Uncharted: Family Always Come First

Beating the High Score

Synopsis - Nate and Sam try to beat Elena's high score on Crash Bandicoot.
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"You have to make sure that you not drop!" Nate shouted

"I know that! Stop shouting at me!" Sam replied

"I'm not. I'm just trying to give you advice."

The Drake brothers have been shouting at each other for about 30 minutes, all because of two things - a game called Crash Bandicoot and a person called Elena Fisher.

Elena had managed to beat her own high score on the boulder level. This didn't pleased Nate as he tried several times to beat it. When Sam and Sully decided to visit them, Sam took control of the game to see if he can help his little brother out.

2 hours later, almost 30 deaths and no way near the high score.

Despite them arguing at each other, Sam still tried to focus on the game at hand. Sadly, that didn't help as he fell down a pit once again.

"Oh, come on!" he shouted, as he threw the controller onto the floor. "This is impossible!"

Nate rolled his eyes as he picked up the controller. "You sound like a big baby, you know that?"

Sam sighed. "I tried everything. How I am supposed to beat this score?"

"By getting someone who knows this better." The brothers turned around by the voice to see Sully, coming out of the kitchen with three beers in his hands. He passed a beer to Sam and Nate before taking the controller from Nate.

"Are you sure, Sully?" Nate questioned.

"Absolutely, kid. I know this game like every goddamn button on my plane. I got this." he said, with a smirk.

Nate just shook his head while getting off the sofa. "Well, I'll let you fail while I'll see what's Elena up to." Nate said. Sam couldn't help but laugh at his brother's comment. Sully just shrugged his shoulder before locking his eyes on the TV, focusing on the game.

Nate made his way to the kitchen, where Elena was preparing dinner.

"There you are." he said. This cause Elena to turn around to see her husband standing next to the fridge.

She smiled. "So, you guys gave up already?"

Nate made a face, expressing his shock he was. "No way. Sully trying it out now. We are not going to stop until we've beaten your score.

"Well, good luck with that." She chuckled.

"But seriously, how did you get a score of 4750?" Nate asked.

"It takes a lot of practise and skill, Nate. Something I thought you have."

"I do. And you know that."

"Really?" she asked. Nate felt insulted in some way, but in comedic way.

"Nathan!" Sam shouted. Nate came to the living room and before he could ask what's going on, he saw on the TV screen that the high score was now 4800.

"Well done, Sully!" Nate congratulated him by patting him on the back.

"And it only took me 3 attempts." Sully laughed.

"Hey Elena. Looks like you need to beat another high score." said Sam.

"Since when has this become an competition?" she asked while coming out of the kitchen, holding two plates of food.

"I'm not sure" Sam admitted "But it is now."

"OK, but watch out. I'll beat in about a week." she said this while placing the plates on the table.

"Well then, I'll just call Sully when you do that." Nate proclaimed, while also having two plates and placing it on the table. Sully chuckled at the comment.

"You guys really don't like losing, do you?" Elena asked.

"No. We don't like losing to you since you never give up." Sam explained.

"Well, that's Elena for you." Nate smiled. Elena couldn't help but smile back.

"Alright, you big babies, dinner is ready." Elena's comment made the boys, mainly Sam, explain why they are not babies as they made their way to the table.

All that Elena could do is laugh at every single 'comment'. "They really can't take a joke, can they?" She thought. "But, then again, that's why I love the boys."