(Kiamba, Philippines)
"I'm not gonna apologize, if that's what you're waiting for", Chloe stated, the three were all sitting on the cargo, floating somewhere in the Banda Sea
"We could probably forgive you for what you did in Barcelona", Nate said, "maybe even for knocking us out of a plane with a car, but Braddock, really",
"You think there's any difference between them and you", Chloe asked, "you guys and Sully were just as eager to screw me over as they were",
"Look, we're not Sully, ok", Ella said
"Hallelujah, one's bad enough", Chloe said, facing away from the two, only to spot something, "Nate, Ella, do you see what I'm seeing",
"If what you're seeing is endless open ocean, then yeah", Nate stated as Ella turned around, only to see a resort in the distance
"Nate, look", Ella said, making Nate turn around,
"Holy Shit", Nate said, the three jumping off and swimming to shore, walking through the beach and past two people who looked a lot like Nate and Ella, and got a room by using Sully's credit card, there, the three got cleaned up, as night rolled in, Nate and Ella sat on the couch, Sam's postcards all around the coffee table, looking at both the map, and the cards
"Hey there", Chloe said, walking up to the two
"Hey", Ella greeted
"What are you two doing", Chloe asked, joining the two on the couch
"Are you sure these dimensions are the same as the actual map", Nate asked
"To the exact millimeter, why", Chloe asked
"Braddock's looking in the wrong location, she won't find the gold where she's going", Ella explained
"You mean, we still have a chance", Chloe asked in shock
"The captain left one final clue", Nate stated, "and Sully seems to think that Sam knew what that clue was, and he might have tried to tell me what it was, these postcards are the only thing I've got from Sam in the last ten years, so if he did try to tell me something, it... has to be in these cards... please be trying to tell me something, Sam",
"Is it something in the Images", Chloe asked
"Or something in the writing, like an anagram or a cipher", Nate responded, "we used to do that all the time as kids",
"Let's start on one end and work our way down", Ella stated, the three getting to work, starting with the images, and moving onto the writing, but all came to a dead end, not long after, Chloe went to bed, Nate and Ella were still up
"Nate, we're not finding anything", Ella said, leaning back on the couch
"Come on, Sam, what are you trying to tell me", Nate muttered, tossing Ella a piece of bubble gum as he took another piece out, both putting it in their mouths and both looking at the back of another card.
"There's a whole world you haven't seen, but you will, promise, -S",
"What are you trying to tell me, buddy", Nate asked
"There's a whole world you haven't seen, but you will, Promise", Ella read out loud
"There's a whole world you haven't seen...", Nate read, a few seconds later, it hit the two
"Haven't seen", both Nate and Ella muttered in unison, Nate quickly pulled out Sam's lighter, attempting to light it, but it wouldn't work
"Alright, when we get home, I'm taking it to a shop to get it fixed", Ella stated as Nate grabbed a candle, holding the postcard over the flame, there, a hidden message appeared
"The keys are your compass",
"Ella, grab the crosses", Nate said, a giant smile growing on his face
"On it", Ella said, running into the other room, grabbing the crosses and bringing them to the table, handing the red cross to Nate, Ella kept the blue cross, both examining the crosses till they found a small pointer, hidden within the gems, removing the gems, the pointer was out.
"Ella, put your cross on the compass", Nate ordered, as Ella did what he said, Nate put his cross on the x, "alright, three, two, one",
both turned the crosses at the exact same time, the crosses meeting up on the north side of the island, where a cave resided
"Oh my god", Nate muttered
"We did it", Ella said in excitement, the two meeting up for a hug
"Hey, Chloe", Nate called out, before stopping, both looking at Chloe who was sound asleep
"Afraid she'll cut us out", Ella asked as Nate nodded his head, he then pulled out his phone and began writing the coordinates down, later tapping another area of the island and writing those coordinates down, hiding the real coordinates, both Nate and Ella retired for the night, as they woke up the next morning, Chloe was gone, the fake coordinates, gone, but a note was left behind which Ella read out loud
"I'm sorry, Nate, Ella, I like you two, I really do, but I learned the hard way the minute you start to trust someone, you lose, -Chloe",
"Well, you were right", Ella said, putting the note down, Nate walked up to an empty beer bottle and pulled out a small note
"Yeah, well, too bad she's headed in the wrong direction", Nate stated, looking at the real coordinates
"We'd better get ready", Ella said as Nate nodded his head, the two quickly got dressed, rented a boat, and began making their way toward the cave, passing by Cala de Oro, where Braddock and her goons were searching, and reaching the cave
"We have reached our destination", Nate stated
"Ready", Ella asked as Nate nodded his head, the two jumping in the water, and swimming through the underwater cave, later surfacing to find two of Magellan's lost ships, swimming to land, both Nate and Ella starred at the ships in awe
"We did it... we did it, Sam", Nate muttered
"After you, cowboy", Ella said as Nate began climbing up the ship, Ella following behind, not long after, both were on the old ship, heading down into the cargo hold to find the gold.
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Uncharted, The Quest for Magellan's Treasure
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