Hello everybody! xD First of all, I'd like to apologise for the terrible delay to those who saw the update on my profile and have been waiting for this fanfic! Here we start with a new story after 'The Beginning Of A Dark Era', which I hope you enjoyed and wasn't a let-down for those who expected more than it offered! This story is made up of about eight or nine really short chapters! I hope you all like it, reviews are highly appreciated as well as constructive criticism! Rated T, but it may get Rated M for later chapters! Here's the first chapter, hope you enjoy! =)

Chapter 1: Inception

Warsaw, Poland, 1981

I let my eyes wander around. All I see is an huge, old fortress. Father says it was built in the 14th century by my ancestors. He is here with someone named Richard Croft. He is an archaeologist and a loyal friend of my father.

The place gets darker but I keep on exploring it. It looks like a maze now. As I examine my surroundings, I feel someone's presence right behind me. I turn around and face a pair of beautiful, brown eyes.

Who's this girl…?

Warsaw, Poland, Present Day

His bitter thoughts about his dark past had awakened again but he tried and finally managed to bury them deep inside the darkest corners of his mind. He found himself driving a car towards a remote valley. But he wasn't alone…

Right next to him was an attractive, brunette woman, sitting in the car and staring at the scenery outside the window. A partner as strong as him that could as well fight against darkness, a friend he'd found to keep him company through the cold, sorrowful winternights, a person that could actually understand the torments he was going through every day in his life. He had never believed that he would find someone that could make his soul -or at least the human part of it that still remained- feel warmth.

"Are we there yet?" her voice broke the silence of his thoughts. "In a while" he replied.

After their visit and exploration to Jerusalem, Lara Croft and Kurtis Trent obtained an ancient relic called The Enlightened Libra. After the retrieval of the artifact, they ended up in Poland. There, Lara managed to gather information about the Libra.

An old friend of her father, Professor Gregory, told her that The Enlightened Libra was a key that belonged to an ancient, mystical order called the Lux Veritatis. They were a 12th century order of warrior monks, fighting evil. This key could open The Enlightened Gate which was said to reveal a secret underground fortress of the Lux Veritatis, located in the capital of Poland. They wanted to hide a secret of great evil and merciless dark and so they built the fortress. But the place was considered to guard some kind of ancient weapon. They weren't sure about its origins or whether its power could destroy a Nephilim or not but it was the best thing they could think of in order to destroy the unholy race. Everything else they had attempted had led to a deadend.

After a while, the car stopped and silenced. The couple got out of it and walked into a deserted valley. It was peaceful but the silence seemed to whisper the many guilty and dangerous secrets of the valley to anyone who believed.

And now there they were, ready to save the world again, a world already led astray. And they both knew that even if they saved the world from certain destruction, neither of them would be rewarded. But this was their duty. They both knew that there were hidden secrets about the world's Fate that they had to unbury. They both knew how it would end. They would never be able to save the world, they were just delaying its final doom. But they just didn't have the heart to forsake their task and each other. They were the only ones who could fight for the sake of humanity. Destiny had united them for a reason and they both felt this strong and invulnerable connection between them since the first time they looked into each other's eyes.

The night had prepared its hell and it would turn it loose when the time was appropriate. That night they would discover truths that would haunt them for the rest of their lives…

A/N: Alright, I finally posted this! The facts in Jerusalem are never going to be mentioned. Make your own theories, that's the purpose of this little reference ;) and that Professor Gregory is created by me and won't be part of any of the next chapters! Reviews are always appreciated...! Update coming as soon as possible!