It was a dark, cloudless night, and Shaun and Noah were working away on their computers, translating the information they had taken from The Cell into Faitext. Noah rubbed his eyes tiredly, and Shaun yawned quietly. God, they were both tired. But it did not matter to them. They had to finish what they had started. They continued typing away, and finally they managed to translate it all. They pasted all of it onto a text document, and then went onto their Twitter. Noah pasted a small string of Faitext into the Tweetbox, before posting it and returning to The Cells archive, looking through the CSS and source code with eagle eyes. Shaun returned to The Archive, also looking at the source code. They both wrote down whatever strings of text looked out of place on a small notepad. They worked like bees, never stopping, never resting.
As they scoured through the endless strings of coding, Noah suddenly came across something interesting. He copied it on his computer and quickly went to the search bar. He pasted it in, and when he pressed enter, he was directed to another site. Noah blinked, interested, as it loaded. Instead of it fully loading, however, it began a download onto Noahs computer. Noah cocked an eyebrow. Looking at the program name, he saw that it was simply called, “No.2”
As soon as the download finished, Noah went ahead and opened it, and was immediately greeted with a small white box and one word: PASSWORD?
Noah motioned for Shaun to look, and he looked over, perplexed. When they saw the ‘password’ box, they both groaned. It was time to hack into the Cell once again. Noah looked around his computer files, and found the file name C:e-L.L, and he opened the program up, and sighed again when he saw the database once again. He went to work then, typing away on the computer.
He didn’t notice when Shaun shut his computer until he heard the small ‘click!’ of the computer latching shut. Noah looked over at him empathetically. “Tired?”
Shaun nodded tiredly, and leaned back to let his head hit the fluffy pillow. Noah smiled, and turned back to the computer, continuing to look around desperately for something related to a password for ‘No.2’. He felt so weary and tired, and he wished he could sleep with Shaun. But, should he really? He had work to do, right?
Shaun suddenly bopped him with one of his feet. “Precious.”
Noah looked over, resisting the urge to smile cutely at him. Shaun whined, and mumbled, “Come cuddle.”
Noah sighed, and looked back at the computer. “Don’t I have to figure out the password first?
Shaun chuckled. “That stupid password can wait.”
He turned back to the computer and kept typing, and Shaun suddenly went, “Noooooaaaaahhh.”
Noah turned back again. “No, Shaun. I must finish first.”
Shaun pretended to pout. “C’mon, Darling. Cuddling is good for you. You need sleep, like me.”
Noah sighed, and turned back once more. Finally, Shaun just huffed and shut the computer for Noah. Noah swerved back and was about to say something along the lines of ‘hey!’, but before he could, Shauns strong arms were pulling him back to the pillow. Noah whined, and struggled for a second, but after a while he ended up giving up. Noah buried his face into Shauns chest, and listened to Shauns heartbeat.
Noah sighed. Finally, he let himself relax entirely. Shaun was so.. comforting. Within minutes of being close to him, Noah would feel warm and safe, like he was wrapped in a blanket of tender love and care. He could feel Shauns breathing slow down, which meant that he was falling asleep. Noah murmured quietly into Shauns t-shirt, “I love you, Shaun.”
Shaun rubbed little circles into Noahs back, and mumbled “I love you too, precious.”
Noah found his head starting to feel light, meaning he was falling asleep too. He let himself, and slowly all sounds and sense of touch started to fade as he slipped into a deep sleep.
Noah eyes snapped open with a start, and he felt snow falling on his face. He got up, and realized that he had been in a snowy wooded area. He looked around, and began walking towards where the area looked the clearest. He could smell something metallic in the air, and he realized that he was going towards the source when he started seeing drops of blood in the snow.
He started walking faster. He couldn’t help being curious.
He came into a clearing, and suddenly, he saw it.
A clock, standing right in the middle of the clearing. A big clock, too. It was at least 8 feet high. He stared at it, and gulped a little. Then, looking over, he saw someone, standing in the snow. Looking closer, he recognized it as a man, with red suspenders and dusty blonde hair. Noah gasped when he saw his axe was covered in crimson red blood. He stepped closer, and he realized that there was another man in the snow, cowering in fear.
Noah nearly choked when he recognized the other man as none other than Deadhead, a Collective member.
“Stay out of our way, Numb-skull. Whoever this codebreaker is, we’re going to find them first, and we’ll have a new ally. Nothing you can do will prevent our victory.” Said the one with the dusty blonde hair.
“Achtung. Achtung.” Deadhead murmured, and Noah remembered the phrase. It meant, ‘danger.’
The blonde man laughed. “Oh, you think we’re in danger? Thats you, buddy.”
Deadhead seemed to pass out at that moment, and suddenly, before Noah could do anything, the blonde man turned around, and saw Noah. The man blinked, and asked, “Who’re you?”
Noah didn’t have time to respond. Deadhead suddenly got up behind the blonde man, and noah yelled “He’s back up!”
The blonde man looked back too late. Deadhead pounced, and suddenly everything went dark.
Suddenly, he felt arms clutching onto him. “Noah! Noah, it’s ok!”
His eyes opened, and he was being held onto by Shaun. He looked around wildly, and realized he was at home. Shaun held onto him tightly. Before Noah or Shaun could comprehend it, Noah was hanging onto Shaun, crying uncontrollably. Shaun quickly held him back, murmuring reassuring words to him throughout. “It’s ok, It’s ok, Precious. You’re here now. You’re ok.”
Noah sniffled, and cuddled him closer. Shaun then did what they both knew Noah loved the most. He started rocking them back and forth, petting Noahs hair. Noah immediately started to feel better. He loved being rocked back and forth, almost like a child. He stopped crying, and the shaking went down noticeably.
“Calm down, precious…” Shaun murmured, holding on to Noah tightly. Noah sniffled again, and nodded quietly.
Shaun got a fluffy grey blanket, and wrapped it around Noahs body like a burrito. Only Noahs head showed, and Noah couldn’t help but smile a little. Shaun then, without Noah expecting it, kissed him gently. Noah blushed crimson, but let his eyes flutter closed. When Shaun pulled back, Noah felt okay again.
“I’m assuming you don’t want to sleep…?” Shaun asked, and Noah nodded quietly. Shaun scooped Noah up, and rested him in his lap, before turning the Television on and humming softly. Noah watched as colorful cartoon flickered across the screen, and he smiled. Shaun smiled, too, and let his arms wrap around Noahs body lazily. Noah blushed, and sighed quietly. “We should finish that code.”
Shaun groaned. “Alright, fine.”
Shaun took out his computer, and so did Noah. They opened their computers, and began doing what they did best, once again.
After hours of working, Noah finally seemed to stumble across something that might be the password. It was in base 64, but it came right after something labeled ‘cell2’. So Noah translated it, and found that it translated to ‘Chessgame’. Typical.
So, with Shaun watching, Noah entered it into the Password box of the new program. Finally, he pressed enter.
Thats when their whole life changed.
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