Chapter 6: Just like old times

"Hold on Nathan, I need to salvage some woods, I have to make some bow."

"So you're an archer huh?"

"I became an archer because of some unexpected events Nate."

"And what is it?"

"It's a long story, and I think you could be bored with my story Nate."

"I like story, start telling your story, I'm listening."

So Lara start telling her story how she ends up as an archer, same as Nathan too, how he end up to be a shooter, especially in pistol shooting. They share their story as a thief and a grave robber, they keep telling their story as Lara create her makeshift bow. And finally, it's done.

"Alright you're done with the bow, shall we continue?"

"Of course, lead the way Nate."

"Okay, so anyway what is the story about this Durga Mahi–what that you just mention?"

"Mahisasuramardini?"

"Yeah, that one, what makes you excited about this story?"

"Since the events of the Yamatai incident, I'm getting myself obsessed with the tomb raiding experience, I know there's so much mysteries in this world that need to be uncovered. And I have to find it, I need an answer. I remember that Dad's once say that he hope I could make my own mark in this world someday. And in the events of Kitezh, I failed to make my mark. Now the new chance is coming, and I know in this chance I can make a difference, I can make the RIGHT difference, Nathan. So I ask your help to do this. I'm sorry if my plan doesn't work out well in here."

Nathan then try to know Lara why she's doing this expedition. Nathan now know that Lara was a daughter of a broken-home family. Nathan reckon that she's never had enough time with her parents, but he thinks that's still okay, if compared to Nathan because he's never know his true parents.

"I forgive you Lara, I'm actually know something that you desire. And this expedition will become a book to be written if we getting outta here. I know your instinct is your weakness Lara, but there's something that you can use from it. Trust them Lara, And if you need help, I'm here to help you."

Lara starts to closed her eyes followed by hugged Nathan and rested his head over Nathan's neck. A tears starts to flow through her closed eye as she start to says her foreword about Drake.

"Nathan, in my whole life, I've only met a very extraordinary person like you, a person who wants to understands me, a person who knew my life, and that only person is you. I feel like I become your own younger sister Nathan. Just don't ever let me go in here Nathan." Lara sob and hug Nathan amorously, as she grab his shirt tighter.

"You will never walk alone again, Lara. I'm here, I'm with you, just tell me what you want, and we'll pass it together." Said Nathan as she start to hug Lara tighter.

They both done on crying and hugging each other, and now they continue their exploration to find a radio tower. While they keep exploring, suddenly, Lara found a wall with a strange relief engraved on it and placed next to a cave.

"Nathan, hold up, I need you to see this."

"Well looks like a story Lara, it's written on Hanacaraka translation. By the way, you know Hanacaraka right?"

"I studied them recently, though I know about it, I still have my Hanacaraka a little rusty. Let's see what this is about."

Lara start to translate the Hanacaraka that engraved on the wall. Although she couldn't translate all of it, but she managed to translate most of it. FYI the Hanacaraka is the old ancient Java language that still existed and used until now, just like a mandarin translation.

"Alright, I knew what this about. This tell about the funeral of the old warrior in the Javanese way. And the cave next to this relief contain the warrior's tomb. It would be nice if we 'pay' him a little visit, Nathan."

"Okay hahaha, okay Lara let's visit him then."

Lara and Nathan start to enter the old tomb. The tomb was ended up in the underground. Their journey end up on the last room before the tomb.

"A dead end. There must be some way out of here."

"Wait Lara, I see another relief, This one written in Hanacaraka too, but what does it say." Nathan start to point the Hanacaraka word, so Lara can start translating the word.

"Okay, it's says: Only the man of the people can open the secret of, what is this word? It's the name of the warrior of these tombs."

"Man of the people? It means this warrior talking about the man who knew everything.

"So you're telling me that we'll need a kind of pundit in here?"

"Umm, maybe, but there's must be some way to bust this dead end. We just need to think about it Lara."

"Hmm, hey there's a little word below this relief, but this is not a Hanacaraka, do you know it Nate?"

"Hmm, it's look like sanskrit. Well you lucky, your pal Nathan Drake here could read Sankrit."

"Alright, then start translate it."

Nathan then try to read the sanskrit on the bottom of the relief. The sanskrit was a veteran word for Nathan, since he start to learn about sanskrit 7 years ago. Thankfully, he could translate them."

"C-aka-rat-tik-a-lam-su-tu-yir-a."Nathan says the sanskrit like he's speaking to an alien, because it was a veteran word.

Suddenly the ground rumbling around and the ground opened with a stairwell lead to the lower level.

"So you're the man of the people, Nate." Said Lara followed by her chuckle at Drake.

"Nah, forget about it, I'm just lucky about that." Replied Nathan to Lara.

Finally they arrive too at the heart of the tomb. The main chamber contains a sarcophagus, surrounded by a relief that maybe tell about the warriors life.

"Wait this relief. It's look familiar. It talked about a man who curse his beloved Lady, because he was fooled by the lady. So the lady that he loved is curse, and slowly petrified into a statue." Explain Lara to Nathan

"If he curse the Lady, because he was fooled, it must be..."

"The Bandung Bondowoso." They both say it together.

"Wow, he's the one who curse the beautiful Roro Jonggrang." Said Nate amazed to the Bondowoso's tomb.

On the top of the sarcophagus, they saw a gold polished box that contains somekind a powerfully magical amulet.

"Nate, its the eye of Brahmana. It says something on the top of it, but it's Sanskrit. Once again, what this is mean Nate?" Ask Lara gaving a pretty-please face expression to Nathan, while Nathan gave her a smirk.

"Well, it says, only the tears of the pure heart can bring back the life. So it's talking about a back-from-the-dead ritual. If you believe in legend." Explain Nathan to Lara.

"Well whatever it says, this is amulet can be dangerous if it fall to the wrong hand. Let's try to keep it as a secret, don't let anyone now about this. Even Sully, Kaz, and Sam, alright?"

"Sully is my mentor, he's just like a father to me Lara, there's no way he would betray us." Said Nathan to Lara about Sully.

"But I don't want anyone know about this Nate. Only God and both of us that know about this."

"Okay, I keep my word, but let's just try to find this radio tower shall we?"

Lara granted my wish by nodded at me, so we're getting out from the tomb and head back to the forest and try to find the radio tower. We walked long enough to find a radio tower, and finally, we see an old radio tower followed by the radio shack on below it.

"Nate, we're closed to the radio tower, I see the radio shack, better that radio tower still works. After we encountered all these things on this island."

"Right, now let's get to it Lara, I'm sick of this place."

A few hours later, we finally made it to the shacks. But we failed at contacting the SOS, yeah no wonder because no powers in here. But there must be a power generator in this place. So Nathan and Lara looking around to find the generator.

"Nathan, I found it. The generator, but it won't start."

"The fuel tank must be empty, let's look around for fuel Lara, shall we?"

They look around the shack for a fuel tank, or fuel barrel. On the west wing of the shack, there's an old garage, filled with the old jeep and trucks from the WW2 era. On the right side, they found an old cartography house, that used to learn the contour of the island. Luckily, the found the scrolled map of the island in good condition. Now to find the fuel.

"Lara, we only found these maps, there's no fuel in here, only fuel pump that we found. How we're going to ask for help and SOS signal?" Hearing Nathan's question, Lara then thinks baout the fuel pump. Hopefully, she's got an idea for the pump.

"I got an idea, how if we used the fuel pump to pump the fuel out from those jeeps. Anyway, the barrel's empty, so we can used it to fill the fuel. How about that?"

"Yes, I like it. Alright you get ready with the pump, I'm going to bring the barrels in."

"Okay, okay. Boy you such energic when you hear my plans." Lara gaves a smirk to Nathan.

Nathan then bring in those barrels to Lara. After the barrels in position, Lara start to pump the fuel out from the jeep. They found about 5 jeeps and trucks and every of them is incapacitated, because the engine never restored.

After they done with the fuels, the have about 2 and a half barrels of fuel. After the fuel done, the used the pump again, to pour the fuel to the generator fuel tanks. After the generator's done, they start up the generator. Miraculously it still works.

"Nathan, we made it, it still works."

"It's unbelievable, alright let'go to the radio shack."

After they have the power restored, they entered the radio shack to open start sending the SOS.

"Okay, there's an electrical switch in here. Alright Lara, I'm going to need you to pump up the ground fuse."

"How am I going to do that?"

"See that lever over there? That's the ground lever, you should pump it for about 4 until 5 times, so the fuse could catch the ground electricity."

"Okay, I'll do it. Tell me Nate, how could you be so expert in electricity stuff?" Ask Lara as she pump the ground lever.

"Alex taught me about it. We were together in the primary school. We have the same extracurricular too, back in time at the school. And in this extracurricular he taught me everything about electricity, he was a genius Lara. I miss him too as well." Explain Nathan to Lara.

"He was a good man too, back at the Yamatai he sacrifice himself so I could escape the endurance ship and save the others. I'm sorry about Alex, Nate. Said Lara to Nathan full of regretness.

"Don't feel sorry Lara. It's not your fault anyway."

After they done with the electricity, they try to turn on the radio tower. They succeded at turn on at the radio tower, but they fail, I mean totally fail in this time at sending the SOS signal. Because they don't found any radio transmitter in there.

"Nathan, there's no transmitter in here, how are we going to send an SOS signal?"

"Wait, give me a moment to think, how can we send the SOS."

"If only these radio tower is a satellite dish, maybe we can use it."

"Huh? What did you just say?"

"I'm talking about the satellite di–"

"Yes, you're a genius, you're a lifesaver Lara, you save us all!"

"What do you mean Nate?" Lara ask Nate full of curiosity

"Sully got a satellite phone. We can use it, The radio tower is on, so there's a signal in here. We can use the signal to call for help using the satellite phone."

"Boy, how d'ya figure it out?"

"Because of you Lara, you save us all."

"That was coincidence Nate, but I guess I save you in an indirect way."