my own Tomb raider fic!!! hope you like. since i couldn't find another Tomb Raider fic, decided to put up mine. read+review!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Tomb Raider, but I do own my characters.
~1~
~New Recruits~
::6:00 am::
Lara sat in an empty room as she looked blankly out of her window, the television was on, but she paid no attention to it. An old man about 60 years of age walked into the room.
"Lady Croft," he said in a perfect English accent, "are you still watching or do you want me to turn it off?"
"Oh, no, I'm not watching, you can turn it off Giles," she said. Giles slowly made his way towards the television, then Lara had heard the newscaster say something that grabbed her attention.
"This just in," he said, "we have recently received disturbing information, a military plane carrying weapons and ammunition and escorting a family and two teenagers back to the United States has crashed in the Himalayan mountains. The officials have not yet found the location of the fallen plane but all of our prayers are with the family and two lost teens somewhere out there in the Himalayan Mountains."
"Giles? Is there anything I could do in the Himalayan mountains? Anything to kill?" Lara asked.
"Well, there is the, what do you call it, abominable snowman," Giles pointed out. Lara headed towards the door.
"Giles, prepare my things, I'm heading for the Himalayan mountains in the afternoon, tomorrow."
"Right away miss," Giles walked after Lara out the door.
::12:00 pm::
A private jet took off from the runway headed northwest towards the Himalayan mountains. Lara sat comfortably in seat inside, she buckled her holster around her waist and put her backpack on, a parachute lay next to her just in case. A couple of hours later they were flying over the Himalayan mountains, Lara looked out of her window and saw a fallen plane. That must be the military plane, Lara thought. Suddenly, a giant snowball the size of a boulder was flying at the plane. Lara got up, put on the parachute pack, and ran to the door opposite of the giant snowball, she opened the door and jumped out. She watched as the snowball hit the side of the plane and broke it in two like a twig. Lara pulled the cord and the parachute opened. She looked where she first saw the snowball, she saw a giant monkey-like thing run into a cave. Then she looked a little to the left and saw two figures staring at the wrecked plane, crashing to the ground.
Lara landed about three miles from them, she dropped the parachute pack and started walking towards the spot where she saw the two figures who were most likely the two teenagers that were lost. She finally got to the spot in about a half an hour but there was no one in sight. Lara turned towards the cave where she saw the creature.
Lara approached the cave carefully, she reached inside her back pack and pulled out a flare and ignited it. On the cave floor she saw giant footprints, like a gorilla's except three times bigger. Lara drew out her shotgun, ready for anything. A bat swooped down from the cave ceiling and attacked Lara, but Lara was too quick. She aimed and shot it down in the blink of an eye. A shot rang out from the outside of the cave and it wasn't from her shotgun. Lara ran out to see who shot the gun.
She peeked over a rock and saw a boy about 16 years old shooting down an abominable snowman, it was the creature that had shot down the plane. He had two uzis in his hands, he reminded her of herself. Behind him, he saw a girl about the same age as the boy. She was searching through her back pack, Lara heard her shout over the uzi.
"We're out of ammo!" She yelled.
"This is my last round and it doesn't seem like it's going down anytime soon!" He replied.
"It would be perfect if that one chick Lara Croft came right now, we could use anybody's help! Hey! Since we're probably gonna die in a few moments, there's something I have to tell you!" The girl shouted but the boy wasn't paying any attention because his uzi went silent. He pulled the trigger a couple of times but nothing came out.
"Shit," he cursed. The snowman charged at them but Lara shot it. It turned around and roared. The girl's eyes went wide. Lara ran straight at it and jumped on its broad shoulders. The monster toppled backwards. Lara grabbed the two teenagers' wrists and ran, dragging them until they turned and ran with her. The abominable snowman thundered after them.
Finally, Lara turned around and fumbled inside of her bag and pulled out a grenade launcher. She loaded it and fired at the oncoming abominable snowman. The grenade exploded on impact, the creature's stomach exploded into a million pieces. The abominable snowman fell to the ground, motionless.
"Well," Lara turned to the two teenagers, "I better get you two back to America. Everyone's looking for you."
"You're Lara Croft," the girl gasped.
"Yes, and what's your name? I only heard about you guys yesterday."
"Only yesterday? And it took you one day to get here? Wow!" The boy stared at her in amazement.
"Yes, what did you say your names were?"
"Oh, I'm Mallory," the girl said, "and this is Josh."
"Pleased to meet you, now, shall we go?" Lara suggested.
"Yeah, how are we going to get back?" Josh asked.
"Well, I can't find the way, that's a job for my GPS," Lara reached inside her backpack and pulled out her GPS. They trekked through the mountain side till they reached the military plane.
"You mean we've been going the wrong way this whole time!?" Mallory yelled at Josh, "Baka!!"
"Will you please stop shouting at me in Japanese!" He yelled back. They really care about each other, Lara thought.
"I guess we'll have to make camp here, it's getting dark," Lara searched the plane for blankets and tents, only finding a sleeping bag, a blanket, and one tent. She decided that the two could share the tent while she slept outside and kept watch. Lara told them the plan.
"What!?! I actually have to sleep in the same tent with that idiot!?" Lara could tell Mallory was blushing, even in the dark.
"Mallory, it's not that bad," Lara sighed.
"Fine, please, call me Mal, I hate my name."
"I'm not an idiot!" Josh exclaimed, finally realizing what Mal had said.
"Whatever! I'm going to sleep," Mal retreated to the inside of the tent.
"The nerve of that girl..." Josh muttered, "I'll wait out here a few minutes before going in or she'll kill me."
"You two have been a through a lot, you can't blame her," Lara loaded her guns just in case.
"Yeah, a lot, but compared to her, I haven't been through anything," Josh sighed as he poked the fire with a stick.
"What happened?"
"My parents died a long time ago and I've gotten over it so some bad people shipped me off here to work at a factory, Mal's parents were stationed at a nearby army facility because they're in the army. They were assigned to check out the factory I was in, they heard rumors that an American kid, me, was in there. The bad people got arrested and Mal's parents agreed to take me back to America so we all got on the next plane headed there," Josh sighed and kept going, "we were on that plane loaded with weapons. I found out that Mal and I went to the same Junior High school and we even had a couple of classes together. We were flying over the mountains when she looked out the window and saw that thing you killed, it threw a giant rock at the plane. We crashed, everyone but us died."
"Oh, that's terrible," Lara looked down at her feet.
"I'd expected Mal to breakdown but she hasn't cried once, she's pushing herself too hard. I've heard her begin to cry but she catches herself before she does. I don't think it's healthy," he looked over at the tent.
"I don't think that's healthy either, everyone needs to grieve, it helps," Lara remembered what had happened to her when her plane crashed, "the exact same thing happened to me. My plane had crashed when I was around your age, my parents died too."
"Well, ever since we crashed that thing has been chasing us, we could only grab a couple of guns and a few extra ammo. Thank God you came."
"You should get some rest, I'll stay up and keep watch," Lara stood up and stretched.
"Right, good night," Josh disappeared in the tent. Mal was on the right side of the tent, sprawled on the ground. The blanket covered half her body, she had a tight black tank-top and army pants with boots that covered them from the middle of her shin and below.
'Didn't even bother to take off her boots,' Josh shook his head and pulled the blanket up to cover her shoulders. His clothing was similar except his shirt was originally short sleeved, but he ripped off the sleeves. Josh looked at Mal's dirt smudged face, her black-brown streaked, shoulder length hair was loosely pulled back. Her eyes was the most fascinating thing about her, they were a bright brown, almost red. He sighed, picturing her alluring eyes.
'No one else has eyes like her,' his own eyes were an ice blue, with specks of green and gray. His dirty-blonde hair was naturally spiky. 'Now what else can I think of about her. Hm....let me be a guy and start off with her body, she had curves in all the right places and she has some muscle. Very flexible, energizer bunny, maybe a little trigger happy. She's always kind, unless she's pissed, then she starts yelling in Japanese, you get used to it.' Josh lay on his back, listening to Mal's breathing until he drifted off to sleep.
::Next Morning::
Josh woke up and stepped out into the early morning rays of sunshine, he yawned. There was a note in the dirt from Lara, it read:
Went out to find something, be back soon.
-Lara
"I heard you guys last night," Mal was sitting on the broken wing of the plane, looking up at the sky, "I can take care of myself you know."
"I'm completely aware of that fact after you saved our lives a million times," Josh smirked, "you don't have to do all that stuff. Seriously, you've gone through two whole days with out taking a break. You don't have to do that."
"No Josh, I have to," Josh was about to say something but Mal stopped him, she jumped down from the wing. "I have to do these things, you don't understand, I have to be strong, I won't be able to help if I cry all the time," Mal's eyes started to water, "I have to keep moving and doing everything.....because when I stop.....they're really gone." Mal dropped to the ground and completely broke down in tears, Josh sat in front of her and wrapped his arms around Mal's smaller body. Soon she fell asleep just as Lara got back.
Lara brought more water and a jeep that she recovered from her plane, as soon as they packed their things, they were on their way to the nearest town. Lara was blasting a U2 cd from her radio, Josh was looking out the window, and Mal was drawing something. Pretty soon they were out of the jungle and in an Search-and-Rescue camp. The guys took care of everything and Lara said that the two teens could stay with her, she's got a big enough place. So again, they were on a plane bound for England.
"I hate planes," Mal muttered, "I'll get over it." Soon, the plane landed and they unloaded all their stuff, then reloaded to a limo. After an hour or so they pulled up next to a large gate. They stepped out. Mal and Josh looked through the gate into the front courtyard. There were ankle-high hedges to the left and right of the walkway. On the right was a large fountain and a statue of an angel. To the right of that was a tall hedge, as tall as the mansion. Their jaws dropped.
"Welcome to my home," Lara chuckled as she saw the two, wait till you see the back."
Disclaimer: I do not own Tomb Raider, but I do own my characters.
~1~
~New Recruits~
::6:00 am::
Lara sat in an empty room as she looked blankly out of her window, the television was on, but she paid no attention to it. An old man about 60 years of age walked into the room.
"Lady Croft," he said in a perfect English accent, "are you still watching or do you want me to turn it off?"
"Oh, no, I'm not watching, you can turn it off Giles," she said. Giles slowly made his way towards the television, then Lara had heard the newscaster say something that grabbed her attention.
"This just in," he said, "we have recently received disturbing information, a military plane carrying weapons and ammunition and escorting a family and two teenagers back to the United States has crashed in the Himalayan mountains. The officials have not yet found the location of the fallen plane but all of our prayers are with the family and two lost teens somewhere out there in the Himalayan Mountains."
"Giles? Is there anything I could do in the Himalayan mountains? Anything to kill?" Lara asked.
"Well, there is the, what do you call it, abominable snowman," Giles pointed out. Lara headed towards the door.
"Giles, prepare my things, I'm heading for the Himalayan mountains in the afternoon, tomorrow."
"Right away miss," Giles walked after Lara out the door.
::12:00 pm::
A private jet took off from the runway headed northwest towards the Himalayan mountains. Lara sat comfortably in seat inside, she buckled her holster around her waist and put her backpack on, a parachute lay next to her just in case. A couple of hours later they were flying over the Himalayan mountains, Lara looked out of her window and saw a fallen plane. That must be the military plane, Lara thought. Suddenly, a giant snowball the size of a boulder was flying at the plane. Lara got up, put on the parachute pack, and ran to the door opposite of the giant snowball, she opened the door and jumped out. She watched as the snowball hit the side of the plane and broke it in two like a twig. Lara pulled the cord and the parachute opened. She looked where she first saw the snowball, she saw a giant monkey-like thing run into a cave. Then she looked a little to the left and saw two figures staring at the wrecked plane, crashing to the ground.
Lara landed about three miles from them, she dropped the parachute pack and started walking towards the spot where she saw the two figures who were most likely the two teenagers that were lost. She finally got to the spot in about a half an hour but there was no one in sight. Lara turned towards the cave where she saw the creature.
Lara approached the cave carefully, she reached inside her back pack and pulled out a flare and ignited it. On the cave floor she saw giant footprints, like a gorilla's except three times bigger. Lara drew out her shotgun, ready for anything. A bat swooped down from the cave ceiling and attacked Lara, but Lara was too quick. She aimed and shot it down in the blink of an eye. A shot rang out from the outside of the cave and it wasn't from her shotgun. Lara ran out to see who shot the gun.
She peeked over a rock and saw a boy about 16 years old shooting down an abominable snowman, it was the creature that had shot down the plane. He had two uzis in his hands, he reminded her of herself. Behind him, he saw a girl about the same age as the boy. She was searching through her back pack, Lara heard her shout over the uzi.
"We're out of ammo!" She yelled.
"This is my last round and it doesn't seem like it's going down anytime soon!" He replied.
"It would be perfect if that one chick Lara Croft came right now, we could use anybody's help! Hey! Since we're probably gonna die in a few moments, there's something I have to tell you!" The girl shouted but the boy wasn't paying any attention because his uzi went silent. He pulled the trigger a couple of times but nothing came out.
"Shit," he cursed. The snowman charged at them but Lara shot it. It turned around and roared. The girl's eyes went wide. Lara ran straight at it and jumped on its broad shoulders. The monster toppled backwards. Lara grabbed the two teenagers' wrists and ran, dragging them until they turned and ran with her. The abominable snowman thundered after them.
Finally, Lara turned around and fumbled inside of her bag and pulled out a grenade launcher. She loaded it and fired at the oncoming abominable snowman. The grenade exploded on impact, the creature's stomach exploded into a million pieces. The abominable snowman fell to the ground, motionless.
"Well," Lara turned to the two teenagers, "I better get you two back to America. Everyone's looking for you."
"You're Lara Croft," the girl gasped.
"Yes, and what's your name? I only heard about you guys yesterday."
"Only yesterday? And it took you one day to get here? Wow!" The boy stared at her in amazement.
"Yes, what did you say your names were?"
"Oh, I'm Mallory," the girl said, "and this is Josh."
"Pleased to meet you, now, shall we go?" Lara suggested.
"Yeah, how are we going to get back?" Josh asked.
"Well, I can't find the way, that's a job for my GPS," Lara reached inside her backpack and pulled out her GPS. They trekked through the mountain side till they reached the military plane.
"You mean we've been going the wrong way this whole time!?" Mallory yelled at Josh, "Baka!!"
"Will you please stop shouting at me in Japanese!" He yelled back. They really care about each other, Lara thought.
"I guess we'll have to make camp here, it's getting dark," Lara searched the plane for blankets and tents, only finding a sleeping bag, a blanket, and one tent. She decided that the two could share the tent while she slept outside and kept watch. Lara told them the plan.
"What!?! I actually have to sleep in the same tent with that idiot!?" Lara could tell Mallory was blushing, even in the dark.
"Mallory, it's not that bad," Lara sighed.
"Fine, please, call me Mal, I hate my name."
"I'm not an idiot!" Josh exclaimed, finally realizing what Mal had said.
"Whatever! I'm going to sleep," Mal retreated to the inside of the tent.
"The nerve of that girl..." Josh muttered, "I'll wait out here a few minutes before going in or she'll kill me."
"You two have been a through a lot, you can't blame her," Lara loaded her guns just in case.
"Yeah, a lot, but compared to her, I haven't been through anything," Josh sighed as he poked the fire with a stick.
"What happened?"
"My parents died a long time ago and I've gotten over it so some bad people shipped me off here to work at a factory, Mal's parents were stationed at a nearby army facility because they're in the army. They were assigned to check out the factory I was in, they heard rumors that an American kid, me, was in there. The bad people got arrested and Mal's parents agreed to take me back to America so we all got on the next plane headed there," Josh sighed and kept going, "we were on that plane loaded with weapons. I found out that Mal and I went to the same Junior High school and we even had a couple of classes together. We were flying over the mountains when she looked out the window and saw that thing you killed, it threw a giant rock at the plane. We crashed, everyone but us died."
"Oh, that's terrible," Lara looked down at her feet.
"I'd expected Mal to breakdown but she hasn't cried once, she's pushing herself too hard. I've heard her begin to cry but she catches herself before she does. I don't think it's healthy," he looked over at the tent.
"I don't think that's healthy either, everyone needs to grieve, it helps," Lara remembered what had happened to her when her plane crashed, "the exact same thing happened to me. My plane had crashed when I was around your age, my parents died too."
"Well, ever since we crashed that thing has been chasing us, we could only grab a couple of guns and a few extra ammo. Thank God you came."
"You should get some rest, I'll stay up and keep watch," Lara stood up and stretched.
"Right, good night," Josh disappeared in the tent. Mal was on the right side of the tent, sprawled on the ground. The blanket covered half her body, she had a tight black tank-top and army pants with boots that covered them from the middle of her shin and below.
'Didn't even bother to take off her boots,' Josh shook his head and pulled the blanket up to cover her shoulders. His clothing was similar except his shirt was originally short sleeved, but he ripped off the sleeves. Josh looked at Mal's dirt smudged face, her black-brown streaked, shoulder length hair was loosely pulled back. Her eyes was the most fascinating thing about her, they were a bright brown, almost red. He sighed, picturing her alluring eyes.
'No one else has eyes like her,' his own eyes were an ice blue, with specks of green and gray. His dirty-blonde hair was naturally spiky. 'Now what else can I think of about her. Hm....let me be a guy and start off with her body, she had curves in all the right places and she has some muscle. Very flexible, energizer bunny, maybe a little trigger happy. She's always kind, unless she's pissed, then she starts yelling in Japanese, you get used to it.' Josh lay on his back, listening to Mal's breathing until he drifted off to sleep.
::Next Morning::
Josh woke up and stepped out into the early morning rays of sunshine, he yawned. There was a note in the dirt from Lara, it read:
Went out to find something, be back soon.
-Lara
"I heard you guys last night," Mal was sitting on the broken wing of the plane, looking up at the sky, "I can take care of myself you know."
"I'm completely aware of that fact after you saved our lives a million times," Josh smirked, "you don't have to do all that stuff. Seriously, you've gone through two whole days with out taking a break. You don't have to do that."
"No Josh, I have to," Josh was about to say something but Mal stopped him, she jumped down from the wing. "I have to do these things, you don't understand, I have to be strong, I won't be able to help if I cry all the time," Mal's eyes started to water, "I have to keep moving and doing everything.....because when I stop.....they're really gone." Mal dropped to the ground and completely broke down in tears, Josh sat in front of her and wrapped his arms around Mal's smaller body. Soon she fell asleep just as Lara got back.
Lara brought more water and a jeep that she recovered from her plane, as soon as they packed their things, they were on their way to the nearest town. Lara was blasting a U2 cd from her radio, Josh was looking out the window, and Mal was drawing something. Pretty soon they were out of the jungle and in an Search-and-Rescue camp. The guys took care of everything and Lara said that the two teens could stay with her, she's got a big enough place. So again, they were on a plane bound for England.
"I hate planes," Mal muttered, "I'll get over it." Soon, the plane landed and they unloaded all their stuff, then reloaded to a limo. After an hour or so they pulled up next to a large gate. They stepped out. Mal and Josh looked through the gate into the front courtyard. There were ankle-high hedges to the left and right of the walkway. On the right was a large fountain and a statue of an angel. To the right of that was a tall hedge, as tall as the mansion. Their jaws dropped.
"Welcome to my home," Lara chuckled as she saw the two, wait till you see the back."