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Author's Note: Rated T for language and violence.
Previously on Tomb Raider
Amelia and her daughter Lara, nine years of age at the time were flying in their private aircraft when the left wing suddenly caught on fire. The plane crashed in Nepal, where Lara and Amelia sought shelter in a hidden temple. There, Lara found a stone dais, with an ancient sword sticking out of a stone in the center. Touching it, the sword went further into the stone and twisted, sending a portal over Lara's head, activating.
Amelia pulled Lara back and held her protectively. "Good Lord", she said, "What is it?"
"There's something in the light!", Lara exclaimed.
"Wait here". Amelia cautiously went over to it and talked into the portal. "Who are you?"
It's Lara, your daughter.
"What? What about my daughter?"
Don't touch the sword!
"She meant no harm".
Take out the sword. It'll explode unless you pull out the sword!
"Oh God, no!". Amelia pulled the sword out of the stone and was sucked into the portal. The green light shone through the room making Lara cover her eyes. When she looked back, her mother was gone.
"Mother? Mother?!"
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Lara, several years later, was hired by Jacqueline Natla to retrieve the Scion of Atlantis, an artifact that she and her father spent years searching for. Later on, she learns that Natla isn't who she seems.
"It was you!", Lara exclaimed, "You were the Queen of Atlantis".
"Once", Natla replied.
Lara learns that Natla's true aim is to bring about the Seventh Age to destroy the world. Natla tells Lara that she cannot die, but Lara destroys the Scion of Atlantis and pulls a pillar down on Natla, presumably killing her.
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Lara, now older, and her good friend Amanda Evert were at an archaeological dig site where they encountered a demon that tried to kill them. They reached the main room and tried to escape. Lara found Amanda and looked around for the demon.
Amanda was trying to figure out how to open the doors to get out. She saw a stone in the wall and tried to get it. "I think this stone unlocks the door!"
"The door might be trapped!", Lara replied in negativity.
"We're trapped!". Amanda pulled out the stone just as the demon lunged at Lara, and it vanished. The temple began to crumble, and Lara and Amanda took off, but Amanda got stuck when a rock fell on her foot, trapping it.
"Amanda!", Lara yelled, going back for her. The gates began to close and water filled the temple. Lara held the gate open for as long as she could, but it was no use - Amanda told her to go just before more rocks fell on Amanda.
Lara got out of the temple and set the dig site as a memorial for Amanda. After some events, Lara learns that Amanda might not have died down there. Lara finds the pieces of the sword that Amelia pulled out of the stone years back and goes to Bolivia to open the portal. She activates the dais and sees her mother through the portal, but in the past.
"Who are you?", Amelia asked.
"Mother? It's Lara, your daughter!", Lara replied.
"What? What about my daughter?"
Lara realized she was in the past and she had to make sure Amelia didn't touch the sword. "Don't touch the sword!"
"Take out the sword!", Amanda said to Lara, "It'll explode unless you pull out the sword!"
Amelia, hearing this, pulled out the sword, and the dais exploded. Lara dove out of the way just in time.
"You idiot! You've ruined everything!", Amanda yelled.
"Make sense right this second or I swear I'll execute you where you stand!"
"I told you to pull out the sword, I told you!"
Lara fired her gun around Amanda's head in frustration. "WHERE. IS. MY. MOTHER?!"
"Avalon! She's not dead!"
Prologue
Descending the stairs of the catacombs of Croft Manor, Lara headed through the hallway. She stopped in her tracks however, when the house began to shake violently. She heard an explosion, and ahead of her, chunks of the wall flew out, fire ablaze. She quickly turned around to see the same thing happen behind her. "My God!", she cried, a look of fear on her face.
Heading forward, she climbed over the rubble, her hands covering her face in an attempt to protect herself from the fire. She climbed over more debris before finally reaching the door to the study. Pulling the lever, the door opened. Stepping through it, Lara saw her entire manor in flames, the roof blown partially open, showing the rainy, night sky.
She knew she'd have to find Zip, Alister, and Winston before worrying what had happened. She made her way to the door but it was blocked, at hot. Lara quickly pulled her hands back and shook them to cool them. She attached the hook of her grapple onto the handle and stepped back. Pulling the cord, the door blew open, fire following. She covered her face and headed through the hallway.
Climbing around rubble and flame, she reached the doorway to the main hall and stairwell. Heading to descend the stairs, she noticed the entire stairwell was engulfed in debris and flames. Attaching her grapple to the ring conveniently placed above the stairwell, she jumped and swung across to the other side. Running to the open part of the banisters, she dropped down onto the stone floor of the main hall. Heading toward the main doors, she saw Zip and Winston trying to open them.
Spotting her, Zip stepped forward and fired at her. "Look out!", he said to Winston. Lara jumped back, avoiding the shot. She had a 'what the hell' look on her face.
"Stop!", Winston exclaimed, "It's Lara!".
"I know!", Zip yelled back.
He proceeded to fire at Lara who rolled out of the way and took cover behind one of the pillars. "Zip, wait!", she yelled. All Lara heard was the sound of gunshots and felt the heat of her burning manor.
I decided to add the 'previously on Tomb Raider' bit since it was in Underworld and can help some new people figure out what's going on here. Let me know what you think by leaving a review!