Hey Guys thanks for the reviews: mozzi-girl and Maltara101 I'm glad you like the story Im actually really enjoying writing it, here's chapter 6 I hope you like it! :D
After leaving Kai alone with the plane, Mal and Natara take a small boat and sail to Coastal Thailand. Mal sits checking his notes and preparing his gun, while Natara sits and ties her laces on her knee high combat boots.
Natara:"You sure we're in the right place?"
Mal:"According to map, the ruins should just around here somewhere."
Natara stands and narrows her eyes and looks along the cliffs, then turns back to Mal.
Natara:"The ruins aren't visable from down here, we need to climb up the side of the cliff, shouldn't be too hard!"
Natara turns on the boat engine and speeds over to a low cliff edge, she slides a gun into her holster then starts to free climb the cliff, she places her foot into the cracks and hangs with on hand and looks down at Mal.
Natara:"You coming?"
Mal looks at Natara stunned.
Mal:"Err yeah.."
Mal follows Natara up the side of the cliff, at a much slowers pace then Natara, as she jumps freely and fearlessly across the surface of the cliff until she reaches the top, then pulls herself up, shortly followed by Mal.
Natara:"You okay?"
Mal:"Yeah I think so."
Mal and Natara start to walk down a narrow path and eventually come out to a beautiful jungle area. Scattered around are old discarded ruins of old buildings with overgrowing trees wrapping themselves around everything, Mal and Natara continue to walk cautiously down the path.
Natara:"This place is beautiful."
Mal:"Sure is..but where's the-"
Mal is cut off as they come to a ledge that overlooks a grand temple with stautes of tigers that stand guarding the temple, ancient windchimes create beautiful music as the wind dances around them. Mal and Natara stand, amazed as they look at the breath-taking view that lies infront of them.
Mal:"Never mind found the temple!"
Natara laughs and looks at Mal smiling.
Natara:"Come on.."
Natara runs and jumps, catching herself on the ledge of one of the old stautes, she moves cross the edge and drops from ledge to ledge and lands gracefully on the floor. She looks up at Mal still stood on the cliff above and smirks.
Mal:"Okay.. that was awesome!"
Natara:"Your turn!"
Mal:"No, no way in hell I am doing that..I'll err just find another way down!"
After Mal finally joins Natara at the bottom, they walk up to the entrance of the temple and investigate it closely.
Mal:"Hmmm it seems it needs some kind of meachanisism to make the door open, there's a hole in the door like something's supposed to fit inside."
Mal looks around and see's an old stone in a strange shape, almost like somekind of sword, he runs over and picks it up then carefully slides it into the hole then turns it like a key. Suddenly the front of the temple comes to life the tiger stautes move and the door slides open. Mal and Natara stand back for a second then slowly walk inside the temple.
As they walk deeper into the temple they find, its bare; no cravings on the walls no stautes of any sort, just bare stone walls and floors and its incredibly silent. They continue walking till finally they come to a room filled with candles, every single one lit giving out light. Natara walks slightly ahead of Mal and steps on a tile on the floor which suddenly pushes into the floor like a button, she stops dead in her tracks as all the candles are blown out at once the room is sealed shut and starts to spin viciously, when finally it stops opening a secret passageway door. Mal pulls out his touch and leads Natara into the long dark tunnel.
Mal:"Natara..do you hear that?"
Natara:"Hear what?"
Mal:"It sounds like running water.."
At that moment they finally come out of the tunnel into a underground garden with a flowing stream of crystal clear blue water, tall green trees tower over high against the ceiling and wild beautiful, colourful flowers cover the room, sitting in tall green grass, butterflies and tropical birds fly around freely.
Natara:"Oh my god. This...this is incredible!"
Mal:"It's amazing, how is this even down here?"
Natara smiles at Mal and they walk through the garden, Natara notices something on the floor and bends down to pick it up.
Natara:"Hello, how did you get down here?"
Mal:"What is it?"
Natara:"Another page from your great-grandfather's diary. We have finally located the whereabouts of the treasure, in the 15th Century, the Spanish placed it in the middle of Africa in the hopes that it would never be found out of fear that enemies may try to steal it, but recent events have lead me to believe that that hiding place has finally been found,I have located the desired spot in the map at the back of my diary and I just hope I can find this area before anyone else. Damn it we need that diary to find that map, but Oscar has it!"
Mal:"You sure about that?"
Mal smirks and pulls the diary out his back pocket, Natara lights up with a smile.
Natara:"When did you.."
Mal:"I took it from Santo's study when we stole the golden ball back."
Natara:"You are amazing!"
Natara takes the diary from Mal and gives him a quick peck on the cheek making him blush.
Natara:"Okay let's have a look here...hmmmm...ah ha! Okay I've got the location we just need to get back to the boat and back to Kai."
Mal:"Right.."
Mal and Natara start to walks further across the garden, when Mal suddenly stops, his face drops and his eyes go wide when he sees what laid on the floor infront of him.
Mal:"Oh god.."
Natara:"Mal what is it?"
Mal kneels down infront of the skeleton and takes out the wallet from the jacket then looks back Natara.
Mal:"It's my-my Great-grandfather...He must have never found the treasure, he just died down here."
Natara places a comforting hand on Mal's shoulder.
Natara:"Mal I'm sorry."
Mal:"Yeah.."
After a few moments of silence Natara looks up at Mal.
Natara:"Mal we should probably get going."
Mal doesn't speak, he just nods and follows Natara.
Soon they make it out of the temple and back onto the cliff, to find many boats filled with Oscars men, Mal pulls Natara down behind an old stone wall, so they aren't seen.
Mal:"Damn he must have followed us!"
Mal looks down to see that their boat has not yet been spotted by Oscar's men, so Mal guides Natara down the side of the cliff.
Mal:"Okay the boat is just down there, so if we climb down quietly, we should be able to leave without them seeing us and then we can finally leave this all behind!"
Natara looks at Mal confused.
Natara:"What..what about Africa?"
Mal:"Screw Africa, Natara I'm done!"
Natara:"What are you talking about?"
Mal:"Natara, I don't know if you've noticed but we're a little outnumbered and Oscar isn't going to stop at anything to get that treasure, including killing us!"
Natara:"So that's it then, your just giving up?!"
Mal:"What choice do I have Natara, my Great-grandfather wasted his whole life trying to find treasure and its not worth dying over! "
Natara:"So your just going to let Oscar win?!"
Mal:"Natara that's not what this is about anymore!"
Natara:"Well what's it about?! Because one minute your determinded to find the treasure and now your backing out like some kind of coward!"
Mal:"Damn it Natara I don't wonna lose you!"
Natara freezes and looks at Mal as his face softens as he looks into her eyes.
Mal:"I almost lost you once I don't wonna lose you again, I care about you Natara and I don't want you to get hurt because of me!"
Natara smiles weakly as she walks over to Mal and gently places her hand on his cheek.
Natara:"Mal, listen to me, your not going to lose me I promise, we are so close to finding that treasure and I know if anyone can find it, it's us because when we're together we're so much stronger than we are apart, I knew from the moment I met you I could trust you and together we can do anything."
Mal smiles and traces his hand over Natara's placed on his cheek.
Mal:"Then lets go, we've got a plane to catch."
Natara smiles and they climb down to the boat, and sail away undected by Oscar's men, and finally meet up Kai and make plans to fly to Africa to once and for all find the treasure.
Hoped you liked it! Please review more to come in chapter 7! Thanks Jade xx
