Declaimer: I do not own Tomb Raider or the characters in the game. Only those Characters that are not in the game is my made up characters.

Here's the second Chapter, I'm gonna try posting as often as possible, if not, I'll only be posting in the weekends, for I am busy in the week...

This story takes place after AOD and in Legend.

I am not English, it's not my main Language and I apologize for any bad spelling...

Have fun reading the story and I love to here what you think of it so far...


Chapter 1: Rest in peace

Lara kept on running while the room where she had fought Eckhardt and Karel is falling apart. She didn't care about the periapt shards or the Sanglyph. Only thing she had in mind is 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 is going to fall down any second. She could see 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.

Finally she is back in the place where she had last seen Kurtis and the room didn't seem to be falling apart so she had rested a little. Every part of her body is aching as she sat down. This is far 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 isn't the strangest thing. But this time had been different. It isn't about some artifact buried thousands of years ago. It is simply about revenge from her and his side.

Lara raised her head and noticed that the room is as silent as a grave. She stood up and walked to the edge of the arena where she had left Kurtis. There is no one...at least no humans. A carcass that seemed to belong to Boaz lay almost in the middle of the room. Little farther away she could see some humanlike creature, but it had wings. What is it? She jumped down and decided to take a closer look. The creature looked like it had once been a woman...Boaz? Kurtis is nowhere to be seen. Only thing that told her that he had been there is the strange weapon of his that lay on the floor covered in blood. Carefully she picked it up like fearing it would turn into dust from her touch or going to take her fingers of at anytime. It didn't. Instead it sprang to life like she had seen it doing many times...but only in Kurtis's presence.

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 is wide open. Its handle is bloody and the ground seemed to have turned red 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 is 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 is still alive.

She kneeled down and tried to find a pulse, there is nothing. He is gone. His skin, still warm but started getting colder, as if knowing that there is no more life in him. Lara sighed and stood up

"Your father is revenged, hope you can rest in peace, Kurtis" She whispered and closed her eyes, a tear falling down her cheek. She felt sorry for the poor man, but she also felt something else that she couldn't explain.

She quickly opened her eyes again, when she heard voices coming from around the corner. Better get out of here, while I have the chance, she thought and said her last goodbye's to Kurtis and left. She thought of keeping his Chirugai, to never forget him for if it wasn't for his help, she didn't know what she would have done.


A year later

Lara is busy preparing her trip to Bolivia, after an old friend of hers, told her of a stone dais. Lara had been looking for it, for years. The same dais that she saw in Nepal so many years ago with her mother, that was now lost in a portal.

Winston came in as she is packing her bag, he then saw the strange disc that she had brought with her, after Prague.

"The helicopter is here, Lara." He said and she turned around and looked at him.

"Thank you, Winston." She answered and grabbed the disc, clipping it on her belt and passed Winston. He only sighed and followed her to the helicopter. "Lara, are you sure about this." Winston asked her.

Lara left her suit case and turned to him "Winston, I need to know what had happened to my mother all those years ago." She told him and he only nodded. She claimed into the helicopter and flow of in Bolivia's direction.

Winston walked back in and heard Zips voice. "That's not the only thing she's holding onto"

Winston sighed, he knew what Zip meant by that "Hopefully after this trip, she'll move on and leave that disc in her trophy room." He answered

"Maybe, I'm in the tech room, please bring me a black coffee" Zip said and Winston walked to the Kitchen.