The Jewel Of Egypt

Lara paced the office back and forth… The door knocked. Lara answered. “Oh, Ben, come in.” Lara said.
“I’m not here to chat, I’m here to discuss the danger of an artefact in Egypt.” Ben said sternly.
“Ah, work time.” Lara replied sarcastically. Ben slammed his books on the desk.
“This is no time for jokes!” He shouted across the office. 
“I’ll be sensible if you… TELL ME ABOUT THIS ARTEFACT!” Lara shouted back.
“Ok, this artefact is owned by some ancient monks in Egypt, they will use its magic and power to destroy the world and make it theirs!” Ben lectured for half an hour.
“Ok, so I have to run to Egypt, grab the artefact, save the world and kill the monks then? Lara asked.
“Yes, supposable.” Ben muttered. 
“Where about in Egypt?” Lara asked.
“Just off of Cairo,” Ben replied.
“Ok, I’ll meet you at the Croft Estate in 2 hours, pack your bags and bring them with you.” Lara ordered.
“Cool!” Ben said.

Lara walked about the Croft estate. This artefact sounded serious, if the monks could destroy the world, Lara could be too early and they could have already done it. Ben walked into the Estate. “Hi Lara!” Ben said cheerfully.
“Hi, before we go, run it by me again, monks have an artefact and where do I come in?” Lara asked.
“You must go to Egypt, there is a headquarters where we will discuss our plan. That’s where you come in.” Ben told Lara.
“Ok, how are we travelling to this headquarters?” Lara asked Ben.
“In a secret train, it’s in the desert, no-one has ever found it.” Ben said.
“Where do we get the plane?” Lara asked.
“It’s in a desert in Cambodia.” Ben told Lara.
“How do we get there?” Lara asked, yet again.
“In a helicopter.” Ben said.
“In a helicopter?” Lara asked.
“Yes, first we’ll go to the helicopter airport on the top of the VCI headquarters.” Ben told Lara. 
“Ok, lets go!” Lara replied.

Lara ran through the cold hallways of the VCI headquarters. She found the fire escape and she went to the roof- that’s where Bens helicopter would take off. On the roof, Ben turned around and looked at a woman, wearing a jet-black cat suit, it was Lara! “Oh, Ben, this is where we leave to Cambodia isn’t it?” Lara asked.
“Y- yes!” Ben stuttered. Lara climbed into the helicopter, Ben followed suit. The helicopter flew away, off to Cambodia.
Later on in the flight, the plane stopped. “What’s going on?” Lara asked the pilot. He turned around. 
“Nothing, just thinking about where to crash the helicopter.” The pilot said. 
“You wouldn’t dare.” Lara said.
“Oh, yes I will!” The pilot jumped at Lara. Lara dodged him and he crashed into the wall. 
“Fly the plane!” Lara told Ben. Lara kicked the pilot and got her guns out; she started shooting at the pilot. The bullet missed the pilot and shot the wall of the helicopter. The wall shook, Lara shot at the man, this bullet banged the wall again, and the helicopter swished in the air and fell down to the ground. Lara grabbed Ben and jumped out the helicopter with him. The plane exploded in the air. 
“You are one crazy girl!” Ben told Lara.
“Anything to save myself.” Lara said.
“Oh gosh! There’s the train!” Ben told Lara.
“Oh my god, it is!” Lara said. She pulled Ben up and they ran to see what was happening.
“Will we get on?” Lara asked.
“Yeah!” Ben said. 
They jumped on top of the train and went in through a hole in the roof. Inside was not what they expected. Three men where holding machine guns in there hands. They started shooting. Lara kicked one of the men and knocked him out. Ben picked up his gun and killed another soldier. Lara punched a man and he fell to the floor. They continued through the train. They sneaked up behind the driver and banged him on the head. Lara took his place and drove the train to Egypt. 

In Egypt, they stopped they train about a mile away from the station- because if anyone found out they had intruded they would be dead! So they went out of the train and walked to the station. Lara took Ben and herself to the City Hotel. They got cleaned up and went to bed. 

The next day, Lara and Ben went to the Cairo City Headquarters. The entered the main room. At the end of a long table sat a tall fat man. “I’ve been expecting you!” He said…
“What do you mean by that?” Lara asked.
“I mean that I saw you intrude the train, I know why you are here.” He said.
“Oh do you?” Lara asked.
“Yes, you are here to find the Antrus, a great artefact which can destroy the world.” He said. Lara assumed this was the name of the artefact Ben had told her about.
“Yes we are, although we don’t want to use its power, we want to destroy it!” Lara said.
“What? Destroy it? Are you mad? If you lay a finger on that you will be my humble slave. The monks did a spell to make an energy shield around it, you are forbidden to touch it!” He replied.
“If you want to destroy the world, you destroy me first!” Lara barked.
“No problem!” He said.
Before Lara knew it, the man had whacked her to the ground, and knocked her out…
Later on, Lara woke up from her sleep. She was not in the quarters for sure. She looked about- she was in a dark temple, beside her was Ben, on front of her was a platform, yes there it was- The Antrus! Lara jolted to it. She couldn’t, she was chained up to a wall! So was Ben. Ben woke up. “What’s happened?” He asked.
“Were in the temple, we’ve found the Antrus!!!”
“Yeah, but, how do we get it when were tied to a wall?” He asked.
“I’ve got a plan, watch!” Lara replied.
One of the monks approached them. He mumbled some words, suddenly; a large purple sphere was floating in the air. “Antrus, destroya, decoyta, informada!!!” The monk shouted. The bubble whammed to the wall, Lara ducked and it burned her chains.
“Ahh!” The monk said. Lara got her chains and strangled the monk. Lara kicked him unconscious. Lara approached the Antrus. A monk grabbed her from behind. Lara knocked him out and shot at the Antrus. A huge shield around the Antrus exploded. Lara picked up the Antrus and went over to Ben.
“Well, I’ve got the Antrus and I’ve killed the monks.” She told Ben.
“Ah, yes I’m afraid there’s one more thing.” Ben said.
“What?” Asked Lara.
“Him!” He said.
Lara turned around, the man from the quarters was there. He approached Lara and punched her. Lara dodged it and kicked him. He punched Lara’s face and then Lara shot him one hundred times! He died! Lara and Ben climbed out of the temple and went back to the croft manor!

At the Croft manor, Lara was in her gym. Ben entered, Lara swung and jumped from a pole to a rope and landed on the ground. “Hi Ben!” She said.
“Hi Lara, I thought you were great at the temple.” He said.
“I’ve got you something!” He said. A model of a monster popped up and Ben said, “This should help you with your combat!” 
Lara picked up her pistols and shot away at the monster…

The End 

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