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A/N:Okay, This is my 4th attempt at writing but I'm not quite sure where it's going so please bear with me and please read, review and enjoy!

Lara Croft and the sword of Damocles

Chapter 1. The sword of Damocles.

Thin rays of sunlight escaped from the sky and projected themselves through the crystal clear windows of Croft manor. Lara sat on her bed and allowed herself to become swallowed by the soothing heat as she examined her video camera.

On the video camera:

Lara was stood at the door way of a comprehensive room which was engulfed by swords in stalacmite and stalactite positions. The video quality was shaky, this was the only sign of fear that Lara showed- for her face and voice were stoic.
"This room clearly shows some reference to the story of Damocles. A man jealous of the king's wealth and luxury lifestyle, and when he got what he wanted-to live like the king, he realised that it….Wasn't what he'd expected. Well, that's the shorter version of the story"

Off camera:

Lara wasn't fully aware of why she was searching her early recordings. They had be created while she was searching for a piece of the Scion in Greece. But, there was something about this particular recording, something that she was missing, and she knew it.

On camera:

Lara had continued to traverse the sword covered wasteland-cautiously of course. Until she came to what was obviously the most amazing-yet frightening area of the room. Some kind of three tier platform lay sturdily in the middle of a collection of decaying pillars. And on the platform, lay what Lara had been searching for, the key of Damocles.
"Now, THIS is what I've been waiting for!" She said, her voice full of enthusiasm.

Off camera:

And it was. It was this specific moment of the recording that Lara had been searching for. Lara slammed the pause before locking her eyes onto the almost hazy screen. And there it was-The secret of the Damocles room. Although the screen was blurred and the image was tiny-Lara could still make out every single detail. The so called 'secret' was a sword. It hung perfectly on the wall, the 3 purple gems on the golden handle sparkled and shone with the thin ray of light that absorbed it and it's salient silver blade was a bulky killing machine. Lara's breath was completely taken away by her excitement.

"Unbelievable…!" she panted. This could have been one of Lara's biggest discoveries since the sword of Excalibur-and she couldn't wait to announce her discovery, Via headset of course.
"Zip! Alistair! I've got great news! Meet me in Zip's office"

Zip's office:

"What's this about, Lara?" Zip asked in a calm yet annoyed tone.

"You two know about the sword of Damocles, right?" As Lara expected Zip's face mutated from calm to clueless- While Alistair beamed with intelligence.

"Zip?"

"Ummm, Yeah?" His voice was unconvincing.

"Dionysius (II) was a fourth century B.C. tyrant of Syracuse, a city in

Magna Graecia, the Greek area of southern Italy. To all appearances Dionysius was very rich and comfortable, with all the luxuries money could buy, tasteful clothing and jewellery, and delectable food. He even had court flatterers to inflate his ego. One of these ingratiates was the court sycophant, Damocles. Damocles used to make comments to the king about his wealth and luxurious life. One day when Damocles complimented the tyrant on his abundance and power, Dionysius turned to Damocles and said, "If you think I'm so lucky, how would you like to try out my life?"

Damocles readily agreed, and so Dionysius ordered everything to be prepared for Damocles to experience what life as Dionysius was like-"
"what has this got to do with a sword?" Zip questioned rudely.
"Don't worry, I'm getting to that part" Alistair snickered again.

"Damocles was enjoying himself immensely... until he noticed a sharp sword hovering over his head, that was suspended from the ceiling by a single horse hair. This, the tyrant explained to Damocles, was what life as ruler was really like. Damocles, alarmed, quickly revised his idea of what made up a good life, and asked to be excused. He then eagerly returned to his poorer, but safer life"
"No offence, Lara, but why are you telling us this"
"Because, Alistair, I think I've found the sword of Damocles!"

"What?!" Wailed Zip and Alistair in sync. Lara rolled her eyes as she retrieved her video camera from her pocket-still paused on the previous section.

"You see that in the background? The sword? I bet you that's the sword of Damocles"
"How can you be sure?" Alistair's tone sounded questioning.

"I'm not. I'm just thinking logically. I found this in Greece, in a room labelled Damocles which had the Damocles key located in it" She explained, almost joking. "I think I'll take my chances"

"Sounds good to me!" Exclaimed Zip. "So I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say you're going to shoot off to Greece, Find this sword, destroy some un-important ruins and come home and live happily ever after?"
"Well, I am going to Greece and I AM getting that sword"
"So you're not going to destroy any un-important ruins?" He joked.
"I don't think so, not this time"
"Maybe we could focus on more important things?" Alistair demanded, he sounded almost aggressive.

"Like what?"
"Well, Zip, Maybe about how Lara is going to get to Greece, Maybe find out weather there are any reports on this artefact and if anyone else is looking for it. Going after this sword could be really dangerous for Lara"
"Alistair, I've been doing this for almost too long. Danger really doesn't bother me anymore" She laughed. "Plus, I know someone who can give me a lift. He owes me a favour anyway"
"Why?"
"Zip, If I told you, I'd have to kill you"

"Charming" Lara handed Zip a petite piece of paper-folded to it's limit.
"Call this number, Tell them who it's for and where I'm going. They'll listen"
"What if they don't?"

"Tell them: 3, 6, 1, 1, 9. Then they will defiantly listen"
"How does that work?"
"Trust me, It'll work"

"So what now?"
"Now, Alistair, I'm going to Greece"
"Are you sure about this?"
"Trust me, I'm a tomb raider"

A/N: Okay, That was the first chapter, I think this went alright. Please leave feedback!

Just a little warning, Updates for this and "The Jedi from Earth" (My other incomplete fanfiction) might be a little slow, I'm busy with school, plus I'm choosing my GCSE's so my focus is a little shattered but I will try and get as much done as I can. (Thank you so much for sticking with me)