Uncharted||His Treasure [Book 1]

Chapter 5 - Even

(Y/N) motions to the broken down stone steps, clambering up to the only window without the metal bars. She unholsters her pistol, hooking it over the wire and jumping off, sliding down.

Her companion raises an eyebrow; even after all these years, her sense of adventure still amazed him.

Nate copies her, but gets ahead of himself as he realises she was only straightening up at the end... and that he was flying towards her.

''(Y/N)!'' He shouts in a warning, but it does nothing as he slams into her and sends them both into the table.

''Ah! Oh god, my side.'' She groans.

''Sorry.'' He mutters, moving back and staring at her as she rubs her side. His eyes shift to notice Elena hanging out of the window in the distance, her camera in her hand.

''Elena... What the hell's she doing?'' He exclaims and (Y/N) rolls her eyes.

''Having more fun than me, obviously.'' She replies, stretching and moving to look but Elena runs off and (Y/N) shifts her attention to the gate.

The microphone in front of them starts up.  ''Ha-low?'' A voice speaks and Nate grabs it.  ''Buka pintu.'' He responds.

''Siapa ini? Bicara sekarang!'' They shout and Nate rubs the back of his head. ''Ah, crap.'' He mutters, his hand tightening around it.  ''Sialan lo! Cepatan, buka pintu!'' He shouts.

''Ah, tai!'' The man at the gate runs away and Nate chuckles in triumph with (Y/N) shaking her head. She goes to say something when the creaking of the gate opening surprises her. ''Hey, it worked!''

''There they are! Up there! Get on the gun!'' A group of men come running out and (Y/N) sighs, her shock disappearing. Clearly not." She mutters, moving away from the table and going through the gate.

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Once they clear out the area, the pairing head through an archway, narrowly ducking the round of bullets. They make their way down, ducking into cover when necessary to avoid destruction from the machine gun at the end.

Glancing out from behind the stone of the wall, Nate shoots the barrel next to and succeeds in blowing it up. (Y/N) gives him a smirk, following him over the rubble where he drops down into deeper water. 

She drops without looking if he moved, landing on top of him and he splutters at the sudden plunge under water. Her hand curls around the back of his head, her fingers tugging in his now wet hair. 

''Now, we're even.'' She whispers, pulling him up and he rolls his eyes.

''This place could use a good plumber.'' Nate jokes, but before his partner can retaliate, he pulls her behind cover as they're joined by the enemy.

''Son of a bitch! Where did they all come from?'' 

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Nate opens the gate and makes a start on climbing the wall. ''Wait there.'' He instructs.

''Oh yeah, let me just freeze in the water, that's cool.'' (Y/N) replies and he turns the crank so that water can pour through and fill up even more.

''Actually, I got the other.'' (Y/N) states, starting to climb the wall and doing the exact same thing when more water pours out. It rises to the point where they can climb the steps and carry on.

''Jesus, Elena, where are you?'' Nate mumbles, abruptly stopping and (Y/N) walks into him.  ''Yeah, a bit of a warning next time.'' She mutters.