Over the last few days, Nate had some little to endear himself to the rest of the group. Apparently the only thing more annoying than the super confident Nate was Nate in pain. He had distracted himself from his own pain by generally pissing off everyone else. There were even times when he annoyed himself. The voices in his head had given him the silent treatment for a while. Nate wasn't sure if that was punishment or a reprieve.

The only person he tried not to annoy was Christi. She had been through enough already without having to deal with Nate's particular brand of assholitry. In fact, he actually tried his best to be nice to her. The others were fair play though.

He drank all of Eli's beer, cockblocked Vincent at every opportunity and generally insulted JJ. He didn't even have to try to annoy Eric though. That kid seemed to be annoyed by his very presence.

In between bouts of obnoxiousness though, he did find the time to treat his wounds as best he could, wrapping his ribs in the few bandages he could round up. He even tried to treat JJ'S wound. Right up to the point where he got bored and left her to her own devices. Despite somewhat still being in pain, he felt a lot better by the time the group decided to hike out to Eli's next five star hotel.

He had made his way through the thick woods with relative ease but not as easily as the locals seemed to. He seemed much more at home in this environment than either JJ or Vin though.

When the group finally arrived at their destination, Nate looked the shack over as Vincent suggested JJ go in first and scare the rats away. He snickered at that and was about to make some smartass comment when JJ suggested he be the first to head in to the mine. He arched an eyebrow at the suggestion that he wouldn't be missed and commented "Please, you miss me when I leave the [i]room[/i]"

He then proceeded to smack her on the ass as he passed, ensuring that he was quickly out of arms reach afterwards so as to avoid being punched in the face. He wasn't afraid to take a look inside and was soon turning his attention to the door and making his way inside.