Rendezvous: A Lost Chapter of Sam Drake

Chapter 22: The Ship

There was an explosion in the ship. Sam and I had found the treasure. The boat was loaded with gold of all shapes and forms. The explosion pulled a pillar onto Sam and I. Rafe had caught up to us and pointed his gun at our heads. "So, which one of you wants to go first?" He said smiling at us. "eenie meanie miney, Sam" He points to Sam's head. I grab Sam's hand and squeeze my eyes shut. I was crying and Sam was trying to console me. "baby, it's okay..I'll see you soon on the other side. Relax.." Sam kissed my head and shut his eyes. Rafe placed his finger on the trigger. There was a noise at the door which diverted Rafe's attention. Nate emerged with his gun pointed at Rafe. "Where are they?" Nate demanded. "Oh, right there." Rafe said pointed to us. The pillar had us trapped and the impact hit us both. We were both at least partially injured. Sam became unconscious and I held him the best I could with the pillar squishing us. Nadine entered the room. She looked at me and then at Rafe. "Nadine, be a dear and relive Nate of his gun." She walked over to Nate "hand it over." Nate looked at her "you really think you can trust him?" Nadine held her hand out for the gun "none of your concern." Rafe moved in front of Nadine "I don't screw my partners over. You and your brother do. You both took advantage of my generosity and inched me out of the picture." Nadine held her gun up to Rafe's head. He laughed "what do you think you're doing?" Nadine pushed the gun to his head "give me your gun." Rafe scoffs "Nadine.." Nadine cocks her gun back loading a bullet into the chamber. "I won't ask again" she warns. Rafe sighs and hands his gun to her. "You are being.... profoundly stupid right now" Rafe says turning to look at her. "Look over there" Nadine points. Rafe tries to dispute, but Nadine shoots her gun just beside Rafe's foot. "Jesus! Okay! It's a couple of skeletons, so what?" Nadine shakes her head "I don't know as much about history as you boys, but I've got a pretty good idea of who those two are." Rafe shrugs "Well, enlighten us." Nate replies "It's Avery and Tew. They killed each other." Rafe shrugs still not understanding. "Good for them. What's the point?" Nadine points at the skeletons "everyone obsessed with this treasure...gets what they deserve." Nadine steps into the doorway. "So what? you're just leaving us here to die?" Nate says looking up at her. Nadine clarifies "Oh, I'm just leaving. Whether you die or not, I don't really care." Nadine gives me one last look and steps out. "Nadine..." Rafe warns. Nadine slams the door shut locking us in the room. The room has been on fire from the explosions, so it's only a matter of time. 

Rafe grabs a cutlass and points it at Nate. Nate tries to reason with Rafe, but it's useless. Rafe has his mind up. He wants blood. While the two of them began fighting a gruesome war amongst themselves, I tried to look for a way out. I tried lifting up the pillar, but it was huge, and it was solid wood. It was like lifting a tree up by yourself. Rafe swung the cutlass in Nate's direction, but Nate dodged them pretty well. Rafe was trained in fencing, so he was pretty good at sword fighting too. "C'mon, Nate. Kick his ass!!" I said from under the pillar. Rafe laughed. The two of them continued their banter. Rafe had gotten on top of Nate, but Nate was able to push him off. It was actually good for Nate because he was able to grab the other cutlass. It was now an equal fight. It was a matter of last man standing. The room was burning up. It felt like the pits of Hell. Rafe knocked the cutlass away from Nate and he had him pinned on the floor. Rafe was peering over Nate. "you know what, Nate? Underneath all the bravado you're just a sad little boy with delusions-- of grandeur...who by the way can't fence for shit. So long, Nathan Drake." Sam had been conscious for a moment and was able to reach the other cutlass. "Nathan!" Sam slid Nathan the cutlass. "You just don't know when to give us do you? That's good...don't hand it to me...I've had everything handed to me...on a goddamned silver platter!" Rafe said while fencing once again with Nathan. Rafe broke Nathan's cutlass in half ad stood over him. "I earned this... all of it." Rafe said smiling down to Nate. "You want the treasure, Rafe? It's all yours." Nate said. He took the last bit of is cutlass and broke a rope that held the heaviest bits on the treasure to the ceiling. The rope collapsed and Nate rolled out of the way. Rafe looked up, but it was too late. Rafe was killed on impact from the tons of gold that struck him all at once. 

Nate ran over to us and tried to push the pillar up, but even with the three of us trying it was no use. "Damnit!!" Nate said putting all his might into lifting it, but the pillar wasn't going to budge. Sam grabbed Nate's shoulder. "Listen to me.. All I ever wanted to do was find this treasure with you." Nate cut him off "No. Shut up." Sam started again. He smiled at Nate "Hey, we did it. We did it little brother, ok?" We all had tears in our eyes. Nate shook his head "No there's gotta be-" I interrupted "Nate, honey, you gotta go. I'm right where I'm supposed to be. Elena needs you." The flames erupted on the ceiling and the whole room was burning up. "Come on, Nathan. I gotta know you made it out alright." Sam says looking up at him. Nate is still looking around for a way to save us. "Nathan..It's okay. We found the treasure and Sam and I found each other. There's no other way I'd rather go." I said looking at Sam with tears in my eyes. Sam starts crying a little. He nods and kisses my head. Nate looks down. "That's it!!!" He runs over and sets the cannon off. It blows a whole in the bottom of the ship. Water starts to flood through the floor at a rapid pace. Nate runs over to us "Do it!!" We all pull up. Sam gets free and helps Nate lift the pillar. The water was going over my head. I gasp for a breath and push the pillar up. Sam pulls me out and stands me up. "You are one crazy son of a bitch" Sam says holding Nate's shoulder. "Takes one to know one, now come on!" Nate says looking for a way out. The water is already up to my chest and the boy's waist. We hold our breath and swim out of the hole Nate made. We popped our heads up in the bay where the ship was. We made it out just in time. The ship blew up the room where we were. The boat started to fall, but it was falling where our exit was. We swam as fast as we could to the opening. 

Elena helped us out of the water and shot a flare gun to signal Sully where to go. We looked out the window on the plane at all of Libertalia.