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Sorry about the delay. I had hard time figuring this chappy out. Hope you enjoy it and please review.
Construction Site
She knew they had to run and hide. Fast. It wouldn't take long for the Nephilim to find out they had been fooled. She glanced at Konstantin who looked around for a rock or something to break through the car's window. Lara quickly moved closer to him.
"Konstantin..", she started well avare of the fact that they didn't need more 'publicity' or at least get some by stealing a car. A car that belonged to the very being they were trying to escape from.
"Not now Ms.Croft! Can't you see I'm doing something", he hissed back like Lara was the cause of his troubles. Then he got a rock in his line of sight and stepped toward it but something was stopping him. Something that had a firm hold of his jacket. He looked over his shoulder only to find Lara grabbing the old material of his coat.
"You can't. They'll here it and besides we got enough problems already"
"What problems?", he stated as if he didn't know.
How could he? Lara had never told him about being hunt by the police and the man probably couldn't read her mind.
"Like the police!", she snapped at him her eyes blaizing. "And stealing a car doesn't help us in that!"
"The police?"
Konstantin really seemed to be surprised. Lara sighed. Like the man wouldn't know what Karel had been doing all this time. Something in Konstantin's eyes told her she was right. He had no idea. She was brought back from her thoughts by a yell. It caused her to look at the highest storey of the building they had just exited and saw ine of Karel's companions staring at them. She grapped Konstantin by his coat without a warning causing the man to falter.
It didn't take long before both of them were running down the street knowing that their existence might be dependant on the success of their escape. They heard swearing and loud running steps as the Nephilim exited the building. Lara glanced over her shoulder finding Konstantin missing. Damn it. He probably had found a perfect place to hide. Not having him as one of her worries anymore she sprinted to a near-by alley and hugged the wall looking frantically for a way out at the same time. The wall at the end of the alley wasn't so high. She could make it if she tried. She peaked around the corner looking for Konstantin and found the man hiding behind a bush of some sort. Karel and his companions were still arguing near their car not paying attention to anything that happened on the street. Human blood, human flaws, Lara thought to herself. Lara signaled Konstantin to follow her but the shook his head. He crawled behind the next bush. To her it didn't seem to be an excellent choice but acceptable at the moment. Her gaze returned to the wall and slowly she began walking toward it hugging the wall as doing so.
The wall wasn't high and if she stood on her toes she could reach the top. It was a concrete wall but what made climbing over it easy was the fact that there were holes in the wall.. She didn't give it much thought before she climbed over the wall. With a heavy thud she fell on the other side. The wall had been higher on that side and it had probably been built to prevent someone falling to the construction site on the other side. The fall took its toll and she did everything in her power not to scream as she landed on her left anckle. She stood up but fell again as she tried to put weight on her strained anckle. She was sure it was only strained. It wasn't broken since she could wiggle her toes and move fer foot but it was swelling fast.
The construction site itself seemed to be safe enough. It was surrounded by wooden fences. There were plenty of crates laying around and a few excavators too. Again she tried to stand up and this time she managed to do so. She limped behind a crate and sat down so no one coming through the gate could see her.
How had it come to this? Her life had recently been more messed up than in all the years before it. First she had been thought dead then she had been thought to be a murderer. Not someone who committed one killing but someone who sliced up people just for the fun of it. Then she had ran across Kurtis who at this time was missing. At least to her and Konstantin. She didn't even want to think what had happened then. The kidnapping, finding out that someone thought dead was actually alive and kicking and running away with him from a monstrosity that can't be described with words. Now she sat behind a crate on a construction site wishing that none of it had happened. Well she wished most of it hadn't. There were some good parts but they were few.
Minutes crawled by and nothing happened. She wasn't used to wearing a watch so she had no idea how much time had actually passed by. It must've been at least an hour or two. She stood up finding her anckle much more bearable. She could put a little weight on it but just in case she didn't push her luck with it. Konstantin. She'd have to find him. He had decided against running to the alley and climbing over the wall. He could back to his life of slavery right now if Karel had caught him. She swallowed hard. If that had happened it would drive a final nail in Konstantins coffin. Experiencing freedom for the first time in years and then becoming caged again would break anyone's spirit...or then it would give them hope.
She limped toward the gate and peeked out of a hole in it. The road was silent and no cars other than parked ones could be seen. Slowly she opened the gate and stepped outside. It was still quite dark even if it was almost morning. Somehow Lara didn't believe Karel giving up this easily. He had had more years than human beings and they must have taught him some patience.
When she came to a street corner she peeked around it and to her surprise tha black car had disappeared from the place it once stood. No sign of Konstantin though. She didn't take any chances so she didn't scream his name and wake up everyone who happened to live near by. She walked as silently as she possibly could across the road to the last place she had seen Kurtis' father hoping the man would've found a way to escape.
"Ms.Croft", she heard someone whispering and tirned around to face Konstantin's eyes.
A small smile took over her lips as she realized the man had been able to escape. It disappeared as fast as it had appeared and a guestioning look rose into her eyes.
"What were the four things I said I hated?", she asked. Suddenly she had remembered Karel was a shapeshifter.
Konstantin looked stunned. This was something he hadn't been expecting to hear and he studied Lara with his eyes for awhile.
"I hardly got one thing out of you. If you really told about those four you must've done it while I wasn't listening"
"Good", she just nodded. "We need to find the damn halls before Karel"
"I know a place where we can start looking"
Sorry about the delay. I had hard time figuring this chappy out. Hope you enjoy it and please review.
Construction Site
She knew they had to run and hide. Fast. It wouldn't take long for the Nephilim to find out they had been fooled. She glanced at Konstantin who looked around for a rock or something to break through the car's window. Lara quickly moved closer to him.
"Konstantin..", she started well avare of the fact that they didn't need more 'publicity' or at least get some by stealing a car. A car that belonged to the very being they were trying to escape from.
"Not now Ms.Croft! Can't you see I'm doing something", he hissed back like Lara was the cause of his troubles. Then he got a rock in his line of sight and stepped toward it but something was stopping him. Something that had a firm hold of his jacket. He looked over his shoulder only to find Lara grabbing the old material of his coat.
"You can't. They'll here it and besides we got enough problems already"
"What problems?", he stated as if he didn't know.
How could he? Lara had never told him about being hunt by the police and the man probably couldn't read her mind.
"Like the police!", she snapped at him her eyes blaizing. "And stealing a car doesn't help us in that!"
"The police?"
Konstantin really seemed to be surprised. Lara sighed. Like the man wouldn't know what Karel had been doing all this time. Something in Konstantin's eyes told her she was right. He had no idea. She was brought back from her thoughts by a yell. It caused her to look at the highest storey of the building they had just exited and saw ine of Karel's companions staring at them. She grapped Konstantin by his coat without a warning causing the man to falter.
It didn't take long before both of them were running down the street knowing that their existence might be dependant on the success of their escape. They heard swearing and loud running steps as the Nephilim exited the building. Lara glanced over her shoulder finding Konstantin missing. Damn it. He probably had found a perfect place to hide. Not having him as one of her worries anymore she sprinted to a near-by alley and hugged the wall looking frantically for a way out at the same time. The wall at the end of the alley wasn't so high. She could make it if she tried. She peaked around the corner looking for Konstantin and found the man hiding behind a bush of some sort. Karel and his companions were still arguing near their car not paying attention to anything that happened on the street. Human blood, human flaws, Lara thought to herself. Lara signaled Konstantin to follow her but the shook his head. He crawled behind the next bush. To her it didn't seem to be an excellent choice but acceptable at the moment. Her gaze returned to the wall and slowly she began walking toward it hugging the wall as doing so.
The wall wasn't high and if she stood on her toes she could reach the top. It was a concrete wall but what made climbing over it easy was the fact that there were holes in the wall.. She didn't give it much thought before she climbed over the wall. With a heavy thud she fell on the other side. The wall had been higher on that side and it had probably been built to prevent someone falling to the construction site on the other side. The fall took its toll and she did everything in her power not to scream as she landed on her left anckle. She stood up but fell again as she tried to put weight on her strained anckle. She was sure it was only strained. It wasn't broken since she could wiggle her toes and move fer foot but it was swelling fast.
The construction site itself seemed to be safe enough. It was surrounded by wooden fences. There were plenty of crates laying around and a few excavators too. Again she tried to stand up and this time she managed to do so. She limped behind a crate and sat down so no one coming through the gate could see her.
How had it come to this? Her life had recently been more messed up than in all the years before it. First she had been thought dead then she had been thought to be a murderer. Not someone who committed one killing but someone who sliced up people just for the fun of it. Then she had ran across Kurtis who at this time was missing. At least to her and Konstantin. She didn't even want to think what had happened then. The kidnapping, finding out that someone thought dead was actually alive and kicking and running away with him from a monstrosity that can't be described with words. Now she sat behind a crate on a construction site wishing that none of it had happened. Well she wished most of it hadn't. There were some good parts but they were few.
Minutes crawled by and nothing happened. She wasn't used to wearing a watch so she had no idea how much time had actually passed by. It must've been at least an hour or two. She stood up finding her anckle much more bearable. She could put a little weight on it but just in case she didn't push her luck with it. Konstantin. She'd have to find him. He had decided against running to the alley and climbing over the wall. He could back to his life of slavery right now if Karel had caught him. She swallowed hard. If that had happened it would drive a final nail in Konstantins coffin. Experiencing freedom for the first time in years and then becoming caged again would break anyone's spirit...or then it would give them hope.
She limped toward the gate and peeked out of a hole in it. The road was silent and no cars other than parked ones could be seen. Slowly she opened the gate and stepped outside. It was still quite dark even if it was almost morning. Somehow Lara didn't believe Karel giving up this easily. He had had more years than human beings and they must have taught him some patience.
When she came to a street corner she peeked around it and to her surprise tha black car had disappeared from the place it once stood. No sign of Konstantin though. She didn't take any chances so she didn't scream his name and wake up everyone who happened to live near by. She walked as silently as she possibly could across the road to the last place she had seen Kurtis' father hoping the man would've found a way to escape.
"Ms.Croft", she heard someone whispering and tirned around to face Konstantin's eyes.
A small smile took over her lips as she realized the man had been able to escape. It disappeared as fast as it had appeared and a guestioning look rose into her eyes.
"What were the four things I said I hated?", she asked. Suddenly she had remembered Karel was a shapeshifter.
Konstantin looked stunned. This was something he hadn't been expecting to hear and he studied Lara with his eyes for awhile.
"I hardly got one thing out of you. If you really told about those four you must've done it while I wasn't listening"
"Good", she just nodded. "We need to find the damn halls before Karel"
"I know a place where we can start looking"