hey thanks to everyone whos still bothering to read this story XD hehehe

sorry again for spelling or grammar errors. this chapter isn't so short though. :)

Tomb raider: let the monster in

Chapter 7:

Lara stepped out of the small airplane. The sun shined brightly even though it wasn't very warm.
Lara didn't mind the slightly chilly weather, so she grabbed her back pack and started to walk towards the small building in which a motorbike waited for her. As she made her way over to there she unfolded the map she had brought with her.

Was it Treleborg Amanda had been visiting these last months? She asked out loud.

-Yeah. Zips voice came through the headset. -I dunno what you're gonna find, But I bet its interesting.

Lara smiled and nodded. She tucked the map into the pocket and jumped up on the bike.
-It's about an hour away from where I am now. She said and started up the bike.

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Since he wasn't' much help staring at the screen while Lara was driving zip went into the kitchen to get something to drink.
When he came in there he saw Winston making tea.
Zip smirked.

-He hasn't forgotten how much he loves tea has he?
Winston looked up and smiled warm.

-He certainly has not, In fact I am quite sure that he drinks twice as much as he normally does. It must be because its all new for him again. He ended the sentence with a small chuckle and poured the tea in a cup and handed it to Zip.

-I have some cleaning to do, would you mind giving this to Mr. Fletcher?

-Will do. He grabbed the tea and went back into his office where Alister was now sitting in a chair. He was surrounded by books he had brought from the library and was currently lost in one of them. He didn't even notice Zip as he entered the room.

-Yo man, here's some tea for you. The hacker greeted him with a cheery tone.
Aister jumped at his voice and looked startled at him, then he shrugged and smiled.
-Thank you very much.

-Don't thank me, Winston made it. Zip looked at the mountain of books that had formed around the archeologist.

-So how come you're in here? He asked after a while.
Alister looked up at him again. He wrinkled his eyebrows and bit his lower lip.
-I...I thought I'd move down here instead, I don't' like to be all alone in there.
Zip rose an eyebrow.

-Really? I thought you loved it up there, with all the books and the silence. The bookworm shook his head.

-I do! It's just that..I don't know it gives me a bad feeling for some reason. He scratched the back of his head.
-I keep expecting the walls to open up and something will jump out. He went silent, and when zip only stared at him instead of saying anything he blushed and looked down into the book.
-That sounds really silly I know.

Zip shook his head and smiled. - No don't worry I understand, you can sit down here if that's what you want, knock yourself out! Alister smiled, he looked relived and then continued reading. Zip sighted and went back to his computer.

We better find a way to fix his memory soon.

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Lara was driving into what seemed to be an endless forest full of cliffs and giant rocks, it didn't seem like anyone had been here for quite some time.
She was just going to ask Zip if he knew a more exact location for wherever she was going when she suddenly heard a familiar voice yelling at someone.

When you hear someone yelling in the middle of an empty forest, you know you're at the right place.

Lara thought as she jumped of her motorbike and led it in between two huge rocks, after making sure it was camouflages nicely she proceeded to climb up the small cliff right behind her, from which she had heard the shouting. Ss Lara reached the top and peered over the side she saw soemthing that looked like a small digging site. She picked up her binoculars to take a closer look.

-looks like Amanda is doing some digging. She said into the headset.

-Yeah, wonder what she's looking for? Zip questioned. Lara adjusted the zooming and saw Amanda yelling at the few men who populated the site.

-And there she is. Lara whispered. She put the binoculars back on her belt and looked around.
She couldn't go in through the way Amanda had dug up for obvious reasons and it didn't seem like she was leaving anytime soon. Lara had to find another way in. silently she made her way down the cliff down to the ground.

-I must find another way in. she explained to zip as she stared walking around the cliff.

-How can you be so sure there is another way in? Zip asked. –don't you think she would have found it?

Lara shook her head. -Just because she's not on our side doesn't mean she's perfect, no I'm positive there's some other way. Lara came out in a small ravine filled with rocks, she jumped down on one of the rocks.

-The ways she's going is obviously man made, well she made it, She's probably just followed a map to an exact spot. She jumped down on the ground and started walking around the the giant stones.

-But if there is some sort of temple here there must be another way in, a way in which people could have walked whenever they pleased. lara looked over at a collection of about a dozen big rocks huddled together.

-And where would that be? If there was an normal entrance you could just walk into casually, she wouldn't have to dig. Zip complained.
AN amused and smile spread on Lara's lips.

-it would be right over here. She said as she made her way over to the rock collection, she stood in front of one of them and started pushing at it. It took some effort but she finally managed to move it and it rolled into another rock. Revealing a small hole in the ground.

-It was just hidden by these mighty stones! Lara laughed and without further ado squeezed herself into the hole, as she had expected it led her into a wider tunnel, where she could stand up straight.

-What if it had just been a very big rabbit hole and you would have gotten stuck? Zip joked.

-I would have gotten you lads over here to rescue me. She wrinkled her eyebrows and looked around.
-No one has been in here for a while, now let's see if we can find anything of interest. Lara walked down the tunnel, which at first was just a small passage but later became something more man made.

-Watch out for traps. Zip warned in her ear.

-I don't think there's gonna be too many traps in this little hall way...it was made for visitors to the temple. She reached some stone steps and walked down them into a giant room, it was about as big as the foyer in her own manor and it had lots of statues with carvings on them. Lara looked around checking if she could find anything that could tell her if Amanda had gotten this far with her digging.

-I don't think Amanda has been in here yet. She said and walked up to one of the statues. Then she looked over at the walls.
-But this...that's written over here, it's written on all the walls..I wouldn't be surprised if she has seen it already.
-Well...what does it say?
-It says....It speaks of our beast.
-Bingo.

Lara walked towards the wall to get a closer look.
-iT seems that there was some mighty god. She wrinkled her eyebrows. –Who's name isn't mention here, they refer to him or her only as "the mighty god"...anyway this god created the beast because the people asked for protection...it was supposed to protect the royal family.

-Well that explains why it was in together with the queen. Zip confirmed.

-Indeed. Lara nodded. -But not why it was in Peru to start with. How did it end up protecting the queen of Tiwanaku instead of...whatever royal family who ruled this land.
She turned around and walked back to the statue.

-I think this one is supposed to resemble their god. But I don't recognize the design at all, it doesn't look like any of the gods I'm familiar with.
Zip grunted. -Well I sure as hell haven't seen it before!... and even if Alister had he's not much help right now.

-Let's see if we can find anything concerning his memory loss? I've got a feeling that the unknown entity had something to do with it.

She eyed the figure from top till toe, but couldn't find anything interesting; she walked over to another one resembling the same god but in a different pose. In this one the god, which appeared to be female, was holding a shield and what looked very much like the stone Amanda had pulled from the door in Peru. On the shield some ancient writing was carved. Lara began to translate it forZzip.

-It basically says that she gave it the power to...well to be frank mess with people's minds. She cleared her troth and continued. -apparently it will cling to people who has a very strong wish...or something of the like.

-I hope the royal family had strong wishes; otherwise it would be sort of pointless. Zip remarked, Lara smiled at the comments.

-Well I guess- Lara started but was suddenly interrupted by an almost too familiar voice.

-Well well well, look what the cat dragged in.
Lara spun around and saw Amanda together with several armed men standing by a small opening. Lara had been so caught up in what she was reading that she hadn't even noticed them entering the giant room.

-You know Amanda, I'm really much more of a dog person. She replied. Amanda just smirked.

-Tell me Lara, what brings you here? She said shaking her head. -haven't you ruined my life enough already? She added.
-oh Nothing, I just came to ask you to return my father's book, which you stole from me.
Amanda raised an eyebrow.
-Aou know just as much as I would love to give it back to you, I'm afraid I can't, I need it more than you. The woman huffed.
-Is that so? Well what exactly do you need it for?

-None of your business Lara. Amanda hissed.
Lara smirked.
-Well if you need the book I suppose you still need Excalibur as well? Too bad your beast weren't fast enough to steal that also.

-I've had enough of you. She growled and waved her arm in the air, signaling the men to open fire. Lara reacted quickly and threw herself behind a statue, several shots hit the old creation and blew away big chunks of carved stone.

-Be careful Amanda, it would be a shame to demolish something important after all your digging! Lara yelled and got her trusty dual pistols out of their holsters.

-Don't you worry about that Lara, this place has no more to give me. She said, then she turned around and said something to one of the guards that Lara couldn't catch before leaving the room. Lara looked up from behind the statue at just the right moment so see the one of the guards firing of a shoot from a grenade launcher into the ceiling. The whole construction shook and as the guard fired of another shoot the entire place started to crumble. Lara got up and started running for the stairs, she felt how another grenade hit the ceiling and a piece of it fell down just inches away from her. She could hear zip urging her to run faster in the headset. She ran quickly through the hall she had entered. Remembering the small hole she had squeezed into she grabbed a grenade from the back of her belt and threw it several meters before her. It exploded as soon as it had hit the ground right under the big rabbit hole blowing it even bigger allowing Lara to simply jump out of it.

She landed on the ground above and without stopping ran to her motorbike. Jumped on it and took of into the woods. It was quiet for a few seconds and Lara had a chance to catch her breath. Then Zips voice was heard in her ear again.

-Man, that was so skilled. He drew in a deep breath.

-You're amazing!

Lara smiled. -Thank you Zip, I'm flattered. I think I'm going home to take a shower then we can talk about what we're going to do next. She hit the gas and took of with even greater speed.