Chapter 8
You enter the car, together with Kaz and Sam. "Where are we going now?" Asked Sam, as she leaned over from the back seat to fit her head in between the two front seats. "We're going to what used to be my dad's field, now there's runway. I contacted Winston and he's there waiting for us." You say, as you start the car and begin driving. "So, um, hey Lara?" says Sam as she looks at you with a concerned look. "Mhm?" you say, but you don't look at her as you are driving. "When we go to Yamatai, how are re we gonna find Alex... I mean... We have the whole island to search and, we're only three. I just... I don't know how we're gonna do this."
"Sam, I don't know either. I..." You struggle to say these last five words, "haven't thought that far ahead." A long awkward pause is interrupted by the sound of your screeching brakes. "We're here." You say, as the others look around. "Wait, something isn't right."
Usually, when you used to go travelling with your dad, Winston would wait for us near the entrance, but he isn't there. "Winston?" You start looking for him together with the other two.
First you look inside of the small building where the fuel and spare parts are. You open doors and he's nowhere to be found.
Then, after you go out of the building you search around the perimeter of the area, again nowhere to be found.
"Come on, Sully, we don't have much time!"
You turn around and see a young man running towards the plane, with brown hair, a white shirt and generic jeans. He has a pistol holstered, so you pull out your pistol out of the bag you were carrying. He didn't notice you.
You regroup with Sam and Kaz, and they noticed him too. Sam says, "Three questions, one, who the hell is he? Two, who the hell is Sully? And three, Why are they here?" "I don't know"
You look back at him and now you see and older man following him. They're both running at the plane.
"Oh, God... We have to get to them quick or else they'll take the plane, but they can't notice us." You say.
"Okay, lead the way." Kaz says as she getting her shotgun from the bag, and Sam gets her assault rifle.
You start to run silently towards them, they don't seem to notice. They enter the plane, but they don't start, because of this, you manage to reach the plane. The door is still open, so you enter. You think they didn't notice, but they did.
The younger man is pointing his pistol towards you, and you do the same. "I don't want to do this young lady!" "Neither do I, but this is my plane not yours." His eyes widen, and lowers the gun. "Wait, you're a part of the Croft family?!" You make a confused look, but you don't lower you gun. "How do you know?"
"You're Lara, aren't you? The Yamatai survivor?" You nod. The older man jumps in and says, "Well I'll be go to hell!" "What?" Sam says. "And who is she?" "She's my friend. Now that you know who I am, who are you two?"
"I'm Nathan Drake, and this is Vi-Victor Sullivan" He reaches out his hand, but you reject the offer, "why do you want to use this plane?" Nathan looks worried, as if he's gonna make a big mistake. "Look, Lara, we... how am i gonna say this... we're going to this plane because there are people we know who we thought were dead and aren't really dead. Wow that was a mouthful." You're shocked, you know he's talking about Yamatai. Gasps can be heard from behind you. Victor looks at Kaz, "What?"
"We... we need this plane for the same reason. To save a friend. In Yamatai." you say, feeling like you've so too much. "Great! It looks like neither of us is letting go of this plane, so... We can go together!"
"What! No... no no, we can't do that," you turn to look at Kaz and Sam, and whisper, "how do we know we can trust them." "We're right here you know!"
You're outnumbered for this argument and it looks like you don't have a chance at winning it, so you just give in.
You whisper to Sam, "If they backstab us, it won't be my fault... like... last time." She sighs. "Oh sweetie, it's wasn't your fault, even if it was, I forg-" "Look, I know you're trying to support your friend and all, but we're rinnin' outta time here." Victor says in his low, harsh voice.
You smile at Sam, hug her, and say, "Thank you."
