The Twisted Tale of the Tomb Raider

* Lara ponders this, then looks back*

Lara: This is insane...why am I talking to two inflated foxes in this...dream tomb?

Van: yeah! Exactly! Its a dream. And you can control it

* Vibes and Van begin to float away*

Van: You can do it Lara...

Vibes: Take...control...

Hera: but lara knew these foxes spoke nonsense! She was always a pathetic failure.

Van: someone sounds testy

* Lara strains. She goes to reach for her guns, that turn into massive hot dogs*

Lara: oh come on! *she throws them* the foxes....theyre right...something feels wrong

* Lara's belt inflates*

Lara (thought): What was it they said? Take control!

Lara: this dream...is mine!

* Lara grins as her guns and belt return to normal*

Hera: no!!

* Lara blasts aside dinosaurs, monsters and so forth as she charges toward the Dream Stone*

Hera: no! You cant win. Your power and skills are mine!!!

*Lara laughs*

Lara: That's what you wanted me to think... but I'm taking control now.

* Hera glares at her*

Hera: No! I am a goddess, I am all-powerful, I am...

* Lara smiles as the enormous Vibes and Van land on top of her*

Lara: You should really pay more attention.

Van: guh. Welcome back lara

* Lara smiles*

Lara: Come on, let's get back to reality.

Vibes: best idea ive heard all day

LATER...

* Vibes and Van wake up in Croft Manor*

Vibes: W...What?

* They turn around to see Winston the butler with breakfast trays*

Winston: Miss Croft will be with you presently. She wanted to be sure you could both recover
            because of your unique...condition.

Van: condition? ....im not going to want to look down am i?

*Vibes looks down, seeing her blimped form*

Vibes: Yeah, pretty much.

Van: *groans...then takes and eats the breakfast* well we've been in worse states

* Lara enters, smiling*

Lara: Hi, how are you feeling?

Vibes: Like we're two massive blimps. But to be fair we're two massive blimps in a luxury mansion bedroom so it's
not all bad!

Lara: Yeah, well I kind of felt I owed you after you saved me from Hera's control there.

Van: not to sound ungrateful or sarcastic, cause really, thanks for the food and stuff. But uh...could the stone not turn us back too?

( Last post after this)

* Lara sighs*

Lara: Things kind of...collapsed before I got the chance to revert you. The alternative to your current state would
be being crushed.

Vibes: So what about...?

Lara: Hera also got out. Terrible as she is I didn't want to kill her. Anyway I've contacted Dr Anty.

Vibes: How do you know about...?

Lara: Winston found a card in your wallet.

Van: fair enough. Might as well enjoy the good food before we have to drink that tree bark potion

* Vibes visibly cringes at the thought while Lara laughs*

MEANWHILE...

*Hera is in a jail cell, also visibly ballooned*

Hera: You can't leave me like this! I am a goddess! I am Hera!

* She is met by silence*

Hera: You will pay for this Croft! I swear it!


THE END... FOR NOW