A/N: Righty oh, I'm back again with another exciting chapter. Abby's back in this one! Can you believe it?! Sorry it's taken a while. My family and I just can't stay out of a hospital for long. Also we got to ten chapters! Here's to another ten! SO! Do we have any messages form my lovely muses?

(Room is empty)

Me: Now where did they go?

(Bedroom door opens and Lara walks in dragging Erik Behind her)

Lara: I found him rummaging threw your attic, I thought cellars were your thing?

Erik: Erik will not speak, he is still hurt about the comment that was made in the last chapter. Now let me go!

Lara: Why couldn't you have Jack from Nightmare before Christmas as your other muse? Erik's so… Depressing.

Erik: Erik has emotions like any other man. I just choose to let it show.

Me: Many girls find that sexy Lara.

Lara: It's not sexy it's sad. They both start with and S, but they are two different things.

Erik: You mean, I'm not ugly? ( Looking at writer with his yellow eyes like some lost puppy)

Me: See Lara you can't say no to that.

Lara: Yes I could and I am. I want to know where Abby is! Get on with the story.

Chapter 10: Bulgaria

Sofia: House of Madame Romidom

It had been a week since David's men had taken her. Abby was in a white room with one window that faced a brick wall. She hadn't seen or spoken to anyone when she had gotten to the house. She knew she was near Greece because on the plane she could see the Mediterranean. The man David had taken her to the room and gave her three meals a day and any books she wanted to read. Abby normally loved being alone, but something deep down made her miss the old mansion with the aging butler, and her sister's crazy side kicks.

Her sister. Abby did miss Lara. She missed how her sister tried to find some common ground between them. All they had was chess and their father. Abby looked at the window. Lara was the opposite of what Abby would ever be. She would admit that she would dream at night when the guard turned the light off about what her sister's life would have been like before she had been pushed in. Abby could see her sister fighting off the undead in Egypt or flirting with some guy on the way out of a place she just robbed.

Stories were the only thing that kept her company. She thought of all the things she wished she could do. She really wanted to be something, yet she didn't want to be around people. People always gave her pity, why did people do that? She didn't want apologies to things that others had no power over. It wasn't like they could turn back time and stop her mother from getting sick, or to stop her from dying. Why did people give a pitying look when they hear something bad? They all say "Can I do something to help?" NO they couldn't how could they!

Abby stood up fuming about the thought. How could people think they could help? What could they provide? Were they doctors? Were they gifted with an ability to stop death? No, no they were humans. Like her. She had wanted to help her mother get better, but one day she had brought flowers to the hospital. They had caused an allergic reaction to one of the meds her mother was taking. She didn't know it would cause damage back then, yet out of being kind she had almost killed her mother.

That was a long time ago, she had stopped giving gifts that day to any one who was ill, expressly to her mother. She instead went to see her mother in person and told her stories of things that had happened. Those times at the hospital telling her mother the tales that came to her mind. She liked telling stories, she always had.

The door opened at David walked in with a woman with blond white hair and pasty pale skin.

"Miss Croft." The woman said.

"Gates." Abby said quietly.

"What ever girl." The woman said. "I have news of your sister."

Abby looked at the woman. She wouldn't give away any feelings, well any of the feelings she had left. "why do you think I care?"

"because she's your sister."

"Half sister." Abby said.

"don't like her much I see." The woman said. "Well neither do I."

"I never said I didn't like her." Abby said looking out of the window. "Why did you kidnap me, my sister hasn't even known me for two weeks, what kind of bond could we have?"

The woman glared at Abby. "Simple, Lara doesn't like being messed with, I should know I used to be a friend of hers." The woman grabbed Abby by the chin and pulled her face into the light. "You and her look similar. Same hair, face shape. It's a pity you and her didn't know each other longer."

"And why is that." Abby said pulling away from the woman's grip.

"Because I'm going to kill her once and for all. Since she doesn't have Excalibur with her any more."

"Excalibur?"

"Yes, what thought is was a bed time story? It wasn't. There are many things that go bump in the night that we humans try to forget, but sometimes those shadows cannot be forgotten." The woman looked around the room. "Now as I was saying, now that your sister doesn't have Excalibur I can get her out of my hair, you have no idea how annoying she is. Always popping up in the wrong place at the wrong time. God, and how she can pull off those hot pants I'll never know."

David coughed. "I think she-"

"If you want to live David you won't say another letter." The woman said.

Abby watched the woman, obviously the woman had problems with her sister and they needed good couples counseling.

"Now miss Gates, I hear from a our sources that your sister is going to try to come after you, now we can allow that. So I'm moving you somewhere else."

"Why do you even need me?" Abby said. "It's not like Lara and I are buddies. We're nine years apart, I'm the yen to her yang, and to top it off, I'm nobody. If I died no one would miss me. Why can' you just let me go?"

The woman grabbed Abby's arm and roughly pulled up closer. "Because you're the bate, your sister is finding a ring for me, then once she's done I'll kill her."

"What did she do to you?" Abby said not started by the woman's reactions. "You say you were friends, but now you hate her to the point of killing her, why? What could be so bad that you would want to kill a friend?"

"she left me under a crap load of rocks, she didn't even come looking for me! That's what happened! So I found my own way out, and now I hate her and everyone else who left me."

"So in your anger you will kill." Abby said pulling away again. Not once in the conversation had she let out any feelings.

The woman was getting very annoyed. This girl had no feelings. She didn't look as if she cared if she lived or died. "You know girl. I think I might have done your sister a favor."

Abby looked up at the woman.

"See by taking you she won't be annoyed as I am right now, do you even get angry?!"

Abby stared at the woman. "I do, but I have a good grasp on my emotions. It come with seeing death all my life."

"I've gone threw things you can't imagine girl."

"Amanda…" David said.

"Shut it David!" Amanda looked at Abby. "I've lost the man I loved because of your sister, I tamed a demonic force to do my bidding, what can you do to equal that? Huh?"

Abby watched Amanda studding her. "I lost feelings because using you as a primed example, feelings lead to bad things. Jealousy can lead to death, anger when not focused appropriately can force you to do stupid things. Lust and love can blind a person with in an inch of their life so that if the one they love dies they become insane with greff. That is why I choose not to feel. If I do I'll become weak."

Amanda slapped Abby across the face. "How dare you talk to me like that you little brat. Your not going to eat for the rest of the day, and from now on no more books!" she then turned sharply and left the room with David on her heals.

Being left alone again Abby turned to the window. She closed her eyes pushing everything down, down so far where no one could reach her true feelings.

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Sofia: International Airport

Lara and Terry arrived at Sofia, Bulgaria. Lara gave Terry a brief over view of the plan that she had. All that she told him was, "we go in, get her, and get out." So in the Scotts mind it meant. "Shoot the place up." They got to the city. It was colder then what Terry had thought it would be. He cursed under his breath about the temperature as Lara got them a ride to the hotel they would be staying in. Bulgaria to the outside world is still stuck in medieval technology. They had very few cars and it seemed horse and buggies ruled the roads.

"Man I don't envy you guys." Zip said into both of their ears.

"And I don't envy you." Terry said threw gritted teeth. "Your ass must be flat by sitting in that chair all that time." He smiled knowing Zip was fuming on the other side.

"Terry, play nice. Or I'll send you home." Lara said getting into a buggy.

"Why don't they have cars here?" Terry asked quietly.

"Have you seen the roads?" Lara said pointing down an ally. "There is no way I would have any of my cars go down that, I would have to get a whole new paint job. Any way I find this to be charming. Don't you?"

That got Terry smiling. "Charming you say?" he leaned closer.

"Don't think about it Scott."

Terry moved away as the buggy started to move. The drive, which would have taken ten minutes, took thirty because of the form of transportation. They reached the hotel. "So when do we go find her again? Terry asked.

"Tonight. The cover of darkness will give us a better time breaking in." she then switched into Bulgarian to get the room key. "We have only one room, didn't think we would be here long enough to actually sleep."

"Pity I was hoping for a roll or two in the hay." Terry said smirking.

"Your wishing something that I would never let happen."

"Oh you just got slayed!" Zip said.

"What did you say?" Alister said, "What does slay mean?"

"Oh come one Al, Slay, it's like being rejected, badly rejected."

"Oh, well that is a new one."

"Do you two ever shut up?" Terry said. "I swear if I was on a mission and had you two chattering away in my ear I might kill someone."

"Alister did it!" Zip shouted.

Lara smiled. "Boy's be nice, Terry's not used to having people talk to him when he's on missions. Be good, now, Alister if you could be so kind and get me that map of the house we're braking into. And Zip pull up the security system for the house for me too." Lara pulled out her new laptop and started to type on it. pictures of the houses floor plane came up. "Right, Now Terry tonight we're going in by roof. Madame Romidom is very into flowers and keeps a green house at the top of her house. That's our in. From there it's all adlib."

"Right so we go in guns blazon eh?" Terry said.

"No, I would prefer it if we didn't kill any one."

"Fine, taking the fun out of everything." He said. "When do we go?"

"Eleven o'clock should do."

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Erik: (sitting at his organ then turns around) * cough * Sorry about my hysterics earlier. Now for the disclaimer, the writer keeps forgetting it. She does not own Tomb Raider movies or games. She does own Abby and David. And to all those who are wondering no she doesn't own me, I just stay at her place because I can watch Lon Chaney Version of me any time I please.