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Chuck vs. Happily Ever After?
Morgan's House
"Morgan, you called Ellie yet" asked Alex from inside. "Yeah, honey I'm on it."
It was just a week before the Grimes-Casey wedding and Alex had started to panic.
"Hey Ellie how are you guys?" , the short man's voice said.
"We're fine Morgan, Devon is looking after Clara and I'm packing our bags for tonight's flight ,we're incredibly sorry that this surgery of Devon's took 3 days .We'll be there by midnight okay. How's Alex?" , Ellie sounded tired and worried at the same time.
"Oh she just got over with the flowers selection and now we've got a cake to choose. She's just irritated with the Woodcombs , Bartowskis and the Caseys not around , I don't know its getting kinda hard to handle" it was obvious that Morgan was panicking too. "Hey , by any chance , you talked to Mrs. B recently, she isn't picking my phone ."
"Ya Morgan,she called today to tell that she went undercover and might just make it to the wedding, no promi…" , "Babe , Clara won't stop crying , take her for a sec please" ,said Devon as he passed the lovely girl to her mommy. "Devon its Morgan," Eleanor passed the phone.
"Hey bro, wedding in a week, awesome" , his usual word spoken.
"Just make it quick, I think Alex might be near the edge" , "We will , just call Chuck and find out where he is, bye dude," Awesome said as he hung up the phone.
-x-
"Yeah we will be there at the earliest, Alex , and I will walk you down the aisle to give you to that moron, uhhhhh," that was the Casey grunt.
"Dad , your scary grunts don't work on me , as much as they do on Chuck or Morgan", Alex wasn't scared , maybe annoyed.
"Take that idiot" ,he said as john Casey punched to men down. " Hey daughter I'm stuck here talk to Gertrude" He passed the phone and Verbanski Corps' head caught it., "Hey Alex, how's the wedding preps going on," She kicked a man as she said.
"Its all good but nobody's here to help me, no Ellie, no Devon , no Dad, no Mom , no you , no ….." she was surely upset. "Hey ,I'm really sorry, this has been a long mission and we'll get there ASAP. Bye kid." "Bye Gertrude" she hung up too.
"Morgan everyone's busy , everyone we called, what do we do now, its been six months since we moved in , dad left and Ellie moved out and there's none of them here now" the thought of a wedding without family and friends terrified Alex.
"Hey Alex , I think I'm forgetting someone…, hey where's Chuck" a smile came to his face.
-x-
6 months ago , at the beach
'Kiss me', she said.
Chuck wrapped her for what he thought as the last hope to get the broken piece of his life back .They kissed and Sarah felt the warmth of his lips on hers as she got the most passionate kiss of her life from a man who she barely knew but felt attached to .Chuck pulled out of the kiss because he knew that he couldn't force Sarah to love him .They kissed again , this time Sarah wanted it as something iside her kept saying that her heart beat for him but she didn't get it.
'Sorry Chuck ,I just can't do it.'
'Hey its okay, I'm sorry because I insisted you to, I understand that you don't feel it and I appreciate it.' He kept his calm though he knew deep inside he was about to burst with tears.
'Chuck I need some space , I need some time alone.'
'You can take as much time as you want,' he said as he fought with himself to let her go ,as it would make them , or at least her happy .
As she left , he stood there wishing she would turn around and say 'I love you , chuck' but that was not to be. As she disappeared , he just watched the sunset they saw on their first date knowing that he will wait for her to return , forever.
Though he didn't have to wait for long….
-x-
2 days later
Bartowski house
"Chuck wake up , its almost afternoon" his best friend tried again.
Chuck wasn't feeling good after Sarah left and had spent the previous day sleeping and eating cheese balls. He opened his eyes trying to cope up with daylight as he almost cried, ' She left me Morgan ,my wife went away never to return' he barely kept up his voice so it was audible.
Hey buddy , I'm here and so is Alex , today is the day you forget about her and move on,' said Morgan Grimes.
'How can you say that, when you know she's out there and will come back,' Chuck said in protest.
'Because she's moved on,' Alex responded this time. 'How do you know?' Chuck was still upset.
'I know.' There was the familiar intimidating voice Chuck knew very well.
'Beckman,' Charles looked in surprise as General Diane Beckman entered his room.
'She rejoined today with the CIA and will be getting her first mission tomorrow.' Beckman was straight to the point as usual as Morgan and Alex nodded in agreement. 'That's all great that she is moving on but that still doesn't explain why you're here,' Chuck was starting to get curious.
'We need the intersect for this mission and we know that the intersect works best on you so we the Agency need you back' said the general.
'Okay, but why do you think that I will agree to be a part of the CIA/NSA again,' Chuck wasn't a man lured easily.
'That would be because Agent Sarah Walker is a part of this mission.' Chuck jumped out of bed . 'Seriously, I will go on this mission with Sarah' the thought was tempting. He then thought of something and went sour. 'I can't do this , she asked for some time and she won't be comfortable with me around.'
'Agent Bartowski, I want my best team and you two are my best team , besides with the memory loss she won't trust many other people other than you.'
…..other than you, general was referring to me , she will trust me ,yes she will, she's my wife.
'But I can't go as Chuck , she might get emotional or something and something might happen to her and the mission,' everybody knew what Chuck meant. 'So that's it , no coming back,' General turned to walk away as Chuck came up with an idea. 'What about my dad,' he said. 'She doesn't know or remember my dad.' 'What about your dad , buddy,' the bearded guy joined the conversation.
'She knows about Charles Carmichael but she doesn't know about Stephen John, I can be Agent John for this mission. General you tel her that she worked with me in the last five years for a few times and that John can be trusted for the mission .' Chuck briefed all three of them as Beckman thought that she was forgetting something.
'Chuck, the flash drive we're after contains highly sensitive information, information not inside the intersect about the agents of the 80s, mostly personal information about their families and stuff. '
'Which agents specifically general?' asked Morgan.
'You know some of them , Roan Montgomery, Diane Beckman, Stephen Bartowski ,Mary Bartowski, Langston Graham, the Turners and many more.' 'Chuck,' she added, 'This op is highly sensitive and involves a lot of danger . I think that Walker's ready for it but if the situation goes out of control, all's up to the intersect'.
'I'll take care of it,' Chuck was confident.
'And Chuck I want the flash drive but I also have a sub-mission for you – 'Bring Sarah Walker back safely and tell her the truth about Stephen John after that. Dismissed.' Beckman walked away as Chuck just gave that Bartowski grin.
'What do you mean General I'm not going alone,' Sarah was surprised.
'I told you about the flash drive and that the mission is highly sensitive, so it requires another person,' Beckman couldn't be straighter . 'You will be working with one of the best of the agency for this mission, Agent Stephen John.'
She didn't remember, maybe because of the memory or the lack of it, she thought. How could she, she had never met anyone by that name.
'He has worked with you undercover in the last 5 years a few times, with team Bartowski disbanded, he is the only person I trust who trusts you.'
Before shutting off the conversation , she said, 'Walker, don't judge him by the looks. He may not look like it , but he's the best.'
Sarah was left thinking "someone else other than Chuck trusted me." That was awkward and new.
-x-
Chuck was here in Moscow , Russia again. HE never thought that he would be coming back here after the Volkoff industries ceased to exist, but here he was ,no not him but Agent Stephen was here to meet Sarah Walker.
'Hey Sarah remember me,?' Sarah looked surprised.
'Oh sorry my bad. Beckman told me about the memory loss .Special Agent Stephen John.' He got forward to shake her hand . 'Walker ,uhhm , Agent Sarah Walker,' she greeted him back.
'Like Bond ,James Bond' he laughed at his own stupid joke and brought her hand close to kiss it.
'You look beautiful …and hot' he winked.
"How can I possibly work with such a pervert," she thought to herself.
'You know I've worked with the Colonel and Bartowski but you are the best of them, or maybe that's because I worked with you twice and with them only once or may be because those too are ugly and you are beautiful.'
How could he say that, her old team ugly , as much as she knew, they were the best and Chuck was sweet not ugly at all. All thoughts went out of her mind when she started to think that she was getting carried away.
'Lets go get the Flash Drive and get out of here , its freezing inside,' John said as Sarah interrupted 'If you are done with your flirting.'
The flash drive was inside an ETA building ready for transport to the ETA headquarters for decoding when the spy team entered. The flash drive was on level 18 with high security.
As they reached level 12 , John pulled Sarah against a wall, both facing each other, Sarah was comforted by his warmth but his face was just about enough to remind her that she only wanted to be near one person ,Chuck Bartowski, she had been getting some flashbacks of her past with Chuck- his proposal , their wedding, their first kiss ,their first real night together ,her saying to chuck 'I love you' and many other things. She now knew that she loved him and she couldn't be with anyone else. Just that he was afraid of something….
She threw a killer look at John and said, 'Just because I lost some of my memories doesn't mean you can flirt with me , from what I know and feel within myself, I can only ever be with Charles Irving Bartowski. ' Chuck was looking somewhere else but he listened to everything. His Sarah still felt something , all was not over.
He made a look as if he didn't hear she said, 'Huh flirting with you I wasn't . Not now at least. Look there , one more step and they would have seen you and mission over.'
'Oh I'm sorry , I just…..' Sarah felt awkward at the situation when she saw that army. 'So you still love him , lucky guy ,' Chuck was playing John really well.
'Its me who's lucky, to get a guy like that, who cares for me and I still love him …Wait a minute , why am I telling you all of this?' Sarah came back to real life.
'Because from what I know , you don't have any one else to talk too,' Chuck tried to be modest.
He was right , Sarah thought . She had threatened to kill everyone else who were her friends as she remembered from her memories Morgan, Ellie, Chuck everyone close to her and now that she was starting to remember she only had a stranger to share her grief with.
'I don't know if I should tell you this but I think I'm getting my memory back, and most of all my love for Chuck ,' she left out a huge sigh as she said the last three words. Yes , Sarah loved Chuck.
Chuck had to say something. 'So , hard luck for me then.' He let out a fake smile though deep inside his happiness was beyond words, Sarah remembered him , she remembered them. But why didn't she tell Chuck all this, after all she had ample time before the mission.
'So , Bartowski knows that you….' 'Noooo…. He can not,' she almost shouted.
'But why not , he doesn't love you anymore,' he worried if he had said something bad.
'I can't go back because I'm not the same Sarah he loved , I tried to kill his family , I tried to kill him and I left him alone' she said , fighting the tears on their way to free fall.
He was furious with himself, how couldn't he know that his wife was feeling bad about taking shot at him, he would have felt the same himself , had he tried to kill her, but he won't and that didn't matter, he had to comfort her now ,but he decided to stay quite because he couldn't control the tears anymore .
They reached level 18 ,no sign of the drive ,just a dropped piece of a silver box. Chuck Flashed.
Company: Silverware International
Box Code: 0125B
Next Delivery: Chicago ETA building
Recipient: ETA Headquarters
Really Chicago, Ellie ,Chuck thought.
'What , where's theflash drive?' Sarah looked puzzled.
'Chicago,' Chuck said as he prepared to talk to Ellie.
'How do you know?' This time more alert. 'How do you know that?' She said as she pointed a gun at him.
'Easy Walker, I have an intersect in my head, oh sorry ,I forgot. You don't remember!' Chuck realized the mistake when he let the word intersect slip out.
'Wait, you have an intersect?'
For the past year or so. Now lets get to Chicago , I'll update Beckman from the flight.' Phew , she didn't suspect any thing.
-x-
'Hey El,' that was a familiar voice.
'Hey Chuck what happened, you still didn't get over Sarah, did you?' She sounded worried.
This time I'll tell her the complete truth, Chuck promised himself.
'About that.' Chuck startedhis story from Beckman's arrival to the new mission with Sarah with dad's name and that Sarah still loved him and was starting to remember.
'She remembers, she told you all that?' Ellie was surprised , shocked and overjoyed at the same time.
'Not me technically , but Stephen John, when my alias tried to come near her.' He surely was happy.
'She told him and not you?' 'Ellie, she still feels bad about the fact that she tried to kill you Morgan and me, and because of that she thinks she isn't the same Sarah anymore.'
There was silence for a second as she pondered oversomething.
'So when do you plan on telling her that you are in fact, you.'
'As soon as the mission's over. And one more thing ,We're coming to Chicago .'
'What?' 'Yeah the mission's there, see you soon .' Chuck hung up.
'You're aces Charles,' she said as she put the phone down.
-x-
'I'm so dead,' Chuck muttered to himself as he saw Casey and Gertrude at the airport going for their flight as soon as he and Sarah came out.
'Hey Walker, how are you?' Casey said with the grunt no 24. Grunt of shock and happiness, Chuck kept count.
'I'm fine Casey ,and you know , I have started to remember things, you guys , Ellie everyone else….'
'And Chuck ?' 'Yes I remember him ,and I know that its kind of stupid , but I think that I have fell in love to that same guy again.'
'Who's him?' Gertrude asked as Casey looked at Stephen John for the first time. Something was odd , he thought.
'Oh he is Special Agent Stephen John, General said he has worked with us. You remember , right?'
Stephen John ,Chuck father he remembered .On closer look he found out that the agent was Chuck indeed.
'Oh I remember him,' he went for the hug and said ,'Special Agent Stephen John ….' and then a whisper , 'Bartowski, good luck for when she finds out.' Grunt no 29 and 31 of fear naughtiness and joy. He knew that one.
'Bye Casey , see you soon in Burbank,' and they took off.
'Ugggh' grunt no 17, telling good luck . Thanks Casey.
-x-
Chuck knew where he had to go. So he made her follow the Nerd.
As soon as they reached the building they found that there were two identical rooms of which one had the flash drive both rooms at opposite sides of the building. He got to the left side and Sarah took the right one. Mission was simple , get the flash drive and get out .Chuck reached the room with the help of intersect tranquing 5 men in the process. He saw that the room had a lot of security but with the help of intersect , he reached the flash drive. He called Sarah over the earpiece that the mission was accomplished. But what he heard from over there was not something pleasant.
'Put your hands up and come with us ' some one was ordering her in a harsh tone.
'Sarah , what's happening there tell me. Who is he?' He was worried for her.
'John you got the flash drive , now get the hell out of here . The mission is more important than our liv…' there was a hitting sound and a 'Ah!' 'Shut up lady , guard take her there.'
Sarah was captured, her life , no nothing will happen to her this time, he said to himself.
'Hello Agent John whatever, if you want to see your partner alive, come with the flash drive, and come at the earliest because she is getting shot every minute.' There was the sound of gunshot and a cry of pain. 'Oh just missed the stomach, just a touch that stung, one more minute and she might not be that lucky. Ha haaha…'
You bastard leave her alone , if anything happe….' 'John the clock is ticking, hurry up.'
It was all my fault , I should have let her come this way ,he thought as he kept running , dodging bullets and tranquing the bad guys. He reached the room just after which Sarah was tied up. But he came to a stand still when he saw 20 men approaching him with ammunition.
'Deckard, I'm outside, tell your men to back off and let me in .'
'Oh you know my name, well what's the fun in letting you in without a fight test. Oh another minute passed.' Another gunshot ,another cry. 'Oh that just missed the shoulder or did it sting again, my bad.'
'If anyth…' he didn't have time ,Sarah could die in another minute, he had to act fast.
"FLASH"
40 seconds later all 20 were down and in pain, such was the power of love.
He entered the room , panting and in blood because of the bullet in his left shoulder. But he didn't care.
'Oh what fun ,you took down 20 men for her ,well she is a great specimen .It would be so bad to kill her.'
'Noooo….' This time the bullet pierced the left leg , for Sarah the pain was unbearable and for Chuck seeing Sarah in pain was unbearable.
'Deckard let's have a deal , you get the flash drive if Sarah walks out of here unharmed.'
'Oh sacrifice for partner, or is that….., that is indeed love but I don't think she has any for you.' He laughed his evil laugh. Chuck wasn't thinking about the mission or himself, he was thinking about his love.
'The deal's great, but why don't I kill both of you and take the flash drive for myself. Start with the blonde, guards 3, 2…'
With all his strength , Chuck flashed, he hadn't stopped bullets with the intersect but this was the only way to save her. He came in front of Sarah and the shooting began. They kept firing bullets and he kept diverting and stopping them . After almost a hundred , the guns dried up and Chuck felt relieved . Then he saw Sarah and she almost screamed when she saw a bullet on his left leg and his hands all bleeding with bullet wounds. 'Guards, kill him ,' shouted Deckard. But in a minute Chuck and Sarah took down all guards and with a roundhouse from Sarah ,Deckard was down.
As they thought it all had ended and the couple went for the door, Deckard got up and said, 'Icant kill you John but I can ruin your life.' He fired a shot which hit her right arm and she collapsed due to wounds and fatigue.
'And now for the brain,' this time Chuck jumped in the bullet's way and got shot in ht left shoulder again . 'Oh wrong again, now for the lady .' Deckard tried to aim when he saw that Chuck couldn't get that quickly .Then he saw Sarah's knife in her boot and aimed for the head. 'Nothing can happen to her,' he roared as the knife pierced Deckard's head and he fell to his death.
'Sarah wake up baby. Its me Chuck, your Chuck .'
'Chuck , I love….'she collapsed mid sentence.
He took her in his arms and rushed outside ,fought two guards while her still in his arms. He tried to remember, Carlos Shuman Medical Center , that's where Ellie worked. He took off in a car, broke almost 50 traffic rules and almost carried the car inside the hospital.
'Ellie , Devon ,somebody help me, she's been shot.' He was bursting with tears, trying to stay awake himself with all bullets inside him.
Who's that, Chuck bro what happened ,she's been shot !' Devon said as he rushed to help saw he brother in blood . She was horrified ,'Chuck you've been shot !'
'Take her in first, I'm fine,' he said as he collapsed.
-x-
2 days later , Carlos Shuman Medical Center
'Chuck buddy, you awake?' Chuck opened his eyes to see a crowd near him Ellie , Devon , Morgan , Casey , Alex, Gertrude, his Mom and baby Clara all near his bed.
After a few seconds , Chuck came to his senses and got a flurry of questions from everyone. He answered them all but his eyes were looking for Sarah.' Where is she?' Everybody gave side to show him that she was on the nearby bed unconscious.
'Casey, there was a flash drive in my shirt pocket that….' 'I gave it to Beckman, mission accomplished.'
'Hey bro take some rest, it'll help you feel better.' said Awesome.
'How can I feel better, I killed that guy .The one with knife in his head, their leader.' And Casey and Morgan thought it was Sarah's thing.
Everybody was stunned. But they were all relieved when Chuck said , 'But I did it to save Sarah. He was going to kill her. I couldn't let anything happen to her. But I think this doesn't change the fact that I killed someone.'
'No Chuck it changes the whole scenario .You did it for her' You're still the same Chuck' Ellie said and Casey grunted ,grunt no 12, grunt of approval.
Morgan added, 'You completed the mission , killed the bad guy, saved the world and most importantly saved your girl. That's amazing.'
'You're awesome bro,' Devon added.
'But she will never love me because I killed someone.'
'Chuck if you love Sarah , just tell her the truth and if she loves you , she will be yours.' Gertrude joined the conversation.
After some more pep talk from everyone, Chuck decided to tell her the truth. His wife deserved that much.
She woke up an hour later with Chuck by her side and everybody else too. She tried to remember everything that happened, Stephen John was Chuck and she was shot , he was shot and then he threw something and then they got out .She didn't remember much else.
Now everybody was asking her if she was alright. After a while , she asked Chuck , 'You were Stephen John?' she was angry. Everyone knew that they had to leave the Giant Blonde She-male alone with Chuck for their safety, so all of them slipped out.
'You were with me the whole time, how could you?' she was depressed more than angry.
'Baby, you needed time and Beckman needed me for the mission, so I had to do something so that you wouldn't feel uncomfortable.'
'Do you think I feel comfortable now telling you stuff I didn't want to?'
He kissed her to calm her down and she melted in the warmth of his lips.
'I'm happy I learned that' ,Chuck kissed her again. 'That's cheating ,kissing me to calm me down,' she protested. 'So you don't want me to kiss my wife?' 'I didn't say that.'
She leaned for another passionate kiss before pulling out. 'How did we get out of there, we both were shot?'
'I killed the boss, sorry Sarah but I had to , he was going to kill you, I had to do it even though I know that you won't love me because I'm not the same Chuck.'
'Chuck you saved me again, how can I ever let you go away from my life .' She leaned in for another passionate kiss, this time the spark was higher than ever , she had found a meaning to her life. She had found Chuck.
-x-
Present time
'Hey Chuck where are you ,I'm stuck man, no one' here?' Morgan was panicking after all.
'Hey buddy , I just completed my mission in California, just going to Vegas, Beckman said Sarah's stuck . I will be there with Sarah , buddy.' Nobody was there after all.
-x-
Chuck was in flight ,thinking about Morgan's wedding. He knew that Sarah could get out of it by herself, he was just going to pick her up.
The screen flashed, 'Chuck , Sarah's stuck and in danger.' 'What happened general, is she okay?' Chuck had to worry after all.
'I don't know , the mission was going smoothly but she just felt to puke and got all dizzy. Now we've lost contact.'
She vomited again, 5 times in 2 days, was that a possibility.
'General , I think Sarah might be pre…..?'
' Who Sarah no way. She was totally fine 2 days ago.' 'General her vomiting began yesterday and it's the 5th time in 2 days!' She may be pregnant and in danger, why wasn't he with her.
'General, permiss…' , he didn't have to ask. ' She is way more important than this mission Chuck, get her back now.' Thanks general.
'So Sarah Walker, the badass spy of the CIA ,with me now huh, pretty amazing isn't it?'
'Go to hell you son of a bitch.' She was still in pain from the bullet wound that had touched her shoulder. She could sense something , maybe ,no she thought ,Chuck was in California, this was her mission. He didn't even know where she was held.
Chuck was on the first floor. Beckman had sent him to the right place. Now he just had to find her.
''INTRUDER ALERT' boss someone's broken in and taken over the first floor.' 'So the CIA did send a team after all , you are special aren't you, he bent towards her to forcefully kiss her, and she was all tied up to resist but then…..
'Boss there isn't a team just one man and he has already taken down 3 floors and 24 of our men.'
'Was it him after all,' Sarah got confused . Why would he be here, alone and he took down 24 men to find me?
'Sir we've caught him in the main hall outside you room , we have 20 men around him, permission to kill.' 'Permission granted , just kill that bastard.' 'No please, he is no one. You can have me but please don't hurt him.' She was in tears.
'Oh I will have you after he is killed , shoot,' "Noooooooooo", gunshots were fired with shouts of Aah and Ooh. Was he dead? 'I will kill you bastard.' She was crying.
'Hello,' she knew that voice, ' Who are you,' the bad guy asked.
'You have no idea who I am ,or you wouldn't have sent just 20 men to kill me. Now you listen carefully , if you touch one hair on Sarah's head you'll regret that for your entire life.'
'Give me a kiss bi….' the boss said just when he was interrupted by Chuck , who kicked him on the face. 'That's for that wound' and another one 'that's for making her cry.' After that it was just a matter of time before he took down all the goon sand rushed to help Sarah. 'Hey baby you okay ?'
'Yeah , it stings a bit but I'm fine.' Chuck kept looking at her beautiful face like it was the most beautiful thing in the world, and for him it was.
'You saved me again but how did you get here?'
Beckman told me that you were dizzy and stuck so I got worried ,and for the saving part ,that's what I'm good yet' he winked at her. Sarah hit him leisurely in the arm 'Ouch'. 'Hey I didn't even hit hard,' she complained and added, 'Come on lets get to the wedding.'
'Wait , we can't tell them about your …..' Chuck was hesitating.
'Oh the shoulder, they won't even know.' She winked back at him.
While on board the CIA plane back to Burbank Chuck asked, 'Sarah?'
'Yeah, Chuck.' 'No ,nothing.' 'Chuck you promised , no secrets , no lies.'
'Well you should know about it so its not a secret really.' 'What is it?'
'You are not going on any missions for sometime now.' 'Chuck that is my life. You scared I'll beat you to become the best?' she laughed but got silent when she noticed that he was serious after all.
'I can't risk you two getting hurt.' He rubbed her belly.
'Chuck I'm the only one ….' She noticed her husband staring down her belly.
Then she thought of something. 'Chuck you think that I'm? No I'm not .'
'Well you are not ill and you have vomited 6 times in 2 days.'
½ hours later
'So, what does it say?'
'I can't look ,you tell.' She was anxious.
Chuck took the strip and looked.
'Sarah, don't freak out!'