Hector Alcazar
37 year old Nathan Drake was sitting in his work office, signing and stamping paper work, late at night. He had just finnished signing another piece of paperwork when he heard a bang at the door.
"We're not open yet!" Nate yelled to the person at the door, not bothering to stand up to answer it. The person knocked again, this time for longer. "We're closed!" Nate yelled once again. But the person on the other side wasn't having any of it and knocked again. "C'mon man," Nate complained as he placed the piece of paper he had in his hand down on the table, "alright! Alright, I'm coming." Nate said as he walked to the door. "Asshole." He commented. He unlocked it and opened the door. He was greeted by a man, who had his back turned to him. "Yeah, can I help you?" He asked, sounding impatient.
"Yeah I'm ur... I'm looking for my little brother." The man turned around, and Nate came faced to face to a man he has not seen in 15 years. "He's about your height, little bit leaner, definitely less grey in the temples." Nate looked at the 43 year old like he had seen a ghost.
"Sam?" Nate said with disbelief.
"It's good to see you again Nathan." Sam said to him.
"Oh my god, Sam." Nate said, with his voice slightly cracking as he wrapped his arms round his big brother.
"Whoa! All right, take it easy." Sam said, patting Nates back.
"How?" Nate said to his brother as they broke apart. "I thought you, I saw you get shot." Nate said, looking at him confused.
"Yes you did." Sam said as he lifted the side of his shirt, revealing the scars of the bullet holes. "Right there."
"Jesus." Nate commented seeing the scars on his brother's body.
"The doctors," Sam said walking into his brother's office, "well 'doctors', they patched me up and threw me right back into the cell."
"Yeah but I," Nate began to say, "I made calls, I checked everywhere. Everything I head, everything I found, it all confirmed you and Beth were dead." It was then it hit Nate. His little sister. "Oh my god, Beth." Nate said with a shocked voice. "Is- is she..." Nate began to asked Sam, not wanting the answer he thought he knew.
"My oh my, never thought I would see you work in a place like this." Nate turned around to see a woman walk into the room. She was wearing black leather trousers, a high neck deep red tank top and a black leather jacket with high heel black boots. She still looked the same age as he last saw her. "It kinda smells of fish and seaweed."
"Beth," Nate said rushing over to her and giving her a hag, tighter than Sam. Beth returned the hug, resting her face in his neck. Sam walked over to them and rested his hand on Beth's shoulder. As Beth pulled back, Nate looked at her with a confused look. "What happened? I looked everywhere for you. I-I... it all said that you were killed back at the prison. "
"And I nearly was. I couldn't jump of the cliff, and when I saw that you were okay I just let myself go. Got captured and thrown back into the cell. They transferred me though to another prison. Apparently I was too much trouble for them." Nate let out a laugh.
"You always were." Beth shook her had as she laughed a little. Nate then took everything in to what was happening. He little sister and older brother were alive, right in front of him. He began to feel light-headed and leaned against the wall.
"Hey, hey," Sam said snapping his fingers in front of Nate's face. "You still with us?" Nate let out a little laugh and pointed to the door.
"I need some air." Nate said before making his way outside. Beth and Sam followed. As Nate stepped outside he turned around a looked at his siblings. Sam laughed.
"You're not going to pass out on us are ya?" Sam asked walking over to Nate, who was leaning against a bench. Nate laughed.
"I just might. It's a lot to digest, you know?" Nate said to Sam who was lighting his cigarette. He then turned to Beth. "But how did you both get out? When did you get out? Beth the stepped forward.
"Okay, Nathan calm down before you hyperventilate." Beth said as a joke to her brother. Nate laughed to the comment. He then turned to Sam. He pointed to the bench.
"Lets stop on us. Take a seat." The three siblings sat down on the bench, Nate on the right with Sam in the middle and Beth on the left. "We want to hear about you."
"Me? What's to tell?" Nate asked.
"Well, called some of your old contacts. Told us some crazy-ass stories." Sam said to his brother. Nate suddenly got a bit nervous.
"Jesus, what crazy-ass stories?" Nate asked, wondering what his friends have told them.
"Got shot, hanging from a derailed train in the Himalayas?" Sam said, not really believing what he was saying himself.
"I'm now the odd one out." Beth said, sounding slightly disappointed, in a joke way.
"Hey don't sound so disappointed." Sam said to his sister. He then turned back to Nate. "Well?"
"Yeah, that actually happened." Nate admitted.
"Come on man, what have we missed?" Said sounding eager to hear his brother stories.
"Where do I start?" Nate asked.
"The best part." Beth said to her brother. Nate began to think back to all of his adventures when one came into mind.
"Okay, ummm, do you guys remember the theory we had that Sir Frances Drake faked his own death?" Nate asked his siblings. They both nodded.
"Yeah, why?" Beth asked.
"He did. I found the coffin." Sam and Beth looked at him with disbelief.
"Off the coast of Panama?" Sam said to him with a shocked voice. Nate nodded make Sam and Beth shake their heads.
"Yeah, and get this okay. I open it up, and there's no body. But at the bottom is his old journal." And with that story, started many stories that lasted out through the night. By dawn Nate had finnished another story, Sam had finnished another cigarette and Beth had finnished another drink. "I mean, what can I say? Another lost city destroyed and we made it out alive. Barely" Sam shook his had at the end of the story.
"Unbelievable." Sam said. Nate nodded.
"It was. I with you could have been there. Both of you." Nate said looked at Beth and Sam. Sam then looked up at Nate.
"No, its literally unbelievable. You're telling us that you stumble upon, yet another archaeological gold mine, and you some how manage to walk away with, what Beth?" Sam said turning to his little sister.
"Umm nothing?" Beth asked pretending she didn't know the answer.
"Nothing." Sam repeated turning back to Nate. Nate laughed at this.
"Yeah, well, its the story of my life I guess." Nate as if t wasn't much of a big deal. "Buy, y'know I managed to grab a few trinkets here and there. Managed to pay off the car, house, engagement ring-" Nate then realised what he said, and what he had not told them.
"What?!" Beth yelled in shock.
"I'm married." Nate said placing his wedding hand on his chest. "I can't believe- Elena from the stories, she's my wife."
"How come you didn't mention this sooner?" Beth asked with a surprised tone.
"I guess I forgot." Nate said scratching the back of his neck.
"You forgot? You forgot about your own wife?" Beth asked her big brother.
"Don't tell her I told you that." Nate said to his little sister.
"I won't if you introduce her to me." Beth said with a smirk.
"Yeah of course. Tonight, dinner. At my place, you both can come for dinner, and I can tell her all about you- shit I have to tell her all about you." Nate said, realising he never told his wife about his siblings. Sam stood up and walked over to the railings, while Beth and Nate remained seated.
"Nate, we're in a lot of trouble here." Sam said, not looking back at his brother. Nate looked at Sam confused and then at Beth.
"What kind of trouble?" Nate asked Beth, but she quickly stood up and walked over to Sam.
"I don't like this Sam." Beth whispered to her brother.
"It's for the best." Sam whispered to her.
"But what if-" Beth began to whisper to her brother but was cut of.
"Beth, we have to." Sam said to her. Beth sighed at defeat. Nate looked at the pair with an confused look.
"Guys? What's going on?" Nate asked. Sam looked at Beth and then a Nate.
"Does the name Hector Alcazar ring a bell to you?" Sam asked. Nate nodded.
"Yeah he's the drug lord." Nate answered. "'Butcher of Panama' right? Why?"
"It's a funny story but umm, last year he was my cell mate. So this is how I got out of prison and found Beth." And with that Sam began to tell his story.
He talked about how one night Alcazar had planned an escape and allowed Sam to join him. How Sam had to practically fight for his life to get out of the prison. Once out Alcazar took him to the other side of Spain to a female prison where Beth was being held. He talked about how he was able to break into the prison and find Beth, who nearly fainted after seeing Sam believing he was dead. Once they were out again they were in the back of a truck heading away from the prison.
The sun had begun to rise. Beth and Sam were leaning against the wall of the van out of breath. Beth was holding Sam's hand, not wanting to let him go again. Alcazar got a bottle of water from the driver.
"Here, Samuel, drink." He offered.
"Oh, no, no I'm good. Better than good actually." Alcazar laughed at this.
"Here. You're dehydrated." He pointed out. "Go on, drink." Sam quickly took the bottle.
"Thank you." Sam said before talking big mouthfuls of water. Once he finished he turned to Beth, who was sleeping on his arm. "Beth." He said tapping her. She stirred and looked up at him. "You need to drink." Beth tooked the bottle from her brother and took large amounts like he did.
"So, what's next for Samuel and Bethany Drake?" Alcazar asked.
"Jesus, what is next?" Sam asked himself. "Well first I'm gonna take a bath. Then sleep on a real bed."
"And then find Nathan." Beth said looking up at Sam.
"Yeah, that seems like a pretty good start." Sam said. Alcazar then began to look like he wanted to ask Sam something, but didn't want to, but he did anyway.
"So, how long do you think it will take you to track down Avery's treasure?" Beth looked at him confused and then at Sam.
"You told him about the treasure?" Beth asked. Sam nodded.
"Yeah, he is- well was- my cell mate. He saw me reading books about Avery so I told him." Sam said to his little sister.
"Samuel, the treasure." Alcazar said to Sam to get his attention.
"Right sorry, umm," Sam began to think. "I don't know. We get back to the States, I can resume my search." Sam began to say. Alcazar then took the bottle of Sam.
"How long?" He asked, not sounding inpatient.
"I don't know an till me and Beth get started." Sam said pointing to Beth and himself.
"You said you know where it is." Alcazar reminded him.
"I do, but- Look, its not like Avery left a big map with a giant X on it." Sam said to Alcazar. Alcazar then spoke something to the driver. The driver stopped and everyone began to get out of the van. "Look, okay wait-" Sam began to say, but was suddenly pulled out of the van along with Beth. He was thrown to the ground while Beth was being held by another man with a gun pointing to her.
"I like you Samuel." Alcazar said to Sam.
"Doesn't seem like it." Beth mumbled, only to a another man come over and punch her in the face.
"Hey!" Sam said, making his way to get up, but was thrown back down.
"I believed you Samuel. That is why you are here. That is why your sister is here." Alcazar said to him, with a calm voice.
"Look I can get it okay, I just need some time." Alcazar walked over to a man and grabbed a knife of him. He the kneeled in front on Sam, who was now getting nervous. "Hector, listen to me, I can get it. I just need time-" before Sam could finish what he was saying, he was thrown onto his back with Alcazar holding a knife to his throat.
"Sam!" Beth yelled as she struggled to get out of the grips of the man, ignoring the gun pointing at her.
"How long?" Alcazar asked.
"6 months." Sam answered. Alcazar laughed.
"People always ask for twice as much time." He said looking at his men and then back at Sam. "3 months, half the treasure. Can you do it? Say it."
"3 months. Half the treasure." Sam repeated. Alcazar then looked at Beth who looked like she wanted to argue back, but knew it was a bad idea. She nodded.
"Now if you run, or try to hide the treasure. Or do something really stupid like go to the authorities. I will know. And when you least expect it I will be there, and at that point, death is not a mercy I will grant you, or you sister." And with that Sam came to the end of the story.
"And so, Alcazar let me and Beth go and here we are." Sam finished. Nate just looked into the distance, not believing what he had heard.
"This is bad." Nate said.
"We just pick up the trail we left of and-" Sam began to say, but was cut of by Nate.
"Trail? Sam there is no trail. After Rafe and I escaped, he took his parents fortune and brought all the land around the cathedral. We combed that place for weeks. Avery's treasure is not there." Nate explained to Sam.
"Well that's no surprised." Beth mumbled.
"What does that mean?" Nate asked Beth. Beth looked at him with a smirk and then nodded to Sam.
"Tell him." Beth said. Sam the placed his hand into his coat pocket and brought out some paper.
"Well, you know, we did some digging of our own and I bet you Rafe does not have this." Sam said holding up the paper to Nate who took it.
"It's really amazing what you can find on the internet these days." Beth commented.
"Its just the Saint Dismas cross." Nate said, not understanding anything.
"Oh is it? Cause the one we found was broke and hallow, remember?" Sam reminded Nate.
"Holy crap, it's still intact." Nate said looking at the picture more carefully. "Avery made more than one cross." Nate realised.
"So the one that was missing from Panama," Sam began to say, but Beth finished of his sentence.
"..must be inside this one." Beth finished.
"All right. So where is this one?" Nate asked.
"Oh that one is going up for auction in the next three days." Sam said taking the piece of paper. "At the Rossi Estate."
"The Rossi Estate?" Nate repeated.
"Oh, I take it you know it." Beth said to Nate.
"Umm, yeah. And how do you both plan on getting an invite to an heavily guarded black, white auction?" Nate asked.
"Well, we don't really need an invitation, per-say." Sam said to Nate, know where he was going with this.
"Yeah, you both are gonna try and steal it, aren't ya?" Nate said to them, knowing what they were thinking. Beth shook her head.
"Nope. We are going to steal it." Beth said gesturing the three of them. Nate shook his head.
"Oh no. No listen guys. I'm out. I don't do that anymore." Nate told them.
"What?" Sam said to him.
"Besides there are loads of other guys out there that are better equipped." Nate told them.
"No Nathan listen. I wouldn't trust any other guy you know with my life, or Beth's." Sam said to his little brother.
"Nate," Beth said getting her brother's attention. "We need you on this one." Nate shook his head.
"There has got to be another way." Nate hoped. Sam shook his head.
"Not with the time we have left. A certainly not with Alcazar." Sam and Beth walked away from Nate to let himself think. Nate began to think, and think, and think, but there was nothing he could do. There was no way he would be able to convince them. Nate let out a sigh and pulled out his phone and dialed a number. The person picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey, hon, it's me." Nate said to his wife. "Listen, your not going to believe this. Jameson just walked in with the permits."
