01x03 - Living Midnight

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music playing]

[Jonah gasps]

[both gasping]

[Jonah yells]

Lara!

[gasping for air]

[grunts]

[gasping]

Jonah. Jonah!

[crashing]

[Lara yelps]

[gasping]

[urgent music playing]

Huh?

[yells]

- [straining]
- [metal creaking]

[gasps]

[sounds fade]

[gentle splashing]

[coughs]

[poignant music playing]

[groans]

[sighs]

Jonah! [gasps]

Jonah!

Jonah...

[gasps]

No!

No, no, no, no!
Jonah, Jonah! Please, no! [sobs]

[grunting]

[sighs]

[gasps sharply]

[clicking]

[gasps]

[breathing shakily]

[sobbing]

[gasps]

[thief growling]

[scoffs] 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.

[grunts]

[groans]

[chuckles]

You want the ruby so badly?

Go and fetch it.

- [yells]
- No!

[gasps]

[growls]

- Boom! I just rocked you to sleep!
- [hip-hop music playing]

Oh, you ain't got it.

[phone rings]

What's up?

- [shakily] 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.

[sighs] Lord.

I'm so sorry. [sighs]

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.

[sighs]

Mm. [inhales]

[sighs]

Item number 033061.

It's at the manor.
Send it through usual channels.

I'll pick it up in Beijing.

- Lara, don't hang...
- [bleeping]

[sighs]

[poignant music playing]

[phone beeping]

[autodialing]

[line ringing]

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.
- [hangs up]

[gasps]

- 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.

[gasps]

Hmm.

[man chuckles]

Huh,

[Lara speaks Mandarin]

[in English] How can I help you, miss?

I'm a friend of Alexandria's.

[suspenseful music playing]

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.

[whirring and beeping]

Huh?

- [Lara scoffs]
- Oh!

[bell dings]

[dramatic music playing]

[Zip] Hmm!

- This is the Beijing base of the Library.
- [Zip] Hmm.

[Lara] An international guild
that restores artifacts, repairs them,

returns them to their native homes
if they've been stolen.

[Zip] Who steals artifacts?

- [Lara] Hmm...
- Oh.

Right.

[groans]

- Lady Croft.
- [Lara] 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. [speaks Mandarin]

Sword of Divinity.

- My father found it...
- [Eva] 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. [sighs]

This way.

The Peril Stones
is one of the oldest legends in China.

[sweeping, romantic music playing]

[Eva] Before life,
there was chaos and order.

They were at constant w*r

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.

- [sounds of battle]
- [Eva] Violent, wicked.

[man screaming]

[Eva] 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?

[sighs] 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?

[Eva] Fire and storms and wars.

The end of all things.

[Zip] Why can't the world ever just end
in cupcakes and unicorn rides?

- [purring]
- [barista] Your coffee.

[shop bell rings]

Anything yet?

[cats meowing]

[continues typing]

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.

[meows]

Cross-reference with weird events,
disasters, uh, odd crimes...

Well, this is interesting.
The same family sur...

[meows]

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 k*lled
all three of his sons in 1978.

Before he was ex*cuted,

he said his wife was a witch
who made him do it with her magic jewel.

I know. I amaze you.

[mysterious music playing]

Hmm. Where's the girl now?

Well, um... that's the one hiccup.

[Zip] The girl is Elvan Kaya.

Infamous warlord. Uh, warlordess?

Um, she... she lords over wars.

[Lara] She's a mobster.

[beeps]

[tense music playing]

[clicking]

[whirring]

- [roars]
- [Zip] Mmm, mmm, mmm.

What is it with rich people and tigers?
I bet you had one as a kid.

[Zip] It's gonna take me a while
to compile the schematic.

[growls] How long is a while?

[Zip] It's a while.

The unit of measurement
is deliberately vague.

- Enjoy the city. Take a breather.
- [beep]

A what? Zip?

Zip!

Ugh!

[murmur of voices]

[suspenseful music playing]

[sound of rushing water]

- [Lara] Jonah!
- [Jonah] Lara!

- [Lara] Jonah!
- [Jonah grunting]

- [Lara sobbing]
- [gasps]

[sighs] Hmm.

- [thud]
- [gasps]

[speaking Turkish]

[in English] I think we got off
on the wrong foot, Miss Croft.

You mean you stealing from me,
or you trying to k*ll me?

Mmm, the k*lling you.

The stealing was regrettably necessary.

- [instrumental music playing]
- Who are you?

Why are you collecting the Peril Stones?

[thief speaking Turkish]

[in English] My name is
Charles Devereaux, and I am...

hmm, you.

In no way is that accurate.

[chuckles]

Trinity was a secret society that
manipulated the world for monetary gain.

Then they k*lled 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 m*rder*d in Paris

by a secret society
who call themselves the Light.

- [Lara] 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?

[Charles] 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.

[suspenseful music playing]

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.
- [Charles chuckles]

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.

[Lara sighs]

But if the myth is true,

you'll destroy all of us in the process.

And how many did you destroy
in your process?

[Lara gasps]

- [Charles] Ow!
- [onlookers gasping]

[Charles groans]

Kindred spirit or no,

stay out of my way, Miss Croft.

[shop bell jingles]

[mysterious music playing]

[sighs]

[faint shuffling sounds]

[Zip] 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.

[mysterious music continues]

[dog barking in distance]

Hmm...

[insects chirping]

[wind gusting]

[Zip] You're clear.

[tense music playing]

[grunting]

- [grunts]
- [Zip] Hold up.

[gasps]

[gasping]

[grunting]

[rope creaking]

[gasps]

[grunts]

Hmm.

[sighs]

[Zip] That was almost awesome.

Ugh. Remind me to take up yoga
if I'm going to try that move again.

[whirring]

[bleeping]

[Zip] 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.
- [groans]

We don't have time to... dillydally!

[grunts]

[sighs]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Kaya, muffled] I don't know
what you want me to do.

Uh, uh... you don't think it's strange?

Snow in summer?

[Kaya] Climate change. Not my problem.

[sighs]

[Zip] She's wearing it.

We need a new plan.

[animal growling]

[whimpers]

[snarls]

I have an idea.

[Zip] Is it a good one?

- [man screams outside]
- Hmm?

- [tiger growling]
- [Kaya gasps]

- [men yelling]
- [gasps]

Bahri, the tranquilizer g*ns!

Alayna, you k*ll that tiger, I k*ll you.

Where are the prods?

Hmm.

[dramatic music playing]

[gasps]

[Lara gasps]

- [melodic ringing sound]
- [gasps]

Mm.

[gasping] Thief! Get her!

I got it! Now, how do I get out of here?

[Zip] Left. Up the stairs.

[scoffs]

[guard yells]

[guard grunting]

- [guard gasping]
- [tiger snarling]

[yelps]

[guard screams]

- Lara, what the hell was that?
- [bleep]

- [guards yell]
- [Lara grunts]

- [yells]
- [high-pitched ringing]

[giggles]

[g*n clicking]

[gasps]

[g*n clicking]

[screams]

[snarling]

[guard speaking Turkish]

[shuddering]

[grunts]

[melodic ringing]

[yells]

[groans]

[grunts]

[sighs]

- [guard spluttering]
- [gasps]

[whimpering]

- [Lara] It's okay.
- [yelps]

[guard gasps]

[sighs]

[exhales]

[sobbing]

[dramatic music playing]

[gasps]

[Kaya screams]

[panting]

[both panting]

[g*ns c*ck]

[Kaya gasps] Stop.

Stop. [sighs]

That thing is living midnight.

Get it away from me. Go!

[Lara gasps] Oh!

That thing will curse you, you hear me?

That thing will curse you!

[mysterious music playing]

[sighs]

[gasps] Oh!

Zip!

[grunts]

[panting]

[gasps] Jonah!

Take it.

[Lara yelps]

[moans]

- [Lara whispers] Jonah...
- [Charles chuckling]

Hmm.

- [crunching]
- [Lara screams]

[gasps]

[Charles laughs]

[Lara grunts]

[speaking Mandarin]

[car alarm blaring]

[dramatic music playing]

[theme music playing]