A/N: I'm so sorry everybody, my life has been so crazy lately that I haven't gotten the time to really write or do anything. I've finally got some time on my hands, and my computer has recently been fixed so now I'm back! I always start stories and never finish them. I MUST COMPLETE THIS ONE. I'm thinking about maybe writing a sister fanfic to this one, with Sam's replies. What do you think? One thing at a time! Anyways, here's the latest letter. Thank you to everyone who's favorited, reviewed and followed!
FYI: There are bits of Lara's campfire entries from the game in this letter, and there will be some in future ones as well. While playing "Rise" I liked to think that Lara was indeed writing to Sam.
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DOCUMENT: LETTERS TO SAM: THE BEGINNING
My journey leads me to Siberia. Let's hope I can find what I'm looking for, before it's too late.
My Love,
I found it. I found the Prophet's tomb. In Syria. In a matter of happenstance after a car wreck, I discovered it. It was absolutely breathtaking Sam, I wish you and Dad could have seen it. According to his notes, The Order of Trinity hunted the Prophet all across the Empire, relentlessly until a confrontation happened within the Prophet's hidden oasis. Trinity seems to have been around for centuries. The tomb was empty when I had finally reached it. I was devastated, thinking that I missed something. Not long after my discovery, Trinity showed, looking for some sort of "artifact". The same artifact that my father was after...The Divine Source. The key to immortality. If it's true Sam, then everything would change, sickness, death, suffering, all gone.. Your suffering would be gone. The tomb was destroyed, and while I barely managed to escape, I found a strange symbol. Jonah found me at the manor a few nights ago, studying this symbol. I knew that I had seen it somewhere before, but where? and then it hit me. I had found it in one of Dad's books.
The symbol leads my journey to the lost city of Kitezh. Said to have disappeared in Siberia sometime in the 12th century. Legend says that on the eve of the invasion by the Mongol horde, it sunk beneath a lake. If the Divine Source is hidden in the ruins of Kitezh, I have to find it before Trinity does. I have to. You should have seen the way that Jonah looked at me, I think he was scared. He told me to stop blaming myself for what happened to Dad. I can't stop blaming myself, not just for what happened to him, but what happened to you. I told him that I couldn't give up on him, hiding the true reason why I'm doing this. I didn't want to let him see the unbearable guilt that I feel about you. This is all that I have now that I've lost you, and I'm determined to bring you back to me. He told me to open my eyes, stand still for about five minutes then maybe, just maybe I'd see what I have. After he left, a Trinity agent made his way into the manor, nearly killed me if it weren't for Jonah, and stole my Dad's book containing vital information on The Source. How could I let this happen? Am I crazy? I'm always thinking of what you would say..
I wish this pain wasn't so familiar. Like looking an old enemy in the eye. It wants to take me down, It wants me to just lie down and die, but I won't. I can't. I'm In Siberia now, and there's something here. There's got to be or else Trinity wouldn't be in this snowy hell. Jonah and I got separated in an avalanche and I just hope that he's okay. I hope that he found a way back to the others. I.. I just can't risk having him with me. Not again. The pain of losing you was like a knife to my heart. The pain of losing Jonah too, that would be too much to bear. It'd be twisting that knife. This is my path, and mine alone.
I ran into a young woman here, Trinity seems to be hunting her people. They appear to have lived here for a very long time, isolated from the world. She said that if she ever saw me again, she'd put an arrow in my throat. I notice elements of her dress, small adornments that would not have been out of place in the Byzantine Empire. Could she possibly be a descendant of the Prophet's people? I wonder how much they know about Kitezh or the Divine Source. It's clear that Trinity will do anything to find out. Let's just hope that old proverb about the enemy of my enemy remains true. I just need you to know that there is never a moment where you do not cross my mind, or leave it. I carry your picture with me while I'm here. It's starting to get worn, it's been folded and unfolded so many times. My first night here, I was freezing, trying to find some comfort in the makeshift shelter that had been made close to the campfire. I wanted so desperately to go home. I wanted to walk through the door and see you sitting on the couch editing film. I reached into my jacket and unfolded the photograph, and for a moment, I found that comfort. God, I miss you so much, Sam. I wonder what you're doing. I wonder if you're getting better, or if you're getting worse. Jonah can't see it I don't think, but I'd rather Trinity kill me, right here and now than for you to be suffering another second. If I could take this all back, If I could make it all go away sweetheart, you know that I would. You know that I'd do anything for you. As long as I'm still breathing, I'm going to do everything I can to make this right.
I love you, always.
Lara
A/N: I feel like that letter was a bit longer than the rest of them, but thats good, right? Anyways I hope you guys all like what you're reading so far. And thank you for reading, favoriting, following, and reviewing! Next letter should be up soon. Happy Reading!