Chapter 2: On the Plane to England
On the plane Sam had a hard time keeping still. Her best friend could be hurt or worse. Yeah even after 10 years of not speaking Sam still considered Lara her best friend even if Lara didn't. She stared out the window, her leg bouncing up and down as the plane soared upwards then towards England. Sam couldn't help but wonder what she would do if she learned that Lara had died. It had been so long since she had seen the British woman that she only knew she would feel sadness. Other than that, would she cry, get angry? Only time would tell how she would react.
Lara's parents were famous archeologists. Her father was known for chasing after fairy tales as if they were real. He looked for things like Atlantis and Excalibur, both of which were found by Lara. This had started after the death of his wife, he believed it to have been caused by the supernatural. Of course at the time people still believed these things to be myth and even Lara thought of her father as crazy. After Yamatai Lara realized that her father was right about magic being real and deeply regretted her doubt in him. Lord Richard Croft's reputation was ruined by his chasing the mythical and magical even after his suicide, even though Lara had always told Sam that she had doubts about the truth of that. The archeologist was convinced that her father was murdered.
The plane was now flying steadily and Sam saw the seatbelt light turn off. She thought to how Reyes's and Jonah's flights were going. She could imagine Jonah's huge build squished into a plane seat so worried about Lara that he is unable to think of anything else. The two had become fast friends on the Endurance. Jonah even gave Lara the nickname "Little Bird". The fisherman was an incredible cook and his cooking reminded her of Winston's. Jonah had a big heart and Sam knew he still thought of Lara as a little sister, even after all these years.
Reyes was a different story. She still cared about Lara enough to buy plane tickets for Jonah, Sam and herself to fly out to England to check up on their old friend. Reyes and Lara's relationship was greatly strained by the death of Conrad Roth. He was an old family friend of the Crofts and he was dating Reyes in secret. Roth was like a father to Lara after her own had died so it wasn't too surprising that he sacrifice his own life for hers on Yamatai. This made Reyes angry, she blamed Lara for Roth's death for months, but she did eventually realize that it was Roth's own fault not Lara's.
Sam stared out the window of the plane as she thought about the surviving crew members of the S. S. Endurance. She closed her eyes and silently prayed to every god she could think of that her friend was still alive.