Uncharted

A Simple Trinket

-Nathan and sam refer to the journal before looking for the two matching pieces.
-Nathan presses his tablet he finds then sam does the same
-just as before, the pieces move around crossing each other until they leave a larger empty space
-they refer to the journal again before searching for the next tablet
-they find it and the same thing happens again leaving an even larger empty space.
-they repeat until there’s only the 2 mismatched pieces left and they can see clear through to the door.
-both pieces light up 3 times then circle around one another and get brighter each pass until they are both small balls of light
-One suddenly flies out of the room through the walls of the cave.
-the other hovers right in front of them and reveals itself as the key (describe the key) they’ve been searching for
-sam reaches out to grab the key but nathan stops him
-nathan: don’t
-sam: dont? don’t what?
nathan: don’t touch it. let me check my notes to see what to do next
-nathan flips thru his journal until he finds a drawing of the key
—he points to the bottom of that page
-nathan: look here it is. it says “when the key reveals itself to you. grab it and unlock the door.”
-sam: that’s it?
-nathan flipped to the next page then flips back: yeah, that’s it
-sam: why do you always gotta be so dramatic?
-sam grabs the key and let’s out a gut wrenching scream as he cradles his hand and drops to the ground
-Nathan tries look at his cradled hand and screams “sam! sam?!”
-sam rolls over laughing, opening his hand with the key showing it to be perfectly fine
-nathan: you’re such an asshole

Sam continues to laugh.

Nathan says, “That’s not funny.”

Sam says, “Oh come on. It was a little funny”

Nathan says, “This is why you don’t have any friends.”

Sam says, “What are you talking about? I don’t need any friends. I’ve got you.”

Sam walks over to the door, puts the key in and turns it. The door slowly opens inward all on it’s own.

sam gives the door a curious look: you know what? i don’t wanna know.
-he takes the key out of the door and gives it to nathan
-who puts it in his backpack
-as they walk out into the forest sam says

Sam says, “This has got to be the smoothest exit we’ve ever-“

Sam and Nathan are stopped in their tracks by tribal natives from the area. They have spears and arrows pointed at them. Judaun is on the walkie talkie, desperately trying to contact them.

From the walkie talkie, Judaun says, “Sam! Nathan! Da fuck are you? Y’all got locals closin’ in on your flank. Dey should be up your ass any minute.”

Nathan and Sam raise their hands in the air and one of the locals take both of their backpacks.

From the walkie talkie, Judaun says, “Ah shit! I see you. Y’all ’bout ta die!”

Out loud Nathan says, “Thanks Don.”

Then the local takes the walkie talkie and smashes it. They yell at them in a language they don’t understand, but the spears jabbed in their direction makes it clear they want them to walk a certain direction…so they walk.

The locals take them less than a quarter mile in the woods before explosions go off along their path.

Nathan and Sam make a run for it. The locals follow them, but more explosions go off. The explosions actually get pretty close to Nathan and Sam knocking them to the ground. They get up quickly and continue to run because it’s clear that they are no longer out running the locals, but out the explosions.

Nathan says, “Geez, how much C4 did he use?”

Sam yells, “I don’t know, but remind me to kill Don when I see him.”

Nathan says, “Yup.”

Nathan and Sam safely make it to a black military style jeep equipped with a gunner. Sam gets in the driver’s seat.

Sam starts the ignition and says, “That was close. I didn’t think we’d make it out of that one alive.”

As Sam turns his head to look at Nathan, an arrow flies by his head.

Sam says, “And here we go.”

Sam steps on the gas and races out of the jungle. Nathan gets on the walkie talkie from the car and says, “Don, we’re heading to the rendezvous. We’ll meet you there.”

From the walkie talkie Judaun says, “On my way.”

Nathan says, “Be careful. These locals are aggressive-“

Another arrow flies by Nathan’s head.

Nathan continues to say, “…and persistent.”

From the walkie talkie Judaun says, “Ah. It ain’t nuttin’ a lit’l C4 can’t handle.”

Annoyed Sam yells out, “How much C4 did he use?!”

Another explosion goes off in the distance.

Cut to:

INT. Mansion Office – Day

Jameson says, “My sources informed me about your team. I’ve heard that you always have a plan.”

Sullivan says, ”Always. Reputation is everything in this business.”

Jameson finally relaxes. He walks to a bar table and pours two small glasses of scotch and gives one to Sullivan. Then continues to say, “Well, it sounds like you have a truly capable team.”

Sully says, “We’ve worked hard to become so.”

Jameson raises his glass towards him and says, “To a successful endeavor.”

Sullivan raises his glass towards Jameson and says, “A successful endeavor.”

They both take a drink.

Jameson say, “You know I have to admit, I was a bit worried. You see the last crew I hired didn’t make it.” He takes another drink and whispers, “Trouble with the locals.”

Sullivan says, “Locals? Eh…” he takes another drink and continues to say, “…that ain’t nothin a little C4 can’t handle.”

Cut to:

EXT. Jungle – Day

The locals are closing in from both sides.

Sam says, “Nathan. Get on the gunner.’

Nathan says, “What? No! I’m not shooting innocent people. They’re only protecting their land.”

Sam yells at Nathan, “Are we seriously having an ethical conversation right now? Get on the gunner!”

Nathan does as he’s told and says, “Fine, but I don’t like it.”

At first Nathan shoots haphazardly. Only really shooting to keep the locals a safe distance away from the jeep. But after a one makes it into the jeep and Nathan has to fight for life, he changes his mind. Luckily, he managed to kick the local off the jeep (Nathan couldn’t beat him).

Exhausted, Nathan says, “Alright,” spits blood out of his mouth, “play time’s over.”

He gets back on the gunner, this time shooting at anything and everything getting close to the jeep. The locals seem to back off, but in reality, they’ve led Nathan and Sam to a cliff that’s impossible to see unless you know it’s there.

Sam says, “Nice shooting Nate. You got ’em to back off.”

Out of breath, Nathan wipes blood from his mouth and says, “Thanks.”

Sam says, “Let’s get to the rendezvous point.”

They come to a brief clearing and drive right off the cliff.

Sam and Nathan scream, “SHIT!!!”

Cut to:

INT. Mansion Garage – Day

Jameson says, “Let me provide you something that should prove useful.”

Jameson walks Sullivan passed many cars but stops at a black military style jeep with a gunner.

Sullivan says, “Woe! Nice ride! Where’d you get this?”

Jameson says, “A friend of mine deals in this sort of thing.”

Understanding that it was best not to ask any more questions, Sullivan says, “Good enough for me. We’ll take it.”

Jameson says, “I want it returned…in one piece Mr. Sullivan.”

Sullivan says, “Oh absolutely. That’s understandable.”

Jameson says, “Or else I may have to significantly modify your compensation.”

Over confidently, Sullivan says, “Trust me. We won’t put a scratch on it.”

Cut to:

EXT. Jungle – Day

Nathan and Sam climb up a rope, attached to a grappling hook, around a tree branch, on the other side of the cliff. At the top, Sam looks down the cliff at the ball of fire that was once a jeep and says, “Welp, that wasn’t supposed to happen.”

Still laying on the ground, Nathan chuckles and says, “Which part?”

Sam says, “Losing the key, losing the jeep. Pick one. We’ve got options.”

Nathan says, “I’m gonna pick the C4…”

Nathan reaches in his back pocket, pulls out the key and says, “…because we got the key.”

Sam smiles and says, “Alright Nathan! We got the key, we got something to bargain with!”

The key that was rusty and tarnished, reflects a bright light in the sunlight. Even the rust fades away.

Awe struck Nathan asks, “What is this made out of?”

Sam says, “We can figure that out later. Let’s get to the rendezvous point. We need to talk to Sullivan.”

Nathans says, “Right.”

Nathan puts the key back into his back pocket and they both walk out of the jungle.

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