Keys to the Kingdom

Keys to the Kingdom is a three part episode of Revisioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series. Written and drawn by Peter Chung.

Part 1
Professor Heinrich is conducting a lecture in the British Museum, London. He talks about a fringe science of Pleroma, and the crowd does not believe him. To prove his theory Heinrich shows the Ankh of Osiris and starts chanting, during which he is gunned down. The shooter grabbed the Ankh. Lara Croft revealed himself and had a shootout with the assailant, during which Zahir Zalat was killed. Lara retrieved the Ankh of Osiris, and used the ankh to animate the Statue of Osiris to life to battle The Cabal. She also used the ankh to bring Heinrich back to life, but Heinrich was not happy with that and was rambling, then he ran and jumped out of the window killing himself again. After Lara had no use of the Statue of Osiris she destroyed it. Unknown to her though some spirit left the statue and entered Zahir Zalat's body and revived him.

Part 2
London news reports on the events as they had a cameraman in the room while it all happened. The Cabal convenes and is worried that the public is made aware of the occult. They call for a Curator and task him in in retrieving the Ankh of Osiris by any means necessary and allowed him to access any artifact he wishes to do it.

Lara goes to meet Zahir Zalat, who by his own words was resurrected by Lara Croft. Lara wanted to known why he claimed it, and of what danger Heinrich warned her of. Zahir Zalat shows Lara the Astrolabe of Mashallah, and Lara decides to use it and travel to Pleroma. After Lara had crossed over the Curator and the agents of the cabal followed her through.

Part 3
Lara and the Cabal had a fruitless shootout in the Pleroma while the gods watched. The Curator used the Eternal Flame on Lara, which had no effect on her. The Wheel of Ezekiel however trapped her. The gods then intervened and the cabal fell to their knees, and ascended.

In the real world, Zahir Zalat moved the bodies of the people who went though, as it was a mental plane where no physical bodies were allowed and contacted the leaders of the Cabal luring them to Pleroma. Zahir Zalat then closed the gateway. The soldiers of each faction of the Cabal arrived and saw the bodies of their leaders, they all blamed the others and a war broke out between them. The gods kicked Lara out of Pleroma, and she defeated Zahir Zalat who just revealed himself to be Osiris, and used the Ankh of Osiris to kill the body he inhabited. Lara then tossed the Ankh of Osiris and it was destroyed.