NOTES: I havent't written anything in a while and I was majorly inspired by MelissaCanFlyy's Far Cry 3 and Tomb Raider Crossover called 'Dystopia' - you can find it here on - to write a story about Vaas Montenegro, as he is the most interesting game character I've seen in a long time. This is just the start of the story, I already have some more saved on my computer and I will update the story every now and then.

While writing, I was listening to Florence + The Machine, mainly their song 'Seven Devils'.

Part 1 - "See I've come to burn your kingdom down"

Derek heard it first. I believe it was the roar of a car, the clicking of weapons being readied and equipped that he heard while most of us were obliviously sleeping. It must have been about 3 am when he silently got out of his bed and wandered around the house to wake me and the people sharing my room. By then it had also been headlights he'd seen, voices he'd heard. They were coming for us. It happened pretty fast. In a second, all around us the air was filled with the screams of our fellow people and laughter of the enemies. We had planned to get out the back doors, but they were already stationed everywhere, ready to invade the peace we had built up.
As one of the only ones who had some combat experience, I instantly grabbed a kitchen knife and tried to violently get the heavily armed and armored men to let go of the innocent members of our group. I sped out the door, already having to climb over the dead bodies of friends, people I had known for years that have had their life taken away by one or two bullets in an instant. Outside, more men dragged unconscious, injured people into the numerous vehicles parked on the grass. In a rage of anger, I readied my makeshift weapon and stabbed the sharp, bold blade into one of the intruders' shoulder to make him let go of one of my friends, Maggie. She fell to the floor, revealing an enormous wound on her chest. Focusing on the tumbling enemy again, I started to hit him in the face with my fists until he sank to the ground, then ran over to Maggie, who gasped for air and held her ribcage with one arm. I tried to lift her up and sustain her to be able to flee into the forest, but it was so loud around us that I didn't hear two men approach behind me. The second I turned around, one of them hauled off and hit my head with his pistol. I fell to my knees, trying to stay awake, but everything around me was turning. One of the intruders grabbed my chin and lifted my head up so that I was looking directly at his ugly face. "You a tough one, huh?" he said before smashing his huge fist into my temple.

"Emilia, yes? Hey!" A voice was pounding in my head, but I could not open my eyes. I was in incredible pain, and the left side of my face felt wet. "Emilia", there was the voice again. "Listen to me! Don't you dare ignore me you little shit!" Something hard hit my leg and a sharp pain struck my whole body. I forced my lids to open up just a bit, so I could see what was going on around me, as I was completely disoriented. All I could barely see was a pair of men's trousers and heavy shoes on dirty ground, all in a haze of red whatever and tilted over to the side. I must've lain on my side somewhere on the ground. As the voice progressed to insult me, I could feel my conscience fading again, and I fell back into a void.

The next time I woke up, I still felt horrible, but I could at least make out some of my surroundings, even though I didn't recognize them. I was leaning against the bars of a metal cage, similar to the ones that you would keep animals in. Around it, all I could see was trees and the dirty, sandy ground. It was nighttime, but I could not see the sky, as it was hidden behind the thick leaves and brushes. Next to me, on the ground, there was Maggie's injured body and another friend, Jon. He was awake.
"Jon?" I muttered, still feeling incredibly dizzy. My head hurt like crazy. "Oh gosh, thank you, you are awake!" Jon exclaimed, hovering over to me to give me a big hug. I rested my head against his shoulder for a second and breathed heavily.
When he let me go, I looked into his scared eyes. "What about Maggie?" - "She has been unconscious for what felt like forever. Just like you"
I leaned back onto the bars and held my head. It felt like my face was covered with dry blood, and by the touch of my temple, I could feel an enormous laceration. I tried not to freak out at the thought of how I got this, of what happened back at the house. I slowly turned around. "Where are the others?"
Jon shook his head. "I don't know. They've been taken. Or… or…" – "Look, we have to get out of here", I said, desperately trying to think of a way out of this.
"Oh yeah?" That was another voice from behind us. It was one of the intruders, the pirates, the criminals that ruled over this island using slavery and drugs, plain violence and terror.
I looked at him and instantly remembered him. It was the one that had hit me into unconsciousness.
"Remember me? Huh?" He looked at me through the thick bars. At the sight of my facial expression, he began to laugh. His dirty laugh disgusted me, it reminded me of when all the enemies had the rampage around our camp. I gathered some spit in my mouth and spit it right into his face.
The pirate's face instantly turned red of anger. "Fuck you!" He stood up, got out a key, unlocked the cage door, grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the cage. Smashing the door shut, he began kicking and hitting me, even harder than he had the first time. My body curled up and all I could do was squeal in pain. I heard Jon yelling from inside the cage. The wheezes of exhaustion the criminal let out and the sound his heavy shoes and fists made when touching my injured body.