02] D-2292: Hey! Hey, the lights went out! Guards! What’s going on?
[04:13:08] *A loud, metallic creaking noise as the steel framing of the lower bunk bed violently bends downward under a heavy, unseen weight.*
[04:13:11] D-2292: (Panicking) What is that? Yo, something is in here! There’s something in the cell!
[04:13:14] *The sound of D-2291 being abruptly dragged across the concrete floor. D-2291 wakes up, letting out a brief, choked scream before it is cut short by a heavy, wet crushing sound.*
[04:13:19] D-2292: (Screaming hysterically) *IT'S CHEWING HIM! OH MY GOD, IT'S CHEWING HIM BUT THERE'S NOTHING THERE! OPEN THE DOOR! OPEN THE DOOR!*
[04:13:25] *The distinct sound of bones shattering, followed by heavy tearing of flesh and rapid swallowing sounds in the center of the cell.*
[04:13:55] *Total silence for fifteen seconds.*
[04:14:10] *Power is completely restored to Block C. Lights and cameras reboot.*

Post-Incident Analysis: When security personnel reached Cell 402, D-2291 was entirely absent. D-2292, as well as the two (2) security guards stationed at the end of the residential corridor, were found alive but completely unresponsive, exhibiting signs of severe mental trauma due to the entity's secondary aura. All three individuals experienced severe paranoia and hallucinations for exactly 168 hours before abruptly recovering.

+ Open Backstory

The first recorded casualty of SCP-8135 occurred on September 24, 2014, involving a nineteen-year-old evening convenience store clerk named Marcus Vance. Local municipal police archives in [REDACTED] indicate that Vance purchased the object from a newly arrived vending machine distributor earlier that morning.

According to store surveillance data retrieved prior to the electronic blackout, Vance ingested approximately half of SCP-8135's contents at 22:15. By 23:30, Vance began demonstrating severe physiological distress, violently scratching at the security plexiglass and screaming frantically at the dark corners of the employee break room. At exactly 03:14, Vance collapsed from sheer physical exhaustion. Immediately following his loss of consciousness, all local area power grids and digital security feeds suffered a total failure.

Local Police Intervention:
On September 25, 2014, responding Lead Detective Thomas Miller secured the abandoned convenience store. Unaware of the object's anomalous properties, Detective Miller collected the half-empty soda container from the counter as evidence and locked it inside the precinct’s central evidence vault.

At 21:00 that evening, Detective Miller entered a state of severe, anomalous insomnia while logging case files. At 04:12, Miller lost consciousness at his desk. Sound sensors operating on backup analog batteries recorded an immediate 15°C temperature drop inside the precinct, followed by the sound of immense, invisible kinetic force buckling the reinforced steel evidence vault doors from the inside out. Miller was completely consumed, leaving no biological trace.

Foundation Recovery Operation:
Mobile Task Force (MTF) Pi-1 ("City Slickers") intercepted the sudden, localized emergency police distress signals regarding the precinct blackout. Upon breaching the station, MTF Pi-1 noted that the structural concrete walls surrounding the evidence vault had been entirely sheared away, and multiple officers were found in a state of catatonic shock due to SCP-8135-1's secondary psychological aura.

SCP-8135 was discovered resting completely upright and miraculously refilled to its exact 355mL capacity in the center of the debris. The object was successfully secured using heavy-duty automated mechanical pincers and placed in a vacuum-sealed transport case. Class-A amnestics were systematically administered to the surviving precinct staff and municipal officials, and a cover story involving a gas main explosion was disseminated to local news outlets.

Investigation of Origin:
Subsequent Foundation investigations into the origin of SCP-8135 traced the vending machine delivery invoice back to a shell company operating under the name [REDACTED] Logistics, based out of an abandoned industrial park in [REDACTED].

Raids on the facility by Foundation agents revealed a completely hollowed-out warehouse containing nothing but a single, automated assembly line. The assembly line was entirely dormant, with the exception of a mechanical bottling matrix configured to print corrupted, unreadable commercial barcodes onto aluminum canisters. Financial records linked to the facility were scrubbed entirely, indicating that the item was deliberately manufactured and seeded into the public sector by an unidentified Group of Interest (GOI). Investigation into the factory's creators is currently ongoing.