SCP: Episode 1 (Pilot) What ever happened to Steven Price?

By Ben French and Andrew Nile

Characters created by Andrew Nile and the community at scp-wiki.net

EXT. FOREST CLEARING. NIGHT. Steven is running through some woods, being followed by 811 - a humanoid women with rough greenish skin. PAN: CHASING ALONG SIDE STEVEN. GET SEVERAL DIFFERENT SHOTS. WIDE: STEVENS FRONT AS HE FALLS. He reaches the edge of the woods and makes a break for an opening in the trees, tripping as he does into an open field. TWO-SHOT: SIDE He pulls a gun. STEVEN Get the fuck back. Ill shoot. PAN: BACKWARDS SLIGHTLY TO REVEAL RICHARD STOOD THERE WITH HIS GUN FIXED ON STEVENS HEAD. RICHARD Id advice you not to. Steven turns to see Richard pointing a gun at him. Behind him is Number Two. OVER THE SHOULDER: 811 LOOKING AT NUMBER TWO NUMBER TWO Now now, calm down. I brought you some food. MEDIUM: 811 Fooood. What it? MEDIUM: Number Two tosses some food towards her. NUMBER TWO Now, are you going to come back home with us? MEDIUM: 811 OK. Sorry I is.

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OVER THE SHOULDER: OF 811 BUT STAY STATIONARY AS SHE WALKS OFF WITH NUMBER TWO. She walks off with Number Two who is careful to avoid touching her. TWO-SHOT: RICHARD Mr Price, what do we do about you? MEDIUM CLOSE UP: STEVEN Woah! Woah! What?! Chill man! That thing absorbed or whatever her, I didnt kill her! TWO-SHOT: RICHARD Oh, there is no doubt in my mind that she did eat Miss Charleston. But thats beside the point. No witnesses. STEVEN I wont tell anybody about your little science project, I swear! RICHARD You know, I have a far better idea for you Mr Price. A man like you could come in very handy. MEDIUM CLOSE UP: STEVEN I dont know what youre talking about. MEDIUM CLOSE UP: RICHARD You know god damn well what Im talking about Mr Price! Do not fuck me around! You and your girlfriend should not have come here. I know who you are working for so dont play dumb with me. But as i said. Id rather not kill you. Enough innocent blood has been shed today, dont you think? (CONTINUED)

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MEDIUM CLOSE UP: STEVEN You bastard! TWO-SHOT: Steven lunges for Richard but stops when he fires a shot into the air. RICHARD Touch a nerve? Id you cooperate with rather like you to you set foot on my highly suggest me Mr Price. Id be alive when compound.

STEVEN Id rather you kill me then make me into one of those green freaks. MEDIUM: RICHARD Id like to point out that the girl was green when we found her. But this is bigger than her. Far bigger. So that begs the question, if youre working for him, which you are, why dont you know about us? You were obviously sent here for our green friend. MEDIUM: STEVEN What do you mean? MEDIUM: RICHARD Or maybe you dont, maybe to him youre just another hired gun. (Pause) Your questions will be answered. But not here Im afraid. This is a little too public.

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INT. RICHARDS OFFICE. DAY. WIDE: Steven is sat in a chair facing Richard. Number Two Stands behind Richard. There are 3 others stood in the room. Calvin, Jonathon and Francis. They stand behind Steven. MEDIUM: CALVIN Who the fuck is this? You said we were working with specialists. MEDIUM: RICHARD I know what I said Mr Miles. But with respect, this man has as much experience with you. MEDIUM: CALVIN Bullshit. This civvy has no idea what its like out there! MEDIUM: FRANCIS Cal, he may not be a soldier, but give the man a chance. He hasnt had a chance to speak since he got here. WIDE: (To Steven) So mystery man, what do you bring to the table. MEDIUM: STEVEN Look, I dont even know why Im here. My employer sent me after some kind of antiquity a couple of miles from here. Thats where the green bitchs skin ate my Girlfriend. MEDIUM:

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JONATHON You were with them?! MEDIUM: STEVEN Can someone please tell what the fuck is going on?! MEDIUM: RICHARD Calm down Mr Price. The four of you have been selected to work on this site. This site, 39B, is a research facility for The SCP Foundation. WIDE: For all extents and purposes we do not exist and neither do you. As you were briefed when you accepted these positions, you are legally dead. PAN: ALONG THE FACES OF THE 4 TEAM MEMBERS Your families have been notified. Miss Hynel, Mr Miles and Mr Bridges here, died in action in Russia a month ago. MEDIUM: As for you Mr Price, you dont seem to have any family to notify. So death by drink driving it is. MEDIUM: STEVEN What kind of sick joke is this? MEDIUM: RICHARD I assure you Mr Price, this is no joke. You will be stationed here for 6 months before your rotation. You will each receive a uniform. You are expected to wear it at all times. (Pause) One last thing. You each have a Level 2 security clearance. But I must insist that you do not go wondering around the Laboratories. You must, stay within (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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RICHARD (contd) the barracks. Do I make myself clear? WIDE: ALL Yes Sir. RICHARD You are free to do as you will for now. Dismissed. The team turn to leave. MEDIUM: RICHARD IS READING SOMETHING ON HIS DESK AND NOT LOOKIG AT STEVEN. Oh and Mr Price, I assume you know how to use that firearm you pointed at me. But I suggest you speak to one of the others about giving you a crash course.

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INT. LOUNGE AREA. DAY. WIDE: STEVEN enters a coffee lounge area. The team are sat around a table. They all look up together. Awkward silence for a moment. STEVEN sits. MEDIUM: FRANCIS FRANCIS So Mr Mercenary. What can we do for you? MEDIUM: STEVEN Look, I was just making a bit of money. MEDIUM: FRANCIS They treat these things as objects to be collected! MEDIUM: STEVEN Things? GROUP SHOT: CALVIN You really dont know, do you? STEVEN Will someone please tell what the hell they mean?! MEDIUM: JONATHON Your friends that hired you. They deal more than just antiquities. That thing that got your girl, thats what they sent you for. MEDIUM: STEVEN So youre telling me they traffic lizard people. (CONTINUED)

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MEDIUM: CALVIN Oh Steven. There is so much more than just that one green girl. MEDIUM: FRANCIS And you better get used to it, your gonna be getting real familiar with it in the next 6 months. MEDIUM: STEVEN And you guys are fine with this how? Since when did the Marines and the British Infantry deal with monsters? MEDIUM: CALVIN That war out on the Russian border; it wasnt just the Russians trying to cut off trade. GROUP SHOT: FRANCIS You better stop talking right now! That stuff is classified and you know it. CALVIN Were all working under the official secrets act. What difference does it make? MEDIUM: JONATHON Cal has a point Francis. MEDIUM: STEVEN So what was happening? MEDIUM:

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CONTINUED: CALVIN Well that shit did happen. But something else was also taking place. Operation Warbird. MEDIUM: STEVEN Warbird? GROUP SHOT: CALVIN Russia trying to utilize the occult to make weapons whilst England headed the other sides efforts with the 34th battalion that had been dealing with this shit since WW1. STEVEN You guys were all part of the 34th? FRANCIS Yes, Sir. I was a medic. STEVEN So youre all used to this crap? JONATHON Kinda. Out in Russia we were dealing more with objects than creatures but that doesnt mean wedidntt run into any. MEDIUM: STEVEN So there really are monsters out there? GROUP SHOT: FRANCIS You didnt really think SCP-811 was an experiment gone wrong did you? STEVEN I didnt know what to think. JONATHON Youd think Marshall,Carter, and Dark would brief their guns before sending them off after green things.

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MEDIUM: STEVEN Who? MEDIUM: JONATHON Marshall,Carter, and Dark Ltd. The company you worked for? MEDIUM: STEVEN I work for a guy named Paul. GROUP SHOT: FRANCIS He must be new. STEVEN Who the hell are Marshall, Carter and Dark? MEDIUM: CALVIN A club based in London. Catering to the super-rich. From what ive heard theyve caused extensive problems for the Foundation. Theyre known for collecting rare and obscure items, along with providing its members the most exclusive, expensive, and rare experiences available. MEDIUM: JONATHON Obviously this would have cause conflict with the Foundation on numerous occasions. The group is not known for the use of force; they prefer to apply extreme financial and political pressure to achieve their goals. MEDIUM:

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CONTINUED: STEVEN And where do I fit into this? MEDIUM: FRANCIS They employ outside agents, and it is very difficult to connect said agents to the organization. Hence why you only knew about Paul. Richard mentioned they have a history of deliberately causing containment breaches in the foundations sites. MEDIUM: STEVEN That seems like something that dick would do. I cant believe he would send me out after something like this with out letting me know the details. MEDIUM: FRANCIS Look, youre with us now. Its clear youve learnt your lesson. We understand you didnt know the people you were working for. MEDIUM: CALVIN Speaking of being with us now. I thought id get us all a little housewarming gift. He pulls out 4 sets of dog tags. CUT-IN: ON THE TAGS AS HE HOLDS THEM IN HIS HAND Now, I know these will seem a little pointless seeing as we are dead and all. MEDIUM: FRANCIS And we arent allowed any Identification other than our secruity clearances. MEDIUM:

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CALVIN Sssh. Any way, I thought itd be mildy ironic if we all wore these. Theyre blank of course. Thats why its humerous. GROUP SHOT: FRANCIS (Laughing) You really do have the worst sense of humour ever. CALVIN I do try Miss Hynel, I do try. JONATHON (Lauging) Dick.