Uncharted: Tomb of the inFAMOUS Rush
Episode 1: Blast To The Past
A month after the death of Kessler and the revelation of "The Beast", the bike courier turned Conduit Cole MacGrath encounters the NSA Agent Lucy Kuo, who told him that she and an associate, Dr. Sebastian Wolfe - a scientist who worked on the Ray Sphere pre-finalization, can help him prepare to defeat the Beast, on the condition of coming with her to the city of New Marais. Though reluctant, Cole would eventually agree to her terms, and prepares to depart the city along with Zeke Dunbar.
Zeke: Man, I tell ya, Cole. That agent Kuo. She don't mes around, huh? First boat out of town? Chicks got some connections.
Cole: This is gonna be a short-term visit, man. We're just gonna get in, I'm gonna get some new powers and then we're gonna be coming right back.
Zeke: C'mon man, you deserve to relax. We're going to New Marais.
Cole: Hey, I need to be back here and ready, when it shows up, Zeke.
Kuo: Trust me, Cole, you will be ready. When you're done working with doctor Wolfe.
Zeke: Work, easy, Kuo. We get there we're gonna be about the three B's. That's beer, boobs and mechanical bulls.
Kuo: Gentlemen, I don't think that you understand the scope of what is going on here.
Though, just right before their departure, the Beast arrives at Empire City earlier than expected, and Cole was forced to take action. Returning to the city, Cole blasted his way way through the gates, making his way towards the dock, allowing the citizens to make there escape towards the boat. In the distance, Cole could see the Beast creating havoc within the city. Using his powers, he shot concentrated electricity towards the monster, getting his attention.
Cole: Yep, right here, man.
Right before Cole's eyes, the Beast grabbed a large statue, tossing it towards Cole. There was no time to move out of the way, as the statue fell onto the dock, knocking Cole out. Few seconds later, Zeke radioed Cole to awaken. The impact from the statue wasn't too severe, as Cole began to get back on his feet. He could hear the statue being removed from behind, by a large creature. Slowly turning around, Cole managed to get a good look at the Beast.
Cole: The Beast...Kessler told me about you! I'm not gonna let it happen!
A fight began; Cole MacGrath vs. The Beast. Nonstop waves of lightning came shooting from Cole's hand, aiming them at the Beast. It seemed to be doing absolutely nothing to the creature. The Beast began to attack, as it focused it's hands to create a large orb of fire and chucking it at the Conduit. Cole easily evaded, with a dodge roll and continued firing at the Beast. This went for some time, until half of the Beast's head was blown off. In anger, the Beast, grabbed the dock and lifted his arms into the air, destroying everything, along with the dock and sending Cole flying in the air. However, he did not hit the ground, as the Beast used some type of ability; a wave of energy that instantly nullified the effects of gravity within its surroundings. Surely, it required a lot of concentration. It began to use it's next move by creating a localized black hole in its palm to absorb matter. Everything was being sucked into the black hole. However, Cole tried his best to fly away, using his Static Thrusters. When the black hole disappeared, Cole continued floating into the air, while taking shots at the Beast's head, with electricity. The creature would eventually use the same black hole move again, to subdue Cole, at least three or two times. Gaining the upper hand, Cole managed to shoot enough power to blast more of the Beast's face off. This would cause the creature to exit out of it's Anti-Gravity ability. The monster roared, in anger, as it was time for another round. The same strategy continued, with Cole shooting concentrated electricity at the Beast, while the Beast itself planned on defeating Cole by grabbing what was left of the dock. However, Cole wasn't going to allow that to happen.
Zeke: Now, hit him with everything you got!
Cole charged all of his power into his arms and called forth a thunder storm, on top of the Beast. The storm lasted for a while, with Cole using all of his power. Eventually, the damage was too much and half of the Beast's face was completely blown off. Completely weakened, the Beast began to fall into the water.
Zeke: Hey, good shot, man. Now get back to the boat! The pier's breaking up.
Kuo: Nice work, MacGrath. That was impressive.
Zeke wasn't kidding, when he said the pier was breaking up. Everything around Cole was falling apart. He ran as fast as he could to make it back to the boat. All of a sudden...something appeared, within the sky. It looked as if something was "ripping" the sky apart. Next thing you know, the tear in the sky changed into some kind of portal. The water was starting to be sucked in, along with most of the people. Zeke and Kuo were being pulled in and were too late to grab anything to keep themselves on the boat. Cole began to run even faster, jumping off of the dock, off the railings of the boat and grabbing Zeke's leg. He tried to keep them from floating away, while holding onto the railings...but Cole's fingers began to slip and eventually let go. The next thing they knew, both Zeke, Kuo and Cole were pulled into the portal and it closed, behind them. On the other side, the portal was reopened and the trio began falling out of the sky. Zeke and Kuo fell into the river, while Cole managed to grab a branch and hung from a tree.
Zeke: Whoa...Wha...? What the hell happen? Did anyone see that?!
Kuo: I'm pretty sure we ALL saw what happened, Zeke.
Cole: ...
Kuo: Where are we? Nothing looks...familiar.
Zeke: You think we were sent flying to a different time, or something?
Kuo: Don't be ridiculous, Zeke. Stuff like that doesn't exist.
Cole: Actually, it does.
Kuo: What?
Cole: Kessler has the power to travel through time. It's how he ended up in Empire City, in the first place.
Kuo: Kessler could time travel? Wow, who would've guessed...
Zeke: Let's finish this, when we're out of the water, yeah?
?: Ahoy, over there!
A voice had called out, from behind the trio. A boat was slowly coming towards them, eventually stopping beside Zeke and Kuo. Beside them, there was a young man with dark brown hair and eyes. He has a muscular physique, a tan skin-tone, and is either 6'1 or 5'11. Nate's face is square and angular, with a cleft-chin and squinty-eyes. His hair is short and spiky, and he usually sports a five o'clock shadow. The other man, beside him was a tall man, immobile grey hair, slicked back, and a mustache. He has a deep voice, with a very distinctive accent, and his eyes appear grey when seen up close. He usually wears a buttoned shirt, with the sleeves rolled up. In Kuo's eyes, he was an attractive figure in his youth, even if he was losing his muscle and becoming a more wiry build. Together, the two helped Zeke and Kuo on the boat, while Cole jumped from the branch and landed on the boat, beside the younger man.
?: Welcome aboard, king of the jungle.
Cole: Cute...real cute, wise-ass.
Kuo: Thank you.
?: Thank nothin of it.
?: So who are you guys?
Zeke: Zeke Dunbar is what I'm called.
Kuo: I am NSA agent, Lucy Kuo. But you may call me Kuo.
?: What about you, monkey boy?
Cole: Don't test me, asshole. Name's Cole MacGrath.
?: Well, "Cole MacGrath". My name's Nathan Drake. But my friends call me Nate.
?: And I'm Victor Sullivan. Just call me Sully.
Kuo: It's a pleasure to meet you Nate...Sully.
Zeke: Yeah, we owe you for gettin' us outa the water.
Nathan: Which reminds me, what were you doing in the water anyway? Goin for a swim?
Kuo: You wouldn't believe us, if we told you.
Zeke: Yeah, it's a little...supernatural.
Sullivan: We've dealt with things that are supernatural.
Nathan: He's right. Nothing you say will surprise us.
Cole: We'll see about that.
Together, Cole and Kuo began to explain everything that's happened. They added the hard details about the Beast, Kessler, Empire City and arriving through some portal.
Nathan: Damn, talk about an adventure.
Sullivan: I can't believe how much you had to deal with.
Zeke: It wasn't easy but we managed to make it through.
Cole: Not all of us...
Zeke: ...
Nathan: I know what it feels like to lose the ones you care about.
Sullivan: And we're sorry that you ended up here...it's our fault.
Kuo: What do you mean?
Nathan: Well, your being here...is because of this...
Nathan began to pull something out of his bag and it seemed to be some kind of device, similar to the Ray Sphere...but not entirely.
Cole: A Ray Sphere?
Nathan: No. I'm not sure what this damn thing is.
Sullivan: Neither do I.
Nathan: But a friend of ours does.
Cole: If you were to activate that thing again, could it open a portal and send us back home?
Sullivan: It is possible...seeing as it brought you here, to begin with.
Zeke: Great, then let's fire this thing up and...
Nathan: It's not gonna be that easy.
Kuo: What do you mean?
Sullivan: This thing needs extreme fire power, in order to work.
Zeke: Cole, why not try and use your powers to recharge it?
Cole: Well, it's worth a try.
Nathan: Powers?
Cole: You mind setting that down?
Nathan: Uhhh...sure.
Nathan set the device down and took a step back. To his and Sully's surprise, they witnessed Cole's arms being surrounded by lightning. Cole began to shoot at the device, hoping that it would fully charge it. When he finished and the lightning had disappeared, Nathan picked up the machine and took a look at the meter...sadly, it did nothing.
Sullivan: Sorry, kid. No good.
Cole: Damn...
Zeke: Now what?
Sullivan: Let's head back to my place, we can figure out a solution, when were settled in.
Sully began walking towards the steering wheel and began driving the boat, turning it around and heading for his place. Hours went by, as Cole leaned against the railing, looking at the surroundings...nothing was similar to New Marais or Empire City...he only other thought was the must've been in a jungle. On there way back, Zeke and Kuo sat on a table, chatting with Nate about what they did for a living. Cole could hear the laughter from behind and began to wonder what had become of Empire City, since they arrived here. In deep thought, Cole was eventually snapped into reality, when Nate offered him a drink.
Cole: Appreciate it. Thanks.
Nathan: No problem, so tell me...how did you gain those powers, to begin with?
Cole: You mean the lightning?
Nathan: Yeah, the lightning.
Cole: You don't know what a Conduit is?
Nathan: What the hell is a Conduit?
Cole: You seriously don't know what a Conduit is?
Sullivan: Hey, Nate. Take the wheel, for a while. I've got a phone call to attend too.
Nathan walked of to the wheel and began driving the boat.
Cole: This doesn't make any sense...how is it that Conduits don't exist, in this world? Unless...wait, did we travel back in time, like Kessler? Did that device bring us back to the past? Yeah, that has to be it. There's no other explanation...we were brought back in time!
The boat was sailing on the river, for quit a while and eventually made it to there destination. The residence of Sully was nothing but a huge mansion. It must've costed him nearly all of his money to buy something that big. There was a pool, a grill, almost everything a man could dream of.
Zeke: Damn, look at this place. You wealthy, Sully?
Sullivan: Not anymore, this place costed me all of my money. But I'll eventually get more of it.
Nathan: Let's head inside and find ourselves a solution.
Sully and Nate guided the trio into the house. They stepped through the door and hollered out, for a response.
Nathan: Yellow! We're back.
?: There you are, you arrogant, thieving, low-life...
Nathan: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Mind the language, missy.
?: Don't give me any of that shit! You stole the device, didn't you!
Nathan: Device, I don't know what you're...
?: Don't play that bullshit with me, Nathan Drake!
Sullivan: Hey, take it easy, we just needed to borrow it. Isn't that right, Nate?
Nathan: Of course, I wouldn't steal it for my own personal use.
?: Why you...
Nathan: oops, did that slip out?
?: You selfish, son of a...
Sullivan: Ah, ah, ah, mind your tongue. Besides, we have visitors.
?: Visitors?
?: Did I hear the "V" word?!
Sullivan: They're friends...new friends, anyway.
Nathan: We found them, floating in the river.
?: Who are they?
Sullivan: This is Lucy Kuo, that's Zeke Dunbar and over there is Cole MacGrath.
?: Nice to meet you. I'm Samantha Nishimura. But just call me Sam. This is my friend, miss Lara Croft.
Kuo: Pleasure to meet you.
Zeke: How's it goin'?
Cole: ...
Nathan: It's all thanks to this little guy that we met them.
Lara Croft: So you DID steal it!
Nathan: Whoops...
Sullivan: You can punish him later, right now, they need our help.
Sam: Help with what?
As the sun went down, Nate, Sully and Cole explained the entire situation to the girls about everything that happened and what Cole, Kuo and Zeke told them. By the time they had finished, the sun went down and it was dark outside.
Sam: Wow, what a story. Damn, I should've gotten my camera to record this. This would've been a great story.
Lara: Is everything you said really true?
Cole: I have no reason to make this up. Your discovery brought me, Zeke and Kuo to the past.
Zeke: Yeah, I know it's a hell of a tale to believe.
Sam: No kidding.
Sullivan: We brought them here, hoping that there would be a way to charge this thing up. If we do, we can send them back to there own time.
Lara: I wish we could help but we don't have anything nearly powerful to charge it.
Cole: Dammit...
Zeke: There goes our hope of gettin' home...
Nathan: Let's not get down in the dumps, I'm sure there's a way. We just gotta keep our heads up.
Lara: Now is no time to be joking, Nathan Drake.
Nathan: Who said I was joking?
Sullivan: For now, you three can stay here with us. Dinner will be ready soon. You outa go meet Jonah. He'll get you three settled in.
Kuo: Thank you...again for what you've done.
Sullivan: My pleasure.
It seemed like things were very bleak for our Empire City trio...because as of now, Cole, Zeke and Kuo were stuck in the past and had to remain at Victor Mansion.