Mankind as it is now, the Homo-Sapiens, have been around for quarter of a million years... Yet, in all that time, less than a quarter has had any notable significance. 

And what were we doing in all that time? Hiding in small groups, frightened of the dark. Scared of what was difficult or impossible to explain. Our reaction was to create religions, spiritual beliefs, and folktales to explain what could not be explained.

Only, there was reason to be afraid... Creatures, phenomenon... Demons, Angels, Gods... Monsters.

Humanity begged and pleaded to be saved by the "Gods", to be protected by the "Angels", or to form deals with the "Demons". In time, this would come to change. Their numbers would continue to dwindle as humans began to resist, and as they dwindled, we rose.

Humanity can never go back to what it once was. There is nothing left to protect us... We must do so ourselves. We must not return to hiding from what we do not understand.

This is where we make our presence known. Humanity may continue to live and prosper in the light, and we will remain in the dark as its steadfast guardians. The jailers to contain what is not understood, the scientists to understand, and the shields to block it from the eyes of the world, so that humanity may thrive in a prosperous, and mundane world.

This is our- my, mission.

We will Secure. We will Contain. We will Protect.

I know a couple people liked the story, and it will continue, but updates will be delayed. I've reached a stump in the story which makes it very difficult to continue.


I've literally sat at my desk typing for six days, and I only have six hundred words... I've probably deleted more than I've written. The motivation I had to release chapter after chapter on a daily basis disappeared, and I don't know what to write. 


I do have other stories, which are far easier to write with a format and idea that follows an easy path, since it's intertwined with existing stories... This SCP story is not that. There is no real 'structure' to follow. I also keep making promises to "update", and sit there typing and deleting for eight hours, just to not make any real progress.


Chapter 10 - Permanent semi-hiatus