Hey guys! alright well here is chapter 3! even i myself am excited about this chapter! thats right I OWN NOTHING... except Vasiliev. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE READ AND REVIEWED! it means alot to me! hugs k here it is...
The black van moved easily through the English streets. Passing the parliament building, it came to a complete stop only 2 hours later. Lara Croft, her hands tied and blindfolded, awoke to the sound of footsteps.
A tall man dress in a black trench coat, walked into the room. Lara lifted her head, not being able to see anything, because the black fabric still covering her eyes blocked out all light.
"Lara Croft. How lovely we finally get to meet, though I am sorry about the, current situation." His accent Russian and she could smell the smoke lingering in his mouth.
The blindfold flew over her head. Squinting from the light, she turned her head. The room itself was small, perhaps only 100 sq ft. Three men were in the room, two of them with heavy winter coats, and the third dressed in all black, was standing over her. He turned briskly and motioned his hand "leave us". The two guards left the room without question.
"Who the hell are you?" she spat at him, eyes blazing.
"Ah, well I thought you would know that…" He quickly turned away from her and walked towards the little table in the corner of the room. "Last night, you took something from me, and I want it back."
"Well doesn't everyone." She mumbled under her breath.
"Give me the Jade Key, and it spares your life." The last few words forced a little shiver up Lara's spine.
"You must be Vasiliev, the little art dealer who 'accidentally' dug it up in Tibet." She forced a small sarcastic smile off her lips.
"Don't push me Croft" he marched towards her, with the large syringe that he picked up moments ago. Lara's eyes grew wide.
"What are going to do with that?" she asked trying to cover her fearful expression. The one thing that Lara hated her entire life were syringes, add a psychopath, and mystery liquid to that equation and you get a timid combination.
"Why this…." He points to the glass tube in his hand, "is just a little bit of…. How would you say… insurance" Satisfied with the look on Lara's pale face, he briskly stepped towards the chair she was sitting in and took off the cap of the syringe.
"Touch me, and I'll kill you!"
She wiggled and strained but it was no use. Vasiliev grabbed her hair and pulled her head back revealing a beautiful thin long neck.
"You see this is just a small amount of the NoranB virus." He leaned in and brushed his lips against her neck, smelling her. "First it attacks the respiratory system, slowly suffocating you. Then it takes toll on your heart, beat by beat it causes your heart to contract suddenly until it completely stops" His drew his left hand up to her face.
Lara was breathing rapidly. She was quivering and her heart was pumping as much blood as it could. "You son of bitch!" she sneered at him, as his hand left her face and slowly moved down her neck. The back of his hand resting on her partially exposed breast. "Such a beautiful woman, what a waste." Then suddenly he jerked his hand away from her and stabbed the syringe into Lara's exposed neck. She yelped in pain, and then started to shake violently, until her vision turned red and then black.
"There is an antidote to stop all of this. Tell me where the Key is and it saves your life" he glared at her. Lara could not breath, she felt like the world was spinning around her and her abdominal muscles started to contract. "Fuck you" she whispered, the weakness in her voice evident.
"The full affect will take place in 24 hours. By then I am sure we will have your body bag prepared."
"I'll tell you nothing- please be my guest, shoot me now if you would like. Either way you won't find out where it i-" she was interrupted by a sharp quick pain across her right cheek. Vasiliev raised his hand again to strike but he stopped just millimeters away from her face. He lifted her chin with his index finger. "That little attitude of yours is not going to get you anywhere." With that, he turned briskly and walked out, ordering something to one of the guards.
Kurtis stared at the tasseled white sheets. Nothing was there, but the tangle of them made it apparent that there was some sort of struggle. He ran out of the room, running downstairs he almost slipped on the carpet. "Winston!" he screamed out. The entire building was completely empty. He raced into the large kitchen.
There was blood everywhere. Winston's old body lay shredded on the floor. His clothes torn and bloodied Kurtis himself had to look away. Shit. There was a small note left on the body – come after her, and you'll share the same fate. He ripped the note off Winston and set it on the counter. Kurtis reached for the phone and dialed 999.
"Emergency services, what is the nature of your call?"
"This is Officer Kurtis Trent, I'd like to report a body at the Croft Estate."
"Thank you sir, we'll send someone right over."
Kurtis ran his hands through his hair. He glanced at the note again, re-reading it. Then suddenly an idea hit him. He ran up the stairs again and entered Lara's bedroom. Quickly looking around he walked outside on her balcony. He gazed down. There you are. There were at least four or five motorcycle tracks and only car trail. Kurtis re-entered the bedroom again and picked up the beautiful twin pistols lying on the oak floor. He briskly walked back to his room, grabbed his black t-shirt and threw on a pair of dark denim jeans.
Checking the video camera monitors in the study, he rewound the latest one and just as he thought, license plates were visible. While walking towards his bike he dialed a federal number and asked for Ray Griffin.
"Kurtis?" He paused a moment. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"
"Ray, sorry to call at this hour but this is important." He paused fully knowing that Ray was still in bed and needed time to get to a computer. "I need you to track this vehicle- P162-YRG."
"Alright hold on." Perhaps a minute passed when Ray returned to the phone. "What was the number again?"
"P162-YRG" Kurtis was getting agitated, this was taking much longer than he wanted.
"Okay" Ray let out another sigh. "Looks like its parked just outside the Satellite nightclub just about 15 kilometers north of Bradford. Address is 673 Nottingham Avenue."
Kurtis grabbed a pen and wrote the address down on the back of his hand. "Thanks, sorry again to call so late."
"Eh don't worry about it mate, the wife's got me making breakfast anyways." He chuckled softly. "Take care of yourself Kurtis" the tone in his voice became stern and serious.
"I will, thanks again, bye" He closed his cell and sighed. This is going to be a long night.
Kurtis's motorcycle tore through the driveway. Before he left, he made sure the front door was left open for the police.
Not more than a minute had passed since Vasiliev had left, when a tall blond man walked into the dark, cramped room. The light flooded in and Lara had to once again close her eyes.
"Lara" the voice seemed familiar. "Why do you do this to yourself?" He flipped on the light in the room.
"Alex?" Her expression growing in confusion.
He strode over to where she was tied and sitting in a very uncomfortable position. Pocket knife flipping out, he crouched down beside her and cut her restraints. Blood started to pump back into her delicate hands and she rubbed her wrists while glaring at Alex.
"What? No hug?" he flashed a wide grin. Alex stood up, turned around and picked up the water bottle near the door.
"Again Alex? I must say you've started to make quite a living for yourself, stealing, back stabbing- no threatening letters yet?" Sarcasm dripping off her words. She reached down to her legs, trying to untie the large knots. "I'm surprised you're not dead."
He turned and watched her untie herself. His blue eyes gleaming, a smile spread across his face. "You really should just tell him where it is. He won't give you the antidote until you tell him something. Here-" he handed her the bottle. She surveyed it carefully before opening it and quenching her parched throat with the cold water.
"And I suppose you want to me to trust you? Hah! Alex I almost forgot your sense of humor!" she watched him watch her.
"Well I could help you get out of here undetected, if you would tell me where you put the Key." He walked around the chair and stopped right in front of Lara. She was now standing eye to eye with Alex. The closeness between their bodies ignited an intimate memory back into Lara's head. She could feel his slow breaths on her cheeks and his scent –the smell of soap and lavender- flooded her nostrils. They stood like that for a few seconds before they pushed against each other, lips mashing together. Lara's body protested when she pulled herself away from Alex's tasteful and teasing lips. Instead of releasing Lara from his strong grip, he just held her tighter, pulling her closer to himself. She looked into his ocean blue eyes and stood there, her mind trying to pull away but her body just wouldn't move.
She sighed, "I have it-" but she was cut off by the sound of the iron door creaking open. They flew apart, pushing away.
"Ah so I see you've already met Alex, Ms. Croft." Vasiliev stepped into the room and glanced at Alex. In pale his hands, he held a silver platter. It contained a small plate and what looked like a cup of tea. "You see Alex here is helping me track down the Jade Key. We've been watching you for some time now, oh say a couple of weeks. Alex himself even volunteered to take a few nights off and 'keep tabs' on you during the night." A tiny smile was forming on his face. "And when you ran off with my prize - well it just wouldn't be right to let a thief get away with such a crime." He set down the platter on the small black table and stood between Lara and the door.
The air around her suddenly started to thicken, and she could feel her lungs heaving for fresh oxygen. Sudden pain would electrify through her body and then spontaneously stop. Her legs became heavy and her arms like jello. The room was swaying and her vision blurred. She felt like she'd been hit by a bus. With all her remaining strength, she looked up at Alex.
Then she fainted.
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