Title - Light Of The Full Moon
Chapter title - Plan B
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 recognised from the games. For this chapter I own, Lucy Oakley.
Chapter Word Count - 2026 words.
A/n - Please leave a review so I know if people are still reading/enjoying this fic. Thanks! 3 xx -
"Sorry about snapping at you earlier." Lucy bit the inside of her cheek as they drove away from Nathan and Sully. "When we ran into Shoreline, I mean."
"Forget about it." Sam shrugged. "Guess I just need to remember that you've been doing this with Nathan for years already." He glanced at Lucy, once again noting the laughter lines around her eyes. "I missed out on so much of your life."
"We got forever to catch up." Lucy smiled. "What do you wanna know?"
Sam thought for a while as he drove, leaning one elbow on the door frame and chewing idly at the skin of his knuckle.
"Did you date anyone else?"
"Sam-"
"No, I'm just curious!" He smirked. "You always said you were glad we knew each other as kids cause you'd be terrible at the whole dating thing, remember?"
"I was right." She shook her head, recalling the string of terrible dates she'd been on. "You brother actually became my fake emergency phone call for a while, if things were too bad."
"No way."
"He did! His excuses were awful though. He once made me tell a guy I had to leave because my cat had diarrhea." Sam let out the loud sudden laughter that Lucy loved so much, his own eyes crinkling at the corners.
"Was there ever anything serious? Did you and Flynn date again?"
"Harry and I worked together a few times but there was nothing like that. It didn't feel right, y'know? I don't think it would've felt right the first time if I'd known he was your best friend." Lucy sighed, becoming slightly uncomfortable. It wasn't everyday you had to describe your love life to the man who had planned to marry you fifteen years ago. "There was one guy I was with for a little while. Mark. He was a journalist, Elena introduced me to him but he broke it off after a couple months when I told him I didn't want to have kids."
"Jeez." Sam whistled, lost in thought for a moment. "You'd be a terrible mom."
"I know." Lucy chuckled. "Hey, what are you gonna do when Nate finally gets Elena pregnant. That's gonna happen one day, y'know. Nearly ten years they've been together. Six married."
"Huh... Guess I'll be Uncle Sam."
Lucy left the joke untouched, amused by the twinkling in his eyes. Sam had never wanted his own children either, it was something they discussed when they hit their twenties but she knew how he'd feel about Nathan having a kid. He'd be the best damn uncle anyone would ever know.
Soon enough Lucy could see the tower from the jeep and rose in her seat to get a clearer view after the amount of mud that had splashed up the sides of the windows. She felt her excitement bubbling until she spotted the cluster of men outside the door. She waved a frantic hand, signalling for Sam to slow down and stop.
"He's already here." She whispered despite being well out of ear shot of any of Rafe's men.
"Guess we'll have to find the back door then."
Sam climbed out of the car, stopping just a few steps ahead as he waited for Lucy to follow. He heard her mumble something about being 'just like your damn brother' but she ultimately stayed silent. It didn't matter that she'd been doing this for so long and knew how to fight and protect herself, Lucy would always be a researcher at heart and Sam could clearly see that in the sudden silence that overcame her. Just because she could handle field work didn't mean she enjoyed it.
They managed to sneak their way around Rafe's men stationed at the door and find a long since broken window just a little way up. A couple of minutes of climbing and they were inside, peering down at the handful of mercenaries and Rafe and Nadine on the ground floor. They tried to listen to what was being said but they were too far up to make out their words. They did their best to sneak around and look for anything that could possibly be a clue but both came up empty handed.
"Could be something on the ground floor." Lucy whispered but Sam wrinkled his nose.
"Rafe would've found it by now, he's not that stupid."
"HEY! UP THERE!"
"Ah shit."
Sam rolled his eyes at the call of the mercenary and stepped out in front of Lucy, hands held high. Lucy followed his lead, sticking close to his side as they were forced down the stairs to stand before Rafe and Nadine. Rafe had his usual arrogant smirk on his lips as he looked between the two.
"This place is a bust Rafe, you know it." Lucy spoke first, too impatient with Rafe's theatrics to wait for him to say something. "We're both back at square one so what's the point of this?" She gestured to the men stood either side of her and Sam, guns pointed at their heads.
"Call it a long overdue comeuppance." Rafe eyed Sam. "You know he was searching with me for two years? Didn't even try to find you."
"You told him I was with Flynn, that's why he didn't look." Lucy scoffed at his attempts to turn her against Sam. "You couldn't find it before Panama, you could find it in the last two years and you aren't going to find it now."
Rafe flared his nostrils but otherwise ignored her comment. "Did Sam mention that he thought you'd be better off with dear old Flynn?" When Lucy didn't reply he nodded with a low chuckle. "Oh, he didn't? He said that Flynn was welcome to you. Isn't that right, Sam?"
"I didn't mean it like that."
"No, no... Of course not." Rafe was loving every minute of this as he paced, almost swaggered, back and forth in front of them. "Yes, your best friend Harry Flynn... It's funny..." He laughed again, side eyeing Lucy as she glared at him. "I'd imagine Lucy hasn't mentioned the time Flynn shot your brother? Or tried to help a warlord find Shambala? Or, I don't know... Blow them all into kingdom come? Some best friend, huh?"
"Wha-" Sam shook his head in confusion as Lucy looked down at her feet.
"He was scared, Sam." She murmured. "I'll explain properly later but just know that Nathan and I forgave him a long time ago and he never stopped trying to make up for it."
She discreetly nodded her head at the mercenary to Sam's left and he returned the subtle movement. He watched her fingers as she used them to count to three and as soon as the third finger moved, they both acted as the team they had been over fifteen years ago. It had never been something they'd used on actual people, just little things they trained to do together should the need arise. Sam had taught Lucy to fight enough to handle herself but little things like this usually came when they'd been bored in between research.
They switched places, the sudden movement catching the mercenaries off guard. Sam swiftly grabbed the mans head as he turned, bringing his knee into his face and then his stomach, taking his weapon once he fell to the floor. Lucy aimed first for the groin and then a high kick to the head, also taking the mercenaries forgotten weapon. As Rafe and Nadine made to grab their own pistols, Sam and Lucy sped back up the stairs and out of the window they'd entered in.
Lucy almost fell from the side of the building but luckily Sam caught her arm and swung her to the nearest ledge. Once on the ground it was a mad dash through the streets, knocking into people until Sam pulled her down an alley. He pulled her along until he saw a teenage boy cleaning an old looking motorbike. Sam apologized profusely to the boy as he took the bike, Lucy hopping on the back as they sped off down the narrow alleys.
Lucy clung onto Sam's waist with one hand whilst the other used the gun she'd took to cover them. Her heart was racing, thumping loud in her ears as she saw just how many Shoreline men were racing after them. She decided not to question how the men on bikes along with the huge trucks were failing to take them down and focus on holding onto Sam. As she was trying to shoot a guy off a bike she spotted another being taking down in the bed of a truck.
"NATHAN!" She shouted and Sam quickly glanced over his shoulder at the noise.
They sped on, hearing Nathan's shouts getting closer and closer to them until eventually he arrived beside them in one of their jeeps. Sam shouted for Nathan to jump on the bike but stopped when both Nate and Lucy protested. Their wasn't room for three. However, before Lucy and Sam could join Nate in the jeep, a large armored truck pulled out of nowhere slamming into the side of it.
Lucy didn't even realize she was screaming until Sam reached behind him and gripped her thigh. He murmured to move in front of him and she was confused at first. He made her sit just behind the handlebars, facing him with him staring over her shoulder.
"This is the only way we're gonna get Nathan outta there."
"This is a dumb plan." Lucy murmured but Sam didn't hear her over the engine of the armored truck, turning to find and finish Nathan.
Lucy anchored her legs around Sam, leaning to one side so she could still aim at the Shoreliners. Once they found Nathan he climbed onto the back and helped her shoot at the truck. He used one hand to hold onto Lucy's legs, keeping her in place along with himself. She mentally thanked god that Sam had so much experience with bikes otherwise they'd all be dead by now. Lucy saw the truck catching fire and allowed a small smile, thinking they were home free. The smile came too soon.
As Sam pulled the bike to slide on it's side beneath another loading truck, Nate's grip on her legs loosened and she slipped from the bike. She closed her eyes, waiting for the inevitable moment the truck would crash into her but it never came. Instead came the searing pain shooting through every limb in her body as it felt like she was being tossed around like a rag doll. When she felt the movement stop she opened her eyes, feeling heat all around her.
Choking on smoke she tried to move, roll onto her stomach and crawl away from the fireball that had once been a truck but her body was having none of it. She could hear her name being shouted what sounded like a mile away but then she saw Nathan no less than three feet to her right. He shouted something and soon Sam was rushing up behind him, dropping to his knees beside her as his eyes ran over her body. She couldn't even begin to imagine what she looked like.
Sam was saying something but she couldn't quite make it out as he lifted her into his arms. She thought he said sorry when she cried out in pain but she couldn't be sure. They walked a little way, Nathan in front, as people stared at them. It wasn't long until Nate pointed to a car and they jogged over to it. Again, she thought she heard Sam apologize when he jostled her against his chest too much.
Sully was in the car, had followed the sounds of explosions to find the boys. She stared up at Sam who was still looking at her body. She could feel his hands touching different places and every single one hurt more than the last. She swallowed thickly, feeling like her throat was full of dust.
"Dumbass plan." She managed to croak before her head lolled to the side and her eyes slipped shut.