Third Person's POV

Halle hid in the trunk of Moncada's red vehicle for ten hours. It was uncomfortable hiding in something small with two other people but she didn't have much choice.

Nate apologized several times for hitting her, while squirming in the trunk for a comfortable position and Halle had to remind him that it wasn't as painful as before.

Back to the topic, she was placed at the back of a plane along with crates. Of course Braddock, Chloe and Moncada were there too, as she had listened to their conversation earlier had given her intel that the plane was flying to the Philippines, where the gold was truly stashed.

"That is literally the worst time of my life."

Now it was time to get out of the truck and get what she came for and then leave without being seen.

"You want to get caught? Keep talking."

Halle snuck towards the door that led to some room or rather the villain's lair. Upon entering Halle found Moncada dead on the floor as his throat slashed by a knife. Halle stepped away as she was about to get sick by looking at it.

"Oh, good job, Jo." Sully says sarcastically.

Nate was yet to see the body, closing the door and when he did he cursed. "Oh shit."

He approached the body and looked at Sully, who was standing next to a messy table. "It's hard to find a good partner in this game, huh?"

"Well, maybe you'll learn to appreciate me a little bit more."

"Not a chance." Halle commented as she was hurling up her food that she had snacked before as in her defense she got a case of the munchies and got hangry.

"I may be a liar, but I'm not a murderer." Sully countered, grabbing the map off the messy table and shoving it in a better-looking case. "Alright, let's find some parachutes."

'Parachutes? What?" Nate asked stupidly as he went towards Halle and rubbed her back.

"Unless, you know a better way to jump out of a plane? No? I thought so." Sully remarked sassily, as Nate was tending to his new girlfriend reassuring her that he'd take a break of dragging her into his adventures until she's ready to do it.

He was willing to give up something as his adventures just for Halle. He loves her and he is learning love and commitment.

There were a bunch of emergency parachutes right around the corner as Nate tossed one to Sully and grabbed two other parachutes. At this point Halle's stomach has settled for now, not until after they're done jumping out of airplanes.

Is this a bad time to say I'm afraid of heights?

Once Halle got the parachute on herself she snuck back out going through the crates at the side towards the open platform. Then Nate saw Braddock along with Chloe standing next to each other.

Seeing Braddock made Nate think of nothing but to avenge his brother, as he was glaring daggers at Braddock.

"Hey, don't even think about it, this is not a place to pick a fight, okay? Put one of these on Nate, let's go now." Sully whisper yelled at Nate.

"Don't you want to avenge Sam?" Nate ignored Sully and Halle.

"They're armed and we're on a plane. If you want to avenge Sam do it when she's alone and when we're on land." Halle says trying to reason with Nate as he'll halfly listen to her.

At that moment, rage pierced him to the core. He didn't listen to Halle nor Sully. He made Halle hold his parachute before squaring up to Braddock.

"Hey! Did you kill my brother?" He asked him as Sully and Halle both shook their heads.

Then henchmen withdrew their guns which Braddock and Jo stopped to lift a finger.

"I said did you kill my brother? Sam Drake?" Nate threatened to pull the single handle that would release the parachute of all the crates.

Sully quickly and tightly strapped on his parachute knowing this wasn't going to end well. Halle focused on Nate, scared to death at what was going to happen if he pulled that thing.

Sully showed up in the midst of the dangerous situation. "Nate! Halle" C'mon!"

Nate pulled the handle as Sully pulled his, Sully parachuted away with the map, meanwhile the crates started to move one by one.

Halle tried to give Nate his parachute back but was blocked by a crate. Nate managed to dodge the crates as well as the bullets the henchmen were shooting at him. Halle was still inside, avoiding the fight and the crates, protecting the parachutes.

The next thing Halle knew, was his foot got stuck on one of the cates and it dragged him. He aimlessly reached for something to hold onto, but was left adrift.

"Oh, god!"

"Nate!" Halle cried out his name as a crate pushed her and she fell out. Halle had to unfortunately sacrifice one of the parachutes, so she wouldn't fall all the way down.

Halle saw Nate dangling, unconscious. It didn't take long until he woke up and began panicking again. Nate tried to unstick his foot. Halle would help if there weren't for the strong air pressure. It was difficult to move since she was holding a crate with one hand and the only parachute she had with the other. "Okay, I got it-woah!" He yells as he got his foot unstuck, he tumbled to the other crates.

Halle looked down to see if he had fallen, but thank god he didn't. When she looked back up, a henchman was there, attacking her and also attempting to steal the parachute that was strapped on her.

"Shit! Will you get your own, instead of robbing a teenager?!" Halle's fingers started slipping as Nate popped up right behind him as if he sensed that she was in trouble

"Nate, just go to the platform!" Halle yelled.

"Halle, hold on! I'll be there!"

She couldn't hold on any longer she slipped and fell for real, not before hugging the parachute to guarantee that it wouldn't be separated from you. She felt for the handle and pulled it as she felt her body going numb.

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Halle craned her neck for a split second to check on what was happening only to see Nate coming down your way. She steered herself to the other way, so she could avoid getting hit.

As she neared the water she braced herself, falling from a thousand feet int the ocean tends to give concussions and or other severe injuries.

"Hold on!" Halle heard Nate yells before feeling a strong crash.

Halle swam up to the surface and towards Nate. he didn't know what he expected. He was shocked when she hugged him, he hugged her back. After their short embrace she thumped his head.

"What--" He says as he rubbed the spot she flicked.

"I just wanted to do that actually." She says with a grin on her face as he gives her a look. Halle turned around to see Chloe sitting on top of a crate that didn't sink unlike the rest. Halle and Nate swam towards the crate and sat next to her.

"I'm not gonna apologize if that's what you're waiting for." Chloe says shamelessly.

"I'm not gonna waste my breath on you, bitch." Halle seethed at Chloe.

"Knocking me out of a plane with a car." Nate adds. "And Braddock, seriously?"

"You really think there's a difference between you and them? You, Halle, and Sully were just as eager to screw me over as they were."

"We're not my father okay." Halle snapped at Chloe.

"Hallelujah!" She exclaimed sarcastically flailing her arms. "One's bad enough!"

Chloe looked around and then her gaze stopped at a particular sight. Halle and Nate turned their heads to see what she was looking at. There was an island nearby, the whole island was a traditional filipino resort. The structures around the island were called bahay kubos which were houses made of wood and hay but modernized in a way. She remembers that from school as they did a whole unit of the South Asian/Philippian culture in her AP History class. If one thing that she was good at other being a smart ass with her history.

Halle didn't waste any time of swimming towards the island without Chloe and or Nate. She just wanted to feel land, and the ground. When she got to the island she didn't waste any time of drying off her hair.

"What the hell happened to you?" A resort guest lounging on a long beach asked, the only person out of everyone else noticing Halle coming from the ocean all wet and shitty.

"Wet, cold, and most likely going to get sick. I fell out of a car that fell out of a plane." Halle says as the guest gave her a towel, and helped to dry her off. The two started talking and the guest said that her name was Elena.

(Yes, I know who she is as I've been watching the games on YouTube, because I have no life).

Elena tended to her wounds as she had a first aid kit. The only wound that she had acquired during her fall from the plane was a cut on her cheek.

Not even five minutes later Nate and Chloe came to the island as they were on the crate as they didn't want to swim. She glared daggers at Nate, as he looked down guilty at what he did.

Halle, Chloe and Nate walked towards the register so they could get a room to spend the night. Nate was going to ask how she was going to pay but she pulled out a credit card that her father had gotten her for her sixteenth birthday.

"Two separate rooms please, one for me and my husband and his cousin." Halle lied as she still held a grudge against Chloe.

Husband? Nate thought in his head as he knew that she was just pretending to avoid suspicion, but couldn't stop the butterflies swarming in his stomach.

"Here's your card Miss Harris." The man behind the register says as he handed back her credit card.

Halle gave Chloe her hotel room key as Chloe took the stairs as Halle and Nate took the elevator. "Sorry for leaving you." Nate says in hopes to apologize to her.

"I just wanted to get away from Chloe and I wasn't waiting for the crate to get there, but luckily I got to decompress by talking to a woman named Elena. So that was nice." Halle explains as Nate slinged his arm around her neck causing her to lean her head onto his shoulder.

"Makes sense, I think it's official that no one likes her." Nate says as the elevator stopped as they got to their floor.

"No shit sherlock." Halle says as they walked out of the elevator just as Chloe got to her room.

When Halle and Nate got to their room, luckily her phone wasn't damaged from being in the water so that was a good thing as underneath her parachute she had her bag that she had brought.

She sent a text to her father but of course he didn't answer her which was no surprise to her. She didn't expect much from her father at this point. Yes, there may have been times where she agreed with her father but those were the times that she had no choice but to. Sadly. If she had a choice she will most likely not agree with him, as she still holds a grudge on her father because he basically gave her up when she was a kid. She was grateful that her grandfather and grandma (before she died), that Travis mended that part of Halle's life of not having a father in her life.

She was deeply grateful of her grandpa as she heard her phone going off as it was her grandpa, saying that he was okay as she got worried of him as she hadn't heard anything from him. He said that he went on a trip and forgot his phone at the house, which makes sense as he hadn't opened up her message. She told him that once she is done with this whole thing that she and him will go on a nice long vacation with no stress and drama in their lives.

Halle told him about her father but avoided the parts of Nate that would be suspicious. She most definitely didn't tell him that she and Nate had sex a couple days ago. She told him that she liked Nate but not romantically, but that was a lie but for her sake she lied to her grandpa.

She was glad that he hadn't caught on to her lying right now, as he typically caught on and he wouldn't get mad at her when she lies to him but talk her through and gently ask her why she lied to him.

When Halle would get into trouble he would take away her stuff but talk her through of why she did what she did. If anything he was more understanding as he has the voice of losing his temper, as Halle has seen it when she was a kid. But he doesn't do that to Halle.

She texted him 'love you' before putting her phone on the nightstand as she is charging it along with Nate's phone too, because both of their batteries were getting low.

She got up and went looking for Nate and found him on the balcony as she walked towards him and when she got to him she wrapped her arms around his waist. Which caused him to smile at her touch as she was on her tippy toes as she was just a couple inches shorter than she was. She got just under his shoulder on her tippy toes as she kissed his shoulder.

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figured that i could end the chapter here. i especially love this chapter for the little moments between nate and halle.

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