Chuck vs. The Bedtime Story
Well, this is a story that is set several years in the future. It doesn't go with my AU story timeline. There is one mention of Travis and Shannon my AU characters. It's just a fluff piece that I hope you enjoy reading. There is going to several chapters that will be added on. Anyways, feel free to give some feedback and tell me what you think.
Again, if you enjoyed reading my stories and left a comment please leave a comment for this this one as well. Tell me what you think and I hope you enjoy the read.
I don't own Chuck but I do own the 3rd season on DVD.
The Beauty and The Nerdy Knight
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"Uncle Morgan? Can you tell us a bedtime story?" the small boy asked.
"Yeah daddy." chimed in a young girl.
Morgan Grimes stands in his daughter's room in between a bed and a sleeping bag, which Chuck's son is currently sitting on. He peers down at the 6 year old son of his best friend down to his left and his 4 year old daughter Alexis on his right. To the bearded little man, he can clearly see that the little 6 year old boy has both his parent's unmistakable features in him. The best of both world he thinks to himself.
When he turn to face his daughter, he has more of her mother's beautiful features with smidge of his own mixed in. As he looks back and forth at the two of them they are expressing exuberant smiles as they peer up expressing a look of absolute pure innocence wanting him to share a story.
"All right rugrats" he happily replied.
"Awesome!" the two kids answered in unison.
Morgan claps his hands together briefly rubbing them together as he glances back and forth at the two kids sitting Indian style ready to listen. He looks behind him spotting a small white stool sitting next to his daughter's Fisher Price Tea Table Set. The best friend of Chuck Bartowski backs up, leans down grabbing it with his left hand, and then swings it over his head setting it in the middle. As he plops himself down, he make himself comfortable as best he can sitting in the small stool.
"What do you guys want to hear?" he asked pursing his lips together trying to wrack his brain on what story to tell. He would be snapped out of his thought process by the sound of his daughter's voice.
"I know!" bounced up and down Alexis on her bed getting the attention of her father. "How about a fairy tale with a prince and princess?" added the young girl expressing a wide hopeful smile.
Upon saying that, he smiles at her request but his attention would suddenly be averted to the young man sitting to his left.
"Boooorrrrring." the little boy responded shaking his head at Alexis sitting on her bed. The young boy with brown scraggly hair turns his attention to the man sitting down. "I want to hear a story about dragons and monsters." he emphasized crossing his arms.
"That's stupid." the green eyed little girl stated.
"You're stupid." he quickly retorted.
"Hold up you two." Morgan pointed his fingers in the air at the two of them. "What did we say about calling each other stupid?" he authoritatively asked narrowing his eyes at the 2 young children.
"It's not awesome." frowned the little girl peering down in order to avoid eye contact with her father.
"Yeah." the little boy says nodding at his uncle.
"I think they should just go to sleep and not get a story." a female voice proclaimed.
All 3 turn their attention to the doorway where a 13 year old Clara is leaning with her arms crossed against the doorway of Alexis' bedroom.
"Clara!" Alexis excitedly hollered.
"What's up snotrockets." greeted Clara with a grin. "Stevie, are you being good?"
"Yes Clara." he begrudgingly replied.
Stephen Jack Bartowski is named after Chuck's late father Stephen Bartowski and Sarah's father Jack Burton. Their young son would inherit his father's scraggily brown hair and pension for video games. When it comes to his mother, he got her blues eyes and distaste for anything that has olives in it but loves pickles. He would be an absolute mini-me version of the both parents.
"What are you doing here kiddo?" he inquired glancing back over his right shoulder at the teenager. "I didn't hear the doorbell ring."
"Aunt Alex let me in." she replied. "I came over to hang out with you guys." added Clara expressing a wry smile.
Morgan is briefly silent as he eyes the daughter of the woman who he used to have a huge crush on. "How much is Sarah paying you?" he asked.
"100 bucks." she quickly answered shrugging her shoulders.
In response, Morgan shakes his head. "My daughter shaves her son's head one time when he's asleep and I'm deemed a bad baby sitter." he muttered under his breath. Upon him saying that, he hears his daughter giggling causing him to turn his head towards his little ankle biter. "Not funny small fry."
"Yes sir." she responded lowering her head.
"Hey, just be glad Aunt Sarah let you baby sit after what happened." she firmly stated. "You're lucky Uncle Chuck talked her into giving you a second chance." added Clara.
"Yeah." nodded Morgan. "Hey, since you're here do you want to listen to the story I'm about to give these knuckleheads?" he added expressing a small grin.
"I'm too old for that." responded Clara shaking her head. "I'm going to surf the net while I talk to my best friend on the phone." she said turning around flipping open her cell phone and disappearing down the hallway.
"Awesome." he softly said. "You know where the computer is!" the bearded man hollered out into the hallway.
"Uh huh!" echoed Clara's voice down the hallway.
His attention on the young woman would return to the two kids still sitting Indian style on top of their beds. "Ok, what story was I going to tell again?" he asked furrowing his eyebrows.
"Fairy tales!"
"Monster and Dragons!"
The Carmichael Industries employee of Charles Carmichael aka Chuck Irving Bartowski darts his eyes back and forth from Chuck's son to his daughter Alexis. After a brief moment, he makes a decision concerning what story to tell. "I know what story to tell." he said pointing his finger in the air. "It's going to be about a fairy tale love story…"
"Yay!" responded Alexis raising both hands in the air in victory.
"Ahhhhh maaaaaan." the boy groaned rolling his eyes burying his face into both hands.
"I wasn't finished." firmly stated Morgan glancing at her daughter and then to Chuck's son who lifts his head up. "The story is going to be about a fairy tale love story where a maiden and a knight fight dragons and monsters. How does that sound?" he asked the two kids raising both eyebrows.
The two kids turns their attention to each other. After a brief moment, they smile and then turn their attention back to their bearded storyteller sitting down in the middle of the two beds. "Awesome!" the two responded in unison once again.
"Awesome indeed." quickly nodded Morgan. "Here we go, my story is entitled…"
"Wait!" announced the 6 year old son of Chuck and Sarah Bartowski.
"What is it?" wondered the bearded man.
"I have to go to the bathroom." he answered noticeably squirming.
"I do too." Alexis quickly chimed in also noticeably squirming as well.
Morgan shakes his head and then expresses a hint of a smile at the two of them. "Go ahead." he says pointing behind him. When he says that, the scraggly brown haired boy gets up from his sleeping bag and bolts past Morgan out of Alexis' bedroom door down towards the hallway bathroom. His attention on Chuck's son would then be turned to his daughter who peers up flashing her mother's green eyes at him with both arms extended towards him. "Do you want me to carry you to the bathroom?" he asked.
"Uh huh." she nodded.
"Come on." responded Morgan standing up in order to pick his daughter up.
"No daddy." objected Alexis.
"What?" he said leaning back at a bit.
"Piggy back." she quickly requested flashing a huge adorable smile up at her father.
The father of Alexis McKenna Grimes complies with his daughter's wishes as he turns around and bends down in order for her to get on his back. Afterwards, Morgan carries his daughter out the door towards the master bathroom in his bedroom being that the one in the hallway is currently being occupied.
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Once the two kids finished using the bathroom, they both returned to their spot and quickly sat down Indian style so they can hear the story that is going to be told. As they make themselves comfortable, Morgan sits back down on the white stool and proceeds to begin telling his story. "My story is called The Beauty and The Nerdy Knight…"
"Hold up." interjected the little boy.
"Problem?" Morgan turns his attention down at the young man sitting on top of his sleeping bag.
"What kind of title is that?"
"It's my story…" he firmly stated eyeing the 6 year old. "…I can name it anything I want to and that's what I'm going with is that ok with you."
"It's okay with me daddy." Alexis happily stated.
"Thanks you small fry." he retorted smiling at his beautiful daughter.
After turning his attention from her, Morgan turns his head to Chuck's son who he quickly sticks his tongue out at for his interruption. The little boy responds by scrunching his face and shaking his head a bit up towards his bearded babysitter. The immature exchange between the two would end as the only adult in the room begins to tell his story again.
As I said before I was so rudely interrupted…" said Morgan giving a sideways glance down towards Chuck's son. "…my story is called The Beauty and The Nerdy Knight."
Once upon a time in a kingdom called Buymoria there lived a tall and incredibly smart squire. So smart he didn't belong at Buymoria. The squire was also a former knight. So he was like a nerdy knight. He was in charge of other squires who unfortunately were not that smart…
"What's a squire Uncle Morgan?"
"Well, he's like Q in the all James Bond movies." responded Morgan. "He assists in helping not only the former knight but the people of Buymoria."
"Oh." nodded the scraggly browned haired boy.
They always looked upon him for guidance and leadership. Among his squires none would look up to him more than his best squire in all the land. He was his best assistant and would be there for him especially when he was no longer a knight.
"What happened to him daddy?" Alexis asked.
"He was unfairly stripped of his knighthood from another kingdom by a fellow knight he trusted. That same knight was killed in a battle. The former knight lost everything and the elders of the kingdom banished him from the Ivory Tower. He would enter the gates of Buymoria a broken man."
"That stinks." said Chuck's son.
"It does stink." replied Morgan.
Morgan remembers sitting at the edge of his best friend's bed the first day he got back. All of his worldly belongings in various boxes and suitcases sitting in front of the Morgan door. To him, he always thought he would return home proudly displaying a diploma in his hand and use it to establish the 5 year plan he always talked about with him but unfortunately it didn't happen. Instead, he came home with a box of his stuff that in his mind represented all his broken dreams. It's those broken dreams that resulted in being stabbed in the back by his former best friend who he thought would always have his back…Bryce Larkin. He felt bad for his best friend and during the past 5 years he would witness how had become completely demoralized to the point where he was stuck in a rut. His painful break up with Jill was one of the main catalyst that caused him to become stagnate to where he locked in his room for most of those 5 years
Years would pass and the former knight would work along side the squire in the kingdom of Buymoria. During his time there, he would gradually pull his life back together with the help of his sister and the awesome man she's betrothed to who are both healers.
"The squire's sister and the other dude sound cool."
"Yes they are little man."
"Did they fix the squire daddy?" the little girl inquired.
"Fix?"
"You said he was broken remember? Did they heal him?"
Morgan nodded. "I remember and to answer your question not all of him was fixed. His heart was still broken."
"Who broke it?" Stevie wondered.
"An evil maiden who also lived in the Ivory Tower that the squire was banished from."
"I don't like her." she responded shaking her head.
"You're not the only one small fry." retorted Morgan. "In fact the squire's assistant, the squire's sister, and the man she's betrothed to didn't like her either."
"Did his heart ever get fixed." she softly asked expressing hope within her big green eyes resembling her mothers.
"It would but not right away." nodded the bearded man. "You see, the squire saw a beautiful blonde maiden walking through the gates of Buymoria and signaled the former knight of her approaching."
"Who is that?" Morgan breathed out locking his attention on the blonde goddess walking towards the nerd herd desk. "Vicki Vale?" he added watching her lock her attention on Chuck.
"Vicki Vale, Vick-uh Vicki Vale,Vickity Vickity Vicki Vale, Vick-uh Vicki Vale.." rapped Chuck who briefly glances up then suddenly drops the phone that was held between his shoulder and right her.
"I hope I'm not interrupting." Sarah said expressing a smile towards Chuck.
"No. Not at all." he replied slightly embarrassed as he glances over at Morgan. "Uh, that's from Batman."
"Cause that makes it better." she quickly retorted.
Chuck expresses nervous laughter leading Morgan to introduce himself. "Hi…" he said leaning forward with a smile. "…my name is Morgan and this is Chuck." The bearded man stated turning to look at his tall, lanky, and not to mention extremely nervous best friend.
"Wow, I didn't think people named their kids Chuck or Morgan for that matter."
"My parents are sadists..." Chuck quickly chimed in. "…and carnival freaks found him in a dumpster.
"But they raised me as one of their own." Morgan interjected turning his gaze away from her knowing how stupid that sounded coming out of his mouth.
The former knight and his trusted squire made fools of themselves in the presence of the beautiful blonde maiden, which wasn't their intention. After introducing themselves to the maiden they would find out she was actually a damsel in distress asking for help.
"How can I help you…."
"Sarah." she said.
"Sarah." Chuck repeated.
"I'm here about this." she responded placing her phone in separate pieces on the desk.
"Oh yeah…" replies Chuck picking her cell phone up. "…the Intel Cell absolutely.
This model has a screw a little screw that pops loose right in the back here." he said with the back cover of the cell phone between his teeth. "Just give it a few quick turns and good as new." added the head nerd herder handing Sarah's phone back to her. "No problem."
"Wow…" Sarah said glancing at Morgan then back to Chuck. "…you geeks are good."
"Nerds…" Chuck says briefly glancing at Morgan. "…I would say nerds probably more…
After helping the maiden who was no longer in distress, the former knight found himself making a hard decision when a simple Buymoria commoner with his child at his side asked for help as he was talking to the beautiful blonde maiden. The former knight had to choose whether to ignore the maiden or help a commoner of Buymoria and his child. He chose to help the commoner and his child.
"Dude, the former knight is stupid."
"Was he?" Morgan responded looking down at Chuck's son shaking his head.
"Uh huh. He ignored her."
"Not exactly." he said looking at the young man then at his daughter. "You see, by helping the frantic citizen, he got the attention of the beautiful blonde maiden but alas she was gone when the former knight returned from helping him and his daughter."
"The maiden left?" Alexis said expressing sadness in her face.
"Don't worry small fry…" responded Morgan giving a wink to his daughter. "…the former knight would see her again."
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The beautiful blonde maiden would return the next day as the former knight was resting his eyes. He was surprised to see her but what surprised him even more was that she wanted to know if he would dine with her.
"Did he?"
"If he didn't then he's dumb." responded the browned haired little boy looking at Alexis.
"You'll find out if you let me get on with the story?" he answered. The two young children are silent as they focus their attention on the bearded man telling the story.
Of course, the squire was there to help him since it had been quite some time since he had dined with a lady. He saw that the former knight was a bit reluctant and hesitant to accept so he took it open himself to answer for him.
"Why would he do that?"
"Yeah why?" wondered Alexis.
"Part of a squire's job is protecting the knight if needed."
"What was he protecting him from?" asked Chuck's son.
"The squire was protecting the former knight from himself." Morgan witnesses a perplexed expression on both kid's face so he tries to explain to them in a manner in which they could easily understand. "The former knight was scared because the evil maiden broke his heart and he didn't want to have that happen again. The squire was simply looking out for him and he knew the minute he looked at the beautiful blonde maiden he was the right girl for her."
"Were the former knight and the squire friends daddy?" she asked rocking back and forth.
"They were best friends small fry."
"Like you and my daddy Uncle Morgan?"
"Just like me and your dad Stevie." Morgan flashes a smile towards his best friend's offspring.
Morgan truly cherished his friendship with Chuck. They shared many things in common like there love of Star Wars, video games, comics books, and so much more. The two of them have been through thick and thin since they were 6 years old. True, he pushed the limits of their friendship doing stupid things that would not only get himself in trouble, but Chuck as well. Yet, through it all they remained closed friends.
"So what happened next?" the wide eyed young girl asked.
The former knight dined with the beautiful blonde maiden and afterwards he would take her to listen to Buymoria's fine minstrel musicians. The two of them enjoyed each other's company but as the saying goes 2's company and 3's a crowd. You see, another knight from a far away kingdom was sent to vanquish him.
"Not awesome." quickly responded Stevie.
The scary knight was a hulking man that didn't talk much but his grunts would speak volumes. He took his job very seriously and he was given orders from a very tiny red headed queen to vanquish the former knight.
"Why?"
"Do you remember me telling you about the former knight he trusted that died and got him stripped of his knighthood in the beginning of the story?" The two kids silently nod at him. "Well, he was also a sorcerer who cast a spell on him."
"No way." replied a wide eyed Stevie.
Morgan remembers Chuck telling him how the same man who got him kicked out of Stanford also sent him the intersect. It was the exact same reaction he just witnessed in Stevie's face when he told him. However, he didn't share with them yet the person responsible for "killing" Byrce and judging by the reaction on his best friend's son's face it would seriously blow his mind.
"Way little dude." nodded Morgan. "Plus, the knight that the former knight trusted when he lived at the Ivory Tower was vanquished by the scary knight."
"Dude…" he replied in amazement. "…this story is awesome!" added Stevie.
"What spell did he do to the former knight daddy?"
"He cast a spell where he can foresee the future in order to stop bad things from happening kiddo." he replied.
"Like what?" wondered Alexis.
"Helping people from getting hurt or stopping bad people from destroying the kingdom of Buymoria." he responded.
"That is a cool spell." replied Stevie. "Is it like feeling the disturbance in the force in Star Wars?" he asked.
Stevie is truly his father's son Morgan thinks to himself. "Kinda like that buddy." he nodded. "I haven't told you the best part."
"What?" they both said in unison.
"The beautiful blonde maiden…" he paused looking back and forth at the two kids on either side of him. "…she's actually a knight as well."
"No way." hollered 4 year old Alexis in utter shock.
"Way small fry." he replied reaching over caressing his daughter's cheek with his right hand.
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The scary knight chased the beautiful blonde maiden and the former knight all over Buymoria by horseback. As they were being chased the maiden revealed herself to also be a knight as well.
"Girls can't be knights daddy." interjected Alexis shaking her head. "They are always princesses."
"Why not?"
"Cinderella and Snow White weren't knights." she firmly stated.
"In my story she is and the maiden knight was far different than Cinderella or Snow White."
"How?" questioned Stevie.
"Well…" he answered. "…the beautiful blonde maiden was tougher than Cinderella and Snow White combined. Plus, she was very skilled with a sword and dagger." added Morgan.
"The maiden knight is one tough babe."
"Oh you don't know the half of it buddy..." grinned the bearded storyteller. "...and don't call her a babe." he firmly stated.
"Why?"
There are several different reasons but the one main reason is she's your mother he thinks to himself. If he knew who the babe in question he's talking about he would immediately run out of the room screaming. In that instance, he would give him an answer that many parents all over the world give when they ask the question why.
"Because I said so." he stated pointing at him. "Got it."
"Yes sir." he begrudgingly nodded. "So where did the former knight and maiden knight go?"
They went to the top of the tallest tower in Buymoria in order to escape from the scary knight who was ordered to kill the former knight. Unfortunately, they couldn't escape from him and the maiden knight had to protect the former knight from him and in order to do that she drew her sword against the scary knight who drew his as well.
"What happens next?"
"Yeah daddy?"
"What happens next is…" he said looking at both kids. "…I have to go to the bathroom."
"Awwwww man!" the two kids hollered out in unison throwing their hands in the air.
"Don't move I'll be right back." he said scrambling out the door disappearing down the hallway.
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NOTE: I THOUGHT I WOULD LIGHTEN THE MOOD SINCE I'M DOING A DANIEL SHAW 3 PART ARC. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I WILL BE WORKING ON THIS STORY OFF AND ON WHILE WORKING ON CHUCK VS. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH and CHUCK VS. THE DEATH OF DANIEL SHAW.