Please tell me if I should go on
Setbacks
Kurtis had been in hospital for several days now but there was no change in his condition. Not a single siqn of that glow that had existed in him before. It seemed like someone had just turned the lights off. She hadn't gone home to England. She had rented a small room from a lady accross the street. Quite near the hospital, she though. The lady herself was nice. Somehow it felt that she could see inside Lara's soul and see all the pain and frustration hidden in it. Lara spent most of her time walking around in the streets and sitting in Kurtis's room looking at those colourless face of his.
Today she had walked down the streets, found some nice souvenirs to her butler although she didn't get anykind of pleasure from it. She walked towards the hospital and to her surprise saw people running out of there screaming. Her curiosity woke up and she began to walk faster till she had almost reached the hospital. She caught one man who was running in almost panic-like way by the hand.
"What's happening in there?", she yelled to be sure that the man heard.
"Some wacko came in and started to kill patients. Yelled he was waiting someone called Croft to arrive" the man said shivering.
Shivers crawled in Lara's body too. Who could be there, who could be waiting for her.
The man seemed to notice the look in Lara's eyes. "You're Croft, aren't you?" Lara had no other choice than to nod. "Then it is you who he wants!", the man yelled and run away.
Lara stared for a little while but ran into the building soon after. The whole place was a mess and staff was nowhere to be seen. There was litter on the corridors and inconcious people lying in their beds or on the floor. Kurtis. Lara started running. She ran up the stairs and into his room only to see that there were people gathered in it. One of these she recognized the others were unfamiliar to her.
"So...you finally arrived", said the blond man beside the ventilation machine. "Thought we wouldn't find you and your little firend, eh?"
This was the man Lara had recognized. It was Karel and he held his finger on the on/off switch of the ventilation machine.
"What do you want, Karel?", she asked like she wouldn't care if Karel decided to use the switch.
"Just a little help from you"
"And what do I profit from it?"
"Your little puppet here has a chance to wake up then. If you don't accept the 'invitation' it all ends here for him" As to demonstrate he used the switch once keeping the machine of for a minute. Lara could hear her heart pounding. Karel switched the machine back on.
"Something little I thought only you could manage...after the Vault of Trophies it's not very big a deal"
"What is it then", Lara asked trying to appear calm.
"Want you to get something for me. You destroyed the first attempt but luckily that wasn't the only way to bring nephilim back."
Lara's heart jumped. So this was the deal. He wouldn't switch off the machine that held Kurtis alive and she would go and destroy everything he had fought for to save his life. If she didn't agree she would never see him again. If she did agree she at least would have a chance to stop Karel once and for all.
"It's a deal", she said quietly and Karel lifted his finger from the switch.
Lara wasn't sure how this would end up but at least he would be alive even if she wasn't and right now his being alive seemed to be the only thing that mattered to her.
Setbacks
Kurtis had been in hospital for several days now but there was no change in his condition. Not a single siqn of that glow that had existed in him before. It seemed like someone had just turned the lights off. She hadn't gone home to England. She had rented a small room from a lady accross the street. Quite near the hospital, she though. The lady herself was nice. Somehow it felt that she could see inside Lara's soul and see all the pain and frustration hidden in it. Lara spent most of her time walking around in the streets and sitting in Kurtis's room looking at those colourless face of his.
Today she had walked down the streets, found some nice souvenirs to her butler although she didn't get anykind of pleasure from it. She walked towards the hospital and to her surprise saw people running out of there screaming. Her curiosity woke up and she began to walk faster till she had almost reached the hospital. She caught one man who was running in almost panic-like way by the hand.
"What's happening in there?", she yelled to be sure that the man heard.
"Some wacko came in and started to kill patients. Yelled he was waiting someone called Croft to arrive" the man said shivering.
Shivers crawled in Lara's body too. Who could be there, who could be waiting for her.
The man seemed to notice the look in Lara's eyes. "You're Croft, aren't you?" Lara had no other choice than to nod. "Then it is you who he wants!", the man yelled and run away.
Lara stared for a little while but ran into the building soon after. The whole place was a mess and staff was nowhere to be seen. There was litter on the corridors and inconcious people lying in their beds or on the floor. Kurtis. Lara started running. She ran up the stairs and into his room only to see that there were people gathered in it. One of these she recognized the others were unfamiliar to her.
"So...you finally arrived", said the blond man beside the ventilation machine. "Thought we wouldn't find you and your little firend, eh?"
This was the man Lara had recognized. It was Karel and he held his finger on the on/off switch of the ventilation machine.
"What do you want, Karel?", she asked like she wouldn't care if Karel decided to use the switch.
"Just a little help from you"
"And what do I profit from it?"
"Your little puppet here has a chance to wake up then. If you don't accept the 'invitation' it all ends here for him" As to demonstrate he used the switch once keeping the machine of for a minute. Lara could hear her heart pounding. Karel switched the machine back on.
"Something little I thought only you could manage...after the Vault of Trophies it's not very big a deal"
"What is it then", Lara asked trying to appear calm.
"Want you to get something for me. You destroyed the first attempt but luckily that wasn't the only way to bring nephilim back."
Lara's heart jumped. So this was the deal. He wouldn't switch off the machine that held Kurtis alive and she would go and destroy everything he had fought for to save his life. If she didn't agree she would never see him again. If she did agree she at least would have a chance to stop Karel once and for all.
"It's a deal", she said quietly and Karel lifted his finger from the switch.
Lara wasn't sure how this would end up but at least he would be alive even if she wasn't and right now his being alive seemed to be the only thing that mattered to her.