I know this is really short but I had to put it in somewhere. That is why I've called it "Interlude".

Joining Forces 5

Chapter 5 – Rest (Interlude)

Lara slipped the key into the door of her cheap hotel room. When she entered she saw just why it was so cheap. The furniture was threadbare, the table and units were scuffed and the bed sagged. Evidently she was one of the first people to come here entertaining the notion of sleeping. She looked around and saw that her bags had been brought up. She wondered how much that had cost her...

Surprisingly the bathroom was clean and the bath worked. She submerged deeply into the deep foamy water. After only about fifteen minutes the buzzer sounded. 'SH--!' Lara swore loudly. She got out of the bath and wrapped herself inside the biggest (but scratchiest) towel she could find as she had every intention of returning. 'Coming!' She called. When she saw who it was she almost dropped her towel.

Standing right in front of her, fit and healthy and dressed as she last saw him (albeit a socking great hole in the t-shirt) was Kurtis. 'Hi.' He offered.