Tomb Raider: - Unfinished Business.
This is my first story so please be fairly nice. I am sorry if there are any discrepancies within this story. Also to understand this better you may wish to watch Deus Obscura and Deus Manifestum (a fan film) on YouTube as this is based after those. Happy reading (hopefully)!
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Chapter 5: Meeting Victor Sullivan.
The sun was now setting unleashing a golden glow over the magnificent city of Rome. Knowing that Sully and Nate had nowhere to stay he offered them shelter for the night. Thankful for the gesture, Nate demanded that he paid for the extra sheets and items needed. Kurtis raised his eyebrow "Seriously…I have Lara Crofts credit card. Let her pay, although you can come with me to get it all." Nate noddedand followed Kurtis out the door.
Sully had decided to stay behind and "watch the apartment". What he really wanted to do however was have a nosey around. The apartment was only small so Sully and Nate would have to sleep on the sofas. "I wonder if I can talk him into letting me sleep in the bed" he thought noticing the king-size bed in the adjoining room. The more he looked around the more he wished he was back at the hotel. There was barely room to swing a cat. The day's events had left Sully tired and knowing that Nate and Kurtis wouldn't be back for a while; he decided to catch forty winks on the sofa.
Sully awoke to the sound of a bang outside the door. Staying as quiet as he could Sully went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and listened carefully to the voices outside.
"What the hell lady?!"
"I'm sorry I'm a little light headed."
"Lay off the drugs then."
Sully heard the neighbours' door slam shut and the second voice speak again.
"Lay off the…oh no I'm just clearly wounded but I'll ignore that and assume you're on drugs. Is he blind as well as an idiot?"
Sully decided to take a peek around the door frame. He lent just far enough that he could see the front door. The handle began to squeak as it turned. His heart beating a little faster he returned back to his hidden position in the kitchen. The door slowly opened and closed again. The silence felt like it lasted for hours his heart was beating so hard that he could have sworn that the intruder would have heard it. The silence was finally broken when the intruder coughed.
"I know your there Mr Sullivan. I saw Mr Drake and Kurtis a few streets away." She paused for a brief moment "That and I can see your shadow; you're holding what seems to be a knife. Hmm it's good to be cautious."
This surprised Sully and feeling somewhat safer and curious he entered the living room. It was the girl from back at the hotel, heavily bleeding and clutching her side. He knew that she wasn't there to hurt him.
"Jesus girl you look like crap." Sully said matter-of-factly. She chuckles, which she quickly regrets.
"Yeah well this is what you get when you only just avoid a grenade. Well most of it" she finished with a smile.
Sully took her hand and guided her to the sofa "Stay there sweetheart, I'll get a medipack." He went into the kitchen leaving her there, alone, in the living room. He returns a few minutes later with a medipack and bandages.
"You just left someone who you don't even know, alone, in an apartment that's not even yours. And now you're going to stitch me up." she was shocked by his kindness. "What if I was some kind of vampire or something?"
"If you had wanted to kill me, I think you would have done that back at the hotel. Anyway what's your name toots?" Sully began to stich the wound on her arm. She was smiling again.
"I'm thinking you already know that" Sully looked her in the eyes and nodded. He gestured towards her leg. She carefully ripped of the bottom of her trousers so he could tend to her leg wound.
"So…Ms Croft…What brings you here?" Sully asked, while he finished tying the bandage.
"I was looking for Kurtis, among other things. An acquaintance of mine mentioned that he was working with Nathan Drake. He also still has my credit card." She added with bitterness.
Sully snickered "Yeah he mentioned he had that. Who told you that Kurtis was with Nate?"
She gave him a devilish smile "I'd better not say Mr Sullivan. I've already been attacked by people I don't even know so I'd rather not send trouble her way. If you don't mind I think it would be easier to explain everything when the boys get back. It saves me having to explain things twice. I think my ribs might kill me if I talk that much" Sully sees the bruising on her ribs and walks back into the kitchen.
"Would you like a beer Ms Croft? I don't think Trent has wine." He opened the freezer and took out a packet of peas.
"After a day like today, I think beer would be better." Lara laughed which was immediately followed by a stabbing pain. "Oh I need to stop laughing."
Sully came back into the living room with two beers in one hand and the peas in the other. He threw the peas to Lara, who tentatively put it on her sore ribs, and opened the beers. As he passed Lara her bottle he spotted that she was shivering but not because of the peas.
"How much blood have you lost?" he joked placing Kurtis's jacket, which was on the floor, over shoulders. Once again she laughed but this time didn't hurt as much, the peas were clearly doing their job. He noticed she was holding the jacket close to her.
"I have a question." Lara went to say something but Sully continued "Where did you learn to do all those flips and stuff. It was very… elegantly done." A smile spread across Lara's face as she remembered what her friend had said to her.
"Wow, did not think she actually meant that part." she said more to herself than Sully.
Before Sully could question what she had just said, raised voices could be heard outside the door. It seems that the next door neighbour had found someone else to shout at.
"What are you doing stomping up the stairs at this time!" however he had chosen the wrong person to shout at.
"Oh you are welcome to help us carry all this stuff if you really want. And what do you mean at this time? It's five o'clock in the evening! A guy your age is probably up till the crack of dawn." Sully began to laugh. The front door swung open and boxes flew through the threshold. The man became more irate.
"Don't you shout at me boy! I can hold my own!" Sully and Lara were now in stitches and every so often Lara would grimace with pain. It was Nate that the neighbour had annoyed although both of them were annoying Kurtis.
"For god sake Franco you don't have to start a fight with everyone! And you get inside." With a good push Nate was the next object to be thrown over the threshold and Kurtis slammed the door behind him as he entered. The neighbour could be heard cursing through the walls.
Kurtis was rolling his eyes at Nate as he got to his feet. Nate turned to face Sully and spotted Lara sat on the sofa. "Jesus Sully could you not resist?" With her body still aching Lara got to her feet and held out her hand for Nate.
"I'm Lara Croft not a two dollar crack head prostitute as the neighbour may think." Nate was taken aback, by how down to earth and to the point she was. He shook her hand. After Nate had let her hand go she moved it over to Kurtis holding it out flat. He was more surprised to see her there than Nate was. Lara clicked her other hand in front of Kurtis's face snapping him back into reality. He handed over her credit card with a sigh and a smile on his face but a knot in his heart.