Chuck vs The Fatal Flash?
This takes place directly following the events of Chuck vs. The Wild Side.
Chapter 1
Sarah had briefly fallen asleep in a chair at Chuck's side. She had found her self being unable to sleep through the night, waking every hour or so. She was concerned for him even though the doctors had assured her that they were confident he would come through the procedure well. She looked at Chuck while he was sleeping and smiled as she remembered their conversation with the doctors last night. They had explained that an aneurysm was like a ticking time bomb and they were just going to cut the fuse by placing a supporting coil into the blood vessel. Chuck had looked at her with a very nervous half smile and said, "nothing new then." Of course the doctors had no idea what he was talking about, but they shared the private joke with a chuckle. She knew that he would be okay. Chuck always had a way of making it through, even when the odds were not in his favor. Her worry was just compounded by the fact that she was also regretting not being more forth-coming with Chuck about Washington and their mission. She knew that he was not going to be happy with her or Casey when he found out about their plan to help Bryce, but there was no chance she was going to include him in this. Chuck would want to do anything he could to help and that includes Flash on any info they had available. He was after all the very same man that went running into a building known to contain a bomb to save a bunch of people he didn't even know on the night of their "first date." This would be worse. His former best friend was being held captive, probably being tortured, and Casey was going to be putting himself in danger to capture the fulcrum agents responsible. Chuck would never be able to sit back and do nothing if he knew what was going on. At least with Chuck being in the hospital and having his procedure, she wouldn't have to worry about him…well, staying in the car. She had sat with her thoughts for quite some time before exhaustion started to overcome her nerves. She decided to climb into the bed next to Chuck and quickly fell into a much more restful sleep lying next to him.
Casey had been wakened by his phone at approximately 4:30 am. He was uncomfortable with the level of concern that he initially felt fearing that it was the hospital in regards to Chuck, Get a hold of yourself Casey. He was relieved when he saw the call was from the General. His relief was very short lived. "And we are certain that her cover has been compromised? We could still go with the original plan…Yes General I understand. Leak the information. We will be ready to go within the hour."
Sarah was finally able to sleep. It felt like it had been weeks since she last slept comfortably, which is the reason she was less than pleased when she felt a hand on her shoulder waking her.
"Walker, wake up. We need to go, now." Casey was whispering as he lightly shook Sarah awake.
"What are you talking about? It is only a little after 5 o'clock. The information isn't going to be leaked until later this afternoon. We have plenty of time." Sarah was still groggy as she was trying to wake.
"There has been a change of plans." The seriousness in Casey's voice pushed any remaining drowsiness out of Sarah's head.
"What do you mean there is a change in plans." As Sarah said this she sat up fully causing Chuck to stir and wake.
"What's wrong? Where are you going?" Chuck clung to Sarah's hand as he spoke.
"Go back to sleep Chuck everything is alright." Sarah softened her expression and turned to Chuck. "Washington just needs me to do a something for them this morning, nothing big. I will only be gone a short while." She smiled at Chuck who did not seem completely convinced.
"Are you sure that you can't stay until I go under?" He was nervous about the procedure and Sarah wished that she could be there to comfort him.
"I wish I could, but I would rather go now and be the first person you see when you wake up." This seemed to comfort Chuck, as he had let go of her hand. Sarah bent down and kissed him lightly. "You go back to sleep and I will see you soon." She and Casey walked out of the room. Chuck sat awake unable to go back to sleep.
About two hours later Ellie and Devon came walking into Chuck's room. His procedure was set to begin at 7:30 that morning. "Hey little brother I didn't expect to find you awake. Where is Sarah?"
"Just left, she had something she had to go do this morning. It seemed kind of important, for her family. She should be back a little later." Chuck was rambling a bit, but Ellie assumed it was just his nerves.
"Don't worry Chuckster. You are going to be awesome today, bro." Despite the typical word choice, Devon was sincere as he jumped into the conversation. He really cared about Chuck. Though he didn't have as much in common with Chuck as he did with his own brothers; he was actually closer to Chuck in many ways. Chuck was originally just his girl's nerdy little brother, but it didn't take long for Devon to adopt Chuck as his own nerdy little brother. That was the reason he was planning on making Chuck his best man. Chuck looked at Devon knowing that he meant the best, "Thanks."
Sarah waited until she was in the car with Casey before continuing their conversation. "How has the plan changed?"
"Well, it turns out we weren't able to wait to feed fulcrum my name. Somehow they already got yours." The original plan had been to leak Casey's name to the new fulcrum recruits in Washington. They would surely come after him, as the leaked information was going to include some hints that he may be associated with the intersect. It was risky, but this would give them an opportunity to set a trap for his abductors. They could then interrogate the fulcrum agents to find out where they were keeping Bryce. Casey didn't care so much about Bryce, but he was excited about the opportunity to bring down a large chunk of fulcrum's latest endeavor. The information on Casey was not scheduled to be released until later in the day, but somehow Fulcrum had learned the name and location of one Sarah Walker.
Sarah sat and listened to Casey as he drove. Upon finding out that her cover may be blown her initial worry was that Chuck may be in danger. Casey assured her that all the intel they had stated that Fulcrum was after her due to her success against them and her relationship with Bryce, but not with any association to the intersect. Casey liked that with the new plan there was no reason for anyone to start digging around to close to Chuck. That was about the only thing he liked about the change in plans. He was confident that Sarah could take care of herself. In fact she was better at hand to hand combat than he was, but for some reason he didn't like using her for bait this time. It just didn't sit right with him. He decided to push away these thoughts and focus on the job at hand.
"I have everything set. We leaked some information that you go for a morning run down at by the pier every day and that that is about the only time you are alone all day. That will be the logical time for them to strike. I could not get as many trustworthy men as we had planned due to the short notice, but we have two teams to back us up. When they try to grab you we will move in and take them down, but we need to move you are supposed to be at the pier in 15 minutes. There are some running clothes in the back."
They pulled off of the road about half of a mile away from the pier. Sarah got out of the car and placed her pistol in her rear waist band. Casey looked out the window at her. "The pier is pretty deserted at this time of day. Stay where you can be seen from the road." Sarah nodded and started to jog away. "Oh and Walker," Sarah stopped and looked back. "We need to interrogate them so try not to kill everyone." Sarah grinned at Casey and then began her jog towards the pier.
Casey had positioned the two teams within a few seconds drive from the pier. He had stayed in his car parked far enough away that he would not be seen but could still see Sarah. He was also listening to the bug that he had placed in the running jacket he had brought for Sarah. Everything was going as planned as she made her way closer to the pier. Casey saw three black vans pull up rapidly as Sarah approached. As they stopped four men jumped out of each van. Damn it! Casey had not expected this many men to abduct one girl. Of course this was no ordinary girl and Fulcrum knew that. Casey tried to call for the back-up teams to move in. There was no response. Somewhere in those vans was a device jamming the radio feeds in the immediate area. Casey did no hesitate immediately hitting the accelerator causing his SUV to jump the curb and tear down the sidewalk.
The first group of four reached Sarah. They had expected to surprise her. Quite the opposite happened as she had drawn her weapon and shot two of the men dead and the other two in the leg before they had any idea what happened. This caused the second group of men, who were right behind the first group, to dive for cover.
By this time Casey was nearly on the group of men from the third and final van. The gun play from Sarah had kept their attention from the incoming SUV. Casey never took his foot off of the gas pedal, mowing down two of the men with his front bumper. He then slammed on the brakes and twisted the wheel to the right, sliding to a stop with the passenger side of the vehicle facing the remaining two men in his group.
Sarah had taken cover behind a cement barrier next to the walk way after dispatching the first group of men. The remaining men were not firing at her. Their orders must have been to take her alive. One of the men ran to the cover of their van on the left while two of the others moved closer on the right. On their movement Sarah was able to take out one of the two men moving together. She knew she was cornered and would be flanked soon, but there was nothing she could do.
Casey had exited his SUV and taken cover behind the front quarter panel. He was already in a fire fight with the two remaining men. He was able to take one man out quickly as he was a much superior marksman. As he was engaging the second man, he failed to notice that the fourth man from group two had peeled back and was approaching to his right.
Sarah was able to see the man approaching Casey's position from her location as the man moved to get a clear shot. She yelled warning Casey causing him to turn just as the man fired. The bullet struck Casey near his left shoulder just above the protection of his vest. Casey fell back against his vehicle but returned fire killing the man. Sarah had inadvertently risen from her crouching position as she yelled at her partner. As soon as she had done so she heard a muffled shot from near the vans and felt a dart stick in her neck. The drugs acted quickly and she slumped to the ground. The two men that had flanked Sarah came running towards her as soon as she was unconscious. They picked her up and carried her to the closest van. The third man who had been engaged with Casey had made a dash for the van but Casey was able to shot the man in mid stride. Casey then turned his attention to the van as the men slammed the doors shut and quickly pulled away.
Chuck had spent the next half hour fidgeting in his bed watching the second hand on the clock tick. He had really wished that Sarah was there. He would even settle for Casey. Casey would have called him a wimp for being nervous and then instigated him into having more confidence than he really ought to.
Finally, 7:30 came. The anesthesiologist came into Chuck's room and inserted a needle into the tube attached to Chuck's I.V. She then instructed Chuck to start counting backwards from 100. "100, 99, 98, 97, 96…95…92…93," Chuck was out. The hospital staff wheeled Chuck into another room while Ellie and Devon waited outside.