Meeting Nathan Drake

I am currently waiting for Elena's call when I felt a tap on my shoulders. Without thinking, I looked around and found Elena with luggage and all the equipment for filming in both hands.

Joseph: "Do you need any help carrying?" I said while pointing at all film equipment.

Elena: "No, your hands probably full of your things." She said and scanned me, seeing if I had my hands full, but stopped at my new left bionic arm that is carrying my duffle bag. With a surprised look on her face, she asks me a question. "When did you get a new left arm? I had never seen anything like this before; it looked like one of those Sci-fi movies I have been watching."

Joseph: "oh, this, my friend gave me a prototype to field test it on." as I look at my new arm with a grateful look in my eyes.

Elena: "oh, you need to tell me his/her name. I need an interview with the most advanced prosthetic arm in the market." She said while waling ahead toward the package weight area.

Joseph: "You can't interview her right now; she is still working for the military right now. You can question her when she becomes a professor at UCL soon."

Elena: "wait, then how are you using military-grade equipment if you're retired." She said with surprise in her voice. But before I could answer her question, we arrive at our destination for the plane boarding.

Joseph: "We will talk later when we get in the plane." I said before heading off towards the gate entrance.

After a few minutes of waiting in line, I finally was seated in the economy class seat near the windows, and next to me was Elena, who was reading a magazine. I didn't bother talking to her a grab my wallet and brought out a picture of Haruhime and me together while haruhime kissed me on the cheek. Elena saw this; she asked me a question.

Elena: " Is this your girlfriend? She looks beautiful in this picture." She said while eyeing my picture. "If you have such a beautiful girlfriend, why are you here then, she looked like she's of Asian descent, maybe Japanese."

I looked at the picture and look at Elena to answer her question.

Joseph: "No, she's not my girlfriend yet," I said with a sad smile on my face but replaced with a hopeful look. "Yes, she is from Japan, but right now, she is working as an archeologist in Venice."

Elena: "Oh, you haven't tied the knot yet with your girlfriend." She said teasingly but went on to ask the question again. "You haven't answered my question. Why are you here instead of with your girlfriend?" she asked with a questioning gaze towards me.

I just stayed silent, not wanting to answer her question. Or to be more accurate, I can't tell her Haruhime worked for a secret organization that can not even be known to ordinary people. After seeing me stayed silent for a few seconds, she let it go.

Elena: "fine, keep your secrets." she said before going back to reading her magazine.

I take one more glance at the picture. I still remembered Haruhime wanted to commemorate our time together in the fair, so she tried to take a photo of us together. But she had a different plan in mind a went ahead and kissed my right cheek. After looking at the picture for a while, I stored it back in my wallet for safekeeping. I got into a comfortable position and drifted to sleep.

The next day we finally arrive in Panama, Elena and I are heading toward Red Frog Marina dock to meet up the treasure hunter. When we reached there, we headed towards the boat that the company borrowed from the locals for this expedition. I looked around, seeing that no one was on the ship. I turned toward Elena to ask her a question.

Joseph: "Elena, how reliable is this so-called treasure hunter of yours." I said with a skeptical look in my face as I look around the empty ship. " I mean, he's not on the boat right…" before I could finish my words of skepticism. I saw someone resurface from the sea and boarded the boat, taking off all the diving gear, and heading our way.

???: "Elena, you finally arrive we need to go while we still have daylight you don't want to film in the dark right." he said with a sly smile on his face. Then turn his head towards me with a questioning gaze. "Hay, who is the new guy, is he coming with us?" Elena, not bothered by his words, introduce us to each other.

Elena: "Joseph, this is the so-called treasure hunter. I talked about back in New York; his name is Nathan Drake, Nathan Drake meet my cameraman Joseph Maiava."

Nate: "Nice to meet you, Joseph, I am Nathan Drake." he said as he scanned me from top to bottom then stoped on my bionic arm "Cool arm who's your 'arms dealer.'" When he made that joke, Elena and I stayed silent.

Joseph: "are you for real Elena, I'm going to be stuck with him throughout this expedition." I said with a bit of anger directed to Nathan.

Nate: "what it no ones going to laugh, it only took me a second to think of that joke. You wasted my hard earn effort on making that joke." he said as he wipes a nonexisting tear off his eyes.

Joseph: "Can I hit this douchebag, ill make it so he won't feel a thing when he's knocked out cold." I said while warming up my hands by popping my knuckles.

Elena: "stop it, you two, you could settle your differences in another time, we need to go. Before we, the sun goes down." She said while jumping on the boat.

I looked at Nate with a death glare hoping that with this look, he would not mess with me. To which you replied.

Nate: "what you fell in love with me, sorry I don't swing that way, but I will help you find you a man when we come back from the expedition." he said while boarding the boat.

I, on the other hand, wanted to beat him up till he begs for mercy, but sadly I can't, so I begrudgingly join them in the boat.

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A/N: I hope you like funny Nathan Drake and The moody Joseph Maiava dynamic. I love their interaction with each other, and I had fun writing the parts for Nathan joking with Joseph😂🤣