Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in the story and make no profit of it. Only the plot is mine.
AUTHOR'S NOTICE: I don't know if it's worth my while to keep writing this because of the lack of feedback and I really would want to know if there's any reason at all that I should continue. And please tell me if the right way of writing is Kurtis' or Kutis's.
Scales
Lara knew that Konstantin was driving above the speed limit but her eyes never left the man, not once. She studied his features like trying to find similarities between him and Kurtis. Nose seemed the same and thinking of it brought a wide smile on her beautiful face. Everything else exept the eyes seemed to be different. Perhaps Kurtis had inherited them from his mother or the genes had hopped a generation or few. Son had obviously gotten the glow behind his eyes from his father or so Lara thought. She had never seen his mother but believed the glow came from his father. And then there were features that didn't seem human at all. In Kurtis's eyes there was warmth and a strange pleasant feeling that Lara couldn't make out. There had also been a lot of pain she remembered. Pain that hasn't entirely been caused by his father's death but something else.
Konstantin was smiling to himself. It was the first smile Lara had seen on his face and it was propably the first he had had for many years. It wasn't a simple smile. It pictured his feelings perfectly. For the first time he could actually feel free and enjoy the things that were present during his imprisonment had a different meaning. He was free. Lara couldn't imagine what it fealt like but like they said: If you have never been imprisoned you know nothing of freedom. Until this day she thought she had but a mere look on the man driving the car convinced her otherwise. She could only imagine how it felt to be able to breath again without fearing some kind of punishment.
Her eyes closed and she tried to imagine his feelings at the moment and found out that she couldn't. Her longest imprisonment hadn't lasted a day because of her escape and she had been unconcious almost all of that time. A comfortable feeling filled her while pondering this.
Suddenly she remembered the last thing Karel ever told her. Egyptian mythology...well at least it didn't sound very tempting. Slight anger was growing inside her. She just about had it with Egyptian mythology last time which almost had resulted in her death. On the other hand she had never valued life so much than when she saw daylight for the first time after the great pyramid had collapsed. The thought made her smile. Even green leaf had looked different like she had noticed almost something magical in the small piece of nature. She hadn't really understood the weight of mortality before her accident but now it followed her wherever she went not leaving her side.
"What about Egyptian Mythology?", she asked Konstantin still looking at him. She was almost certain that Karel shared his plans with Konstantin, if for nothing else then for increased suffering. At first she thought he hadn't heard her but then there was a soft mumbling.
"Don't really have time to think about that now", he replied in a low voice and it was hard for Lara to hear him.
"But I need to know!"
"There are more urgent matters in my mind young lady", Konstantin snapped.
"Like what?", she was beginning to boil inside. She didn't want to argue with him but he left her very limited amount of choices.
"Like my son and that Karel knows where he is!"
His words hit Lara hard and she realized she hadn't really thought of that. Surely Karel couldn't be that quick healer and it was a long way to the hospital. But it wasn't Karel who had to find Kurtis. Perhaps he had left someone there to take care of him as soon as she sat in the car. The thought scared her and made her understand why Konstantin was driving above the speed limit. Luckily there where no police cars in sight.
"Well", she began cautiously. "You ain't going anywhere and neither am I so you could tell me all the same"
Konstantin sighed. Was there a way that he could get rid of the woman and her questions. Since he found none he decided he might as well answer them.
"Remember what Karel said about breaking someone's will?", Lara only nodded. She remembered chrystal clear. "It is hard to explain...you remember the part of Egyptian mythology what refers to the scales?"
"The scales that was used to examine if people had been good enough to find peace? Well...I have to admit that I don't believe in that part"
"Better do for it exists"
AUTHOR'S NOTICE: I don't know if it's worth my while to keep writing this because of the lack of feedback and I really would want to know if there's any reason at all that I should continue. And please tell me if the right way of writing is Kurtis' or Kutis's.
Scales
Lara knew that Konstantin was driving above the speed limit but her eyes never left the man, not once. She studied his features like trying to find similarities between him and Kurtis. Nose seemed the same and thinking of it brought a wide smile on her beautiful face. Everything else exept the eyes seemed to be different. Perhaps Kurtis had inherited them from his mother or the genes had hopped a generation or few. Son had obviously gotten the glow behind his eyes from his father or so Lara thought. She had never seen his mother but believed the glow came from his father. And then there were features that didn't seem human at all. In Kurtis's eyes there was warmth and a strange pleasant feeling that Lara couldn't make out. There had also been a lot of pain she remembered. Pain that hasn't entirely been caused by his father's death but something else.
Konstantin was smiling to himself. It was the first smile Lara had seen on his face and it was propably the first he had had for many years. It wasn't a simple smile. It pictured his feelings perfectly. For the first time he could actually feel free and enjoy the things that were present during his imprisonment had a different meaning. He was free. Lara couldn't imagine what it fealt like but like they said: If you have never been imprisoned you know nothing of freedom. Until this day she thought she had but a mere look on the man driving the car convinced her otherwise. She could only imagine how it felt to be able to breath again without fearing some kind of punishment.
Her eyes closed and she tried to imagine his feelings at the moment and found out that she couldn't. Her longest imprisonment hadn't lasted a day because of her escape and she had been unconcious almost all of that time. A comfortable feeling filled her while pondering this.
Suddenly she remembered the last thing Karel ever told her. Egyptian mythology...well at least it didn't sound very tempting. Slight anger was growing inside her. She just about had it with Egyptian mythology last time which almost had resulted in her death. On the other hand she had never valued life so much than when she saw daylight for the first time after the great pyramid had collapsed. The thought made her smile. Even green leaf had looked different like she had noticed almost something magical in the small piece of nature. She hadn't really understood the weight of mortality before her accident but now it followed her wherever she went not leaving her side.
"What about Egyptian Mythology?", she asked Konstantin still looking at him. She was almost certain that Karel shared his plans with Konstantin, if for nothing else then for increased suffering. At first she thought he hadn't heard her but then there was a soft mumbling.
"Don't really have time to think about that now", he replied in a low voice and it was hard for Lara to hear him.
"But I need to know!"
"There are more urgent matters in my mind young lady", Konstantin snapped.
"Like what?", she was beginning to boil inside. She didn't want to argue with him but he left her very limited amount of choices.
"Like my son and that Karel knows where he is!"
His words hit Lara hard and she realized she hadn't really thought of that. Surely Karel couldn't be that quick healer and it was a long way to the hospital. But it wasn't Karel who had to find Kurtis. Perhaps he had left someone there to take care of him as soon as she sat in the car. The thought scared her and made her understand why Konstantin was driving above the speed limit. Luckily there where no police cars in sight.
"Well", she began cautiously. "You ain't going anywhere and neither am I so you could tell me all the same"
Konstantin sighed. Was there a way that he could get rid of the woman and her questions. Since he found none he decided he might as well answer them.
"Remember what Karel said about breaking someone's will?", Lara only nodded. She remembered chrystal clear. "It is hard to explain...you remember the part of Egyptian mythology what refers to the scales?"
"The scales that was used to examine if people had been good enough to find peace? Well...I have to admit that I don't believe in that part"
"Better do for it exists"