Nate's POV
"God, where is Sully?!" I exclaimed as thunder and rain started to approach fast.
As if on cue... "Kid, we're coming in fast." Sully's voice came through the radio.
I sighed, "Er... quick question. How are we supposed to get on the plane?!" more gunshots soon flew overhead.
"We'll deal with that when we get there!" Sam responded.
"Great." Elena muttered, "This is not going to end well, Nate."
"We'll be fine." I assured before putting the radio in my pocket.
Cassie looked at us both in confusion, "Mind telling me why these guys are so dead set on killing you?!"
"Ah, you make a few enemies don't ya." I replied.
"Yeah. But they don't really intend to want you dead." she stated. Then there it was... the sound of a plane. We peered over the rock to see Sully's plane landing on the water near the shore.
"It's their getaway vehicle!" Rafe shouted, "Don't let them take off!" a few of Rafe's men then started to shoot at the plane.
"Hey!" I heard Sully exclaim from the inside, "No need to shoot at the goddamn plane!"
"I didn't really want to tell you this..." Elena mumbled.
I looked at her, "Wh-What? Tell me what?" I questioned. She pointed towards another rock a few metres away, "What's behind there, hm?"
"Look. I knew that something like this would happen one day so... I stashed an emergency grenade in there."
"Gr-Grenade?!" Cassie whisper-yelled, "Are you guys like wanted criminals or something?!"
I was about to make a run for the rock before Elena took a hold of my arm, "You sure you're going to be alright?" she hoped.
"Running, jumping and rolling. I'm a natural at all three. Trust me, I'll be fine." I assured. She nodded with a sigh before I quickly rolled to the side and headed over to the rock, I lay on my stomach as I got there considering that the rock was quite small. There was a padlock on the box... The code was three letters. "Elena!" I called over the gunfire, "What's the code?!"
"I'll give you a hint!" she joked, "Greatness from small beginnings!"
"Sic Parvis Magna..." I whispered to myself with a smile before inputting the letters: S.P.M. The lock soon opened and I reached in to grab the single grenade, "You might want to cover your ears!" I suggested. Cassie and Elena then put their hands over their ears. I looked around the side of the rock before launching the grenade towards a tree, after the loud explosion the tree came falling down.
"Now might be a good time, Nate!" I heard Sam call. Vicky had already took off as Cassie lost her grasp of her. The dog started to swim through the water towards the plane, Sully instantly pulled her aboard. Smart dog. Elena and Cassie then ran shortly afterwards... Elena shot at least five people along the way.
I stood up but I soon fell back down as a grenade went off quite close to me, I dropped my gun in the process. My ears were ringing and my vision was quite blurry from the shock. I squinted my eyes until my vision came back, "Ah..." I groaned, "That's gonna leave a mark."
"Drake, Drake, Drake, Drake." I heard Rafe. I quickly got to my feet and turned around to see Rafe, "This could've all been over so quickly." he said. I put my hands up in surrender as he was aiming a pistol at me. Looked like the same one he aimed at Sam and I when I fell off that damn cliff... All of Rafe's men were nowhere to seen. Some had been killed by the grenade I threw and the rest of them were probably hiding, preparing for an attack if necessary, "Any last words, Drake?"
"Er, yes. I have about twenty pages worth if that's alright with you." I joked.
"Always playing the smart ass, Nate." he glared at me. Just as he was about to pull the trigger he quickly dropped the gun before clutching his neck. He pulled out a dart from his neck.
"BULLSEYE!" I heard Sully exclaimed.
Rafe looked at me in confusion. I smiled, "You might not want to go near anybody for a few hours." I picked up my gun before heading towards the plane.
"Sh-Shoot him." Rafe managed to get out causing guns to fire.
"Nate! Sniper!" Sam called from the plane, I looked to my right before rolling forward as the sniper fired. I ran through the shallow water before Elena pulled me onto the plane.
"Any time now, Sully!" I exclaimed. We were soon off.
Once in the air, we all managed to calm down a bit. Cassie and Vicky were near the back of the plane whilst the rest of us were up at the front. I was lying down on two of the seats trying to overcome a massive headache which the grenades had caused.
"You okay?" Sully asked Elena and I, his eyes still focused on the sky in front of him.
"Yep." I groaned, "Just have searing pain running through my head right now. And anyway..." I paused to sit up, "Why didn't you just shoot Rafe with a normal gun? We could've ended this all."
"Well... we didn't exactly bring any erm... guns." Sam admitted.
"You're not serious?" Elena hoped.
Sully sighed, "Why didn't you kill Rafe after I shot him with the drug?"
A few seconds later I answered, "Good point." I started, "Where we heading anyways?"
"Just away." Sam replied.
"Is Cass, alright?" Sully wondered.
"Probably just a bit shaken." Elena responded as she sat next to me, "Why did Rafe decide to show up fourteen years later?"
"No clue. Maybe he just had trouble finding us." I said, "And, Sully. Do you still have any of my old clothes that I left here? The rain has just made this shirt a bit... ya know."
Sully tossed a bag over his shoulder towards me, I quickly caught it, "There." he said. I moved further back into the plane and managed to get changed without being seen by anyone else. I put my wet, and pretty much destroyed, clothes into the bag before placing it onto a nearby seat. (He's now wearing what he wore in Uncharted 4)
I headed back to the front of the plane
TWO HOURS LATER
"Errr, Sully? What's that beeping?" Elena questioned.
"I don't know how to tell you this." Sully mumbled, "We're being locked on."
"By another plane?!" I wondered.
"No." Sam said, "By someone on the ground."
"Incoming! Hold onto something!" Sully exclaimed. Someone had fired an RPG and it had struck the left wing of the plane, "Jesus!"
"Looks like we're going down." Sam said.
Sully groaned, "We'll be fine. The other wing will help us make a safe landing- Well I wouldn't really say 'safe'." we then started to descend down towards the island. We managed to land in the water just as the wing exploded into flames, "Great. That's another plane gone."
"Come out with your hands up!" Someone shouted from the outside of the plane, "Or I will shoot this RPG at you again!"
"That voice." I said, "It sounds familiar." I headed over to the door.
"Be careful, Nate." Elena stated as I opened to door. I looked around but I couldn't see anyone.
"N-Nate?" the voice spoke. A man appeared from behind a rock.
"Charlie Cutter." I smirked as I jumped into the water and made my way to shore. Everyone else, except for Sully, Cassie and Vicky, soon exited the plane, "First you almost strangle me to death and now you shoot me out of the sky."
"I'm sorry, what!?" Elena exclaimed, "He almost did what?!"
"Nice to see you too, darling." Charlie smirked.
"Charlie..." I warned.
He looked at me in confusion, "What?"
"Don't get jealous, Nate." Sam teased before looking at Charlie, "Nate here doesn't like people calling his wife 'darling' apparently."
"'Wife'?" Charlier questioned, "Well this is news to me. Since when?"
"Remember when we were trying to find the Iram of the Pillars? Like almost twenty years ago?" I asked.
"Vaguely." he said.
"When you broke your leg." I reminded him.
Charlier sighed, "Oh, yes."
"Practically since then." I stated.
"Damn, mate. Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Well, I haven't seen you and Chloe since you broke your leg!" I said, "What are you doing here anyway?"
Charlie smiled, "Chloe and I are trying to find something..."
"Something?" I asked, intrigued.
"The lost city of Atlantis." he replied.
"A-Atlantis?"
"Nate." Elena warned.
"Seriously?" I questioned.
Charlie nodded, "Yeah."
"Isn't that under the water?" Sam said, "Cuz it looks like you're looking above sea level to me."
"Who is this guy, Nate?" Charlie wondered.
"Oh, this is Sam. My brother."
"First I find out that you're married to Elena. Now you have a brother. Is there anything else you should be telling me?" Charlier raised his eyebrow.
"Weeelllll..." I started. Our heads then all turned to the plane as Sully and Cassie stood in the doorway.
Cassie eyed the water, "I don't really want to get in that." the water was pretty much green/brown.
"Well you won't have to." I said, "It might be a lot safer on the plane... That is if it won't explode. Right, Sully?"
"No. This baby won't explode. Just a malfunction from that goddamn RPG!" Sully complained.
"We can't just leave Cassie on a plane, Nate." Elena folded her arms.
"And who might this 'Cassie' be?" Charlie questioned.
I sighed, "Our daughter. Fourteen years old."
"You lot have been busy then." Charlie began, "You found any lost treasures then, Nate?"
I shook my head, "Nope. I gave that life up before Cassie was born."
"You serious?!" Charlie exclaimed, "What's wrong with you? You love this kind of stuff!"
"I technically took Nate's place." Sam joked.
"In your dreams, brother." I smiled. Vicky then jumped from the plane into the water and made her way over to us.
"And now you have a dog. Too many surprises." Charlie muttered, "And I could take you to our hidden cabin in the jungle. Hell of a lot safer than this plane that's for sure."
"I don't know..." Elena said. Cassie, reluctantly, then made her way to shore followed by Sully.
"Come on, mate!" Charlie spoke to me, "Are you in? Come with me and Chloe to find the lost city of Atlantis!" he tossed his RPG to the ground causing it to accidentally go off and hit the plane once more, breaking the right wing right off.
Sully groaned, "Perfect! Now it's a lot more than just 'damaged'!"
I smirked, "Ya know. I kinda miss this treasure hunting."
"You're in then! No more talking! Let's go!" Charlie exclaimed before we all followed him into the jungle.
I tried my best to ignore the glares that I was receiving from Elena.
