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Chapter 2- by Isa Koliki
Surprise
Lara tossed and turned in her bed that night. She couldn't sleep- after all, it had been a long day for her. The fight with Karel, the escape from the lab, chased by the
police, worrying about Kurtis... Wait, did I just think that?
She shook it out of her head. It was nothing. Rolling over on her side, she saw a glimpse of something through the window. It looked... surely it couldn't be... a face?
Mentally shaking herself, Lara sat up in her bed. This was stupid. First having strange thoughts about Kurtis Trent, then imagining faces at the window- she was finally
cracking.
She needed a walk, to clear her mind. It would be dangerous, but she'd stay in the garden- and besides, what else were guns for?
Quickly throwing on loose trousers and a vest top, she quietly let herself downstairs and outside the back door. She deeply breathed in the fresh air. It was good to get
outside.
Suddenly, Lara thought she saw movement by the rose bushes. She spun around quickly, drawing her pistols and aiming them.
Not a rustle.
Deciding to take the chances, Lara called out. "Who's there? Show yourself!"
Still not a thing. And this time, Lara was pretty sure it wasn't her imagination. There was someone in this garden who was not supposed to be.
Edging forward cautiously, pistols trained on the suspicious bush, Lara tried again. "Come out, or I will be forced to shoot! Five seconds. Five... four... three..."
From out of the rose bushes, Marge stepped out. Lara sighed, putting her pistols back into their holsters.
"Marge? Why are you out here? Why aren't you asleep?"
Marge made no noise as she bent down and picked something up from the middle of the bush.
A rifle.
And it was aimed at Lara's head.
"Marge, what are you-"
"Shut up. NOW!"
Every instinct in Lara's body told her to draw her pistols and shoot. She would probably have enough time - it took longer to draw and aim a rifle than it did a pistol.
There were still risks, of course. But somehow Lara couldn't make herself shoot this woman that had only been kind to her. Not without knowing any more details.
Marge took aim, her finger on the trigger.
A bullet came from out of nowhere, emerging itself into Marge's rib cage. She fell to the floor, dead. Looking up, Lara could just make out Kurtis, hanging out of his
window, gun pointed at Marge.
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Solid Snake watched all this calmly from up a particularly large Rowan tree at the bottom of Marge's garden. He had drawn his own gun, ready to shoot at Marge if
need be. It was vital that Croft stayed alive.
His CODEC suddenly crackled into life.
"Snake? Snake, are you there? Pick up! Pick up!"
Doing as the voice commanded, he lifted it from his belt and pressed the button.
"Recieved. Snake here, sir"
"Any news on the Croft woman?"
Snake thought. He should tell his superiors about Marge, and that other man - Kurtis something - but he felt unwilling to. He wanted to keep his discoveries secret, until
he had found out a bit more about this woman.
"No, nothing's happened, sir. I'm still keeping a watch on her."
"Good man. Let us know if anything comes up."
The CODEC went silent now that the conversation had finished. The quietness was almost eerie.
The night was still not over, and Snake couldn't help feeling that it still held more surprises.
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"You OK?" Kurtis asked as Lara let herself into his room.
"I'm fine. Just a bit shocked."
"Yeah."
There wasn't much to say, both were at loss for words. There was a question at the tip of Kurtis's tongue, and yet he wasn't sure if now was the right time to say it. Lara
looked at him.
"What?" She asked sharply.
"Well... what did she say to you, before she... you know,"
"You mean Marge?"
"Yes."
Lara sighed. "Hardly anything. She just didn't seem her normal self. I really trusted her, Kurtis. And now... I don't know what to think."
Kurtis nodded, not pressing her any more. Now was not the right time to talk about it.
"I'm going to check on Tom. You should get back to sleep." Lara added, rubbing her eyes. "Good night."
"`Night."
Lara started to walk out the room. As an after thought, she turned back.
"Oh, and Kurtis... thanks."
Lara had no idea what to do. Marge had helped her so much. I trusted her...
Now she was dead. And Tom, what about him? She couldn't just kill him!
Great, another death charge on me!
Lara was getting desperate by the time she got to her destination: Marge's room.
It was open.
"Tom?"
Tom was lying on the bed, the sheets covering his face. Lara sneaked behind the bed. Hostering her weapon, she hit Tom in the head, tinging the sheets with red blood.
Grabbing him by his legs, she drove him to the kitchen and locked him inside the pantry, together with a note, explaning what happened. She was pretty sure he would
never believe her. Honestly, she didn't believe it herself!
End of chapter
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