Hey everyone! First off I'm really, really sorry I've been off the radar for a while! I had exams in April and then in May (and a little bit of June) I was in Europe! Did some of my own a little adventuring half way across the world. Saw amazing sites and met amazing people. If you ever want to see the world and have no one to see it with, then I recommend going with a travel company called, "Contiki". Go by yourself or go with a friends. Either way, you're bound to have a good time. I did the "Italian Espresso" tour with them and it was great. I then went to Austria and had a blast as well!

Anyway, I did do some writing on my free time and wrote some ideas and chapters down in my note book.

Also, I saw the new trailers for the new Tomb Raider game and the new Uncharted game. I'm so excited for 2015 but it looks like I'll be buying at PS4 if I ever want to play them.

Anyway, hope you guys like this chapter and let me know what you think. Thank you everyone for your reviews as well!

P.S. I do not own Tomb Raider(2013) or the Uncharted Series. Those belong to the rightful owners

Chapter 3: That Day on the Beach

Nathan had remembered that day so vividly. After all, it was only last week. He had remembered the break he had decided to take that day. The long walk on the beach by himself. His toes sinking deep into the sand as the ocean waves kept running over them. It felt good to take a break for once instead of running from danger all the time. It was a good time to think. He wouldn't admit it out loud but Sully was right. A day at the resort was a good way to relax and calm down from the previous days events. After spending the day rock climbing and exploring lost Inca treasures, Sully thought it would be a good idea to take a break since Nate hadn't looked so well to him.

Nathan was going through a rough time at the moment. It had been almost 10 months since his discovery of El Dorado. The whole journey on that island my have scared him but only one good thing had come out of that whole situation. Elena. Nate had fallen in love with the girl the moment they had stepped foot off that island. She was the one, he knew it. That annoying little field journalist had weaseled his way into his heart and thank god, she had the same feelings for her but that warm feeling inside of him soon faded away when she uttered the words to him, "I don't think this things...this...'us', is gonna work out". It crushed him. It had been the first time in a long time since he was the one being dumped.

So, after the night he had that conversation with Elena, over the phone, he decided it would be a good idea to have a few drinks at the bar. It wasn't his best idea of fun in the world but, hey, what else could he do? Sully wouldn't let Nate leave the resort because he was afraid he would run off and looking into more of these lost treasures.

All Nate could remember from that day was, mostly, the amount of beer that drizzled down his throat.

"It's 5 o'clock somewhere" he kept whispering to himself as he paid for another bottle. Everything that happened between him and Elena were what caused himself to drink on that beach that day and, unfortunately, cause the beginning of a new adventure for Nate.

As Nathan dowsed down either his fifth or sixth bottle (he couldn't remember), he stared down at the picture of Elena in his notebook as someone sat in the chair beside him and faced their body towards him. Nate didn't bother to look over. He, mentally, roled his eyes and braced himself for the events to come. It was probably an 'old friend'. Someone he forgot to pay back or someone he pissed off in the past. Who knew?

As he let out a sigh, Nathan turned his body towards the person only to jump back in shcok to see the person sitting in front of him and jump back a bit.

"Surprised to see me, sonny?" The man in front of him said with a smirk.

"Jesus Christ!" Nathan said at the top of his lungs. "Roth!"

He then leaned in and gave Roth the biggest hug he'd even given anyone. God, it was bigger than anyone he'd given to Sully. Roth hugged him back and they both sat down as Nathan gave a request to the bartender to buy a drink for his old friend.

"Jesus, Roth," Nathan started saying with a laugh. "It's been too long"

"Too long? Boy! It's been 3 years!" Roth exclaimed. "And look at you," Roth raided his hands and gestured them towards Nathan. "And you still look like shit!" he said with a chuckle. nd

Nathan turned and glared at Roth.

"Thanks" Nathan said as he shifted away from Roth and sat straight in his chair. "So," Nathan said as he hugged his previous beer bottle with his hands. The bartender then came up and placed Roth's bottle in front of Roth and walked off. "What brings you all the way over here?"

"I just came to say hello" Roth said with a smirk and then proceeded to take the first sip of his bottle.

Nathan raised his eye brow in confusion as he stared at Roth. "You expect me to believe that you flew all the way to Peru just to say 'Hi' to me? Roth, I ain't stupid"

Roth let out a low chuckle and took another sip of his drink. "I know, boyo. I know"

Nate then took a sip of his own drink and let out a sigh. Probably about to regret what he was about to ask but he was curious. It had been way too long.

"Um...so...ah...How's-"

"Lara?" Roth asked with a smile.

"Uh...yeah...how is she. I haven't seen her in...well... 3 years"

"Shes OK. Still hate ye' guts but shes OK" Roth said as he took, yet, another sip. "Just graduated from University"

"Oh...that's...nice"

Nathan smiled at Roth and then took a sip of his drink. He had remember the last time he saw Lara. The screaming match they had at the manor. The way his blood boiled underneath his skin as he couldn't stand the things she was screaming at him. The words she kept screaming at him...the last thing she screamed at him.

"Get out of here you yankee bastard! Don't even show you're face here! I never want to see you again!" she screamed as she shut the door behind him.

And the last words he screamed at her.

"Good! I don't need you're help you arrogant little princess! Good luck finding that stupid island without me!"

"Nathan," Roth said as he brought Nathan out of his memory. "You OK?"

"Ye," Nathan said as he rubbed his forehead with his figures. "Yeah, I'm fine"

"So...anyway, about Lara"

Nathan jumped and turned to Roth right away and grabbed his arm. "Is she OK?"

Roth grabbed Nathan's hand that was on his arm and lifted it off of him. "Yeah, shes OK but I've come here to ask you something"

Nathan gave Roth a funny look as he pulled away from him slowly. "What?"

Roth let out a sigh as he cupped his hands together and stood up from his seat. "Look, I know you and Sully are out here looking for...whatever it is you're looking for but...I have a preposition for you, Nate"

Nathan still looked at him funny as he took a sip of his beer. "And that would be?"

"Lara has been studying the whereabouts of Yamatai and everything about that Queen Himi...uh-"

"Queen Himiko" Nathan corrected him.

"Yeah, her. Anyway, on my ship, we've gotten a team together to find Yamatai and this team and I want you to join us"

"OK and why do you want me to come?" Nathan asked with a chuckle.

"Cause...beside Lara, you're one of the best young archaeologist-"

"Archaeologist?! Ha! Roth! I didn't go to some big fancy school like Lara"

"OK, fine, you're not one...but you have the heart of one. You have the heart of anyone of those bozos with a degree out there. Ever since you first step foot in that pub all those years ago with Sully, I knew you had it, boyo. When Lara first presented me with this job, I knew you had to come along. I knew..you'd be the man for the job. So...what do yeah say?"

Nathan thought about it.

'Do I do this?' he asked himself. 'Do drop all the research I've done here and look for this island? Do I dare show Lara my face again? What if she kills me'

He let out a sigh as he turned to Roth and gave him a smile.

"I'm gonna regret this" he said as he stood up and reached out his hand for a shake. "I'm in" he said as Roth gave him a smile and shook his hand.

"Great!" he exclaimed. "You need to be in Japan in 2 days. Our ship leaves in 4" Roth said with a smile as he turned around and started walking away.

Nathan jumped back at what Roth just said and looked at him and shock. "Hey!" Roth stopped and looked back at Nathan. "Ja...Japan?!"

"Well, Yamatai is a Japanese island so...yes. Japan"

"You could've told me that before I agreed"

"I knew you would've said no if I did" Roth said with a chuckle"

"Where are you going?!"

"I gotta catch a flight to Japan and I can't miss it!" he turned back around and started walking away. He then stopped and turned back to Nathan. "Oh, and one more thing!" Roth called back as Nathan glared at him. "Don't tell Lara about this! I want to...'surprise' her" Roth said as he turned back around and continued walking away.

Nathan then let out a groan as he sank back into his chair and finished his drink.

Nathan was then waken up by a knock at his door. He groaned as he rolled out of his bed, wearing nothing but sweat pants and started making his way towards the door and opening it to revile Sully standing there all dressed up with a cigar in his mouth.

"Up and at it, kid. We gotta be at that harbor for 11 o'clock," Sully said as he walked right pass Nathan and grabbed a shirt that was sitting on a chair and threw it at Nathan, which hit him in the face"

"What time is it?" Nathan asked as he put on his shirt.

"Oh...its," he rolled up his watch and looked down at it. "9:47"

"What!" Nathan screamed as he started running around his room and threw his stuff in his bag. "Sully! The harbor is half an hour away and who knows how long traffic will be! Why didn't you wake me sooner?!"

"Cause-"

"Never mind," Nathan cut him off. "Lets go" he said as he put on some pants and his shoes.

He then grabbed his bag and the two then ran out the door.

'Oh, Lara is about to be in for a surprise' Nathan thought to himself