We all do crazy things for the ones we love, sometimes it comes at a great cost. Had a sad dream a couple of nights ago and I thought I would try and put it words. Let me know what you think!
Nate pov..
We were at a old temple, hunting for an ancient artifact our current client wanted. Turns out, the mercenaries that were hired to find the same treasure didn't like company. Sully got separated from us and we were currently firing at the men while trying to find him. My pistol clicked, meaning I was out of ammo.
"Crap.." I say.
I heard a man chuckle beside me. I turned my head. A man had is own pistol aimed at me two feet away.
"Goodbye, Nathan Drake." he says as he gets ready to pull the trigger.
I close my eyes and wait for the bullet to hit its mark. I hear the gun fire but I feel no pain. I open my eyes to see Nat's arms spread in front of me and she fell. I caught her under her arms and lowered her down. The man looked shocked and ran away. I put Nat's head on my arm and had my other arm under her waist. She had a bullet wound right in her stomach. I quickly applied pressure to her wound.
"H-had to save your ass, once again." she says.
"Natty..." I sat softly.
She coughed.
"Like I told you, I would do anything for you. Even take a bullet if only you stayed alive." she says.
"No, don't talk like that! You'll be alright, I promise! If we just get you to a hospital..." I drawl.
She laughed slightly and patted my cheek.
"Nathan, you and I both know that we're a long way from any civilization." she said quietly.
"We have to try!" I say as I prepare to stand.
"Nate, no." she says as she grabs my arm. She looked at me. dead in the eyes.
"Just stay here with me. I don't want to die alone." she says as she looked around.
"Not a bad place to die, huh? Quite comfortable." she joked as she coughed once more.
I laughed slightly.
"You're insane, you know that?" I say.
She smiled as her eyes began to droop.
"No, no! You can't leave me here alone! I don't know what I'll do without you!" I pled.
"Please, stay!" I beg.
She put her hand on my face.
"You'll be fine, Nathan. You've always been the stronger one..." she says as her eyes close.
Her hand fell from my face and smacked against the bloody tiles, and her head turns sideways. resting against my forearm.
I tried to hold it all in, but I scream in fury and sorrow.
"No! God, no! Please, Natalie! Come back! Please, come back!" I scream, shaking her.
"Kids?" I hear Sully yell.
"What in- oh, God." Sully says as he runs over.
I gently lay her body down on the ground, my tears landing on her forehead.
"Nate, we have to go." Sully says gently.
I scowl in anger.
"Go?! For what?! Treasure?! My sister's dead because of this! Because of me! It's all my fault, goddammit!" I scream, standing and pacing around.
I ran a shaky hand through my hair. This is just a bad dream. It has to be.
"Let's just get outta here, kid." Sully says as he puts his hand on my shoulder.
I slowly make my way over and pick up Natalie's lifeless body. We walked out of the temple.
A few days later... 3rd person pov..
Nathan Drake walked towards the end of a cliff where a white cross was.
"Hey, Natty." he says as he places one of Sir Francis Drake's rings on the cross.
"Sorry, it took so long to give this back to you. Had a few things to take care of." He says. looking down.
"I thought you would like to be buried here. You always said you wanted to be somewhere pretty and peaceful." he says as he sniffs the ocean air and looks out onto the sunset.
"Doesn't get any better than this, huh?' He bends down.
"Everyone misses you." he says as he holds back tears.
He sighs.
"Ever since you died, it feels like a part of me did. In a way, I guess it has. You were my other half, my better half. You would always seek reason while I would be ready to hit it head on." He falls to his knees and puts his head on the cross, unaware of a figure behind him.
"God, I miss you so much. Even in a crowd, I still feel so alone." he whispers.
A translucent hand lands on his shoulder and his body tenses. He lifts his head and slowly put his own hand right above the other one. A ghostly whisper is heard.
"I promised I would never leave you alone, remember? Never." she says.
Nathan smirks.