A/N: Fuck it, we're getting an update.

"Holy fuck!"

"Oh my god!"

"What the hell?"

"Oh, shit!"

"Jesus, Mary, an' Joseph!"

Everyone was glued in place, watching in horror as the plane took a sharp nose dive as it was struck by a bright flash of lightning. The plane caught on fire, exploding as it undoubtedly combusted when it hit the ground...most likely where Lara was.

Shit.

What the fuck? Seriously, what in the absolute fuck was going on? Call Madison crazy, but there's no way that what had just happened was a coincidence. It was intended.

Madison couldn't ponder on it anymore, as Reyes ordered the group to keep moving. Despite the huge surprise they had just received, they couldn't do anything about it. They would have to contact Roth and, if they can, Lara.

Fuck. If Lara was dead right now, Madison would never forgive herself.

They had to keep moving, Madison knew that. They still had their goal of locating and rescuing Sam. Thankfully, the group had been able to follow some of the inhabitants of the island. They had mentioned—loudly—on how Mathias had taken a girl to the palace. That's where Sam had to be. Besides the ones from the Endurance, there were no other women on the island.

As the Endurance crew ventured further inland, they discovered more settlements of the island, ancient and modern alike. Madison noticed that there was an abundant amount of artifacts on the island, ranging from currency dating back to the seventh century to an abundant amount of military history on the island—both Japanese and American alike; World War II era.

The longer they were on the island, the more it became clear that this place had a long history, which was exciting yet terrifying to discover. One could not help but wonder what had happened here.

After discretely following the mysterious inhabitants, the Endurance party were able to follow them to some sort of makeshift settlement. The term shanty town briefly crossed Madison's mind as she observed the structure. What really caught her eye, however, was the palace high above it. From her viewpoint, you could tell that the palace was old and started to wear down or rot away in some places.

Definitely royalty, Madison thought. It was hard to distinguish what period the architecture was from, though. She was too far away to see details.

The Endurance party was off the path to the settlement, which was good. The environment helped the Endurance party blend in, and the men of the island were not too concerned about them at this point in time. All they talked about was Mathias, the key, and a ritual at this point.

As soon as a signal was found, Reyes used the radio to contact someone outside of the group. The rest awaited anxiously, hoping someone would pick up.

"Anyone out there? Roth?"

"I'm here, Reyes," the captain of the Endurance had immediately picked up. "What's your situation?"

Reyes kept him up to date. "We followed a group of men to some kind of...city. This is insane, Roth. What the hell are they doing here?"

"Isn't that the million dollar question?" Alex commented. No one replied to him as they listened to Roth's response.

"I don't know, and I don't think I want to know," Roth admitted. "Any sign of Sam or Whitman?"

"Nothing yet. Are you with Lara?"

"Yes. We'll be, uh...heading down the mountain soon to meet up with you."

Madison found herself relieved by the older man's answer. Lara was okay after all. Roth wouldn't lie to them about something like that. Anyone could tell that the two were close; Lara was practically his daughter. There was no denying that he had a soft spot for her. That's partially why the expedition went farther east...or was it farther south, now?

"Oh thank God," Madison sighed in relief. She heard Reyes tell Roth that the group would try to get to Sam before she signed off.

"Alright, let's keep moving. Everyone ready?" Reyes asked the group. Madison had to admit: she was glad Reyes was leading them. She knew what she was doing.

"Yes," everyone responded simultaneously. Reyes nodded.

"Good. Let's go."

It did not end well.

The group had entered the shanty town, which was right below the palace. According to the men on the island, that was where Sam was being held.

The objective was to sneak through the town, get to the palace to get Sam, then flee the scene. Unfortunately, the group was caught before the plan could be executed.

Madison couldn't fully put together what had happened—it all happened too quickly—but she could remember that one of the men must have spotted them, because there was an alarm blaring at a high frequency and the Endurance crew was ambushed within mere seconds.

"Oh, fuck!"

Madison could remember Reyes yelling that as the group was attacked. Despite being hopelessly outnumbered, the Endurance crew all gave their best. The gun wielders shot, and Madison had successfully slammed her hairbrush into the nose of one of the men. (And Alex thought she needed a gun. Ha!)

He did not like that at all.

"Get over here!" he yelled at her as she scampered off. These men may have been stronger than her, but she was small and could hide easily. She found that it was easy to distract the men, too. She would throw a rock in one direction and run the opposite way.

Unfortunately for Madison, her luck ran out quickly. She had tripped and one of the men was able to grab her, hauling her over his shoulder.

"Let go of me!" Madison yelled, slamming her fists into his back. She had tried kicking the man, but he had restrained her legs with his arm. God damn, this man was strong.

"Shut up. You're lucky that we're even keeping you alive," the man snarled.

Madison huffed, crossing her arms as she gave up in defeat.

"When my friends find out what you've done—"

"Who says your friends aren't in trouble like you?" the man asked. Madison felt her face drain.

Oh shit. If they were hurt—

"Could you at least put me down?" Madison asked, not wanting to overthink the fate of her friends and colleagues.

"No," the man replied. "You'll run off."

"Then tell me where my friends are!"

"No."

"You fucking better! If not I'll just break your fucking spine!" Madison began to yell at him. When someone bossed her around or made her angry, she would throw a fit. She had to try something in order to gain information. She was about to hit her captor directly on the spine, but the man's patience finally grew thin.

"Your friends are in the palace!" he yelled, feeling a headache growing. He couldn't help but think: Goddamn. This kid is annoying. "We're keeping you all locked up until the ritual, you got it?"

"Yes," Madison answered, when in reality she had no idea what the hell was going on. "Now can you please put me down?"

"No."

The man was true to his word. He carried Madison all through the shanty town and into the palace. This is where he put her down, but kept a tight grip on her.

"You run, we will kill you. Understand?"

Madison nodded. She would rather not die today, or anytime soon.

"Good."

The man led her through the palace and Madison had to admit, it was beautiful. It was decaying in some places, true, but it was being kept up to date to the best ability. Madison would bet that this was the nicest, aesthetically pleasing location the island had yet to offer. Why was that?

Madison was led into a room, where the rest of the Endurance crew were in. Some of the deckhands—people she had not seen since the wreck—were there, too. Were these men placing them all in the same location? In fact, why were they all still alive at this point? Madison figured that they would have been toast by now.

"Maddie, are you okay?" Jonah asked. He looked banged up. Everyone did, now that she thought about it.

"Yeah. Is this everyone?" Madison asked, looking around.

"Besides Sam, Lara, and Roth," Reyes confirmed. "You were the last one they hauled in."

"Really?" Madison asked, surprised by this revelation. She thought she would have been one of the first, if she had to be honest. She was small and not very strong.

"Really, lass. You must have some fightin' in ya," Grim chortled.

"That means a lot coming from you," Madison said to him. She meant it, too. Grim was one hardened old man.

"'Course it does," Grim nodded.

"So, do you know why we're all still alive?" Alex asked. Madison shook her head.

"No, but have you noticed how well kept this place is—wait a minute," Madison interrupted herself. She had a sudden realization. "You guys remember how they keep saying that there will be a ritual, and that Sam is the key?"

Some connected the dots, and some didn't.

"What do you mean?" Alex asked.

"I think we're still alive because they want us to be. The man who dragged me in said that we would all be dead by now. Why do you think that?"

"Sam," Reyes answered.

"Oh, God," Jonah moaned.

"Yeah. We're all fucked," Madison sighed, sliding down against the wall. She buried her head in her arms. They were going to use Sam, somehow...and the Endurance was the leverage. (There was also a good chance that they may use Reyes or Madison herself if Sam was not the key...oh God. This was so nauseating.)

"What are we going to do?" Madison sighed. She didn't want to admit it, but she was terrified. She didn't feel it not too long ago but now that she was imprisoned, she had the time to sit and reflect. The ache in her shoulder from hitting the floor of the Endurance was starting to throb again.

"Roth and Lara are still out there. We don't know what they're going to do with Sam. We're trapped. What are we going to do?"

The group all sat in silence, wondering the same thing themselves. One of the deckhands who sat next to Madison placed a hand on her shoulder, offering silent comfort. Madison recognized him to be Jude; he was always kind to her and taught her how to play cards. He looked a little worse for wear, but otherwise he was okay.

The only one who was not stuck in morbid thought, however, was Grim. He had a grin on his face; a sign of trouble coming their way.

"I got an idea," the old Scottish man piped up, causing Madison and the rest of the Endurance members to look at him. "We make a run for it."

"Are you crazy?" Jonah was the first to respond.

"Yeah," Alex answered Jonah's question, making light of the situation. If the situation wasn't so serious, Madison would have rolled her eyes at his antics. "They'll bludgeon us to death, man."

"We all can't make a run for it," Reyes shook her head.

"No...but I can!" Grim insisted. "I'll need yer help."

"What do you need us to do?"

"I need a distraction...and perhaps some backup," Grim explained.

Madison nodded. "We can do that."

"Good to hear, lass," Grim grinned. He knelt at her side, rummaging through his jacket pocket. "Before we get started, I want you to have this."

Grim had pulled out a pocket knife and held it out to Madison.

"Oh, no, I don't think I can—"

"Maddie, you need a weapon. Everyone else has one but you. Don't worry about me, I can handle the bastards," Grim insisted, all but shoving the knife into Madison's palm. "You know how to use it?"

"Yes," Madison answered, as she studied it. She pressed the button and the sharp blade shot out. Feeling the weight of it, Madison concluded that it had a good balance and that if she tried hard enough, she could use it.

"Good. I think you can make use of it," Grim said earnestly. "Now, here's what we gon' do…"

The plan was very simple. The guards needed to be taken out so Grim could run like the devil. The old man had made his escape quite easy, though. He had simply called some of the guards over and taunted them, before ultimately attacking and killing some of them.

The Endurance members were able to help, though.

When Grim had started trouble, more members of the Solarii—as they verbally confirmed—ran over to help their fallen brother or two. While Grim was more than capable of taking out the men himself, he still needed help to escape. More or less, he needed a head start.

The Endurance members were able to help, though.

Everyone had a strategy: yell at the Solarii, then try to pack a punch in. The deckhands were pretty good with the physical aspects, but Madison was somewhat of an amateur in the insults and generally finding ways to piss people off.

Madison, however, had to commit her real first kill.

To her revelation, the action was not as hard as she thought it would be. It was as it almost came naturally...well, maybe not stabbing the guy right in the base of his skull by hey, she had to do what she had to do. At least, that's what she had to tell herself.

Here's what happened: as Madison and Alex were busy spewing as much bullshit as they could, other members of the captured party were physically fighting back. They were doing pretty good but then one of the Jude, her favorite deckhand became overpowered.

"Oh fuck," Madison had sworn under her breath before she charged towards Jude and the Solarii member, whose back was behind her. Without a second thought, Madison had jumped on his back, shouted "Hey, motherfucker!", stabbed the man's neck vertebrae before she retracted the knife and stabbed the man at the base of his skull.

The man went down immediately, and Madison was able to bounce onto her feet and pocketed her knife quickly.

Her actions were not well liked by Solarii. They were furious that a little girl like her was able to do that. She killed their brother. One of them went for Madison who tried to fight back, but she was inevitably knocked down. Specifically, her rival had hit her so hard that she hit the stone floor and stomped on her.

"You killed our brother!" he screamed, and went in for another punch but then then Jude, the deckhand she saved, had saved her from further harm by overpowering their captor.

Madison wished that she was able to thank him, but she had blacked out. Madison was unsure of how long she was out, but she had regained conscious a few times. The most she could remember from that was the pungent smells of rotting and decomposing...yeah, the very thought mad her want to vomit. She didn't want to remember any of that or the crazy, broken laughter either.

Once Madison had fully woken up, she could vaguely register that her surroundings were new. The floor she laid on was hollow and cool to the touch. She could smell dust and metal. It was evident that she was no longer in the room, or at inside the palace.

"She's awake!" came the sound of Jonah's voice. Madison groaned, eyes screwing shut as her hands flew over them. Fuck, she thought. This hurts.

There was a sudden shift and someone was kneeling next to the young woman. She felt herself tense at the company, and the fact that she swore she was swaying. She didn't want to know where she was at.

"Maddie, hey Maddie, hey," she heard Alex. "You gotta get up. You can't sleep."

Madison groaned but slowly (too slow for everyone's preference and concern) sat up, with Alex supporting her. He handed her her glasses, which were now a bit cracked, and she put them on. Blinking once, then twice, Madison's sight became better and she became more aware of her surroundings.

"Where are we?" Madison asked, looking around. She noted that their new space was significantly smaller and cage-like, if the bars had anything to say.

"After Grim's escape, they locked us all up here," Reyes had explained, sounding irritated. She shook the bars, and the room started swaying. Madison scrambled out of Alex's reach, freaking out.

"Are we up in the air?"

"They didn't want to take any chances with us," Jonah explained.

Madison nodded slowly, looking around. It smelled like metal, fuel, and must. There were also only four people in the cage: Reyes, Jonah, Alex, and Madison herself.

"Where are the others?" Madison asked.

"Most of them got killed when Grim escaped," Reyes explained. "And they took Jude somewhere else."

"Do you think he'll be alright?"

"I hope so," Jonah said, but the look on his face indicated to Madison that he wasn't sure if Jude would be okay at all. He seemed spooked about something, but Madison wasn't sure what made him so perturbed.

"So Grim did escape?" Madison decided to change the topic. "That's good. Maybe he can get to Roth or Lara."

Time passed slowly. Madison was sitting down again, back leaning against the wall of the cage with Alex adjacent from her, mirroring her position. Reyes and Jonah were standing at opposite ends, seemingly keeping their suspended prison balanced.

The downtime gave Madison time to process what had happened to her since they arrived at this mysterious, deadly place. So much had happened, where did she even start? Madison began to compile a list in her head.

1. The Endurance definitely wrecked in a storm, somewhere in the Dragon's Triangle.

Surviving the wreck itself was not going to escape Madison for a long time, if ever. The loud sounds of the sirens, being thrown backwards into the cold, dark sea...yeah. That definitely happened.

2. Steph is most likely dead, along with most of the crew.

Madison had yet to see her roommate, and doubted that she was still alive. It made Madison sad to think about. Steph was nice, and Madison hoped that she went quickly if she wasn't alive. She hoped that nothing grotesque happened. Speaking of worry...

3. Sam is a hostage, and very important to the cult.

Madison had yet to fully understand this and quite frankly, she didn't want to know. All she knew about was that Sam could help the cult in some way and if she did not pass the test, they might turn to Madison next. She doubted that they would risk it with Reyes.

The thought of being used in any way by the men made Madison feel nausea. If her dark thoughts had any truth to them, then she really hoped that Sam was okay. If they hurt her in any way, Madison would find a way to kick their asses. Speaking of kicking ass

4. How was I able to last this long?

There was no way Madison had been able to last this long. She was under five foot, not an athlete by any means (unless you count all those years of ballet), and weak. She also hurt her shoulder pretty bad, albeit the pain being subdued for a while.

Time must have been slow for the guards on duty, because someone kept waving their light around. Madison's eyes would catch the bright light, causing her to shrink backwards, screwing her eyes shut.

Reyes was not amused with the man's foolery.

"Keep it up, you son of a bitch! When I get out of here I'm gonna to shove one of those arrows right up your ass!"

Madison's mouth twitched at the woman's heated words, not concerned that Reyes jerked their cell.

"Haha, this one's got a temper!" one of the men chuckled.

"Hey! Don't rile them up! We're working here!" one of the other men scolded. Madison crawled over to where Reyes was standing, peering through the bars. From her view, she could see two men.

"This cage is overkill," someone else said.

"Yeah, well, when the old man busted out and that girl up there killed one of our brothers, they didn't want to take any chances," the man—presumably the one who scolded the flash light man; he looked like he was a welder of some sort—explained.

Holy fuck, I really did kill that guy, Madison thought to herself. She had almost forgotten about that. She felt guilty about the death, but deep down knew that if she hadn't done what she had, then she and the others would be dead. (Even when that was the truth, that didn't mean that it wasn't traumatic or haunting.)

"These new ones are trouble. We should just...send them all to the Oni!" the other man had declared.

The Oni? Madison thought. Who the fuck are the Oni? Aren't they demons? Fuck it, she had enough of this goddamned place. She needed to get out of here.

"So, what do you think is going to happen?" the Oni man asked.

"The Sun Queen. She is finally going to lead us off this rock," the welder explained.

"The Sun Queen?" Madison whispered to herself. Himiko?

"So it's all real? She's real?" Oni man asked.

"She is," the welder replied, "and nothing is going to stop us."

Madison gulped.

"I can't believe it. It's been so long," Oni man reminisced.

"Everything's going to change, brother. You'll see," the welder promised.

What the fuck? Madison thought, as she slowly stood up. Her head was spinning and her vision went spotty, causing her to grip to the bars. Fuck, she must be in worse condition than she originally thought.

Is...are they talking about Himiko? Is this really Yamatai? Madison tried to reflect on her own knowledge, but she found it to be difficult. Especially when she saw Lara Croft murder the two men in her sight.

"Holy fuck!" Madison yelped in surprise, as the rest of the prisoners started cheering. Madison would have joined too, but she was in shock. Not only did she watch two men be taken out, but Lara was alive! "Lara!"

"That was badass, Lara!" Alex complimented the young woman. Madison had to admit, that was true. "How the hell did you get in here?"

"I had some help," Lara replied, seemingly out of breath. Her reply, however, made Madison light up more.

"Was it Grim?" Madison asked.

"Yes," Lara nodded. She paused, and the silence alone made Madison know what Lara was about to say next.

"He didn't make it."

Even though Madison knew, she was still in shock. She felt her face melt into one of shock. She almost couldn't believe it.

"Shit," Reyes swore, swatting at the bars.

"I didn't think anything could take that guy down," Jonah commented, speaking out what the rest were thinking.

"He went out swinging, gave me a chance to get you," Lara explained before she changed the subject. "Look, there's a rescue helicopter on its way. I know they're keeping Sam separately. Have you seen Whitman?"

As much as Madison was relieved that Sam was alive, her mood darkened at the mention of Whitman.

"Guess he didn't make it to the guest rooms," Reyes shrugged. Madison had no idea what she meant by that, and to be honest? She didn't want to know.

"Mr. Showbiz probably weaseled an upgrade," Alex shrugged. Madison didn't realize that he was sitting back down until she heard just how close he was to her.

"We'll find him, and Sam, too," Jonah assured, kneeling next to Alex.

"We can't do anything up here, though," Madison pointed out, grimacing as she looked around. "Can you get us out?"

"I'll find a way to get you out," Lara assured the group. She looked around, trying to see if she could get to them in any way.

"C'mon, guys. Let's try to loosen this thing up," Reyes said to Madison, Alex, and Jonah. She motioned for the men to get back up. "C'mon, guys. Again!"

Alex and Jonah both got back up, clutching to the bars of the cage.

"Okay, ready?" Jonah asked. "Jump!"

The four prisoners jumped. They could hear their cage creak and move little, but no big improvement was made. Madison did begin to smell natural gas, though. It couldn't be from them, could it?

"It's no use, Reyes," Alex moaned.

"Shut up, Alex," Madison snapped at him. "We have to try."

"Ready?" Jonah asked. "JUMP!"

The four prisoners jumped again. The echo was louder this time, and they swayed a little more than their previous attempt. No major improvement was made, though. They were still pretty much stuck.

God damn it.

"God damn it," Reyes swore. Madison couldn't help but grin, as the mechanic had just the young girl's thoughts.

"Lara, there's some weird shit going on here," Alex said to Lara, who had began to pace around on the ground.

"We heard them talking about a sun spirit," Jonah added.

"Sun Queen," Lara corrected. "The ancient ruler of Yamatai."

"Holy shit," Madison let out as Alex said: "You gotta be kidding me! This is Yamatai?" He glanced at Madison. "Mads, you were right!"

"I always am," the young girl retorted.

"Well, ain't that something. We found the damn place after all," Reyes commented.

"Just wasn't what we expected, eh?" Jonah said.

Alex and Madison laughed.

"Understatement of the year!" Alex chortled.

"Sam's involved, somehow. Their leader thinks she's some kind of key," Lara explained. Madison's eyes widened at Lara's revelation.

"Holy shit, I heard some of the men talk about that!" Madison revealed. "They think she's the one?"

"Yes," Lara confirmed. "They...they had a ceremony; a fire ritual. She survived."

"Great. The cult has their own Charles Manson, too," Alex let out.

"His name's Mathias," Lara corrected.

"Poor Sam," Madison said. Sam must be terrified.

"I hope we can find her," Jonah added.

"One thing at a time. First: let's get the hell out of this cage," Reyes reminded them.

"Hold on to something!" Lara suddenly called out to them. Everyone complied, as they watched Lara shoot a fire arrow at the natural gas below them. Whatever Lara's plan was worked, because there was the sound of a loud explosion, a bright flash, and the counterweight was freed. The cage shifted, suddenly feeling much lighter.

"That did it!" Reyes exclaimed.

"Whoohoo! Yeah!" Alex cheered, with Madison joining in.

"Great job, Lara!" Jonah complimented.

The cheers did not last long, though. It appeared that Lara had started a chain reaction of explosions. The caves and debris were beginning to buckle.

"This place is becoming unstable. The floor is buckling," Lara commented as she ran up a ramp and were now at level with the prisoners in the cage.

"Don't worry about it, Lara, just get us out here!" Alex said.

"Please," Madison added, as she warily looked down to the ground. She could see the red-orange flames flicker, and some pits in the ground started to form.

The floor must be hollow, Madison thought as she glanced back up just in time to watch Lara jump on the counterweight platform and then on the roof of the cage. Madison knew the young woman made it as she heard the footsteps echo.

Madison had faith in Lara, but she started to worry when the cage began to lop sideways. She clenched the bars again, not wanting to slide.

"Lara, the cage is starting to get loose!" Madison warned her friend. Lara didn't respond, however, as there was a second loud explosion with the cage lurching downwards as a result.

"Holy shit!" Madison swore as the second round of explosions went off. This time, the detonations made a bigger impact. Suddenly, all of the ground floor disappeared creating one large pit. Then the floor of the cage disappeared, which caused everyone having to grab hold of the bars and barely balance themselves on the small bit of floor that they had left (which wasn't very much).

In the detonation, Lara had also been thrown off from the roof of the cage, but Jonah was able to grab her by the arm.

"I got you, girl!" Jonah assured her, as she swung herself back to grab hold of the cage again.

"Thanks, Jonah, that was close!" Lara said, as she began to scale the exterior of the cage again.

"We have a problem," Reyes chimed in.

"You mean our loss of floors? Yeah, didn't notice that," Madison bit back sarcastically. Jonah, however, had not noticed their problem and had let out a yelp of surprise.

"We lost the cage floor!" he yelled.

"Look down, man. We lost all the fucking floors!" Alex pointed out.

"We gotta get out of this thing!" Jonah said.

"Yeah, no shit," Madison retorted. "But we really can't do anything."

"This is bad," Alex moaned.

There was another sudden burst of explosions, eerily close to the cage. Madison could feel the rapid heat against her skin, and she had to close her eyes to avoid being blinded.

"It sounds like the whole mountain is going up," Alex commented. The cage started to lurch again, which was now scaring everyone. They were going to plummet soon.

"Lara, we're going down!" Madison warned her, as she saw the young woman on the platform. She watched as Lara opened the gas pipes.

"Hurry, Lara!" Alex cried out.

"Whatever you're gonna do, do it fast!" Jonah advised.

"Lara, get your ass in gear! Get us out of here!" Reyes shouted. She then added: "Look, there's daylight on the other side. It could be our way out of here!"

Madison couldn't see Lara due to the fire and gas clouding her vision, but she could clearly hear Lara yell out: "Alright, this should do it! Take cover!"

No one had time to say anything as there was a final, big explosion. Madison held on for dear life as the cage sprang backward (in her perspective), landing on the side. On instinct, Madison let go of the bars and rolled out of the cage, onto the platform. She sprung on her feet, watching as the cage fell backwards and into the pit. Reyes, Jonah, and Alex all made it out, albeit Alex needing to be pulled up onto the platform.

"You're awesome, Lara!" Madison yelled out over the loud sounds of the caves collapsing.

"It looks like there's a way out on this side!" Reyes added, gesturing to the exit.

"Okay, then go! I'm going in to get Sam and Whitman!" Lara informed the group.

"Okay! Good luck!" Jonah yelled back. "Be safe, Lara!"

"C'mon! Let's move," Reyes ordered the group, who wasted no time in getting the hell out of there.

It was going to be a long night.

A/N: I like this chapter a lot. We start to get more into some thoughts + saving the Endurance crew is always a great moment. I decided to "skip" over the the main caverns where the men were because to be honest, that part of the game is scary for me lol. Also, if Madison was fully conscious/aware, she would have been terrified. She definitely remembers the smells, though, so I wonder which is worse: knowing or not knowing, you know? (Probably not, but that's okay.)

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter! I liked it a lot (but also watch me come back and edit it later, LOL). I'm exciting for the next couple chapters, though, because Lara will be with the group. I want to write scenes with Madison and Lara so bad. Also: Sam! I love Sam. She got fucked over (even more) after this game. RIP.

(P.S. her deckhand friend is the one who uh...Lara witnessed being killed and consumed by the captives. Yikes.)