Chapter 7: Betrayed
The master of the light of truth had been weakened, the tomorrow people's leader had transported herself to their base with the other wounded soldiers of her order and the shard is in the wrong hands. If it were to be destroyed, then it would mean that the shadow war is over. The shard is their only hope of beating their enemy.
"I will have my revenge, the lasting you will see in this world is darkness, but you can still join me, Lara. You can rule with me" Karel said to her. She looked at Kurtis who is waking up, but he could not move. For Karel had put a force field around him, preventing him to get up and fight.
"I would rather die then be with you." Lara said full of rage. She got up and ran toward him, but she is too late. Karel whispered some Latin words with the Nephilim language and before Lara's eyes the shard broke into millions of pieces.
Lara fell to her knees and gasped in surprise and sorrow as she sees the many pieces of the shard falling on the ground. She realized that the thing she wished every night is finally fulfilled. The shadow war is over. Just not the way she had hope for, evil has won and the good had lost. It is over, the Dark side had already won this war, and it is the end of all hope.
The solar hybrid eclipse will never end as the darkness will rise from the war and the light will fall to its knees. The sun will never show again and will never shine on this world again. Shadows will inhabit this world. The world shall never see a sunrise nor a sunset ever again. So it is written and so shall it be. Prophecy of the Angels of death.
The moon stayed in the eclipse, making the atmosphere even darker. There isn't anything that is left of life anymore. There were dead bodies everywhere. The pool of blood covered the ground and it almost covered the dead bodies. The winner of the battle walked up to Lara and grabbed her by the hair. He made her look at him as Kurtis looked up at Lara as she had to face the enemy and heard him speak to her.
"Lara Croft, you are band from this Castle and this land, you shall never return, not even to save him." Lara glared at him in hatred as he went on "If you do return, I will sacrifice you to my Nephilims in front of your lover."
"Where must I go?" Lara asked, there isn't anything else to do now, Karel had won, and she had lost. Kurtis won't make it out alive, even if she tried. She needs to decide first what she's gonna do and to do that she needs to do what Karel said. Kurtis looked at her in shock; he couldn't believe what she had just asked. Karel only smiled at her
"I'll send you to a place where my creatures will leave you alone." Karel answered "But I'll be keeping lover boy. That's my deal if you want to still be alive." Karel let's go of her hair and she looks up to Kurtis, seeing him looking at her with sadness. She sighted and looked up at Karel.
"I'll go" she said, and Karel snapped his fingers and the man who had grabbed Lara by the throat stood next to her.
"Take Lara to the monastery, where she shall stay forever." Karel said and turned to face Kurtis. Lara looked at Kurtis for the last time, he seeing her brown eyes sees her lips move. He read it and could make out that she is saying sorry, for betraying him. He rested his head on the ground again as Lara walked off into the desert.
Karel walked up to Kurtis and picked him up by the hair "You have failed Heissturm and now you will see this world be reborn into darkness." Karel said to him and Kurtis only sighted, he gave up, his love had left him in the hands of the enemy to safe herself. He didn't want to believe it, but it is true. His heart had broken when she accepted Karel's offer. Kurtis looked around him; he sees the shadows wandering into the world. He felt so empty now, the world he lost has accepted its tragic fate. He lost her because of the war that is won by darkness. He closed his eyes as Karel threw him to the ground, the lasting he sees is two members of Karel's order picking him up and dragging him off again.