**Disclaimer: I don't own Lara Croft or Tomb Raider, just the craziness that is this story. *dances* I'm dancin' like a monkey!!!!!!**
**Author Insanity: WAHHHH!!!!! I had finished this chapter a few days ago, but then my computer crashed and died! *sobs and beats floor* WHY MY COMPUTER! I loveded you computer! I loveded you! *jumps up* But if you thought that would stop me, you were wrong! I'm re-doing this chapter! HEE!! *dances away**
Lost Valley
Lara stepped out of the cave-hallway-thingy ((Whatever the hell you call that thing)), and sighed in relief when the only thing that greeted her was an inground river. ((as opposed to what? floating in midair?)) The area to the right led to the top of the waterfall overlooking a pool and several wolves milling about. The left however, took her deeper into the cave following the river.
She eventually emerged into a high up area overlooking the mouth of the river, with a rope bridge leading to what looked like a wall mounted machine. Lara approached the glowy purple crystal before the bridge and tapped it lightly. Hmm. Felt like Jell-O sorta. She spent a few more minutes poking it, then headed across the bridge.
On the left wall was another one of those huge switches. She shrugged and pushed down. Lara could hear the gears move slightly, right before the switch snapped off the base and sent her face first onto the ground below her. ((EEP!))
"Dammit to hell!" She swore, blowing a puff of dust away at the same time.
She picked herself up and brushed the dirt and dust out of her hair. It was then that she noticed there were several cogs missing from the machine. 'Well that explains that.' She picked up the switch and jammed it back into the socket....er....whatever it is. She'd fix it later. ((But will she live that long? Hehehehe....))
There was nothing else to do around here, but as she was about to cross back over the bridge and leave, she spotted a glint of white in an alcove below her. Being naturally curious ((and very stupid in this fic)), she managed to work her way down to the little ledge on the other side of the water.
Lara kicked lightly at the skeleton that lay there, holding a shotgun no less. Well he didn't need that anymore, so she leaned down and tried to pry the gun from the skeletol grip. However, the the gun wouldn't come loose.
"No! It's mine! It's mine I tell you! You can't have it!"
Lara wheeled backwards with a shriek. ((Author is dancing with the skeleton. TANGO!!)) The skeleton was moving around. The skeleton was moving the fuck around??? She grabbed one of her pistols and smacked it over the head once, twice, and.....well, a lot more times till it was lying still. Just like a good little skeleton should.
When she had beaten it's head in to her satisfaction, she picked up the shotgun, strapped it to her back, and was heading back up to the bridge. Her foot however slipped on the wet rock and sent her crashing into the river below. ((Come on, what did you expect?))
Lara couldn't manage to grab ahold of the bank on the left, so she did the only other thing she could, she turned around and swam against the current. Yeah, like that did any good. She was swept away anyway, but when she hit the edge of the waterfall, she didn't go straight into the pool, but instead was slung up against the ceiling of the cave, knocking her senseless, THEN she fell into the pool below.
She came to the top sputtering for air and clambered up onto a rock on the opposite side of the pool ((Or lake if you prefer.)) She breathed a deep sigh of relief and glanced briefly at the wolf looking over her shoulder, then went back to relaxing. Wait.....wolf..... Lara's eyes bugged out of her head and she lept up and ran forward to the only exit in the cave and dove into it.
Well, she tried to anyway, the wolf had lept forward and latched onto the hem of her shorts. Lara kicked back at the wolf as best as she could from this angle. She could either a) keep climbing forward and lose her shorts ((Nude raider! WAH!)) or b) stay and try to wrestle them free from the wolf.
She finally managed to land a kick straight in the offending beast's throat, therefore causing him to let go of her too-short-shorts and sending her tumbling down into the hole. Lara sighed in relief and climbed up the hill infront of her, only to feel something latch onto her right ankle. She looked down and screamed.
"That's my gun! Mine! Gimmeeeeeeeee!!" That same damn skeleton!!
Lara shook her leg in a vain attempt to to dislodge it. When that didn't work she managed to inch her way over to the wall and swung her leg towards it, smashing the skeleton against it again and again until it's head was a big pile of dust. She stood panting for a minute, glaring down at the offending carcass, before kicking it away from her. "Damn skeletons trying to take halloween away from the devil." She muttered and made her way down the other side of the rock wall. ((I don't know why I said that. But I did. *chases people with a giant mallet*))
The next area was a huge open roofed cavern..type thing....whatever moving on. All the plants seemed slightly....flat....huh.......well that's exotic flora for you.
Lara felt the urge to draw her pistols and walk out in a cool way in the next area. ((Picture how Ulala walks in the first level of Space Channel 5. That made me smile.))
She'd gotten about halfway through, towards yet another waterfall when the ground started to shake. She stopped moving and backed up a few steps. The shaking got worse and progressively closer. Not too long after, from around the corner came none other than......((A GIANT CHICKEN!!!......I'm kidding.....but that would be cool. A giant killer chicken, like in Drakan the Ancients Gate.))
A T-Rex. Lara blinked. Well fuck at this point what would you expect. She raised her pistols and fired.....and watched the bullets zing off the hardened hide. The creature stopped to laugh at her, giving her time to dive under it and get away. She ran as fast as she could, past the easy escape routes such as the waterfall and temple ((No! How dare she be smart after all!)), and instead clambered up to the hole high in the wall to the left of the temple.
She made it in with the T-Rex's teeth snapping closed mere inches from where she'd been. She backed away down the hallway when the monster stuck it's head into the crevice. Lara didn't stay around to see what happened, instead turning and climbing up to the beginning of a bridge high above the area she was just in. She could just make out what looked like a cog from the machine in the beginning she'd come across. She heard a roar in the distance and looked down to see the T-Rex was effectively stuck in the hole, trying it's best to push it'self out.
'No wonder they're extinct. Stupid reptiles.' She took a running leap across the gap in the bridge and went to scoop up the cog. Well, I just need a few more. She was about to leap back across when her foot stuck in the ropes on the bridge, sending her flying over and under it, where she hung a few stories off the ground.
Oh great. Lara tried to twist her foot free, thanking God that the T-Rex was still stuck in the hole.......She looked up as best she could.
"Oh hey there......nice dinosaur........." She was going to die. She saw the jaws opening and coming down on her.....when the ropes of the bridge broke free and sent her sailing into the cavern wall, where she was splattered all over the rock.
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Wow. It has taken me a long time to finish this. I'd been taking a break from writing to work more on my art, but now I'm back! A big thanks to all those who have reviewed, especially Bounty Hunter. You're reviews have always brought a smile to my face. I'll get to work on the next chapter as soon as I can remember what happens. Until then...........never forget that aliens take over in subliminal ways...like with cereal. *eyes Cheerios* I know you're in there, and I won't fall victim to your mind probe!! AHA!
~~Jessy A.
**Author Insanity: WAHHHH!!!!! I had finished this chapter a few days ago, but then my computer crashed and died! *sobs and beats floor* WHY MY COMPUTER! I loveded you computer! I loveded you! *jumps up* But if you thought that would stop me, you were wrong! I'm re-doing this chapter! HEE!! *dances away**
Lost Valley
Lara stepped out of the cave-hallway-thingy ((Whatever the hell you call that thing)), and sighed in relief when the only thing that greeted her was an inground river. ((as opposed to what? floating in midair?)) The area to the right led to the top of the waterfall overlooking a pool and several wolves milling about. The left however, took her deeper into the cave following the river.
She eventually emerged into a high up area overlooking the mouth of the river, with a rope bridge leading to what looked like a wall mounted machine. Lara approached the glowy purple crystal before the bridge and tapped it lightly. Hmm. Felt like Jell-O sorta. She spent a few more minutes poking it, then headed across the bridge.
On the left wall was another one of those huge switches. She shrugged and pushed down. Lara could hear the gears move slightly, right before the switch snapped off the base and sent her face first onto the ground below her. ((EEP!))
"Dammit to hell!" She swore, blowing a puff of dust away at the same time.
She picked herself up and brushed the dirt and dust out of her hair. It was then that she noticed there were several cogs missing from the machine. 'Well that explains that.' She picked up the switch and jammed it back into the socket....er....whatever it is. She'd fix it later. ((But will she live that long? Hehehehe....))
There was nothing else to do around here, but as she was about to cross back over the bridge and leave, she spotted a glint of white in an alcove below her. Being naturally curious ((and very stupid in this fic)), she managed to work her way down to the little ledge on the other side of the water.
Lara kicked lightly at the skeleton that lay there, holding a shotgun no less. Well he didn't need that anymore, so she leaned down and tried to pry the gun from the skeletol grip. However, the the gun wouldn't come loose.
"No! It's mine! It's mine I tell you! You can't have it!"
Lara wheeled backwards with a shriek. ((Author is dancing with the skeleton. TANGO!!)) The skeleton was moving around. The skeleton was moving the fuck around??? She grabbed one of her pistols and smacked it over the head once, twice, and.....well, a lot more times till it was lying still. Just like a good little skeleton should.
When she had beaten it's head in to her satisfaction, she picked up the shotgun, strapped it to her back, and was heading back up to the bridge. Her foot however slipped on the wet rock and sent her crashing into the river below. ((Come on, what did you expect?))
Lara couldn't manage to grab ahold of the bank on the left, so she did the only other thing she could, she turned around and swam against the current. Yeah, like that did any good. She was swept away anyway, but when she hit the edge of the waterfall, she didn't go straight into the pool, but instead was slung up against the ceiling of the cave, knocking her senseless, THEN she fell into the pool below.
She came to the top sputtering for air and clambered up onto a rock on the opposite side of the pool ((Or lake if you prefer.)) She breathed a deep sigh of relief and glanced briefly at the wolf looking over her shoulder, then went back to relaxing. Wait.....wolf..... Lara's eyes bugged out of her head and she lept up and ran forward to the only exit in the cave and dove into it.
Well, she tried to anyway, the wolf had lept forward and latched onto the hem of her shorts. Lara kicked back at the wolf as best as she could from this angle. She could either a) keep climbing forward and lose her shorts ((Nude raider! WAH!)) or b) stay and try to wrestle them free from the wolf.
She finally managed to land a kick straight in the offending beast's throat, therefore causing him to let go of her too-short-shorts and sending her tumbling down into the hole. Lara sighed in relief and climbed up the hill infront of her, only to feel something latch onto her right ankle. She looked down and screamed.
"That's my gun! Mine! Gimmeeeeeeeee!!" That same damn skeleton!!
Lara shook her leg in a vain attempt to to dislodge it. When that didn't work she managed to inch her way over to the wall and swung her leg towards it, smashing the skeleton against it again and again until it's head was a big pile of dust. She stood panting for a minute, glaring down at the offending carcass, before kicking it away from her. "Damn skeletons trying to take halloween away from the devil." She muttered and made her way down the other side of the rock wall. ((I don't know why I said that. But I did. *chases people with a giant mallet*))
The next area was a huge open roofed cavern..type thing....whatever moving on. All the plants seemed slightly....flat....huh.......well that's exotic flora for you.
Lara felt the urge to draw her pistols and walk out in a cool way in the next area. ((Picture how Ulala walks in the first level of Space Channel 5. That made me smile.))
She'd gotten about halfway through, towards yet another waterfall when the ground started to shake. She stopped moving and backed up a few steps. The shaking got worse and progressively closer. Not too long after, from around the corner came none other than......((A GIANT CHICKEN!!!......I'm kidding.....but that would be cool. A giant killer chicken, like in Drakan the Ancients Gate.))
A T-Rex. Lara blinked. Well fuck at this point what would you expect. She raised her pistols and fired.....and watched the bullets zing off the hardened hide. The creature stopped to laugh at her, giving her time to dive under it and get away. She ran as fast as she could, past the easy escape routes such as the waterfall and temple ((No! How dare she be smart after all!)), and instead clambered up to the hole high in the wall to the left of the temple.
She made it in with the T-Rex's teeth snapping closed mere inches from where she'd been. She backed away down the hallway when the monster stuck it's head into the crevice. Lara didn't stay around to see what happened, instead turning and climbing up to the beginning of a bridge high above the area she was just in. She could just make out what looked like a cog from the machine in the beginning she'd come across. She heard a roar in the distance and looked down to see the T-Rex was effectively stuck in the hole, trying it's best to push it'self out.
'No wonder they're extinct. Stupid reptiles.' She took a running leap across the gap in the bridge and went to scoop up the cog. Well, I just need a few more. She was about to leap back across when her foot stuck in the ropes on the bridge, sending her flying over and under it, where she hung a few stories off the ground.
Oh great. Lara tried to twist her foot free, thanking God that the T-Rex was still stuck in the hole.......She looked up as best she could.
"Oh hey there......nice dinosaur........." She was going to die. She saw the jaws opening and coming down on her.....when the ropes of the bridge broke free and sent her sailing into the cavern wall, where she was splattered all over the rock.
~~~~~
Wow. It has taken me a long time to finish this. I'd been taking a break from writing to work more on my art, but now I'm back! A big thanks to all those who have reviewed, especially Bounty Hunter. You're reviews have always brought a smile to my face. I'll get to work on the next chapter as soon as I can remember what happens. Until then...........never forget that aliens take over in subliminal ways...like with cereal. *eyes Cheerios* I know you're in there, and I won't fall victim to your mind probe!! AHA!
~~Jessy A.