UNCHARTED: Drake's Ending

-Chapter 1-

Holy War

Nate and Chloe had little time. The two hustled through what looked to be an abandoned church. They ran next to one another, peering through every room they came across, hoping to find what they were searching for. Cobwebs hung from the ceiling and walls around them and crumbled statues of deities made it difficult for them to navigate this place. The lighting, or lack there of, added to the creepiness of this place. Only a candle here and there. As unnerving as this place was, they had to be there. After all, this is where she wanted them to meet her.

When Nate and Chloe came across yet another fork in the road they brought their rushing to a halt.

"Chole," Nate began as he tried to catch his breath. "you take the left door over there and I'll go right."

Chloe nodded in agreement and began to head in, that was until Nate grabbed her arm and stopped her.

"And...try to do this quietly." he added to his previous statement.

"Really?" Chloe said with a chuckle. "Because I thought I'd pop in there singing 'Dancing Queen'."

Her sarcasm made Nate pause for a moment and look at her strangely. "'Dancing Queen'?...Really?" he said with distaste. He never cared for that song, never cared for it at all.

Chloe looked at him with an angry face. "You know bloody good and well that that song is a classic." With that she let out a scoff. "Their sound is-"

"Yeah, yeah they sound like angels." Nate cut her off. "Just be...discreet all right?"

She felt herself smile. She always thought that Nate's sarcastic demeanor was a good way to lighten a moment. "No doubt." she answered.

A moment later the two separated and kicked their corresponding doors open to search. After a few minutes the two emerged from their rooms, each having found nothing useful. Their coming out at the same time startled one another and they both let out a small scream and pulled out their pistols.

"Bollocks!" Chloe yelled, lowering her weapon.

"Jesus!" Nate exclaimed, lowering his as well. "Did you find anything?"

"Not anything useful I'm afraid." She answered with a sigh.

There was still one door they hadn't checked in this place and it was dead ahead. Nate and Chloe shot one another a concerned glance when they heard muffled whimpers come from the other side of it. Their minds automatically went to the worst of possibilities.

"Stay behind me." Nate told Chloe, holding up a hand. He walked quietly up to the door and placed his ear against it. He heard the sounds from a few minutes ago once more. This was all he needed. In one swift motion the kicked the door open with his tan boots, the door breaking like the cheap wood it was. What he saw when he opened the door only made him feel worse. "Oh, God..." he said softly.

What he saw was Sully, his long time friend and only father figure he ever knew in his life, tied and gagged to a chair. Right next to him was Elena. A girl he had shared...well let's just say he'd been through a lot with her.

Sully's eyes lit up when he saw the two people he cared about there at the door to save him. Although he never doubted for a second Nate would do whatever it took to save him. He had taught him everything he knew, and did a damn good job.

Chloe bolted into the room after Nate and made her way over to Sully, untying him from his binds and patted him on the shoulder. "You all right there old man?" she said with a smirk.

Sully grunted as he stood up. "Never been better. Now Nate just save your girl and we can get out of this goddamn funhouse."

Nate just looked at Elena for a few moments. Unlike Sully, her mouth wasn't covered. The look on her face was odd. She looked smug. Nate had known Elena for five years and she was never the cocky type, if anything it was him.

"I knew you'd come for me." She said as she smiled at him.

"Yeah..." Nate said cautiously, putting his gun back in the holster. "...Of course I would." he then made his way over to her and untied the ropes around her wrists.

"Come on you two, we've got to get going. Re-enforcements will be here any second." Chloe warned them, wanting to avoid getting themselves killed.

Nate felt himself still standing there, looking at Elena. He couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right, and when he had these hunches, as much as he hated it, he was usually right.

"Let's get you two out of here." He said, turning around. Just then he felt Elena pull the gun from the holster behind him. He could feel the cold barrel against his back. With nothing else to do and no more weapons on him, he slowly raised his arms.

The next thing he felt was Elena lifting up his shirt and pulling the map he was carrying from his back pocket. All that work...for nothing.

"Whoa, whoa what the hell do you think you're doing!?" Sully shouted at her.

Chloe quickly pointed her weapon at Elena, hoping that she could create a stalemate for Nate to get away.

"Drop your weapon or I pull the trigger." Elena said to Chloe.

"Son of a bitch!" Chloe cursed, not knowing what she could do at this point.

"Just do it Chloe." Nate instructed her and she did just that. She stood next to Sully, now all of their hands in the air.

Next, Elena kicked Nate hard in the back to make him join his buddies. She kept the gun pointed at the three of them every second. "Looks like the luck of the famous Nathan Drake has finally run out." she said with an evil laugh.

"I should have known." Nate said, kicking himself for getting him and the others into this mess.

"Would someone please tell me what the hell is going on here?" Sully asked in anger, not to mention shock.

"You have me and what you want, just let Chloe and Sully go." Nate told her. The last thing he wanted was for anyone to get hurt because of his mistakes.

"No," Elena said with rage in her voice. "I want them to watch you die." She was drawing closer to them with each passing second.

"You don't have to do this. We can work this out." Nate told her.

"What do you have to gain from-" Chloe began.

"Shut up!" Elena screamed back at her. The others could feel her rage building.

"Elena please. I just want to-" Nate began, only to be cut off by Elena's screaming voice.

"I've had enough of your bullshit, Nate." She said with a growl and pulled the trigger, the bullet hitting Nate in the side of the stomach. He staggered backwards. Sully didn't care if she shot him too at this point. He immediately ran over to the man that is like his son.

"Oh no, no, no." He muttered softly to himself, looking over Nate's wound.

"God!" Chloe cried, she then grabbed her weapon from the floor and fired twice at Elena, who was now making her getaway since she now had what she desired. Loud blasts ran throughout the church.

Elena smiled, she knew that this was none other than the back up she had requested. "Hahaha, enjoy the ride all." she said with a wave and hopped out of a nearby window, grabbing onto a rope ladder that lead to her helicopter. And just like that...she was gone.

Chloe looked around at the church now crumbing all around them. "This whole place is coming down, we've got to get the hell out of here."

Nate's breaths were becoming ragged and his voice was shaken. "You guys habe got to...get out of here." he told the two.

"Not without you, kid. You're coming with us." Sully said without question.

"I'll just slow you down. Please..." Nate said once more.

"You're a real piece of work, you know that?" Sully said, lifting Nate forward, only to hear him scream in anguish upon doing so. "Chloe, do you see if the bullet went through?" he asked.

Chloe ran over to Nate's back and took a look. She felt her heart stop when she didn't see an exit point. She didn't say anything, she just shook her head.

"Goddammit." Sully cursed. He knew the bullet was stuck and the bleeding would only get worse until it was removed.

A moment later, another blast shook the room.

"You've got to get out of here...you've got to get out of here." Nate repeated. He knew he couldn't move in this condition and them staying here for him would only get them killed as well.

"What do we do?" Chloe asked in panic, looking to Sully for answers.

"I'll handle him, you go ahead and clear the way." Sully told her. Chloe nodded in agreement and ran to do just that.

Sully then thew Nate's arm around his shoulder and hoisted him up. "Come on, Nate." he said firmly. As soon as they stood, a blast rang through the room and made Nate and Sully fall back to the ground. Nate looked up to see the ceiling crumbling fast. Thinking quickly, he kicked Sully out of the room to safety. Now the path was blocked and Nate was trapped. All he cared about was Chloe and Sully were out of there.

Nate just lay there propped against a wall. He held his bloodstained left hand up and looked at his ring. He and Elena both had one. As he watched his hand shake he knew this was it. He was going to die here.

"I'm so sorry, Elena." he said in a near whisper at this point. Before he slipped into unconsciousness he heard a voice call out to him.

"Nate? Nate!" the voice cried.

Just as he focused his eyes to see who it was, everything around him went black.

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