Hey so I got on the uncharted train with the remastered editions for PS4, and while I'm too broke for the fourth one right now I'm hoping my next pay check will help me out with that problem. I really like Nate and Elena and I really like exploring their story after the third game. So, I hope you enjoy it. I don't quite know where this is gonna take me.

He was exhausted, she could tell. Sully had called the second the two of them had made it back from the desert. Meanwhile, Nate had made his way to the airport, found the quietest corner, and had passed out. That at least was Sully's side of the story.

Neither of them however had given her any details of their adventure, except Sully's "That bitch Marlowe and her lap dog are gone for good. They took Drake's ring with them. It's been a hell of a treasure hunt Elena."

Nate and Elena had made themselves comfortable, sitting next to each other in the back of the plane while Sully flew solo in the front. Elena could make out the sand that seemed to be permanently stuck to Nate's facial hair.

"I lied you know." Nate immediately snapped his head to the left to look at her after her statement.

"Whadya mean Elena-"

"This time was the time I really thought you were gone."

He chuckled, pulling a slight smirk with the energy he had left. But then his eyes fluttered shut and a slight groan escaped his lips.

"Hey, you need some rest," She cooed, gently moving his head to her lap. Nate maneuvered his body so he could rest on her, pulling his knees to his chest so his feet didn't awkwardly press against the plane wall. He felt his eyes flutter shut, but he didn't want to go to sleep just yet.

"While on most events I would say that not bringing you to secure your safety ended up endangering both your life and mine...This time I did the right thing. I'm glad you didn't go out there. I'm glad you're not tired like I am right now," He breathed out.

She pushed her fingers through his dark hair, entangling them in his thick waves as he spoke. She felt her heart flutter as he acted so protective, but she couldn't help but be concerned with his tone of voice. Nate was always getting himself into trouble, and that trouble was almost always life or death circumstance...What about this was different?

"What happened to you Nate?" While she tried to hide it, there was a sense of urgency in her voice.

"Well to start, the cargo ship didn't precisely land by the caravan...It didn't precisely land...at all."

"What?" Elena felt her jaw drop slightly. How did he pull that off? And if it hadn't crashed by the caravan..."How long did you wander the desert?" She sucked in her cheeks, biting the bottom of her lip afraid of what his response was going to be.

"About four days." Nate groaned again. Elena placed a kiss on his forehead.

"Get some rest." It was all she could say.

"I almost died Elena." He let the words hang there, waiting to see if any form of a response would escape from her.

"You almost die a lot Nate-"

"Yeah, but that's because I think I know what I'm going after, but I don't really know what I'm going after, and then other people make the entire event a problem...But this time...It was because I was too stubborn, and kept looking into a treasure that both didn't want or deserve to be found...This time I almost died for something stupid..."

"Nate-"

"No...Don't try to make me feel better...I'm done...The treasure hunting...I have to be done this time..." And while he was certain Elena held some sort of response to that, he didn't hear it. He slipped into the exhaustion he had been suppressing for so long.