First Update

"Rescue"

Snow flakes fell gently onto the ground covering everything in a thick coat of snow, as Lara stepped out of the Strahov she started to sink into the ground. The white powder came up to her knees and made it difficult for her to walk, and to make matters worse her legs were sore and strained. Every step she took was a struggle.

'I must get somewhere warm', her teeth chattered and her eyes watered from the ice cold wind. She tried to keep her mind off her freezing thighs but it was impossible as she was wearing shorts. As she reached a frozen fountain she had to stop and rub her skin to try and warm up, the cold was almost unbearable. Her arms and legs were frozen, her socks were wet making her toes numb, the blood on her arm from where a bullet had grazed her was frozen and her lips were blue turning purple,'I can't stop here, I must keep going or I will die here', She kept walking towards the nearest car, thinking 'It's my only hope'

She was 10 feet away, her legs were in terrible pain and they kept giving way making her fall in the snow. Now she was just in front of it, she reached out and pulled the car door handle, it was locked,'What was I thinking? Of course it was going to be locked', Her teeth started to chatter violently as a gust of frosty wind blew over her goose bumped skin. Now her body had a mind of its own, it wouldn't listen to her. Her knees gave way again but she couldn't get up this time, she lay on her left cheek in the snow. She could feel it melting around her into her thin clothes and more snow fell on top of her covering her brunette hair in tiny dots of white.

'This is it, this is how I am going to die. Face down in the snow. what a heroic death' . She closed her eyes and just lay there helpless. But just as she thought it was all over she felt two warm hands scoop her up and carry her, she couldn't open her eyes as her eyelids were now frozen shut, she started to panic and she tried to get herself out of the person's arms but she was too weak,

'Who is this?', she couldn't do anything as her body was still to weak. She felt like she was about to faint, her head hurt, her muscles were stiff and she could taste bile in her throat.

'I must stay awake.' But it wasn't working, she fainted and her frail body feel limp in her rescuer's arms.

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When Lara woke up she was no longer in the freezing cold but wrapped up warmly in blankets, duvets, quilts and sheets. She sat up slowly even though he muscles screamed in protest and looked around. She was sitting in a double bed in a hotel room, it was obviously a hotel room because of the tacky wallpaper and colour co-ordinated furniture. She looked down at her arms and realised she wasn't in her clothes anymore, she was wearing a pair of thick fuzzy green pyjamas.

'Who changed my clothes', she thought immediately

Then right on cue a door to her right opened and Kurtis walked out, he looked just the same as he did when Lara last saw him. His dark hair drooped messily on his head, his chin rugged with a goatee and amazing azure eyes that made Lara feel spellbound as she looked into them.

He was only wearing a pair of green trousers, he had no shoes or shirt on. Around his muscled torso there was a bandage with a stain of blood on it. Its was obvious that he was embarrassed, his cheeks were a deep shade of pink and he looked very surprised to see Lara sitting awake on the bed staring at him.

"Finally awake." He said simply

"umm…Yes…What time is it?" Lara said trying to start a conversation, 'He has a wonderfully toned torso…SHUT UP!

"1 PM, I found you yesterday freezing to death outside the Strahov."

"I figured as much," he shot her a nasty look "But I suppose thanks are in order." she smiled

"Your welcome, and don't think to much of it. I mean I couldn't have left you there." He ran his hands through his thick hair "Anyway, how do you feel?" He asked Lara.

"Better, what about you? Actually what happened to you?" Lara asked Kurtis, he walked over to a chair and picked up a white long sleeved shirt, he pulled it over his head and sat down in the chair.

"Oh this," he pointed to his waist where the bandage was "I thought I had killed Boaz but she ended up becoming some kind of demented insect, She went down easily after that and I honestly thought I had finished her off. But when I turned my back she stabbed me."

"Is she still alive?" Lara asked

"No, when I turned around I decapitated her. Thanks for your concern." He added sarcastically

"Your welcome," Lara replied with a smile "so just a question, but how did I get into these clothes?"

"you wish." Kurtis said as he fished around in his trouser pockets

"Don't flatter yourself, now answer my question."

"I did do it, but if you haven't noticed you are in your underwear. So do read to much into it." Kurtis replied,'I'm so glad you were asleep while I did it, or you would have kicked the shit outta me.', he shook the thought from his head and took a packet of cigarettes out of his pocket with a box or matches. He took a cigarette out of the box and struck a match "Your cloths are dry and they are hanging on the radiator in the bathroom." he took a drag from his cigarette and pointed to the door that he had come from, Lara got up slowly and grimaced in pain

"Are you alright?" Kurtis asked

"yes, just a little sore still." Lara replied, then she shuffled to the bathroom.