...Getting Shot Down

(Dr. Collingwood's Office - 9:40 AM)

Collingwood was sitting on her chair next to a table and doing some paperwork regarding an scp with her computer. The office door opened and it was Rodeo. 

"Good morning, Rodeo."

"Good morning, Collingwood, I got something for you."

He then opens his hollow stomach compartment and brings out a paper coffee cup with coffee in it.

"A perfectly good cup of coffee." He said gesturing to the coffee cup.

"Wow. Thank you, Rodeo."

Rodeo gives her the coffee and she happily takes it.

"So what are you doing?"

"You know the usual... work." She said nonchalantly.

"Well I'm pretty sure you find it quite boring."

"It's not boring, Rodeo. It's just tiring, that's all."

Rodeo looks around the office and spots an SCP-999 plushie on a book shelf.

"Is that a plushie?"

"Oh that! Yeah I kinda bought it from the SCP merchandise they sell at the other sites."

"Wait, the foundation sells merchandise as well?"

"In the sites only. Not outside to the public."

"Can I hold it?"

"Hmm, sure."

Rodeo then picks up the plushie, looks at it and then hugs it.

"Oh my God. It's so cute that I just want to hold it forever." He said hugging the plushie tightly.

Collingwood giggled a little bit seeing his child side, even though he's just 20.

Collingwood then chuckles, "For a 20 year old, you sure do like cute things."

"Of course I do, Dr. Collingwood. When you see something so cute, you can't resist holding it."

"Yeah... Rodeo do you know which SCP that plushie is based on?"

"Uhh, yeah. It's based on SCP-999."

"And how do you know about 999 if you never met him?"

"Let me guess, you also want to ask me regarding how I know about the SCP'S. Am I right, Dr. Collingwood?"

"Well I wanted to ask you, but I never got the chance actually."

Rodeo then hesitates for a moment before finally saying, "Fine , I'll tell you."

(One Explanation Later)

Collingwood had a look of both shock and surprise, from what she heard from Rodeo. 

"Your earth doesn't have SCPs and you already told this to Dr. Buck?"

"No, they're just fiction on my earth and yes, Dr. Amelia knows."

Collingwood looks down for a moment. 

Rodeo notices this and says, "Is something wrong, Dr. Collingwood?"

"Has Lawrence ever talked to you regarding what sort of SCPs he's dealt with and what he's been through?"

"Yeah, he told me. They weren't pretty experiences according to him."

"You must be lucky that your world doesn't have to go up against nightmarish monsters everyday and live happily."

"Collingwood, I know your feeling envy after hearing what I just said but-"

Collingwood cuts him off, "But what?! Do you know how much we go through here at the foundation? Risk our lives, seeing people lose their sanity and getting killed by monsters who just find amusement out of it. Worrying that the world might end someday. Losing a chance at having a normal life. You know whenever I try to have a normal time with Lawrence it either always ends up good or bad. Like that one time we were having a date in a restaurant and then he got attacked by 966... I'm pretty sure you didn't have problems like these in your world."

"No, I never did." He said looking down.

"I'm afraid, Rodeo. For Lawrence."

Rodeo looks at Collingwood and notices that she had a look of worry and fear on her face. 

"Rodeo... I'm afraid he'll never come back from one of his missions or something even worse might happen to him. Our world... Is not peaceful. It's a nightmare." She said as tears started falling down her face.

"Hey, hey, hey."

Collingwood looks at him and Rodeo gently wipes away her tears.

"Look Collingwood. Lawrence, goes out there risking his life because he cares for you and your safety. And he always came back, right?"

Collingwood nodded her head.

"Then you don't have to be afraid, Collingwood. I know this world is a nightmare, but if you have the guts to face those nightmares just like Lawrence does everyday, then that means you are brave. I need you to be brave, Dr.Collingwood. When I took the risk of dealing with 953 I wasn't afraid, I looked at fear in the eye and came back safely. You understand what I'm saying Dr. Collingwood?"

"Yeah... you're right. Thank you." She said with a smile.

"You're welcome. Oh forgot to mention that I'm being transferred to Site-19."

"What?"

"Yeah, they're gonna send me today at 12PM. Are you gonna go to site-19 as well?"

"I don't think so. Sorry, Rodeo."

"Well, looks like Dr. Amelia and I are only going to be transferred there. See you later, Dr. Collingwood."

Collingwood nods and then Rodeo puts back the plushie on the shelf and leaves the office. 

"I hope you can go back to your world soon, Rodeo."

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(Rooftop Helipad, Site-17- 12:00 PM)

Rodeo and Dr. Amelia Buck was on the rooftop of site-17, and on the helipad was a gray colored CH-47D Chinook helicopter with the foundation's logo on its right and left side. 

"We're going in that?!" He asked Dr.Amelia.

"Yes, we are."

"For the first time in my life... I'M GOING ON THE CHOPPA!!!" Rodeo shouted the last part loudly with excitement.

"Jesus, Rodeo! Can you please not yell like that." Amelia said while holding her ears.

"Sorry." He said while rubbing the back of his head.

Rodeo checked his hollow stomach compartment and his phone and charger were still there. He then closes the compartment and looks at the sky, which was covered by gray clouds.

"I think it's gonna rain today."

"Seems like it."

Dr. Amelia Buck was wearing a short- sleeved orange buttoned shirt and a pencil skirt around her waist and was wearing short heel black boots and her usual lab coat as well that was unbuttoned.

"You look great today."

"Is that a compliment?"

"Yes, but as a friend."

"Well, I've never been complimented before... but thanks I guess." She said awkwardly.

"That's the spirit, Dr. Amelia."

The two heard footsteps behind them and saw at least fifteen MTF soldiers holding assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns and wearing their usual helmets and uniforms as well.

"So this is the humanoid entity, we were told to escort to site-19?" Says the one MTF soldier in the middle, asking Dr. Amelia.

Amelia nodded and answered, "Yes, this is the one."

"Good afternoon, guys." Rodeo greeted.

"...Yeah, good afternoon to you as well." He said awkwardly.

The MTF soldier looked at the rest of the MTF soldiers and ordered, "Alright team, we're moving out. Any questions before we leave?"

None of the soldiers didn't say anything. 

"Good then, let's go."

""Yes sir!""

The MTF team, Dr. Amelia Buck and Rodeo then enter the helicopter. Next moment, the helicopter closes its ramp and the two propellers start spinning. Afterwards, it starts ascending and flies forward towards the direction of Site-19.

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(Inside the Helicopter)

The two pilots were busy flying the helicopter, while Rodeo, Amelia and the MTF soldiers were on their seats, sitting quietly.

Meanwhile, Rodeo was finding the silence kind a bit... weird. 

"Sooo, you guys have fought a buttload of SCPs right?"

Amelia who was sitting next to him says, "They have Rodeo, but most of them tend to not talk about their experiences."

"Come on, I'm just trying to stir up a conversation." He said to Amelia.

"You want to have a conversation with us?" The second MTF troop asked.

"Come on, sitting quietly isn't gonna help much. So I thought why not chat with each other."

"Dr. Buck, are you sure this thing is even a Keter class? Seems harmless to me." The same MTF troop that converse Amelia asked.

"Yes, he's quite the social type. And a prankster as well."

"You're still mad at me for pranking you with 'Bites the Dust'?"

"The fact that you almost scared me and the rest to death, by threatening us that you will blow us up... I'm not mad. I'm just embarrassed that I and the rest fell for your prank."

"Well, that's because I'm a genius." He said with confidence.

"Yeah, right." She then rolled her eyes.

The MTF soldiers who were listening to the conversation, found it funny that an entity like him was able to prank her.

"So, SCP-6601, do you have a name?" The third MTF soldier asked.

"I have a real name, but I'm not gonna say it."

"Why not?"

"Privacy... but you can call me Rodeo instead."

"What kind of a name is Rodeo?" The fourth MTF soldier asked weirdly.

"Come on, it's the perfect name."

"It's stupid."

"Oh really? Then what if my name was Caboose? Would you call it stupid?"

"That name is even more stupid."

'Why does everybody have a problem with my name?' Rodeo thought.

"So I heard you have become quite popular on site-17? Especially with the ladies." Another MTF soldier tried to tease him.

"...I don't want to talk about that." Rodeo says with jojo shadow eyes. 

"What's the matter, feeling shy?"

"Sheer Heart Attack!"

"What?"

SHA pops out from Rodeo's left hand and it was looking at the MTF soldier who was teasing Rodeo.

"Look over here!" Sheer Heart Attack yelled.

SHA flys towards the soldiers face at high speeds and the MTF that teases Rodeo covers his face with his arms in panic 

"Ohhhhhhhhhh Jesus!" He screamed and yelled like a little girl.

The MTF Soldier was waiting for it to come but it never came. He looked everywhere but SHA was nowhere to be seen. 

"What the hell?"

"Oh yeah, I called Sheer Heart Attack back to my hand... And you fell for the easiest prank in existence!"

Rodeo then starts laughing, as well as the other MTF soldiers while the MTF soldier feels quite embarrassed. Amelia wasn't laughing at all, she just facepalmed at Rodeo's childish prank. 

"Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up, all of you!" The one got pranked said angrily.

As the laughing continues, unbeknownst to them however, that there was a gray colored Apache attack helicopter following the Chinook helicopter. It wasn't the foundation's. The apache had a logo of an all too familiar group on its right side. 

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The G.O.C.

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(Inside the Apache Helicopter)

Two members of the GOC were inside the helicopter. One was flying the helicopter, while the other was handling the weapons of the aircraft. 

The pilot then says through his radio to GOC control, "Control, this is Cobra 99-1. Do you copy? Over."

—Cobra 99-1, hearing you loud and clear. Do you have visuals on the target? Over.

"Yes. We have visuals on the target. Permission to engage targets. Over."

—Permission granted, Cobra 99-1. 

"Copy that, Control. Over and Out."

Then the transmission ends.

"So we're gonna light that bird up or what?" The GOC Gunner said to the pilot.

"Affirmative. If our Intel gave us anything there is a Keter class SCP on that bird. Get the weapons ready."

"Roger that."

The gunner checks the weapons through the screen in front of him, and everything is ready.

"Alright, weapons are ready."

"Light em up."

The GOC gunner fired a hellfire missile and it was heading straight towards the helicopter that Rodeo was on at blistering speed.

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(Back with Rodeo)

The MTF soldiers and Rodeo were still laughing except for Amelia until the entire helicopter shook and their laughs turned into a look of worry and shock. Beeping sounds came from the pilot's control monitor.

The monitor showed that the number two engine propeller was hit.

"Damn it! Engine two's hit."

"Come on pull up!"

Everybody on the helicopter was holding on to their seats, especially Rodeo and Amelia.

"What the hell is going on?!" Rodeo shouted.

Engine two was on fire and then the helicopter started spinning violently and started falling towards the ground with gravity inside the helicopter started shifting and the group inside were being thrown up and down, left and right due to the change in gravity. 

The pilots were desperately trying to get the helicopter under control. The pilot looked at the window in front of him and saw that they were about to crash towards the forest.

"Oh shit! Everybody brace yourselves!"

The helicopter then crashes into the forest.

End of Chapter 15.

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A/n: Cliffhanger people. Anyways I hope you enjoyed today's chapter. Follow me on wattpad and vote for my stories and keep yourselves notified for more chapters. Thank you. 

ANOTHER SCENE BELOW...

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(Far Away from the Crash Site)

The scene then changes to an unknown humanoid figure walking through the dark forest until it then feels something. As if something was calling it or was being drawn to it.

"Strange, what is this feeling?"

The figure then looked to its right with its yellow eyes and brown irises as it felt it was coming from that direction. Whatever it was, it wanted to know and perhaps get some help.

"And here we go again."

To be Continued ➡