Hello this is the author formerly know as Firegoddes speaking here is the brand spankin' new version of my next generation tomb raider story the first was a bit crappy so I took the lighter and started from scratch enjoy.

A young girl with blue eyes and long brown hair done up in a French braid walked silently through a small hole in a wall into the muted light of a ancient Egyptian temple. She raised her gun checking the clip for the third time. She cast her eyes around the gloom searching, her eyes rested on a cartouche. She walked closer inspecting the worn writing; she smiled finding what she sought. Treading softly she walked through the doorway next to the cartouche, there, on top of a gilded alter rested a silver dagger suspended between to miniature sphinx statues. Letting her gun drop to her side she quickly crossed the room and reached out to grab the dagger.

Behind her in the corridor there was a soft sound sending dust cascading down one pillar. The girl raised her gun and stepped out side into the corridor scanning the ceiling and other doorways father down. seeing nothing she clutched the dagger in on hand gun in the other and moved warily toward the hole she had come in. she was a few feet away from it when she herd another sound whirling she raised her gun again. Seconds later a large black robot swung down weapons at the ready. The girl was hardly able to pull the trgger before he swung one clawed hand and sent her carrening into the wall with a loud thud. She slid to the ground winded the robot advanced on her with slow meticulous steps slowly extending two serrated spinning blades. The girl tried to stand and escape but the creature pinned both of her arms to the wall, her left hitting the wall with a sickening crack. She screamed and the blades began to advance on her neck. She struggled fruitlessly against his grip trying to get her gun around. The blades closed in and she gritted her teeth and turned her face away thinking "STUPID!"

Shots rang out bouncing off the walls and running footsteps followed. The robot ceased fire and turn on the greater threat. The figure stopped dead and raised both guns; tensing she fired into the robot repeatedly until the thing flipped over her head and landed behind her. With lighting speed, the monster thrust a clawed hand into the figures chest. Lara with her shirt torn landed a few feet away with a soft thud.

The young girl who had been too stunned to move getting up shouted "mom!"

The girl raised her arm and fired rapidly at the thing hoping to shake it from its intended target but eh thing did not turn from the prone woman.

The girl dropped her gun and ran past the slowly advancing thing to protect the woman but at the last moment the woman push the girl way and fired into the center of the beast

It fell with a resounding crash of front of them The woman stood dusting off her black T-shirt and holstering her guns in her hip holster she deftly whipped her ponytail behind her and turned on the girl fury building in her eyes

"Abbey! What did you think you were doing you could have gotten yourself killed!"

Lara nearly screamed the last

Abbey flinched visibly; she was often at the wrong end of her mothers temper

She tried "I was just having fun."

"Having fun' Lara said flatly "Having Fun! You broke into Bryce's lab you activated simon and you ran a level 5 program without any training, oh not to mention almost getting yourself killed all in the name of FUN." Lara threw up her hand and stormed out of the training grounds as Bryce hit the main floodlight switch.

Abbey just sat on the floor and watched her mother go; not wanting to move in fear Lara would come back.

Sitting on the edge of the bath, Lara silently seethed as Hillary clean and dressed her wounds.

"You shouldn't be so hard on her she is trying." Hillary calmly stated

"I know Hillary but when she does things like this she makes me want to put my fist through a wall."

"May be you should just do want she wants."

"Oh and what is that."

"Train her, like Werner von Croy did for you."

"May be you're..." Lara hissed as Hillary poured cleaning solution into a deep cut "jeez Hillary but may be your right especially if this won't happen again." Lara said gingerly touching the gashes on her chest.

I'll go and talk to her after supper."

End Chapter 1

Sorry so short will get longer later

So what do you think please tell me the sooner you do the sooner I write more Review please