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Chapter two, This is how it will be

The next morning Lara woke up early, her night sleep had been terrorized with nightmares, not wanting to be confronted with them again made Lara decide to get out at eight in the morning. First she decided to take a shower, then she dressed herself into a black leather pants and a white shirt. She was on her way to the library when the doorbell rang, it seemed Hillary was miles away so she decided to open the door. Lara wondered who would visit her this early. Much to her surprise it was Alex West who was standing on the other side of the door. Lara looked at her watch, it was almost ten in the morning, he was too early.

"Mr West, Alex, aren't you a little early?"

"Yes, but I couldn't wait any longer." He answered as Lara let him in.

"Well, in that case please follow me Alex."

Lara turned around and walked to the tech room, Alex followed her and noticed she brought him to the computer filled room. As they reached the tech room Lara turned back the Alex.

"So, Alex, you brought the codex didn't you?"

"Oh…yes…" Alex reached in the bag he had brought with him and removed the codex, it was handed to Lara.

Lara eyed it carefully, it was much bigger then she imagined, and there was a lot to translate. Just then Bryce entered the tech room, his eyes roamed over Alex for a few seconds before he turned his head to Lara.

"Who's this chump?" he said.

Lara had to laugh, not at Bryce's words but at the funny look Alex had as he reacted on Bryce's words.

"This is Alex West, the American I told you about yesterday remember?"

Again Bryce looked at Alex and then back again. "I like John better." He said and seated himself behind one of the computers in the tech room.

Just as Alex was about to interfere Lara moved her hand up. "Don't mind him Alex, he thinks of John as a god." She said smiling.

At her words Alex decided to smile back. Lara turned back to Bryce and placed the codex in front of his nose.

"I have work for you Bryce, I need this translated before noon, and don't give me any excuses."

Bryce aimed angry eyes at the tomb raider, but Lara ignored them completely.

"Alex why don't you follow me, I have to show you something."

The two tomb raiders left the tech room, Lara walked towards the garage and once they were inside of it she could see Alex was rather stunned to see the large collection of cars. But when Lara walked forward and her gun collection came in sight Alex's stunned face went in shock, though he did his best to hide it.

"So, what do you think?" she asked the yank.

"Well…uh…you have quite some guns I guess."

The brown eyed woman chuckled "No Alex, I was talking about the cars."

"Oh, the cars?" he pointed out at the cars "Yes off course, the cars, great cars, especially the Aston Martin."

"It's my favorite." She said.

Alex rubbed the back of his head "I can see why." He replied.

"Alex, there is something I want to ask you." Lara stated, her face suddenly turning serious.

"Yeh sure."

"I promised you to help translating the codex so you can find the location of the prayer wheels, but I want there to be something in it for me too."

A raised eyebrow went out to the female tomb raider.

"Off course, anything you want Lady Croft."

"I go with you, to the tomb…"

Everything inside of Alex froze, this was something he didn't expect. He thought of a payment but not this.

"Wow, you got me there." He said as he had no idea how to react. He had to find a way to talk her out of this idea, it was important that she would not come along, his employer would not be happy about it.

"What do you mean?" Lara asked.

"Eh…well, I hadn't expected this, can't I give you money instead?"

The look in Lara's eyes turned stone cold, it gave Alex shivers over his back, she was certainly not happy with his reply.

"Excuse me Mr West, but as you can see I don't need any money. If you want the codex translated this is how it will be, if you don't agree you can take the bloody codex back and look for someone else to translate it."

A little angry Lara exited the garage, leaving Alex behind. The American rubbed the back of his head. This was going to be a serious problem, how will he explain this to his employer, well he has to worry about that later, right now it's best to agree Lara's offer, then at least he knows the location of the prayer wheels.

Alex walked back into the manor, on his way to the tech room he saw Lara was discussing something with Bryce. As he neared the two friends he cleared his throat to get Lara's attention but she refused to look up and continued her conversation with the tech.

"Lady Croft, I have accepted your offer, you can come with me."

Now she did look up, the cold look in her eyes was gone and there was a beginning of a smile forming on her face.

"Thank you Alex." She replied kindly.

"I'm sorry Lady Croft, you just surprised me a little, that's all."

The smile on her face increased "It's alright Alex, come and have a look at this, Bryce has translated the codex."

"Already?" Alex said confused.

Bryce threw his hands up "Piece of cake, it wasn't that difficult to translate it yank." He said.

Alex moved closer to the screen until his eyes landed on one word, Tibet.

"Their in Tibet?" he asked.

"Yup," Bryce replied "Somewhere high in the cold freezing mountains."

Alex looked up "That's great, thank you very much…eh…Bryce."

"So Alex…when are you planning to leave?" Lara cut right to the chase.

"There are some things I have to take care of first, why don't I give you a call tomorrow morning?" he hoped she would agree, that way he could tell his employer about the small change of plans.

"Smashing, I'll talk to you tomorrow then."

Alex nodded slightly, he took the codex back with him and then found his own way out of the manor. Immediately after Alex had left, Lara went back to Bryce, who was already back at working on his newest invention. A robot that should give Lara some competition when she's in the practice room. If she remembered correctly she heard Bryce calling it Simon, why on earth would he name that robot, once Lara is done with it, there will be nothing left of the bloody robot.

"Bryce, can you find out where Alex West lives, I have this feeling that he won't call back tomorrow and if that feeling is right I'll have to pay him a visit."

"Already on it Milady." Bryce answered and put Simon aside for a few moments.

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London, Alex's apartment.

Alex parked his Audi in the parking garage under his apartment, he took the elevator to the sixth floor and opened the door to his apartment. He closer the door behind him and locked the three locks that secured the door. Suddenly a hand grabbed him by his shoulder, Alex instantly turned around as he was startled by the uninvited visitor. He sighed as he recognized the man standing in front of him.

"Damien, you scared the hell out of me, how did you get inside."

Damien smirked "That's for me to know and for you to find out…Alex." He said mirroring Lady Croft's accent.

Alex bypassed the man and threw himself at the black leather couch, the man walked the window and enjoyed the six floors high view.

"How did it go with the codex?"

It was best to tell him the truth, this will probably be the best option for him.

"I have good news and bad news, which one would you like to know first?" Alex replied.

The man replied with silence and kept looking outside. Alex understood that he was making him angry and cut right to the chase.

"Lady Croft managed to translate the codex but she refused to give the translation to me unless…" Alex paused shortly.

"Unless what?"

"Unless she could come with me to the tomb."

Damien clasped his hands together and finally turned away from the window.

"Excellent." He said and completely surprised Alex with his reply.

"What? You don't mind?"

"No off course not, the more tomb raiders the better, so where are the prayer wheels hidden?"

"In Tibet…" Alex replied "But I don't think I understand."

A smile appeared on Damien's face. "Alex, I don't mind if you bring Lady Croft along with you, if that's what it takes to retrieve the prayer wheels, so be it. Now what did you agree with her, when are you leaving?"

"I told her I'd give her a call tomorrow morning because I still had some things to do."

"Then call her tomorrow and tell her you will leave tomorrow at noon, I'll have my pilot fly you to Tibet."

Damien walked towards the front door, he started to unlock it.

"Alright, I'll call her tomorrow, I take it the plane is standing on the old royal army airport just outside London?" Alex asked, still sitting on the couch.

"Exactly, good luck Alex."

Damien opened the door and walked outside, he gave Alex a wink and then closed the door. Alex let out a deep sigh as he was relieved with the reaction Damien gave him.

Damien stepped into the limo that was waiting for him in the parking garage. Inside there was a Chinese man waiting for him.

"How did it go Damien?" he asked.

"Not so good, it seems Mr West will bring a loose end with him."

"That Croft woman?" the Asian asked.

Damien nodded.

"You want me to kill her?"

"No Chau, there is no need to kill her yet. Let her help Alex to find the prayer wheels, I have the feeling she can be of good use, we follow them on a safe distance and once they find the prayer wheels you can kill her."

A wick smile formed on Chau's face "It will be my pleasure and what about West?" he asked.

"Mr West will stay alive, we'll need someone to be blamed for the death of Lady Croft." Damien had it all planned inside his head, it should work perfectly. "Let's go home." He ordered the driver as he smiled and leaned back in his seat being a satisfied man.

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