Hey guys! I know I've been off the radar for a while now but life has been so hard to juggle lately since going back to school and stuff but here I am! I'm back...sort of.
Anyway, since getting a PS3 for Christmas, I've been playing all the games I couldn't play when I just had my XBOX. I've been playing everything, and I mean everything. I've been playing The Last of Us, Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls and, just recently, I've started playing the Uncharted series. Since I fell in LOVE with the new Tomb Raider game on my XBOX, some friends of mine told me to play Uncharted on my new PS3 since, they said, they were so similar.
I just beat the 2nd game, now on the 3rd, and I LOVE the series. Can't wait for the 4th to come out and, I hope, they do a sequel to Tomb Raider!
Anyway, during the whole time of me playing Uncharted, I couldn't help but remark on how similar the game play and story line is to Tomb Raider, *cough* and a little bit of Assassin's Creed (especially the 3rd one) *cough*, and I kept thinking of Lara jumping into the game and then thought of this idea. I did have another idea in mind but I'm thinking of doing a completely different story with that one but we'll see what the future brings.
So, I hope you guys like the 1st chapter. I am working on the 2nd one right now but I just wanted to see if anybody was interested in reading more after this one.
Anyway, enjoy and I hope to get some feedback!
P.S. I do not own Tomb Raider(2013) or the Uncharted series. Those belong to the rightful owners.
Chapter 1: Some Old Friends
Maybe it was the drinks that night? Maybe its was the temptation? Whatever it was, it puzzled Nathan more and more as the plane kept on reaching closer and closer to his destination.
"What the hell am I doing?" Nathan sighed as he sank into his seat and started rubbing his eyes with his hands. Nathan then looked over into the window to see the sun just setting over the dark blue sea. He always like the way the sun set over the Pacific like that.
"You OK, kid?" he was asked as the person, next to him, nudged his arm. Nathan turned and looked at his old mentor with a smile.
"Yeah. I'm OK, Sully" he said
"Good. Cause I'm not. Damn! This fight is too god damn long!" Sully said in frustration.
Just as he said that, the young woman next to them, with her little girl, turned over and glared at Sullivan through her thick black glasses. Sully got the hint and gave the woman a smile as he raised his hands in defense.
"Sorry, ma'am" he said sheepishly. The woman rolled her eyes and went back to tend to her child.
Nathan then let out a smile as he started laughing at the events that just unfolded in front of him and then felt a small punch on his shoulder.
"Shut up, Nate" Sully said but that just kept him laughing more.
"You know, Sully," Nathan started saying. "You didn't have to come. I was only asked to go"
"And miss catching up with some old friends? No way, I've been with those boys since I first started in this treasure hunting business"
"When was that? 1872?" Nathan said with a smirk
"Ha, ha" Sully said sarcastically. "Very funny"
Just as Sully finished talking, the flight attendant made an announcement over the plane's intercom.
"Attention ladies and gentlemen, its been ten hours since we've left Lima. Yes, ten hours, I know. We should be arriving in Tokyo in about 8-10 hours, depending on the weather conditions. So, sit back, relax and enjoy the remaining hours. We will be putting on a movie for the time being. Enjoy your flight" She said before going back to her duties.
Nathan let out a sigh before he sank into his seat. "Ten hours? Come on! I can't take another minute on this plane" he said as he looked at Sully.
"Come on, kid. I don't smell that bad," Sully said with a smile. Nathan gave him a playful glare before leaning back into his seat. "Just get some sleep, Nate. We'll be landing in Tokyo in no time"
Nathan sat there for a minute, considering listing to Sully's advice before he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
"What are we doing here, Sully?" Young Nathan asked as he and Sullivan were walking down the London streets.
"We're just gonna see a couple old friends for a couple minutes" Sully said as he in hailed another batch of his cigar smoke
"But every minute we waste, we get further away from finding Drake's secrets"
"Kid, calm down. Drake and his secrets haven't been discovered for...hundreds of years. I think a couple hours at the pub will be OK"
"The pub? You're taking me to a pub?"
"Hey, its London. People bring their babies in there. I think a 16 year old kid will be fine"
"So, what you're telling me is, you'll let me have some god old London beer?"
Sullivan let out a laugh as they continued down the streets. "Ha! Not a chance" he said as he kept smoking his cigar.
Nathan rolled his eyes and he quickly trailed behind Sullivan.
The continued going down a couple more streets before Sully stopped in front of the pub and smiled.
"Ah, here were are. Old King's Head Pub. Remind's me of the god old days," Sully then turned to Nate and smiled. "Come on kid, I want you to meet some old friends of mine" he said as he pushed the door and walked in, with Nathan right behind him.
The walked up the stairs into the pub and examined the room. It wasn't much had a nice looking bar to the side and a pool table and darts by the wall in front of them. By the windows were a set of different tables with some folks occupying them. The two didn't expect much to be there. After all, it was a Wednesday night.
Sully made his way towards the bar and leaned on it, facing the bartender.
"Can I help you?" The bartender asked in his thick British accent which made Nate smirk a bit.
"Yeah, hi. Can you tell an old friend from across the pond where I can find two old-"
"Ol'!" Sully was cut off. He turned along with Nathan as they looked at a middle aged man in his, maybe, late 40s or early 50s standing up at his table with his friend, facing his back towards Sully and Nate, still sitting down. "Who you calling ol'?!" The man said in his thick Scottish accent.
The man sitting down, maybe in his late 30s, then turned and looked at Sully and Nate and smiled at Sullivan which, in turn, made Sullivan smile back.
"Conrad! Grim!" Sully said in excitement as he walked up to the two and gave them a warm hug.
"Ol'. Is that what you call the ol' men that save your sorry arse back in the day when we be causing trouble back in our days in Glasgow?" Grim said as Sully gave him a pat on the back. Sully then let out a laugh at Grim's comment.
"Oh, Grim. You still haven't changed"
Sully then let go of Grim and turned to Conrad and smiled.
"Victor!" Conrad said as he took a step forward and gave Sully a hug. Sully hugged him back.
"Roth," he then pulled away from their hug and looked at him. "Its been too long"
"Too long? It's been seven years...and you still haven't changed at bit" Conrad, or Roth, said as he nudged Sully in the arm.
Sully let out a heartfelt laugh and then looked at the two.
"So," Sully started saying. "Where's Rich?"
"He'll be here any minute," Roth said. "You have to remember, he is a father now, eh?"
"Oh, yeah that's right. How is his little girl?"
"She just turned five last month"
"Cute little thing," Grim put in. "She's got his eyes"
Roth then looked and made eye contact with Nathan and smiled.
"Speaking of kids," Roth said as he put a hand on Sullivan's shoulder. "Mind tell us about this one, Sul?"
Sully turned and looked at Nate with a smile then grabbed onto his shoulder and pulled him closer into the group.
"Gents, this here is Nathan. Nathan Drake. He's my...uh...apprentice"
"Apprentice? Ha!" Grim said as he started laughing hysterically which kind of offended, Nathan. "Kiddo," Grim said as he tried to get himself together. "If you wanted a good apprentice, you went to the wrong guy. You wanna here the stories of how much trouble this ol' american dogs gotten us into? I could tell you loads...hundreds," Grim turned to Sullivan and smiled as he wrapped his arm around Sullivan's shoulder. "And they always seem to end with the four of us getting chased by women...and not in a good way, boyo"
Sullivan then out a sigh as he shoved Grim's arm off his body. "Alright, Alright. That's enough Grim," Grim backed off with a laugh as he sat back down in his chair. "Oh geez," Sullivan said as he started rubbing his eyebrows before looking back at Grim. "How much have you had to drink, already?"
Grim smiled as he gestured to the three empty beer glasses in front of them and smiled.
"That's what I thought," Sully said as he sat down in the chair beside Grim. "Grab a chair, kid, and sit," Sully said as he looked at Nate.
Nathan did as he said as he pulled a chair between Sully and the empty one that sat beside Roth.
"So," Roth started off as he placed his elbows on the table and looked at Nathan. "Drake?" Roth than turned to Sully. "Is there any relations to our favorite navigator friend that we spent so many years looking for?"
"Wait? Sully," Nate interrupted as he looked at Sullivan. "What's he talking about?"
Sullivan let out a sigh as he gave a glare to Roth. "Thanks," Sullivan and turned to Nathan. "Look, kid, about eight years ago, when I was still helping out Marlowe find Drake's ring, the four of us were out looking for the secrets of Drake ourselves"
"Really?!" Nathan asked in excitement. "Did you guys find anything?"
"If we did," Sully said. "Then I wouldn't have been in Columbia about a year ago with you?" he said with a smirk.
Nathan rolled his eyes and sank back into his chair.
"Wait," he said as he sat up. "Four? If it was the three of you...then who was the forth?"
"It was," Sully started saying but then got distracted by something behind Drake. Sully looked and smiled as he stood up from his chair. "It was this son of a bitch" he said with a laugh as he ran up and wrapped his arm around some man.
Nathan turned around and looked at Sully hugging the man with such brotherly love. Sully then pulled back and held onto the man's shoulders with such a grip.
"Richard! Its been a long time"
"Indeed, Victor," The man, he was hugging, said with a thick British accent. "Too long, may I add"
Sully then looked back at the group and started guiding Richard towards the table.
"Nate," Sully said which made Nathan jump out of his seat and straighten out his wrinkly shirt. "This was the forth man on our little adventures and a very good old friend of mine. Richard Croft. Rich, this is Nathan, Nathan Drake"
"Nice to meet you" Nathan said as he extended his arm for a handshake.
Richard smiled at the boy and shook his hand. "Pleasure to meet you"
The three then sat back at the table with the other two. With Richard sitting between Nathan and Roth.
"So, Rich," Sully said as he pulled into his chair. "Hows things"
"Brilliant. Just got back from a trip from Kenya"
"Oh yeah? Whatcha find there?"
"I was looking into an old ancient myth that the locals are always talking about. They're always talking about an ancient mythical hyena that keeps hunting the savannas. Quite interesting"
"Ah, yes, quite"
"But...I'm not thinking that's why you called the three of us all together?" Richard said as he started rubbing his hands together and gave Sully a suspicious look.
"How's that little girl of yours, Rich?" Sully asked as he tried to dodge the question.
"She's fine but just cut to the chase already! Why'd you call us here?"
Sullivan let out a sigh as he leaned into the table.
"I," he turned and looked at Nathan. "We," he then looked back at the three. "Came here to talk about...Drake"
"Oh, not again," Richard said he he scoffed, along with the other two. "How many times are we going to tell you to drop this?"
"Look, the kid and I are onto something, here"
"How?"
"Look, I'm a descendant of Drake himself" Nathan stated.
"Kid!" Sullivan glared at him.
"Son," Roth cut in. "I don't know if you really read into your history but Sir Francis Drake never had any children"
"Not with his wife in England?" Nathan said with a smirk.
"You sneaky little bugger" Grim said silently as he glared at Nathan.
"Kid said the exact same thing to me when I saved his ass back in Columbia" Sullivan added.
Richard let out a sigh as he squeezed his hands together. "What do you two have?"
Nathan let out a smile and he turned and looked at Sullivan who looked back at him smiling. "Go on, kid. Tell them"
With that, Nathan ripped out his notebook from his bag and began showing the three men his evidence. After Nathan told the three all the evidence he and Sully collected in South America, he looked back at the three for their opinions.
"Well," Roth said as he leaned back into his chair. "Its convincing evidence"
"But not convincing enough" Richard added which made Nathan, and Sully, look at them in shock.
"Whatcha talking about, Rich?" Sullivan asked.
"We need more evidence to make this a real expedition. Not just...these...theories"
"But, if you just-" Nathan tried to add before being cut off.
"I'm sorry, son," Richard said as he grabbed Nathan's shoulder. "but..."
Richard stopped as he stared into Nathan's confused brown eyes. He felt as he was staring into his own younger self's eyes. He could see the adventure the lad in the young lad's eyes and knew...knew that, maybe, this lad was onto something"
Richard than let out a sign and looked at Roth and Grim, who gave him a slight nod. Richard nodded back to them and looked at Sullivan and Nathan.
"When do we start?" he asked Nathan as Nathan smiled back at him.
"Kid!"
Nathan then jumped as he was woken up from his dream or memory or whatever the hell you wanted to call it. Nathan then started to stretch and he turned to Sully, who was still sitting beside him.
"You OK, kid? You look like you've seen a ghost"
"Ah," he started saying as he kept stretching. "You could call it something like that"
"Anyway, we're here" Sully said as he gestured towards the window.
Nathan looked over and looked out the window seeing the bright lights of Tokyo light up the night sky so you couldn't even see a star in the sky. Nathan hated that.
"Ha! Finally!" Nathan said in excitement as he turned over and smiled at Sully. Sully just rolled his eyes.
"Are you sure you wanna do this, Sully? You know, Roth just asked me to go with him and his group?"
"Are you kidding? And miss this adventure? Kid, its you and me, remember?" Sully said as he let out a laugh.
Nathan laughed with him as he gave him a shove in the shoulder.
"Yeah, yeah, I remember"
"And don't you forget it"
Nathan turned back towards the window and watched as the plane slowly started making its way towards the ground.
"And let the adventure begin" he whispered to himself.
How was the chapter guys? Did you like it? Let me know if the reviews! Again, I am in the middle of the 2nd chapter, so let me know if you guys want more!
Updated on 4/1/2014
