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We make our way across to the beach where we start making our way across until we heard Alex come on via radio. "Okay Reyes, I'm nearing the Endurance. What do you need exactly?" A huge smile lights up on both of our faces as Reyes responds to him, telling him that we were worried so we decided that we would come after him. "No…no, I got this." Alex says confidently before turning off his radio.

"Damn it!" I curse as I fire an arrow into some rock so we could use it to get across. "What does that boy think he is doing?!" Lara shrugs, just as confused as I was. We both knew – hell, everyone probably knew – that he would not be able to do this on his own. And even if he could do it on his own for a majority of the mission, he would still need some type of help. It's not like we were going to tell him that though.

I sigh as we continue to make our way across. As we start to make our way across, I understand why it took Alex so damn long to even get to the Endurance wreck in the first place. The way we were going was not exactly easy to navigate, so he must have had to find another way around.

After a couple more zip lines and jumping, we made it to another area of the beach, and there was a structure that looked to be made just from junk metal. I was iffy about climbing it. It didn't look very structurally sound. Nonetheless, we start trying to find a way up as we heard two men talking. I had to hold back a giggle as soon as I realize that they were talking about the two of us and how we came through and busted out all the prisoners as well as taking out Dmitri and Nikolai. Apparently, there was some guy named Borys that was going to be pissed off at us once he found out their brothers were dead.

We found a place to jump up, and the men talking before immediately saw us. I use my fire arrows on one and he fell to his death as he tries to put the fire out. Lara uses her gun to take out the last one. We had to climb up a little bit more before we found another freaking zip line. I swear to god, I get so nervous every time I use one. It just makes me afraid that the rope is going to break like it did back at the palace. Come to think of it, that really wasn't one of my brightest moments.

As we land, I wince as my ankle gives out underneath me, causing me to fall to the ground in pain. "Oh my God!" Lara exclaims. I completely forgot about your ankle. We need to get that treated as soon as we get back, okay?" I nod at her as I notice the men across the gap. She turns to look as well and lets out a small gasp before ducking down lower in hopes that she was not seen. "Are you going to be alright?" I smile lightly, telling her that I was as she slowly helps me get up.

We take them out stealthily, me getting one guy and Lara getting the other, both of us using our new compound bows that Jonah found for us. I'll be eternally grateful towards him for getting these for us. I'll have to tell him that later on, but for right now, I'd just have to keep going.

We jump across, Lara helping me because my ankle made it a bit harder for me to push off and be able to get a higher jump. Fortunately, we made it across just fine, and I was thankful for that. There was a small bridge made out of wooden planks that we slowly cross as a man from Mathias' army spots us and calls for backup. I let out a groan as I fire a shot from my pistol into his head. I swear, did this guy not already know what we were capable of?

We continue on for a little while, and decide to wander around for a moment and explore. Because of this, we split up to cover more ground. "Hey, Ash!" Lara says, calling me over. "Check this out!" I make it to where she was to see that she was holding a small book in her hands. It almost looked like a diary. I was right. "It's the diary of Priestess Hoshi." She stops talking as my eyes start to skim the pages.

'The Sun Queen grows old. Soon she will choose her successor. I fear it will be me. I am now her favorite. She dotes on me, calls me her precious first daughter. Like a doll, she always keeps me close to her, brushing my hair, dressing me in her favorite clothes. It unsettles me beyond words.

But more disturbing, she constantly gazes upon my features as if…as if she's looking at her own reflection.'

Lara looks at me as I finish reading. I cock an eyebrow at her. "See?" she says, motioning towards the diary. "It's pretty weird, isn't it?" I nod, flipping through the pages to see more entries. Instead of looking at them just now, I stick it in one of my many pockets, hoping that I will be able to find it later on. I turn back to Lara to see her crouched down, looking through the hole that was made in the rocks. "Come check this out!" she yells quietly, just in case there was somebody around that could harm us if we happened to be caught off guard.

We use a torch to make it through the small tunnel. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to see worth crap. Thankfully, Lara had one on her; I didn't want to be in the dark. We make it out to see a camp fire already set up. I let out a sigh of relief. "We've got to rest for a few moments." I say, clutching my sides. "I'm beat and my ankle kills."

Lara nods as I sit down, sitting down right next to me. "They're tearing the Endurance apart." she states as she looks out over the horizon. "Alex is in there." she says with a sigh. "He better be okay." I smile lightly, reaching forward to rub her shoulder. She turns around and smiles before going back to watching the ship.

I let my mind wander as we watched the ship being torn apart. I couldn't help but start to worry about Riley and the others. Maybe Whitman was telling the truth and he did end up leading the men that were after him to the survivors' camp. Then what? What if they got killed? I stop my thoughts immediately as soon as that one popped up. No way. They were way too strong to get killed.

I let out a groan as I lay back on the ground stretching out my body and trying to soak up any sun in hopes that it would wake me up. It was too risky for me to be jumping across huge gaps and cliffs and all that fun stuff while I was butt tired.

I suddenly sit up as there was a huge crash coming from the Endurance. Lara turns to look at me with wide eyes. "Let's go." I say and she immediately agrees with me, helping me pick up all of our junk and put the fire out before we were ready to go again. As we climbed around and up the building that we were trying to get inside, I realized that I was really, really hoping that Alex would be okay as well.

I guess it's just because he reminds me so much of Riley. They're both nerds when it comes to all of the technological stuff. I mean, I'm not so bad myself, but they're a couple inches away from professional. I couldn't shake the thought out of my head that they were so alike. I had come to know Alex since I have met him, and he's a pretty cool guy. I would probably be completely devastated if he were to die. No, scratch that; I would be completely devastated if he were to die.

Suddenly, the world seemed to crash down all around me as I came to a realization that I never once thought of. Something that I locked away in the back of mind. Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a shock when I realized. What if I die?

"You coming?" Lara asks, snapping me out of my thoughts. I hadn't even noticed that I had stopped, much less that we had climbed inside the building and I was now standing in front of a hole in the wall. Lara was crouched down, preparing to crawl through. As soon as I nod, she does just that. I repeat her actions. I stop abruptly as Lara does, crinkling my eyebrows in confusion as to why she had stopped all of the sudden. There were men up ahead. I quietly groan, readying my bow as Lara does the same.

Time to kick some ass.

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