Tomb Raider

May 17th, 2009.

Further research on Himiko.

According to legend, Himiko, the first queen of Japan,

was a powerful sorceress who ruled her empire through dark magic,

spreading death and destruction by the mere touch of her hand.

She was only stopped by a single twist of fate.

An army of her own generals bound and dragged Himiko

to an uninhabitable island

in the middle of the treacherous Devil's Sea.

There, she remains entombed beneath the mountains.

I found a speck on an old map that no one else has.

And she's there,

waiting to be unleashed.

I have to get there first.

Even if it means doing the last thing I'd ever want to do...

Leaving my Lara behind.

You gotta make decisions, Lara. You gotta make something happen.

Watch it! Watch it!

Counter-punching doesn't work for you.

You don't have the skill.

- Thanks, Terry. - You're welcome.

Come on, Lara!

Stop dancing, start fighting.

Yes, girl!

Come on!

Nice one, Lara! You've got this!

- It's over. - Isn't!

Then get out of it!

Come on, Lara! Tap out.

Don't say it.

You got whupped, girl. You got whupped.

- Not whupped. - Okay. Not whupped.

Marmalized.

"Marmalized"? She's not a freakin' superhero.

Truth is, I let her--

We cool?

Yeah, we're cool.

Was fun actually!

Thanks.

I'll get you next time.

I'll marmalize you.

- You're home early tonight, right? - Yup.

Catch you later.

Laters.

Who stole my apple?

Should've known it was you.

Why would I do a thing like that?

'Cause you can't afford your own.

Just seen you're behind with your payments.

Terry, look, I'll catch up on the payments, I promise.

I'll make it up to you.

Get a job, Lara.

Do you think I'm dressed like this for fun?

I like you, Lara. I really do, but...

- Hey. - Hi.

- All good? - Yeah. Havin' a great day.

You?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

Ask her more. Ask her for dinner or something. Do it.

Come on.

Anything else?

No, no, no.

What is your problem? Why didn't you ask her? Stupid boy.

You got that fox hunt sorted, Rog?

Yeah, more or less.

Got 30 hounds signed up. Just gotta find a fox now.

- Tough one, that. - Mmm.

Need someone quick enough to make it interesting.

- Yeah. No fun if they ain't quick. - But dumb enough to think they can win.

What are you two plotting?

We're gonna do a fox hunt.

- A what? - Well, it's like a race.

Except the fox gets a head start, leavin' a paint trail behind his bike.

For the baying hounds to follow.

And if they haven't caught him by the time the paint runs out...

- He wins all the money. - He wins all the money.

How much money?

Six hundred quid.

I think you just found yourself a fox.

Oh, you're bein' serious?

- Not quick or dumb enough for you? - No, I mean, I just--

You're on.

"Hide Fox, and all after!"

Ooh, Shakespeare?

Hamlet, is it?

Don't know. Things just stick in my brain.

You know it's Hamlet.

And I ask you once again, why on earth are you a bike courier?

You, Bruce.

I wanna be close to you.

Five, four, three, two, one! Go!

Hey!

Excuse me!

Go, go, go!

Where is she, bro?

I won't be long, my love.

- Oi! Watch where you're going! - Use your mirrors!

Go! Go!

Fancy seeing you here.

Ana.

You didn't have to come. I don't need a guardian anymore.

Really?

Have you been decorating?

Haven't seen you for a long time.

You've never seen me.

I'm sorry.

Thanks for coming.

What was today about?

I needed the money.

No, you don't. There's an inheritance waiting for you if only you would step--

I won't.

It's been seven years, Lara.

Tokyo police stopped looking for your father five years ago.

Private investigators won't even take our money anymore.

I know it's difficult to accept.

But you really must come in and sign those papers now.

Hmm.

That's why you came.

No. I came for you.

Just think what you can do for the world,

with your potential, with your wealth.

His wealth. Not mine.

Listen, it's very simple.

If you don't sign the papers,

then everything your father worked for will be sold off.

Not just the company,

but Croft Manor, also.

Can you imagine how he would feel if you lost the house?

Lara, your father's gone.

But you can pick up where he left off.

It's in your blood.

I'm sorry.

I'm just not that kind of Croft.

But I don't want you to go, Daddy.

I won't be long, my love.

You must understand.

We Crofts, we have responsibilities, jobs to do.

But I'll miss you.

I know. I'll miss you, too.

But I may have a solution to that.

See this?

This was your mother's, so it has special powers.

What do you mean?

Ever you want to feel close to someone,

just put it in your hand, and you hold it tightly.

And you think of that person, and they'll know.

- Really? - Yeah.

It's magic.

And it means that we'll always be together, wherever I am.

Okay?

I'll be back before you know I'm gone.

Oi!

Couriers round the back.

Uh, I'm not a courier.

Well, I am.

Right. So round the back.

I'm here to see Ana Miller.

Well, you gotta sign in like everyone else. What's your name?

Lara.

Lara.

Croft.

The pages that require a signature are marked for your convenience.

Would you like Mr. Yaffe to take you through the particulars?

I gather I sign...

And Dad is dead.

I can imagine how difficult this is for you.

I miss him, too.

That was Dad's.

Yes, Miss Croft. According to Richard's will,

in the event of his death,

I was to give it to you.

Karakuri. Japanese puzzle.

Um, technically speaking, you're meant to sign the papers first.

I could never understand your father's obsession with those things.

Wouldn't believe how many of these were lying around the house.

There was gonna be some purpose to it.

"The first letter from my final destination."

But he didn't leave a letter.

- If you'll excuse me. - Lara, I--

"My final destination."

The first letter.

What the--

Dad, what were you up to?

Hello, Sprout.

I knew I could trust you to solve my puzzle.

Unfortunately, if you're watching this tape

then it means that I must be dead.

It'll be obvious to you by now that there was more to my life

than just boardrooms and business deals.

Things that I couldn't tell you about before.

When your mother died, grief nearly destroyed me.

I began searching the world

desperate for a hint of another realm,

for proof that the supernatural is real.

Anything to feel her with me again.

I made quite a hobby of it, Sprout.

Now...

I need you to do me a favor.

I need you to burn all my research on the Himiko project.

Just burn all of it.