Deciphering lost dead languages and murals was not work that could be rushed. Using the portable computer in her hands, Laura Croft shared one clue with another archaeologist, Dr. Domínguez. The Trinity team had initially found an artifact called the Chakchel Key hidden in a ruin on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It was only then that Laura Croft learned that Dr. Domínguez, the pioneer of Maya studies she had always admired and whose work she had long studied, was actually the leader of The Trinity's operation.
Before Laura could act, the armed forces of the City of Immortals launched an attack on The Trinity's mercenaries. Thanks to the element of surprise and superior heavy firepower, Camila and her companions nearly wiped out the first wave of Trinity mercenaries. However, Rurk, the mercenary commander, narrowly escaped death and took the dagger enshrined in the underground temple with him, showing no concern whatsoever for the fate of Dr. Domínguez, the project's leader. It seemed that the mercenary commander took his orders from someone higher up.
The loss of the Chakchel Key had enormous consequences. An earthquake swept across the Yucatan Peninsula. Camila's team brought Laura Croft and Dr. Domínguez, who had survived the gunfire by sheer luck, out of the temple before it was submerged by seawater. Behind them, a tsunami swallowed the town of Cozumel. Later research showed that it had not been caused by bombs planted by The Trinity; the earthquake's epicenter had been in the ocean.
As someone of Maya descent, Dr. Domínguez knew very well that he did not have complete control over the project. In truth, he and The Trinity had merely been using each other, but he had not expected The Trinity's betrayal to come so quickly. With nowhere else to go, Dr. Domínguez was forced at