disclaimer: I don't own any of the TRAOD characters, not Lara Croft, Kurtis Trent, Eckhardt, Boaz of Karel
In a hurry
Lara kept on running while the room where she had fought Eckhardt and Karel was falling apart. She didn't care about the periapt shards or the sanglyph. Only thing she had in mind was to get herself out of that place as quickly as possible without having major injuries. It seemed that the whole Strahov Fortress or at least this part of it was going to fall down any second. She could se the end of the hallway but it seemed too far. She ran as fast as she could and tried to avoid getting smashed under a piece of a rock. The rest of the journey she had to jump and she barely avoided a large rock that sealed the hallway like a tomb that should have never been opened.
She was back in the place where she had last seen Kurtis and the room didn't seem to be falling apart so she had little rest. Every part of her body was aching as she sat down and hang her head. This was far more stranger than she had been through before...or perhaps not quite. On her journeys she had met an Egyptian god, been to Atlantis, found a dagger that turned anyone who struck it in their heart into a dragon and seen a man becoming a giant spider. Well...perhaps this wasn't the strangest thing. But this time had been different. It wasn't about some artefact buried thousands of years ago. It was simply about revenge from her and his side. Lara raised her head and noticed that the room was as silent as the grave. She stood up and walked to the edge of the arena where she had left Kurtis. There was no one...at least no humans. A carcass that seemed to belong to Boaz laid almost in the middle of the room. Little farther away she could see some humanlike creature, but it had wings. What was it? She jumped down and decided to take a closer look. The creature looked like it had once been a woman...Boaz? Kurtis was no where to be seen. Only thing that told her that he had been there was the strange weapon of his that laid on the floor covered in blood. Carefully she picked it up like fearing it would turn into dust from her touch. It didn't. Instead it sprang to life like she had seen it doing many times...but only in Kurtis's precense.
It started to draw her towards something like a strong magnet. Following it she entered former Boaz' lair and to her surprise found a door that was wide open. Its handle was bloody and the ground seemed to have turned read from time to time. She stepped forward only to find herself in a great hall. How had they managed to keep Boaz inside that room remained as a mystery to Lara. There was a trail of blood that Kurtis's strange weapon urged to follow. It didn't take too long until she found him curled up against a wall nearby. The chirugai, his strange weapon, stopped glowing suddenly and she run to see if he was still alive. He was. Slowly he opened his eyes when he saw her moving closer. He tried to say something that the words died before they could escape his lips. In his deep blue eyes was a look of a caged animal, a look that had no hope, only pain. Lara raised his hand that he had held on the wound to try to stop the bleeding. Her eyes flew open. His wound was larger than she had expected.
"Can you walk?", she asked fearing the answer.
"I can try", he answered with a voice almost as silent as a whisper.
"Trying won't help us", she said trying not to sound worried and got him to his feet.
There was a painful grin on his almost white face. Somehow he managed to limp forward with her help. It took many precious minutes to get them to a door in the end of the corridor. Lara laid Kurtis on the floor and tried to open the door. It was locked but the lock didn't seem to be very strong. She took her pistol, shot the lock and kicked the door open. She was totally surprised when she found out that she saw a park. She had found a way out. Close by she saw a woman talking in a mobile. Lara sprinted towards her. She almost bumped into her managing to stop only a little while earlier.
"There is man...wounded", she told to the woman breathing heavily. The woman seemed ro ignore her totally. Frustration run through Lara and she snatched the phone from the woman's hand. "Don't or your never see next Saturday", Lara snapped as the woman tried to take the phone back. "What is the number of the nearest hospital?" The face of the woman turned white as she thought that Lara was ordering an ambulance to take her to hospital...after what ever she had in mind for her.
"The number?", Lara asked feeling her blood beginning to boil. The woman was shaking. "Look lady!", Lara started. "A friend of mine will die if you don't give me the god damn number!"
Finally the woman undestood and Lara was able to call the hospital. The woman promised to tell to the paramedics were Kurtis was and Lara was able to get back inside to help him.
When Lara got back inside she saw him lying on the floor and rushed to see if he was still alive. Just and just. He seemed to be unconcious. Lara searched her backbag to see if she had any bandages or anything to try and stop the bleeding with. Time from that moment to the one when the ambulance arrived seemed to last forever and fear of loosing Kurtis was growing inside Lara. Finally the paramedics came and they headed for hospital.
In a hurry
Lara kept on running while the room where she had fought Eckhardt and Karel was falling apart. She didn't care about the periapt shards or the sanglyph. Only thing she had in mind was to get herself out of that place as quickly as possible without having major injuries. It seemed that the whole Strahov Fortress or at least this part of it was going to fall down any second. She could se the end of the hallway but it seemed too far. She ran as fast as she could and tried to avoid getting smashed under a piece of a rock. The rest of the journey she had to jump and she barely avoided a large rock that sealed the hallway like a tomb that should have never been opened.
She was back in the place where she had last seen Kurtis and the room didn't seem to be falling apart so she had little rest. Every part of her body was aching as she sat down and hang her head. This was far more stranger than she had been through before...or perhaps not quite. On her journeys she had met an Egyptian god, been to Atlantis, found a dagger that turned anyone who struck it in their heart into a dragon and seen a man becoming a giant spider. Well...perhaps this wasn't the strangest thing. But this time had been different. It wasn't about some artefact buried thousands of years ago. It was simply about revenge from her and his side. Lara raised her head and noticed that the room was as silent as the grave. She stood up and walked to the edge of the arena where she had left Kurtis. There was no one...at least no humans. A carcass that seemed to belong to Boaz laid almost in the middle of the room. Little farther away she could see some humanlike creature, but it had wings. What was it? She jumped down and decided to take a closer look. The creature looked like it had once been a woman...Boaz? Kurtis was no where to be seen. Only thing that told her that he had been there was the strange weapon of his that laid on the floor covered in blood. Carefully she picked it up like fearing it would turn into dust from her touch. It didn't. Instead it sprang to life like she had seen it doing many times...but only in Kurtis's precense.
It started to draw her towards something like a strong magnet. Following it she entered former Boaz' lair and to her surprise found a door that was wide open. Its handle was bloody and the ground seemed to have turned read from time to time. She stepped forward only to find herself in a great hall. How had they managed to keep Boaz inside that room remained as a mystery to Lara. There was a trail of blood that Kurtis's strange weapon urged to follow. It didn't take too long until she found him curled up against a wall nearby. The chirugai, his strange weapon, stopped glowing suddenly and she run to see if he was still alive. He was. Slowly he opened his eyes when he saw her moving closer. He tried to say something that the words died before they could escape his lips. In his deep blue eyes was a look of a caged animal, a look that had no hope, only pain. Lara raised his hand that he had held on the wound to try to stop the bleeding. Her eyes flew open. His wound was larger than she had expected.
"Can you walk?", she asked fearing the answer.
"I can try", he answered with a voice almost as silent as a whisper.
"Trying won't help us", she said trying not to sound worried and got him to his feet.
There was a painful grin on his almost white face. Somehow he managed to limp forward with her help. It took many precious minutes to get them to a door in the end of the corridor. Lara laid Kurtis on the floor and tried to open the door. It was locked but the lock didn't seem to be very strong. She took her pistol, shot the lock and kicked the door open. She was totally surprised when she found out that she saw a park. She had found a way out. Close by she saw a woman talking in a mobile. Lara sprinted towards her. She almost bumped into her managing to stop only a little while earlier.
"There is man...wounded", she told to the woman breathing heavily. The woman seemed ro ignore her totally. Frustration run through Lara and she snatched the phone from the woman's hand. "Don't or your never see next Saturday", Lara snapped as the woman tried to take the phone back. "What is the number of the nearest hospital?" The face of the woman turned white as she thought that Lara was ordering an ambulance to take her to hospital...after what ever she had in mind for her.
"The number?", Lara asked feeling her blood beginning to boil. The woman was shaking. "Look lady!", Lara started. "A friend of mine will die if you don't give me the god damn number!"
Finally the woman undestood and Lara was able to call the hospital. The woman promised to tell to the paramedics were Kurtis was and Lara was able to get back inside to help him.
When Lara got back inside she saw him lying on the floor and rushed to see if he was still alive. Just and just. He seemed to be unconcious. Lara searched her backbag to see if she had any bandages or anything to try and stop the bleeding with. Time from that moment to the one when the ambulance arrived seemed to last forever and fear of loosing Kurtis was growing inside Lara. Finally the paramedics came and they headed for hospital.