Uncharted 2, The Road to Shambhala

How Did This Happen?

I did not tell half of what I saw for I knew I would not be believed.

-Marco Polo, on his deathbed, 1324

"Why is it always the head", Ella muttered, holding her head in pain, some blood coming out from the wound; looking around, the train was a wreck, looking out the window, they were over a cliff; thinking back on what happened, her mind instantly thought of Nate; looking down, over in another seat, sat Nate, a bullet wound in his abdomen, he was asleep.

"Nathan... Nate, I need you to wake up", Ella called out, making Nate groan

"What's going on", Nate mumbled before wincing in pain, he wasn't looking too good, "that's my blood... that's my blood, that's a lot of my blood",

"Nate", Ella called out once again, making said man look up

"El... what happened", Nate asked

"Well...", Ella began, right before she could speak, different objects fell, the seat Nate sat on was about to fall

"Oh god", Nate muttered in panic

"Nate, jump", Ella shouted, holding her hand out, as Nate jumped and held onto Ella's hand, the seat he was on fell down, off the train and off the cliff; not long after, the seat Ella was on tilted

"Crap", Ella muttered as she slid off, both falling down; luckily enough for the two, Nate and Ella managed to grab onto the railing

"Oh crap", Nate said, looking down below, from what he could tell, if they were to let go, it would've been a long fall

"Nate, are you ok", Ella asked

"Yeah, you", Nate asked

"I can survive a head injury, but I'd like to get onto a stable area before either of us begin to feel dizzy", Ella stated as Nate nodded his head in agreement and both began to carefully climb the train; although both Nate and Ella ended up being separated for a small bit of time, they were reunited when the two made it to the top of the hanging train car

"Here, grab on", Ella said, holding her hand out once again, which Nate grabbed and Ella pulled him up, entering the next train car that was still on the cliff, it began to topple over, moving off the cliff; wasting no time, the two ran forward, later jumping off the train car as it went off the cliff, Ella landed on the cliff as Nate was hanging onto the ledge; Ella quickly crawled forward, ignoring the cold and the dizzy spell, pulling Nate up, both lied down for awhile after.

"Nate... we gotta get moving", Ella stated, but got no response looking over, Nate was passed out, although she wanted to let Nate lie there for a bit longer, she knew she couldn't, due to the blizzard around; she carefully grabbed Nate's arm, slinging it over her shoulder, and walked forward, through the train wreckage, not long after, Nate woke up.

"Hey there, how you feeling", Ella asked

"Cold... but alright, I'm mainly worried about you", Nate said

"Nate, you know I can survive a head injury, every adventure I've been on, I get hit in the head", Ella stated, "my injury's not bad, I'm the one who's mainly worried about you",

"They're alive", someone shouted, Nate and Ella turned their heads to see an armed goon, right before he could shoot, a train car behind him exploded, the goon, killed on impact

"Karma's a bitch", Nate said as Ella rolled her eyes, the two then continued forward, entering another train car, not long after an explosion was heard, sending another car toward the car Nate and Ella were in; both were tossed around, as the car stopped, both landed, passing out in the process.

(Flashback)

Ella starred at her sleeping boyfriend, she woke up a few seconds ago, Nate was still asleep, Ella smiled at Nate, running her fingers through his messy bed hair, both would be leaving soon... Nate to Istanbul, and Ella to Africa; both were already packed up and ready to go, a few seconds later, Nate woke up

"Good morning, sleepyhead", Ella greeted

"What time is it", Nate asked groggily

"Half an hour before we have to get up and get ready", Ella said as Nate wrapped his arms around her

"You know, I'm gonna miss you", Nate said

"Hey, we can still call each other, and Chloe's gonna give me updates on everything", Ella said, "just be careful over there, please",

"I will, I promise, you be careful over there too", Nate said

"I will", Ella said as both continued to lie in bed for their remaining time

(Flashback End)

"El... El... wake up... please", Nate asked, lightly shaking Ella, not long after, Ella opened her eyes and sat up, this time, holding her head with both hands; from what Ella could feel, it was pounding, worse than before.

"You alright", Nate asked for the third time

"I'm fine", Ella said through gritted teeth, trying to mask her pain

"No, you're not, come on", Nate said, helping Ella to her feet and swinging her arm around his shoulder, only for Ella to pull it away

"I'm fine, promise, it's you that's not fine", Ella stated, looking at Nate who was still bleeding in the abdomen, his hand covering it up; as much as he wants to protest, he couldn't, Ella was right; staggering forward, through the snowstorm, the two spotted the Golden Phurba, Nate dropped down to his knees, and picked it up; Nate then moved to lean against some of the wreckage, Ella joining him, both looking at the Phurba, wondering if it was really worth it.