Chapter 16 - The Beginning of the Beginning of the End

Lara spread the world map on the large desk in front of her. She stood back, and gasped as Lexa climbed on top of the desk and knelt down.

"Ok. Can you hand me the circle"

Lara handed it up to her.

"You had better stand back a bit. But don't worry about anything here OK?"

"Yeah. Sure" said Lara

Lexa took the circle and stood it on an edge. She held her hand over it and the circle balanced perfectly on the edge. If it had fallen flat, it would have covered at least a metre across in diameter; it was metallic and shiny, but considerably lighter than Lara had thought. Lexa jumped down, and blew at the circle. Lara could see the breath from Lexa's mouth as it turned into a glimmery shimmer of glittering stars. The circle rose about 10cm from the table and began to spin - slowly at first, but it gathered speed until it was going so fast that it appeared to be a huge giant orb.

A light began to emanate from the top of the giant orb, covering it in the same way that if someone were pouring paint over a ball, it would coat it in the same way. The orb was covered in a shower of silvery light, that looked like syrup…slowly, the orb raised higher and higher, until it stood suspended over the table as if on an invisible.

Lara gasped, as the orb began to slow down. Silence reigned superior over the room as they watched this spectacle of light…Lexa had jumped off the table and she too stood enraptured. The orb continued to spin slowly, and now, it flung out beams of light that scanned over the map, faster and faster they darted here and there over the old map, more and more beams appeared - the whole room was bathed in a mass of silver light.

Now, a great roaring came from the orb, and it sped up again, spinning so fast that it was becoming difficult to see in itself. The noise coming from it was caused by the great wind that had blown up, in the library. Pictures rocked in their settings on the wall, books flew off the bookcase. Lara's hair was blown everywhere, and Bryce and Hillary were hanging on the backs of chairs, or the bookcases. But Lexa, stood there, completely unruffled, with a smile on her face. Lexa whole body seemed to be illuminated. But on and on the orb spun.

Finally…it began to glow blue, a clear solid kind of blue, and a thin laser of light shot out of the base of the orb and struck a point on the map…. and then, as though nothing had happened, it was finished!!

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Hey all, I am so sorry for the long delay and the short chapter - but this is one of those that you are supposed to gasp and wonder at..blah blah blah.

Just a little description thing about the kind of power that Lara is dealing with, and that Lexa has control of.

I hope you liked my little twist about Lexa being the Guardian and Empress….I like that bit…J

Anyway, I promise that the next one will be out soon….

Luv ya

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Please R+R…you know I love them J

Disclaimer - All recognisable characters belong to Eidos, Core Design and whoever the movie people were. But Alexa belongs to meeeeee….haha

This fic is dedicated to my best friend Jaina…

As ever

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