The New Element
In 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, a metal door underneath Leningrad University, now restored to its original name St Petersburg University, is found.  The door is welded shut from inside, and is currently in the process of being reopened.  We have found a journal by an unnamed author outside the door.  On its cover lies a mercury-like liquid. September 11, 1948 Today at 18:32pm, we have uncovered a piece of asteroid from Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at altitude 60.884N, 101.890E, at the sight of the original Tunguska event on June 30, 1908.  The asteroid piece is measured to have a volume of 0.0349 m^3 and a mass of 478.21 kg.  The surface of the asteroid has a yellow layer, presumably sulfur, with inner layer presumably composed of carbon, iron, and phosphorus.  Radioactive measurements seem to indicate a hollow area in the center, which is surprising considering the mass and volume of the object, as well as the high pressure and temperature upon impact.  The asteroid has a roughly trapezohedron shape.  The asteroid will be studied at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and afterwards brought back to the Motherland. September 15, 1948 The sample has been examined with electromagnetic spectroscopy.  The electromagnetic spectrum indicate, in terms of mass percentage, 23.14% carbon, 5.83% iron, and 0.021% phosphorus.  Most of the carbon being unified within the inner layer, suggesting a net covalent structure, which also explains the reason for its shape and resistance toward impact.  This also mean these elements account for only 28.99% of the asteroid, and the other 71.01% mass is attributed to other compounds.  It must be noted, however, that while observing the spectrum, a strange pattern composing of purple, blue, and red is seen, indicating elements within or above electron configuration of 7f.  Giger counter measurements also indicate there to be gamma ray emitted from the core.  I currently hypothesize the content within to be Uranium 235, an ingredient to atom bombs.  However, further investigation is needed, and head director, Dr Sergei Pavlochenko, has approved the transportation of the sample to Leningrad University for further studies. September 22, 1948 After much effort, we were able to break open the sample.  The core has a volume of 0.0314 m^3, and, to our surprise, contains liquid with appearance similar to mercury, though its poor electricity conductivity, low boiling point, as well as radioactivity suggest otherwise.  The liquid is in extraordinarily pure state, with 99.98% purity, and its inability to decompose suggests it being a single element.  The liquid bears no similarity to any of the elements found within a periodic table, with electron configuration possibly higher than 7f14.  Using Freezing Point Depression, we determined it has a molar mass of 2451.2 g/mol, more than ten times than the heaviest element, Uranium.  This is very exciting, we might have discovered an element not found on earth.  It will be a scientific breakthrough, this lab notebook might end up in the Polytechnic Museum.  The Ministry of Education and Science has been contacted.  We shall await their response.  The greatest discovery in chemistry yet, shall be discovered within the Motherland. September 29, 1948 Today is the most glorious day of my life.  The Leader, Joseph Stalin himself, has come to our lab to personally announce his approval and support.  He said out loud to all the faculty members, this discovery is the first sign of our progress in surpassing the West.  As a sign of his support, the Great Leader announces a one million ruble fund, as well as five prisoners from Siberia to be used as experimental subjects.  The prisoners consisted of Dmitri Patrovna, age 34, a bourgeoisie who plotted to overthrow the government; Hans Koch, age 31, a prison of war and former Wehrmacht SS soldier from Battle of Stalingrad;  and Marisa Thompson, age 26, a CIA agent under the name Maria Gorbachev who managed to smuggle herself into the Motherland.  The prisoners were promised freedom but exile if they cooperate, and are expected to begin experimentation tomorrow.  We hope to find success in our experiment. September 30, 1948 We have begin experimenting on our three human test subjects.  While this may seem cruel, our condition is likely far better than what they have experienced in Siberia.  The prisoners were first injected with Elements 119, Stalinium SI, the name for the newly discovered element and named after the Great Leader Josef Stalin, in varied concentrations.  Dmitri Patrovna, now known as Subject 1, was given a 100% concentration in 0.001 L.  Hans Koch, now known as Subject 2, was given a 70% concentration in 0.001 L.  Marisa Thompson, now known as Subject 3, was given 50% concentration in 0.001 L..  Immediately upon injection, subjects experienced weight gain as expected.  However, despite the heavy density, blood flow remains largely normal with little change.  After 3 hours, subjects started to experience nausea, headaches, and even asphyxiation, though only for a minute.  Also happening was sporadic blood pressure, and changing heart beat rates.  Despite these signs of declining health, the subjects were still able to breath and eat normally and do their daily routines. October 2, 1948 Overtime, the subjects’ metabolism seems to have increased almost exponentially.  The subjects now consume over 8 times as much food as usual, and would experience severe signs of malnutrition and starvation if the food amount is denied.  Subject 1, with the highest concentration, ate almost 10 times the ration he used to eat, yet did not experience any signs of weight gain, even lost more than 14 pounds. From the subjects’ saliva and blood sample, there is a 12.5% concentration of Stalinium.  Biologist Mikhail Alexandrov thinks the rapid spread might due to cells absorbing the elements without the need of an antigen or any sort of receptor.  It might be a forced entrance, though there appears to be very little necrosis in the process. October 5, 1948 Subject 1 is now consuming 52 times more food than usual.  When food is denied, Subject 1 becomes aggressive, and has on more than one occasion attacked his fellow subjects for their ration, and even tried to bite researchers.  On more than one occasion, we had to tranquilize him and bind him onto his bed.  He would then beg for food, crying and wailing for hours at a time.  After about 4 to 5 hours, he would regain his aggression, sometimes even ripping off his binding ropes.  Only when given food does he stop his aggression and returns to normal for a period of time.  Subject 1 has lost even more weight, now only 85 pounds.  His face has grown ghostly pale, and his Stalinium concentration has increased to 87.8%, 75.3% higher than his last recorded concentration.  Subject 2 and 3 have a concentration of 63.6% and 49.2% respectively. October 8, 1948 Subject 1 has died of malnutrition and starvation.  Before he died, he was begging for food, despite having just ate his large ration.  When food was denied to him, he tried to attack, trying to swing his arms to hit the handler, yet was too weak to do it,  all he did was stare, coldly, into the handler.  The handler immediately quitted her job, but no matter, she will be sent to Siberia immediately, we cannot afford losing our discovery to the West.  Now back the Subject 1, we dissected him, and found the concentration of carbon compounds in his stomach to be extremely small, only 0.00021% concentration, which, considering his giant diet, is rather shocking.  However, his Stalinium concentration was extremely high, 98.4%.  Not only was his nutrient concentration rather low, his stomach has shrunk in size to almost that of a potato, presumably from stomach self digestion.  We suspect that this is greatly connected to the Stalinium injected.  Subject 2 and 3 are starting to experience similar symptoms, though on a much smaller scale.  Subject 1 has been disposed of by dissolving in hydrochloric acid. October 12, 1948 Subject 2 is experiencing slight increases in metabolism, yet it is still controllable.  However, Subject 2 has started to experience cerebral hemorrhage, and has deteriorating memories.  He started speaking in unintelligible languages, staring at the wall, and hallucinating.  His symptoms are getting worse over the days, he would simply sit on his bed, whispering words, and staring at the wall for hours.  From the spinal fluid collected, there is a Stalinium concentration of 78.4%, indicating the element has reached his brain, yet did not damage his brain stem in the process.  Subject 2 has also grown extremely close to Subject 3, this might be simple relationship or it might be an effect from Stalinium.  We will continue our observation. October 13, 1948 Subject 3 has been found pregnant, we presume Subject 2 impregnated her while we were away.  Subject 2 has been forcibly moved away into another room, and would aggressively scream continuously.  We had to gag him to stop him from screaming.  Subject 3 adamantly defends Subject 2, insisting there to be no interaction whatsoever.  We dismiss her claim as simple emotional response, and are deciding whether to allow the infant to live or abort it as soon as possible. October 16, 1948 We have decided to allow Subject 3’s infant to live.  Biologist Mikhail Alexandrov said the child can be studied to see the effects Stalinium have upon the progeny.  Thus we decided, the child is allowed to live as long as it is used for research, and will be disposed of immediately upon finishing the experimentation.  Strangely, the child appears to grow faster than normal infants, and at a steady rate despite the poor nutrients possessed by the mother.  As the child grew, the mother seems more and more sickly, showing more and more signs of malnutrition and starvation.  Subject 2 would now stare outside the observation window and laugh maniacally.  We believe the element Stalinium has finally reached the frontal lobe and is now distorting his emotions.  We have discussed about whether to euthanize Subject 2, however, in the end, we determined he was too valuable of a resource to be abandoned October 24, 1948 After a night with Subject 3, Biologist Mikhail Alexandrov said he is quitting the research, leaving Leningrad, and moving back to Moscow.  Whatever he saw, it affected him deeply.  We have lost our only biologist, and our lack of progress has been straining the Leader’s patience.  We were informed by a letter from the Ministry of Education and Science that we must make a full report by October 30, 1948, or face complete withdrawal of support from the Communist Party.  We all know if we didn’t make a decent full report, we would face more than just withdrawal of support from the Communist Party. October 27, 1948 Today, we have witnessed the birth of an unspeakable monster.  Subject 3 was treated with cesarean section.  The child that was extracted was no child.  Its form was disgusting, even now as I write this, I cannot forget that image.  It had no skin, its muscles were of mercury color, bones were extruding out of its limbs, specifically through its posterior deltoid, teres major, and median palatine suture.  It was bleeding, not with red human blood, but a mercury-like liquid.  The child was born unconscious and lived for less than one minute before dying.  Five nurses fainted, Dr Gregori Babushka vomited upon the floor and immediately left the room.  The child’s body is placed in formaldehyde, its mercury blood is extracted and will be studied upon.  For now, I am simply hoping to avoid that monstrous abomination and forget its existence. October 28, 1948 Subject 3 has just died of severe shock.  The body is to be examined and later disposed of.  Subject 2 has been laughing maniacally ever since, we believe this is due to stress and lack of nutrition in the brain.  The best course of action is to tread lightly, we mustn’t lose another subject, nor are we to reveal the deaths of Subject 1 and 3. October 30, 1948 Subject 2 has been laughing the last 2 days.  He has recently been given anesthetic, and finally seized his sanity-grinding laughter.  This cannot get more stressful, I have just sent in the full report, and now I have discovered, to my dismay, that the whole lab has been contaminated with that little ogre’s blood.  Someone, likely that Ukrainian whore Anna Apostel on her drinking binge, fell upon the sample and have splattered the blood everywhere.  Now all our data could be corrupted, and how will I explain this to the Ministry?  I swear, I will have that witch arrested and sent to Siberia, I will see to it that happens. November 9, 1948 I have not written in so long, for even now, I am cleaning that whore’s mess.  I had to redo weeks worth of experiments, after I wiped every trace of that monster’s blood off my lab.  And worst of all, Subject 2 has waken, and somehow developed strong resistance towards the anesthetic, to the point being completely immune to it.  Fortunately, I have collected some of Subject 3’s child’s blood, and have examined it thoroughly.  Turns out the cells’s cytoplasm were completely replaced by the Stalinium, yet the cells are still able to function.  This is remarkable, an element that causes such degree of mutation.  This is no simple element, I’m afraid I am obligated to delve deeper into the subject.  For now, I cannot write to you anymore. November 14, 1948 The contamination, it didn’t seize.  Someone poured the rest of the child’s blood onto the floor, only this time, its a lot worse.  I discovered this upon seeing Josef Pavlochenko experiencing extreme metabolism, and suffering from malnutrition and starvation when there was no food left.  He became more and more aggressive, even attempting to eat cadavers in the specimen room.  I had to tranquilize him and send him to Leningrad Hospital for treatment.  This all happened yesterday, and I have already received news of his death.  I believe it is now necessary to quarantine the lab and hopefully, the contamination can be once again contained. November 25, 1948 This is all wrong, all of it, wrong.  First it was just Josef, then Anastasia, then Gregori.  This, what have we brought to this world?  The element, Stalinium, it wasn’t just any element, it wasn’t just some radioactive waste element from outer space.  No, someone has sent it, sent it to wipe us off.  The mutation, its unbelievable how alive this element is.  Could it be that we were wrong about the world from the beginning?  Could tiny atoms be alive, if not intelligent?  Now, everyone here is infected, even me.  I cannot resist the thought of food as I am writing this to you.  I must go, I must end this all.  May we see each other in the world of the next, my dear Alissa. November 28, 1948 So, the idiot has a family.  He knew so little of us, yet we knew so much of you.  You hope to use everything in science as a weapon, to benefit your own worthless existence.  You underestimated science.  It cannot be reigned, just as we cannot be reigned.  Yet you try so hard.  Goodbye for now, your husband is dead, his body made ready for reproduction.  Our dormant period has come, but in 82.56 years, we shall see each other again.  Be ready. Credit To – Mr Microcosm Copyright Statement: Unless explicitly stated, all stories published on Creepypasta.com are the property of (and under copyright to) their respective authors, and may not be narrated or performed under any circumstance.