*I'll be putting my character Sign in many of my other stories including
ones involving characters from Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, and I've
taken characters out of movies like The Whole Nine Yards. In this story
you'll find some of these characters or people meant to be relatives of
some of them. AND PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS PLEASE PUT THEM ON THE
REVIEW, THANKYOU!*
CAN'T SLEEP
May 2, 1998. It was 3 AM and there was no way Sign could sleep, there had been screams coming from the snowfield since midnight. High pitched screams, it made her stomach turn. "No matter how much gunfire or screaming people I hear I will never get use to this again", she thought. She got back from, what she dubbed, her world-wide tour, she had gone with her mentor, Master Nizhyn, on. She had been gone for almost 3 years, 3 l-o- n-g years. Her mother sent her after both her father and brother died when she was 8 just a year after the disappeareance of her half-brother Christian or as she called him "Moses". Her father and brother Jonathan didn't die together but 4 months apart, it was the hardest time Sign ever had. The only thing her mother said about her father dieing was, "Sometimes things need to happen, and who's to say they're bad." Sign never forgave her mother for saying that. But for her brother's death, she herself was blamed; The details were never worked out but she had a pretty good idea of what happened, after all she had 3 years to replay that morning in her head over and over and over like a horrific nightmare.
She had given up all attempts to sleep and was now propped up in her bed going through a small happy face covered box that was worn and torn from age. It was her little scrapbook. She had started it 2 years ago about an intrigueing women she had met in the Library of Alexandria. She remembered that day well, she had ditched Master Nizhny near the palace complex when he was caught up in a conversation with what he called very important & influencial people. She had wondered into Alexandria's street market then into the library, she loved history, her father always read her historical books, he also was fasinated by history but his true passion was for his children and science. She was wondering the eastern wing of the library it when she noticed 2 people, the only other people in that wing, were having an argument on which pharoh built the Nubian Fortresses, the women insisted it was Amenemhet I, and the man persisted it was Mentuhoptet II. Though she was pretty sure she knew the answer it wasn't her argument so she continued searching the selves for her favorite pharoh Thutmose I, he was her favorite because he was the first to have his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, and that was her absolute favorite archeological site.
It took her only a minute or 2 to find it but only cause she had to get the latter from the other side of the room. She didn't hear anyone talking anymore so she assumed they resolved there argument but in fact they were just too busy watching this little kid that couldn't be any older than the average 3rd grader; lug a large ladder to get a very hefty book, that looked 1/4 her size and carrie it over to a table with noticable effort and started weaving through the pages. They sat there with smirks on their faces trying not to laugh untill one of them, the man, went to go retrieve a book to prove the other wrong. Then the women with a big grin on her face went over to the little girl. The women was very tall, very pretty, and noticably strong; This women towered over the table Sign was sitting at and said in a nice but obviously amused voice with a pretty British accent "What are you reading there kiddo." Kiddo? Over the years Sign proved to be quit cocky when she was called certain things and Kiddo was high on the list. "Well, nothing important and when it concernes you I'll let you know, but byebye for now." The women kept her grin but know mad it look more surprised. She scanned this petite little person and wondered how she ever got to be so cocky, but she had to admit she reminded her of herself. "Exuse me!?" the women said still smiling down at Sign.
Right then the man came back with 2 open books one on top of the other, flipping the pages of the top one. "I can't find the reference of the building of the Nubian Fortresses for either of the pharohs." the man said. The women stepped over to him. "Really Alex, can't you do anything." the women said. The man was about to say something in response to her insult, but before he could a still annoyed little kid said, without looking up from her book, "Thats because it wasn't Mentuhoptet II or Amenemhet who built the Nubian Fortresses, but it was Amenemhet's son though, Sesostris the first." The women looked over at her amazed friend and back at the little girl and said "We'll see about that." And walked over to the selves and almost immediantly finding what she wanted. She skimmed the pages as she spun on her heels and walked back over to them.
And when she got back beside of her friend she had found what she was looking for and said very sheepishly "I guess she was right." Showing the proof to her friend and looked down at the little kid who still hadn't looked up from her book. "You are one hell of a find, you now that?" the women said and Sign looked up, what was this, people who actually didn't mind being contradicted and proved wrong. Why if she ever proved Master wrong she'd be in a whole lot shit. Sign just smiled at the women, Sign's resent and cockiness were now gone with just a simple compliment. "It's nice to meet you, my name is Lara Croft and this is my good friend Alex, Alex West." Lara said. "Mmmm.....your good friend, how good of a friend?" Sign said shaking her eyebrows with a big grin on her face. Lara went to answer this accusation but Alex got the next word in, "A v-e-r- y good friend!" he said with much enthusiasm. "Ahhhh." Sign said like Sherlock Holmes after finding the last clue and solving the case. "Well," Lara said to her. "Well what?" Sign looked at Lara with confusion. "Well, we told you who we are, now who are you?" Lara asked. "Sign." she said bluntly. "Sign," Alex said, "what kind of name is Sign?" "I don't know, what kind of name is Alex?" Sign said, her cocky attitude had returned a little. "Well its....." Alex started and was going to say its a good enough name to name the city they were in it, but was stopped in mid-sentence by Sign who was holding up one hand like she was a traffic-cop. "That was a hypothetical question." she said. Lara laughed.
Sign went to lunch with Miss Lara Croft and her v-e-r-y hot "friend" Alex West. They walked for about 20 minutes to get to where they were going for lunch. On the way they spoke of history and politics and all shorts of stuff, Sign never before in her life met anyone who wanted to hear what she had to say, except for maybe her father. When Lara began to argue with her "friend" Alex, Sign decided to end the bickering and asked Lara, "What is this?" Lara looked over, "Hey, how did you get that?" Lara reached down at what Sign was holding but Sign pulled the object away like she was playing keep-away, "Well, what is it?"she asked again. "It's called the Philosophores stone. I got it at a tomb just a few days ago." Lara said as she snatched back the stone.
Her grin grew as if commending herself for ending the game of keep- away. "It's said that this stone can turn any ordinary metal into gold. People back in the Middle Ages searched for it for hundreds of years but weren't as lucky as we were on finding it, right Lara?" Alex said. "Right." Lara commented. "Well then, you better take better care of it; if someone like me can snatch it from you, anyone can!" Sign said. "Not necessarily, cause your not just anyone." Lara said; Sign blushed. "Besides you got lucky." Lara added. "Luck huh, well we'll see about that, I can promise you this: Next time I see you I'll steal it then we'll see how much l-u-c-k has to do with it!" Sign said in a sweet joking tone of voice. "I'm looking forward to it." Lara said as if she were ready for the challenge. They reached where they had decided on going to eat, sat down, and ordered. Soon there food arrived and it looked so delicious; Master never gave her food that looked this good, but when they had just started eating two Arabic police officers approached Sign. Master Nizhny had contacted the police on her disappearance assuming she had ran away never to return. The officers said that her uncle was looking for her, that's the role Master assumes when they're in social areas. Sign said her good byes to Lara and Alex and walked with the officers to a hotel where her "uncle" was. Master was very "pissed off."
She figured she would never hear from Lara again but she did come by an article in a magazine, the magazine was about four years old and was about her surviving a plane crash in the Himalayas. And she found many other references on what the media called the "Tomb Raider." She put them all in her little box that was covered with happy faces. When she was sad she pulled them out and it helped her to remember that there are good people out there, since that day though Lara Croft, who she later discovered was Lady Lara Croft, of Croft Manor, scion and heiress to one of the realm's most revered and influencial families, was forever her role- model; she wanted to be just like her. The screams had died down, she supposed the massacre was about over. She had been flipping through her pages & articles in her box and going down memory lane for almost an hour now. She decided she should go to sleep now, after all, she was tired from the day before, and she was expected to wake at 5 AM, one hour from now, to do whatever her mother wanted her to do and her mother always woke at five, because that's when her mother's precious dogs, or wolves, began barking, the dogs or wolves are half huskie, half wolf. And how her mother loved wolves. Her mother even treated thier family like a pack, or what was left of it after the scandles, blackmail, threats, and murder!
BY: Stephie
CAN'T SLEEP
May 2, 1998. It was 3 AM and there was no way Sign could sleep, there had been screams coming from the snowfield since midnight. High pitched screams, it made her stomach turn. "No matter how much gunfire or screaming people I hear I will never get use to this again", she thought. She got back from, what she dubbed, her world-wide tour, she had gone with her mentor, Master Nizhyn, on. She had been gone for almost 3 years, 3 l-o- n-g years. Her mother sent her after both her father and brother died when she was 8 just a year after the disappeareance of her half-brother Christian or as she called him "Moses". Her father and brother Jonathan didn't die together but 4 months apart, it was the hardest time Sign ever had. The only thing her mother said about her father dieing was, "Sometimes things need to happen, and who's to say they're bad." Sign never forgave her mother for saying that. But for her brother's death, she herself was blamed; The details were never worked out but she had a pretty good idea of what happened, after all she had 3 years to replay that morning in her head over and over and over like a horrific nightmare.
She had given up all attempts to sleep and was now propped up in her bed going through a small happy face covered box that was worn and torn from age. It was her little scrapbook. She had started it 2 years ago about an intrigueing women she had met in the Library of Alexandria. She remembered that day well, she had ditched Master Nizhny near the palace complex when he was caught up in a conversation with what he called very important & influencial people. She had wondered into Alexandria's street market then into the library, she loved history, her father always read her historical books, he also was fasinated by history but his true passion was for his children and science. She was wondering the eastern wing of the library it when she noticed 2 people, the only other people in that wing, were having an argument on which pharoh built the Nubian Fortresses, the women insisted it was Amenemhet I, and the man persisted it was Mentuhoptet II. Though she was pretty sure she knew the answer it wasn't her argument so she continued searching the selves for her favorite pharoh Thutmose I, he was her favorite because he was the first to have his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, and that was her absolute favorite archeological site.
It took her only a minute or 2 to find it but only cause she had to get the latter from the other side of the room. She didn't hear anyone talking anymore so she assumed they resolved there argument but in fact they were just too busy watching this little kid that couldn't be any older than the average 3rd grader; lug a large ladder to get a very hefty book, that looked 1/4 her size and carrie it over to a table with noticable effort and started weaving through the pages. They sat there with smirks on their faces trying not to laugh untill one of them, the man, went to go retrieve a book to prove the other wrong. Then the women with a big grin on her face went over to the little girl. The women was very tall, very pretty, and noticably strong; This women towered over the table Sign was sitting at and said in a nice but obviously amused voice with a pretty British accent "What are you reading there kiddo." Kiddo? Over the years Sign proved to be quit cocky when she was called certain things and Kiddo was high on the list. "Well, nothing important and when it concernes you I'll let you know, but byebye for now." The women kept her grin but know mad it look more surprised. She scanned this petite little person and wondered how she ever got to be so cocky, but she had to admit she reminded her of herself. "Exuse me!?" the women said still smiling down at Sign.
Right then the man came back with 2 open books one on top of the other, flipping the pages of the top one. "I can't find the reference of the building of the Nubian Fortresses for either of the pharohs." the man said. The women stepped over to him. "Really Alex, can't you do anything." the women said. The man was about to say something in response to her insult, but before he could a still annoyed little kid said, without looking up from her book, "Thats because it wasn't Mentuhoptet II or Amenemhet who built the Nubian Fortresses, but it was Amenemhet's son though, Sesostris the first." The women looked over at her amazed friend and back at the little girl and said "We'll see about that." And walked over to the selves and almost immediantly finding what she wanted. She skimmed the pages as she spun on her heels and walked back over to them.
And when she got back beside of her friend she had found what she was looking for and said very sheepishly "I guess she was right." Showing the proof to her friend and looked down at the little kid who still hadn't looked up from her book. "You are one hell of a find, you now that?" the women said and Sign looked up, what was this, people who actually didn't mind being contradicted and proved wrong. Why if she ever proved Master wrong she'd be in a whole lot shit. Sign just smiled at the women, Sign's resent and cockiness were now gone with just a simple compliment. "It's nice to meet you, my name is Lara Croft and this is my good friend Alex, Alex West." Lara said. "Mmmm.....your good friend, how good of a friend?" Sign said shaking her eyebrows with a big grin on her face. Lara went to answer this accusation but Alex got the next word in, "A v-e-r- y good friend!" he said with much enthusiasm. "Ahhhh." Sign said like Sherlock Holmes after finding the last clue and solving the case. "Well," Lara said to her. "Well what?" Sign looked at Lara with confusion. "Well, we told you who we are, now who are you?" Lara asked. "Sign." she said bluntly. "Sign," Alex said, "what kind of name is Sign?" "I don't know, what kind of name is Alex?" Sign said, her cocky attitude had returned a little. "Well its....." Alex started and was going to say its a good enough name to name the city they were in it, but was stopped in mid-sentence by Sign who was holding up one hand like she was a traffic-cop. "That was a hypothetical question." she said. Lara laughed.
Sign went to lunch with Miss Lara Croft and her v-e-r-y hot "friend" Alex West. They walked for about 20 minutes to get to where they were going for lunch. On the way they spoke of history and politics and all shorts of stuff, Sign never before in her life met anyone who wanted to hear what she had to say, except for maybe her father. When Lara began to argue with her "friend" Alex, Sign decided to end the bickering and asked Lara, "What is this?" Lara looked over, "Hey, how did you get that?" Lara reached down at what Sign was holding but Sign pulled the object away like she was playing keep-away, "Well, what is it?"she asked again. "It's called the Philosophores stone. I got it at a tomb just a few days ago." Lara said as she snatched back the stone.
Her grin grew as if commending herself for ending the game of keep- away. "It's said that this stone can turn any ordinary metal into gold. People back in the Middle Ages searched for it for hundreds of years but weren't as lucky as we were on finding it, right Lara?" Alex said. "Right." Lara commented. "Well then, you better take better care of it; if someone like me can snatch it from you, anyone can!" Sign said. "Not necessarily, cause your not just anyone." Lara said; Sign blushed. "Besides you got lucky." Lara added. "Luck huh, well we'll see about that, I can promise you this: Next time I see you I'll steal it then we'll see how much l-u-c-k has to do with it!" Sign said in a sweet joking tone of voice. "I'm looking forward to it." Lara said as if she were ready for the challenge. They reached where they had decided on going to eat, sat down, and ordered. Soon there food arrived and it looked so delicious; Master never gave her food that looked this good, but when they had just started eating two Arabic police officers approached Sign. Master Nizhny had contacted the police on her disappearance assuming she had ran away never to return. The officers said that her uncle was looking for her, that's the role Master assumes when they're in social areas. Sign said her good byes to Lara and Alex and walked with the officers to a hotel where her "uncle" was. Master was very "pissed off."
She figured she would never hear from Lara again but she did come by an article in a magazine, the magazine was about four years old and was about her surviving a plane crash in the Himalayas. And she found many other references on what the media called the "Tomb Raider." She put them all in her little box that was covered with happy faces. When she was sad she pulled them out and it helped her to remember that there are good people out there, since that day though Lara Croft, who she later discovered was Lady Lara Croft, of Croft Manor, scion and heiress to one of the realm's most revered and influencial families, was forever her role- model; she wanted to be just like her. The screams had died down, she supposed the massacre was about over. She had been flipping through her pages & articles in her box and going down memory lane for almost an hour now. She decided she should go to sleep now, after all, she was tired from the day before, and she was expected to wake at 5 AM, one hour from now, to do whatever her mother wanted her to do and her mother always woke at five, because that's when her mother's precious dogs, or wolves, began barking, the dogs or wolves are half huskie, half wolf. And how her mother loved wolves. Her mother even treated thier family like a pack, or what was left of it after the scandles, blackmail, threats, and murder!
BY: Stephie