Serioa looked at the relic, she saw her reflection in the mirror like jewel, a tear started to roll down her cheek,
"this will end all the pain, all of the anger and sorrow"
she held the artefact in the air with both hands, it metalled around her hands and formed around her causing intense pain, changing her, making her intentions clear,
"Lara this time you will pay"
an evil smile swept across her face she looked at the mirror across the tomb.
she felt better than she had ever before she felt stronger more agile and powerful she walked over to it and looked at it and smashed it with no effort,
"this time I will have the glory,"
Lara lowered her self into the tomb and called to her associates that she was ok one of them dropped down after her
"I work alone."
she said softly
"well this time you don't, I know more about this tomb than you do miss croft"
with coolness in his voice, Lara replied,
"well this time I could use a little help"
he walked over to the broken mirror across of the tomb
"this was never meant to be broken"
Lara glanced over at the empty handed goddess where the artefact was meant to be saw it wasn't there and immediately ran over.
"this was never meant to be stolen"
Lara waited for a response and when she turned around,
she saw a woman holding his neck back ready to snap it
she did just that.
"Chris!!!!"
he fell to the floor with a thump.
Lara looked up at the woman.
"hello Lara,nice to see you again"
Lara stood in amazement, who was this girl she looked at her she knew her some how,
Lara moved closer to her but the girl put up her hand and Lara couldn't move
"perhaps you don't know who I am Lara, let me remind you,can you ember the freezing cold,how you though you were the only survivor do you know what it was like to live alone no-one knowing if your dead or alive?it hurts Lara, you never checked to see if anyone was still alive"
Lara suddenly knew who she was, Serioa her best friend who died in the plane crash along with the rest her friends,Lara felt like crying but couldn't she had to keep strong as her best friend had taken all of the power of the element stone,
she moved close to Lara and raised her arm up Lara was lifted off the ground was let down at the edge of a spike filled hole,
the woman let her down and put her self in a fighting pose.
"lets finish this."
Lara ran towards her, the woman put a ring of fire around her and Lara jumped through the burning fire and knocked the woman on her back.
"very good Lara but came you be live game?"
two panthers appeared from behind her
Lara ran toward the pit and jumped right in sending the panthers to there death,
but before she could hit the bottom she grabbed the roots of a tree,
"say good by Lara."
she raised her hands to kill Lara
"if you kill me where will it stop?you will kill everyone for not knowing you existed,"
the woman stooped and fell to her knees loneliness scared her,
"what am im doing? Lara help me please.."
she cried and pulled off the artefact
Lara who was already up by this time sat down beside her and hugged her for now Lara was no longer alone....
I visit Lara now and again, we sometimes go adventuring together, and what of the element stone I hear you call?
well I still have it just encase ..............