I know it has been ages since I did an uppie and I really don't have much of an excuse except, for homework, writers block and a fanfic competition. Anyway I am now on holiday and I plan to update as much as possible. This uppie is dedicated to Laraslilgirl (not sure if u have the same handle here, so I used ur one from Lara's treasure room) if she didn't tell me she really enjoyed this fic, I wouldn't have gotten my butt into gear and really tried to write.

And Btw I noticed after re-reading this I have made loads of mistakes! Its really embarrassing, so soon ( I dunno when, maybe when i finish this fic) I am gonna go over every chappy and edit them till they are perfect.

Anyway, without further a due here is the long awaited update.

13. Revealed

Lara waded out of the water and waited for Kurtis. She tapped her foot impatiently and her expression was a look of pure hatred, she was pissed but she didn't want to blame him. He was only trying to keep her alive, but towards the end it didn't feel like he was just giving her oxygen, it was more of a kiss. He had taken advantage of the situation. After a couple of minutes Kurtis stepped out of the water and walked over to Lara, he opened his mouth as if to say something but Lara just walked away back into the forest. The leaves and branches rustled as she strode over them trying to get out of Kurtis's reach but he was to fast. He grabbed her by the arm and turned her towards him. Lara stared at him with cold menacing eyes

"Let go of me or I will make you let go of me." She growled, she looked like at him with such a glare it would have made anyone else back down, except Kurtis. He kept his grasp firmly on her arm and stared back at her with the same look of anger and menace.

"Why are you so angry at me?" He questioned

"Why the fuck do you think?" Lara spat as she yanked her arm out of his hand

"I don't know," Kurtis sighed "If it has anything to do with the mouth to mouth thing I was only trying to keep you in the land of the living."

"It may have started that way, but it sure as hell didn't end that way!" Lara shouted

"Shut the fuck up." Kurtis hissed "For all we know Karel could be here."

"Are you having one of your Lux Veritatus moments?" Lara said sceptically "Do you have some kind of six sense?" She turned to leave but a new voice from behind her made her stop dead in her tracks

"I'm not sure whether he does or not, but he is right." Suddenly a small light turned on and the owner of the voice stepped out of the shadows into Lara's torch beam. It was a woman. She had long blonde hair that reached her knees tied in a loose plait, her eyes were olive green, she had pink pouting lips and soft smooth skin. She had this amazing glow that hugged her frail figure, it was like a visible aura. As Kurtis and Lara looked at her they found themselves at peace, they no longer felt the anger from their argument. They were hypnotised, it was the ultimate high.

"Who are you?" Lara finally asked

"I will keep my name to myself for the moment, but you can call me Phoenix for now." She replied with a warm smile at Lara

"You're the one who knocked me out back in Prague? But I thought a man had informed the police."

"In a way it is true. A man did prove your innocence but…" A noise of rustling leaves made Phoenix stop "I know you probably have lots of questions, but now is not the time. Please follow me." She turned and walked back into the shadows through a thick thorny bush. Lara and Kurtis exchanged glances, they were slightly unsure on whether to follow her or not. Another noise of rustling leaves and branches followed by voices made them both practically sprint through the bush. On the other side Phoenix stood waiting.

"Quick, turn off your lights." She whispered, both Lara and Kurtis complied and they stood in complete darkness.

The sound of people walking over dead leaves and breaking branches under their boots was now louder and clearer. Through the thick leaves and branches of the bush Lara could see two man dressed in black cloaks walking down the path they had come on, they could only be two people. Karel and his jittery friend from the airport. Lara felt her blood boil, 'If he were human I would shot him right now, even if it meant I would reveal our hiding place. At least he would be dead.'. She watched him pass as if he were her prey 'One day.' she told herself.

Kurtis nudged her lightly and pointed to what was making all the noise from before. Following Karel and his friend were about twenty soldiers all armed with rifles, handguns and bright torches. If they saw any sign of movement from the bush they would be able to see the three of them in a nanosecond. Lara stayed completely still, no noise was heard except the crunching of branches. Lara held her breath as she watched them all pass and waited a few mintures for good measure then sighed in relief.

"That was close." Kurtis said

"To close, we better get moving." Lara turned to Phoenix "We have a boat waiting for us on the beach."

Phoenix nodded then they all walked out of the bush and jogged back to the beach with Kurtis in the lead, Phoenix behind him and Lara after her.

The trio emerged from the forest out onto the beach where their boat sat silently as the waves crashed into it but Giovanni was nowhere to be seen.

"Can you see him anywhere?" Lara asked Kurtis

"No…" He looked around scanning the shoreline

"Something is wrong…this doesn't feel right. When we left him he had a small fire burning and a radio playing." Lara walked over to the spot where the fire had been and saw now a smoking pile of ash and next to it the sand was wet "Someone put it out."

"He must have seen Karel coming." Kurtis added "Look, you can see he tried to run but they caught up with him." The trio followed the footprints up to the border of the forest, now they saw a large mess of overturned sand and blood. They had shot him then dragged him back down to the shore, the young boy dug his hands into the sand in a desperate attempt to survive but only created a long trail to his grave. Lara ran down the trail leading to the little boat, her heartbeat racing. Even though she didn't know Giovanni at all, all she knew was that he was an innocent boy trying to make some money to help his family and she dragged him into something he had no part in. When Lara reached the boat she recoiled in disgust, Kurtis and Phoenix ran over to her then had the same reaction as they saw what Karel had done to their guide. Giovanni lay in a pool of his own blood curled in a foetal position with his hands and feet tied by ropes, he had been shot four times in the back and twice in the chest but worst of all they had decapitated him. His head lay at his feet, mouth open and eyes rolled back. He had been screaming in agony.

"That bastard!" Kurtis cried as he looked at the teenager's corpse

"Shhhh!" Phoenix hissed "We must leave. I am sorry for your loss but we must go before it is-"

"Too late?" A snide voice queried, Lara and Kurtis instinctively went for their guns but the stopped as they heard rifles being loaded, they were outnumbered "Yes, I think that would be unwise. So please put your hands on your head and we will relieve you of your weapons."

Kurtis, Lara and Phoenix slowly raised their hands to their heads and turned to face Karel and his small army. As usual he greeted them with a sinister smile and an egotistical expression. Two men walked over to Lara and Kurtis and took their weapons then went back to their spots.

"Akasha!" Karel said in disbelief as he saw them turn, Kurtis and Lara seemed bewildered but Phoenix just looked like she had been hit in the stomach "I should have guessed you would have helped these two."

"Why are you doing this?" She asked "You know if you bring them back they will only destroy this planet, they may even destroy you. Or had you forgotten they have no sense of self-control?"

"Dear sister," Lara looked over at Akasha in surprise, she had not seen that coming "Although you may think of that as a disaster I see it as a blessing. It would be the end of the human's and the beginning of the Nephilim."

'Oh god not again, why do they always have to have some kind of fucked up idea of world bloody domination? Can't they be original for once!' Lara rolled her eyes as she thought about all the other megalomaniacs she had dealt with in the past.

"You watch way to many movies." Kurtis smiled and chuckled at Karel's small speech. Karel smiled at him and slowly walked over to him with a look of extreme poise then suddenly he crashed his fist into Kurtis's stomach making him fall to his knees. Karel bent down and whispered in his ear

"I suppose you're going to tell me that I will never get away with this, am I right?" Karel asked as he overflowed with glee.

"Fuck you Karel." Lara spat as she watched him wind Kurtis up "Your nothing but a pathetic villain, I have met many like you before and I always made sure they fail. So fuck you."

Karel smiled then slowly applauded "I love your spirit Lara, its very refreshing…it reminds me of myself when I was your age. Don't you think Adam?" The jittery man standing next to Karel nodded violently, he seemed very shaken and he was watching Akasha from the corner of his eye "This is my brother Adam. Lady Croft and Mr.Trent, you are privileged to witness this little family reunion and you will be even more so when you met my father in Turkey."

"As far as I am concerned that will never happen." Kurtis replied as he looked at Karel with disgust, Karel returned the expression.

"Lara, if you please give me the book." Karel walked over to her and extended his hand, but she stood her ground.

"Fine." Karel sighed then grabbed Lara and turned her around to open her bag.

Lara didn't know what to do, for once she was out of ideas. There was no way they could get away fast enough in the boat and they were outnumbered so fighting was out of the question. She looked over at Kurtis for help, but he was no help, he had no ideas either. Karel had won.

All of a sudden Lara heard Karel scream in pain, Lara spun around and saw him clutching his hand that was engulfed in flames. Akasha had her hand outstretched in his direction and a satisfied smile on her lips.

"Hold onto me." She instructed the dazed couple, who both grabbed her arms before the soldiers could react. Lara closed her eyes expecting her body to be riddled with bullets any second but instead she heard the laughter of children and the loud honking of car horns. They were back in Gaeta, right infront of their hotel.

"How did you do that!" Kurtis asked as he looked around to make sure he was really there.

"Its one of my powers." She smiled at him "Lets go get your stuff then go back to my place, we have a few hours before my brother will find us."

Well hope you liked it, I had fun writing it

P.S In case u don't remember Giovanni was the teenager who brought Lara and Kurtis to the island.