Tomb Raider: The Quest for PEPPERMINT

DarkPhoenix-24
7. Chapter 7

Rated: T - English - Adventure - Reviews: 50 - Updated: 02-20-10 - Published: 01-01-09 - id:4762400

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Author's Notes: So I realize it's been a few months since my last update and I apologize! ;) Review like crazy even if you want to say WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BEEN? Lol

Chapter 7

James was doing pull ups in his room when he heard a bleep on his computer. Dropping down to the floor, James opened up the link and watched the security footage of Lara leaving her room, obviously going somewhere.

"Where are you going?" James muttered to himself as he grabbed his gun and pulled on a shirt.

Lara stealthily made her way down corridors before she got to the massive hangar bay. She whistled to herself when she saw all the vehicles lined up in precision.

"Hello, Lara." James cooed.

Lara turned around with a gun being pointed at her, "Are you going to shoot me, James?"

"I might have too if you're not careful."

Lara just smiled and walked towards a beautiful red Ferrari, "Well, where are the keys?"

James smirked as he went to the cupboard, typed in a code and got the keys. The two jumped into the car and after a nice rev of the engine, they were off. Lara punched in a location the navigation system.

"Zip found Valcroy's last known location here. If we are lucky, he might have went back there or we will find another clue leading us to him."

James looked back to the road as he shifted the Ferrari into fifth gear.

Mr. Valcroy was chewing on one of his cigars while looking out the window. He turned around to see a woman, with her boots up on the table practically fondling PEPPERMINT in her hand and flashing a pistol in the other.

"Lady Croft, how did you find me so quickly?"

Lara just smirked, "It was like finding a tomato in a bowl of salad. You stick out like a sore thumb."

Before Valcroy could reply, he felt a piece of cloth smother his mouth and nose and everything went black. Bond dragged Valcroy's body to the Ferrari and put him in the trunk. Lara was about to get in when she noticed a few black cars speeding towards them, from down the alleyway.

"Get him back to MI6 and I'll take care of these guys." Lara said with menace.

Bond tossed a duffel bag to Lara, "That has PEPPERMINT in it. They will think I have it."

Lara pulled the cover off a motorcycle and saw the cars getting closer, "If I don't make it, I'll make sure this damn thing gets destroyed with me."

James winced at the thought and jumped in the Ferrari, "Good luck, Lara."

Lara just smiled as she put on the black helmet and did a 180 degree turn to ride towards their pursuers. Speeding down the alleyway, the cars created a wider gap between them as they saw the motorcycle speed towards them. Lara pulled out her pistols at the last second and blasted through the windshields and windows of all six black cars. Sliding to a screeching halt, Lara saw the cars swerve and hit each other.

"Lara, I've got another 4 on my tail." Bond's voice rang in Lara's ear.

A slight rev and Lara peeled out to tail Bond's new pursuers. She sped through the streets, weaving in and out of cars. Lara saw the red Ferrari crossing through an intersection and the pursuers were speeding down the street to his right. Lara pushed the speed, pulling out an Uzi, and swerved to a stop in the middle of the intersection. Staring down the length of the gun, Lara squeezed the trigger and unleashed the bullets cocooned in the chamber.

Each bullet pierced the vehicles with their casing's bouncing off the ground. One car after the other started ramming into each other leaving behind a big pile of crushed metal. Lara took off again as several pedestrians flocked onto the streets to look at the carnage.

"You look good from back here." Lara stated.

Bond looked into his rear view mirror to see the woman clad in black racing to catch up to him. With a smile James kicked up the speed of the Ferrari and suddenly swerved in time to miss a yellow Jeep Wrangler smash into him. The passenger leaned out with a shotgun and aimed it towards Bond. James, totally regretting what he was about to do to this beautiful car, swerved into the side of the Jeep and grabbing the shotgun in the process.

A semi-truck was barreling towards them and both vehicles swerved out of the way. Bond had to let go of the shotgun in the process. James noticed he lost the driver's side door in the process. Lara zipped past, catching up the Jeep and grabbed onto the back, letting the motorcycle spin away. Climbing up to the top, Lara pulled out her gun and shot through the Jeep's roof with ease. The driver fell limp and Jeep started swerving. Out of instinct, Lara jumped off and rolled onto the road, taking some bruises and scratches in the process.

Without hesitation, Bond sped up and pulled Lara off the road into the Ferrari. Lara got her pistols ready again for any other pursuers, Bond was already way ahead of her. He capped off another two pursuers that came speeding up on motorcycles.

"Who the bloody hell are all these people?" Lara shouted.

Bond pulled into an abandoned parking garage and shut down the car, "I don't know, but it's obvious Mr. Valcroy works for somebody bigger than him."

"Sir, they have Mr. Valcroy. Many of our men are down."

"You know I don't accept failure, Tom."

"I know, Mr. Powell…"

Before Tom could finished, blood sprayed from his face as Mr. Powell shot him. "Like I said, I do not accept failure, especially when it involves Lady Croft. Listen to me, all of you! This woman is not to be taken lightly. I almost died because of her…"

Mr. Powell looked out of the window, "She cannot know that I'm still alive or the element of surprise will be for naught."