Uncharted||His Treasure [Book 1]

Chapter 14 - Forward

Nate leads the way and goes up the left side, stepping up on the side and reaching up for the ledge to shuffle sideways.

He looks back and jumps across with (Y/N) following, jumping to swing on the vine and going across the ledge. They do this on the other side until they can climb up the wall.

At the top, there's a shattered stained glass window and the pair drop down through and into the building.

Mercenaries shout at them and they take them out, heading over the gaps when Sully'a voice comes through the radio. "Nate, you read me?"

"Yeah. Sully, we're just going in circles, here." Nate replies, watching (Y/N) look over at the fountain down below.

"Well, the girl and I been reading some of the books down here and looks like there's some kind of secret gallery at the top of the church. Can you get there?" Sully informs.

"Think so. Yeah."

"All right. Give us a call if you find something."

Nate takes her through an archway, jumping across the wooden platforms, going up and down different stairs. Through a hole in the wall, they make their way up a vine into another window.

Dropping down into the upper level of the church, shots fire once again and Nate takes the two out.

"Alright, that's gotta be it." (Y/N) states, pointing to the window engraved with the heart and two keys. "So, the two keys either side of the window is important right?" She asks, turning back to see he's already staring at her.

"What?" She frowns but he chuckles and moves forward, placing a hand on her cheek and brushing a thumb underneath her eye.

"You had mud." Nate says, shrugging before moving. (Y/N) smiles at the touch, feeling the area he touched heating up and she bites her lip, following on.

Nate moves to take the right key and she follows before splintering off to get the left one. He waits for her to walk towards it before they both pull the keys down. The window with the heart comes down as a platform.

Swinging on the chain, (Y/N) jumps on the window platform, running out and Nate follows. She opens the second window with the same design stained on and pulls him out on the ledge with her.

"You've got to be kidding..." Nate mutters, noticing the same symbol across from them. He pulls out the radio, his other arm behind her back to rest on the wall to steady himself.

"Hey, Sully."

"I'm here."

"Remember Roman and Navarro and that 'red herring' you sent them on to get them outta the way?" Nate questions.

"Yeah?"

"Well, they're sitting right on top of the treasure vault." Nate says and (Y/N) can hear Sully sigh at the other end. "Oh, of all the goddamn luck -"

"Look, we're gonna need a diversion to get them out of there." Nate instructs.

"You got it, kid. One diversion, coming right up." Sully promises.

"And Sully - once they're gonna, meet us in the mausoleum. But come through the catacombs, it's safer that way." Nate adds.

"Gotcha."

Nate hooks the radio back on his belt and glances at (Y/N). "Now we've got to get past all these goons without getting noticed."

"I think we've got it, cowboy." She reassures with confidence, patting his shoulder and using the ledges to get down.

***

Opening the door, (Y/N) slips in before Nate. "Hey." She grins and Sully laughs, hugging her and then she gives a nod towards Elena behind him. "I knew you both could do it! So what's next?" Sully asks over her head to Nate.

"I don't know, I'm figuring it out as I go. This is definitely the right place, though." Nate replies, frowning and looking around.

There's a silence and (Y/N) breaks from the hug with Sully as Nate studies the room. "Wait a second, it's something to do with these symbols." He goes around the area, turning the symbols underneath the arches in the wall, making sure they're the right way.

As he does this, Sully laughs as he looks at the destruction around. "Man, Roman and Navarro really tore this place up."

There's a sound once Nate turns the last one. The four of them turn to look at the wall in one of the arches slide up. He laughs as he moves forward, holding his flashlight. "Looks like we're in business."

Elena grabs a torch off the wall and (Y/N) brushes off the bones lying in front of the passage, wiping her hand on her jeans.. Grabbing the skull, she throws it at Sully with a smirk. "Heads up!"

Shaking his head, he throws the skull behind him whilst (Y/N) clambers through the gap with Elena and Nate following eagerly.

"Whaddya make of it?" Sully asks, looking in.

"I dunno, could be a dead end." Nate replies, sweeping his light.

"Wait, it looks like there might be a passage this way-" Elena says, walking forward. Her foot presses down on a stone and she looks back, whispering an uh-oh. 

Sully is halfway through when Nate's eyes widen. "Sully! Get outta there!" He yells, but the older man quite can't understand, frowning as he looks up at them.

"It's a trap!" (Y/N) warns, running and pushing him back in the room just the wall slams down, making her stumble back and Nate pulls out the radio.

"Sullivan, are you okay? Sully?" His voice is desperate when there is no answer.

"Yeah, yeah, fine. Still in one piece." Sully replies and they all sigh in relief. "(Y/N) knocked me on my ass, though."

"Yeah well, you better get back to the library. We're gonna have to find another way outta here." Nate states and the radio goes silent as he puts it away.

"Well, there's no way but forward."