Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
"The Dagger of Power"

By: Daniel Sherwood

Before you read: This is my first fan fiction with Kurtis Trent, so please contact me and tell me what you think, thanks and enjoy. Also if someone could turn this into a series of customs levels and take screenshots of the levels. Just ask permission from me, first.

    Lara had just got out of the water when the explosion happened. “That was another close one.” Lara said, putting the key of power in her bag. She turned around. “Whoa!” she said as she bumped into a tall, dark haired man. “Kurtis, what are you doing here????” she asked. “I’m here to help you like the year you where accused of the murder of your mentor.” He said. “Oh,” she said. “Is that the key of the powers?” he asked.
	“Yes, it is.” Lara told him. Shots fired at them. “Let’s go.” Kurtis said. They ran through the woods, until they came to a cliff. “What should we do now?” asked Lara. They could hear shots continuing to fire in the distance. “They’re getting closer and closer.” Lara said. Kurtis jump, Lara followed. Splash, they hit the water. A figure appeared at the edge of the cliff, from underwater they couldn’t see who it was. Once the figure disappeared, they surfaced.

  Then they swam to Lara’s boat. They climb up the ladder and Lara went to put her bag away. Kurtis sat, looking out on the clear blue ocean water. Lara came back with a book; she sat down next to Kurtis and opened the book. 

   An hour passed,  “The dagger of power, apart of three mythical artifacts rumored to hold great power when all three are brought together, location is the Tomb of Fogotten Powers.” Lara read. “Where’s the Tomb of Forgotten Powers?” asked Kurtis. “Its in the Alps mountains.” Lara replied. “But we need to go to Spain first.” She said. “Why?” Kurtis asked. “The second part of the Key of Powers is hidden.” Lara told him.

     They arrived in Spain, Lara and Kurtis tied up her boat. Lara picked up her bag that had her guns and some ammo in it. “So where is this key?” asked Kurtis. “In a museum.” Lara said. “What one?” he asked. “This one.” Lara said, as they walked into the building.

    The museum was getting to the closing time and Lara and Kurtis hide in the vents. Once the lights went out and everyone had gone home for the evening, except for the night crew. Who stayed until one in the morning? Lara and Kurtis got back to the ground and went into a room where it said ‘The Artifacts of the Myths’. Lara saw the key, “Kurtis there it is, but we need a code to open it so that it will not trip the alarm.” Lara said. “I will get the code.” Kurtis said. 

    Kurtis put his hands out. Then a second later he put them down. “Well,” Lara said. “It’s 15609.” Kurtis said. “A five digit code, that’s interesting.” Lara said. Lara punch in the code. The lasers in the class case turned off and the class separated and went down. “Very high teach.” Lara said. She grabbed the second half of the key and put it in her bag. “Who’s there?” the voice startled Lara. One of the guards that was walking by the room heard talking and went to check it out.

   The guard pulled out his gun. Then Lara taped him on the shoulders and kicked him. Then they heard more footsteps running down the hallway. “The roof.” Lara said. “How?” asked Kurtis. “Like this.” Lara said. Lara took out her grabbling gun and shot it towards the dome. Kurtis grabbed on to Lara. They went up.

     They made it. “How the hell are we going to get down??” asked Kurtis.  “There’s a ladder.” Lara said. They climbed down the ladder and ran. Lara and Kurtis had reach the end of the alley. “Where to now?” asked Kurtis. They heard barking, “Dogs,” Lara said. Lara climbed the fence, so did Kurtis. 

    They arrived at the hotel. “Tomorrow, we’ll go to the Alps.” Lara said. They went into their rooms and went to bed.

    The next day, Lara and Kurtis got into her car and drove to the Alps. “Lara,” Kurtis said. “Yes, Kurtis.” Lara said. “Where is the temple exactly?” he asked. “I’ll show you.” Lara said. 

    They arrived at a village near the Alps. Everyone knew who she was because she had retrieved a mythical dagger twelve years ago. Lara went into a big tent, the one that was bigger then the rest of them. She and Kurtis entered. “Hello?” she said to the Officer. “Ah, Miss. Croft. I’m so glad you made it.” The officer said. “This is Kurtis Trent.” Lara said. They shook hands.
      “The temple is located somewhere between these to points. He showed them the map. “Okay, what way do you recommend?” Lara asked. “It doesn’t matter.” The officer said. “Okay, we’ll be going now.” Lara said. They started for the mountains.

      
      Lara and Kurtis climbed over this huge falling tree. Lara grunt as she got on and stood up. “Almost there.” Lara told Kurtis. They reached a snow capped covered tomb. “The Tomb of Forgotten Powers.” Kurtis said. Lara pulled out her pistols and fired at the top of the door. The huge snow covered doors opened. Lara and Kurtis enter. 

       Lara and Kurtis walk, walk and walk. Then Lara froze in her tracks. “What is it?” asked Kurtis. “Run!” Lara said. They started to run as a huge spiked boulder came down behind them. They started to speed up, but there’s another problem another boulder and a wall full of spikes started to come towards them. Lara pulled a level on the right of her. They fell through a trapdoor and they began to slide down. 

    Lara and Kurtis came down and hit the floor, lucky there were sandbags there. “Lara, do you have a weird feeling???” Kurtis asked. “Yes, I do.” Lara replied. They looked up and saw that the ceiling was coming down. “There’s a door way!” Lara exclaimed. They got up and ran towards the door. 

    They stopped, and look at the next puzzle they had to do. “Oh, joy an underwater puzzle.” Lara said. “I had to solve an underwater puzzle when I was going after the Dagger of Xian.” Lara said. “I almost drowned solving the damn thing.” Lara added. Lara Jumped into the water and swam. She pulled a switch and a door opened near by. Lara went to the surface. “The water is fine, jump right in Kurtis!” Lara yelled. He jumped into the water and swam to her. 
   
     “Okay, are you ready to see the Dagger of Power?” Lara asked. “Yes.” He replied. They got out and enter the door. Kurtis stopped as Lara went up the steps. She combined the two parts of the key. She put in the keyhole and the rock door opened. Lara and Kurtis entered.

    Lara lit a flare and they continued. They entered a room filled with gold. “Let’s find the dagger.” The Tomb Raider said. They separated and started to look for the dagger. Lara found a switch and put it. A section of the floor in the middle of the room, opened. “Kurtis!” the Tomb Raider yelled. Kurtis and Lara meet in the middle and jump down the trapdoor. 

      Lara and Kurtis continued down the hallway. They entered another room. There it was the dagger. “Lara, be careful.” Kurtis said. Lara went up the steps and she start to reach for the dagger when, Bang! Bang! Shots fired. Lara dodged the bullets and pull out her pistols. Kurtis ran up and grabbed the dagger. He put it his backpack. 

     Lara knew one of the men that were firing at them. “Chang Hung!” Lara said. “Miss. Croft thank you for leading us to the dagger for us.” He said. “You bastered!” Lara said. 

    “Why do you want the dagger so bad, Chang?” Lara asked. “I want to bring back darkness and fear into the world.” Chang replied. “What do you mean??” Lara asked. “I’m talking about humans being slaves for my creatures.” Chang said. “Over my dead body.” Lara said. He opened a huge wooden gate. Out came a creature, it had long sharp fangs with blood dripping down, and the creature was on that Kurtis had to kill almost two years ago. “The Screamer.” He said. “You catch on quick, Kurtis.” Chang said. “Only I made a few adjustments to it.” He added. 
     “What kind of adjustments?” Lara asked. “You’re about to find out.” The creature jump onto the wall and climbed up. It climbed to the top of the tomb and spits out green goo. Lara lit a flare and wait. She waited and waited. Then she threw it into the creature’s mouth. She took out her pistols and fired twenty rounds at the creature. Nothing. Then the tomb started to shake, or so it felt like it to Lara. BOOM!!!! The creature was now dead. 

    Chang began to run but Kurtis tripped him. “Why do you stay for a while, Chang?” Lara said, sarcastically. She pulled out her gun and fired. The tomb was now shaking and bits and pieces of the ceiling was coming down. Lara and Kurtis ran out, trying to avoid the debris. 

    They had made outside with the village people. “Thank you again Miss. Croft.” A voice said. “I didn’t get your name?” Lara told the officer. “My name is Joey Chu.” He said. He walked off into the distance never to be heard or seen again. Lara and Kurtis returned to the Croft Mansion.

THE END

The Dagger of Power by Daniel Sherwood 2004, 

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