Somewhere in the midst of it all, Kurtis had begun to slip out of Lara's grasp. The moment she knew about it was the moment he fell to his knees and eventually lay flat out on the floor. Lara took her eyes off of Byron and onto Kurtis' limp form. She raced to his side and placed two fingers on his neck to check his pulse. She found one, but it was barely there. Bryce was crouched next to her; unsure of what to do.

"Bryce, call Hillary and ask him to bring a jeep, Kurtis won't make it if he doesn't get help soon" Lara said urgently, placing a hand on Kurtis' cheek.
"Okay Lara" Bryce said, getting his cell phone out of his pocket. He dialled Hillary.

Whilst the call was going through, Bryce watched Lara as she swayed slightly. Lara was crouched next to Kurtis when she began to feel faint. She stood up slowly, hoping that the dizzy feeling would disappear but it made it worse. Before she succumbed to the darkness she heard Bryce saying something and then the thud as she fell onto the floor.

Hillary was washing some of the used dishes when he received a worried call from Bryce saying that he needed to get to the hut and bring a jeep. He was concerned when he heard Bryce shouting Lara's name.

"Bryce? Bryce! What's going on?" Hillary practically shouted down the phone. He was worried that something was going on.
"Hillary you need to get here ASAP, Lara's fainted or something" Bryce said hurriedly.
"I'll be there as soon as" Hillary replied. He didn't know how he kept so calm when this was all going on.

Alex was reading a newspaper when Hillary received the call. When Hillary turned around Alex knew something was wrong. Hillary had that worried yet calm expression on his face. Alex was about to ask what was going on but Hillary answered before he asked.

"They found Kurtis," Hillary began. "But they have a problem..." Alex was out of the hut before Hillary finished his sentence. "Kurtis is hurt and Bryce says there's something going on with Lara"

Alex got himself into the driver's seat with Hillary in the passenger seat. They sped off to where Bryce had told them to go. Once arriving Alex saw that Bryce was sat in between two unconscious forms, one being Kurtis the other being Lara. Alex ran to Lara and took her in his arms. He placed her into the back of the jeep and then he went back to help the others get Kurtis.

Lara began to come to around two hours later. Her eyes felt like they were burning as they adjusted to the light of the fire. She sat up slightly and saw Kurtis was on a bed that was about half a metre away. She slid off the bed she was on and made her way over to Kurtis. Holding onto his freezing hand, Lara brushed the dark locks of hair that had fallen into Kurtis' eyes.

Lara heard someone speaking so she leapt off Kurtis' bed and went through the door. There she saw Alex, sat quietly, reading a newspaper. She looked at him with wide eyes until he looked up and saw Lara. He ran to her and placed a fierce kiss on her forehead and then her lips.

"Are you okay?" Alex asked, checking her body visually for any visible signs of pain.
"I'm fine" Lara said, not wanting Alex to worry.
"Okay, but don't go collapsing again" Alex said. Lara, knowing his concerns placed a hand on his cheek as her lips brushed his.

They began kissing passionately until Lara heard a groaning coming from the huts bedroom. She pulled away from the kiss and dashed into the bedroom where she found Kurtis, awake and trying to sit up. She went straight to his bedside and laid him back down.

"Kurtis, you need to rest so lay back down and sleep" Lara said soothingly.
"Lara," Kurtis croaked; his throat suddenly dry. "You need to leave here...immediately"
"And I will when I've found the god damn artefact" Lara began. "Whereas you will be leaving tonight with Hillary and Bryce"
"I'm not leaving you alone" Kurtis said forcefully, he didn't want to believe what she just said.
"I won't be alone; Alex is staying with me whilst you are going home." Lara said, knowing he was trying to start an argument.
"Yeah and you'll both get killed" Kurtis said, turning his face away from her, unable to look at her. Lara was about to say something before she realized that she was crying, she ran out of the room.

Kurtis kept up his fowl mood until he realized that Lara had been crying. He suddenly felt like he had been punched in the stomach. He hadn't meant to upset her, just make her see that her decision would cost both Lara and Alex's lives. Alex looked up from where he had been sat to see Lara bawling her eyes out. He stood up and grabbed a hold of Lara's wrist. She turned to face him, hot tears still threatening to fall.

"Lara honey, what's wrong?" Alex said, trying to get her to look at him. She didn't respond. "Lara, I can't help if you don't tell me what's wrong"
"Nothing, nothing" Lara said, wiping her eyes and forcing a smile onto her face. Alex didn't believe her for a second.
"What has he said that's upset you?" Alex asked, looking into her eyes. He knew that Kurtis had something to do with her sadness.

Before Alex could react, Lara had gone. Gone out into the open. He wanted to go after her, tell her that everything was going to be alright. But he knew that Lara wouldn't listen. She never did.

Kurtis struggled to get himself up. Even with being weak, he managed to get dressed. He staggered his way into the huts lounge where he bumped into Alex.

"Ahhh just the guy I was waiting for" Alex said sarcastically. "What did you say to upset Lara?"
"I just told her what I know" Kurtis replied. "I told her about what will happen if you both stay"
"Tell me what you told her" Alex demanded. "I want to know". Kurtis looked Alex in the eyes.
"That you'll both meet your deaths here if you stay" Kurtis said, his head hanging in shame. Alex wanted to hit Kurtis for hurting Lara. But instead he dashed out of the door in search of Lara.

Alex began to realize he had a case of déjà vu.