Chapter Two: Indy's Story
Indiana Jones carefully lowered himself through the hole in the ceiling of the temple,
scanning the floor as he made his decent. The instant his foot touched the ground, he let go of the
rope and slid to the ground. He turned around and beckoned to his crew above who quickly
followed him. One of the expedition members was an attractive woman with shoulder-length
auburn hair and dark grey eyes. She landed gracefully in her short-heeled leather boots and trailed
close behind Indy.
"Have you spotted anything yet?" she asked in her fairly low English-accented voice.
Professor Jones shook his head and tiptoed farther into the temple. "Nothing that looks like me, if
that's what you mean."
The woman smiled in amusement at his little joke. Like her mother, the famed sleuth, Emma
Peel, Katharine Steed was fairly easygoing and usually not upset by Indy's snide comments. They
were at Angkor Wat, searching for a skeleton Lara Croft had reported as looking like Indy's.
Obviously, the corpse did not belong to the renowned archaeologist, but Indiana wanted to find
out whose it really was. He had brought along his close friend and associate, Katharine Steed,
whose grandfather, Sir John Knight, he had known before he had been unfortunate enough to find
the Fountain of Youth, where he had been living for over fifty years, doomed to eternal
youthfulness, until he had returned the stolen Eternity Stone1 and destroyed the Fountain. Of
course, by the time he had returned to the "real world," John Knight was dead, but his daughter,
Emma Knight Peel Steed2 and her daughter, Katharine Tara Steed were. Indy had become fast
friends with the Knight, now Steed, family, and now, Katherine, nicknamed Katie, who had
longed for adventure since both of her parents, Emma and John Wickham Berresfield Gascoyne
Steed3, had been spies, was accompanying him on his quest for the skeleton's identity.
Indy halted the group as they arrived at a strange emblem carved on the temple wall. He
cautiously approached the symbol and pushed on it with all his might. The symbol, which was
actually a pressure plate, pushed into the wall, and an area of holes on the floor nearby
momentarily sprouted spikes and receded again. It was now safe to enter the next area of the
temple.
Professor Jones was about to proceed when suddenly, he felt very strange and his mind went
blank. He tumbled to the floor and his associates rushed to help him, but he was unconscious.
***************
When he came to, he was sprawled out on a bed in an unfamiliar room. A strange, furry animal
was rubbing up against him and purring contentedly. Indy slowly sat up and tried to take in his
surroundings. He appeared to be in a very nice hotel in a foreign country, maybe Italy or Greece.
The furry creature beside him was a very familiar looking grey and white Persian mix cat.
"Hey, there, little fellow," he said softly to the kitty.
The ungrateful beast responded by leaping up and perching on his shoulder. "Mo ma mo ma
mo!" cried the naughty feline.
Indiana twisted his head to look at the cat on his shoulder. "Mo ma mo yourself, you-" Indy
stopped mid-sentence. Why did he sound like a very cheeky British female? He looked down at
himself, and to his horror, he found that the very same features that had been missing on our
heroine in the last chapter were clearly visible on him. "What the hell . . ." muttered Indy in
disbelief. Suddenly, the painfully obvious truth sunk in: somehow, he had traded bodies with
Lara Croft!
TBC . . .
A/N:
1 See my other story, "Raider Rivalry."
2 Both "Emma Peel" and "Sir John Knight" were characters stolen from the 60's British tv show
"The Avengers" I seem to be making a habit of this. (Stealing characters, I mean) :D
3 "John Wickham Beresford Gascone Steed" is the official full name of another character on
"The Avengers." In the series, Emma and John were not married, but I decided to throw that in
for an extra touch. Oh, by the way, that also means that Katherine Tara Steed (named for two
other "Avengers" characters, "Catherine Gale" and "Tara King") is a character of my own
creation. I hope that clears things up a bit. :)
Indiana Jones carefully lowered himself through the hole in the ceiling of the temple,
scanning the floor as he made his decent. The instant his foot touched the ground, he let go of the
rope and slid to the ground. He turned around and beckoned to his crew above who quickly
followed him. One of the expedition members was an attractive woman with shoulder-length
auburn hair and dark grey eyes. She landed gracefully in her short-heeled leather boots and trailed
close behind Indy.
"Have you spotted anything yet?" she asked in her fairly low English-accented voice.
Professor Jones shook his head and tiptoed farther into the temple. "Nothing that looks like me, if
that's what you mean."
The woman smiled in amusement at his little joke. Like her mother, the famed sleuth, Emma
Peel, Katharine Steed was fairly easygoing and usually not upset by Indy's snide comments. They
were at Angkor Wat, searching for a skeleton Lara Croft had reported as looking like Indy's.
Obviously, the corpse did not belong to the renowned archaeologist, but Indiana wanted to find
out whose it really was. He had brought along his close friend and associate, Katharine Steed,
whose grandfather, Sir John Knight, he had known before he had been unfortunate enough to find
the Fountain of Youth, where he had been living for over fifty years, doomed to eternal
youthfulness, until he had returned the stolen Eternity Stone1 and destroyed the Fountain. Of
course, by the time he had returned to the "real world," John Knight was dead, but his daughter,
Emma Knight Peel Steed2 and her daughter, Katharine Tara Steed were. Indy had become fast
friends with the Knight, now Steed, family, and now, Katherine, nicknamed Katie, who had
longed for adventure since both of her parents, Emma and John Wickham Berresfield Gascoyne
Steed3, had been spies, was accompanying him on his quest for the skeleton's identity.
Indy halted the group as they arrived at a strange emblem carved on the temple wall. He
cautiously approached the symbol and pushed on it with all his might. The symbol, which was
actually a pressure plate, pushed into the wall, and an area of holes on the floor nearby
momentarily sprouted spikes and receded again. It was now safe to enter the next area of the
temple.
Professor Jones was about to proceed when suddenly, he felt very strange and his mind went
blank. He tumbled to the floor and his associates rushed to help him, but he was unconscious.
***************
When he came to, he was sprawled out on a bed in an unfamiliar room. A strange, furry animal
was rubbing up against him and purring contentedly. Indy slowly sat up and tried to take in his
surroundings. He appeared to be in a very nice hotel in a foreign country, maybe Italy or Greece.
The furry creature beside him was a very familiar looking grey and white Persian mix cat.
"Hey, there, little fellow," he said softly to the kitty.
The ungrateful beast responded by leaping up and perching on his shoulder. "Mo ma mo ma
mo!" cried the naughty feline.
Indiana twisted his head to look at the cat on his shoulder. "Mo ma mo yourself, you-" Indy
stopped mid-sentence. Why did he sound like a very cheeky British female? He looked down at
himself, and to his horror, he found that the very same features that had been missing on our
heroine in the last chapter were clearly visible on him. "What the hell . . ." muttered Indy in
disbelief. Suddenly, the painfully obvious truth sunk in: somehow, he had traded bodies with
Lara Croft!
TBC . . .
A/N:
1 See my other story, "Raider Rivalry."
2 Both "Emma Peel" and "Sir John Knight" were characters stolen from the 60's British tv show
"The Avengers" I seem to be making a habit of this. (Stealing characters, I mean) :D
3 "John Wickham Beresford Gascone Steed" is the official full name of another character on
"The Avengers." In the series, Emma and John were not married, but I decided to throw that in
for an extra touch. Oh, by the way, that also means that Katherine Tara Steed (named for two
other "Avengers" characters, "Catherine Gale" and "Tara King") is a character of my own
creation. I hope that clears things up a bit. :)