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by DiamondJack on Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:04 pm
Clayton Carmine
Gold Team
Clayton Carmine woke up with a jolt. The last thing he remembered was falling through a vortex that opened up beneath him and Cole. Cole! Where was Cole? Clayton sat up and looked around. He was in a house, or at least that's what he thought. The room he was in was an extravagant bedroom. Clayton was on the floor near a window. Clayton saw his helmet and put it on.
Clay got up and reloaded his lancer. He took up a position by the door. He pushed it open slowly. Nothing in the hallway. Clayton moved low and slow through the hallway. Cole had to be somewhere in this building and Clay would find him.
Clay reached a corner and he heard someone talking.
"Winston, have you heard about that new artifact they uncovered in Arizona?" asked a woman in a beautiful English Accent.
"Yes, something about the Anasazi and dark rituals of some kind, miss Croft," said an old man, Winston apparently.
"I think I'm going to go there and investigate the are," said the woman, Miss Croft by the sound of it.
Clay peaked around the corner and he saw the woman that had been speaking. She was beautiful She had brown hair tied up in a pony tail. She was wearing a green tank top and khaki short shorts. How was this woman living in such luxury with the grubs and glowies attacking almost everything that moved. Unless...
Clayton jumped from his current position to one closer to the woman, behind a pillar that held up a golden eagle. The pillar was just wide enough to conceal Clayton.
"Did you hear that?" Clay heard the woman ask.
"The sound that sounded like some rolling across the floor Miss Croft?"
'Shit!' thought Clay. He heard footsteps. He looked right. There was nothing there, then he turned left and he was looking down the barrel of a glock.
"Whoa!" said Clay, "Don't Shoot! I'm Human!"
"When does that give you permission to break into another person's house?" asked Miss Croft.
"Wha...? Wait," said Clay, "Don't you know that I'm a Cog?"
"More like a tool," retorted the woman.
"Wait, you don't know about the Locust Threat? The Emulsion?" questioned Clay
"What are blubbering about now?" asked Miss Croft.
"What year is it?" asked Clay.
"2013."
"AE?"
"AD, not AE. Are you from another planet or something?"
"Depends, what do you call this planet?"
"Earth."
"Yup, I'm from another planet."
The woman put down her gun and looked long and hard at Clay. It was like she was trying to read him as if he was some kind of interesting book. It had to be hard, Clayton's face didn't show.
"I think you're from another dimension of some kind," said the woman, "You are human, but you are different from humans in this dimension somehow..."
Clayton was shocked to hear this. He hadn't considered that he had been transported to another to another dimension. Did that mean Cole was in another dimension too?
The woman extended her hand, "Lara Croft"
Clay took her hand and shook it, "Clayton Carmine."
"So what now?" asked Clayton.
"Well I guess you can stay here until we figure out how to get you home," said Lara
"I'll make up the guest room," said Winston.
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