Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life Page #2

...but all that was left inside

was Ramante, or empty life,...

...the plague which came

as the companion to life.

Companion?

Nature is about balance.

All the world comes and passes.

yin and yang, right and

wrong, men and women,

what's a pleasure with pain?

What did this plague do?

It leveled the Pharaoh's army.

The Pharaohs's son dispatched...

...the finest soldiers to take the box,

and transport it to the end of the world.

the Great reached India...

...where his army was ravaged by a plague.

After one of his men found a box

among some of the men.

India, that's what the

Pharaoh's men wrote it.

Alexander felt that...

...the box was too powerful to be trusted to

any man...

...so he returned it to its home

the Cradle of Life.

And it has not been seen since.

And this Cradle of Life is where?

No one knows.

Alexander found it using a map

that was with the box.

a map he then hid from the world.

But the name he gave this map...

...was Mati and the literal translation for

the word Mati is 'eye'.

it orbits the map...

...hidden in the Luna Temple by Alexander.

And Reiss will use it to find Pandora's Box.

And when he does he opens it.

The markings definitely

form a pattern, but...

...even if I figure out what they represent...

...we still can't read the whole map...

...because we're going to get past

the view of these, see?

We have to figure out how to read it.

Right, thank you.

On behalf of her Majesty,

we firmly request...

...that you find and recover

this box before Dr. Reiss.

Oh. Now that I have her

Majesty's permission.

Tell me where to find the orb.

The last we heard, it

was somewhere in China...

...with Chen Lo and Sha Ling...

...finding them would be

next to impossible...

...we'll assign two of

our best agents to help.

I don't want them.

With due respect, your expertise

is archaeology, doesn't...

I didn't say that I don't need help.

But your agents would never

get me to Chen Lo in time.

I need an insider

someone who knows the Shei Ling...

...their methods, their hideouts.

I need Terry Sheridan.

Not in a million year...

...not if you're the last man on earth.

Terry Sheridan, former

commander of the Royal Marine...

...turned a mercenary, and a traitor.

You don't honestly expect

me to put that man...

...on a trail to hold weapons...

...you can turn around and

sell to the highest bidder?

[Kazahkstan, Barla Kala Prison].

Open.

I'm your host, Armika.

Welcome to Fantasy Island.

Croft.

Hello, Terry.

So what do you think of my new place?

Not quite Croft manner.

What, a key to your heart?

To a flat in Zurich.

You can pick another city if you want.

Your record will be expound,

your citizenship restored.

Why?

MI6.

MI6.

Now would that make me Faust,

or the Devil?

Well, you can pick one.

because MI6 would also

arrange a new identity.

Oh yeah, do you think I need their help?

Oh, having two faces doesn't count.

So what do I have to do?

You need to take me to the Shay Ling.

She who?

There's a man named Chen Lo...

...who took something from me and

I want it back.

Yeah. Is that you, or MI6?

Also, I've arranged the government...

...to wire you 5 million in sterling

when we succeed.

you can call it second chance, man.

All right, then insurance for you?

I don't need any.

You and I working alone?

And it's easier to see through you, that way.

So what if afterwards.

MI6 decide that me back in the world

isn't such a great idea?

Then I'll feel sorry for whomever

they get to come after you.

Do you have authorization to kill me, Croft?

Any time, for any reason.

So why don't you just do it now?

What is it they see?

Hell have no fury.

You're not that good.

Shay Ling and the groove's Croft.

They move constantly.

And they're in almost the most

remote mountain region in China.

Region?

You have to do better than that.

Get me into China, and I'll

get you to them in a day.

No guns, no money, no

weapons of any kind.

Talk about taking the fun out of life.

Shay Ling has spies all over China.

We have to get into country undetected...

...so we'll slip into

Beijing, and we go by truck.

Truck?

I wasn't thinking about

something a little faster.

A little faster?

Well, this is a little faster.

But the Chinese will track the pod.

There won't be any pod to find.

Will there be any of us to fight?

Ready? now.

- Ready for what?

The ditching was good, Croft.

I'll give you that.

But we'll never find a vehicle

in a place like this.

...ni hao...

...ni hao.

It's lovely to see you.

So is everything ready?

Yes. Your clothes, guns,

and knives, are over there.

And I took the liberty of tuning your bike.

May I?

- Yes.

Lara.

Ah, what is the happy couple up to?

Accessorizing.

- Where are we on reading the orb?

All maps have a key, Lara,

scale or legend, yes?

The orb's key is not on orbit,

it must have been lost.

or somewhere in the temple.

Go through every image I took...

...start with the ones near the orb.

key must have been linked

to it in some way.

Right, well then...

It's unlike Lara to take a partner.

Where are you two going?

We're taking a nice little trip.

breathe some fresh mountain air...

...stop by my friends the Shay Ling.

Shay Ling watch all the roads.

We have to go around the back.

We'll go straight.

Maybe you didn't hear me.

Shay Ling have men on every road

from here to Luo Yang.

Not every road.

Getting rusty, are we?

Oh, I think it's coming back.

I expected more from a Scot.

I don't expect anything

from an English woman.

Good, cause you're not

going to get anything.

Party's over.

From now on it's by foot.

Best to reconsider that "no gun" rule.

No.

And don't be looking at my ass.

So where do I fit in?

What do you mean?

You'll the guide.

I mean...when you think back...

...on the vast scheme of

hugely adventurous life...

...where do I fit in?

Is that a love of your life?

Or just another bump on the road?

Was that time well spent?

Four months, more good than bad?

Come on I had to be more

than that, am I right?

All right.

It was five months.

You're laughing at me?

No, no. It's the fact that I

used to find you charming.

I am charming.

You're late.

Tilt your head back. Do it!

You might see again in a hour. Maybe.

What's this?

It's not there.

There's no orb.

Is it anything you can tell me about this?

Hello.

I think it you don't like your messenger.

I didn't, but I did like

the men I lost in a temple.

You underestimated Lady Croft.

I underestimated how

much this orb is worth.

So many horrible diseases in the world...

...things we are particularly

susceptible to as children.

You never know when you could be holding

little Shiho or Tai by the hand,

as a mysterious ailment

ravages their bodies.

You kill them,

and I'll give your orb to Lady Croft.

My men tell me, she's a

few miles away from here...

...as we speak.

I wonder how much she would pay.

I'll pay you an additional $12 million dollars.

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