Tomb Raider: The Ten Thousand Immortals by Dan Abnett & Nik Vincent

Author:Dan Abnett & Nik Vincent [Abnett, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DK Publishing
Published: 2014-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

She judged from the distance between the toeholds and by counting them as she descended, that she climbed down five metres in total darkness.

When she emerged at the bottom, she heard the scrape of the stone slab above her being moved out of the way as Frink found her hiding place.

Lara was relieved to find light at the bottom of the shaft with more luminescent organic material hugging the stone. She reached out a hand to feel the texture of the stone. She was no longer in a manmade environment. This was natural rock.

Lara looked around.

The environment was irregular. There was no room to stand, but there were crawl spaces between the rocks, fissures, passages and slopes. She decided to head down. She had no way to know which direction she was going in, but if she followed a downward path at least she would be heading for somewhere on the island coast, away from Fife’s villa.

Lara crouched and moved through a large space to her left. It seemed to offer the best visibility and gentle progress downwards. It didn’t last. She soon found herself faced with a long, steep drop, and the rocks were slimy. A drip echoed from somewhere.

She thought about going back, but Frink was close on her heels and she had no choice but to go on.

Lara turned and entered the drop feet first on her back, hugging her rucksack to her chest. She tried to stay relaxed, keeping her knees soft, so that the impact didn’t jar her too badly or cause any injuries.

She landed and huffed out a breath. The space was wide enough for Lara to shoulder her rucksack once more, and she tightened the straps so that it couldn’t get caught on anything. The rocks were jagged and irregular, and she was fearful of getting caught up on them.

Lara heard someone swear above her, and she knew that Frink was getting closer. She looked left and right. She knew that she was close to the cliff edge, and didn’t want to bury herself in the mountain, so she opted for working downwards in as straight a line as possible. She took the next gap to the right, a passage with a high ceiling and what appeared to be a level floor. She almost fell when it stepped down suddenly, and she was unable to see her feet, because of a jutting rock close to her knees. She cried out.

Stupid, Lara, she told herself. If he didn’t know where you were before, he does now!

She went more carefully after that, and the passage proved to be uneven. Lara had to negotiate several steps up and down before she reached its end.

Lara wanted to move to the left at the next opportunity, but the space she was in was small and the only route was parallel to the passage she had come down. It was also vertical. She couldn’t double back the way she had come, so she turned in the space and climbed through the gap.

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