Uncharted||His Treasure [Book 1]

Chapter 10 - Oblivious

(Y/N) lands behind Nate on the balcony, steadying herself as it wobbles. ''Uh, Nate?''

He goes to answer, but the balcony tips and makes the pair of them slide. (Y/N) stops herself at the end and quickly jumps to the next one, with Nate right behind.

''You okay?'' He questions, but they're shot at again. Nate takes the chance to shoot the lock on the door at the other end and they sprint and jump to it. The gunfire ceases and they head into the interior of the building, a hole in the roof revealing a helicopter.

''Who's this, now?'' (Y/N) whispers and Nate looks up. ''Wait, that's not one of Eddy's...'' He realises, the pair entering the room properly only to be ambushed.

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After the fight, Nate opens the gate and (Y/N) runs through and he jokingly rolls his eyes. ''Oh yeah, thanks for waiting.''

Taking the steps, Nate is quick to shove her behind a wall and she mouths a thanks as a mercenary yells; ''Get this all on the boat now!''

''Hey!'' Elena whispers, appearing silently next to them and the pair jump slightly, turning to face her.

''How did you get here?'' He asks, confusion evident in his voice but Elena looks worried as she holds up her camera. ''You really need to see this.''

''Now is really not the best time.'' (Y/N) indicates over the wall and Nate stands to shoot but  Elena pulls him back down, sending him crashing into the other woman.

''What are you doing?!'' (Y/N) whisper-shouts, pushing Nate off her.

''You really need to watch this. Just -'' Elena repeats and Nate, clearly annoyed, grabs the camera.

On the screen, Navarro leans out of a helicopter and the camera pans out, showing them Gabriel leading somebody towards him.

''Aaannd.'' Elena hums as Gabriel turns before moving. ''Hello.'' She finishes.

The camera shows Sully, alive and well.  ''He's alive.'' Elena states the obvious and (Y/N) falls back on her heels. ''Huh.'' She breathes.

''I don't know, Nate... I mean, how much do you trust this guy? It's not exactly like they're holding him at gunpoint.'' Elena continues and (Y/N) waits for Nate to defend him.

''I know. Yeah, it seems weird.'' He replies and she shakes her head, looking over to see the boat head off and the three of them stand, having missed their chance.

''I mean, Sully's a lot of things, but he's not a back-stabber.'' (Y/N) states, adamantly and Nate spreads out the map on the wall. ''Which way were they headed?''He asks Elena.

''Uh... North-ish.'' She responds, pointing on the map. ''Yeah, towards the mountains.''

''Okay, so it's gotta be the monastery. Lets go.'' He says, starting to walk away with (Y/N) behind, but Elena stops them.  ''What if it turns out he's working with them?'' She questions.

''Excuse me?'' (Y/N) raises an eyebrow, her hand still clasped around her gun and Nate notices as he steps between them.

''We rescue him or we beat the crap out of him.'' He jokes. ''Hell, I might just beat the crap out of him anyway.'' He adds, chuckling to cut the tension.

(Y/N) turns away, making her way up the stairs, coming across a not so stable looking bridge. ''Safe.'' Elena whispers and the (H/C) mumbles under her breath.

Nate takes the lead, (Y/N) walking in the middle and Elena bringing up the rear, waving around her camera. Looking around, the wind blows gently and she sighs in content.

''How does something like this happen?'' Elena soon breaks the silence as they head slowly across.

''See those scorch marks?'' (Y/N) asks and Elena hums. ''Somebody packed this place with enough gunpowder to blow it wide open.'' Nate explains, clearly knowing what she was talking about.

He steps forward and the bridge creaks, wobbling sideways. ''Whoa - watch where you step. Some of these boards are really falling apart -'' He's cut short as (Y/N) screams, her part breaking and she falls through. Nate turns and lunges to grab her hand whilst Elena falls back, knocking her camera over the edge.

''(Y/N)!'' Her hand slips slightly though his and his eyes flood with worry. She had tried to keep her body still, not wanting to make it more difficult and she strains under the pull of trying to keep herself up. ''Give me your other hand.''

(Y/N) swings her other arm up and grabs Nate tightly. He groans, pulling her up with him until they were both stood. His arms were wrapped around her in comfort, a hand rubbing circles on her back as she doubles over slightly.

''It's okay. C'mon... c'mon.'' He whispers and she nods in agreement. He makes sure she's okay one more time and in that moment it's clear to see they care much about each other.

Once they've both moved, Elena jumps over and they carry on with the stairs,  dropping out of the window and back outside. Standing at the edge of the cliff, the trio overlook the view.

''Beautiful.'' (Y/N) whispers, standing next to Elena and Nate smiles. ''Sure is.'' He replies.

Elena glances at them to see he's staring at (Y/N), yet she's completely oblivious.