Uncharted Waters

Chapter 2: Below the Sea

Drake and the Little Sister ran as fast as they could until they dodged into a hideaway area. Drake setting her down and skimming through his bullets. "Crap.. Only ten… Gotta be sparse." He felt a tiny foot kick him. "Ow! What the hell!?"

"You killed Mr. Bubbles!" She yelled in a raspy voice.

"I didn't kill anyone so back off kid!" Drake was not fond of her attitude. She had to be no more than eight years old, and she was a brat. "Listen kid, there's a lot of freaks out there, and I don't wanna be responsible for a kid being hurt. So please, for my sake and sanity, stay still."

"No!"

"What!?"

She began stomping in a circle. "You're not Mr. B! I wan't Mr. B!" Her brattiness caught the attention of a Spider Splicer. The sound of scrapping against the walls. Drake grabbed Little Sister by her arm and held her against his chest. "Let me go! Let me go!" She screamed loudly. "Mr. B! I want Mr. B!"

"Don't start that shit with me young lady now cram it!" He cocked his pistol as the Little Sister settled down. Nate sighed in relief and pointed his gun to the darkness. "Okay jackass show yourself!"

"I want the ADAM!" A frantic voice yelled out.

"Well Adam isn't here so piss off!" Drake yelled out.

"No not Adam! ADAM! That little bitch has it!" The Splicer yelled back. He broke down the door and rushed in, only to be pistol whipped by Nate. The pathetic Splicer glanced up to Drake and the Little Sister. "Please! Don't kill me! I just want the ADAM!" Drake cocked the pistol and aimed it at the Splicer. The Splicer backing up against the wall.

"Yeah shoulda thought about that before attacking." Nate looked to the girl for some advice. "What do you think kid? Kill the bastard and leave?"

She nodded. "Yes yes! Let's collect Jellies from an Angel."

Nathan smirked. "You heard the little lady. And as a man, I'd hate to disappoint any woman." Nate laughed. "Well, there was one woman in Cambodia, but she was a double a-" He paused. "Look at me, going off topic. Where was I?"

The Splicer shakily replied. "L-letting me g-g-go?"

He perked up. "That's right! Killing you." The Splicer screamed and began scurrying away.

The Splicer crawled into the fetal position. "Please! I just want ADAM!"

"What the hell is ADAM buddy?" Drake says, not taking his gun away.

"You don't know?" Both The Splicer and Little Sister asked in unison.

Nate rolled his eyes. "Okay you two, lets pretend I'm not from here. What is ADAM?"

"It's a source of life that Mama Tenenbaum wants us to collect." The Little Sister responded.

"It allows you to get a bolt of energy in your genes. Rewrite your genetics." The Splicer answered a bit more clearly.

"And where do we happen to get ADAM so you can shut up?" Drake said with no patience.

"From the Angels!" The Little Sister responded.

Drake stared at her in confusion. "Kid, mind making sense?"

"Dead splicers…" The Splicer admitted.

Nate chuckled. "Well, that settles it. We got one already! Feed up kid, I'm about to blow a murderous asshole away."

The Spicer tried running as Nate set the Little Sister down and grabbed him. Throwing him against a wall. Drake grabbing the Splicer's head and slamming it against said wall. "Listen buddy, between you and little miss over there, plus a plane crash. I've had a really crappy day!"

"I can help! I can help find ADAM!" The Splicer shouted in fear of him dying. Nate looked to the Little Sister. "Kid, we trust him or kill him?"

"Let's make him an Angel." Little Sister said in her raspy tone.

Nate rolled his eyes. "Lotta help you are… Alright buck. You're in. Help us find ADAM and you can live to… whatever, another day."With that, Nate and The Splicer shook hands. Solidifying their temporary team up. Nate picked up the Little Sister once more as they made their way out into the darkened hallways.

"Hey! Put me down! Mr. B!" She cried out.

"Yeah yeah. Cry all you want. I'm the reason you're still alive!" Nate shouted back.

The Splicer looked in confusion. "Little Sisters are usually so attached to their Big Daddies. Where's hers?"

Nate argued with her more. "Dead. Saved her from a pack of freaks." The three heard the rumbles of Big Daddies and the cries of Splicers in the distance. Nate knew his long day was going to get longer.

Nathan Drake. Dad of the year!