The Angel of Darkness Continues:
Chapter Four: Desperate Measures
One day later, Kurtis and Lara arrived in Paris in the middle of a rainstorm, and Kurtis suggested, "Why don't we go to the small apartment that I rent here, get cleaned up, and go from there. Also, I still think I have that laptop of mine there that we could use to start our research." "Okay, sounds like a plan to me." So they made their way to the apartment complex, walked inside and to the front desk. Kurtis asked, "Excusez moi, Monsieur." "Oui, comment peux-je vous aider?" "Savez-vous anglais, Monsieur? "Yes, how can I help you?" "I need a spare key for my apartment, I lost the other one." "Certainly, sir, what is your name?" "Kurtis Trent." The clerk looked through the book and then he got the key for Kurtis. The clerk handed him the key, and asked for him to bring back before he went anywhere. Kurtis said, "Sure no problem, and merci beaucoup." "Votre accueil, Monsieur Trent."
Kurtis and Lara walked up the stairs to his apartment, and opened the door. When they walked inside, he searched for his spare apartment key, so he could give back the one he borrowed back. After he found it, he sat both keys on a table near the door, so that he wouldn't forget them. He started to walk into the bathroom, and asked, "You don't mind if I take a shower first, do you Lara?" "Go right ahead," she replied. Inside the bathroom Kurtis stripped off his soaking wet clothes, and jumped in the shower. Five minutes later he was done, and he walked out of the bathroom with the towel wrapped around him. Lara got a good glimpse of Kurtis before turning her head away to hide how much she was blushing, while Kurtis said, "The showers all yours." "Okay, handsome," she stated as she walked into the bathroom and her comment caused Kurtis' cheeks to turn a little red. Kurtis tended to his left shoulder and then put a pair of boxers on, while Lara stripped her clothes off and took a shower. Twenty minutes later Lara was done, and she walked out of the bathroom a towel wrapped around her. She asked, "Do you have something I could wear for a little while?" "Yeah sure hold on a sec," he replied as he got up off the bed to get her a pair of boxers and shirt. He walked over to Lara, handed the garments to her, and turned around, while she put them on.
She walked into the bathroom to hang up their clothes and the towels, so that they would dry. Then she came back out into the bedroom, while Kurtis had a sudden vision. Lara asked, "Kurtis." "Lara, I remember hearing about a second so-called Sleeper." "You do?" "Yeah, I talked with a truck driver back in the Sanitarium, who was the guy that brought the Sleeper in stone from Turkey." "Go on, Kurtis." "Well he said something about there be another Sleeper in that same country, just in a different area of it." "Okay, so this prove that the threat of this new Sleeper is for real, correct?" "Yes, sadly it is true. The only thing I'm not sure about is with these two meteorite artifacts that they mentioned in my nightmare." Lara and Kurtis were now sitting on the bed talking, and Lara asked, "Do you remember from you nightmare, any mention of the names of these so-called artifacts?" Actually yes, I do. The one was called "Nepherium" buried in Siberia, the other is called "Malpherium" buried in the Amazon Rainforest," answered Kurtis. "Well that's a start, and did they mention anything about which one was which?" "Yes, they said that the Nepherium is the one that shows where the second Sleeper is and it revives it and the Nephilim race. The Malpherium is the one that when joined with the other it destroys both of the meteorites." "Well I guess, in the morning we should start research where this Malpherium is exactly." "Okay, but why not go after the other one, first." "My guess is that Karel could be a few steps ahead of us, and has the Nepherium, and was going to use us to retrieve the other. Then he'd take it from us, so that we couldn't use it to corrupt his goal." "I'm impressed Lara, that's a very good deductive reasoning. Although shouldn't we start researching now, though?" "Yeah, I suppose you're right," Lara said wish a disappointing tone.
Kurtis looked at Lara, and said, "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "If it's about what I think it is, just relax. I'm not going anywhere, and I don't plan on going anywhere, will have time for that later, okay." "Sorry, Kurtis." "It's okay, Lara, I know this hard for us." "Why do you say hard for us?" "Well we care about each other, but I'm not ready to risk going too far with one another, and something bad end up happening later, or ruining what we seem to have with each other," explained Kurtis, and then he gave her a sweet kiss on the lips. Lara smiled and said, "You right Kurtis, we should be careful." Kurtis got up off the bed, to go search for his laptop, while Lara asked, "Do you think we could get some clothes for me tomorrow?" "Sure, no problem." A couple minutes later Kurtis found his laptop, when there was a sudden loud noise. He stood up and saw a bullet hole in the wall, "Lara, I think we've got company." Lara carefully walked into the bathroom to put her now dry clothes on, while Kurtis put on a fresh pair of clothes. "Kurtis, who do you think it is?" "Probably that assassin woman. Quickly lets gets some things together, and get out of here, before she closes in on us." While they were gathering some necessities, there was another gunshot that just barely missed Kurtis. Mila moved in closer and closer, while Lara said, "Where are we going to go?" "I don't know." "We could to my." Kurtis moved over to Lara to silence her and whispered, "I think she's spying on us." Lara whispered back, "So she must know our plans." "Sadly, she probably does and she'll go running back to Nicoli to tell what were up to."
As they were about to leave they heard the sound of someone talking to her. Someone patched into Mila's location, and must have been talking to her on a cell. "Mrs. Mila Vorchnicov, I must request a chance to meet up with you." "Whoever you are, your giving me away," she replied, as she got up and left the area to finish the conversation. "Oh, I am so sorry." "Who are you anyway?" "You will find that out later, now please meet at Café Metro as soon as possible. Do not alert anyone about this, either, and come alone." "I'm on my way, whoever you are." The call ended and she was on her way discretely to Café Metro secretly leaving her recorder behind, while Lara mentioned, "I think she's gone." "For now yes, but she'll probably be back later." "Don't you think we've got just enough time to research what we need to know?" "Maybe, but we can't be sure." Kurtis walked over to the window to make sure she was gone, he took out his gun, and said, "I'll stand watch here, hurry up and find out what we need to know." "Right," she responded as brought the laptop out of the bag she had, sat on the floor, and booted it up.
A few minutes later she was browsing the internet to see if there was any information on these artifacts. She kept searching and searching for a while, when she finally found something that may be useful. "Kurtis, you said that this Malpherium is in the Amazon Rainforest, correct?" "Yes, why, what did you find." "It says here that the Malpherium was created many years ago by a Nephili that was apparently exiled, and it went against everything it believed to help in this meteorite's creation." Oh my, but does it say where it's located exactly." Lara continued reading to look for a location for a few minutes, when she came upon an interesting fact. "Kurtis, it's not in the Amazon Rainforest, it's in the Tomb of Malphite. A couple Nephli used this tomb and others to create the Malpherium in secret, because the other Nelphilim didn't know about it until Nicoli stumbled upon it. Nicholi is said to be the only Nephli that knows about it, because he didn't tell anyone and he didn't even tell his own brother, Joachim Karel." "Where is the Tomb of Malphite?" "There's another problem Kurtis." "What that's?" "It said that someone besides the Nephili found out about this tomb, stole the meteorite, destroyed the tomb, and put it in the Louvre Gallery here Paris." "Why didn't we know about this previous, when were there." "It says here that it's hidden in a secret room in that gallery, which is heavy guarded with laser traps." "Lovely, laser traps again."
Meanwhile Mila walked inside Café Metro, and looked around for the person that may have called her. "Welcome, Mrs. Vorchnicov. Please come and sit." She saw a man that resembled her boss sitting down at a table waiting for her to sit down, so she did what he asked. "Who are you?" "My name is Joachim Karel, I'm the older brother of Nicoli Karel, the one you work for." "He said you were dead, sir." "Well we Nephilim don't die very easy." "You are a what?" "My brother and I are part of the Nephilim race, which were around many years ago that were trying to revive again," replied Joachim as he revealed his true self, and then returns to normal again. What I would to know from you, is what does my brother having you do my dear?" "He wants me to spy on Lady Croft and Mr. Trent to see where there going, and follow them." "Then what?" "When he tells me to, he wants me to kidnap Lady Croft?" "So Nicoli trying to succeed where I failed, is he. Well I think I'll have to go have a talk with him. Do you happen to know where he is?" "Last I heard, sir, was that he and Mr. Gundersen are where the Lab's being reconstructed." "Thank you very much, Mrs. Vorchnicov, I'll be in touch with again." "Yes, sir." Joachim Karel was now on his way to the Lab, while Mila returned to where was spying on Lady Croft and Mr. Trent to retrieve the tape recorder. While Lara was shutting down the laptop, placing it back in her bag, and said, "Kurtis, should we get going now." Kurtis peeked out the window to see if she was still gone, and said, "Yes, let's go, before she gets back." "Okay."
Mila made it back to her location and played back the recorder soft enough for just her to hear. She has now discovered where Lady Croft and Mr. Trent plan on going, which is the Louvre Gallery here in Paris to recover the Malpherium. She looked in the window to see that Kurtis and Lara have left, so she knew it was safe to call Nicholi and let him know what's going on. "Yes, Mrs. Vorchnicov, what information do you have for me," questioned Nicoli on the other end. "Lady Croft and Mr. Trent are heading to the Louvre Gallery here in Paris to retrieve the Malpherium, sir." "Excellent work, Mrs. Vorchnicov." "Sir." "Yes." "You should be expected a surprise visit from someone shortly, sir." "Who would be coming to see me?" "He told me not to tell you, sir." "Do not hold information out on me, are we clear, Mrs. Vorchnicov." "Yes, sir, it's your brother, Joachim." "So my brother's alive huh, what does he know." "Everything, actually, except for the new facts lately, sir." "Okay, well I can't wait to talk to him, thank you, now be on your way." "Yes, sir," she replied as she headed for the Louvre Gallery, being careful to keep her distance from Lady Croft and Mr. Trent.
Chapter Four: Desperate Measures
One day later, Kurtis and Lara arrived in Paris in the middle of a rainstorm, and Kurtis suggested, "Why don't we go to the small apartment that I rent here, get cleaned up, and go from there. Also, I still think I have that laptop of mine there that we could use to start our research." "Okay, sounds like a plan to me." So they made their way to the apartment complex, walked inside and to the front desk. Kurtis asked, "Excusez moi, Monsieur." "Oui, comment peux-je vous aider?" "Savez-vous anglais, Monsieur? "Yes, how can I help you?" "I need a spare key for my apartment, I lost the other one." "Certainly, sir, what is your name?" "Kurtis Trent." The clerk looked through the book and then he got the key for Kurtis. The clerk handed him the key, and asked for him to bring back before he went anywhere. Kurtis said, "Sure no problem, and merci beaucoup." "Votre accueil, Monsieur Trent."
Kurtis and Lara walked up the stairs to his apartment, and opened the door. When they walked inside, he searched for his spare apartment key, so he could give back the one he borrowed back. After he found it, he sat both keys on a table near the door, so that he wouldn't forget them. He started to walk into the bathroom, and asked, "You don't mind if I take a shower first, do you Lara?" "Go right ahead," she replied. Inside the bathroom Kurtis stripped off his soaking wet clothes, and jumped in the shower. Five minutes later he was done, and he walked out of the bathroom with the towel wrapped around him. Lara got a good glimpse of Kurtis before turning her head away to hide how much she was blushing, while Kurtis said, "The showers all yours." "Okay, handsome," she stated as she walked into the bathroom and her comment caused Kurtis' cheeks to turn a little red. Kurtis tended to his left shoulder and then put a pair of boxers on, while Lara stripped her clothes off and took a shower. Twenty minutes later Lara was done, and she walked out of the bathroom a towel wrapped around her. She asked, "Do you have something I could wear for a little while?" "Yeah sure hold on a sec," he replied as he got up off the bed to get her a pair of boxers and shirt. He walked over to Lara, handed the garments to her, and turned around, while she put them on.
She walked into the bathroom to hang up their clothes and the towels, so that they would dry. Then she came back out into the bedroom, while Kurtis had a sudden vision. Lara asked, "Kurtis." "Lara, I remember hearing about a second so-called Sleeper." "You do?" "Yeah, I talked with a truck driver back in the Sanitarium, who was the guy that brought the Sleeper in stone from Turkey." "Go on, Kurtis." "Well he said something about there be another Sleeper in that same country, just in a different area of it." "Okay, so this prove that the threat of this new Sleeper is for real, correct?" "Yes, sadly it is true. The only thing I'm not sure about is with these two meteorite artifacts that they mentioned in my nightmare." Lara and Kurtis were now sitting on the bed talking, and Lara asked, "Do you remember from you nightmare, any mention of the names of these so-called artifacts?" Actually yes, I do. The one was called "Nepherium" buried in Siberia, the other is called "Malpherium" buried in the Amazon Rainforest," answered Kurtis. "Well that's a start, and did they mention anything about which one was which?" "Yes, they said that the Nepherium is the one that shows where the second Sleeper is and it revives it and the Nephilim race. The Malpherium is the one that when joined with the other it destroys both of the meteorites." "Well I guess, in the morning we should start research where this Malpherium is exactly." "Okay, but why not go after the other one, first." "My guess is that Karel could be a few steps ahead of us, and has the Nepherium, and was going to use us to retrieve the other. Then he'd take it from us, so that we couldn't use it to corrupt his goal." "I'm impressed Lara, that's a very good deductive reasoning. Although shouldn't we start researching now, though?" "Yeah, I suppose you're right," Lara said wish a disappointing tone.
Kurtis looked at Lara, and said, "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "If it's about what I think it is, just relax. I'm not going anywhere, and I don't plan on going anywhere, will have time for that later, okay." "Sorry, Kurtis." "It's okay, Lara, I know this hard for us." "Why do you say hard for us?" "Well we care about each other, but I'm not ready to risk going too far with one another, and something bad end up happening later, or ruining what we seem to have with each other," explained Kurtis, and then he gave her a sweet kiss on the lips. Lara smiled and said, "You right Kurtis, we should be careful." Kurtis got up off the bed, to go search for his laptop, while Lara asked, "Do you think we could get some clothes for me tomorrow?" "Sure, no problem." A couple minutes later Kurtis found his laptop, when there was a sudden loud noise. He stood up and saw a bullet hole in the wall, "Lara, I think we've got company." Lara carefully walked into the bathroom to put her now dry clothes on, while Kurtis put on a fresh pair of clothes. "Kurtis, who do you think it is?" "Probably that assassin woman. Quickly lets gets some things together, and get out of here, before she closes in on us." While they were gathering some necessities, there was another gunshot that just barely missed Kurtis. Mila moved in closer and closer, while Lara said, "Where are we going to go?" "I don't know." "We could to my." Kurtis moved over to Lara to silence her and whispered, "I think she's spying on us." Lara whispered back, "So she must know our plans." "Sadly, she probably does and she'll go running back to Nicoli to tell what were up to."
As they were about to leave they heard the sound of someone talking to her. Someone patched into Mila's location, and must have been talking to her on a cell. "Mrs. Mila Vorchnicov, I must request a chance to meet up with you." "Whoever you are, your giving me away," she replied, as she got up and left the area to finish the conversation. "Oh, I am so sorry." "Who are you anyway?" "You will find that out later, now please meet at Café Metro as soon as possible. Do not alert anyone about this, either, and come alone." "I'm on my way, whoever you are." The call ended and she was on her way discretely to Café Metro secretly leaving her recorder behind, while Lara mentioned, "I think she's gone." "For now yes, but she'll probably be back later." "Don't you think we've got just enough time to research what we need to know?" "Maybe, but we can't be sure." Kurtis walked over to the window to make sure she was gone, he took out his gun, and said, "I'll stand watch here, hurry up and find out what we need to know." "Right," she responded as brought the laptop out of the bag she had, sat on the floor, and booted it up.
A few minutes later she was browsing the internet to see if there was any information on these artifacts. She kept searching and searching for a while, when she finally found something that may be useful. "Kurtis, you said that this Malpherium is in the Amazon Rainforest, correct?" "Yes, why, what did you find." "It says here that the Malpherium was created many years ago by a Nephili that was apparently exiled, and it went against everything it believed to help in this meteorite's creation." Oh my, but does it say where it's located exactly." Lara continued reading to look for a location for a few minutes, when she came upon an interesting fact. "Kurtis, it's not in the Amazon Rainforest, it's in the Tomb of Malphite. A couple Nephli used this tomb and others to create the Malpherium in secret, because the other Nelphilim didn't know about it until Nicoli stumbled upon it. Nicholi is said to be the only Nephli that knows about it, because he didn't tell anyone and he didn't even tell his own brother, Joachim Karel." "Where is the Tomb of Malphite?" "There's another problem Kurtis." "What that's?" "It said that someone besides the Nephili found out about this tomb, stole the meteorite, destroyed the tomb, and put it in the Louvre Gallery here Paris." "Why didn't we know about this previous, when were there." "It says here that it's hidden in a secret room in that gallery, which is heavy guarded with laser traps." "Lovely, laser traps again."
Meanwhile Mila walked inside Café Metro, and looked around for the person that may have called her. "Welcome, Mrs. Vorchnicov. Please come and sit." She saw a man that resembled her boss sitting down at a table waiting for her to sit down, so she did what he asked. "Who are you?" "My name is Joachim Karel, I'm the older brother of Nicoli Karel, the one you work for." "He said you were dead, sir." "Well we Nephilim don't die very easy." "You are a what?" "My brother and I are part of the Nephilim race, which were around many years ago that were trying to revive again," replied Joachim as he revealed his true self, and then returns to normal again. What I would to know from you, is what does my brother having you do my dear?" "He wants me to spy on Lady Croft and Mr. Trent to see where there going, and follow them." "Then what?" "When he tells me to, he wants me to kidnap Lady Croft?" "So Nicoli trying to succeed where I failed, is he. Well I think I'll have to go have a talk with him. Do you happen to know where he is?" "Last I heard, sir, was that he and Mr. Gundersen are where the Lab's being reconstructed." "Thank you very much, Mrs. Vorchnicov, I'll be in touch with again." "Yes, sir." Joachim Karel was now on his way to the Lab, while Mila returned to where was spying on Lady Croft and Mr. Trent to retrieve the tape recorder. While Lara was shutting down the laptop, placing it back in her bag, and said, "Kurtis, should we get going now." Kurtis peeked out the window to see if she was still gone, and said, "Yes, let's go, before she gets back." "Okay."
Mila made it back to her location and played back the recorder soft enough for just her to hear. She has now discovered where Lady Croft and Mr. Trent plan on going, which is the Louvre Gallery here in Paris to recover the Malpherium. She looked in the window to see that Kurtis and Lara have left, so she knew it was safe to call Nicholi and let him know what's going on. "Yes, Mrs. Vorchnicov, what information do you have for me," questioned Nicoli on the other end. "Lady Croft and Mr. Trent are heading to the Louvre Gallery here in Paris to retrieve the Malpherium, sir." "Excellent work, Mrs. Vorchnicov." "Sir." "Yes." "You should be expected a surprise visit from someone shortly, sir." "Who would be coming to see me?" "He told me not to tell you, sir." "Do not hold information out on me, are we clear, Mrs. Vorchnicov." "Yes, sir, it's your brother, Joachim." "So my brother's alive huh, what does he know." "Everything, actually, except for the new facts lately, sir." "Okay, well I can't wait to talk to him, thank you, now be on your way." "Yes, sir," she replied as she headed for the Louvre Gallery, being careful to keep her distance from Lady Croft and Mr. Trent.
