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The world holds many secrets and interesting things to find. Especially relics of the past. And these two are as good as you can get when it comes to hunting for these things. Nathan Drake, the great thief from Uncharted. And Lara Croft, the female version of Indiana Jones. And It's my job to test their weapons, armor, strengths, and skills to see who might win, a death battle.
Nathan Drake
Background:
Born Nathan Morgan around 1975 is the brave and wise adventurer Nathan Drake. He grew up with his brother Samuel. But his childhood wasn't all happy. His mother committed suicide when he was only 5 years old. And their father put them in the St. Francis Boys home, where they were raised by nuns who taught them Latin. And he grew up a badass. Constantly getting into fist fights with the other boys in the orphanage but resided due to the insults of him and his family. His brother was soon kicked out though. Fast forward some time later and he runs away after a fight with a fellow orphan because his brother got a lead of whom were their mother's affects sold to. They found, infiltrated, and got the journal from a large manor. However they were caught by the owner who recognized them as the sons of her old worker. She gave them the journal and asked them to finish what their mother started. A search for a person named Francis Drake's heirs. Now fugitives for breaking and entering they began their search for these living heirs. But before continuing they honored their mother's belief that Francis Drake had heirs by changing their surname to Drake. Nathan however was to finish the journey alone as they split up, and eventually was put in jail. Just for a new friend to help break him out. This was Sullivan, who saw great potential in Drake. Together they found treasures and many lost items. And while Nathan has some good help, he can do a pretty good job on his own.
Powers and abilities:
Nathan is a great explorer as he has a great climbing ability. Capable of scaling enormous hills and cliffs. Without any aids or safety equipment. He is an expert marksman as he can operate a large amount of weaponry like standard pistols, snipers, and and rpg 7. But don't let him get in close because he prefers a straight on beatdown with his own two hands. This is from his experience in hand to hand combat as a child and on his adventures. He can combat with pirates and other thugs.
Accomplishments:
Nathan Drake is an incredibly skilled thief. He managed to climb an entire mountain, successfully complete several thieving missions, escape prison, and even being able to combat with Sly Cooper. Who is the descendant thief of the great Cooper line who are THE greatest thieves and are extremely skilled in combat.
Weaknesses:
However despite this he has no special training. And his combat style is considered fallible, relying on his wits and lots of luck.
But that doesn't seem to stop Nathan from his expeditions and how well they go.
Lara Croft
Background:
Lara Croft is the daughter of a rich English family. And one of their favorite things to do was go on expeditions with her parents. However one of these expeditions led to her mother going missing. And soon her father took his own life. Leaving their daughter in the hands of Conrad Roth. And she grew up as a genius in school. She applied for Cambridge easily and studied at the University College London. She traveled all over London, all the museums and other universities. And she loved it. And even traveled the world with her long friend Sam. However one expedition led to her being stranded in a strange land, full of supernatural dangers. After surviving on her own, her taste for adventure grew and began her exploring career.
Powers and abilities:
Lara is a regular human, but she is at top condition. Making her more capable than an olympic champion. She is extremely skilled with many firearms, which gives her the ability to win most gun fights. However her prefered guns are her trademark twin pistols. These beautiful guns have been upgraded to hold about 10 magazines per gun. Which is more than any regular pistol can hold. They provide great firing rate with little recoil and are available on a seconds notice. She is skilled with hand to hand combat and piloting vehicles. But her reason for escaping trouble is not how effective is her abilities are, but how she uses them. She is really smart and cunning, meaning she plays her opponents to her advantage.
Accomplishments:
Lara Croft is one tough cookie. She managed to survive in dangerous environments on her own with dinosaurs and such. Explored all kinds of places on Earth. Escape tombs and their traps. Survive a plane crash in her first backstory at the age of 21. And in her second backstory it was at age 9. She even survived and defeated a mafia gang who were breaking into her house.
Weaknesses:
Lara Croft is tough but she isn't much of a people person. She also appears to have a slight fear of scorpions. But that's nothing compared to her fear of her aunt's dog, all because it bit her. Which is a corgi by the way. And while she is tough a bullet can put her down easily as she is human.
But still, if those are her only limitations, she can explore any temple and has guaranteed success.
The Battle:
This fight will take place at a temple with ZERO prep time or knowledge of each other. Now with that said, it's time for A DEATH BATTLE!
In a random temple somewhere in the jungle, Nathan is climbing up it to find an artifact. He gets up it and goes over to his target. But then when he is about to grab it Lara Croft shows up and shoots a bullet at him but misses. She reloads as Nathan looks over in curiosity. "Hey, what's the big idea?" he asks. "That was just a warning shot. Hand over the artifact or the next one goes right in your head." she commands. But then Nathan clears his throat and then says,"Well, sorry. Finders keepers after all."
"And losers weepers." Lara Croft replies. "Loser weepers?" Nathan says before Lara smacks him in the face. He loses the artifact and she grabs it, which Lara follows with,"Thank you for your contributions to history."
"Hey!," Nathan shouts,"That's mine."
"Too bad," she says. Nathan gets his gun out and points it at her and says,"Give it to me or else." Lara stops and says,"Always gotta be the hard way," as she then gets her twin pistols out.
Nathan fires as Lara goes into a dive roll to get out of the way. They begin exchanging shots. As Nathan goes behind a wall to exchange his pistol for a rifle. Lara Croft begins to peak out to see what is going on out. But then she barely avoids the rifle shot. Nathan begins moving over to get a better shot. But when he gets over there Lara isn't there. He finds a ladder to an upper floor. She then breaks the ladder but Nathan begins to climb up the wall. Lara starts shooting down but Nathan gets out of range. He gets up there eventually, but when he gets up there Lara was waiting for him to show himself. He grabs his pistol again and begins firing once more making her stay in cover as she reloads. He gets up there completely and gets in close for close range combat. They throw some punches get locked as they try to shoot the other. Nathan gains the upper hand and pushes her back. Lara is cornered at a window as Nathan has one bullet left. "Alright, just gimme the artifact, and you'll live. Or you stay there, and fall to your death," he says as a threat. Lara looks down and smiles. Then she says,"I choose, option C." She jumps off and Nathan panics as he looks down. She grabbed a vine and begins to escape. He reloads and soon follows. Lara reloads her guns as she runs off. Nathan finds her and begins to start shooting. The trees make it hard to hit the other so they hit the trees a lot. Lara then grabs a vine to climb up and hide. Nathan loses her and begins slowly looking. Lara jumps down on top of him and begins to pummel him. Nathan gets her hand and punches her face and kicks her off. They begin a fire fight again. But then Lara runs out of ammo out of one gun as Nathan runs out for his pistol. She puts up the other but then Nathan smashes it away as well as the artifact. He goes for the artifact as Lara goes for the gun. Nathan grabs it but then Lara shoots him. Nathan falls over dead with Lara grabbing the artifact. She then says,"Don't worry, I'll help you get your own tomb. You should be honored." She puts him back in the sarcophagus and drives away.
Reasoning:
A great man has fallen, but an equally great woman lives on. These two combatants were even in just about everything. They both were experts in all sorts of weapons, hand to hand combat, and exploration. But the winning factor for this was Lara's greater focus on brains. She could use her environment more and find ways to get around Nathan's attacks. And his aggressive, flawed fighting style made it even easier to manipulate him. Her survivor skills were more impressive as she can survive on her own in an environment full of greater threats than that of our everyday jungle. How ironic though...Nathan had victory in his grasp, until Lara stole it from him.
The winner is Lara Croft.
Next time is a battle between two rival franchises. Bringing great fear into the hearts of people...until one movie maker destroyed them. Freddy Krueger vs Jason Voorhees.