Disclaimer: This is a Fanfiction Tomb Raider story. I do not own the characters originally from Tomb Raider, they belong to their respectable owners. This is just for entertainment reading.

- The Deadly Conflict

They were once very good friends...But now they have turned into bitter enemies with an agenda against one another. Lara Croft and Samantha Nishimura were fighting it out against each other within the heart of the mountainous regions of the Himalayas. Coincidentally they were after the same thing that had brought them to this stage. To find out who the Visionary Keepers were and what secrets and knowledge they had kept from the rest of world for centuries. Even though they took different paths to get where they were right now, it was inevitable that their paths would cross together in this journey.

It was quite sad how once a great friendship between the two of them had all of a sudden came to an abrupt end. It all happened on that very day where Lara had no choice but do what she had to do, which had brought the consequence of Sam despising and hating her ever since. Lara had tried so many times to make her see reason and open up, but Sam was beyond redemption. She was wanting revenge for what Lara had done...In her mind she had betrayed everything their friendship had stood for, even though Lara had saved her life in Yamatai all those years ago.

The two tomb raiders fought upon equal footing, leaving their guns on the icy ground as they knew they could kill each other within a blink of an eye. No, they took a more honourable approach...The survivor would be able to carry on the quest of voyaging through the mysteries of the Visionary Keepers Tomb. In the mist of the fight it quickly became apparent to Lara that Sam had been preparing for this moment. Her mind and body were trained for this, but lucky Lara had experience to back her up. Sam was fierce in the delivery of her attacks, but Lara managed to thwart and block each move. As much as it hurt Lara to witness this, Sam had also done something to her in the not so distant past that was unforgivable...

Seeing Sam starting to tire out from her jabs and looking a bit frustrated with herself, Lara took this opportunity to go on the offensive. Sam was blown away by the sheer power and anger exerted by Lara, as within a matter of a minute or two Sam was knocked aback. It was payback for the pain and misery that Sam caused, that was all on Lara's mind. With gritted teeth she raged towards Sam ready to deliver the final blow. However overwhelmed in the heat of the moment, Lara was instantly taken off guard by Sam, whom regained her stance and saw a weak point in Lara's footing.

"OMPF!" Lara grunted out as she fell on the cold ground having been tripped up by her opponent. Just as she was about to recompose herself, the next object she saw was a gun pointing directly at her forehead.

"So it has come to this..." Sam stated confidently now that she had the upper hand. She had Lara right where she wanted her.

Lara was defenceless. The situation had turned upon it's head and Sam was no doubt going to finish her off without remorse.

"Sam...Think about what you're about to do!" Lara warned her, feeling the harsh coldness of the snow hitting the side of her temple due to the swift blowing wind. She looked into Sam's eyes and judged whether she could see if she was having second thoughts.

"I've been waiting for this for a long time Lara, there is nothing you can say that is going to stop me!" A determined Sam retorted back. This was it, after all they've been through it was going to end here and now. Lara had to think of something before she pulled on that trigger.

"WAIT!"