The Many Deaths of Ms. Croft | By : eyeteeth Category: +S through Z > Tomb Raider (all) > Tomb Raider (all) Views: 26958 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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There--an access tunnel! Taking a deep breath, Lara flipped in the
water and kicked her way down to the bottom of the pool, then turned and swam
along the bottom until she reached the opening. Stray shots occasionally plunked
against the metal flooring beneath her, but deflection and the low light kept
her relatively safe. The light levels dimmed even further once she entered the
tunnel, but she swam on as quickly as she could--the wound, the cold water, and
her own fear were sapping her strength. She needed to surface quickly; her lungs
were burning already.
A minute later, it felt like molten rock had been poured down her throat.
Sweet God, I don't want to drown! On the verge of panic, she kicked
upwards and began swimming as quickly as she could along the ceiling. Fighting
to keep her lungs from drawing in breath, her lips drew back in a frightened
grimace. Can't go back, I'll drown before I make it--please, let there be an
air pocket!
Unable to hold it any longer, Lara's breath left her in a terrified
scream--just as her hand splashed out of the water. A moment later, Lara was
gasping in lungfuls of stale air, her cheek pressed against the low ceiling as
she sobbed in relief. It took her several moments to realize that the water had
gained a current, which was slowly pulling her along. Her bleeding calf
protested at the thought of swimming back the way she'd come; she'd never make
it, she knew, and they'd eventually find her water-logged body bobbing against
the ceiling of the tunnel. Ever forward.
Allowing herself to be carried forward, Lara strained her eyes against the
near-total darkness for nearly a minute before bumping into the far end of the
air pocket. Looking down, she could just barely make out the outline of the
tunnel where it submerged again--which meant that there was light and,
hopefully, air further on down. Suppressing a shudder as she filled her lungs
for a second time, she plunged into the water again and swam with the current
down the tunnel. Bloody hell, that's fast! Peering ahead through the
dimly-lit water, Lara thought she notewavewavering quality to the light. The
current was dragging her along more quickly now, to the point that she stopped
swimming with it and put out a hand to slow herself slightly. It wouldn't do
to smack into a wall--
--Oh, shit! The light filtering into the tunnel was definitely strobing,
and now Lara could see why: the water was being pulled through the tunnely by a
set of giant fans! One was set right behind the other, rotating in the opposite
direction but planed so that the two fans could work together to circulate the
water more efficiently. Heart thumping, Lara turned about and began to swim
against the current as best she could--but it was too strong! I will not end
up as someone's fish bait! she raged, to cover her fear. Glancing around,
she spotted some sort of access door with a thick handle, three feet forward of
the first blade. There's just enough room,I'mI'm quick... Icewater shot
through her veins as she tried not to think about what would happen if she
weren't. Allowing the current to carry her, Lara used hand motions to guide
herself against the wall. Watching the fans in morbid fascination as she was
pulled along the tunnel, she noted that the fans completed a rotation about once
a second.
Now! Sticking out her good leg, Lara braced herself against the handle
and spread her hands wide along the ceiling to keep from getting pulled loose.
Then, working carefully but quickly, she hooked her foot through the handle and
tugged.
It was rusted! The blasted thing had rusted shut! Lungs pressing
against her ribs with Olypmic strength, Lara tugged as hard as she dared, trying
to work loose the hinges. Harder, harder--Oh God!
Lara's hands slipped against the ceiling as, in desperation, she pulled at
the door harder than she should have. Screaming into the water with terror, Lara
tried to grab something--anything--but the current was too great; it sucked her
against the fan, pulling her legs and one arm through the wide gap between the
blades. Before she could struggle away from the propeller, the second fan closed
on her protruding limbs.
All her air had already been expended, but Lara tried to shriek anyway as her
left arm and leg were ripped away and sucked through. Flailing, her other hand
caught on the door handle, jerking her off of the center of the fan. The
fast-streaming water quickly pulled her through up to her hips, which were
crushed and chopped apart as her body racked in horrified sobs. Slipping
further, she found herself jammmed sideways betweent he blades of the first fan,
with one breast on either side of it and streams of viscera coiling and catching
in the blades. Helpless, Lara could do nothing but watch as as was scissored in
half down the center of her chest, her vision mercilessly clear as the fans
quickly swept away the whorling gouts of blood. Finally sucked all the way
through, Lara's throat mindlessly continued to work in screamless horror as
mangled chunks of her own body floated through her dimming
vision.
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