Big hairy rats scurry through the mausoleums and over the rotting walls of what used to be the sacred temple of Re, although it's old and partly demolished the temple still has a sort of beauty about it. They emerge from a long passageway to a bog of junk that surrounds the remains of the once massive main religious chamber. It's muck made out of filthy water and human remains, gray yellow skulls bob in the goop.
Lara: Those must have been the original Mumia that tried to get the amulet.
A guard pushed Lara forward further into the room. In the greenish colored water a ripple splashed against the underside of the bridge, only Lara notices the strange ripple. The group continues forward across a slimy moss covered wooden bridge. On the other side of the bridge are the remains of the statue of Re, and still at the feet of the statue lies the iron box. A bone chilling gust of wind passes threw the room.
Lara: Wind? Down this far?
Everyone ignored her; they were to fascinated with the iron box and all of the riches laying in the room. Lara studied the room seeing that same strange ripple every now and again. The Mumia guard that held Lara pushed pass her leaving her unguarded. She quickly grabbed a knife from her boot and began to cut the rope holding her hands together. She sat on the floor back to the water. As she cut away at the rope a strange shadow rose from the water, and a low hiss barely audible caught Lara's attention. She finished cutting the ropes and slowly turned to see what was behind her. She sat face to face with a 14-foot snake; it has brown red scales and fangs that spring out at you its amber eyes were fixed on Lara for a moment. It sprung into action trying to hit flesh with his fangs but Lara dove to right. The Mumia turned at the sound of the snake hitting the floor with his missed attack. The snake climbed into an s-position and lunged forward at one of the nearby Mumia, snatching him up and devouring him quickly. Lara threw her backpack to the floor and retrieved her twin pistols placing them in their holsters; she put her backpack back on and hauled ass across the small island, where the box was held, to an area where she would have more cover. The snake was attacking any and everything that moved, the Mumia's guns did little to slow it down; its fierceness shows why none of the original Mumia survived. Lara slide to a stop behind a fallen wall where a few of the Mumia also were taking shelter, without wavering Lara kicked their guns away and delivered a roundhouse kick to their faces. She spins around just as another opens fire on her. She fires her guns as stone blast off the wall next to Lara's head. She returns fire, hitting the Mumia in the chest causing the Mumia to fall back, he fired blindly shooting several other Mumia. She backtracks avoiding gunfire while still shooting. She now stands out in the open, the snake still attacking Mumia on the other side of the small island. Every shot Lara makes hit's its target right on, while the Mumia's shots were getting dangerously closer to theirs. Click, Lara's gun was out, in a split second she turned and bolted pass the snake and onto the bridge above the greenish muck. The Mumia opened fire on the large snake ineffectively while Deacon crawled towards the box. Lara emptied her guns and placed fresh rounds in them; turning back she looked around the large room and could see the Mumia forces were slowly being demolished. She also noticed that Deacon was getting dangerously close to the iron box. She fired at the box knocking it across the room-causing Deacon to yell out. The snake turned and plunged into the water. Lara looked down studying the water, waiting for a signal of the snake's approach. She aimed her pistols downwards; she stood there silent. Nothing. Then the snake flew from the water biting the bridge in half; Lara fell helplessly into the water. The snake dove back into the water after Lara. All you can see are great splashes of water and the greenish water gain a reddish color. Deacon stood speechless unable to move. Then Lara clutched to the side of the island pulling herself up. She has cuts on her arms and leg's her shirt has a signal tear along the stomach, she no longer has her backpack on it's at the waters edge. Deacon stares in disbelieve; he can't understand how she has survived. She stands by the edge of the water trying to catch her breath when the snake rises from the bloody water, hissing. Lara leaps into a roundhouse back flip kicking the snake with both feet. She turns and runs from the dazed snake which was sporting a nasty gash in the side, from Lara's knife, and a few bullet wounds. Deacon turns and surveys the island trying to find the iron box. Lara hurdles a stone column and hits the ground running. She bolts off around the rocks. Running for her life, weaving through the ruins with the giant snake on her tale. Deacon spots it laying half in water half on land, he runs towards it crossing paths with Lara. They run into each other allowing the snake to catch up. In a single swipe the snake lunges forward trying to catch them both. Lara rolled to the side narrowly missing the snakes gapping mouth, but Deacon was swallowed hole. Lara watched and knew that she was next on the snake's dinner menu, unless she could stop him. She looked around and saw her backpack; she dived at it with the snake diving after her. The snake had her leg in its mouth and she had her hand in her backpack. She pulled herself up and wham; she hit the snake on the head. He dropped her flat on her back Lara curled up into the fetal position and bleep. The plastic explosive Lara slammed onto the snake's head detonated and the snakes headless body fell cold to the ground. Lara uncurled and laid there getting a long deserved rest when a large swirling hole starts to open in the detritus bog. Then suddenly, the strange mist wafts up out of the swirling hole and over to the lifeless snake's body. Lara watched in amaze as the snake's body disappeared. The huge temple began to shake.
Lara: That's my Que.
Lara jumped up grabbed her fallen backpack, as she did this she watched the iron box fall into the bog. With a heavy sigh she ran as fast as possible to the door. She leaped into the water and swam across and as quickly as she entered the muck she left it. She ran down the long dark passageway and out into the day light. She watched as the hole left site and was once again covered with sand.