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Chapter 9:
Nate quickly pulled out his gun on Chloe, who had her gun raised towards Nate. The commotion alerted Sully, and realizing who it was, quickly raised his gun as well. "Oh, Sully. How lovely! Nice little reunion. Let me guess, you're on my trail again, stealing my treasure. You know, you never change Sully."
"Cut Frazier. If you used your eyes, you could see we just crashed. Now, way I see it is you have one gun on us, and we have two on you. So why don't you put that down before we have a complication.", Sully said in his negotiator voice.
Chloe laughed. "You think I'm going to fall for that? You honestly think two little guns scare me?"
"Three", Grace said walking straight in front of Chloe.
"Who the hell are you?"
Grace smiled. "I'm the last thing you see before this bullet hits your brain. Now I've had a long day. So, we can be smart and all lower our weapons. Or you be a dumbass and we three spend the next hour burying you over by that plane.". Nate notice the small hint of fear in Chloe's eyes. "Either option, you will get out of my way. So, which is it going to be?"
After a hesitant moment, Chloe raised her gun, as well as everyone else. Tensions were so thick that it could have been cut with a knife. Grace finally broke the silence. "Name is Grace Jones. How do you know these two knuckleheads?".
"Oh, guess the boys never talked about their little treasure hunt. How we were working together, then these two screwed me over."
Nate spoke up finally, "Fuck you, Chloe. You know damn well you turned on us. Twice! It's not my fault you fell for it. Consider us even. Now, why the hell are you out here in the middle of nowhere?".
Chloe sat by the fire; everyone followed suit. "I got a call last week from an anonymous buyer asking for a hidden treasure not far from here. Something to do with a church about 30 miles from here."
Everyone looked at each other. "Let me guess. You're after as well.", said Chloe with a sarcastic smile.
"Not exactly. Actually, we're after a professor who's probably after the same treasure.", Nate commented.
"Real funny, Nate.", Chloe remarked.
"It's true. He is my father. We think he's after the lost Ark of Covenant."
Chloe seemed stunned. "It can't be real."
Sully joined in, "Regardless, her dad seems to think it is and ran off. Now, if it is real and it is found…"
"Back off, Sully. I'm not losing another treasure to you two, again." Chloe quickly stood.
Nate jumped in between the two of them. "Hold it, hold it. Look, we're both heading in the same direction. Call a temporary truce. Once we get there it's every man… or woman for themselves."
"And why would I agree to that?"
Nate responded. "Because we know more about the Ark and the church we're heading to, and there are three of us and one of you. Need I say more? I mean unless you feel like hanging out here with God knows what is out there."
Chloe thought about this new development. "We make a mile before the church, and I leave you. After that, I won't think twice about shooting either of you."
"And to that very sweet offer, I say… deal.", said Sully. He looked at Grace and Nate, and they nodded in agreement. How about that? The girl who I was interested in and later screwed me over twice and the girl I'm interested in now being in the same proximity with me; and we all have guns. God if you're up there, you have a wonderfully sick sense of humor.