SCP-682 ⨷ Hard-To-Destroy Reptile

SCP-682 must be destroyed as soon as possible.

Delve into the SCP Foundation file containing information on SCP-682, a highly intelligent reptilian creature that, despite the Foundation's extensive attempts, has proven invincible. While there are more perilous SCPs capable of obliterating entire dimensions, SCP-682 remains one of the most renowned entities. You may have come across stories about this creature, which has earned the nickname "the reptile that defies death," and comprehends the reasons behind the widespread terror it instills.

SCP-682 has been subjected to some of the most deadly weapons and traps the Foundation could devise and has survived attacks from some of its deadliest fellow SCPs. But before we delve into the Foundation's many failed assassination attempts, we need to lay the groundwork for what this creature even is.

The first thing to know about SCP-682 is that this thing wants you and everything you know, dead. Unlike some other creatures like SCP-096 and SCP-173, which are murderous but exhibit no real higher processing skills, SCP-682 possesses cunning, advanced reasoning, and even human-level logical intelligence. SCP-682 can engage you in conversation, but talking to it calmly and cordially might trigger its rage state, making it even more dangerous and volatile.

The beast is perpetually kept in a tank of powerful hydrochloric acid, melting its tissue to prevent it from reaching its full potential and going on a rampage. The creature's most terrifying asset, and the reason it's proven impossible to terminate thus far, is its incredible adaptability to any and all external stimuli.

682 is a reactive being, capable of not only surviving and regenerating from all attacks but often incorporating those attacks into its own wide arsenal. In other words, if you're hoping to kill this thing, you'd better do it on the first hit. If you don't, you can be sure it's going to hit you back a hundred times harder. This brings us to the main event: the SCP Foundation's most ambitious and frightening attempts to terminate SCP-682 or even understand how it could theoretically be destroyed.

There are literally too many unsuccessful attempts to list them all here, so consider this a highlight reel of the Foundation's most prominent failures. 

First up, SCP-682 was cross-tested with SCP-017, a humanoid shadow entity capable of consuming matter with its shadows. Tissue samples from SCP-682 showed that SCP-017 could consume them with no adverse effects. However, when SCP-017 was placed in the containment chamber with SCP-682, the creature let out a horrific roar so loud it damaged nearby audio equipment. SCP-017 fled to the corner of the room, and SCP-682, now in its rage state, attempted to breach containment. Agents managed to suppress and remove SCP-017, but no meaningful damage was logged. Attempt failed.

Next, SCP-173, the killer statue, was brought in, hoping its impeccable track record for killing would work wonders here. The second SCP-173 was introduced into the testing area, SCP-682 retreated to the far wall and began screeching intensely. It was intelligent enough to recognize what it was dealing with. While researchers and guards expected an instantaneous reaction, there was actually a stalemate for over six hours. As SCP-682 maintained continuous eye contact, agents eventually shot out its eyes with high-caliber sniper rifles, breaking the line of sight and causing SCP-173 to attack. Although SCP-682 sustained damage, it regenerated a number of eyes covered in a clear armored carapace, making them resistant to bullets. The stalemate continued for an additional 12 hours until SCP-173 was removed, and the mission was aborted. Attempt failed.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, so the Foundation brought in SCP-096, also known as the Shy Guy. As astute SCP fans know, this being kills anything that sees its face, with no known exceptions. When SCP-096 entered its attack mode, it was thought to be unstoppable—or at least it was. SCP-096 managed to destroy 85% of SCP-682's original body mass during their 27-hour battle but was left mentally broken, wounded, and huddled in the corner. To this day, if ever confronted with SCP-682, the Shy Guy reacts in pure terror, turning away and clawing at its own face. Attempt failed.

During a particularly eventful containment breach, SCP-682 went head-to-head organically with another iconic SCP Hall of Famer: SCP-106, the Old Man, and SCP-953, a shapeshifting psionic anomaly. The Old Man pulled both combatants into his pocket dimension to continue the battle on his terms. Despite losing 67% of his body mass, SCP-682 still prevailed. The Old Man eventually fled, and SCP-953 was taken away by agents. Once again, SCP-682 maintained its title.

But it wasn't just cross-testing experiments. The SCP Foundation's quest to kill SCP-682 also led them to more conventional murder methods, with varying degrees of success. Due to SCP-682's highly adaptive abilities, some methods were discounted from the outset. For instance, launching a powerful thermonuclear missile was soundly rejected by O5 command. If the creature evolved to shrug off nukes, humanity would be toast. Other ideas were abandoned simply for being ridiculous, such as one researcher's suggestion to drop the creature from a great height, hoping the impact would do the trick. We're not sure we even need to tell you why that's a terrible idea.

Some experiments ranged from honest to incompetent to outright evil. One guest researcher fed two small, innocent children to the creature just to see what would happen. He was then himself fed to SCP-682 for his sadistic behavior, which was deemed a hindrance to professional conduct. After all, the Foundation is meant to be cold, not cruel. SCP-682 had the monopoly on cruelty.

Attempts to dismember SCP-682 with a powerful laser were a resounding failure. The creature developed reflective surfaces that displaced the beam, causing catastrophic damage to the area around it. An attempt to create a vacuum by sucking all the air out of its containment facility resulted in SCP-682 expelling a dangerous gaseous compound that exploded when air was reintroduced. The Foundation then used high-precision blades to slice SCP-682 into approximately 12,000 pieces, only for these pieces to reassemble into the fully operational killing machine we all fear. 

In one particularly frightening display of intelligence and adaptability, the Foundation attempted to kill SCP-682 with extreme heat. It shielded itself by developing a carapace of solid helium. When personnel entered the room after the failed attempt, SCP-682 shattered its helium carapace into deadly shards, shredding all Foundation staff in attendance. It had set a trap, and it was wildly successful.

The creature's ability to adapt to seemingly any offense is unparalleled, to the point where Foundation staff have no idea how to classify it—organic, inorganic, or even alive based on any definitions we could understand. Every attempt to destroy it only raises more questions. What is it? Is it even possible to destroy it? Who's trying to kill whom here? Because SCP-682 seems to have a masterful kill-death ratio by now.

More extreme feats of cross-testing continued in the Foundation's growing desperation to eliminate this monster. SCP-162, a hypnotic ball of sharp objects, was introduced to SCP-682's containment cell. The hooks latched onto the creature, tearing huge portions off, including its lower jaw and a limb. However, SCP-682 still managed to breach containment, kill 11 people, and wound 86 others before regenerating its injuries in no time. 

SCP-682 was even taken to the domain of the Gate Guardian, a proposal for SCP-001. The Guardian, wielding a flaming sword hotter than the sun, naturally proved no match for SCP-682, which survived and regenerated. 

Perhaps the most fascinating cross-test was with SCP-053, who manifests as a kind, innocent little girl with the unfortunate condition of causing homicidal tendencies in all who come into contact with her for more than 10 minutes. The anticipated outcomes were either SCP-682 would enter a rage state, attack SCP-053, and finally be destroyed or it would attack SCP-053 with minimal damage, leading to her removal. But what happened was far more shocking. When SCP-053 entered SCP-682's containment chamber, the monster became uncharacteristically docile. Researchers were baffled as SCP-053 approached SCP-682 and began to play with it. SCP-682 even allowed SCP-053 to draw on its face with crayons. Researchers thought they must be dreaming. SCP-053 appeared to have affection for this unkillable misanthrope. When Foundation personnel entered the cell to separate them, SCP-682 went ballistic, killing multiple guards, while SCP-053 wept at being separated from her new friend. To this day, despite further testing, the Foundation has no idea how or why this happened. Like many details surrounding SCP-682, it remains shrouded in deeply frustrating mystery.

And so the tale of SCP-682 continues, in spite of the Foundation's best efforts. The monster continues to breach containment and slaughter with regularity, expressing its seemingly limitless hatred for not only human beings but anything that dares to draw breath. Nobody knows where exactly the creature is from, what its true nature is, or why its ability to adapt and regenerate far exceeds any known organism on this planet. Perhaps one day, through enough research and cross-testing, we can answer these questions with scientific precision. Until then, we only have one answer: Hatred never dies.

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Item #: SCP-682

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-682 must be destroyed as soon as possible. At this time, no means available to SCP teams are capable of destroying SCP-682, only able to cause massive physical damage. SCP-682 should be contained within a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m chamber with 25 cm reinforced acid-resistant steel plate lining all inside surfaces. The containment chamber should be filled with hydrochloric acid until SCP-682 is submerged and incapacitated. Any attempts of SCP-682 to move, speak, or breach containment should be reacted to quickly and with full force as called for by the circumstances.

Personnel are forbidden to speak to SCP-682, for fear of provoking a rage-state. All unauthorized personnel attempting to communicate to SCP-682 will be restrained and removed by force.

Due to its frequent attempts at containment breach, difficulty of containment and incapacitation, and high threat of Foundation Exposure, SCP-682 is to be contained in site [REDACTED]. The Foundation will use the best of its resources to maintain all land within fifty (50) kilometers clear of human development.

Description: SCP-682 is a large, vaguely reptile-like creature of unknown origin. It appears to be extremely intelligent, and was observed to engage in complex communication with SCP-079 during their limited time of exposure. SCP-682 appears to have a hatred of all life, which has been expressed in several interviews during containment. (See ).

SCP-682 has always been observed to have extremely high strength, speed, and reflexes, though exact levels vary with its form. SCP-682's physical body grows and changes very quickly, growing or decreasing in size as it consumes or sheds material. SCP-682 gains energy from anything it ingests, organic or inorganic. Digestion seems to be aided by a set of filtering gills inside of SCP-682's nostrils, which are able to remove usable matter from any liquid solution, enabling it to constantly regenerate from the acid it is contained in. SCP-682's regenerative capabilities and resilience are staggering, and SCP-682 has been seen moving and speaking with its body 87% destroyed or rotted.

In case of a containment breach, SCP-682 is to be tracked and re-captured by all available Mobile Task Forces, and no teams with fewer than seven (7) members are cleared to engage it. To date (██-██-████), attempted breaches have numbered at seventeen (17), while successful breaches have numbered at six (6).