Chapter 3: A Shadow of Death

The wind blew against Lara's skin creating a cold and dark atmosphere. It felt like the middle of Autumn on a full moon night. Then the clouds began to swirl above creating rushing rain and crackling thunder. A women ran past Lara in fear. Lara knew she was in her dream. Not long after a shadowed figure past bye her as well! The lighting struck near bye as the women fell to the ground and shadow took the stone. Lara walked up to the women brushing the hair out of her face. "Mom?" Lara said aloud. Then lighting struck again the shadowed figure stood up in front of Lara holding the stone. Lara gazed into it's darkened face as it lifted it's hand upward showing the glowing stone in front of Lara. The light raveled the man from the website!

Lara then was taken to a grave yard where she stood in front of a tomb stone. It was day time and the sapphire blue sky ran over the world as the white clouds swam in the windy waves. Birds chirped and the rays of the sun calmed Lara. On the tomb stone though it said (Together Forever Herald Manson.) Lara stepped back in astonishment and looked into the sky it darkened and soon Lara awoke.

"Oh my gosh I need to get to that cemetery!"

Lara got up from her bed and got dressed into her outfit. She put on a light blue tank top and a green skirt with a white belt. Then she found her shin high orange boots and black backpack. She finally put her hair into a French braid and got into her Dodge Viper coated with silver paint. After a few hours of driving looking for a cemetery with Herald Manson's grave she finally found one. She wasn't for sure if it was the Herald Manson she was looking for but the place seemed familiar and the date of death matched. On the tomb stone it gave more info then in her dream. It said also that he would be remembered in the Library of East Asia. Lara was not sure on what it meant bye that but the only thing she could think of was taking a little trip to China, Japan your know the eastern countries. Lara found her self buying two plane tickets to Japan for tomorrow.

Then once she arrived home she called up an old friend.

"Hello?" A mans voice said.

"Hello darling"

"Red! Is that you?"

"Who else do you know that has an incredible English accent?"

"Well there was this one women who-"

"Yes Chase its me!"

"Oh? Sorry"

"Never mind about that where flying to Japan tomorrow"

"What did you find out?"

"Just enough Chase, Just enough" Lara hung up the phone and went to her study to look up information on Japan to learn a little bit on there language and there culture. It had been so long since the last trip there she was only 16. It was a trip she took right after the fatal accident with Von Croy. After a few hours Lara herd a ring on her door bell and logged of and went down to answer it.

There standing in front of her was one of the publishers from the company she worked for.

"Listen Lara where really sorry on how we reacted."

Lara smiled

"oh?"

"We would really like you back in our staff"

"Hmm that's nice to here?"

"So what do you think?"

"Why don't you call me once you company has stopped being ass holes" And with that Lara smiled and shut the door on the man. Lara then walked to her room and began to pack for the trip also bringing along her twin pistols. What am I with out a gun in my hand She said to herself.