Lara!
Jonah, Jonah!
Huh?
Jonah!
Jonah,,,
No!
No, no, no, no! Jonah, Jonah! Please, no!
You look tired,
I always find shrines less cozy when they're empty,
Don't you?
You found it, Where is the Peril Stone?
- Peril Stone? - The ruby? Where is it?
Because of you,
my friend is dead,
No, Miss Croft,
Your friend is dead because of you,
It's careless for people like us to have confidants,
A lesson I'm glad you learned today,
You want the ruby so badly?
Go and fetch it,
No!
Boom! I just rocked you to sleep!
Oh, you ain't got it,
What's up?
- Zip,,, - Look, LC, what the heck?
You dive out after some major weirdness, You,,, you don't pick up your phone,
Look, Abby's asking me where Jonah is,,,
Jonah is dead,
Lord,
I'm so sorry,
Come home,
Lara, come home,
No, I have to figure out what this is all about,
Why these stones are important,
I have to finish what I came out here to do,
Lara, it's,,, it's okay to be sad,
Mm,
Item number 033061,
It's at the manor, Send it through usual channels,
I'll pick it up in Beijing,
Lara, don't hang,,,
Hi, Sam, it's, uh,,, it's me,
I,,, I don't know why,,,
I,,, I don't know who else to talk to, Um,,,
Sorry,
- I told you to stay home, - But you're not my mama,
Hey! Look,,, I wanna help,
You're not the only one who's grieving,
I ain't never gonna be hugged like that again,
And, just the way he let you talk, you know?
Like he was in no hurry to get on with his life,
Like his life was actually just listening to you,
And that was okay,
Hmm,
Huh,
How can I help you, miss?
I'm a friend of Alexandria's,
Of course, Right this way,
Who's Alexandria?
Not "whom," "What,"
Don't like when you're mysterious,
Makes the little hairs on the back of my neck tickle,
Huh?
Oh!
Hmm!
- This is the Beijing base of the Library, - Hmm,
An international guild that restores artifacts, repairs them,
returns them to their native homes if they've been stolen,
Who steals artifacts?
- Hmm,,, - Oh,
Right,
- Lady Croft, - Eva,
I wish I could say it is a pleasure, If you're here to take something,
I assure you our security is much better this time,
Uh,,,
Huh,
Sword of Divinity,
- My father found it,,, - Stole it, you mean,
Returning it out of the goodness of your heart?
I need information on the Peril Stones,
Hmm, Father like daughter,
Chasing myths like rainbows, hoping at the end is a pot of gold,
Huh,
This way,
The Peril Stones is one of the oldest legends in China,
Before life, there was chaos and order,
They were at constant war
until the goddess Nu'wa tamed them at the peak of Kunlun Mountain,
In the balance that followed, the world was created,
We were created,
But soon, mankind became greedy,
Violent, wicked,
Thus tipping the scale in favor of chaos,
We were nearly destroyed by it,
To save the world,
Nu'wa trapped mankind's four greatest evils, or perils,
power, wrath, greed, and betrayal,
and contained their excess in four gemstones pulled from the sky,
Nu'wa then dispersed each Peril Stone to the far corners of the globe,
so no human could ever find them and unleash their powers again,
It is because of Nu'wa
the world remains in perfect balance,
Man!
I just went to a place, You are such a good storyteller!
What happens if the Peril Stones are ever found again?
The Peril Stones don't exist,
This is a creation myth,
Then what does the myth say?
If the Stones are ever brought back together,
their perils will tip the scale once more,
and the world will devolve again into chaos,
And what is chaos exactly?
Fire and storms and wars,
The end of all things,
Why can't the world ever just end in cupcakes and unicorn rides?
Your coffee,
Anything yet?
Hmm,
The dagger would have belonged to an elite Turkish mercenary,
After the Tang dynasty fell, the best mercs returned to Istanbul
and eventually became the Immortals,
Basically, the Navy SEALs of the Byzantine Empire,
Cross-reference with weird events, disasters, uh, odd crimes,,,
Well, this is interesting, The same family sur,,,
The same family surname keeps poppin' up in criminal records
as far back as the 11th century,
Rumor goes the family is cursed,
What kinds of crimes?
You name it, they did it,
Mo,,, most recently, the patriarch killed all three of his sons in 1978,
Before he was executed,
he said his wife was a witch who made him do it with her magic jewel,
I know, I amaze you,
Hmm, Where's the girl now?
Well, um,,, that's the one hiccup,
The girl is Elvan Kaya,
Infamous warlord, Uh, warlordess?
Um, she,,, she lords over wars,
She's a mobster,
Mmm, mmm, mmm,
What is it with rich people and tigers? I bet you had one as a kid,
It's gonna take me a while to compile the schematic,
How long is a while?
It's a while,
The unit of measurement is deliberately vague,
Enjoy the city, Take a breather,
A what? Zip?
Zip!
Ugh!
- Jonah! - Lara!
Jonah!
Hmm,
I think we got off on the wrong foot, Miss Croft,
You mean you stealing from me, or you trying to kill me?
Mmm, the killing you,
The stealing was regrettably necessary,
Who are you?
Why are you collecting the Peril Stones?
My name is Charles Devereaux, and I am,,,
hmm, you,
In no way is that accurate,
Trinity was a secret society that manipulated the world for monetary gain,
Then they killed your father because he got in the way of that,
when you were just a child,
You know nothing about,,,
When I was 12, my father was murdered in Paris
by a secret society who call themselves the Light,
- I'm sorry, - Are you?
Pity, I'd hoped you'd be angry,
If you think the Stones will help you, you're wrong,
They unleash man's evils, They don't heal them,
The Stones are power, And power on its own is not evil,
Power can build leaders, inspire generations, defeat fascists,
So you're just a misunderstood hero,
Uh, despite your sarcasm, yes,
The Light are an ancient cabal,
more connected than Trinity ever was, and far more dangerous,
And how's that?
The Light was once the greatest superpower in the Western world,
As you can imagine, that bothered some people,
so they were hunted down and destroyed,
But I assure you, they survive,
For centuries, they've been learning from their mistakes
and plotting their glorious return,
To what end?
If you were once hunted down like a dog,
what would you really want?
For it to never happen again,
Exactly,
They are quietly amassing power,
They won't stop until there is no one left in the world strong enough to hunt them,
Except me,
And it won't take me months or years, like it took you,
It'll take a weekend,
Ugh,
Oh, what you could've done with such power against Trinity,
We are the same, Miss Croft,
We have both had everything taken from us
by something so formidable, we have felt powerless to stop it,
And yet, we have both endeavored to do so anyway,
Persevered, against all odds,
There is a comfort in that,
because it means we are not alone in this great big world after all,
But if the myth is true,
you'll destroy all of us in the process,
And how many did you destroy in your process?
Ow!
Kindred spirit or no,
stay out of my way, Miss Croft,
Yo, LC, Uh, I think I figured out where Kaya's keepin' the Ruby Stone,
Mmm, you're not gonna like it,
When do I ever? I'll be right there,
Hmm,,,
You're clear,
Hold up,
Hmm,
That was almost awesome,
Ugh, Remind me to take up yoga if I'm going to try that move again,
Do you see that loft ahead of you?
If you can get there, then you have a straight shot to Kaya's bedroom,
There's a strong magnetic signature coming from there,
Second right, Watch your back,
Now, my gut slash boundless genius and expertise tells me it's a top-grade safe,
Oh, we're just goin' for it,
We don't have time to,,, dillydally!
I don't know what you want me to do,
Uh, uh,,, you don't think it's strange?
Snow in summer?
Climate change, Not my problem,
She's wearing it,
We need a new plan,
I have an idea,
Is it a good one?
Hmm?
Bahri, the tranquilizer guns!
Alayna, you kill that tiger, I kill you,
Where are the prods?
Hmm,
Mm,
Thief! Get her!
I got it! Now, how do I get out of here?
Left, Up the stairs,
Lara, what the hell was that?
It's okay,
Stop,
That thing is living midnight,
Get it away from me, Go!
Oh!
That thing will curse you, you hear me?
That thing will curse you!
Oh!
Zip!
Jonah!
Take it,
Jonah,,,
Hmm,