The groups arrived back at the temple through the portals, happily finding that both Lukas and Petra had properly fortified the place. They all began asking each other if they were okay once they had made it safely inside. Jesse constantly asked Jane if she was alright, and she feigned her response in the end. Petra went around with her peppy comments and actions. But she was acting different, and Jesse noticed it the most. She seemed... tired.

The sun was setting and the breeze was cool. Taking a moment to breathe and let all the past moments sink in, it felt like a pang in their chests. They thought of the lives that had been taken, the fear existing in the remaining people. Even their homes were destroyed. It was all gone, and they had never felt so desperate.

"Boy, I can't remember the last time I saw this place." Magnus breathed out finally as he took in the details of the temple.

"Would someone care to explain what you are doing here?" Ellegaard suddenly hissed out as she stormed up to Magnus, seemingly putting venom behind the word "you".

Petra raised an eyebrow, "Call this a hunch... but do you two not like each other?"

"I guess you don't really understand the definition of 'bringing back the Order'." Magnus said to Ellegaard with great aggravation, refusing to answer Petra's question.

"I know very well what it means!" Ellegaard nearly shouted back, "Part of me was hoping I wasn't going to see you here. That they would forget you existed. And what do you expect to do against this Wither Storm? Just blow it up?! You wouldn't stand a chance. I saw it myself. It came out of nowhere and just... destroyed everything."

"Little too scary for ya, Elle? Couldn't just think it away?"

"You weren't there... I lost my niece to that monster!"

Magnus scoffed, "Ha, you couldn't even save her? How do you expect to help save the world?"

"This arguing isn't helping anything!" Jesse emphasized, trying to put a stop to it as he saw tears forming in Ellegaard's eyes, "If we want to stop the Wither Storm, we are going to need some serious firepower."

Magnus rolled his eyes, "Well, I don't know if you've had the chance to poke around this old place yet, but it's pretty much stripped bare. It would take a mountain of TNT to kill that monster! And we don't have the kind of time to craft any, either."

"Against such an unthinkable enemy, even all the TNT in the world might not be enough!" Ellegaard spoke shakily, still reliving the dramatic events in her mind, "If only Soren were here... He might have something we could use."

"Oh Elle, not this again!" Magnus groaned, "You know I hate it when you brag about you and Soren's little brainy club."

"I'm not bragging! I think I've got a legitimate idea here. Soren had a kind of... Super TNT, stronger and more explosive than anything else in the world. He called it the Formidi-Bomb."

"Yeah yeah yeah, I've heard all about the 'F-Bomb' before. Soren claimed that dropping the F-Bomb could destroy anything. All that brainy crap."'

"We need to find Soren!" Jane added in quickly, pulling Jesse aside so he could activate the amulet on the pedestal. He did so, seeing what his sister was getting at. Soren's light had never shown up before, but there was still hope. There was always hope. As the entire group gathered around, a white light flickered then beamed on the map a little ways from Magnus and Ellegaard's light.

"There he is!" Ellegaard breathed out in excitement and relief, "Soren had his fortress deep inside the mountains. After the Order... broke up, that's where he went to keep doing his experiments." The light was located at the top of the map, half a night or day's walking distance. It was too close to take a portal, however.

As they studied the map, a dark blue light appeared, startling them all. They had never seen it before, but knowing it was not Gabriel, it could only mean one other person.

"Ivor..." Jane hissed out.

"He's going to Soren's!" Ellegaard announced with panic, seeing the blue light move towards the white, "We need to move."

"As much as going out into the night sounds like a bad idea, we need to go now before the sun fully sets." Lukas announced, hoping to have a helpful solution, "We can't risk the Wither Storm catching up with us."

Everyone a little more or less agreed with him, and after gathering a few weapons, they headed off into the setting sun, hoping to reach Soren's fortress before Ivor arrived.

As the dead of night hit, the biome was dark and very hard to see, if not crawling with monsters. No one spoke much. Perhaps trying to avoid arguments. But as the silence lingered, Jane caught up with Ellegaard, remembering what she had seen in Redstonia. She was most likely hurting inside.

"Hey... you doing okay over there?" Jane asked the quiet Redstone Engineer.

Ellegaard forced a smile before replying, "As well as can be expected. But I can't help but question why you want me on your team."

"Why would you question that? You're the smartest one here! We need you desperately."

"Even after I've been a failure? I couldn't even save Zoe, or my town. Besides looking for Soren and his Formidi-Bomb, I don't know what else to do!"

"None of this is your fault, Ellegaard. Even with what happened to Zoe. You can't blame yourself for something you couldn't prevent."

Tears pricked the sides of Ellegaard's eyes as she replied, "Zoe was the only person of my family left. She was everything to me. I promised my sister I would always look out for her and protect her. Breaking that promise is like losing my sister all over again!" She held in a sob, although her breathing was shaky.

"What happened to your sister... if you don't mind me asking?" Jane wondered, hoping it was the right approach.

Ellegaard breathed deep, "My younger sister, Elliana, was an adventurer. She was a go-getter. The hyper one of the family. I was always more of the motherly, controlling figure, but Elliana and I loved each other dearly. Well, one day years ago, my sister and her husband decided to take an adventuring trip together. Zoe was a baby at the time. I was instructed to watch after her until they returned. After taking a couple friends with them, they claimed to be traveling to an underwater sea temple. They never came back... Since then, I made a promise to guide and protect my sister's only daughter. And now I've failed her."

It hurt Jane so much to hear such a saddening story. Ellegaard seemed to be doing very well at holding her composure, no matter how much it hurt. These events were enough to make the engineer bend, but she hadn't broken yet.

"I promise, all will turn out right in the end." Jane encouraged, "Everything happens for a reason, but hearing this story has caused me to believe that you are the bravest of us all."

Ellegaard smiled through her glistening tears, "Thank you, Jane. I needed to hear that."

After walking through the moonlight and fighting through a swarm of mobs, they arrived at their destination. Soren's fortress within a mountain. The two large, silver doors opened automatically as they approached, allowing them inside. The place was lined with quartz and colored clay, and the entranced seemed to be shaped into a spiral. They walked in further, some whispering under their breaths that the place was magnificent or enchanting. Petra only seemed to be the one keeping herself distant as she broke out into random fits of coughing. They all continued to search the fortress, but the arguing between Magnus and Ellegaard never ceased. It only continued to get worse, up until the point where they split up and left the group, both going down separate hallways to look for the Super TNT.

"It's hard to pick 'glass half full' when they keep kicking the glass over." Olivia finally groaned after the two members had left.

"They definitely have issues to work through." Jesse agreed, "But hopefully they'll work things out and get on with the important stuff."

They continued to figure out which way to go, finally deciding to split up and go down different hallways to cover more ground. Petra ended up pulling Jesse and Jane down a hallway with her, claiming to have something important and private to say. Reuben followed them.

"I feel bad about ditching everyone else, but I just wanted to talk to you two alone about something." Petra finally spoke softly, breaking the silence after they had begun to walk down the dark and seemingly abandoned hallway.

"Hey, whatever it is, we trust you. You can tell us anything." Jesse replied while placing a hand on her shoulder.

"We're here for you, Petra." Jane continued with a meek smile.

"Thanks for being so understanding." Petra thanked the twins while trying to gather up the courage to admit what she was about to say, "You got me away from the Wither Storm... but I'm worried that I didn't get away soon enough."

Stopping dead in their tracks, the twins both let out an audible gasp as Petra pulled up the sleeve on her left arm. An oozing gouge discolored in purple.

"Oh my gosh, Petra, what happened?!" Jane asked frantically at the sight.

"One of the tentacles from the Wither Storm cut my arm pretty badly. Instead of it turning out to be just a normal injury, I think it became infected with the storm's poison. Do you know what Wither is? Just Wither, or Wither Sickness, I guess. And... I feel like it's just going to keep getting worse."

"Well we're gonna go back and tell the others. We can get help!" Jesse demanded, suddenly feeling like his stomach was in complete knots.

"You can't tell anyone about this!" Petra begged.

Jane nodded in understanding, "Your secret is safe with us."

Suddenly hearing the hiss of a mob, they turned to see a creeper just before it exploded, creating a large hole to a tunnel under the floor, which the twins fell down. Petra tried to grab them, but she was too weak. Reuben was up with her, looking at his owners down the hole. He squealed in utter fright.

"Guys... I just couldn't... I-I'm sorry..." Petra apologized, tears forming in her dark green eyes.

"Go and find the others, we'll be okay!" Jesse shouted up to her. Petra nodded and left with Reuben.

Looking at their surroundings, the twins walked down the hallway. The amulet was in Jesse's hand and it was glowing brightly. The further down the underground tunnel they walked, the brighter it glowed. And so they continued. Finally making it to the end, they entered a passage that led to a library room enlightened with glowstone. It looked as if the room was made of stars shining through a blackened night. It was astonishing. They searched around the room, finally finding another. It was a smaller library, but with inventory storage and better lighting. It was soothing; not quite as blinding or distracting. However, in the corner of the room rummaging through a chest was a man. By the sound of him mumbling to himself, they knew it was Ivor. They called out his name, causing him to snap around quickly.

"You!" He growled, narrowing his eyes, "Trying to interfere with my plans again, I see. Your tenacity is commendable, yet misguided."

"What are you doing down here?" Jane demanded before Jesse even had a chance to speak.

"Being rudely interrupted by you!" Ivor snapped back.

"We're here with the Order to find Soren's Super TNT." Jesse explained, not looking for a fight, "We're going to take down your Wither Storm."

"The Order? Haha! Believe me, that plan will blow up in their faces in more ways than one! They cannot help you. But me? I choose not to. Out of my way!"

"Oh you're not going anywhere!" The sound of Petra's voice hissed as she entered the room with her golden sword drawn. Ivor equally pulled one out and a duel began. The twins were worried and knew they had to help. Petra was sick and weak. Working together to strike and knock him down, they made sure to do nothing more than minor injuries. No fatalities. But Ivor was witty. Pulling out a Potion of Speed, he drank it down, running around them like the wind. Petra was slapped across the face and she fell over, aggravating Jesse the most. He kicked Ivor down and had him pinned until the potion effects ran off. Jane pulled out her bow and arrow, pointing it at the man who was fighting her brother.

"Move, and I release the arrow." Jane threatened with a stone face.

Axel, Lukas and Oliva ran into the room in time to see the chaotic events. Ellegaard and Magnus were not with them.

"Even more of you?" Ivor moaned, "Will this parade of useless babblers never cease?!"

"It looks like you've stopped Ivor." Axel added with a chuckle.

"False." Ivor smirked, kicking Jane over and throwing down a Potion of Slowness, "You have stopped nothing." Laughing to himself as he watched everyone around him move in slow motion, he left the room muttering, "Magnus and Ellegaard may think they can stop me, that they can destroy the Wither Storm... But they are mistaken! And it will cost them their lives."