01x08 - A Journey of a Thousand Miles

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music playing]

[wind gusting]

[groans]

[sighs]

- [Jonah groans]
- [Lara sighs]

Are we there yet?

[mysterious music playing]

[Lara] I believe we are.

It's the goddess Nu'wa's first test.

[speaks Mandarin]

Weak Water.

The myth says nothing can float
on the weak waters of Kunlun.

That look like a blue hole to you?

[Zip, on comms] Is that posh for "lake"?

It's a sinkhole.

Usually full of quicksand and cold spots

that lock up your joints
and suck you under.

Kills you in seconds.

Of course it does.

- Let her go first.
- Uh...

You know, ever since I met you,

I've been terrified
of how reckless and stubborn you are.

[sighs] Sometimes, I swear
you have a death wish.

I don't.

I know.

This is just... who you are.

[dramatic music playing]

Go on, then, you crazy b*stard.

[gasps] ¡Dios mío!

[grunting]

[gasps] Oh!

[sighs]

[gasping]

[grunting]

Line's secure.

[Jonah] Roger that.

[sighs] Thank goodness.

[suspenseful music playing]

[gasps]

[music swells]

[birdsong]

[Jonah whistles]

[Lara chuckles] Agreed.

[birds chirping]

[Lara] Some of this flora...

Jonah, it's been extinct
for millions of years.

- [whirring]
- [gasps]

[mysterious music playing]

[squeaking]

[growling]

[Lara] It's said Nu'wa lives
at the peak of the world,

and that's where she tamed
the Perils and created the Stones.

- [animal bellowing]
- Huh?

[Lara] That's it.
That's where I have to return the Stones.

Their place of creation.

Looks like Nu'wa built other traps too.

This place is full of things
meant to k*ll humans.

[Lara] The Land of the Gods was...
is a hallowed place.

This place isn't meant for us.

[Zip] Oh.

Maybe you could just leave the Stones
on the front stoop.

Then ding-dong ditch.

- [thunderclap]
- [both gasp]

- [whimpers]
- The world is... falling apart.

[Lara] Balance.

Well, you're always wanting things
to be easier.

[Jonah groans]

This is Hansel and Gretel easy.

And you know what happened to them.

[Lara] Chinese cosmogony believes

that our natural primordial state
was a great and featureless nothing.

A place of perfect unity and balance.

And that somewhere in that darkness

lay the truth of who we were.

[shudders]

"The Way."

[tense, dramatic music playing]

[Jonah] Hmm.

Are you sensing trap?
'Cause I'm sensing trap.

[Lara] Only one way to find out.

[crashing]

[gasps]

I do believe it's a trap.

[sighs]

Hmm.

[Zip] What face is that?

My thinking one.

Now is when she doesn't know the answer?
When the world is ending?

[grunting]

[sighs]

[gasps]

Hmm.

[machinery clanking]

[yelps]

[gasps]

[rumbling]

[rumbling fades]

It's a poem. A story.

It's the story of
how Nu'wa repaired the broken world.

The White Tiger.

Hmm.

Jonah, step exactly where I tell you.

And only where I tell you.

"Long ago, the sky was broken,

so Nu'wa cut off the legs
of the great black turtle

and set them up as pillars."

Black! Step on the black one.
Only the black one, Jonah!

[exhales]

[yells]

[gasps]

[both sigh]

"She k*lled the Azure Dragon
to stop the surging waters."

Blue! The next step is blue!

[Jonah yells]

Hmm.

"Tore the wings from the Vermilion Bird."

Red!

White!

[Jonah screams]

- [groans]
- [stone grinding]

[yelps]

[grunts]

[crashing echoing through speakers]

[Abby] Oh my...

[grunts]

[gasps] My fault.

My fault.

The last one is the Yellow Dragon!

Hmm...

[gasps]

[exhales]

[running]

[yells]

[moaning]

[stone grinding]

Huh?

[yells]

[yells]

[sighs]

[moaning]

Huh?

[clanking]

Oh. [chuckles]

[Zip sighs]

- [thunder rumbling]
- [gasps]

[gasps]

Madre...

Uh... Lara?

- [sizzling]
- Oh!

It's ash.

The sky is burning.

[Lara] Hmm.

[wind gusting]

[thunder rumbling]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Lara] Hmm...

[Jonah] Hmm...

[grunting]

A Qilin.

The companion of the gods.

[chuckles]

[high-pitched ringing]

Hmm...

- Sure. Why not?
- [Lara groans]

- [cracking]
- [gasps]

[Lara yelps]

[Jonah] Care to share with the class?

My favorite part of Chinese mythology
is how there is no real belief in evil.

Every moment of destruction
is equally a moment of creation.

[strains] The Chinese elements
all feed into each other.

The dragon is a symbol of spring.
New wood.

- And wood feeds fire.
- [energy humming]

And in Chinese symbology,
elements are represented by animals.

- I know things too.
- [Zip chuckles]

We have to follow the elements.

[Jonah] Hmm.

- [stone grinding]
- [energy buzzing]

[tense music playing]

[strains]

[grunts]

[energy humming]

[rumbling]

Come on. I'll lower the rope for you.

Uh...

- [thudding]
- [gasps]

[thudding continues]

[growling]

[roaring]

[gasps]

[g*nf*re]

- [snarling]
- No! Lara! Keep going!

[Jonah] Lara! Go!

I'm not leaving you!

[Jonah] There's no time, Lara.

I'm armed and I'm quicker than I look,

but I can't fight that thing
if I'm holding this for you.

[grunting]

[rumbling]

Go! Finish it!

[gasps]

[groans]

[gasps]

[snarling]

Zip, are you there?

Jo... Jonah, he, um...

Zip?

Abby?

[sighs]

[exhales shakily]

- [high-pitched ringing]
- [gasps]

- [wind gusting]
- [gasps]

Oh...

[energy whooshing]

[yelps]

[wind gusting]

[gasps]

[dramatic music playing]

[gasps]

Hmm.

[inhales deeply]

[exhales]

Hmm.

[energy whooshing]

[gasps] Oh!

[gasps]

[gasps]

Nu'wa.

[energy surging]

[Lara groans]

- [gong resonating]
- [grunts]

- [whooshing]
- [gasping]

[yelps]

[yells]

[grunting]

[sounds fade]

[poignant music playing]

[wind gusting]

[splutters]

[grunting]

[high-pitched ringing]

[sighs]

- [leaves rustling]
- [birdsong]

I can't believe you left me to die by bear

and broke the temple.

[gasps]

Jonah!

[Jonah chuckles]

You did it.

We did it.

[Abby] And for that,
you are very lucky, Lara Croft.

Abby. Zip.

[Zip] Bad news is your house is flooded.

Good news is I think it's over.

[sighs]

Then it's time to come home.

- [crashing]
- [Jonah gasps]

- [thudding]
- [gasps]

[thudding continues]

[snarling]

[both gasp]

Lara!

Maybe he's nice?

[bellowing]

[Lara chuckles]

Let's do this.

[roaring]

[screams]

[shrieks]

[Jonah groaning]

[Lara yells]

- [dinosaur snarling]
- [groaning]

[sighs and yells]

[g*ns clicking]

[Lara groans]

[roaring]

[gasps] Jonah!

[both grunt]

[yells]

[dramatic, epic music playing]

[screams]

- [roaring]
- [Lara yells]

- Lara!
- [groans]

- [rumbling]
- [Jonah gasps]

[panting]

[silence]

[water flowing gently]

[both panting heavily]

[Jonah groans]

[both laugh]

[gentle music playing]

[birdsong]

- [gasps]
- Lady Croft.

Your generosity is boundless.

Are you sure you want us
taking all of this? [chuckles]

I don't need them anymore,
but they might as well serve some good.

Oh yes.

The new Croft Wing will be so full
of exciting new treasures

and tales to inspire the world.

You are an archaeology godsend. Truly.

[poignant music playing]

Where'd you steal the armor from?

[Lara] I didn't. It was a gift
from a very nice fisherwoman.

[Camilla] Ahem.

I chose one you could breathe in.

[Lara] Well, thank you for that.

[Camilla] Hmm.

[door creaks]

[Camilla gasps]

[giggles]

- [Lara grunts]
- [Camilla] Hmm!

I remember all the dresses you'd rip apart
after Sunday school.

I learned half my English curse words
from your mother.

- The other half from my father.
- The other half from Roth.

[both laugh]

You okay?

Yeah. I actually am.

Let's go, ladies. I'm hungry.

- [gasps]
- [Camilla giggles]

[Lara whimpers]

[upbeat guitar music playing]

[Leo singing in Maori]

[laughs] First, yoga. Then dance lessons.

- [laughs]
- [phone ringing]

Hi, Sam.

Where are you? Jonah's...

Sam?

[call ends]

[Leo continues singing in Māori]

[insects chirping]

I'm really sorry. Sorry. I, um...

Uh... This sounds crazy, but I... I think Sam
might have gotten herself into something.

Sam's on a job overseas, right?

Yeah. Uh, yeah. I'm...
I'm sure I'm just being me.

But I want to be sure,

and I didn't want you to think
I just left.

Thank you.

You two really are so beautiful.

[Leo continues singing in Māori]

Hey.

Be careful.

Always.

[in English]
♪ Did we lose our connection? ♪

♪ Touch and affection ♪

♪ Without intention ♪

♪ Oh, oh, you just say every sentence ♪

♪ Use every last breath ♪

♪ Find what we came for... ♪

[gasps]

♪ Someday, we'll find ♪

♪ Where we belong ♪

[grunts]

[tense music playing]

[clinking]

[Lara gasps]

[gasps]

Sam? Sam?

[tense, dramatic music playing]

[shudders]

[wood creaking]

[music intensifying]

[music fades]

[dramatic music playing]

[theme music playing]