Chapter 2
London, England,
Watcher Council Headquarter, Location Unknown (Mystically hidden).
08:00, 22nd June 1994.
Inside his office Quentin Travers the head of the Slayer Liaison department, in other words the department responsible for kidnapping, brainwashing and training new slayers, was reading over the reports concerning the active slayer at the moment, currently working through South Africa. When a knock at the door came, he put down the report.
"Yes." Quentin said and gentleman opened the door holding a folder. "What is it?"
"Sir, we have reports of a mystical alignment last night at midnight, at Stonehenge sir." The man reported. "It is similar in effect and power to the incident 16 years ago."
"What do the mystics have to say?" Quentin demanded.
"A new female warrior was created." The gentleman reported. "They don't know how or who did it sir, but they are positive it is a slayer but apart from that they don't know."
"Thank you very much Simon, leave the report here I will deal with it." Quentin stated and Simon nodded leaving the folder on his desk Quentin dialled a number on his phone. "Assemble the council, we have a situation." He stated to the receiver then hanging it up.
Minutes later Quentin entered the Ruling Council's chamber, and took his seat among the twelve, waiting to be called on to answer, for why he had called this meeting.
"Ok Quentin, why the urgency of this meeting?" The head of the Council Jacque LaFront asked.
Quentin passed over the file Simon had given him. "Last night there was a mystical convergence at Stonehenge, at the time of midnight creating a new mystical warrior. I believe this warrior maybe a threat to us, and to our own agenda."
"What do you suggest?" Liam Kincaid, another member of the council asked.
"The mystical convergence, matched that of the one that happened 16 years ago, on Summer solstice, I do not believe this a co-incidence, and I believe that young Miss Croft destiny maybe coming into call." Quentin answered.
"If this is true then this will endanger our future plans and you are right." Jacque replied. "What do you suggest we do?"
"Capture and reprogram Miss Hailey Croft, and make her our puppet." Quentin replied.
"What of the rest of those staying there, Lara Croft is a great danger if she were to learn of our involvement, in the kidnapping of her sister, it could very well lead to our own destruction." Lady Cassandra Lawron, the seer of the ruling council stated.
"Then we simply eliminate everyone else in the house, and make it look like Hailey Croft had gone mad, and killed everyone in her entire family." Liam answered.
"Yes very well Quentin, you have to the end of the week to retrieve Miss Croft." Jacque stated and Quentin nodded. "Though understand, if she cannot be retrieved she is to be killed, we cannot risk her endangering our future plans."
"Of course sir." Quentin answered.
Surrey,
Croft Manor.
12:00
Hailey entered the kitchen, dressed in a dressing gown finding her sister, Hilary and Bryce all there drinking coffee and eating toast, Hailey smiled pours herself a cup of fresh coffee, and sits besides her sister.
"Some toast Miss Hailey?" Hilary asks politely.
"No just now Hilary, and I'll do it myself when I do." Hailey answers smiling, noticing the looks her sister is throwing her. "Lara, I know that look you want to know what I learnt last night, believe me you are better off not knowing. Though I do need a couple of favours."
"What do you need?" Lara asked.
"Weapons training." Hailey answered.
"Why?" Lara demanded. "I figured I would give you the training yes, but not until you at least finished you're A Levels, in the summer before you went off to university."
"Well that ain't going to happen now." Hailey answered. "I am not going back to school, I only have a few weeks before I need to leave on a journey."
"And where will this journey take you?" Hilary asked surprised.
"Shaolin Temples in China is the first destination, after that I don't know." Hailey answered seriously.
"Why are you going to China?" Lara demands.
"To find something." Hailey answers. "Now will you train me or not?"
"Once you tell me why." Lara stated.
"Fine." Hailey and then tells them most of what Cal'endranen told her last night, leaving out what they didn't need or weren't ready to know.
"Oh my god." Bryce exclaims in shock.
"You are sure about this, and this is real not someone messing with your mind Hailey?" Hilary asked and Hailey nodded. "Then you will have all my support and anything else I can provide you."
"Thank you Hilary, your help and aid will be appreciated." Hailey replies looking to Lara. "So what do you have to say on this Lara?"
"We begin training tomorrow." Lara replies and Hailey nodded. "Given two weeks intense training you should be ready, so we will for China the third week of July."
"You don't have to do this Lara." Hailey answered quickly, seeing the look in her sister's eyes. "This is my quest not yours, though I would welcome your help don't feel obligated please."
"No way am I staying out of this Hai, we are family and family stands together." Lara replied smiling and hugging her sister.
European Continent, Earth.
Demonic Stronghold.
15th December 2255.
The demonic council sat in session discussing the new threat to their rule.
"The mutagenic child has been awoken." The lead of demon intel reported.
"Are we sure?" The leader demanded.
"Yes sir, every report we have received on past actions say she has awakened and will begin her quest." The intel demon reported. "And unless she is stopped she will succeeded, and it will mean the end of everything here and every possibility, the prophecy we thought we had defeated and stopped will come true."
"Ok what do we do?" Another demon asked. "Kill her before she is awakened?"
"To dangerous, her pre-immortality would keep her alive and awaken her gifts early." Another demon answered.
"But if we took her head she wouldn't awaken." Another demon demanded.
"Besides it is not honourable to attack a child." A Third demon stated.
"Agreed." The leader answered. "What do we know of events after her awakening?"
"The Watcher's Council have their eyes on her, with intention of grabbing and brainwashing her." The leader intel demon answered. "But they will fail, as they underestimate the will power of the Croft family."
"What do we do?" Another demon demanded.
"Send an assassin to finish the council job." The leader stated and the general murmur was in agreement. "Bring in Ocala."
Moments later a 8 foot tall red skinned demon dressed in armour, with various weapons scattered across it's body entered the chamber awaiting orders.
"You are to go back and remove the mutagenic child from our timeline, before she becomes a real threat to us." The leader stated.
"When?" Ocala asked.
"After her first dealing with the Watcher's Council." The leader stated.
Surrey,
Croft Manor.
05:00 23rd June 1994.
Outside of the manor a group of a dozen men are creeping through the grounds, dressed in black camouflage suits with automatic H&K 53 assault rifles, their objective to take the house and kill everyone inside except their target Hailey Croft who they were to retrieve for their employers the Watcher's Council. They were a special ops team assembled and worked for the Council all across the world, putting down situations the Council needed dealing with, and that their slayers couldn't do.
The team were assembled from the world best special forces groups, including the SAS, SBS, and the Legion, they were also men who had no conscious and could care less who they had to kill as long as they got paid. They were hired to the Council's really dirty jobs, and they all enjoyed it and were hoping to have some fun with the residents before they left.
"Ok you all the situation lets make this quick and clean, in other words no funny business Lara Croft is meant to be very deadly." The leader Michael Jaguar stated. "We go in kill everyone we encounter excluding the target and get out, am I clear."
The 11 others nodded and disperse around the mansion for their entry points, leaving Michael at the front door, minutes later the team check in to say they were in position and clear to enter at their points.
"Ok we go in 5." Michael said counting down to 1 then kicking the door, and searching the lobby with his rifle.
Find the area clear he moved inwards searching every available doorway and room, while keeping his back to the door but find no activity at all. His team checked in saying all rooms were clear, and the ground floor was clean, so they proceeded upstairs to the master bedrooms, with the information they had they had three or four bedroom's occupied.
Finding Hilary's bedroom he entered quietly finding the bed empty, he spun around to find Hilary kicking his gun away from him, then sending him flying backwards.
"Who the hell are you?" Hilary demanded.
"Your executioner." Michael said drawing a silenced berretta, but keeping it hidden. "By the way how did you know I was here?"
"I am light sleeper comes from the dangerous situations I find myself in, I heard you outside of my room." Hilary answered. "Now who sent you?"
"Watcher's Council." Michael replied pulling out his gun and getting off one shot before his hand was pinned to the wall by a knife, the shot hitting Lara in the chest killing him. "Bastard."
Yanking out the knife. "Target 1 dead, be careful they may know we are here."
"We've 5 men sir, but target two is dead." His second Rupert Lyers reported.
"Are you saying she killed 5 of my men before you killed her?" Michael asked in shock.
"Yes sir." Rupert answered. "And injured two other?"
"What of the capture?" Michael demanded.
"Tazered sir, by the looks of it sir they knew we were coming." Rupert answered.
"Damn, lets get out of here now." Michael said ordering the withdrawal.
London, England,
Watcher Council Headquarter, Location Unknown (Mystically hidden).
05:30.
Quentin sat at his desk at his secure phone rung.
"Yes?" Quentin asked.
"Package is secured." Michael reported. "Targets dead."
"Very well done." Quentin answered.
"Yes well it cost me 7 men to complete." Michael replied.
"Not totally unexpected." Quentin answered.
"You could have warned us Miss Croft had special forces training." Michael snapped.
"Nothing was ever confirmed." Quentin replied. "Bring the package to secure house 5, your money will be there."
"Fine." Michael snapped hanging up.
Quentin contacted the security department. "Michael Jaguar and their team are delivering a package to house 5, they have outlived their usefulness please make sure they do not leave."
"Yes sir." A male voice answered.
Surrey,
Croft Manor.
09:00
Hilary sat up in shock clasping his chest, looking around he could see the blood stain, where his attacker's hand had been but no sign of his attacker, grabbing his shotgun, he rushed off to Lara and Hailey's bedrooms to check whether they were ok.
Reaching Hailey's first finding blood stains but no bodies nor no Hailey, he began to worry and rushed to Lara's room, finding more blood stains and Lara's dead body lying on the floor.
"Bugger." Hilary exclaimed sitting on the bed and waited, moments later Lara shot up gasping for breath and grabbing her head, "Look at me Lara, look at me and the buzzing will die down."
Lara looked at Hilary and the buzzing in her head died down, and she looked around seeing all the blood but no sign of Hailey. "Where is she Hilary, where is my sister?"
"I don't know but if I had to guess." Hilary stated lowering his gun. "The men that assaulted us grabbed her, but I am not sure about that but all I do know is that she isn't in her bedroom nor around the manor."
"Who were they?" Lara asked.
"Watcher's Council Special Operation Team." Hilary answered.
"Why do they want Hailey?" Lara asked.
"I don't know and that worries me." Hilary answered and Lara nodded.