Decent into the Unknown
Chapter I
There was a flash of brown as two combat boots struck the ground. The figure rose up silently and ran to the shadows of the far corner of the room. It was dark and dusty and smelled of rotting flesh. A smell that could easily knock a living person out. But this figure was much stronger. The figure stepped out into the light. She was a girl. She had good tanned skin. You could tell she was used to these kinds of conditions. Long brown braided hair flew down from her scalp to her waist. She stood...poised, ready. Her eye's searched the room. It was old and musty, but it didn't seem to bother her. There were four other long dark passages leading away from where she was. She darted down the middle left corridor at full speed, not stopping for any thing. A rumble from behind her made her spin around quickly. A large stone plank descended down from the ceiling entombing her in what now we discover is a tomb. Ah, so now it gets interesting. She thought. Just then a rumbling and
thrashing came from the other side of the tomb. Metal on stone. It, whatever it was making all the noise, it was big, and heavy.
The girl paused and listened. The sound grew louder. Now she could pin point the things location. It was in the left corner of the far end of the tomb. That's where she went. She jogged but not slow, it was a quick jog. She hopped over a large stone that had fallen from the tomb wall and sat behind it.
She peered over the edge of it and watched carefully. Her foe stood beating on the tomb floor. It looked like the thing was trying to get into the floor. That must be where my prize lay. She breathed. But then she noticed the thing was a droid and also the droid had heard her.
It wheeled around; the silver metal shone in the little light that the tomb was casting. It advanced on where the girl sat, waiting. It took two steps toward her. She flinched. Her hands went to her guns. The droid took another two paces towards her. She pulled out the guns loading them at shocking speed. She blinked as a bead of glistening sweat ran from her long brown braided hair to the tip of her chin. She panted. The steps of the droid had come to a stop.
She saw a shadow that leaned over her bent legs. It was upon her. Her foe loomed 5 ft' above her face. Slowly she looked up and starred into the black plate that was meant for the droid's eyes. There was a seconds pause till everything went wrong. The droid punched at were her legs were and quickly she did the splits to dodge the full force of the droid's crumpling punch. She pushed off against the droid's right silver leg and somersaulted safely to her feet. She then pulled out her .45's and began loading round after round on the droid. The droid faltered and began to stumble backwards with the force of the gun fire. But it quickly regained it's balance and took off after the girl who was now making her way back and forth between the tall grand marble columns that lie in the Grand Chamber. Droid perused her pushing the columns over chasing after her. A blow nearly hit her in the head as she dodged right then back again.
She could smell fresh air and headed for it. She then realized that it was the opening into the tech room and the girl jumped out the opening yelling to a skinny man in a computer chair, "BRYCE! SHUT IT OFF." The man leaned over a keyboard to his right as the droid came looming into view. He pressed one key and the droid shut down right where it lay.
"Ah, so S.I.M.O.N. (The droid) was a little to strong for you, huh?" Bryce taunted.
"Nothing is to strong for me." She replied.
"Lara, your not invincible." He complained.
"Bryce. That is not for you to diside." She panted. With that she left the room brown braided hair flowing behind her. She continued on. She trotted up the grand staircase and in to her bedroom. Hillary, her butler, waited. Dress in hand.
"Very funny." She objected.
"I'm only trying to make you a lady, and a lady should be modist." He chanted.
"Yes lady should be modist, how ever I'm not your average lady, I'm extremist." She argued. "Now I'm going to take my shower and get dressed in a shirt and shorts." She continued. "Start supper Hilly, and I'll be down in a hour."
"Yes ma'am." He replied and he trotted out of the room."
Lara finished up with her shower and dressed in, as she promised, a black T-shirt and black shorts.
She headed down stairs and walked to the dinning room table. Ten chairs shone of freshly polished wood and were a ranged by two's down the 10 foot long table where a practically gourmet' dinner lie on the table.
Medium Rare honey baked ham shimmered and butter rolls smelled of mum's old cooking.
"Oh bugger." Lara complained. "Hilly over did him self again."
"I did no such thing, Lady Croft." He replied from behind her.
"Oh? Well, It looks like you over did it to me." She grinned. Lara sat down at the table and only served her self a a plate of meat and two of the rolls. After dinner she disappeared into the fake tomb once moor to defeat her foe, whom now she learned the droid's name was Simon. "Bryce and his silly names for his toy's." she had once resented. But now there was no resentment. Name or not this thing was the enemy and she had to destroy it.
She lowered her self once moor from a rope that led her into this fake tomb. Any noise would signal to the droid that she was in there and it would come roaring from the shadows and try to kill her. She slipped and 2 moor feet down the rope grabbed it again and steadied her self. She froze listening, no sound. The only sound to be heard was the thundering beating of her heart. She flipped and let go of the rope. Her boots struck the floor hard but with out a sound. She crept from the shadows taking the far right hand corridor and running down it swiftly. There was a gap in the floor and she'd have to jump it. The gap was roughly about 2 feet wide and very dark and black. She jumped and picked up speed again when she saw a glimmer of sliver metal. She ran for it thinking it was her prize.
Then she realized it was Simon. She dropped and slid under the bulky robotic arm and swiftly came to a stop. She then pulled out her guns and loaded round after round on the large metal droid. This time the droid didn't falter. Fear roused in Lara's panicked mind. She watched as the droid came rocketing towards her. The droid was two feet away from her when she jumped to the left-hand side. It went rocketing past her and slammed head first into the wall in front of it. The droid fell and sparks flew from it. She had defeated the droid in a way she had least expected.
Now she could relax and breathe. She walked into the grand chamber and fired a few rounds into the metal plate in the middle of the room that the droid (on the last round) had been trying to get into.
She picked up the middle plate then she saw a shadow leaning over her she turned quickly and yelled....
"STOP!" The droid halted towering 5 feet above her. She through the metal plate a side and picked up her prize. A disk on it read "Lara's survival Challenge." She held the disk in her hand and opened the chest plate on the droid where anther disk popped out it read three words also, "Kill Lara Croft."
Lara put both disks away and dragged Simon out of the room behind her by one foot. Lara stepped into the tech room and through the droid and the disked down and only said two words to Bryce. "Fix this."
She walked from the room happy with her self for semi killing the droid. For once, she got the better of the droid. She went back up to her room and took a shower. She dressed in a sky blue silk nightgown. She hopped in to her canopy bed and snuggled into the silver bed sheets and silently fell asleep.
Decent into the Unknown
Chapter II
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Chapter I
There was a flash of brown as two combat boots struck the ground. The figure rose up silently and ran to the shadows of the far corner of the room. It was dark and dusty and smelled of rotting flesh. A smell that could easily knock a living person out. But this figure was much stronger. The figure stepped out into the light. She was a girl. She had good tanned skin. You could tell she was used to these kinds of conditions. Long brown braided hair flew down from her scalp to her waist. She stood...poised, ready. Her eye's searched the room. It was old and musty, but it didn't seem to bother her. There were four other long dark passages leading away from where she was. She darted down the middle left corridor at full speed, not stopping for any thing. A rumble from behind her made her spin around quickly. A large stone plank descended down from the ceiling entombing her in what now we discover is a tomb. Ah, so now it gets interesting. She thought. Just then a rumbling and
thrashing came from the other side of the tomb. Metal on stone. It, whatever it was making all the noise, it was big, and heavy.
The girl paused and listened. The sound grew louder. Now she could pin point the things location. It was in the left corner of the far end of the tomb. That's where she went. She jogged but not slow, it was a quick jog. She hopped over a large stone that had fallen from the tomb wall and sat behind it.
She peered over the edge of it and watched carefully. Her foe stood beating on the tomb floor. It looked like the thing was trying to get into the floor. That must be where my prize lay. She breathed. But then she noticed the thing was a droid and also the droid had heard her.
It wheeled around; the silver metal shone in the little light that the tomb was casting. It advanced on where the girl sat, waiting. It took two steps toward her. She flinched. Her hands went to her guns. The droid took another two paces towards her. She pulled out the guns loading them at shocking speed. She blinked as a bead of glistening sweat ran from her long brown braided hair to the tip of her chin. She panted. The steps of the droid had come to a stop.
She saw a shadow that leaned over her bent legs. It was upon her. Her foe loomed 5 ft' above her face. Slowly she looked up and starred into the black plate that was meant for the droid's eyes. There was a seconds pause till everything went wrong. The droid punched at were her legs were and quickly she did the splits to dodge the full force of the droid's crumpling punch. She pushed off against the droid's right silver leg and somersaulted safely to her feet. She then pulled out her .45's and began loading round after round on the droid. The droid faltered and began to stumble backwards with the force of the gun fire. But it quickly regained it's balance and took off after the girl who was now making her way back and forth between the tall grand marble columns that lie in the Grand Chamber. Droid perused her pushing the columns over chasing after her. A blow nearly hit her in the head as she dodged right then back again.
She could smell fresh air and headed for it. She then realized that it was the opening into the tech room and the girl jumped out the opening yelling to a skinny man in a computer chair, "BRYCE! SHUT IT OFF." The man leaned over a keyboard to his right as the droid came looming into view. He pressed one key and the droid shut down right where it lay.
"Ah, so S.I.M.O.N. (The droid) was a little to strong for you, huh?" Bryce taunted.
"Nothing is to strong for me." She replied.
"Lara, your not invincible." He complained.
"Bryce. That is not for you to diside." She panted. With that she left the room brown braided hair flowing behind her. She continued on. She trotted up the grand staircase and in to her bedroom. Hillary, her butler, waited. Dress in hand.
"Very funny." She objected.
"I'm only trying to make you a lady, and a lady should be modist." He chanted.
"Yes lady should be modist, how ever I'm not your average lady, I'm extremist." She argued. "Now I'm going to take my shower and get dressed in a shirt and shorts." She continued. "Start supper Hilly, and I'll be down in a hour."
"Yes ma'am." He replied and he trotted out of the room."
Lara finished up with her shower and dressed in, as she promised, a black T-shirt and black shorts.
She headed down stairs and walked to the dinning room table. Ten chairs shone of freshly polished wood and were a ranged by two's down the 10 foot long table where a practically gourmet' dinner lie on the table.
Medium Rare honey baked ham shimmered and butter rolls smelled of mum's old cooking.
"Oh bugger." Lara complained. "Hilly over did him self again."
"I did no such thing, Lady Croft." He replied from behind her.
"Oh? Well, It looks like you over did it to me." She grinned. Lara sat down at the table and only served her self a a plate of meat and two of the rolls. After dinner she disappeared into the fake tomb once moor to defeat her foe, whom now she learned the droid's name was Simon. "Bryce and his silly names for his toy's." she had once resented. But now there was no resentment. Name or not this thing was the enemy and she had to destroy it.
She lowered her self once moor from a rope that led her into this fake tomb. Any noise would signal to the droid that she was in there and it would come roaring from the shadows and try to kill her. She slipped and 2 moor feet down the rope grabbed it again and steadied her self. She froze listening, no sound. The only sound to be heard was the thundering beating of her heart. She flipped and let go of the rope. Her boots struck the floor hard but with out a sound. She crept from the shadows taking the far right hand corridor and running down it swiftly. There was a gap in the floor and she'd have to jump it. The gap was roughly about 2 feet wide and very dark and black. She jumped and picked up speed again when she saw a glimmer of sliver metal. She ran for it thinking it was her prize.
Then she realized it was Simon. She dropped and slid under the bulky robotic arm and swiftly came to a stop. She then pulled out her guns and loaded round after round on the large metal droid. This time the droid didn't falter. Fear roused in Lara's panicked mind. She watched as the droid came rocketing towards her. The droid was two feet away from her when she jumped to the left-hand side. It went rocketing past her and slammed head first into the wall in front of it. The droid fell and sparks flew from it. She had defeated the droid in a way she had least expected.
Now she could relax and breathe. She walked into the grand chamber and fired a few rounds into the metal plate in the middle of the room that the droid (on the last round) had been trying to get into.
She picked up the middle plate then she saw a shadow leaning over her she turned quickly and yelled....
"STOP!" The droid halted towering 5 feet above her. She through the metal plate a side and picked up her prize. A disk on it read "Lara's survival Challenge." She held the disk in her hand and opened the chest plate on the droid where anther disk popped out it read three words also, "Kill Lara Croft."
Lara put both disks away and dragged Simon out of the room behind her by one foot. Lara stepped into the tech room and through the droid and the disked down and only said two words to Bryce. "Fix this."
She walked from the room happy with her self for semi killing the droid. For once, she got the better of the droid. She went back up to her room and took a shower. She dressed in a sky blue silk nightgown. She hopped in to her canopy bed and snuggled into the silver bed sheets and silently fell asleep.
Decent into the Unknown
Chapter II
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