A totally off the wall idea of mine, hopefully it's not too boring. I plan to have Sarah, Casey and a few other major spy characters interview in the following chapters. I know that the premise is a little screwy, but bear with me, I think the story's worth it.

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"Why do I save the world? Well, for starters I don't save the world. But yeah…" Chuck reclined on the couch and started off into space. After a long, thoughtful pause, he continued. "You really want to know what motivates me to keep getting shot at, dangled off of buildings, tortured and living in a constant state of fear?"

"Well I did ask the question didn't I?" the man sitting across from him was perplexed. It wasn't really that hard of a question.

"Yeah, I guess you did." Chuck said slowly, leaning forward and rubbing his palms together. "Fine. I do it because, if I don't innoce-" He stopped abruptly and sighed deeply. "Who am I kidding? I do it because I don't have any choice."

"What do you mean you don't have any choice? If you didn't want to be an agent why did you sign up in the first place?"

"I didn't sign up. But that's not why. The government would be all-to-happy to have me leave their service. And I'm quite sure that atleast one of my partners would be glad to see me go." He smiled, and began to drift off again.

"Ok, so why did you say that you don't have a choice?" The journalist kept mumbling to himself: 'Last interview of the day matt, you can do this. You CAN do this.'

"Because I couldn't live with myself if I quit." Chuck sighed deeply and looked out the window, eyes fixed on the national mall outside. He elaborated, "See, without the government, I'm nothing. Some looser who fixes computers at an electronics store for eleven dollars an hour; still reeling from a bad breakup that happened almost five years ago. I have no purpose, no direction, no hope for the future."

"And this job with the government gives you a sense of fulfillment?"

"No, but… It gives me access to that. Let me put it this way, being an analyst allowed me to work with some very special people, who have changed my outlook on life. "

"You still haven't answered my question." The man said, the annoyance in his voice audible.

"Because without this job, nothing really matters."

"Ok, we'll come back to that later. In this next segment of the interview, I would like you to tell me about your team. What makes it so successful? What are the dynamics between your team members? "

"Well, I have two partners, Casey and Sarah. Casey, well he was dumped on his head as a child. You don't want to get on his bad side, that's for sure. But he really throws himself into his work. Always gives 100%, no matter the mission. And once you get to know him, he's actually a great guy. Never talks about his feelings though, not ever. Really crusty. Really, REALLY crusty."

Chuck settled back into the couch and began to stare intently at the ceiling. "And then there's Sarah. She is truly one of a kind. She has this, this way with people. Now partly, that's because, well…" Chuck dug into his wallet and pulled out a crumpled picture. It had been sitting there for forever, it seemed to him. Reluctantly, Chuck slid the picture across the glass table separating them.

"Good lord."

"Yeah, I know. But seriously though, her looks are just icing on the cake. Smart, funny, caring, and talented: she should be way outta my league right? And yet somehow I got a girl like that, to love a guy like me. I'll tell ya, there's nobody else I'd rather have watching my back. And unlike Casey, I can actually talk to Sarah about stuff. See I'm what Casey would call a 'social butterfly' by nature: I like to talk about my feelings and stuff to people. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have her there to talk to, especially that first couple of months."

"So, you guys have a thing?"

"Not exactly. But she's the reason I'm still in this shitty job. I don't think I could ever forgive myself for leaving without her. I'd go back to that lonesome delinquent that I was in a minute."

"Well thanks for your time Chuck, I'll let you go back to saving the world." The two men rose slowly and shook hands. "No problem. But don't think for a second that your keeping that picture!"

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