Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Amulet of Power by Resnick Mike

Author:Resnick, Mike [Resnick, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2011-11-20T03:38:17+00:00

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Omar led them on a torturous route as the morning temperature topped the one hundred degree Fahrenheit mark, a sign of worse to come by midday. They circled city blocks, cut through alleyways, walked into the Aeropole Hotel and walked out through a side entrance. After half an hour the little group came to a stop.“Well?” asked Mason.

“We have eluded all but one of them,” announced Omar.

“What happens now?”

“Now you and Lara go to work.” He turned to Gaafar. “You know what to do.”

Gaafar nodded and walked into the open doorway of a small fabric store.

“We just walk?” asked Mason.

“That is correct,” answered Omar. “Hassam and I will accompany you.”

“And what about the man who’s following us?”

“He won’t be following us once he passes the fabric store,” said Omar with a grim smile.

“Well,” said Lara to Mason, “where do you want to go first—the library, the National Museum, or the Ethnographical Museum?”

“I don’t suppose it matters,” answered Mason. “Sooner or later we have to see them all.”

“Let’s start at the National Museum, then,” she said. “It’s the largest of the three.”

“Sounds good to me,” said Mason. He looked around. “Which way is it?”

“You’re kidding!” said Lara. “Your father contributed two rooms’ worth to it. They named the Kevin Mason Gallery after him.”

“I’m all turned around,” he explained. “It was eluding those men. I couldn’t even tell you where the Nile is.”

“Follow me,” said Lara, leading the party to El Gamaa Avenue. They reached the Botanical Gardens in a couple of blocks, and a large brick building loomed up behind all the foliage.

“Do you know where you are now?” asked Lara.

“Of course,” said Mason.

She turned to Omar. “Are you two coming in with us?”

“I will join you,” he answered. “Hassam will guard the entrance.”

“Why bother?” asked Mason. “He can’t stop anyone from entering.”

“You’d be surprised at what he can do,” replied Omar.

“I mean, it would draw too much attention.”

“To whom?” asked Omar with a smile.

“Ah!” said Mason approvingly. “I see! It will cause enough of a commotion that we’ll be forewarned and can leave by a different exit.”

“All right,” said Lara. “If we hear a fight, we’ll find another way out.”

“And if they’re already waiting inside,” added Mason, “I’ve got a gun in my shoulder holster and I’m sure you’ve got your pistols under those robes. But I doubt they’ll attack us here. They’ve got to have figured out that if we’re here researching Gordon and the Mahdi, we don’t have the Amulet yet, so why rush things when we still might lead them to it?”

“That logic might work for the Mahdists,” said Lara. “But not the Silent Ones.”

“The who?” asked Mason.

Lara explained as they climbed the stairs leading to the main entrance of the museum. Omar, Mason, and Lara walked through it; Hassam remained behind.

“All right,” said Lara. “Shall we split up or do it together?”

“Together,” said Omar before Mason could answer. “If you split up, I can’t watch you both.”

“Watch Lara,” said Mason. “I can take care of myself.”

“If you insist,” said Omar.

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