Von Croy sat there silently remembering the last few months, and how it had
been for him. He was doing great, a world famous archeologist, but his
problems with debt had him falling behind with money. It was just a few
months before that he visited the Wimbledon High School for Girls and met
Lara. She had such a charisma for life, and that motivated him, he then
decided to go on an archeological tour all across Asia. Maybe I could try
and get something out of this trip that could put me back on track.
***
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Lord Henshingly Croft, from Surrey. I was calling in regard to your trip around Asia. My daughter would like to accompany you."
"Oh. Croft, ja? Uh, I'm not sure if that would be alright, have I ever met your daughter?"
"Yes, you tutored at her school, Wimbledon High School for Girls?"
"O Yes... Lara Croft.... I remember," She was the brightest student in the class, she had such intelligent questions, she can obviously take care of herself. This is not a bad idea, "It would be a pleasure, Sir."
"Really. That's good. But anyways, there was something else I would like to discuss. Something kind of private..."
"What's that Sir Croft?"
"How would you like to make 100,000 dollars Von Croy?"
She stood there. Too excited for words, staring blankly at all her packed suitcases. Wearing a white sleeveless shirt with a hunter green vest and army shorts. She had on her new boots her father bought her and wore her hair in two pigtails. Millions of things were running through her mind. I don't ever remember being this excited in my entire life. It's like all my dreams are coming true. Or this perfect one.
The trip around Asia made Lara something she had never been. Truly alive. She had never known what passion was until this trip. She felt like she was at home, like this was her home, traveling and adventure. This was what she was going to spend her life doing, and nothing was going to get in her way. And then Cambodia.
Cambodia was amazing to Lara. The feel of it captured her in a way she thought she could never be captured. The adventure was overwhelming. The thought of being so far from home, traveling across a continent inspired her. She knew this was what she wanted to spend her life doing. Become just like Werner Von Croy. They went to Phnom Pen and watched some people perform an ancient Aspara dance. They walked around and admired the beauties of the Royal Palace there. They saw the gorgeous structure of the Independence Monument. It was really a dream come true. She couldn't think of anyplace more beautiful. But there was. Angkor was definitely Lara's climax to the adventure. And she was soon to learn that it was the downfall as well. They visited the many temples in Angkor. They went to Angkor Thom, The Bayon with its 3 levels of gorgeous structures. The 5 brick towers of Prasat Kraven, and then Angkor Wat.
Lara had heard about Angkor Wat but she wasn't ready for the surreal experience. She had never been so sure in her life. This is it! I need this; I want to do this for the rest of my life. It was a feeling of being alive, happiness she never thought existed. She truly felt alive. Von Croy and Lara entered through the West entrance and the hallways were long and filled with statues. Von Croy taught Lara how to understand the ancient buildings and what to read, what to decipher. He was impressed that she could read some of the ancient language from the Khmer empire. He also trained her in sprinting very quickly and how to do some tricky things that could cost her, her life one day. With all the exercise and training she got at home, she was a very fast learner.
Lara and Von Croy came to a stop with a big oval door that Von Croy hadn't known about, but he saw a small crawl way big enough for Lara to fit in. He told her to go there and check if there were any levers. Lara obeyed and crawled through, carefully, and remembered Von Croy's words, 'disrespect is the root to carelessness.' She reached an opening and looked around and spotted a skeleton that had had the misfortune of falling on some deadly spikes. But what Lara noticed was the intact leather backpack that was hanging from the skeletons hand. She picked it off causing the skeletons hand to fling in the other direction. Once she put on the backpack she felt a strange feeling, a feeling of her knowing the future, like this is it. She shrugged and saw a lever, pulled it, and voila the big oval door opened.
When she came out Von Croy saw the backpack and told her she better hope she not have the same luck as the previous owner.
"I make my own luck."
They slid down and kept walking through the temple until they reached a little opening going in two directions. Von Croy tells Lara that one way is for the heretical and the other for the virtuoso. Lara knew he meant that the heretical could be much more dangerous, but it didn't take her more then two seconds to get her decision.
"I'm up for a little heresy."
***
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Lord Henshingly Croft, from Surrey. I was calling in regard to your trip around Asia. My daughter would like to accompany you."
"Oh. Croft, ja? Uh, I'm not sure if that would be alright, have I ever met your daughter?"
"Yes, you tutored at her school, Wimbledon High School for Girls?"
"O Yes... Lara Croft.... I remember," She was the brightest student in the class, she had such intelligent questions, she can obviously take care of herself. This is not a bad idea, "It would be a pleasure, Sir."
"Really. That's good. But anyways, there was something else I would like to discuss. Something kind of private..."
"What's that Sir Croft?"
"How would you like to make 100,000 dollars Von Croy?"
She stood there. Too excited for words, staring blankly at all her packed suitcases. Wearing a white sleeveless shirt with a hunter green vest and army shorts. She had on her new boots her father bought her and wore her hair in two pigtails. Millions of things were running through her mind. I don't ever remember being this excited in my entire life. It's like all my dreams are coming true. Or this perfect one.
The trip around Asia made Lara something she had never been. Truly alive. She had never known what passion was until this trip. She felt like she was at home, like this was her home, traveling and adventure. This was what she was going to spend her life doing, and nothing was going to get in her way. And then Cambodia.
Cambodia was amazing to Lara. The feel of it captured her in a way she thought she could never be captured. The adventure was overwhelming. The thought of being so far from home, traveling across a continent inspired her. She knew this was what she wanted to spend her life doing. Become just like Werner Von Croy. They went to Phnom Pen and watched some people perform an ancient Aspara dance. They walked around and admired the beauties of the Royal Palace there. They saw the gorgeous structure of the Independence Monument. It was really a dream come true. She couldn't think of anyplace more beautiful. But there was. Angkor was definitely Lara's climax to the adventure. And she was soon to learn that it was the downfall as well. They visited the many temples in Angkor. They went to Angkor Thom, The Bayon with its 3 levels of gorgeous structures. The 5 brick towers of Prasat Kraven, and then Angkor Wat.
Lara had heard about Angkor Wat but she wasn't ready for the surreal experience. She had never been so sure in her life. This is it! I need this; I want to do this for the rest of my life. It was a feeling of being alive, happiness she never thought existed. She truly felt alive. Von Croy and Lara entered through the West entrance and the hallways were long and filled with statues. Von Croy taught Lara how to understand the ancient buildings and what to read, what to decipher. He was impressed that she could read some of the ancient language from the Khmer empire. He also trained her in sprinting very quickly and how to do some tricky things that could cost her, her life one day. With all the exercise and training she got at home, she was a very fast learner.
Lara and Von Croy came to a stop with a big oval door that Von Croy hadn't known about, but he saw a small crawl way big enough for Lara to fit in. He told her to go there and check if there were any levers. Lara obeyed and crawled through, carefully, and remembered Von Croy's words, 'disrespect is the root to carelessness.' She reached an opening and looked around and spotted a skeleton that had had the misfortune of falling on some deadly spikes. But what Lara noticed was the intact leather backpack that was hanging from the skeletons hand. She picked it off causing the skeletons hand to fling in the other direction. Once she put on the backpack she felt a strange feeling, a feeling of her knowing the future, like this is it. She shrugged and saw a lever, pulled it, and voila the big oval door opened.
When she came out Von Croy saw the backpack and told her she better hope she not have the same luck as the previous owner.
"I make my own luck."
They slid down and kept walking through the temple until they reached a little opening going in two directions. Von Croy tells Lara that one way is for the heretical and the other for the virtuoso. Lara knew he meant that the heretical could be much more dangerous, but it didn't take her more then two seconds to get her decision.
"I'm up for a little heresy."