Disclaimer: I don't own the amazing show Chuck, or any characters appearing on it. I do own Bela though. Points for that at least?
A/N: Okay guys, so this is my version of Chuck. The episodes are pretty much the same, but I've added another character: Bela (Isabela) Tiernan. She's the same age and height as Chuck, with chestnut hair about the same length as Ellie's. And that's Bela for you. She went to Stanford with Chuck and Bryce, she currently works at the Buy More and spends far too much time with Chuck and Morgan. Oh, did I mention this is eventually going to be Bela/Casey? Well now I have. There'll still be Chuck/Sarah but it's gonna be focusing mainly on the other two. Please review!
I've also edited these first few chapters just to fix a few things here and there.
Will be rated M in later chapters, but of course I'll let you know before and when that happens.
"Morgan this is a bad idea," Chuck says, sitting against the wall of his room.
"Well we can't stay here Chuck," his friend replies, securing the bed sheet rope to the window.
"You guys are idiots," Bela says from Chuck's bed. She flips another page of one of Chuck's comics, illuminating the words with her flash light.
"I'm uncomfortable with the plan," Chuck says, shaking his head at her.
"Plan, what plan? This is survival," he says as a loud knocking on the door interrupts them.
"Busted," smirks Bela.
"That's her, we've been compromised," Morgan says, jumping out the window.
"Morgan you can't leave me like this, you can't do this to me man," Chuck says as Ellie walks in, flicking the light on.
"Chuck, what are you doing?" Ellie asks, hand on her hip.
"I tried to stop them," Bela says half heartedly, shining the torch at Ellie before switching it off. "I really did."
"Chuck?" Ellie asks after smirking at Bela.
"Uhh escaping?" he answers.
"From your own birthday party?"
"Hey Ellie!" Morgan calls, hanging from the sheet rope outside the window. "Wow, you look fan-tastic."
"Uh you know sis, the thing is, Bela, Morgan and I-"
"Oh, don't drag me into this," Bela interrupts, watching the boys with amusement.
"Okay, Morgan and I don't really feel like we're fitting in, at my birthday party 'cause we don't know anybody 'cause they're all your friends and they all happen to be doctors," Chuck explains awkwardly from the floor.
"Yeah, doctors who don't really get our jokes," Morgan chimes in, still trying to hang on to the sheet.
"Well, your jokes," Chuck says.
"Okay, my jokes."
Ellie sighs.
"Chuck, I have invited real, live women for you. So please, let's go. Morgan you stay here," she says, before pausing and pulling Bela along with her. "It wouldn't hurt you to look either. Lots of Devon's friends are here."
"Oh, awesome!" she says, rolling her eyes at Chuck before the door closes, leaving the boys alone.
"Need a hand buddy?" Chuck asks Morgan, standing up.
"No, no I'm good," he replies, standing on the solid ground outside the window.
"Okay," says Ellie while pushing Chuck out into the crowd. "We're gonna be social. You are funny, you are smart, and you are handsome."
"Thank you," Chuck says half heartedly, smirking at Bela on his left.
"Oh, there's Captain Awesome," Bela grins, trying to cheer him up.
"Please don't call him that," Ellie says as they reach him.
"Okay, I've identified some candidates for Chuck," he says, as Ellie and Bela stay back. "And they are awesome."
"Hey, I wanted to watch," laughs Bela as Ellie hands her a beer.
"You're not helping. We're trying to get him a girlfriend Bela don't you want that for him?" Ellie asks, slowly walking towards Devon.
"Sure, if we find someone who can stand him."
"And have you found someone that can stand you, yet?" Ellie smiles, before adding, "for more than an hour or two, that is?"
Bela snorts before taking a sip of her beer.
"Anything more than those couple of hours and it just gets complicated," she explains. "Talking's involved, exchanging of numbers... cuddling."
"You can be so strange at times," Ellie laughs as they make their way over to Devon.
"How's he going?" Ellie asks.
"Not awesome," he replies, watching Chuck realize he was standing there talking to no one.
"Oh boy," Bela sighs.
"Don't say it," Chuck says, pulling the tape off of his fingers. "Just… don't say it."
"I wasn't planning on it," Bela says, sitting next to him as Ellie joins them.
"Thanks for my party," he says as she hands him a beer. "Your seven layer dip; tasted like eight."
"Chuck can I tell you something?" she asks, sitting next to him.
"It really was eight layers?" he teases, causing Bela to laugh softly.
"Even though we may ask, no woman really wants to hear about an old girlfriend," she says, Bela mumbling in agreement. "It's depressing, okay? Stanford was five years ago you need to move on. It's time-"
"Do we really need to have this conversation again?" he asks annoyed.
"We've rehearsed it enough," Ellie says smiling.
"Alright, well, I'll get over Jill tomorrow," he says, standing up and leaving. Bela turns to say something to him just as Morgan sits down between them.
"Ladies; seems like everyone had a pretty good time huh? I know I did. It was… super."
"Morgan, c'mon," sighs Bela standing up.
"Bela," he whispers, tilting his head at Ellie.
"I know. That's why you're coming to see Chuck," she growls, pulling him up. Ellie mouths a thank you at her as she pushes him along.
"You're a real mood killer, you know that?" he mumbles, causing her to laugh.
"I am what I am," she smirks, following him into Chuck's room. They make themselves comfortable, Morgan unpausing a video game from earlier as Bela flops across Chuck's bed.
"Why can't I talk to women? It's a curse," Chuck sighs.
"Cheer up Chuck you can talk to some women; like Bela here," Morgan says, gesturing to her as she watches Morgan play the video game. "You know that's a start."
"I don't know whether to be offended or not," she says, looking up at Chuck.
"It's Morgan, just go with your instincts," he mumbles.
"Then I'm offended," she decides, whacking Morgan lightly on the back of the head.
"Ow!" he complains, glancing at Chuck's computer. "Wow; blast from the past wow. Bryce remembered your birthday dude."
"What?" both Chuck and Bela say in unison.
"The guy that got you kicked out of school, the guy who stole your girl and broke Bela's heart, remember that guy?" Morgan jokes as Bela and Chuck move over to the computer.
"Yeah Morgan I think I remember Bryce," Chuck says, leaning over the computer as Bela watches from the bed.
"And he didn't break my heart," Bela snorts, scratching her neck nervously before the two slowly turn to look at her. "Not completely, maybe chipped a few bits here and there..."
"Alright well, what have we got here?" Morgan asks, turning back to the screen as Chuck opens the email.
The terrible troll raises his sword comes up on the screen, making Bela laugh.
"What is it?" asks Morgan.
"Zork, remember Zork the all text based video game?" he asks, Morgan nodding.
"Bryce and Chuck programmed their own version of it back at Stanford using the TRS 80," Bela smiles.
"Wow, you guys were really cool," says Morgan shaking his head.
"Yeah if I could only remember what was in my hero satchel," Chuck says, earning a look from Morgan. "The weapons that I would use to kill the terrible troll."
"Right… you know what you're still really cool," Morgan lies, smirking at Bela.
"And uh you're going home," he says.
"Is it that time?"
"It's that time," nods Chuck.
"Okay," says Morgan, walking to the door.
"Peddle safe!" Bela calls after him, moving to sit in the computer chair. Chuck smiles at her for a moment before turning back to the computer.
"Attack troll with nasty knife," he says, typing it in. Bela watches as he hits Return.
"What…" she whispers as they stare at the screen, billions of images flashing in front of them. They stay in the same position until light enters the room, the beeping of Chuck's alarm sounding as they both fall to the floor.
"Guys," a deep voice says. Chuck yawns, feeling a weight on his chest.
"Guys," it repeats, stirring them awake.
"Morgan?" asks Chuck, staring into the grinning face of his friend.
"What did you guys do?" he smirks, Chuck realizing the weight on his chest was Bela. "Did you guys ruin the friendship with sex?"
"What? No-no!" he says, sitting up slowly. Bela mumbles something before opening her eyes.
"Morgan, what the hell?" she yelps, her arm flinging out and hitting Chuck in the chest. He groans.
"Chuck?" she asks, just as surprised.
"How much did you guys drink after I left?" Morgan asks, helping Bela to stand.
"No, nothing," Chuck says, staring at her.
"Morgan I swear to God if you spiked my drink," she starts.
"What? Relax, that was one time and an accident," he says as they walk out. "And I only spiked the punch last night, you just drank beer."
"Sure," she says, shaking her head.
"I'm gonna head home, you've got the Herder right?" she asks and Chuck nods. "Alright, pick me up in ten?"
"Yeah," he nods quickly, rubbing his eyes.
"Chuck," says Bela, jogging out of her house. "We need to talk."
"I knew something happened!" yells Morgan, making her jump.
"Damn it Morgan don't do that!" she growls.
"Look guys, I have a splitting headache would you cut it out for five minutes," he says. "Actually Bela, can you drive today?"
Bela shakes her head as she throws her jacket in the backseat.
"Chuck I can't. We must be getting the same thing or something because I have a killer headache and I really, really can't drive today," she says, leaning against the car. He sighs, tossing the keys to Morgan.
"Are you serious, you're gonna let me drive?" he asks.
"It's a company car Morgan, it's not that big of deal," Chuck says, watching Bela groan as she crawls across the backseat, pulling the door shut behind her.
"Is she okay?" Morgan asks, opening the driver's side door.
"I don't know, just do me a favor and stay off the five okay? 'Cause the cops are in a phased … deployment," he says. Bela springs up, staring at him with the same look as Morgan.
"What did you just say?" she asks.
"I-"
"Okay. Thanks for the tip Ponch," Morgan says as they get in the car.
"We really need to talk later," Bela stresses before they take off.
"Fellow nerds, today is going to be a very bad day; we've got a new computer virus on our hands. They're calling this one the Irene Demova virus," Chuck says, causing Lester to laugh.
"Yes, yes it's named after the Serbian porn star. Lonely dude call volume will be high this is a nasty one kids, it's a computer killer."
"Last night, a display version of our Prism Express laptop was fried when someone," he says, glancing at Morgan, "decided to enter Miss Demova's website, Bela and Anna close the eyes; this is what happens," Chuck says, pressing the enter button on the laptop. It plays her website briefly before shutting down.
"Morgan, gross," Bela says, looking over at him.
"I'm sorry guys, she drives me crazy," he says. "But that's love."
"Ladies and gentlemen if you'll please just ignore dirty Uncle Morgan, I think that everything..." he starts, the TV catching his eye. "Will be... normal."
"He's already here, he landed last night," Chuck says, staring at the TV. Bela frowns, looking up from the burnt out laptop.
"Who's already here, Chuckles?" asks Anna. Chuck stares at her before looking into Bela's confused eyes.
"I don't know," he says slowly.
"Stop the presses, who is that?" Morgan asks causing Bela to look up.
"So out of your league," she laughs, writing something down. Morgan ignores her, turning to Chuck.
"Vicki Vale."
"Vicki Vale, Vick va Vicki Vale Vickity Vicki Vale," Chuck sings before noticing the blonde female customer at the counter. Morgan and Bela stare at him in disbelief.
"I hope I'm not interrupting," she smiles as he drops the phone.
"No, not at all," he says, glancing at Bela. "That's from Batman."
"'Cause that makes it better," the woman says, making Bela laugh.
"Uh, hi, I'm uh Morgan and this is Chuck. The mean one there is Bela," he adds, earning a smack on the arm.
"Wow, I didn't think parents still named their kids Chuck. Or Morgan for that matter," she says.
"My parents were sadists," Chuck says. "And carnival freaks found him in a dumpster."
"But they raised me as one of their own," Morgan adds.
"Idiots," Bela smirks shaking her head.
"How can I help you...?"
"Sarah," she smiles.
"...Sarah," Chuck nods.
"I'm here about this," she says, sitting her phone on the counter.
"Oh yeah the Intel Cell yeah, absolutely, uh this model has a little screw that pops loose right in the back here," he says, putting the battery in. "You just go ahead and give it a few quick turns and good as new. No problem."
"Wow," Sarah says as he hands her phone back. "You geeks are good."
Bela shakes her head as Morgan and Chuck explain their preference for the word 'nerd' as another customer runs up.
"Excuse me, excuse me I have an emergency I don't know what I did wrong. I shot the entire recital, but now it won't play back," the man says, handing Chuck his camcorder.
"Okay, okay, we'll just take a look and... you don't have tape in here."
"But it's digital," he says.
"Right, yes but you still need digital tape," Chuck says.
"Oh no... Oh her mom's gonna kill me," he says, Chuck glancing at the man's daughter then Sarah.
"Uh, Morgan I need the wall," he says.
"It's yours."
"I'm so sorry," Chuck says to Sarah, gesturing to the other customers to follow him.
"What's he doing?" Sarah asks Bela, both women watching as Chuck sets up the camera.
"It looks like he's going to film her," she says. They both watch as a crowd gathers around the wall.
"Does he always do things like this?" Sarah asks, clapping as the girl finishes dancing. Bela looks up at her.
"Yeah, he's... Chuck, what can I say?" she laughs as Sarah smiles at him across the room. He's stopped by Tang before he reaches her.
"He looks busy, can I leave him this?" she asks, handing Bela her card.
"Of course... you don't want to wait? He won't be long."
"Oh no that's fine. I have an appointment," she smiles.
"Okay. I'll make sure he gets this," Bela says before Sarah leaves.
Chuck rushes up a few moments later.
"She left?" he asks, looking around.
"Relax; here. She left you her card," she smirks, handing it to him.
He stares down at it, a goofy grin making it's way onto his face.
"No I've been through it," says Lester. "It's dead; totally fried. This hard drive was... murdered."
"Thank you Lester," says Chuck, staring at the remains of his computer.
"Yeah."
"What if you were the target of a ninja vendetta and he returns tonight to strangle you with his nun chucks," Jeff says.
"That's super Jeff. Thanks for thinking outside the box on that one. And here I thought I couldn't get anymore freaked out," Chuck says before Jeff winks at him. His grin disappears as he winks at him again with the opposite eye just as Bela walks in.
"Someone really did kill your computer," she says.
"I'm gonna go buy some more locks next door at Large Mart," he says, grabbing Bela's arm and pulling her along with him.
"Wow, okay-alright," she says, pulling her arm out of his grip as she follows.
"We're talking. Now," Chuck says on the way.
"Here, in public?" she asks, looking around.
"Well you weren't home last night and you wouldn't answer the number of calls I tried to make to you!" he says becoming annoyed.
"I'm sorry, I had a date," she apologises.
"Damn it, Bela!" he sighs, exasperated.
"What happened to your computer, Chuck?" she asks slowly.
"Bela ever since that email from Bryce... whatever he sent me..."
"It's been screwing with my mind," she finishes. "I've been having these... flashes... of pictures. And things that I'd never even care about before, I know about. Chuck what's happening?" she asks. He shakes his head, resting his hand on her shoulder as they enter Large Mart.
"I have no idea," he sighs, turning down an aisle. He looks around.
"Where is everyone?" she asks frowning. They walk down another aisle, spotting a man in a leather jacket.
"Oh thank God," says Chuck. "Uh excuse me sir, do you know where those..."
He pauses, feeling Bela grab his hand as images of the man suddenly flash through their heads.
"What do you want?" Vuc asks them.
"Nothing, sorry," Bela apologizes, quickly pulling Chuck away.
"Did you just flash on him?" Chuck whispers in her ear. She nods, quickly looking behind them.
"What's wrong with us?" she asks, pausing as they hear a clang of a tool being picked up behind them. They take a couple of steps, hearing him follow.
"Chuck," Bela whispers as he grips her hand tighter. They stop again, hearing him set the tool down. Chuck sighs before hearing the distinctive click of a loaded nail gun. He looks back, turning around quickly once he sees Vuc staring right at them.
"Bela run," he growls, pulling her along with him before stopping a few feet as a convoy of forklifts beep past them.
"Damn it," she hisses after glancing behind them again. Vuc was getting closer.
"C'mon!" Chuck says as the forklifts pass, running into one of the workers a few aisles down.
"Oh! Oh my God, thank God listen; there's a guy here he's trying to do... something I don't know, you have to call the cops, security," Bela gasps.
"Uh huh, what kind of guy?" the woman asks.
"Scary kind of Terminator vibe, stubble, red hair," Chuck says.
"Black leather jacket?"
"Yes, yes!" Chuck says as she points behind him.
"Like that guy?"
Bela and Chuck look at Vuc who was laughing with the cashier about something, looking like any other person, completely normal. The woman just walks away, leaving them there confused.
"What?" Chuck whispers, looking at Bela. She shakes her head, neither of them noticing Luc glancing at them before leaving, a gun clearly visible inside his leather jacket.
"I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my mind," Chuck mumbles to himself as the service bell rings.
"Morgan not now," he says, placing his hand over the bell. He looks up after feeling a woman's hand under his, immediately pulling it back when he sees Sarah.
"Hi, hi! Uh, phone trouble again?" he asks, getting his screwdriver out of his pocket.
"Uh, yeah I'm not sure I'm able to receive calls 'cause I never got one from you," she smiles. Chuck glares at Morgan behind him, sending him away.
"I'm sorry I left so quickly yesterday I had an appointment with a realtor, I just moved here," she says.
"Welcome!" smiles Chuck, putting his screwdriver back.
"Thanks. And uh, I don't really know anyone here. I was wondering if you would show me around?" she asks. "That is, if you're free."
"Oh he's free; he's got nothing but time on his hands he is very available, you guys are gonna have a great time!" Morgan calls from behind the desk. Chuck turns to glare at him before Bela drags him away, shooting Sarah and Chuck an apologetic look.
"Apparently my schedule is wide open," Chuck smiles.
"Great," Sarah nods, grinning.
"Hey guys," says Ellie from the couch when Chuck walks in with Bela.
"Ellie, Captain don't freak out, remain calm; I have some news," he says.
"Chuck's got a date!" yells Morgan, running through the door and jumping on him.
"What? Who?" Ellie asks, sitting up.
"Way to go Chuck," says Devon. "That's awesome."
"Oh God, what are you gonna wear?" Ellie asks.
"Ehh," Chuck says, shrugging. She sighs, Morgan climbing off of him.
"C'mon," she says, dragging Chuck up the hall, Morgan following. Bela stands there watching the TV, before glancing at Devon.
"How was your day?" she asks, already knowing the answer.
He looks up, grinning. "Awesome."
"Awesome," she nods. "I'm gonna go help Ellie."
"So Sarah, she's nice? Pretty?" Ellie asks, getting out a shirt for Chuck.
"Yeah actually Morgan met her online, in this sort of chat room... I'm totally kidding," Chuck smirks at Ellie's horrified face.
"Try it on," she says, handing him a shirt.
"Honestly this..." Chuck starts.
"It's great," smiles Bela, walking in.
"We're girls, we know what girls like," Ellie says.
"I'll go try it on," says Chuck, grabbing the shirt before Bela stops him. "I'm heading off. Have a great time," she smiles, pulling him into a hug.
"I'll see you later," he smiles.
"Chuck, hey!" calls Ellie, catching him before he leaves. She hands him a bouquet of flowers. "So these are left over from the party, take those with you."
"And don't forget about the old girlfriend rule," she adds, fixing his shirt.
"Right, got it, no mention of Jill," he says.
"Aces, Charles," she grins. "You're aces."
"A dad quote I'm impressed," he smiles back. "Love you sis."
"I love you, have fun," she smiles.
"I will, I'll try," he says, leaving.
"They just... grow up so fast y'know?" asks Morgan, moving closer to Ellie.
"Go home Morgan," she says, screwing her face up. "Just go home, go home."
"So, where are we going?" Sarah asks as they walk down the sidewalk.
"Well, do you like music?" he asks.
"I guess."
"You guess?" he laughs. "What's your favorite band?"
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh," he smiles when she can't think of anything.
"God I'm not funny, I don't listen to music; this must be your worst date ever, right?" she jokes. Chuck doesn't answer as he pauses on top of the bridge, looking down at the police bikes as he flashes on Vuc and the General again.
"I was waiting for you to say no," she says. Chuck slowly turns back to her.
"Sorry, sorry I kind of zoned out there for a second. No, no no no God no, I uh I've had much worse dates, experiences over all with women; in eleventh grade actually..."
"Eleventh grade; Oh you have to go back that far?" Sarah laughs as they continue across the bridge.
"They're good," Sarah says about the band, smiling at Chuck.
"Good," he grins back. "Good."
Sarah looks over his shoulder, noticing some men in suits looking around.
"Let's dance," she says, pulling him up.
"I'm not really a dancer," Chuck says, but goes along with her anyway.
He swallows nervously as she rubs up against him, kneeling down and throwing one of the blades hidden under her pants leg at an agent. It hits him in the arm, pinning him to the wall.
Sarah continues to dance with Chuck as more agents approach them. She pulls the poison tipped chopsticks out of her hair, letting it down; Chuck looks up at the ceiling, letting out a breath as she throws them behind her, hitting two agents in the legs, bringing them down instantly.
Standing behind him, she slides her hands down his butt and legs, getting another blade out and stabbing an agent in the arm before kicking him back, sliding under Chuck's legs. She holds her hands up and he grabs them, pulling her up grinning before she pulls him with her.
"Chuck, give me your keys," she says, pulling a jacket on as they make their way to Herder.
"I don't mean to be old fashion, but the company only wants employee-nerds driving the Nerd Herd mobile; I mean it's kind of y'know," he says, holding his keys up. Sarah doesn't wait, picking the lock herself and climbing in.
"Get in the car," she says.
"How'd you get into my car?" he asks as Casey and two more agents speed around the corner.
"Get in the car right now!" she yells and he jumps in.
"What is going on?" he asks as she reverses down the street, Casey following them. Chuck looks out the back window, freaking out.
"Sarah you're not even looking!" he yells, seeing her staring out the front window. "W-wait, who are these guys, what do they want?"
Casey's car gains on them, the headlights glaring.
"Oh my God!" Chuck yells as they ram them. "Oh my God!"
"Oh my God, I'm gonna die," he gasps.
"Tell me when to turn," Sarah says, staring at Casey as they ram into them again.
"Uh, uh, uh left in five seconds!" Chuck says.
"Your left or my left?"
"What?" he asks confused.
"Too late," she says, turning the wheel right, causing them to go flying backwards down a flight of stairs.
"Whoa," says a stoner kid, watching them go. "Computer emergency."
Chuck shakes his head when they stop moving.
"Listen to me Chuck those men will hurt you; they're from the NSA and they're after you," Sarah says, facing him.
"Me? Why? Wa-wai-wait why me; I'm nobody?" he stammers. "I'm the supervisor of a Nerd Herd at a Buy More. Maybe one day I'll be assistant store manager and I don't even know if I want that job."
"You know what that's not your problem," he sighs, and then looks out the window, headlights speeding towards them. He points, "But that is."
The other car smashes into them, causing the air bags to inflate. Once the car stops skidding, they climb out; running as Casey's car heads back.
Chuck trips over some of the wreckage, falling to the ground. The car turns off course from Chuck, heading straight for Sarah now.
"Sarah look out!" Chuck yells. She kneels down, getting another blade out and throwing it at the button for the emergency blockade. It goes up just in time and the car smashes into the posts. Chuck runs up to her as she gets out her phone.
"Request emergency air vac, track location, we're on foot," she says then hangs up.
"Let's go!" she yells, pulling Chuck with her towards a tall building.
"How well do you know Bryce Larkin?" she asks as they reach the roof.
"What? How do you-how do you know Bryce?" he pants, following her.
"We worked together at the CIA."
"What, the CIA; Bryce is a spy? Bryce Larkin from Connecticut is a spy?"
"A rogue spy," she yells. "Did he try to contact you?"
"I haven't heard from Bryce in the longest... wait; no he sent me an email."
"Did you open it?"
"Yeah, it was a line from Zork," he says.
"What?"
"Zork; it's a video game we used to play, it was like a riddle and I solved it and then there was pictures; lots and lots of pictures."
"You saw them?" she asks, his mind immediately going to Bela. He doesn't answer.
"Your computer, did you back it up; is there an external drive?" she asks.
"It crashed a week ago, wha-wait hold on a sec, was I not supposed to look at those pictures?" he asks as Sarah looks behind him.
"Okay, I may have to point my gun at you, so just don't freak out."
"Why?" he asks as Casey walks behind him.
"It's late, I'm tired. Let's cut the crap and give him to me now," he says. "He belongs to the NSA."
Sarah quickly aims her gun at Chuck. "CIA gets him first."
Casey draws his gun, aiming it at Sarah as Chuck freaks out.
"You come any closer and I shoot," she says.
"Sarah," Chuck manages to say. "I'm freaking out."
"You shoot him I shoot you; I leave both your bodies here and go out for a late snack. I'm thinking maybe pancakes," Casey says.
Chuck looks between the two for a moment before turning and running.
"Chuck, no!" Sarah yells as he pauses. Images of Vuc Andric, the General, the bomb, and then an explosion flash through his head again.
They edge towards him, before he quickly turns around.
"They're gonna kill him," he says.
"Kill who?" Casey asks.
"Stanfield! Ah, the General, the General Stanfield, the NATO guy," he says. When no one answers him he sighs. "Look something is wrong with me okay? I don't know what it is but something is very, very wrong with me and I'm remembering things that I shouldn't know."
"Okay Chuck," says Sarah. "Talk to me; like what?"
"I don't know, I don't know for example there was a Serbian demolitions expert at Large Mart today. That's kind of odd, wouldn't you say?" he asks.
"Large Mart? You were there with Bela, does she know?"
"Who's Bela?" asks Casey. "Is she a threat?"
"No!" yells Chuck. "No, she-she doesn't know anything. Look, last week the NSA, you guys intercepted some blueprints; blueprints of a hotel, that hotel. And then the CIA you guys found a file of schematics of a bomb in Prague. The bomb is in that hotel!"
Casey turns his gun of Chuck causing Sarah to aim it at Casey.
"He was working with Bryce," he says.
"No; he opened Bryce's email," she explains. "Chuck those pictures that you saw were encoded with secrets, Governments secrets; if you saw them then you know them."
"There were thousands of them," he says.
"Wait a minute; you're telling me all of our secrets are in his head," Casey says, aiming his gun at Chuck's forehead.
"Chuck is the computer," Sarah says.
"Wait, what did you say; what does that mean?" he asks, his mind slipping back to Bela again.
"You have to listen to me, you have to tell us where the bomb-"
"What is happening to me?" Chuck yells.
"You said there was a bomb, is there time to stop it?" she asks.
"What-what are you crazy?" Chuck yells.
"No we're the good guys; we get payed to keep bombs from exploding," Casey says.
"Look I can't-I can't help you okay, I really wish that I could but I can't. Call Bryce, he's the guy that can save the day."
"Bryce is dead!" Sarah yells. "He died sending those secrets to you."
"Bryce is dead?" Chuck asks.
Casey gets impatient and fires a shot into the air before aiming it at Chuck again.
"Yeah and he's gonna have a lot of company unless you start talking. So pretty please, can we diffuse the bomb now?" Casey asks.
"According to the schedule, the General's already on the stage," Chuck says.
The three run into the hotel until Sarah stops Chuck.
"Wait, Casey wait we can't take him in he's too valuable," she says and Casey pushes him to the ground.
"Okay Chuck, you stay here but you tell us where to go," he says.
"The easiest way?" he asks from the floor.
"No the fastest Chuck," she says.
"The fastest, got it," Chuck says before getting up and sprinting past them, through the fountain.
"Chuck stop!" Sarah yells as they chase after him. "Chuck wait!"
"Oh my God," Chuck says, shielding his eyes as he runs into the men's steam room.
"Bomb's ticking Chuck," Casey says.
"Which way?" asks Sarah. He looks around before pointing past the lockers.
"This way, this way," he says, before adding "Sorry that was a lot of genitalia."
Chuck leads them down another hall before they run into the conference room.
"Chuck, where is it?" Sarah asks as they look around the room.
"I don't uh, I don't uh-" he stutters before spotting it. "That's it."
Casey grabs him and pushes him forward.
"Uh, right here," Chuck says as they reach the bomb, the laptop flipping open. One minute and twenty eight seconds counted down on the screen.
"No time to evacuate, ideas?" Casey asks.
"Disconnect the laptop," Sarah says.
"Installed a trigger, cables?"
"No definitely a trap," she says as security run up to them.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" one of them asks and Casey quickly explains the situation. They clear the room as Sarah turns back around.
"Chuck is there anything else you remember about the bomb?" she asks. He comes up with nothing as his phone rings, which he slowly takes out of his pocket.
"Hey Morgan," he answers as Casey and Sarah go back to the bomb.
"Hey how's it going?"
"A little busy right now buddy."
"In a good way? Details," Morgan asks.
"Why are you calling?" he sighs.
"I don't know just laying on your bed, Ellie's with the captain, Bela's gone out, and your computer's got a case of the Demova's too-" he says before Chuck hangs up on him. He kneels in front of the bomb.
"Okay I have an idea," he says but Casey stops him.
"That's not an Xbox, and you're not an X-man," he says.
"I understand that, this is a Prism Express laptop, we sell this at our store; it has a DOS overwrite," he explains, looking at Sarah.
"I think I can do this, I can do this please."
"He's our best shot," Sarah says to Casey, who releases his hand.
"Mr Bomb, meet Mr Internet," Chuck says, typing Irene Demova into the search engine.
"You're searching for porn?" Casey asks.
Chuck clicks Return before squeezing his eyes shut as her website pops up. The seconds tick down before reaching zero, just as the computer is fried.
"You did it," says Sarah.
"I did it, I did it," Chuck grins. "I diffused a real bomb. W-what if I was wrong?"
Chuck takes a couple of deep breathes as he pales considerably.
"Don't puke on the C-4," Casey says, standing up.
"He's coming with me," Sarah and Casey say at the same time.
"What if this was a fluke?" he asks.
"And what if it wasn't? What if he can stop something bigger?" she asks.
"Fine we'll drop him in a psych tank let him stare at four rubber walls for a decade," he says as Chuck walks up the sidewalk towards them. "He'll tell us what we want to know."
"Casey we don't know how this works, what triggers the memories; he'll crack wide open."
"Not my job; I brake things, I don't fix 'em."
"What about his job, his friends? And what do we do about his sister?" she asks.
"What about my sister?" Chuck asks as he reaches them.
"Nothing, we were just discussing-"
"No no no no hold on a sec; you have to leave my family and my friends out of this," Chuck says.
"We'll see."
"Look Bryce sent that email to me. I'm the one remembering his secrets," Chuck says. "Which means you have to listen to me; both of you. And right now I'm gonna go home."
"No you're not," says Casey, grabbing his arm which causes Sarah to glare at him. Chuck pulls him arm back out of his grip.
"You," he says, pointing at Casey then Sarah. "You need me."
He walks away, leaving them to stare after him.
"How long have you been here?" Chuck asks as Sarah walks up behind him seated on the sand.
"All night," she says and sits next to him.
"There's no where I can run, is there?" he asks.
"Not from us," she says, watching his face. "Talk to me Chuck."
"Yesterday I was making eleven bucks an hour fixing computers, now I have one in my brain and I can't figure out why Bryce did this, why he chose me," he says. "What are you gonna do with me? What happens now?"
"For now you go back to your own life," Sarah says. "We'll protect you and you'll work with us."
"And my sister and my friends, are they in danger?" he asks.
"Tell them nothing to keep them safe," she says. "I need you to do one more thing for me."
"Yeah," Chuck mumbles.
"Trust me Chuck," she says.
"Chuck!" calls Bela, running up to him. Sarah had just dropped him off outside his and Ellie's apartment.
"Hey, how'd it go?" she smiles before he pulls her into a crushing hug. "Okay, you're kind of choking me."
He lets her go, resting a hand on her shoulder. "Sorry, I just missed you Bells."
"O-kay," she says shaking her head. "You haven't called me Bells in years, not since Morgan spiked my drink. What's going on?"
He shakes his head as they make their way towards the house.
"Like I said, I missed you," he says, smiling. "Oh hey, Morgan said you went out last night?"
"I had a date," she laughs, running her hand through the water in the fountain.
"A real date?" he asks, looking down at her.
"What are you talking about, they're always real dates," she grins.
"Yeah, real drunken dates," he smirks, opening the door.
"All night!" Ellie yells as soon as he closes the door. "Do you know how worried I was, I even called Morgan, you could have let me know that you were okay."
Bela stares at her ranting before being pulled into another Chuck-hug, between Ellie and Morgan.
"I've got an early morning procedure so... group hug huh?" Devon asks walking in. He wraps his arms around them before sighing. "Awesome."
"I'm gonna go shower," Chuck says as he leaves, but Ellie grabs his arm.
"You're not going to tell us where you've been; how your date was?" she asks. He groans, turning back around.
"I have to be at work soon..." he says. "Later?"
"Fine," she agrees, walking into the kitchen.
"Fifteen minutes, I'll give you a lift," Chuck says to Bela as she heads to the door.
"Chuck," she sighs. "I do have my own car."
"Fifteen minutes," he says again, before adding, "Please."
"Fine," she says and he runs up the hall. She turns, almost running into Morgan. 'Bells' suddenly pops into her head and she glares at him.
"What did you do?" she asks, folding her arms in front of her.
"Well, wish me luck," Chuck says, finishing filling in the application for Assistant Store Manager of the Buy More.
He walks down the aisle, Harry Tang heading his way and doing the 'I'm watching you' gesture before shoving past him. Chuck pauses, looking at Morgan standing next to a TV; dramatic music coming from the speakers.
"Sorry man," Morgan says, turning it down. "Go get 'em."
He walks into Big Mike's office, who makes a motion for him to put his application in the in going box.
"Didn't think you'd apply," he says.
"Well, uh, I think I'm ready for this, Big Mike," Chuck says. "And what it means; responsibility, decisive leadership."
"Save it for the interview; now go train the new guy."
"Okie dokie," Chuck says, leaving. He grins as he rounds the corner, before seeing, 'the new guy'. It was Casey, decked out in the Buy More uniform. He stares at him, before being distracted by Sarah, walking down the aisle past him with a shopping basket. She smiles at him, but he looks down, staring at the blue ring on her finger.
Flashes of Sarah run through his mind; she shoots two men, before turning, and firing at the camera recording her.
"Don't freak out," Chuck says, taking a deep breath.
A/N: Alright. That's the first chapter. Next, we'll see how long Chuck can protect Bela for, or will Sarah and Casey find out what she knows? And obviously episodes will be going in order, so next we have Chuck vs. The Helicopter. Please review guys!
