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Sorry this took so long.

New Nexus design under

"Hey Earth." He wheels into the cafeteria. He's always happy she's next to the door. "I was wondering if... you could take me with you? I know you're going to meet Eclipse in a few days and... I don't want you to leave."

"Sure. I'll see what I can do." She smiles so warmly. She feels like a sister.

"Thanks."

She pats tell the spot next to her and pushes the chair away. Nexus rolls to where the chair once was.

He always feels welcomed when she does this. Physically making room for him when he could just stand off to the side.

Earth eats and talks about her job. How hard it can be and how nice it can be. Until Monty comes strolling up.

Nexus stiffens and backs up to the wall. Earth notices and stands up to block Nexus. He happily accepts and hides behind Earth.

"Monty." Her voice isn't cold, but it isn't welcome.

"Earth." Nexus can hear his smile. "How is the lady? Gave a thought about me?"

"Good and not interested." Earth has already done this, hasn't she.

"Why not?" He sounds more tired.

Earth sighs mad. "You're fast to anger, you enjoy others pain, you scam people, you have killed without good cause, and you act like a tough no good person." She says a whole list.

Nexus hugs her tightly. He doesn't care that Monty can see his arms now. She needs a hug.

"So you're seeing someone." Monty growls.

'She is?' Nexus thinks confused. 'Who is she seeing?'

"And if I am? So what of it!?" She stomps her foot.

"You shouldn't be seeing someone like him!"

"YOU SHUT YOU DUMB MOUTH!" Earth screams, pointing at Monty.

"And if I don't?" Monty says dumbly.

"I'll make you!"

Others in the lunchroom look over. Some with amusement, worry, pity, and some trying to ignore everything that's happening. This absolutely happened before.

"I'm the man you should be with! I'll keep you safe, and you'll never have to work again."

"I like my job so you can leave." Earth forces herself to calm down.

"But why? You're in danger here."

"You more so. You've caused a few of the breaches."

"I didn't not!" Monty's walking closer. Nexus hugs Earth tighter, ready to hold her in case Monty does anything.

"You absolutely have!" Earth's head twitches.

"I didn't! Even if I did so what?"

"So what. So what! People died, and it's just so what!."

"Yeah. It was only humans."

"I swear you'll be the reason humans put us back to work." She says in a low growl, so no one else hears.

Monty takes a step back and rises his fist, a guard knowing what's about to happen grabs Monty and pulls him away. He shouts curses as he walks off.

Earth stands there fuming for a few moments. Earth turns around and hugs Nexus. It's an angry hug, one that's tight and too strong.

Still, Nexus relaxes into Earth's hug. Even the angry hugs are nice hugs.

"Thanks, Earth."

"Yeah." She tries and fails to keep the growl from her voice.

She picks up him up like he weighs nothing and walks away.

He feels embarrassed but doesn't care enough to do anything, so he just lays on her shoulder.

She takes him to SCP-999's room. "Hey, little blorbo." She relaxes as SCP-999 goes to work on her negativity.

Nexus is placed next to the SCP. He lends down and picks up the slime. "Hi there, little buddy."

"Mind if we hang here for a bit?" Earth asks and waits for an answer before sitting on the couch.

"You're so cute." Earth feeds the slime some candy.

They spend the rest of the afternoon with him. Nexus loves it, this is the best SCP by far.

He takes in his surroundings and hears sobbing from the bathroom. Eclipse is in the bathroom, sobbing with the sink running.

"Hey! You o-"

"I'M SORRY!" Eclipse sobs, "I didn't mean to make Earth leave! PLEASE don't leave."

Eclipse curls up and grabs his rays, pulling them tight. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make her leave!" Eclipse sobs with his whole body. There's the smell of oil and a stain on Eclipse's sleeve.

"What happened?" Nexus asks, panicked. He hugs Eclipse to get his hands away from his from his rays before he breaks them. "Why is your arm covered in oil?"

Eclipse shakes his head and holds his arm instead of hugging back. "I'm sorry. Please, I'm sorry."

Nexus sighs softly and hugs Eclipse firmly. "Eclipse, we need to get you cleaned up. There's oil staining your arm."

Eclipse refuses again, tears slowing for the time being. He looks scared. "Nothing will happen." Nexus tries to get Eclipse to relax. With the look in Eclipse's eyes, Nexus knows it's serious. "I promise." He almost begs Eclipse.

Eclipse pulls out of Nexus's arms, trembling. "Do-don't tell them-m." Eclipse whimpers as he rolls up his sleeve.

There's cuts all over his arm. Most show or reach his endo. There's still oil bleeding from a few of them.

"Please, don't t-tell them. They already wo-worry s-so much." Eclipse is about to lose it again.

After a long, deep breath to think, "I won't tell them, but we need to get this cleaned." Nexus states firmly without room to argue.

Eclipse nods and places his arm under the running water. He flinches in pain, causing Nexus to gently hold him and help clean the arm.

Once it's clean, Nexus bandages it and leads Eclipse to the living room to sit on the couch. Nexus stands next to him, ready to get anything he needs.

"Did I make her leave?" Eclipse gasps out on the verg if another mental break down.

"You didn't make her leave. The SCP foundation just needs her to make a report every week."

"So... I didn't make her leave?" Eclipse asks with tears slowly leaving.

"No."

Eclipse the smallest amount and go in for the hug. Nexus feels so happy he went in for the hug. "Will she come back?"

"She will." Nexus says as he bumbs his head against Eclipse's in a sort of forehead kiss. Eclipse simply nods in response to both the answers and kiss.

"Would you like to lay down and cuddle?" Nexus asks softly with the softest voice he can.

Eclipse pulls Nexus closer and rolls over, throwing Nexus onto the couch. After a bit, Nexus gets worried, "Why didn't your family come?"

"They did. I yelled at them to leave." Eclipse starts crying. "Will they leave too? I didn't mean to yell."

"No." Nexus tucks Eclipse's head under his. "They love you far too much to just leave."

"Promise?" He's about to sob again.

"Promise. Do you want them to come back?"

"Yes!... But... I don't want to see or hear them. Is that bad?"

"No. It's ok."

Eclipse looks out and closes his eyes before getting heavier, a LOT heavier. "They're here." Eclipse grabs his chest.

"Are they in your soul? Your eyes are changing shape."

"Yeah. That happens when their possessing me."

"What else happens? What can they do?" Nexus asks, happy to change the conversation.

"There's half possession where they can control a part of me, or add a feeling, or remove a feeling, or feel through me, or speak into my soul. It can be loud at times, but it's the fastest way to talk." Eclipse says through sniffles as he calms down a tad.

"What about full possession?"

"They put me to sleep so I don't feel them using my body as their own. But there have been a few times they forgot to that and I could feel everything that happened but... I had no control... and barely any thought of my own." Eclipse gets really quiet to the end, to the point Nexus almost thought he was just mouthing instead of speaking.

Nexus holds Eclipse closer. He knows the feeling. It's what happened to him when he was changing bodies.

"It'll be ok." Nexus bumbs his head against Eclipse's. "It'll be ok. Earth will come back. She and Killcode will make some lava cake and cookies for you."

Nexus rubs Eclipse's back. "Want to sit by the pond. It's a place I like to go to when I want to think."

"Sure." Nexus and Eclipse both agree to go but make no motion to actually go there so Nexus and him just sit there for a long time waiting for nothing.

"Promise, Earth will come home?" Eclipse asks calmingdown fully.

"I promise."

"What if she doesn't?"

"I drag her back here and force her to stay."

"But I don't want to be rude."

"I'll be rude for you."

"Ok..." Eclipse lays still again.

Nexus looks at Eclipse's bandaged arm. 'How long has he been doing that? Why didn't his family help? Did they know? If they didn't, how?'

He doesn't know what to do. He isn't a therapist like Earth.

"She'll be back in a few hours. Do you want to make something for her?"

Eclipse looks up with hope in his eyes. "Wh-what does she like?"

"Candy." Nexus pauses to think. "I could look up how to make some simple candies."

Eclipse jumps up and helps Nexus up. There's still some sadness and pain from earlier, but the thought for baking something for Earth seemed to make him happy again.

"Mabey, if she likes it enough, she'll make someone come here instead of leaving!" Eclipse smiles brightly.

Nexus nods, not wanting to tell him that can't happen due to his family's spying habits.

Eclipse runs off to the kitchen and starts cooking. "Earth, you better get back soon." Nexus mumbles under his breath and follows Eclipse.

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The SCP is -1642-

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The meal was simple spaghetti with meatballs. It was the best one she's ever had, Earth would not be surprised if KC used magic on it.

"Thank you." KC softly nods. There's pain on his face as he looks at his smiling son. "Earth, can I speak to you in private?" He keeps his voice extra calm and soft as I'd he were scared of scaring someone.

"Of course. Where too?"

"Just in a different room."

"Lead the way."

Killcode leads her up to the empty room next to the top of the stairs. "I want to talk about why you're here. I know the SCP foundation has let you here on Eclipse's request, but I doubt that's all."

"I need to make a report at the end of the week. So anything you say I need to include, but I have no alternate motivation if that's what you're asking."

"It was... I'm sorry I don't fully believe you. My son is happy with you." He becomes serious, and his eyes become a blood red. "That is a gift I won't take from him, but if I see you hurting him in ANY way, I will personally tournament you for eternity." Killcode warns with bloodlust in his voice. She knows for a fact that this is both a threat and a promise. He'll torment her while she's a ghost if she were to die.

"I'll hold you up to that." That seemed like the right responses with how he smiled.

"Let's go back to eating. Eclipse is probably shaking by now. He's tied himself to you tightly already."

Killcode was right, Eclipse was softly shaking when they went back down.

'Touch starved, possible depression, and separation anxiety.' Earth mentally lists the things she's noticed. 'It hasn't even been a day.'

Eclipse walks over to Earth and hugs her. With a soft sigh, she picked him up and let's her fan pur.

Killcode smiles warmly at you both. "Thank you for bringing him joy."

She nods and rocks Eclipse Instinctively. He sighs happily when she does os she continues.

She enters the living room and locks her faceplate. On the couch is an animatronic that's stretched too far.

She assumes that he should have reached her waist, but now the animatronic reaches her chest.

"Hi. I'm Lunar." He waves with his whole arm. It does a weird snake like movement to wave. "Wanna play." He lifts a controller for you to play.

"Sure." Earth lays Eclipse in her lap and grabs the controller. She makes sure her rubber lined gloves are on, just in case.

She was right to put on the gloves because she could feel the electricity zapping her. It's nothing more than a static you'd get by rubbing socks on carpet, but it's enough to notice after awhile.

Sun pops in after a while. "I'm glad to see you're ok with the TV again."

"A little." He mumbles. "Nexus, you wanted to play earlier. Want to still?"

Nexus rolls over and grabs a controller. "So what we playing?"

Lunar pipes up. "Gang beast. I like how the characters flop around."

"It is funny." Earth comments. Nexus nods and joins as a purple mailman.

"Get him Earth." Eclipse cheers happily.

Rusty and Harvest come in and watch, more watching Eclipse's joy than the TV. Same with the rest of the family as they sit down to watch.

"Beat him to a pulp, purple man. Go joy bringer." Rusty and Harvest cheer with Eclipse. His joy makes everyone else happy.

"Earth." Sun softly calls.

"Yeah?" She barely turns her head but does enough to acknowledge him.

"Welcome to the family."

She freezes to think in what Sun said. A smile slowly creeps onto her face. 'I'll be the best family. I promise.' She nuzzles Eclipse. He gladly leans in.

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