Hi! This is my first Tomb Raider fanfic. I hope you like it!
NOTE: I used the AoD Lara in this Fanfic (All rights to Core Design, Eidos and Crystal Dynamics) but I didn't continued the story or inserted pieces of it. I made my own storyline.
The phone rang. A tall, thick woman picked it up and answered, looking at the ground:
"Hello?"
"Miss Croft, it's so nice to meet you." the voice in the other side of the line announced. "I'd be delighted to have business with you."
"What kind of business?" she asked.
"I've located an ancient artefact called the Amulet of the Portals, and I'd like that you get it for me. Come to my apartment so I can give you more details."
She bit her lip. Then, after a deep breath, she affirmed:
"Okay. Where can I find you?"
"Surrey, Sergeant Square, number 12. My apartment is the tenth floor. Tell the doorman you're looking for Volt. I work in a place named "Volt Laboratories" and I'm its owner. Goodbye, Miss Croft. I'll be waiting for you."
"Good evening." she wished him.
Lara looked up and frowned. She was a very good-looking woman. Her brown narrow eyes were deep and had long eyelashes. She had a long, straight brown hair, usually caught in a braid.
Lara Croft was an archaeologist who was fuelled by an obsession to discover the secrets of the unfound civilizations, fluent in a dozen languages and a superb athlete. She was optimist, active, and stopped at nothing to get what she wanted.
Her home was a gorgeous big manor, which was tidied and cleaned by an old butler, Winston, who was always faithful to the Croft family. Lara's parents were dead, so she had the mansion all to herself.
She looked for Winston and asked him to make tea for them and to deliver it in her room. Flipping and jumping, she climbed the left set of stairs to the first floor with some fancy moves. Then she turned left to enter the corridor where her room was.
The floor of Lara's room was covered with a red carpet. In the middle of the wall and between two windows, there was a cove with a fireplace. In front of it, there was Lara's bed. Then, in the right, there was an entrance to her personal bathroom.
Lara sat on a chair in front of a small table and Winston came in with a tray. On top of it, there was a kettle and two cups filled with tea. The butler sat in front of the woman.
"Winston, tonight I'll leave. I'm going to have a meeting with a scientist." Lara informed, grabbing the cup and slurping the tea.
"Who is this scientist?" he questioned. "Does he have an artefact that you want?"
Lara carefully put back the cup on the tray and answered:
"Not really. He located an artefact and wants me to get it."
Miss Croft explained the situation to the butler, who, after the conversation, grabbed the tray and walked back to the kitchen to wash the dishes. And, when the time came, Lara quickly dressed up a pair of jeans, a dark t-shirt and a denim jacket. She didn't wear her usual clothes because she didn't want to look too dangerous.
She tied the laces of her boots, put the brown backpack and gone down into the front yard. Winston opened the gates for her and she mounted on the bike, accelerating and leaving a track of grey smoke behind her.