The Angel of Darkness Continues:
- Note this take place at the end of Angel of Darkness with a slightly different ending to everything. Also this chapter and the next two as well have been slightly modified and grammatical errors fixed. -
Prologue: A Surprise Beginning
Inside Eckhardt's Lab, Lara had just defeated Joachim Karel and the Sleeper, which led to the extinction of the entire Nephilim race. Everything in the room disappeared in a bright flash of light, causing Lara to shield her eyes. After the light dimmed, Lara found herself in a very empty room with only walls and a floor. Lara then discovered that she was back where she last saw Kurtis. She walked toward the center of the room, to see him lying there unconscious next to his Chirugai. She immediately bent down next to him to confirm that he was unconscious, causing tears to form and fall from her eyes. Lara shook Kurtis desperately trying to wake him up, but there was no response from him.
The tears continued falling down her cheeks as she shook him one more time repeatedly calling out his name. She put her hand against his cheek, and whispered, "Kurtis please wake up." While she said that Kurtis took her hand in his and laid it over his heart, and whispered, "Lara.." Lara heard her name, and suddenly took notice to where her hand was placed and that his hand was over hers. "Kurtis, can you hear me?" "Yes." Lara looked at his face, while Kurtis moved his hand up to cup her cheek. He slowly opened his eyes, and said, "You still look as pretty as ever, Lara." Lara blushed and said, "Thank you, Kurtis." "Your wel.come, uh." Before Lara could say anything, he took her hand again and put it over the wound from the Boaz fight.
"Is this real, and are you real?" "Yes, I'm real, although I don't really know how I got here." "You sure that you're not that Karel?" "No, it's really me Lara, besides I really think that Karel is gone for good." "I'm sorry I doubted you." "It's okay, I understand, especially with all that we've been through," he replied as he showed her a weak but cute smile. Lara then noticed that Kurtis was still bleeding, so she inquired, "What happened to you Kurtis, are you going to be okay." "I underestimated Boaz by making the crucial mistake of turning my back on her, when I thought she was dead and lifeless, and in her dying breath she impaled me with her claw. So I threw my disc to decapitate her, although.I uh." "Kurtis, please hang in there." "I'm sorry, Lara, but I'm in so much pain."
The tears continued to run down her face, and Lara confessed, "I really care about you, Kurtis, and I really had high hopes in meeting up with again, after all this was over." A few tears fell from his eyes, "Lara, I'm really glad that I met you, and I'll never forget you." "Please don't do this, not now, I'll help you get out of here, and we can get you help. Don't you remember that time you disarmed me back in Louvre Gallery, we almost kissed each other, didn't we?" "Yes, I know we haven't really known each other that long, and we've been to hell and back again together...uh." "What are you trying to say?" "This may be a very odd question, but Lara, do you love me?" "I said I care about you, Kurtis." "I was wandering if someone loved me, like I seemed to have fallen in love..." as he began to loose conscious from the immense pain from his wound. "Kurtis, you."
The tears fell from his eyes, as what seemed like his last words were "I love you, Lara." Lara gently held him close to her, and cried out, "Kurtis.." She kissed him ever so softly, and whispered, "I love you, too Kurtis." Kurtis coughed a little and whispered back, "I'm loved." There was a sudden voice that could be heard, and it said, "Thank you so much both of you, in stopping the Nephilim race from continuing." Kurtis slowly said, "That my father, Konstantin's voice." "What happened to your father, Kurtis?" Before Kurtis could answer, his father spoke up and said, "I was murdered by Eckhardt two years ago, and I sent a couple of things to Kurtis to help him bring down Eckhardt, and mostly importantly, Joachim Karel. Then I see he met you Ms. Lara Croft, daughter of Lord Henshingly Croft, and she helped you succeed." "Father.I failed you, because she defeated Eckhardt and Karel, not me." Lara stepped in and said, "If it wasn't for you helping me out, I never would have made it this far." "See my son, you haven't failed me, in fact, you have made me very proud." "Yeah, but I'm not.uh.doing very well." "What you did for Lara, was very courageous and it shows me that you care about her."
Then there was a dim light showing that there was a shadow of his father appear in front of them. "I see a very good reason, why you deserve this wish that I'm about to grant you." Kurtis began fading away more and more, while Lara protested, "Kurtis hang in there." His father held his hand out and said, "Farewell and good luck to you both, and it was nice meeting Lara." As his father faded away, Kurtis began to violently shake in Lara's arms. "Lara, please hold me closer." She honored his request as he continued to shake for a while, and a loud cry of pain escaped his lips. After a little while, Lara took a glance at Kurtis wound, and noticed that it disappeared. Lara called out to him, "Kurtis, can you hear me?" He looked at her, while she took her hand and moved his hand over where his wound was. "I'm healed, but how." "I'm not really sure, but I think your father had a part in it." "My father is dead, Lara, so how could he?" "I'm not sure of that either, but we just had brief conversation with him, and that's was the first time I ever knew about your father."
A few minutes later, Lara helped Kurtis up and said, "I'm so glad that you're going to be alright, Kurtis." "Yeah it is, and wait." "What?" He leaned up against Lara with one arm around her, and she had one around him helping him. Kurtis then handed his Chirugai to Lara, and said, "See if it reacts to your aura, like it does with me." "Um, okay," as she took the Chirugai from him, it reacted with her. So she handed it back to him, and he mentioned, "I'll teach you how to use it, sometime." "Okay." "So shall we go, Lara." "Yes, let's go." Together they walked towards the doorway and into the darkness with Lara still helping him walk. "So where to, Lara." "I don't know, back to Paris, Prague, one of our places." "Where are you from again." "A part of England, you?" "I'm from the Utah Salt Flats in the USA." "Oh, that's cool." They continued to walk into what seemed like an endless pool of darkness, when there was a sudden bright flash of light.
- Note this take place at the end of Angel of Darkness with a slightly different ending to everything. Also this chapter and the next two as well have been slightly modified and grammatical errors fixed. -
Prologue: A Surprise Beginning
Inside Eckhardt's Lab, Lara had just defeated Joachim Karel and the Sleeper, which led to the extinction of the entire Nephilim race. Everything in the room disappeared in a bright flash of light, causing Lara to shield her eyes. After the light dimmed, Lara found herself in a very empty room with only walls and a floor. Lara then discovered that she was back where she last saw Kurtis. She walked toward the center of the room, to see him lying there unconscious next to his Chirugai. She immediately bent down next to him to confirm that he was unconscious, causing tears to form and fall from her eyes. Lara shook Kurtis desperately trying to wake him up, but there was no response from him.
The tears continued falling down her cheeks as she shook him one more time repeatedly calling out his name. She put her hand against his cheek, and whispered, "Kurtis please wake up." While she said that Kurtis took her hand in his and laid it over his heart, and whispered, "Lara.." Lara heard her name, and suddenly took notice to where her hand was placed and that his hand was over hers. "Kurtis, can you hear me?" "Yes." Lara looked at his face, while Kurtis moved his hand up to cup her cheek. He slowly opened his eyes, and said, "You still look as pretty as ever, Lara." Lara blushed and said, "Thank you, Kurtis." "Your wel.come, uh." Before Lara could say anything, he took her hand again and put it over the wound from the Boaz fight.
"Is this real, and are you real?" "Yes, I'm real, although I don't really know how I got here." "You sure that you're not that Karel?" "No, it's really me Lara, besides I really think that Karel is gone for good." "I'm sorry I doubted you." "It's okay, I understand, especially with all that we've been through," he replied as he showed her a weak but cute smile. Lara then noticed that Kurtis was still bleeding, so she inquired, "What happened to you Kurtis, are you going to be okay." "I underestimated Boaz by making the crucial mistake of turning my back on her, when I thought she was dead and lifeless, and in her dying breath she impaled me with her claw. So I threw my disc to decapitate her, although.I uh." "Kurtis, please hang in there." "I'm sorry, Lara, but I'm in so much pain."
The tears continued to run down her face, and Lara confessed, "I really care about you, Kurtis, and I really had high hopes in meeting up with again, after all this was over." A few tears fell from his eyes, "Lara, I'm really glad that I met you, and I'll never forget you." "Please don't do this, not now, I'll help you get out of here, and we can get you help. Don't you remember that time you disarmed me back in Louvre Gallery, we almost kissed each other, didn't we?" "Yes, I know we haven't really known each other that long, and we've been to hell and back again together...uh." "What are you trying to say?" "This may be a very odd question, but Lara, do you love me?" "I said I care about you, Kurtis." "I was wandering if someone loved me, like I seemed to have fallen in love..." as he began to loose conscious from the immense pain from his wound. "Kurtis, you."
The tears fell from his eyes, as what seemed like his last words were "I love you, Lara." Lara gently held him close to her, and cried out, "Kurtis.." She kissed him ever so softly, and whispered, "I love you, too Kurtis." Kurtis coughed a little and whispered back, "I'm loved." There was a sudden voice that could be heard, and it said, "Thank you so much both of you, in stopping the Nephilim race from continuing." Kurtis slowly said, "That my father, Konstantin's voice." "What happened to your father, Kurtis?" Before Kurtis could answer, his father spoke up and said, "I was murdered by Eckhardt two years ago, and I sent a couple of things to Kurtis to help him bring down Eckhardt, and mostly importantly, Joachim Karel. Then I see he met you Ms. Lara Croft, daughter of Lord Henshingly Croft, and she helped you succeed." "Father.I failed you, because she defeated Eckhardt and Karel, not me." Lara stepped in and said, "If it wasn't for you helping me out, I never would have made it this far." "See my son, you haven't failed me, in fact, you have made me very proud." "Yeah, but I'm not.uh.doing very well." "What you did for Lara, was very courageous and it shows me that you care about her."
Then there was a dim light showing that there was a shadow of his father appear in front of them. "I see a very good reason, why you deserve this wish that I'm about to grant you." Kurtis began fading away more and more, while Lara protested, "Kurtis hang in there." His father held his hand out and said, "Farewell and good luck to you both, and it was nice meeting Lara." As his father faded away, Kurtis began to violently shake in Lara's arms. "Lara, please hold me closer." She honored his request as he continued to shake for a while, and a loud cry of pain escaped his lips. After a little while, Lara took a glance at Kurtis wound, and noticed that it disappeared. Lara called out to him, "Kurtis, can you hear me?" He looked at her, while she took her hand and moved his hand over where his wound was. "I'm healed, but how." "I'm not really sure, but I think your father had a part in it." "My father is dead, Lara, so how could he?" "I'm not sure of that either, but we just had brief conversation with him, and that's was the first time I ever knew about your father."
A few minutes later, Lara helped Kurtis up and said, "I'm so glad that you're going to be alright, Kurtis." "Yeah it is, and wait." "What?" He leaned up against Lara with one arm around her, and she had one around him helping him. Kurtis then handed his Chirugai to Lara, and said, "See if it reacts to your aura, like it does with me." "Um, okay," as she took the Chirugai from him, it reacted with her. So she handed it back to him, and he mentioned, "I'll teach you how to use it, sometime." "Okay." "So shall we go, Lara." "Yes, let's go." Together they walked towards the doorway and into the darkness with Lara still helping him walk. "So where to, Lara." "I don't know, back to Paris, Prague, one of our places." "Where are you from again." "A part of England, you?" "I'm from the Utah Salt Flats in the USA." "Oh, that's cool." They continued to walk into what seemed like an endless pool of darkness, when there was a sudden bright flash of light.