Whisper
By: Life For Rent 88
Description: What happens when Lara Croft discovers an ancient artifact linked to her diseased mother?
Prolog: Stone Of Amber
The rain struck the ground like shattering bullets as the raven black sky swam over the atmosphere . Stars where hidden by rolling gray clouds and dark shady leafs. A women ran down the street holding a glowing object. Close behind her a shadow crept closer. She ran with all her might letting her long brown hair flap into her face. The fear from the subject behind her crept into her body like scowling souls. Lighting struck near bye shocking the women of her conciseness she blacked out. Her body fell to the pavement as the amber stone rolled out of her arms into the middle of the street. The shadow crept to the women lying on the road and swept up the object with in it's arms. It then vanished into the rain drops of time.
Chapter One: A Mother's Love
Lara awoke with a cold sweat flowing from her head. She peered over to her alarm clock to find that it was only three in the morning. She brushed her long brunette hair behind her shoulders and thought of returning to her slumber. But dared not to for fear of her nightmare once again haunting her. She laughed at the thought think she could burst into a tomb reeking havoc over monsters with no fear but when a nightmare lingered on into her mind she was much to afraid to seek it again.
She got up from her bed and began to put on her dark red lacy lingerie. Peering into the mirror that hung over the fire place across from where her bed lied she decided to place a small amount of make up on. After doing so she put on some black leather pants and a white T-shirt. Then put her hair up into a French braid. The time was now four in the morning and a shower had crossed her mind but the thought of last night reminded her that she had done that already.
She worked her way down stairs into the kitchen where she found the fridge. There it sat in all it's glory full of everlasting food. Lara began to feel her stomach begin to rumble already. Inside she got herself some nice veggie items and a small bull of dip. Once she had satisfied her appetite she got up from the kitchen table and went into the ball room turning on her surround sound system. The sound of beautiful classical music filled the air and traveled through out the manor. Grunting sounds of an old man could be herd from the upper level of the large house. Lara just smiled and thought to herself Winston must have awoken!
Lara entered the study which was found up stairs and turned on her computer. On the desk where the computer sat was a small framed picture of a women smiling. The picture was in black and white and the women's long dark hair was put up into a bun as she was wearing a pearl necklace. Lara stared at it as distant memories flowed through her mind like rush hour on a Saturday night. I miss you… mom. A tear formed from Lara's eye but did not escape the edge. Once Lara was online she had decided to look up information on the stone that was found in her dream. But after searching for a few hours she had found nothing. The time now was eight and Lara knew she had an appointment with the publishers of her new journal Foot Steps Of Death. So she shut down the computer and got up but before she left the room she took the framed picture and took out the picture that was inside and placed it in her back pocket. Then she left the house on her motor cycle of to the publishers to discuss there plans on the book and on what Lara was deciding to do next.
To be continued…