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Chapter 3

Nightmare _

Lara was walking down a hall. It was dark and she could hear 2 voices and she knew both of them. The one voice was coming from a female and the other from a male. She found a door and opened it inches in order to see who was talking with who and her jaw dropped to the floor when she saw the persons standing in front of her. There she was. Amanda her old best friend talking with...Karel?Then they suddenly both talked .

"Amanda I know you want revenge my love, but we have to wait till the time comes...Then she is all yours..."

"But Karel you don't understand...I want her to pay for what she have done to me...And that stupid Kurtis the Lux something escaped and he was the only way to get her in our tracks ..."

"But that's the plan dear,besides he will go to her...I'm sure of it..." Suddenly he looked at the open door ,that Lara was listening the conversation from, and smiled like he knew that she was there. Then he smiled at Amanda and said

" I promise you my love you will have her soon enough. And we will kill the Lux Veritatis warrior and achieve our goal...but he will die painfully and slowly...like his father did..."and after a brief moment his whole appearance changed. He was no longer Karel but...Lara. Then Karel/Lara grinned and spoke his final words

"Shape shifting was always a great ability..."

She couldn't stand it anymore. She closed the door behind her and kept on walking down the hall till she found another door,opened it,looked around to make sure nobody was in and then stepped inside a big room. It was huge and she didn't understood how she got there. It reminded her of the arena where Karel and Ekchard set free Boaz. She was looking around when she noticed a man lying on the floor. She ran quickly next to him and turned him around in order to see his face That was the time she felt her whole world crush and turn into ass.

"Kurtis?"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she screamed and woke up."No fucking way,i won't allow this. I JUST WON'T !" she thought,and before she could thing anything else she heard knocks on her door. "Damn it...I woke them up..." She looked at the small wooden table next to her bed which had a small clock on it. Then she realized what time it was. Three in the morning wasn't her usual and Zip hated that hour...

"Come in..."she said but she didn't got out off her bed.

"Hey you okay?"Kurtis was standing at the door and looked concerned and Zip was behind him and he was holding a riffle... "Damn Zip thinks someone broke into my room..." she thought concerned while she looked at Zip and then again at Kurtis. Then she tried to keep her voice steady and asked.

"Why are you holding a riffle Zip?"

"I thought something bad happened...Girl you scared me to death...control your screams...I'm going to bed,see ya tomorrow..." he said a bit annoyed now,he placed the riffle on his shoulder and took off for his room. When Kurtis turned around to leave though Lara bit her lower lip and said

"Can we talk?" she was a bit anxious about what that dream was and what it meant.

"Of course..."he answered and made his way to her bed "good thing I can read minds,though that time I didn't want to see what I saw...and now I have to explain to her about that ability too..." he thought and tried not to show that he knew what she wanted to tell him but then he had an idea and her thoughts helped him a lot...

"OK now how do I explain to him what I saw... he might think I am crazy..." she thought..

"Believe me I don't think you are crazy. I saw what you saw..." a deep voice said in her mind...Then she looked up in his eyes and her jaw fell open.

"What?You read minds? how can you...i mean why didn't you tell me?"she asked surprised and frustrated at the same time.

"You never asked Lara...besides I was about saying to you...tomorrow..."he explained but he knew she wasn't convinced...besides she was Lara Croft.

"Yeah tomorrow...so I don't have to say anything to you...about the dream..."she said a bit irritated.

"Nope you don't need to..."He looked at her and he just left the words come out.

"Look Lara you changed. Your mind is the only think that reminds me who you were...6 years ago..."

Lara couldn't understand what he meant...she was the same...wasn't she?she considered his sayings for a moment and then answered.

"I am who I am ...Now can you possibly stay out of my head?"

"No I don't think so..." he said jokingly

She left a sight and growled...Then Kurtis asked.

"Come on what do you have to hide Lara?" "A lot of things ..." she thought but finally said.

"Nothing I just hate stalkers"

"Ouch that hurt...You haven't got over it yet?"

"Of course not!"She said...She was amused at how irritated he looked.

"Night Lara..."He said as he made his way to the door and then out off the room.

"Stupid American..."she thought .She knew he would listen.

"Hey I heard that..."he answered back when he closed the door and walked down the hallway to go to his room.

"Once again you are in my head...Can you please get out off it?" she said to him but she laughed. She couldn't be angry with him anyway.

"Sorry..."He said but this time he was laughing too. He was relieved she wasn't angry with him...

"Good night Kurtis" she finally said,closing her eyes and immediately falling asleep.

"Lara..."a voice came from the surroundings

"Five more minutes...please..."She replied...she couldn't wake up...not now...after the nightmare she had a better dream...Well she didn't know that Kurtis caused this...

"Lara wake up … it's 12 in the noon..."The voice said again...

"What?" Lara jumped out off her bed and looked around only to come face to face with Kurtis...

He looked amused and then he started laughing. She looked around and realized that there was still no light in her big room. The curtains where closed so she made her way at each one off them and opened them. Then she turned her face at Kurtis and asked irritated.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Cause I was just kidding...Its eight thirty..."

"Oh...wait...How did you get in here?Don't you know you need permission to come in?"she asked angry

"What means 'permission'?"He asked jokingly...He liked making her feel bad tempered...

She didn't answer,she laughed...and then she became serious again...but when their eyes met she saw something in his deep blue eyes...she starred a bit more and then understood...it was love. She stopped looking at him afraid that she would give her thoughts were interrupted by his comment.

"You are kinda cute when you are sleeping...oops did I say that aloud?"he said while laughing so she couldn't help the laughter his comment caused her...Of course Kurtis meant it...He was in her room for over an hour looking at how vulnerable the adventurer looked...so peaceful and fragile..."and to be honest...i prefer her that way..." he thought and then quickly mentioned something she hadn't realized. She wasn't wearing too many clothes.

"Nice pj's by the way "

Lara looked down and realized that she was wearing only a bra like top and knickers and blushed.

"Okay that's it...Get out " she wanted to be serious but she couldn't...no one can be serious with Kurtis around.

"Nah I think I'll stay a bit longer..."Kurtis said and a cocky smile appeared on his face...

"OUT KURTIS...NOW!"she said and made him get out of her room...and when he was finally out she locked the door,just in case he came back,and quickly went for a shower...It was the first day after 1 month that she felt alive and happy...and he was the one that was causing it...She smiled at herself took off her pj's and got into the large bath tub. "Well it's gonna be a big day..."She said allowing the hot water fall an her body...

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