Operation: Nightfall 2 - Breakthrough

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I stopped in the hallway, dumbfounded. Even though I knew he wasn't probably going to be here, I still didn't really except for us to cross paths after nearly two years of separation.
Towaka remained silent as I walked in front of him, a bit uncertain. He looked really different from these few years of not seeing each other. I glanced upwards at Jeb, who gave a noncommittal shrug.
"Well, this is awkward."
"I haven't seen you in quite some time. Are you okay? It has been while since we met last and that incident happened."
"I'm fine. Thanks for asking. What about you?"
"I'm fine too."
We both quickly embraced each other. Jeb coughed.
"Alright, that's great. Now that you're both here, we can finally get down to business."
He pulled out two chairs next to him, and we all sat down. I sat to Jeb's left, whilst Towaka was on the other side on the right. I could see a strange cryptogram on the screen, along with several windows full of various ciphers. On one window which was only half visible on the screen, I could see 'take over' written in red. I shivered a little, suddenly recalling 303's maniacal laugh as I lost my mind over the corruption. Jeb noticed me through the whole of this.
"Sorry about that." He just closed the window before continuing. "Anyways, I called you together today because I believe I've found something critical. I'm sure you two know the increasing occurrences of "Missing" people in the local area right?"
I nodded, and Towaka spoke up.
"Yes. Cheryl and I found quite a few in the past week."
Jeb glanced at me while I looked over. "Who's Cheryl?"
"A neighbourhood friend."
"Ah, I see. Continue."
"Well, not only that, but apparently our math teacher's son was roped in too. The police haven't really been able to find any sort of link..." He trailed off as Jeb put up a hand to stop him.
"The police were looking at factors such as past history and any potential link the victims had with each other. They didn't think something as small as a game taken down a whole year ago could contribute to a crisis this scale. That was their mistake."
"You're saying -"
"I've received some news and it's not very pretty. These people weren't abducted from some sort of sinister terrorist group or grudge, no. It might be far stranger than that." He clicked on one tab. "They were apparently abducted by some sort of otherworldly force."
He brought the tab to the front as we leaned in to have a closer look. It was simply a notebook with a few lines of text.
we've been deciev
SOS
ave the wo rld
save us
"And I think that, that force may be the sign that Archbane is back." He ended.
A quiet fell upon the room as we took a moment to process what he said. That monstrosity we thought was now gone, was now just a myth, was back?
"I've received an SOS from a player. Players in Minecraft are apparently being abducted like I mentioned. So, to stop that......."
I stared at Towaka and he stared right back at me. We knew what would happen, but we weren't sure if we were ready to stomach the words. And yet...
"You two would have to go back into Minecraft to kill Archbane. "
"Again......?" My voice stuttered slightly at the end against my will.
I had a small flashback of me getting corrupted by Entity 303, causing me to shudder.
"It's the only way. If you two don't go back into Minecraft, Archbane will continue causing more havoc." Jeb sighed, giving a knowing look to us.
"But how will we get into the game? Is the code still there, the one that lets us travel into the world of Minecraft?" I asked.
"As you know, the original copy on Phoenix's laptop was destroyed. However, every programmer keeps backups, so I have another, slightly older version on a second laptop. If I open it, it should open a portal that will lead into the game itself." Jeb reached down below his desk. A click sounded as he unlocked a secret safe that seemed to be located under the floor. We craned our necks over the table as he rummaged around, out of sight.
"Here it is. But be careful. Only open it the next day. And be sure that you are in a flat area, an empty spot." Jeb straightened up and passed over the laptop to us. Its casing was pretty scratched and scuffed, but it internals were presumably still functional at least. I got another flashback yet again, from when Jeb passed me my rather destroyed laptop after the whole fight. Good thing I got a new one.
"Alright, thank you so much. We will not disappoint you Jeb." Towaka spoke up for the first time in a while, with a hint of tiredness behind his voice. I could relate. Neither of us were prepared, but it was a necessary thing to do. Besides, who else knew Archbane better than the two of us?
"Good. Best of luck to you. Have a safe journey and banish that evil." That was the last thing we heard from Jeb before we left the building. Towaka offered to keep it safe, and as I watched him tuck the laptop away into his bag, I quietly ruminated over our next step.
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I woke up to my alarm sounding, as if it was a army commander yelling into my ears. I shut it off in annoyance and sat up on my bed, staring at the wall.
"Right......today I go back to Minecraft." I said to myself.
"I should send a text to Towaka. I hope he knows that place where we got caught by the creepypastas. I think that's a good spot for the portal."
I unlocked my phone and texted him where we were going as I prepared for the day. Jumping out of bed, I went straight to the cupboard, changing into a new set of casual clothes. I also brought out my rifle, and some spare melee weapons along.
"Just gotta write a note for my parents. Let's hope they don't find out what we're actually doing." I scribbled down a note on my table in messy handwriting, before moving out of the house. I gave one last salute to the street, knowing it'd be a while before I saw it again, before turning and running to my destination.
The note on my table read:
"Dear mom and dad,
I have to leave for something important for the next few days and won't be contactable. Don't worry, I will be perfectly fine. Just a few days.
Your son, Phoenix"
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I sprinted as fast as I could, as if my legs were some sort of machine. I could see the plains coming up. There, Towaka was already opening the laptop.
"I'm here!" I yelled at him. He turned around.
"Oh, it's good you're in time. I just powered it on."
I looked the screen. The operating system seemed to be Windows XP as judging from the loading screen, which was kind of awful to think about. What if it died trying to run the game? "What do we do now?"
"Jeb told us to just follow the instructions on the laptop."
Upon powering on, instead of the usual rolling green hills of the desktop, we were faced with a simple white screen. The laptop hummed, before showing just a simple line of text in black.
"Successfully established connection to realm_Minecraft. Confirm? [Yes] [No]"
I used the trackpad to move the cursor to the [Yes] Button. The laptop shook, and the entire screen just went black.
"What the?!" I gave an annoyed sigh.
"Maybe we have to switch it on again." Towaka stared at the blank screen, biting his lip in concern.
"Maybe? We should just -"
A huge explosion blasted us backwards. Once I got my bearings again, I looked in front of us.
There, the laptop was gone, and only a purple, shimmering portal was present. The edges were pixelated, dilating in and out of our vision in waves. The centre of the portal caved down into darkness, like a dark tunnel leading underground.
"I guess this is it. This is the gateway." I muttered.
Towaka was to the side, brushing himself off. "Let's go. We can't waste anymore time." He pushed me towards it.
And together, we entered the portal. It collapsed in on itself and disappeared as soon we completely went in. To anyone in the outside world, that same area looked normal and untouched.
But for us, we were now on our way. 
Lights Out 2: Electric Boogaloo. Back to save Minecraft. Back to save the world.
Again.
>> Part 3
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