Level 18

The Monstrom Crime Scene

We enter this level to inclement weather it is snowing and Lara isn't dressed for it but we won't have to keep Lara in the cold for long. Look for a red car with a man standing by it and press action. This man is a reporter named Luddick. Hope you have cash to get info from him or else you'll have to find it from other sources along your way.

When it's question time ask the one you're watching.... I gather Visiley.....  Keep Talking 'til... All of them? To get the most from the conversation and your euros.

Opposite the car and Luddick is an alleyway with two men and a doggie. We need to  erase them from existence then find a steaming manhole cover. We can't get into yet because on the opposite side of Luddick and down that alleyway is another baddie and a hammer we need to get beforehand. Once we have that and checked around for the goodies head back to the sewer grating down the alleyway we were before we can open it now and jump in. Follow the sewer to an opening the wall on the right and head up the  stairs and down the hall.

You'll end up meeting Bouchard again and this time Lara shows her tough side by smacking him and handcuffing him. Then she asks him for info and Bouchard is more than willing to give it. When its question time asks these questions to get the most info from the conversation. Bouchard brings Lara up to date on what going on with the final Obscura painting and Eckhardt and the Nephilim.

Lara decides to look in Visiley's apartment for the final engraving. Once you have gained control of Lara exit through the door and head up the spiral staircase and look for a green chest. Pull or push the chest to gain another strength upgrade. This upgrade allows you to pull the chains around the stained glass window near the scaffolding.

After pulling the chest look for the scaffolding and climb to the very top. Find the stained glass windows and more scaffolding across the way, Find the edge and take a jump to  scaffolding on the other side. You'll find a chain against the wall leave this one alone for now. Jump to the scaffolding across the way to another chain. Pull this chain 3 times and not anymore than that. This shows the grandfather clock face glass door opening and a cut scene to the number three on the centre of the floor.

Jump back to the other scaffold again and make your way back down the stairs and face the clock and press action. You see the clock at 12 o'clock. For PS2 users use the right directional pad not the stick to turn the hands on the clock to three o'clock and press the triangle button. This opens  the centre floor area to a downstairs level and Lara say now we are getting somewhere.

Be careful and slowly head down the stairs also be very careful going back up the stairs you'll notice you can easily drop off them and when you exit you must exit the side on the step before the last step. Once down the stairs you can view the cases and find out more about what you are dealing with. After you are done look for a piece of paper on the floor in front of the desk, press action to pick it up.

This piece of paper has a fax address to Carvier and the access code for the keypad behind the desk. Walk up to the keypad and refer to your piece of paper or simply press 31597 to open the nearby  painting on the wall and where the last Obscura engraving is. Grab it and head up the stairs remembering to be careful and not fall off at the top.

Now we can get a  goodie if we want or exit through the door. If you head back to the first chain we left alone earlier by the stained glass climbing the scaffolding once again we can get a health pack by pulling the chain 4 times opening a hutch against the wall revealing the goodie. Get the goodie and head back down and exit through the door back to where we left Bouchard handcuffed. Where is Bouchard? Hmm find the doorway in the room you'll find Bouchard in a closet, he falls to the floor dead as a doornail and Lara is startled and points her weapon at him and says what's going on here!

He drops some keys we need on the floor pick them up and head down to the basement via the stairs nearby and look for a red door where we will use the keys. Upon exiting you will see Luddick the reporter. Approach him and press action He is willing to give Lara the pass code to the Strahov Fortress for the full story soup to nuts and Lara agrees. He also has a gas gun weapon but it'll cost you 800 Euros hope you saved your money. Lara says we'll talk in the car and we have a brief cut scene. When we gain control of  once again we have ended this part of this level and have entered the Strahov Fortress.