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~Training Day~
::Next Morning::
Mal shot up from her bed and looked around. She pinched herself just to make sure she wasn't dreaming. Looking at the clock, Mal slowly stretched and hopped off the bed. She walked to the closet and opened it, there were tons of cloths. "Whoa! I never had this many clothes," Mal looked through the clothes, unfortunately, most of them were either skirts or dresses. Finally she found faded baggy jeans and a white spaghetti strap shirt, Mal changed out of her silk, gray and red tank top with matching shorts she got last night and headed out the bedroom door. The mansion wasn't too hard to memorize, Mal headed out the next door on the right and made her way down a large staircase you can see when you walk through the front door. Mal walked down the hallway under the stairs and turned left into the kitchen, Josh, Lara, and Winston were already eating breakfast. They were eating bacon, eggs, and cereal with orange juice on the side. "It's about time, sleepyhead," Josh teased. "Shut up," Mal walked over and grabbed a bowl, poured some Lucky Charms in it, and started eating. After a few moments of silence, Lara finally broke the silence and spoke up. "Well, I called the US Government, and they said that you could go back to the US or you could stay here and work for me, I'm not going to stay young forever," Lara looked at the two teenagers, "well? What will it be?" Mal was the first to answer. "Well, if it's alright with you, I'd like to work here," she played with a strand of hair in front of her face. "Me too, I think it'd be cool," Josh smiled. "Well alright then, it's settled. You are my new recruits, we start training tomorrow." Everyone finished breakfast and went their separate ways. Josh went to the weight room that was in the room next to the pool, Mal worked out in the big room with the ramps, and Lara and Winston went and did whatever they do. Mal had started her routine with stretching, she had been in gymnastics and martial arts since she could walk. She had been in Kung Fu, Tai Chi, and any other class that had to deal with martial arts. When she was finished, Mal begun doing a combination of flips, kicks, and punches. She continued doing more advanced aerials for about an hour. Josh had been training in the weight room for a couple of hours. He was lifting weights and training in the kick-boxing area of the room. He was finished beating on the punching bag he went out to get a snack. He walked in on Mal doing push ups on her hands with her feet dangling above her. Mal wore a black sports bra and sweat pants that were rolled up at her knees, her fingerless gloves were wet. She was sweating all over her exposed skin. Josh stood there watching her as she completed her push ups and let her feet fall in front of her, doing the bridge. Mal pulled herself up to stand. She grabbed a towel and wiped of the sweat on her face. She looked at Josh. "Yes?" Mal raised an eyebrow. "Nothing, just went to get something to eat," Josh shook his head and walked passed her. "Man, what I wouldn't give to have McDonalds right now. Do they have McDonalds in England? They better," Mal walked next to Josh towards the kitchen. "I wonder what we're supposed to do," Josh yawned, "you know, now that we work for Lara." Mal shrugged as she bit into an apple she grabbed that was laying on the counter. "I don't know but right now, I want to relax. I think I saw a video cabinet on my way down to breakfast, want to look for something to watch?" Mal asked. "Sure, after I take a shower," Josh drank a glass of water and headed upstairs. Mal soon followed, heading for her own shower. After both of them were done, the headed to the entertainment center which was right outside of their rooms. It had everything. Playstation, PS2, X Box, Gamecube, and any other game system you could think of. There was a DVD player and VCR. It's got everything, even stuff from Japan. The video cabinet was by the wall near the door. Josh and Mal looked through it and decided to watch The Matrix. It was night by then and it was getting colder. The two snuggled up under a blanket in their pajamas and watched the movie.
Lara yawned and stretched, she was in her secret basement, the one with all her treasures, reading a book. She had just finished the book and headed up stairs. Lara started to hear voices in the room she was outside of, she heard a man talking on the phone, something about a choice that he will leave to someone. She looked inside and saw her two rookies, sleeping on the couch with a movie playing. Lara sighed, she thought it might have been one of Natala's employee's trying to get the Scion. Lara turned off the TV and left the two sleeping on the couch. They have a big day planned for them.
::Morning::
Mal slowly woke up from her long, blissful sleep. As she stretched, her arm hit something. She looked at the object she hit, it was Josh. Mal blushed, she snuggled with Josh. Mal felt something around her waist. She flipped her side of the blanket off and found Josh's arm wrapped around it. Her face was now several different shades of red. Carefully, she unwrapped his arm from her waist and went to change. In Mal's closet, she found another rack of clothes installed. There were short shorts, army pants, tank tops, and half-shirt tank tops. She picked out blue army pants with a light blue tank top. When she finished dressing, she found another smaller closet filled with all types of shoes. Mal put on the knee high boots over her army pants and left the room to eat breakfast. When she stepped outside her room, Josh was already dressed in a similar out fit to hers, except her ripped the sleeves off the shirt again. When they looked at each other, they both blushed. The two went downstairs to find Lara. After eating breakfast, Winston led them outside through the backdoor of the kitchen. They walked next to an obstacle course, both of the teenagers looking on with curiosity. Lara stood at the begging of the obstacle course dressed in her trademark outfit, khaki shorts and light sea foam green tank top. "I hope you two slept well last night," both blushed, "today is a very important day. You will start your training which I'm sure you will find a little easy since both of you are very fit." Mal raised her hand and Lara nodded to her, motioning her to speak. "What exactly are we training for? What do you do other than save people and take pictures around the world?" She asked. "I am a Tomb Raider," Lara said, they both raised an eyebrow, "I don't sell anything or do anything illegal if you're wondering. People hire me." They both nodded. "Okay, that explains the obstacle course, but how are we supposed to go through it?" Josh asked. "I will show you that, as soon as you run a lap around the course, go." Josh and Mal started to jog around. "Tomb raiding, I wonder what that's like," Josh said. When they were finished, Lara told them to stand on the first block. "First, jump to the next block in one leap, no running starts," Lara instructed. Josh and Mal leaped to the block that was five feet away. "Now run and jump to the next one," they both made it but Josh almost didn't. Then they had to run, jump, and grab onto the net on the next block. Josh and Mal went through the whole obstacle course, only having to start again twice because they both fell. When they were finished, it was already lunch. Mal and Josh ate lunch and headed for the pool. Josh wore his black swim trunks and Mal wore a one piece, plain black bathing suit. Josh pushed Mal in but she grabbed his arm and they both fell in together. He opened his eyes under the water but didn't see Mal under there, Josh surfaced and found her sitting on the ramp that extended over the water. He got out of the pool and ran after Mal. She stood there and waited till he got onto the ramp before she back flipped into the water. Josh dove in after her. They wrestled in the water for a while until they needed to breath. They both surfaced. "Well, I'm refreshed," Mal said swimming to the edge and lifting herself up, "I'm going to go change." "I think I'll stay and swim for a little longer," Josh said. Mal shifted something behind her back. "Aright, I'll get Winston to bring you a towel," Mal grinned. "Why?" Josh suspected something. "Missing something?" Mal waved his towel and swim trunks in front of her. She got up and ran. "MAL!!"
::Next Morning::
Mal shot up from her bed and looked around. She pinched herself just to make sure she wasn't dreaming. Looking at the clock, Mal slowly stretched and hopped off the bed. She walked to the closet and opened it, there were tons of cloths. "Whoa! I never had this many clothes," Mal looked through the clothes, unfortunately, most of them were either skirts or dresses. Finally she found faded baggy jeans and a white spaghetti strap shirt, Mal changed out of her silk, gray and red tank top with matching shorts she got last night and headed out the bedroom door. The mansion wasn't too hard to memorize, Mal headed out the next door on the right and made her way down a large staircase you can see when you walk through the front door. Mal walked down the hallway under the stairs and turned left into the kitchen, Josh, Lara, and Winston were already eating breakfast. They were eating bacon, eggs, and cereal with orange juice on the side. "It's about time, sleepyhead," Josh teased. "Shut up," Mal walked over and grabbed a bowl, poured some Lucky Charms in it, and started eating. After a few moments of silence, Lara finally broke the silence and spoke up. "Well, I called the US Government, and they said that you could go back to the US or you could stay here and work for me, I'm not going to stay young forever," Lara looked at the two teenagers, "well? What will it be?" Mal was the first to answer. "Well, if it's alright with you, I'd like to work here," she played with a strand of hair in front of her face. "Me too, I think it'd be cool," Josh smiled. "Well alright then, it's settled. You are my new recruits, we start training tomorrow." Everyone finished breakfast and went their separate ways. Josh went to the weight room that was in the room next to the pool, Mal worked out in the big room with the ramps, and Lara and Winston went and did whatever they do. Mal had started her routine with stretching, she had been in gymnastics and martial arts since she could walk. She had been in Kung Fu, Tai Chi, and any other class that had to deal with martial arts. When she was finished, Mal begun doing a combination of flips, kicks, and punches. She continued doing more advanced aerials for about an hour. Josh had been training in the weight room for a couple of hours. He was lifting weights and training in the kick-boxing area of the room. He was finished beating on the punching bag he went out to get a snack. He walked in on Mal doing push ups on her hands with her feet dangling above her. Mal wore a black sports bra and sweat pants that were rolled up at her knees, her fingerless gloves were wet. She was sweating all over her exposed skin. Josh stood there watching her as she completed her push ups and let her feet fall in front of her, doing the bridge. Mal pulled herself up to stand. She grabbed a towel and wiped of the sweat on her face. She looked at Josh. "Yes?" Mal raised an eyebrow. "Nothing, just went to get something to eat," Josh shook his head and walked passed her. "Man, what I wouldn't give to have McDonalds right now. Do they have McDonalds in England? They better," Mal walked next to Josh towards the kitchen. "I wonder what we're supposed to do," Josh yawned, "you know, now that we work for Lara." Mal shrugged as she bit into an apple she grabbed that was laying on the counter. "I don't know but right now, I want to relax. I think I saw a video cabinet on my way down to breakfast, want to look for something to watch?" Mal asked. "Sure, after I take a shower," Josh drank a glass of water and headed upstairs. Mal soon followed, heading for her own shower. After both of them were done, the headed to the entertainment center which was right outside of their rooms. It had everything. Playstation, PS2, X Box, Gamecube, and any other game system you could think of. There was a DVD player and VCR. It's got everything, even stuff from Japan. The video cabinet was by the wall near the door. Josh and Mal looked through it and decided to watch The Matrix. It was night by then and it was getting colder. The two snuggled up under a blanket in their pajamas and watched the movie.
Lara yawned and stretched, she was in her secret basement, the one with all her treasures, reading a book. She had just finished the book and headed up stairs. Lara started to hear voices in the room she was outside of, she heard a man talking on the phone, something about a choice that he will leave to someone. She looked inside and saw her two rookies, sleeping on the couch with a movie playing. Lara sighed, she thought it might have been one of Natala's employee's trying to get the Scion. Lara turned off the TV and left the two sleeping on the couch. They have a big day planned for them.
::Morning::
Mal slowly woke up from her long, blissful sleep. As she stretched, her arm hit something. She looked at the object she hit, it was Josh. Mal blushed, she snuggled with Josh. Mal felt something around her waist. She flipped her side of the blanket off and found Josh's arm wrapped around it. Her face was now several different shades of red. Carefully, she unwrapped his arm from her waist and went to change. In Mal's closet, she found another rack of clothes installed. There were short shorts, army pants, tank tops, and half-shirt tank tops. She picked out blue army pants with a light blue tank top. When she finished dressing, she found another smaller closet filled with all types of shoes. Mal put on the knee high boots over her army pants and left the room to eat breakfast. When she stepped outside her room, Josh was already dressed in a similar out fit to hers, except her ripped the sleeves off the shirt again. When they looked at each other, they both blushed. The two went downstairs to find Lara. After eating breakfast, Winston led them outside through the backdoor of the kitchen. They walked next to an obstacle course, both of the teenagers looking on with curiosity. Lara stood at the begging of the obstacle course dressed in her trademark outfit, khaki shorts and light sea foam green tank top. "I hope you two slept well last night," both blushed, "today is a very important day. You will start your training which I'm sure you will find a little easy since both of you are very fit." Mal raised her hand and Lara nodded to her, motioning her to speak. "What exactly are we training for? What do you do other than save people and take pictures around the world?" She asked. "I am a Tomb Raider," Lara said, they both raised an eyebrow, "I don't sell anything or do anything illegal if you're wondering. People hire me." They both nodded. "Okay, that explains the obstacle course, but how are we supposed to go through it?" Josh asked. "I will show you that, as soon as you run a lap around the course, go." Josh and Mal started to jog around. "Tomb raiding, I wonder what that's like," Josh said. When they were finished, Lara told them to stand on the first block. "First, jump to the next block in one leap, no running starts," Lara instructed. Josh and Mal leaped to the block that was five feet away. "Now run and jump to the next one," they both made it but Josh almost didn't. Then they had to run, jump, and grab onto the net on the next block. Josh and Mal went through the whole obstacle course, only having to start again twice because they both fell. When they were finished, it was already lunch. Mal and Josh ate lunch and headed for the pool. Josh wore his black swim trunks and Mal wore a one piece, plain black bathing suit. Josh pushed Mal in but she grabbed his arm and they both fell in together. He opened his eyes under the water but didn't see Mal under there, Josh surfaced and found her sitting on the ramp that extended over the water. He got out of the pool and ran after Mal. She stood there and waited till he got onto the ramp before she back flipped into the water. Josh dove in after her. They wrestled in the water for a while until they needed to breath. They both surfaced. "Well, I'm refreshed," Mal said swimming to the edge and lifting herself up, "I'm going to go change." "I think I'll stay and swim for a little longer," Josh said. Mal shifted something behind her back. "Aright, I'll get Winston to bring you a towel," Mal grinned. "Why?" Josh suspected something. "Missing something?" Mal waved his towel and swim trunks in front of her. She got up and ran. "MAL!!"