Hello everyone! xD Yeap, chapter four is up! Thank you Ferilium and gyikhu for reviewing every chapter so far, I hope you'll as well enjoy the new one! :) So, here we go!

Chapter 4: Forgotten Past

1981

He waves back. Well, that's a good sign. Father talked to me about Konstantin's son once. Maybe it's him. Wait, I can hear dad calling me.

"Lara! Come here my child!"

I have to run to daddy.

And so she did. He just stared at her and when she faded away, he continued his exploration…

He didn't see her ever since…

Present Day

Lara Croft searched the place but found nothing suspicious or interesting. "Well, if the place hides something, it hides it very, very well" she whispered.

After a while, she found some signs on stony walls. They were telling a story. They showed an angel with broken wings. The Angel fell on the earth with damaged wings.

"The Great Angel of Heaven fell to the Earth, summoned by mankind but then got trapped, bound to suffer the earthly years" she read on the walls.

Then she saw the Angel on the walls causing great destruction on the earth.

Suddenly, an image of herself running through one of the paths of this fortress flashed through her mind.

"What's happening here?" she whispered. The same image came more and more vividly to her mind. "I've been here before" she whispered.

She remembered her father and his loyal friend beside him.

~"Why don't you explore the place, dear Lara?" the man said. With a smile on her face, the 13-year-old Lara did so. As she was exploring, she faced a 9-year-old boy in front of her…~

"Oh, no… This can't be possible…"

Kurtis had gone deeper and deeper into the fortress, exploring for a great amount of time. On one point and later on, the ground was flooded but the water level was low. He found some stairs but the door which the stairs led to was locked. He tried to unlock it with a knife or break it with his supernatural powers but nothing. Having a closer look to his surroundings, he found a button in the water. He pushed it with his foot and the door opened. As he entered it, the water level came higher, reaching his waist, but he kept on going.

Suddenly, memories of another time flashed through his mind. He tried to bury them as he felt like he shouldn't remember, as though it would be too dangerous to remember…

He found a massive, marble door. He somehow knew it was a tomb. He touched it. Then he widened his eyes. He wasn't suspecting that he knew this place anymore. He was sure that he knew this place. And that wasn't something good.

"Fuck!" he cursed as he remembered…

23 August 1981

Kurtis Heissturm had become 9 years old a couple of months ago. His father had taken him to Poland to show him a fortress of great importance. It was the tomb of a creature born to bring great darkness. But it was locked by the Lux Veritatis centuries ago, so it couldn't cause any harm. Lord Richard Croft was accompanying them. His expertise in archaeology would help them secure the place so no one would ever be able to find it. But he had brought his 13-year-old daughter too because of her unlimited curiosity. He was sure he would be able to take good care of her, so he let her come.

As both innocent children were exploring the gigantic fortress, they met each other. There was distance between them but young Lara couldn't help but notice those piercing blue eyes that seemed to see through your soul. Kurtis felt emotions never experienced before, rising inside of him as soon as he noticed her captivating brown eyes. They seemed to hide both darkness and innocence.

She waved at him.

He waved back.

She smiled to him.

He stared at her.

She heard her father calling her name.

She ran away from him.

He watched her fading away.

This was it.

The same day he learned about the secret of the fortress. His father made him promise never to go there again.

"I promise, father"

2003, Paris

They grew up, went on with their lives, followed their destinies. Until their destinies united.

Kurtis Trent who was now a strong and independent man was in search of his father's murderer but so was Lara Croft, the notorious archaeologist and adventurer. Before she knew it, the restless woman was in the Louvre, staring at Kurtis' gorgeous eyes. Suddenly, a voice inside her told her "You're home"

Do I know you? she wondered as they both leaned closer to each other's face.

That's insane. I don't even know her, he thought and killed the urge of touching her lips with his…

Present Day

Kurtis felt lost in his own thoughts. He realised that he was standing right in front of the core of great darkness. He was standing before great evil, an enemy even more dangerous than the Black Alchemist or the Nephilim man. In there, lay the Fallen Angel, a creature capable of great darkness, bringer of total annihilation of mankind if it ever got released. He had just broken a promise he had forgotten he had made. How easily people forget, what kind of destruction is required for them to remember…

He ran away to grab Lara and get her the hell out of there. He realised he should have never found the Enlightened Libra and shouldn't have opened the Enlightened Gate. He had just betrayed his own Order's secret. But there was still time and if both of them managed to get out of the fortress and lock the Enlightened Gate with the Enlightened Libra once again, the secret would be safe again. Then, destroying the Libra would save the secret for eternity and everything would be back to normal.

As he ran away, the marble gate of the tomb started shaking threateningly. The secret was already disclosed. Someone was already performing the ritual of awakening the greatest evil ever. Lara and Kurtis were not the only ones in the fortress…

A/N: Just to warn you, we're not over with surprises! :) Forgotten memories can be dangerous when they reappear in your life...! Update coming soon! Until then, see ya! xD