Disclaimer: I do not own either the Tomb Raider or the Uncharted franchise or any of the related characters. This story is meant for entertainment purposes only. Characters from Tomb Raider are adapted from the Tomb Raider: Legend & Underworld games by Eidos interactive & Crystal dynamics.
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Miami, Florida...
...It was a stark contrast to the constant overcast skies of the British Isles; the sun shinning high in the sky making the clear blue waters of the magnificent ocean sparkle.
There were many magnificent boats on the waters, but one that outshone the rest, the KOGO Superyacht. The luxury yacht was 235 feet in length and could accommodate twelve guests in its five high class suites, and had indoor and outdoor living areas on the upper deck. It also had a massage and beauty therapy room for a woman in need of that, special, attention.
The owner of this magnificent piece of sailing pleasure was certainly a woman who needed special attention, and at present she was sun bathing next to the huge Jacuzzi.
Geoffrey walked up to up to her holding a tray with a drink on it, "Sex on the beach, as requested, Ms Croft."
Lara Croft craned her neck and looked up at the young skipper; he was one of the men she had employed for these voyages. Of course she made sure that all the help were easy on female eyes.
"Now Geoffrey is that entirely appropriate?" she flirted, watching as the younger man's eyes trailed to the swell of her large breast squashed underneath her weight. The powder blue bikini top she wore had been untied at the back so that she could get a decent tan.
All Geoffrey could do was swallow the lump in his throat, as his exquisitely beautiful employer flirted with him. Lara Croft had been rated 2nd in the line of FHM's sexiest celebrities, and seeing the young countess and adventurer lie here in the skimpy little bikini, it showed. Her sun-kissed skin gleamed, her round, firm ass strained under the tiny bikini bottom, her auburn hair flailing over her bare back. The young man gulped again feeling the uncomfortable strain in his shorts.
Lara took her eyes off the man and took the drink. She looked past him at the African-American man walking toward them.
"Check it out Lara, I think its show time."
Lara looked at the other yacht off port side. She quickly tied her bikini top up, and then rose and walked over to a table. She put down her drink and grabbed her binoculars, looking through it, adjusting the buttons to zoom in.
"I think you're right Zip. They certainly took their time didn't they?"
"You think your guy in Little Havana was on the money?" Zip asked.
Through the binoculars Lara saw a couple of Cubin men, one of them had a bulky build, he wore an open shirt, with flowers printed on it and a vest underneath, he also wore cameo shorts. He was bald with a thick mustache and goatee; he was Latino, not cubin.
"His over there alright", Lara confirmed, "Emmanuelle Lopez."
As his tattoos publicly declared, Lopez was part of a gang from LA, the Latino Santos, or Latin Saints, when translated. According to Lara's source he was in Miami to meet up with Maurice Santa Carlo, a local drug cartel leader to get a shipment of cocaine.
That however, wasn't Lara's interests in him, what she wanted was what he wore around his neck attached to the gold chain to serve as a pendent.
"Latino Santos are dangerous guys Lara, and their many felonies include gang rape. And Santa Carlo's people aren't saints themselves", Zip warned her.
"Oh do relax Zip, I'm a big girl, I tie my own shoe laces and everything", Lara smiled.
Zip smiled back, he knew that under that charm was a woman you didn't want to fuck with, Ms Croft's sophisticated demeanor belied the furious killer that lied within.
"Just be careful, he said, a hint of concern in his voice, "what is this thing you want from him anyways?"
"An ancient key. One that opens the burial sight of Artaxerxes the ancient king of Assyria."
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Fifteen minutes later Lara emerged out of the sea water next to the yacht the gang members and drug dealers were on. She used her magnetic grappling hook throwing it up so that it could attach itself to the side of the boat, after which she climbed up onto it.
Lara moved stealthily to the front of the boat where Lopez and Santa Carlo's men were. Peeking her head out she could see that they were all packing 9mm semiautomatic pistols. Lara herself had come aboard unarmed, and at this point she was really regretting the decision.
"Well Lara", she said to herself, "when all else fails."
With that, she came out of hiding.
The six men's attention was drawn to the brown haired beauty.
"Hey who the fuck are you chick'a?" Lopez asked, his face menacing as he pulled out his gun.
"Good day gentlemen, I do apologies for the rude interruption, but I would like to have a word with you Mr. Lopez", Lara explained smiling coyly.
Lopez stepped forward, "Do you know who we are bitch, you think you can just roll up in here and start talking..."
"Yes", Lara interrupted him, "you are a member of a hooligan street gang, and your, associates, are drug dealers for Maurice Santa Carlo."
At this point all the guns were on her.
"My name is Lara Croft gentlemen. All I want to do is speak to Mr. Lopez about the little trinket around his neck."
Lopez looked down at the carved medal on is chain then back at Lara, "Lara Croft. I heard'a you, hay, you that rich bimbo from England, what you wanna know about my bling bitch?"
"An offer..."
"I'll give you £ 5000 for it. It's a fair offer for an Assyrian artifact; you won't get a penny more from any muse..."
"What the fuck you coming here with your fancy English and trying to buy my shit, it ain't fer sale..."
"Oh come now do be reasonable. Besides", Lara smiled, "I'd hate to have to take it from you."
Emmanuelle Lopez was shocked by the audacity of Lara's threat, but a man like him never thought the response to such a threat through, he raised his gun.
The shot hit just in front of his foot; a warning.
The gang members were startled in surprise looking for the source of the sniper shot. When Lopez looked back at Lara he saw her running toward him. Before he could respond her fist flung into his gut. As he lurched forward in pain she drove her knee into his chin his head shooting back up. Lara slammed an open hand to his ear discombobulating him before following through with a kick to his jaw, spinning him off his feet; he fell on the ground out cold.
The other five men wanted to act but another sniper shot stopped them dead in their tracks.
Lara narrowed her eyes on them, "you boys have two options. Let me do what I came to do, or end up like Mr. Lopez..."
"Decide!"
They stood for a moment, but then dropped their guns.