Tomb Raider the lost city chapter one
Disclaimer I do not own or have anything to do with the tomb raider franchise
This is the third part of the tomb raider stories I have written the first being the hunt for Atlantis the second being the lost treasure of Herihor I suggest reading those first because there are characters I have created that I am going to include in this story that may pose confusing to you.
It was in a dimlit warehouse the garage door opened men cleared out of the way. And a van drove in and parked inside. Men exited the van and opened the back up where two people who were tied up and had sacks over there heads were carried out. One was a man the other was a woman. They set them in wooden chairs placed against a wall and tied there wrists. And took the sacks off there heads. Revealing the identities of the two people. The woman was Lara Croft the other was Maxwell Baker. A man walked up to them and said now I'd like to know why you two have been following me he said. I'd like to know why you are holding us hostage here Maxwell replied but then again we don't always get what we want now do we? Very funny the man said. After these words he struck Maxwell in the face. I will leave now he said my men will he said with a chuckle teach you some manners. At this he left to go into a different room in the building. Once he was out of sight a man walked over to Maxwell cracking his knuckles once he was close enough Maxwell stomped his foot making him fall forward onto him and headbutted him. He then smashed his chair into the wall behind him breaking the chair into pieces. He engaged the men that were there he was experienced this wasn't the first time he was outnumbered in a fist fight he was all over the place punching and dodging it was over in a matter of minutes he untied Lara. Thanks for helping he said out of breath. I was all tied up she said sarcastically. Leave the jokes to me he replied. They got some guns off of the guards they only had pistols but that was more than enough for the both of them. They scouted out the area and walked up the stairs that they saw the man go up. They peeked around a hallway and were immediately fired upon. We know your there the men shouted come out and we will make it quick. Resist and we can't guarantee that. I don't like your means of negotiating Lara said I choose neither. Lara shot at a man hitting his foot this distracted the others allowing Maxwell to shoot one of the men a fatal blow. In the chest spraying the other men with red. They were enraged at the loss of there comrade and charged Lara and Maxwell finished them off. And walked to the room they were guarding. They entered and saw the man who hit Maxwell. He was cowering down. What do you want he said. Money weapons I can give it to you whatever you want. You stole something an artifact we want it Lara said. You mean that dusty old thing we dug up In central America. What do you want it for its just a stone slab with writing on it. Thats noine of your concern Maxwell said. Alright the man said. He walked over to a vault and put the combination in he took out a stone plate with writing one it Lara took it. after this Maxwell said as for that smack in the face he then punched the man knocking him unconscious it hurt he added. They looked at the tablet if the legends are true this should lead us to the lost city of the Mayans. You know Lara Maxwell said we haven't exactly always had the best of luck with lost cities. Like Atlantis the zombies and the city of the dead the dead weren't exactly well dead he said. This isn't some city that is supposedly full of dead people or weapons she responded if anything this place should be peaceful. The city was created to preserve the originality of the earth a place that would host all the wonders of the world. How could they hide a mountain Maxwell said. I'm gonna guess it was more like a zoo or garden Lara said. So we are looking for the lost zoo Maxwell said that's a new one he said sarcastically. If we find this thing Lara said it will be a archaeological landmark. An entire lost city found could you imagine the tings we could learn she continued to say. I've seen enough to expect the unexpected Maxwell said. I can assure you there won't be any zombies or mummies here she said. Well we found the tablet let's go back to the safehouse and see if we can find anything on this. They went downstairs got into one of the vans and left. They got back to the safehouse where they were greeted by an old friend. How did it go Sam asked? It went fine Lara said holding up the tablet. It doesn't look like it went SK fine for him Sam said looking at Maxwells black eye. Its just a little bruise Maxwell responded. Get in here and put an icepack on it Sam said. Fine Maxwell said entering the room and sitting on the sofa. Sam went into the kitchen and cams back with a bag of frozen corn we didn't have any icepacks but this should do fine. Alright Maxwell said pressing it on his black eye. They went into the kitchen and observed the tablet. Its written in ancient Mayan Lara said. We can translate it just fine though. Let's read it says that there was a place they had to preserve the naturalness of the world. That would make sense Maxwell said. To them the earth was sacred. They continued to read in this place was hidden underground to protect it from those who came over the great sea and to protect all the animals in the world from escaping must have been a zoo wonder who tjose who came from the great sea conquistadors Sam said. Yeah Maxwell added Francisco Pizarro and Hernando Cortes didn't exactly make the best impression on them. Does it say where it was hidden Lara he asked? If it was a place to preserve the earth we need to got to el Castillo the temple of ixchen Lara said. If there's anything about a city preserving the earth its gonna be there. El Castillo that's in Mexico though isn't it Sam said? Yeah we fly there tomorrow.
I hope you enjoyed this first chapter sorry it took so long to post it up i needed to make up a decent story for you guys and once again thanks for reading.