"My dear children, please do not forget how the Catholics disgraced us... The ancient Roman legacy we built, crumbles before us as our Hellenic homeland and the Queen of Cities were ransacked by the Crusaders. How much treachery do these Latin snakes hide behind their heretical beliefs?"
Chapter 3 - Soviet Installation
Mount Kamen, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
As Mihajlo and Lara were stealthy walking through the old hidden pathway, the Stratēgos suddenly halted and gestured to Lara to stop as well. He spoke to the trees annoyingly in Greek-Macedonian dialect, "Are you satisfied with my judgement?"
"Huh? Who are you talking to? What's going on?", Lara was confused as there was no one on site.
"I am not. In fact, I am disappointed.", a deep but furious voice replied to Mihajlo and completely ignored Lara. It was also Greek but in a heavy Syrian Arabic accent and came out of nowhere from the top. As Lara looked up, an Athanatoi jumped down from a tree branch and landed on the soil behind her elegantly. The movement was so slick and fast that it left an afterimage. He dressed like an Antiochian Arab-Greek Orthodox soldier. He was equipped with a CheyTac M200 Intervention, chambered in .408 Cheyenne Tactical, attached with Nightforce NXS 5.5-22x56 telescopic sight and suppressor. This Athanatoi was in his early 30s, about 175 cm tall with a heavy muscular build. He had reddish-blonde curtained hair and a medium full beard; emerald green eyes; and light skin tone. Despite all the handsome features, he somehow looked extremely morbid and misanthropic. His equipment was identical but slightly different from Mihajlo. The ice grey armour only included a simple klivanion reinforced by "Varangian Bra" chest harness and pteruges (on shoulder and waist). He wore snow camouflage phakeolis (turban), knee length ghillie cape and uniform. He also had the same dark grey boots and green Smersh Tactical Chest Rig (with various equipment pouches) over the armour. His melee weapon was a shamshir.
The reddish-blonde newcomer was accompanied by a female soldier who emerged from the brush less dramatically. Lara could easily identify her as Exkoubitores even without Mihajlo's explanation. She was equipped like a typical Russian Spetsnaz with a snow camouflage Ratnik infantry combat system; including 6B47 helmet, 6B45 ballistic vest and 6Sh117 load bearing vest. The girl was a young adult with a pretty and youthful angelic face. She had a brown left side braid and ocean blue eyes. Her AN-94 was attached with a Kobra red dot sight, GP-25 and suppressor. The girl made eye contact with Lara and gave her a nervous smile, gesturing that she wanted no part of this awkward confrontation.
Before Lara could respond to the girl, the reddish-blonde man walked past Lara like trash on the ground, stood directly in front of Mihajlo and continued his furious reprimand, "With just a few emotional and honeyed words, you discard all that we stand for! Does the word 'secret' and 'plan' mean nothing to you?".
"Yūḥannā, Lara is legit and I can vouch for her. She had already pledged allegiance as one of us and joined our cause to defeat the Trinity."
"But-"
"We don't have time for petty hostility. You know that we are low on manpower. As long as she is willing to help us overcome the Trinity and keep the secrecy of the Divine Source, we are brothers and sisters here."
"...", both men then engaged in a silent staring contest, "..."
"... Fair enough.", Yūḥannā eventually sighed in defeat and continued, "Just keep this barbarian woman on a tight leash by all means necessary, ok? One Nadia is already driving me nuts, I don't wanna see another troublemaker fooling around."
"Hey! What's that for?!", Nadia protested in her youthful high pitched voice. Her Greek was in a very thick Siberian-Russian accent."
"Be quiet, kid. The adults are talking."
"What? I am already 18!-"
"I am 844."
"Ewww… old fart.", Nadia pouted and mumbled.
"Anyway, Mihajlo. Since you need to infiltrate Terminal & Dormitory while maintaining the original plan, does it mean that we should avoid killing unless it is absolutely necessary?"
"Definitely, any death or knock out will result in unresponsive radio communication which will instantly raise enemy alert and ruin our original plan. We cannot afford any risks. Therefore, you and Nadia's overwatch is more like monitoring the area to search target locations, warn us about enemy presence and guide us through various routes through radio contact."
"Got it, just like we infiltrated the ISIS base in Syria last year. Come on Nadia, let's move." As Yūḥannā was moving pass Lara, he gave her a spine-chilling death glare and hissed something in Arabic, "لا تكن مغرورًا جدًا، أيها الزنديق. انا اراقبك."
"What?", Lara asked in confusion but Yūḥannā simply refused to elaborate and vanished into the brush behind him.
Both Mihajlo and Nadia just sighed. The latter gave Lara an apologetic smile and waved her goodbye in broken English, "I will see you and Stratēgos later."
With that said, Nadia also disappeared into the brush.
"So… what did that Yūḥannā guy just say?"
"Don't get too cocky, heretic. I am watching you." Mihajlo explained.
"Why should I be surprised? Anyway, who is he and that Nadia girl? They seem like an interesting duo."
"The Athanatoi is Yūḥannā Ibn Al-Ahmar. He is an Antiochian 'Rūm' Syrian and our best sniper - master of infiltration, subterfuge, sabotage, reconnaissance and marksmanship. You may not like his antisocial and cynical mentality but you can trust him. The Exkoubitores is Nadia Leontievna Mel'nikova. She is Yūḥannā's newest apprentice with an excellent performance record in Pripyat last year. The kid has great talent just like you."
"Wo… Okay, I will keep that in mind."
"You can ask them directly later. I am sure they are willing to answer your questions. We should continue our infiltration now. The quicker we can get to Ana, the easier we can leave in one piece."
The infiltration operation turned out to be much easier than expected with the masterful overwatch from Yūḥannā and Nadia. The duo basically pointed every enemy movement/route and perfectly predicted their field of view. Needless to say, it was actually Yūḥannā who did most of the job due to his 800+ years of reconnaissance experience. There were numerous instances where Nadia tried to start a more casual conversion through the combat radio, only to receive a harsh "be quiet kid" from Yūḥannā every single time. Eventually, Nadia just stayed silent. It was a miracle that the contradicting duo could somehow work together.
Mihajlo was so familiar with the Terminal & Dormitory and led Lara to navigate it like his own backyard. They easily avoided all enemies without killing, injuring or knocking out anyone. Eventually, Lara caught sight of Ana and Konstantin disembarking a newly arrived NHIndustries NH90 with a group of Trinity bodyguards. Lara and Mihajlo sneakily followed them to the side of an old factory building. As the rolling shutter gate opened, the infiltrators hid behind outer walls and observed the Trinity through the windows.
The first thing Lara noticed was that Ana and Konstantin both looked uncannily calm. A Trinity Officer approached the duo and Konstantin spoke coldly, "I left you in charge here, Captain Foucault."
"Yes sir. We have not yet encountered any resistance yet. The base is already under highest alert as the protocol demands."
"And what protocols demand you to be a pedophile?"
"Wha… What?-"
Ana furiously grabbed a laptop from the arm of a Trinity bodyguard and opened a screen full of horrific child pornographic videos and photos. Yet, the most disturbing fact was that Captain Foucault was clearly in every file. He was caught in 4K. Ana spoke in an icy and merciless tone of an incorruptible judge, "We have just been informed by the Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith that they had conducted a secret investigation on your suspicious private life 2 months ago. You were found guilty of pedophilia, production and distribution of child pornography. The sentence is death. Any last words?"
"Wait! There must be a misunderstanding!-"
"...", the entire room just stared at Captain Foucault in cold dead silence.
"Ok! Ok! It isn't what it looks like-"
Konstantin put his hands on Captain Foucault's head and started to tightly grab his face, "You were to be my eyes. I expected you to see the enemy of God. You must know what is good and evil."
"Yes, but… No… No", the disgusting pedophile could only respond with fear.
"Of course you don't. How could someone like you?!", Konstantin said as he savagely gouged the human trash's eyes with his righteous thumbs. The sick bastard instantly screamed in agony and struggled violently.
"Feel that? That's from every child you violated, you satanic vermin.", Konstantin responded peacefully and tried to "comfort" the scream, "Ssshhh, shhhh… go easy, go easy. You need to suffer painfully and slowly before you go to hell."
Konstantin then pulled his thumbs out and let the pathetic blind scum keep screaming and struggling on the ground. He addressed his soldiers and encouraged them, "Our goal is within reach but we must be vigilant. If we succeed here, a heaven on Earth awaits in God Almighty's vision. Remain faithful and we will share the glory as the restorer of the Divine Source."
Ana continued and looked at a Trinity officer who was still shellshocked by Konstantin's gruesome but rightful display, "Lieutenant Flavio Napolitano."
"Yes, ma'am!?"
"Don't worry, you are not in any trouble. Instead, you are now promoted as the new Captain of this Company by the order of the High Command. Congratulations, Captain Napolitano."
"I… I am honoured.", Flavio looked at the still screaming former-captain Foucault on the ground and continued with forced confidence, "I will do my best with 110% zeal and efficiency."
"Good, I am looking forward to your performance. Anyway, about that pedophilic trash… let him suffer for 15 more minutes. Then you can execute him by any means you see fit. Just be a dear and save your bullets and gasoline."
With that said, the pair of siblings left the old factory building and headed to the other side of the Soviet Installation. Mihajlo looked at Lara and commented on what he just witnessed, "Not gonna lie, your evil aunt and uncle are BASED. I always think that Catholics lost their balls after the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, seems I am dead wrong."
"Don't let those one-sided internet posts fool you, Pope Francis and the majority of Catholics are always BASED. Their compromises are always just PR stunts to boost Church membership. Meanwhile, it is actually the Mainline Protestant churches who lost all their guts against leftist-liberals. A Church that is wedded to this secular world will be widowed both spiritually and physically.", Lara replied as she watched the fading back view of Konstantin and Ana.
Mihajlo hummed in deep thought before continuing to track down Ana. They arrived at a heavily fortified detention block. However, with Mihajlo's complete knowledge of the Installation's design and the overwatch from Yūḥannā and Nadia, the duo easily bypassed gates and sentries. For Lara, watching Mihajlo in stealth action was a surreal experience. A heavy muscular man with 30 kg of steel armour and equipment could somehow move as agile as Spider-Man, easily leaping obstacles and climbing walls like being forgotten by gravity. Calling Lara jealous was an understatement since she had to put on extra strength and stamina just to barely keep up with the pace. She knew well that the Stratēgos was more than willing to slow down to accommodate her physical inferiority. However, there was no way for Lara to appear weak in front of her dream idol. She was a strong independent woman dammit! Furthermore, lagging behind actually provided Lara with a perfect back view of Mihajlo's armour and equipment. The female Byzantinist gaze ain't no joke.
Eventually, they entered the detention block building by climbing walls to the second floor. Yūḥannā notified them through radio, "You two are now inside the building, I and Nadia have lost all of your visibility. Be careful down there."
"Roger that brother.", Mihajlo answered and led Lara to carefully search room to room in the building. Most areas were still deserted and had little personnel since most Trinity were patrolling outside. The duo eventually stumbled upon the upper storey of a meeting room where they could overlook Ana and Konstantin discussing their operation by hiding behind some large wooden crates as cover. The siblings spoke in Croatian so Lara relied on Mihajlo's whispering simultaneous interpretation to understand their conversation.
"I cannot wait to leave this frozen hell.", Ana said in annoyance.
"Then I have good news. According to the latest reconnaissance team, they discovered some human traces on the other side of the mountain.", Konstantin comforted his sister as he pointed at a map on the table.
"Oh dear… There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.", Mihajlo mumbled.
"Soon, we will have our day.", Ana smiled sincerely for the first time in the military operation.
"Indeed. Just as long as you don't lose focus again.", Konstantin reminded.
"What do you mean?"
"You are sentimental about her… the Croft girl. We can't afford to dwell on the past."
"You double me? You know what I have given to Trinity. That I have sacrificed! What I face-", Ana halted in the middle of the sentence abruptly as she coughed violently. Konstantin put his warm right hand on her shoulder and gave her a cup of warm tea to ease her suffering.
Ana took a sip and continued, "I am fine… About Lara… You know she is a daughter to me and will always be. I just hope she won't appear out of nowhere and jeopardise our operation…"
"If she shows up, what will you do?"
"I… I don't know… I can't kill or even hurt her… I just can't…"
"You can't let your feelings cloud your judgement. What you are doing is against the will of our Roman Church and God."
"I know… if you see Lara, just capture her and maybe I can talk some sense to her. She may even convert to Catholicism and join us!"
"As much as I want to be that optimistic, you must prepare for the worst. What if she refused?"
"I will keep her in protective custody."
"And what if she was hostile to us?"
"..."
"I understand this is a hard pill to swallow but you need to understand what is necessary for the greater good. In this way you will have purged yourself of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you will have done what is right in the sight of the Lord."
"I know, the classic Deuteronomy 21:9… Just make sure it is painless for her if the tragedy ever comes."
Ana was in visual depression and Konstantin offered her a big warm hug as encouragement and comfort, "I will… Life has not been kind to either of us but I swore I will always protect you."
"Now who is being sentimental?", Ana giggled as she also patted his brother's muscular back.
"I promise you, all of this will be worth it in the end. With the Divine Source, you will live. But more importantly, we will live in a God's Kingdom of Heaven on Earth - a world of eternal peace and prosperity without sin or evil."
"Deus vult, brother.", the siblings finally broke their hug and Ana continued as she pointed to the map, "We should send more troops to this region then. We must be close to whatever these Orthodox schismatics are hiding."
Konstantin nodded in agreement and Ana took out a cigarette, ignited it with a steel zippo lighter and took a huge smoke. The older brother coughed twice, waved his hands to fan away the smoke and criticised in annoyance, "Seriously? I told you to quit smoking and you just do it in front of me anyway. Cigarettes are harmful to your already terminally ill lung-"
"Let me have my pleasures. None of this will matter when we complete our quest for divine source."
"We are in this together, sister. Remember."
"Always."
With that said, Konstantin left the meeting room and presumably led troops to the designated location where the Trinity reconnaissance team discovered local human traces. Meanwhile, Ana stayed behind to review different dossiers and plan future stages of the operation. Mihajlo whispered to Lara, "Our major hideout and surface headquarters are going to be compromised. We need to leave now!"
"No."
"What?!"
"I am not done with Ana. I still need to confront her."
"Don't be ridiculous, we don't have time-"
Lara simply ignored and cut off Mihajlo's argument by abruptly hopping down the storey to the meeting room. As the sound of her combat boots hit the concrete floor, Ana immediately turned around, pulled a masterfully custom-crafted Luger P08 from her shoulder holster and precisely pointed at the direction of the noise. When she saw the armed-to-the-teeth intruder was her unofficial foster daughter Lara, Ana's murderous face turned into a happy expression but soon turned into pure horror. She immediately lowered her Luger pistol and ran to tightly hugged Lara. The latter was visually confused but returned it nonetheless. The smell of Ana's light perfume and shampoo always comforted Lara. As Ana released the embrace, she asked Lara in motherly angry concern with her usual Croatian accented English, "What are you doing here Lara!? I deliberately told you not to go to Siberia and here you are! And what is the meaning of all this tactical equipment?"
Lara was conflicted for Ana being a walking manifestation of contradiction. The moments earlier conversation between Ana and Konstantin just confirmed that Ana indeed loved her like the daughter she never had. Even not being related by blood, the familial affection was 110% legit. Despite Ana's association with Trinity, manipulated Lara with lies and the acquiescence of killing her in the worst situation, Lara just could not get angry enough to lash out at Ana. Indeed, she put her custom SR-3MP on a nearby table and said in a passive aggressive tone, "Auntie, we need to talk… And I think you already know what it is about…"
Ana quietly mumbled, "Yea... Yea … I always know this day will come but I never expect it to be this early…", she sighed deeply and took another smoke, "It's about Trinity, right? Where do you want to start?"
"I already know the basics from your Tommy Atkins' popular life hacks article called 'Secret Interpersonal Relations Guide To Trinity Command Hierarchy'. There is thus no need for history or other structural information. I can also guess that you spied on my research to acquire information about that Antiochian Greek Orthodox Oasis Church ruin and Mount Kamen. For once, I just want you to be honest with me about why you join the Trinity and what your true intentions are with my father and me, please."
Ana was visibly hurt when she heard the latter part of the sentence but answered in detail nonetheless...
It turned out Ana was originally a nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity while Konstantin was a Franciscan friar. They were active in frontline combat during the Croatian War of Independence against the Yugoslav/Serbian military forces. God Almighty also marked Stigmata on Konstantin's hands during Operation Storm in 1995 and was verified by the Vatican. After the war in 1996, the siblings were personally recruited by Pope Saint John Paul II to the Order Of The Holy Trinity for their unbreakable Catholic zeal and virtue. Due to their outstanding ability, they were quickly promoted through ranks of the Order. Konstantin was particularly favoured for his Divine Stigmata. In early 2000, the Roman Curia and Magister Magnus Pedro Dominguez sent Ana to spy on Lord Richard Croft for his research regarding supernaturalism and immorality. Due to sensitive nature as an elite spy and assassin, Pope Saint John Paul II personally issued an executive indulgence which specifically allowed Ana to break her vow of chastity to seduce lord Lord Richard Croft for better information extraction. It was supposed to be purely "spy business", nothing more and nothing less.
Unfortunately, Ana deeply fell in love with Richard like any good old romantic soap opera. She also became very fond of the tomboyish child Lara due to her intelligent and insane adventurous personality. Their relationship development was as cliché as those copy and paste South Korean Manhwa - "an innocent pretty young woman (Ana) melted the heart of a grumpy single-father millionaire (Richard) and became the stepmother of the young child (Lara)". Since Lord Richard Croft and Conrad Roth were always busy with work, Ana took up the job as a female role model for Lara. Constant interaction further evolved them into a close unoffical step-mother-daughter relationship. The bond even surpassed real familial blood ties after Richard became so obsessed with immortality to the point of child negligence. When Richard discovered that Trinity was onto him, Pedro Dominguez ordered his execution. However, Ana was too deeply in love and was unable to do it. She thus delayed the order for various excuses. She planned revelation of the whole truth, elopement to the Republic of South Africa and adoption of child Lara. Sadly, there was no fairy tale ending as Dominguez had little patience for any delay. He sent Magnus Commendator Rourke Hernandez to assassinate Lord Richard Croft with a 9×19mm Parabellum to the brain and staged it to look like a suicide.
From every second since the assassination, Ana held a pure hatred towards Rourke with severe self-guilt for failing to save Richard. She thus stepped down from frontline operation and re-designated as an administrator. In early 2015, Ana was diagnosed with a mysterious terminal lung disease and was expected to live no more than 2 years. While her dear brother Konstantin was desperate to find solutions to save her, Ana herself was surprisingly peaceful regarding the inevitable and imminent death. She believed that God Almighty bestowed the illness on her as mortification of the flesh to help repent her sins and share the Passion of Jesus before entering purgatory. As a sinner and penitent, Ana never intended to use the Divine Source to restore her lung. She only aimed to acquire it for the restoration of Roman Catholic Universalism; reunion with Eastern Orthodox schismatics; elimination of all evil and heretics. It was an act of final atonement. The power to use the Divine Source would only be reserved for the infallible Roman Pope and the Holy See.
Upon hearing this, Lara could not help but shed sad tears. She gently held Ana's hands and sobbed, "Why didn't you tell me all of this? The truth of my father's death, your identity and Trinity?"
"I am so sorry for keeping so many secrets from you, Lara. I know it was unethical but I only do them to protect you."
"Even your terminal illness?"
"Will you embark another suicidal adventure just to find some panacea to save me if I tell you that I am dying?"
"YES.", Lara said sternly without even thinking.
Ana smiled sadly, "That's what I am afraid of. No more Crofts have to die because of my failings."
Lara finally let go of Ana's hands and wiped away her own dry tears, "So… what now? You have your mission and I have mine…"
"You can join us Lara. Our goals are the same - find the Divine Source."
"No, I don't think I will."
"What- Why? We can achieve so much together! We can reshape this sinful world into a mortal Garden of Eden until the Apocalypse."
"You want the Divine Source to create Catholic Universalism and Papal world domination. I want to eye-witness the Divine Source to honour my late father. We are not the same."
"Why do you need to be so shortsighted? Imagine the legacy and greater good that you can bring to this world!"
"I… I am sorry Ana… I just can't join an organisation that murdered my father. Furthermore, how can you be so sure that the Roman Pope and the Catholic Church will never be corrupted by Divine Source's absolute power? History teaches us that the pinnacle of Papal Monarchy only led to the disastrous reactionary movements like the heretical Protestant Reformation and cringeworthy Enlightenment ideology. Ana, the Divine Source was a test for Human ambition and faith in God. We are not supposed to acquire it "
"Wait- What?"
"Yes, you heard me. The Divine Source is like the Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil. God purposely deploys it on Earth as the ultimate test for Human faith, to see if we will cross the line to get the Forbidden Fruit. It may satisfy our short term ambition and curiosity. However, it is not right and we will face severe consequences if we give in. It is exactly what Adam and Eve did in the Book of Genesis."
"Lara... This is… How do you know this?"
"Because I told her.", Mihajlo's deep and powerful voice suddenly echoed through the entire meeting room. The 2 women saw the heavily equipped Stratēgos hooped off from the second storage and landed on the concrete ground with a groundbreaking impact. The stunt was so strong that it left a dazing aftershock.
Ana was shocked to see the sudden intruder and instantly grabbed Lara's custom SR-3MP, aimed it at Mihajlo with finger on its trigger, ready to shoot at any moment. The Stratēgos did not even raise his custom Zastava M72 but only looked at Ana with a calm and neutral expression.
"Your new friend?", Ana asked Lara without breaking extremely hostile eye contact with her target.
"Yes, he is Mihajlo Lazarević the Gospodin of Niš, Kentarches of Athanatoi and Stratēgos of Kitezhopolis.", Lara turned to Mihajlo awkwardly, "She is Ana Banadinović, my auntie and the Summus Thesaurarius of the Order Of The Holy Trinity."
"Oh great, a Chetnik rapist. Lara, you really need better taste in making male friends.", Ana mocked Mihajlo with buring hatred.
"A neo-Ustaše bitch accursed me with ridiculous claims when your grandfather was making human soap out of children in Jasenovac Extermination Camp.", Mihajlo spat and fired back.
"It never happened but they deserved it. If it does happen, we are proud of it and will do it again."
"You-", Mihajlo could barely hold his anger and took a deep breath, "Look, I didn't come all the way here to have an average Balkan internet debate. In fact, I am here to negotiate."
"About what?"
"Cease your operation in exchage to leave Mount Kamen in one piece."
"And just abandon the Divine Source to deceitful schismatics like you? NEVER. We will acquire the Holy Artefact by all means necessary. Be a dear and save us time from your pathetic begging, unless you are offering unconditional surrender and submission to Rome. It is never too late to grovel like your spineless Emperor John VIII Palaiologos.", Ana challenged with sadistic smile.
"NO.", Mihajlo stoic responded like a GigaCHAD. He rushed forward with the speed of lightning and disarmed Ana from the custom SR-3MP with a superman punch to the face. It was an instant knockout but before she hit the floor, Mihajlo grappled the unconscious body mid-air and Judo overhead threw Ana headfirst into the nearby steel table. The slam was so powerful that it completely broke the hardened furniture in half and erupted a shockwave to the entire meeting room. It all happened so fast in mere seconds that Lara could not even intervene.
"What are you doing?!", she screamed in horror and immediately pushed Mihajlo away to check on her auntie. "Come on! Come on! Don't you die on me like dad and uncle Roth!"
"Don't worry, Miss Banadinović is fine and just passes out."
"Are you serious?! She is barely breathing!"
"Yes and so she lives.", Mihajlo said as she handed the custom SR-3MP back to Lara who looked so pissed and was ready to slap Mihajlo across the face. Luckily, rationality stopped her from doing anything stupid as she stood absolutely no chance against a sacred 847 years old immortal super-soldier. After collecting some important looking dossiers which were scattered on the ground, Mihajlo spoke softly, "We have wasted enough time already. We need to leave now since the white phosphorus barrage will commence in 15 minutes."
"What?! We can't just leave Ana here! It is certain death for her. I am not leaving without my auntie!", Lara stood firmly in front of Stratēgos and blocked the exit. Even facing certain defeat, she was not going to let him leave without a fight.
He sighed in defeat and mumbled, "Her death is already imminent due to the terminal illness but whatever…"
Before Lara could argue, the Stratēgos single handedly picked the unconscious Ana up and carried her on his left shoulder. Lara was too surprised by the sudden turn of events and Mihajlo's change of heart. She asked with uncertainty, "You... You are bringing her in with us?"
"Yea, and that's the second favour that you own me today-"
Lara cut him off by a tight and sincere happiness, "Thank you! Thank you so much."
"Yea yea, I know. You can thank me all you want later but we really need to leave, NOW."
"Oh, ok. Led the way chief."
With Ana on Mihajlo's shoulder, the infiltrators proceed to left the building according to their original routes.