SCP: Find Us Alive - 32: Hiway Robbery

Episode Date: August 5, 2022

A Dash Two is loose in the building. It's different this time. This episode was written by Anna Maguire and features the voices of Logan Laidlaw (Harley), Jackson McMurray (Lancaster), Tabi Bardall (Agent Love), Taschia Ritter (Klein), Anna Maguire (Raddagher) and Jory Stultz (D-1). Original music by Jackson McMurray. Follow us on Twitter @Site107 or visit findusalivepodcast.com for updates, info, art, and more. Join us on Patreon for exclusive behind-the-scenes content! Word of mouth is the best advertising, so be sure to share with your friends if you like the show! This podcast and all content relating to the SCP Foundation are released under a Creative Commons Sharealike 3.0 license. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey, everybody, Anna here, writer and director of Find Us Alive. We have some new patrons to thank. A very special thanks to Live, Bookworm, Ratchet Hero, Tom Clancy, Ariel Young, Leander, Stigelvedis, and Kreis. A huge thank you to each and every one of you. We really appreciate your support. We get most of our funding from Patreon, so if you would like to help us keep the lights on, head over to patreon.com slash Find Us Alive and check out our awards. Thank you again, and enjoy the episode. Should we tell Klein? Not yet. What do we do?

We keep it a secret. For how long? Until we know they won't kill us for it. We broke the rules. We really broke the rules. Overwatch Command, it is 1.29 p.m. I'm sure it is also a day of the week, although I may have lost track of which one it might be. You'll be happy to know that the next reset is only a couple of days away.

soon we may no longer have to deal with the cavernous hellscape our building has become. We hope. We are reasonably sure. We have roughly the same confidence as we did during the detonation. The truth is, Overwatch Command and your infinite silent spectatorship, I am nervous. The evidence we have observed so far has given me no reason to believe that the site won't return to normal. But the rules of this place fluctuate, as you well know. Maybe we did break the cycle.

Just not the way we want it. As always, I'm talking to myself. But I've grown comfortable with the empty airwaves, with the idea that something might be in here with me. Just listening. Coupled with the assurance that nothing is, a very improbable possibility. And now, my captive, non-existent audience, I have some news regarding the things I have done to waste my time while I'm stuck in here.

I continue to suck at drawing tigers. But now I am sucking at drawing tigers on top of the desk as well as underneath it. What in the hell was that? The first person who saw it said it came crawling out of the... Containment cell. Mining my own business. I'm bouncing my tennis ball. when all of a sudden I hear this perfectly reasonable volume and pitch of a reaction,

considering how big it was and how close it was to my door. We've got a big one, ladies and germs. Bring me its head. Shit. Can I help? No. You're still injured. I'm fine.

I made it to Casey's shrine twice. It barely even hurts to breathe. Stay in your office, Harley. What if it comes back? What do I do? I don't have any fire, and it was in Norfolk. Barely anybody has fire! We've only got like six cans of hairspray! That does not make me feel better!

All of the containment cells had... I mean, they were immediately locked down, which meant I... Need a drink. But guess what else we used up in the detonation? Most of the staff couldn't leave their rooms. We were fishing a barrel if that thing decided to... Maybe sneak out of my office, just a little bit, just until... We find out how it got created right under our noses.

What? I didn't have nothing to do. with this? Klein, do you have a description of it? What can it do? Can it go through walls? I'm kind of busy, Harley! Okay, phasing through walls, possibly.

Could it pull me out of my office like a lobster out of a tank at a fancy restaurant? Remains to be seen. I need a weapon. Hello? Someone up there? Get in your office! Don't why? Is it coming?

We are coming to you. Get in your office. We need your help. We? Me and Radiger. And dump truck. Oh. What kind of help do you need?

We fucked up. So in my defense... We didn't do much to keep it inside. I didn't know he would be able to move like that? She didn't tell it to stay in the office. Don't look at me like that. I didn't know where he was going. Let me make sure I have this all correct.

Okay. Radiger is still in the surveillance office. Watching. You and her made a giant dash two. Yes? And it escaped. He didn't escape. He left.

I just don't know where he went. How did it escape, Love? Did you leave the door open or something? No, of course I didn't leave the fucking door open. Dash 2 spotted. Everybody keep your eyes peeled for a really long vine. Security reports that it's sticking to the walls. Love?

Yes. How did it escape your office, love? He unraveled like a sweater and went up the vent. Obviously, we couldn't let everybody kill him. I was conned into fighting on the side of another vine monster. He was just born! It moved faster than we could keep up with him. All we've got are a few lighters and a few aerosol cans of...

Badger? Or maybe a weird flat bear? Either way, he has six legs. I don't have time for this. It's on site. We had to find him before somebody else did and decided to... take my anger out on something. Just have to get close enough to it. Okay. What do we do?

Ingrid? Hey. I made it to Harley's office. Yes. We have an idea, but it won't work without you. And as quick as she came in, she was back out again. Climbing up to... The inside of the vent in my cell.

And it's too small for a person to fit through, but probably not too small for a... Good look at this thing? It was big. Almost as big as the lemon plant. Monster! He's just a bad. Maybe he doesn't know any better. And as I'm on my way up, the Sightcom kicks on.

Cycle 7 surveillance has spotted the anomaly in BF1, heading towards AE3. Let's get on it, people. Yes, yes, Harley, nice work. Far Team A, go check that out. Over. One success this cycle. One success is all I want. Okay, that's the far side of the building to where you see. odd. They're in multiple groups, though. They're not all going to chase it that way.

Buy us some time. Yeah, but how much faster can love move than a whole security squad? She's fast. I'll save you, my son. My boy, I'm on my way. Don't move. Please stop moving around so much. Mama loves you. If the fake direction is A.E3, which way is it actually going? Toward BH4. BH4? Last time it appeared on the cameras. Where's Lancaster being held right now? Hello?

You guys are gonna come check on us down here, eventually, right? Oh. You said it's not dangerous, right? It is not dangerous, as far as we know. Cool. Awesome. Great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great. Oh, good. So, we executed the plan.

We have eyes on the dash two, spotted moving towards A-B. He was working. Fucking hell. How to get all the way over there? Nobody suspected a thing. We were so smooth. Ah, it looks like you can move really fast. That's why it's getting around the building so quick.

No other reason. All right, Fire Team C. Go check out that location. Over. I'm gonna go see about some contained people. No, it's okay. I'll be fine in here. Don't worry about it.

We have sighted the monster again in AD1. God damn it! Where is he? I'm almost there. What? I can't hear you. I'm getting word that we are experiencing interference with walkies in the farthest reaches of the buildings. A site 107.

Do try to stay off the channels, except when absolutely necessary. Try her now. Nari Klein is coming down. I still can't understand you. Okay, focus. Focus. Cline? Elvis?

Is anybody... Damn, okay. Um... Oh, hey, dash two. I hope you're listening, because you, you better not come in here. I have a...

Well, I have a blanket. Son of a... In here! Lancaster. That... That bastard better... Better... Better not be irresponsible for this.

Oh, wow, it's over in EG1 now. Looks like we really need some leadership over there. Could really benefit from someone in charge. Lancaster, are you... What? Oh. Startle it. I just have to get a little bit closer.

I think it's a lot too big for that little can. It'll be enough. Are you sure? Are we looking at the same giant plant bear thing? All right, fine. It works. Or we die. Happy? Ugh, that was weird.

Why can't it just walk like a regular animal? It is not a regular animal, claim. All right, all right, let's go. Hey, big guy, want to tussle? Do you? Do you? Try some of this. It's really not the time, love.

Move! No! What did you do? His name is highway robbery, and he loves me. You are in so much trouble. You can't kill him. He's not dangerous. He has teeth the size of my fucking dog. He listens to me. Look like rolling over.

I don't even know how to describe what I just saw. So he moves weird. Whatever. Klein, please don't tell upper management. I don't know how you plan on keeping that thing a secret, love? It's huge. I can keep him a secret. I promise. Okay, prove it. Get it back to your room without anyone seeing.

How are you going to get it out of here? I'm going to ride him. She's not responding. She's okay. Channels are just full right now. Something happened. Just wait a few more minutes. Stay in your office.

You'll see her when she shows back up in the cameras. Oh my God. What? Do you see her? Yes. And, is she all right? What's going on? Is that the two?

That's them. What's it doing? He's good at climbing. Yeah, I can see that. Is she okay? Yeah. She's riding him. Agent Love is riding a dash two like a horse down a wall.

Got it. Love, are you in range now? The surveillance office or your room? My events. Be specific. I don't want him to get lost. What if he gets confused and he goes to the wrong room, they'll kill. Love?

Where is she? Where'd she go? Are we really gonna let her keep that thing? We could use that thing, Lank. Did you see how it went straight up that wall? It's a giant monster. It's a giant monster that can climb. And it seems like it listens to her.

I need to get to an intercom. Okay, well, then I want the lighter. What? Well, in case it decides to come back. No. It's okay. He'll be gone in a second. It's okay.

It's okay. They'll be gone soon. You're right. Deep breaths. Okay. I think they're gone. I don't know what wing I'm in, but I'm getting closer. Stay hidden.

People everywhere. Got it. Come on highway robbery. Everybody, it's in B.H. I had a corner for a second, but it got away. I need backup down here. Nice. She's all right.

Looks like she's about halfway there, right? Yes. Not long left to go. What? What's going on? What do you see? Oh. Oh.

Shit, oh my god. On it? Almost there, boy. Good job. Anybody who can make it to VF1, we have two injured people who fell down a gap and need immediate assistance. We have no extra rope to pull them up. We need all hands on deck. And be careful on the rope bridges. BF1. That's on the other side of the building from us. Everybody's going that way. We can make it back. No problem. Damn it. Let's go. BF1. And as I'm climbing back through BH4,

Love in this mass of vines and leaves just haul ass past me. He's fast. It's a bit like boogie boarding on a tree. Radiger sends me the camera feed of where the two guards fell, and suddenly there's this. Emergency happening, apparently, but nobody's gonna tell me what... Highway robbery can do. Climb stuff, climb anything he can even...

Climes down to the bottom. People are yelling and trying to get a shot in at it, but Agent Love, starts carrying one of them up. It worked. He carried both of them up safely, and they only sprayed fire at him twice. So I guess what we're really getting at here. And I guess it didn't actually hurt me.

He saved them. If it were me. I guess it might be worth... Letting her... Keep him? Yep. But there are rules. Okay.

We can follow rules. We'll be the best of rules. First rule is that it cannot go anywhere without one of you two watching it. Deal! You're not. I'm not gonna regret this client. I'm gonna be the best trainer you've ever seen and we're gonna help people all over so security can take a break. And it's gonna be so cool and he's gonna be the best surface anomaly in the whole foundation and and

Whoa there don't pass out or anything. Here drink some water. My head hurts. Are you okay? Give me that water. I've been running around for days and I've barely had any because everybody else has been bo-gardeing it. Yeah, sorry love. We'll fix that when the site resets. It'll be easier to get supplies around now. I guess you're right. You better not make me regret this. Episode 32 was written and produced by Anna McGuire. The voice of Harley is Logan Laidlaw. The voice of Lancaster is Jackson McMurray. The voice of Klein is Tasha Ritter.

The voice of Agent Love is Tabby Bardol. The voice of Radiger is Anna McGuire. The voice of D1 is Jory Stultz. Original music by Jackson McMurray. If you like our show and want to support us, follow us on Twitter at Site 107 or visit Find Usalivepodcast.com. This podcast, along with all content relating to the SC Foundation is released under a Creative Commons share-a-like 3.0 license. Thank you for listening.