Title - Written By The Victors
Chapter title - The Cathedral
Author - OblivionsGarden
Genre - Romance/Adventure/Friendship/Drama
Disclaimer - I do not own the Uncharted Series in anyway shape or form. I only own the plot points surrounding my oc's, not recognized from the games. For this chapter I own, Penny Kingsley.
Chapter Word Count - 1924 words.

A/n - This chapters a little shorter than the others but hopefully the next one will make up for it.

Please leave a review, I'd greatly appreciate it. Hope you enjoy, xx (:


Penny had never had any ill will towards Victor Sullivan but when she woke up the morning after the auction with a raging hang over only for him to tell her that they'd be using his plane (that he'd had flown over) to fly to Scotland and would be leaving in just under an hour... Well she'd never wanted to throttle someone more.

Not only was her head pounding and stomach churning, but in Sully's plane there was no possible way to avoid any smirks, winks and flirty comments from the eldest Drake.

"Morning short stop." He called to her as she made her way to the plane.

"She's feeling a little tender this morning." Sully called back, a low chuckle following his words.

Penny silently stomped her way onto the plane, settled herself into the farthest corner and tried to ignore everything and everyone. Nathan sat up front with Sully and Sam was just behind them. To her pleasant surprise no one tried to speak to her for the most part of the three hour journey. It's not that she didn't want to but Penny wasn't good with hangovers. Her stomach churned but she never threw up and her head felt like a non stop rave was taking place inside. She tried to read her book but couldn't focus and when she put in her ear phones she found it only made her head ache even more.

In the end she settled for playing on her phone with the volume on low. However, this was the thing that caught Sam's attention. Mid conversation with Nate he heard a soft tinkling coming from the corner and decided to investigate. He ignored Nathan's calls of 'hey, I wasn't done' to sit across from Penny.

"What're you doing?" He asked, leaning to see the screen of her phone.

"Playing a game." She tilted the phone a little so he could see a barrage of black squares drifting down the screen as she tapped each one with quick fingered precision. "It's called piano tiles two."

"So... You're just playing piano?" Sam frowned not really seeing the interest.

"Pretty much. It's weirdly addictive though." She pressed a few things before handing the device to Sam. "Just press start and then press the squares as they come down. If the square goes on for long and turns blue, hold your finger down to keep the note."

She watched Sam try (and fail) the song she had given him a few times before showing him the easier ones. She found it endearing how focused he had become in such a short period of time. Each time he missed a note he made a small grunting noise and tried again until he managed to play a song the entire way through.

"Hey, I did it." He grinned, proud of himself.

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star isn't that impressive, Sam." Penny smirked. "Play Flight Of The Bumblebee... That's impressive."

He tried the song four times before he tossed the phone back to her with a pout. He folded his arms and watched as she also tried and failed the song.

"It's the hardest one on there I think." She shrugged as she switched back to playing Canon. "No worries." She couldn't fight off the amused smirk that had settled onto her face at Sam's pouting.

"Yeah well, I'd kick your ass at Street Fighter."

"Is that a bet, Mr Drake?"

"Absolutely."

"Hey!" Nate called to the pair. "If you're done flirting, we're about to land."


After sleeping the rest of the day away once they'd reached their hotel, the group was up bright and early the following morning, heading towards the cathedral.

"A Scottish cathedral. Strange place to bury your treasure, no?"

"Not really. I mean by the time Avery would've sailed here the place was already abandoned."

"I guess that's true. Plus with the massive bounty on his head... It'd be a good place to hide."

Penny stayed quiet as she listened to the brothers talk about Avery and Rafe and how ruthless the later had become. She was concentrating mainly on not missing her grips after sliding through patches of slate. And after Shoreline showed up, her mind needed to be focused. Although Sam seemed more than happy to try and have a conversation as they walked through the snow.

"Hey, Tiny Tina, can I ask you something?" Sam asked smirking when Penny narrowed her eyes at the nickname.

"Sure."

"Sully said that you owed him one... What does that mean?"

"Uh, my parents are little... anal about how I run my life. Sully has covered for me alot in the past. Especially when I went to Egypt for the Dismas cross I have back home." She paused as the three of them used their grapple hook to swing over to a ledge. "The trip went on for alot longer than we had planned for and they got pissed. Sully called them and took the blame, said he was just showing me historical sites off of the tourist map. Funnily enough that's what they think I'm doing right now."

"Sam, there's a ladder just out of reach." Nathan called from a higher ledge.

"Alright hold up, I'll come over." Sam climbed his way to Nate, letting him boost him and then turning to pull him up. Penny followed, letting Sam pull her onto the ledge before he continued. "That's it?" He panted. "He covered for you?"

"It sounds like nothing but where my mum and dad are concerned it's a pretty big deal."

"They must be delightful." He smirked as Nathan pointed out the Monks Dorm.

After alot more sliding and a few close calls with Shoreline they found the graveyard and Avery's grave. The grave opened up a secret staircase leading down into a crypt where there was a puzzle that between the three of them, they quickly solved. Realizing that they had to head back toward the cathedral to find the cave that Avery was leading them to earned an eye roll from Penny.

"Pirates can never make anything straight forward can they?" She sighed. "It's never, find this place and do that puzzle and there's my treasure. There's always traversing the globe, doing tasks, avoiding booby traps and-" She stopped short, noticing the brothers smirking at her rambling. "Uh... I dunno what I'm saying, I think I'm just hungry." She scratched the back of her neck, sheepishly.

"Princess, the chase is all part of the fun." Sam grinned as Nate shook his head, leading the way out of the crypt. Sam draped his arm around the shorter girls shoulders causing her frame to tense. "I won't bite y'know. Unless you're into that."

A side glance showed her that his wolf like grin was present and she wiggled her way out of his grasp to catch up with Nathan, hoping the crisp Scottish air could be used as an excuse for the colour in her cheeks.


"We're you really just hungry earlier, or are you having second thoughts about this trip now?" Nate asked as they made their way towards the cave.

"Two things you should know about me, boys... One, I never leave a job unfinished. And two, I'm always hungry. Usually for pizza or fries." Penny noticed Sam rubbing his hands together and blowing on them. "I told you, you'd need gloves."

Getting into the cave entailed more encounters with Shoreline, more sliding through slate and more dangling precariously from rocks, ledges and ropes. When they finally got inside the cave, Penny had to take second to catch her breath.

"You alright there, little one?" Sam asked placing a gentle hand on her back as she placed her hands above her knees.

"I would like to sit down with a cup of tea for a while to be honest. Personal trainers don't really do much in the ways of swinging off of cliff edges and badly constructed bridges."

"You're doing great." He smiled, not a crooked smirk or a playful, flirty smile either, a genuine warm smile. "We're almost there now."

"Thanks."


Finally they seemed to have found what they were looking for. At least, that's what Penny had thought before she saw the scales, cross on one side, coins on the other. Another of Avery's tests.

"Whoa, wait! Don't touch it!" Nate held his hand up to stop Sam from picking up the cross.

"What? Why?"

"Haven't you seen Indiana Jones?" Penny shook her head, circling the scales. "You pick that up some huge boulders gonna take us out, no doubt."

"A boulder?" Sam raised an eyebrow as the red head shrugged.

"She's right though. It's the only valuable thing we've seen in this cave."

Penny found herself once again holding her breath as Sam picked up a coin from the dish. Candles all around the room ignited, shining down a map of Madagascar on the floor with a star right where King's Bay should be.

"He's screwing with us. This was supposed to be it. So where's the goddamned treasure, huh? I mean, King's Bay? Great. But where's next? North Pole? Outer Space?" Sam ranted, pacing the floor.

"I thought the chase was half the fun." Penny retorted, earning a sarcastic laugh.

"For those who prove worthy, paradise awaits. He was recruiting." Nate muttured, pulling Sam and Penny's attention. "Avery was recruiting."

"Recruiting for what?" Sam demanded.

Nate didn't get the chance to answer as there was a deafening explosion, blowing out the wall before Nadine walked in with two of her armed goons. Whilst she was alerting Rafe to what was happening Nate noticed the difference in the floor they were stood on to the outer edge. He silently gestured to Sam who quickly caught on, glancing at Penny and jerking his head backwards. Catching the hint she took a few steps back before Nadine turned back to face them.

After Nadine's man lifted the cross, getting out of the place was a purely adrenaline filled dash across rubble and falling buildings. All whilst trying to aim a gun with a decent amount of accuracy. Landing into the icy sea knocked the breath out of Penny but she just managed to get to Sully's plane where Nathan pulled her up before pulling Sam in too.

Once a safe distance away, they each stripped out of their sodden outer wear, pulling out thick blankets from the hold. Penny toed off her boots as she held the blanket around her and pulled off the socks that were making her toes feel like ice. She pulled her feet up onto her seat, using her hands to try and rub some heat back into them.

Sam seemed irritated, drying off his hair and pacing the length of the plane until Nathan spoke of his theory about all the pirates Avery recruited pooling their treasure together and then found the volcano on the coin. Giving Sam a new destination and a new addition to the end prize seemed to restore the excitement in his eyes.

"You still want that tea and a sit down?" Sam asked a little while later.

"After that exit I'd rather take a stiff drink." She yawned. "Maybe rum, I figure that'd be appropriate."

"When we get to Madagascar, I'll buy you a drink. How does that sound?" Sully called over his shoulder.

"I think that sounds perfect, Victor."

She pulled her blanket tighter around her as she tried to get comfortable in her seat, settling in for the long haul flight to King's Bay.