You never expected your first expedition to end up like this.
You had always craved adventure, loving to read up on the latest discoveries from across the world of ancient civilizations, uncovered by the strongest and bravest men and women. It sounded like a fantasy to be able to travel the world in search of adventure… and of course some riches.
Of course you never expected to go on any such expedition. That is until you stumbled across an ad online. It appeared a fellow admirer of archeology had requested some help with uncovering a long forgotten tomb in the heart of South America. It offered a handsome reward to anyone all that might help to recover the lost treasure of this tomb.
“What’s the harm in at least submitting an application?” you reason, never expecting to actually get to go.
Oh how wrong you were.
Within an hour you received a response with a date and time, along with a ticket pre-payed ticked to Souther America! Your heart thumped with excitement as you realized you were going to live out your dream of exploring! You prepared as best you could before you departed, training, reading up on the local flora and fauna, and packing your bags with everything you’d think you need! Finally the day arrived and you were thrilled to head off on what was hopefully your first of many adventures.
Unfortunately, your dream of exploring slowly turned into a nightmare.
When you arrived in South America you met up with your group and slowly started to realize the kind of people you were working with. You were surrounded by the rough and toughest men you’d ever met, all of which seemed to scoff at the city boy amongst them.
Things only got worse once the expedition began. The wild jungles of South America were harsh and unforgiving and it was a few days journey before finding the tomb. By the time you actually made it to the tomb your group had dwindled in size drastically as some either gave up, got separated and lost, or worse.
You were exhausted, scared, and half regretting submitting that application, but were praying that this would all be worth it once you had made it back with your bounty. Looking up at the large stone ancient temple before you, you felt a glimmer of hope.
“Alright!” the leader of your group spoke up to grab our attention, “eyes sharp, whoever made this tomb must have rigged it with something devious to keep people like us out, so don’t get killed, got it?”
You simply gulped and nodded as you all stepped into the tomb. You looked around, basking in the adventure as you saw the giant tomb, looking at the art and stone working that these ancient people were able to create. As you did you noticed something odd in the corner of the room. While everyone else was focused on going further down the halls of the temple you noticed a small tunnel off to the side. It was pretty small, but you figured you’d be able to squeeze through on your hands and knees.
“A secret passage?” you whispered to yourself, you heart pounding this excitement.
Your curiosity getting the better of you, you dropped to your hands and knees and began crawling on all fours down the passage. The space was tight and dark, forcing you to really squeeze past the hard walls of stone unable to see where you were going.
After a hard push you tumble forward, landing on a smooth surface. The surface tilted downward, acting like a slide as you began picking up speed!
“Ahhhh!” you screamed as you slid down this ancient slide, terrified you’d fallen victim to a booby trap!
After a few moments of falling you tumbled to the ground. Still in the dark you felt around in your pockets for you lighter. You quickly ignited it and light penetrated this new cavern. Your eyes widened as before you you saw a large chamber! The walls were lined with stacks of gold coins and other ancient works!
“I…I found it… I found it!” you cheered with excitement, taking a handful of gold in your hand as you cheered with excitement.
On the walls you saw a large torch and quickly grabbed it, allowing it to light up the rest of the room. Looking across the room you saw standing on a totem was a small, golden statue perched up. The item was beautiful, no doubt the crown jewel of this treasure room. It looked like a small golden man, with giant red, rubies for eyes.
“Wow that’s so cool,” you say as you step closer to it, “I wonder what you’ll be wor-“
Your voice stopped as you stepped down, your foot lowering as you realized you’ve stepped on a pressure plate!
“Oh no…” you whimper.
You look back to the statue and see its eyes glimmer and shine bright, blinding you! It takes a moment to recover and you realize to your horror that, while you are unharmed, you are small! Shrunken out of your own clothes you stand in a pile of fabric only a few inches tall!
“N-no no this can’t be!” you exclaim, “this can’t be possible!”
Before you can dwell on it too long you hear the sound of someone coming down the chute! You turn back, expecting to see the group you had traveled here with but to your surprise you see a much more alluring sight!
Sliding down with grace you see a gorgeous brunette woman! Her long, brown hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, wearing a pair of khakis shorts and a tight fit blue top! She was gorgeous! And it didn’t take too long for you to recognize her! This was Lara Croft! You had read about her adventures as an explorer and archaeologist, she was one of the main reasons you wanted to go exploring in the first place! You never thought you’d be lucky enough to meet her, especially in a place like this!
She strode into the room, looking at the gold as she headed your way!
“I-I gotta stop her before she hits the pressure plate!” you whisper to yourself as you stand up from your pile of clothes.
You try to run over towards her waving your hands in the air.
“Wait stop!” you exclaim, “I-it’s a…. trap.”
Your voice falters a bit as her massive eye settled on you. You gulp as she gasps, seeing you standing so far below her.
“What on earth are you?” she asks curiously down at you.
You blush as you quickly explain how you got here up to this giant woman.
How does she react?
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