LYDIA DEETZ AND TOMB RAIDER
Capítulo 2: Dad, don't call me Junior!
Lydia and Percy were enjoying their holidays in the company of Lara, going from town to town. Lara was somewhat sad because knowing Lydia's Gothic hobbies, she would have liked to show her the castles of England and Europe, but as she had promised Charles and Delia, she would not leave American soil. Even so, together with Lydia and Percy, they had defined a tourist route to see the most famous cemeteries in the United States and were on their way to visit the cemetery of Barnett University in New York.
“This is convenient, since we are meeting a friend of mine named Bryce," Lara told the two children.
“And what's your friend coming to do in New York?” Lydia asked.
“He's coming to participate in a computer nerd conference at Barnett University.”
Upon arriving in New York, Lara stayed with the children in a very luxurious hotel, and booked the best rooms for them.
“Lara, let me pay my share,” Lydia asked her who didn't want to be a burden.
“But Lydia, the night costs thousands of dollars in this place.”
“No, I have money, I don't want you to spend so much money on us.”
Lara started laughing but Percy explained to her that Lydia had a lot of money because she had written the new edition of the recent No World Manual and had been paid a lot for it, in fact after Percy's explanation, Lara concluded that her little cousin had a lot more money than she had.
“Don't worry Lydia, I'll pay for everything, it's the way to make it up to you for all the years I didn't visit you, no, for all the years I didn't even give you a call or write you a letter.”
Lydia gave in and the three of them went to their rooms, there they waited for Bryce, and the inopportune came just as Percy was pulling out his ears and cat's tail.
At first Bryce believed that Percy was using those electronic devices invented in Japan, which, by imitating the ears and tail of a cat, moved depending on the wearer's mood. However, when Bryce approached and held Percy's tail and ears, he saw that they were authentic.
“Huaaaa! Lara, what the hell!”
“Bryce, calm down.”
“How can I calm down! He' s got cat's tail and ears! You heard me, cat's ears!”
Lara slapped him and the poor man finally calmed down. Lydia explained Percy's cat boy nature to Lara's friend and he was very impressed.
Percy showed the man both the old and modern manual written by Lydia, and Bryce praised the girl.
“Superb work Lydia, your manual is concise, didactic, schematic, in short, everything that is not the old manual, you did a very good job.”
At that moment they knocked on the door bringing some food that Lara had asked for before, and Bryce, who was very interested in the manual and taking advantage of the fact that everyone went to the door, took some pictures of some pages of the old manual.
“How to bring the dead to life. I've always wanted to try this since I was a kid.”
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The next day, Lara and the children went to college to see Bryce's congress, but his friend never showed up.
“I wonder where he would go," said Lara, "we'd better make the most of the time and go and see the university cemetery, which is now dark.”
Bryce had heard that Lara and the kids were going to see a college cemetery, but he was wrong to think they were going to Bernadete College, so he thought it would be safe to go to Barnett College campus and perform the ritual.
“Isn't that your friend Lara?” Percy asked when the group approached the cemetery and saw Bryce performing some sort of magic ritual with the help of computers and other strange devices.
“Bryce no!” Lydia shouted and asked Lara to stop the man.
Lara ran to Bryce and seeing that strange lights were starting to come out from all over the place, she fired her weapons at her friend's computers, destroying them on the spot.
Several electric shocks came out of nowhere and as they suddenly appeared, they stopped with the same speed.
Lara was furious and began to shake her friend, when Lydia caught their attention.
“Guys, I think the ritual was a success," Lydia told them in a curious voice. A couple of yards away were the bodies of an older man with white hair and white beard, along with the body of a man wearing a scout suit and wearing a fedora hat and a whip attached to his belt.
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“Oof, where the hell am I?” said Indiana Jones as he got into bed in what appeared to be a luxury hotel room.
“You finally woke up junior," said Professor Henry Jones.
“Dad, you're alive! How did we escape from the ship? we were, we were on fire!”
“Take it easy junior, we were sent to the future thanks to a spell that went wrong.”
“What?”
Lydia and the others, despite being in the living room of their luxurious suite, were able to hear the man curse in a loud voice.
“I see that Professor Jones' son did not take it as well as his father did," Lydia muttered worried.
“I Don't think so, Lydia, even though the teacher seemed calm, I could hear his heartbeat increase," Percy told her.
After a while, father and son came out to the room and the teacher introduced their son.
“This is my son Jones Junior.”
“Dad, don't call me junior!” The man said, Lara couldn't help but laugh, but then she slowed down but with difficulty.
“Listen to me, Henry Walton Jones Junior, your name is junior... not Indiana," replied his father with a disapproving gesture.
“Indiana sounds cool," Bryce started to say, but fell silent as Lara glared at him.
“Indiana was the name of the dog my son had as a child, and he insists on being called by that nickname," the teacher shook his head.
“How ridiculous,” Percy started laughing with a live tear in his eye and holding his ribs.
“Percy, don't laugh at the man!” Lydia scolded him, but Percy couldn't help but laugh, and when he lost control he pulled out his cat's tail and ears.
The two newcomers looked at Percy with eyes open like plates, and like Bryce, they had to be told about Percy's catboy nature.
The adventure stories came from both sides and in the end everyone present got to know each other much better. Around five o'clock in the morning Lydia and Percy started to nod and Lara sent them to sleep.
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The next day, as a way of apologizing for Percy's behavior, Lydia gave Professor Henry and Indiana a crash course in 20th and 21st century history with the help of her notebook.
“Why are you using something so obsolete, Lydia?” Bryce asked her. Now tablets and other more modern things are used.
“Just because it's obsolete doesn't mean it's useless, and even though they don't make spare parts for notebooks anymore, I take good care of my things so the computer will last me many years.”
“Is this thing obsolete?!” exclaimed Indiana Jones, and both father and son exchanged astonished looks.
The information Lydia taught them was a lot, but she explained everything in the most didactic way possible to avoid the culture shock being too strong.
“That was great Lydia, you did very well," Lara congratulated her and then she invited everyone present (except Bryce) to enjoy the private pool at the hotel on the top floor, which Lara had reserved only for herself and her companions.
“Wow, these swimsuits are really weird junior," said Henry, Indiana's father.
“From what Percy told me, they are more like tourist suits that are in Hawaii," said his son, looking at his suit carefully.
Upon arriving at the pool, both men loosened their respective towels by surprise and is that in front of them was resting Lara with a bikini that left nothing, nothing to the imagination.
“I think I'll ask Lydia to show us how fashion has evolved over the last few years," said the professor and went to sit down so he could read the newspaper calmly.
“And I think I'm going to love this 21st century," he said to himself with a smile and then went to sit next to Lara.
Indiana greeted Lara and went to rest next to her, although of course, from time to time he looked away from the sculptural body of the adventurous woman.
“You wanted to tell me something Indiana?” Lara asked him with a mischievous smile.
“Emm, I was just thinking about how nice this place is.”
“Yeah, you're right, Indiana, I think you have a nice body too," said Lara, suppressing a smile and putting on her huge sunglasses.
“Junior, his name is junior, Lara," said Henry without taking his eyes off the paper.
“I don't know Henry, Indiana sounds prettier," said Lara in a funny way.
“You see, Dad, not in the thirties or forties, and I bet you that even less so in this day and age people call their children "Junior".
Henry lowered the newspaper ready to have another discussion with his son when Lydia and Percy arrived. This time not only the men, but also Lara looked with amazement at the couple.
Percy had pulled out his tail (which was wrapped around Lydia's waist) and his cat ears. She had a bathing suit that was no big deal, but Lydia was wearing what appeared to be the classic Japanese school bathing suit that was seen in the animes.
“Emm Lydia, did you know that this type of suit is no longer used in Japan?”
“Yes, it's a pity, I think they're beautiful," Lydia lamented and Percy nodded forcefully.
“Lydia, that suit doesn't show a lot of skin, but it's still very... well, you better buy yourself another suit next time.
Lydia and Percy went to the pool and played for a while. While Indiana, tired of lying on his back all the time, invited Lara to the mini-bar by the pool.
“Let's leave the children, go for a drink and enjoy an adult conversation.”
“I don't know, I think we should leave someone to chaperone those two, just in case.”
“Don't worry, that's what Dad's for.”
“You talk like a married couple, referring to your children and I as the grandfather you can get your hands on for these situations," Henry said with a frown.
“See, that's settled!” Indiana told her and Lara laughed at her friend's occurrence. Then the two of them went to the mini-bar and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon.
CONTINUARÁ...
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