At dinner that night, Nathan's phone dinged, and the text read,
Charlie Cutter
See you in a bit :)
Nathan frowned and stared at it for a moment. Elena paused in the middle of lifting her fork and asked,
"Something wrong?"
"Charlie is being cryptic," Nathan said. "But I wouldn't be surprised if we see him soon." He handed the phone across the table to her. Sam and Cassie were listening now. Elena raised an eyebrow.
"Huh. Weird."
"Is Charlie coming?" Cassie asked.
"Possibly," Nathan said.
Not twenty minutes later, they were cleaning up from dinner when someone opened their front door without warning. Charlie's figure loomed in the doorway.
"Am I a' the right 'ouse?" he exclaimed. Nathan burst out laughing.
"What the hell are you doing here, Charlie?" he grinned. Sam approached Charlie first and the two exchanged hello's and shook hands.
"Are ya gonna get your lazy arse up off the couch or not?" Charlie asked, referring back to Nathan. Elena and Cassie watched the men, thoroughly amused.
"If you'd had the week I've had, you wouldn't get up either," Nathan replied, throwing an arm over the back of the couch and reclining further.
"Two days ago, Nathan decided he wanted to fight the floor with his head," Sam said.
"And the floor won," Nathan added dryly.
"Ya always were one to take on a challenge," Charlie said. "I admire the determination."
"This was one fight I wanted to back down from, but the guy with the grenade had other ideas," Nathan said. Charlie looked impressed.
"Sounds rough, mate."
"Yeah, well, can't win them all. Give me a week and I'll be good as new."
"What brings you here, Charlie?" Elena asked, setting down her dish towel. "You must have been at the airport already when we called this morning."
"I was in New York, matter o' fact," Charlie replied. "Wasn't 'ard to hop on a plane to visit, 'specially after I made a few calls and got some news for ya."
"Really? What'd you find out?" Sam asked eagerly. He crossed his arms and leaned forward slightly.
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Uncharted: A Thief's Legacy
FanfictionTwenty years after the events of Uncharted: A Thief's End, the Drake family and Victor Sullivan are doing their best to live the normal life. However, after the Drake's suffer a terrible loss, Nathan and Sam find themselves the target of a rival co...
