Chapter 28: Need to find Lara

Kurtis walked long hall and then found a door, he open it up to find himself in a Chamber. In the middle is a coven and on all four point stood statue's and at the one side of this coven stood a man but not any man it looked like ghost man. Kurtis looked around the floor is made of a black stone and on the one wall is a water fall. On the other side of the room are two pillars with a plain white wall. He frowns, why two pillars if there is nothing. He moved to the ghost his hand at his pistol ready for an attack but then he heard the ghost speak.

"Kurtis Heissturm son of Konstantin Heissturm what can I help you with today?" the Ghost said turning around.

"I'm here to find the spear" Kurtis answered him and looked him up and down, the ghost is wearing armour of the Lux Veritatis, so mean he is one of them.

"The spear is in the other chamber here you will only find the Golden Dagger of truth." The Ghost answered and handed him the dagger.

"What is the dagger for?" Kurtis asked

"Your sister will know the answer but you must go back to your Amazonian" Ghost said walking to the two pillars with the white wall and Kurtis followed. "You see why"

The Ghost then shows Kurtis what is happening in the Chamber Lara went to. He has just witness how Karel hit's her on the head making his merc taking her away.

"No, do something?" Kurtis said.

"I can't only you can General Kurtis." The Ghost said and with that Kurtis run as fast as he could back.


Karen entered a chamber after a hug claim up a wall. She knows she can fly but sometimes she just wants to be normal. The chamber had white walls and a marble floor, at the end of the room is an altar. She looked around to see there were here and there angel statue's, she shook her head and looked the alter up and down to see a little box hiding in plain sight. She picked it up and then she heard voices. Quickly she hid around a corner on the right and made herself invisible. One of her many talents that Kurtis doesn't have. She watched as three men with radios came in and searched the place, Karel's men she thought then listened.

"Master nothing here only a stupid alter and some statue's." the one man radioed in.

"Well find him he must be somewhere." Karel's voice came from the radio.

"Yes master were will look in the last chamber for him." The man radioed back.

Then the three walked of the leaving the chamber to search somewhere else.

Karen came out of hiding and placed the small box in her backpack and started to run after to help Kurtis and Lara.


Karel stood there looking at the merc as the look everywhere for the spear nothing yet his other men radioed in from the one chamber saying there's nothing and the other two who has taken Lara also just Radioed in.

"Master Karel." The one said through the radio.

"Yes." He answered.

"The police have just stopped in front of the museum." The merc radioed in as the Van is parked a few meters away from the museum.

"Okay started the engines were coming." Karel answered and saw his on merc calling him; he left the radio in other marc's hand and walked to him.

"Did you find it?" He asked the merc.

"I think so but there's riddle to open this damn box." The merc said looking at the long box that holds the spear, Karel took the box and tried to break it open but it did work.

"Fine take it to the Van, Miss Croft will figure the riddle for out for me." He said laughing and they left the chamber. He radioed in to the other three to leave Kurtis and treat; they will deal with him later. The three answered back on the radio and they got together and went back to the Van without the police seeing them.


Kurtis almost bumped into Karen at the point where they spilt to find the spear.

"I just hid from Karel's men." Karen said.

"Where are they now?" Kurtis asked.

"Don't know they said their going after you." She answered.

"Well I didn't see anything let's go find Lara." He said, he didn't want to tell Karen what just happened in the chamber he was in. They run to the chamber where Lara must have looked for the spear but when they arrived no one was there. The place is empty and Kurtis just kneeled on his knees and started to cry, we missed them but how he thought and felt a hand on his shoulder.

"We need to go find Lara before it's too late, see there." She pointed to the open door in the floor. "They found the spear, so we're wasting time."

He got up "Yeah let move." He said and they run back the way they came.

When they arrived at the doors they have opened they put their hands up as six guns where pointing at them. The police were waiting for them and now they had to go to the police station and waste time, Lara needs their help. Kurtis didn't want to think what Karel is doing to right now.

"May I speak." He heard Karen and then the captain of the police came in front of them.

"Yes you may." The answered, he is well build, skin is a dark colour and had his uniform on.

"Lindie has given us access to this tombs, she has left an hour ago but she's the lead archaeologist on this dig so why are you guys here?" she asked, clever Kurtis thought.

"Ah so your Miss Botha's colleges but why leave you alone?" he asked.

"She had business to attend to and trust us to open these doors for her and we did." She answered.

"Okay, I'm sorry but we still need to take you in until we speak with Miss Botha." He said and two police officers took them to the police Van outside and made them claim in at the back.

In the back of the Van as they drove, Kurtis looked at Karen with a sighed.

"We will find her." She said.

"How, we lost Karel's trail, we need to break out of jail before they find out who I am." Kurtis answered.

"Finding Lara will be piece of cake and I'll get us out don't worry they will never know who you are big brother." She answered.

"Thanks that helps" he said with a smirk. "I need a cigarette."

"You must be joking yes." The Van stopped and the doors open for them to get out but then Karen hit them with an energy bolt making them fly and they jumped out grabbed their bags and guns and run, bullets flying at them but they got away unharmed.


Lara woke up in a cell; she is sitting on a chair tied up. She looked around to try and see where the hell she is but only had a small window at the top of the cell so she can only see blue skies. Great this place stinks and am tied to a chair in a locked up cell, she thought.

She closed her eyes thinking of Kurtis and her promise to him that she will be fine and now look where she is. A tear fell to the ground and wonder if Karel found him, if he is still alive.

Another tear fell just thinking of the fact that if he is dead the world as she knew it will came to an end but is it the end? She opened her eyes and looked up to the window to see the blue skies. Nothing, now sign of storms or winds or any weather activity so that tells her that he is still alive.

Her thoughts where interrupted by the door that just open two merc came to the cell and open the cell doors. The one aimed at me as the other one grabbed my arm and forced me to walk with him. They took me down three halls left, right and another right and then opened a door to reveal Karel sitting at a desk waiting for my presents. The merc forced me to sit as the other one still aimed at me.

"I'm glad you could join me Lara, your pretty tough bitch to kill, but now you can help me open this box." He said, then I saw the long box on the table could the spear be in there and Karel can't open it.

"Over my dead body." She said and the merc who had forced her out of the cell hit her in the stomach making her gasp for air as Karel stood up and walked to her and grabbed her hair making her look at him.

"Now Miss Croft you will open this box or else." He said and a merc came into the room and throw a woman on the ground, she is full of cuts and burses. Lara could see who it is, it's Lindie. Karel made her look at Lindie and whispered in her ear. "If you don't help me I will cut your friend here into pieces in front of you." Lara sighed.

"I'll help you." She said and saw the merc pick a half conscious Lindie up and taking her back to her cell. Karel lets go of Lara's hair and smiles.

"Good" he says and unties her hand "and try anything then she's dead."

Lara sighed and looked at the box, her hand going over the engraving and then she looks at the symbols on the nobs she has to turn.

She reads the engraving out loud "Through the brothers of light behold the truth" she then looked at the symbols on the nobs and it is: Fire, water, air, earth and gold.

"This is going to take some time." She said

"Fine, three guards will be pointing their guns at you so don't try anything." Karel said and left the room. Great now I need to make a plan to get out of here with this spear but how they all three have machine guns I have nothing on me; they cleaned me out of weapons. I hope Kurtis find me quickly, I can't believe I'm saying this but I need his help, she thought and wrote the symbols down on a piece of paper, she knows what the answer is but she didn't want to open it up now then Karel can destroy it better to make like she doesn't know the answered yet, scrabble on papers will make it look like she is trying.