Chuck versus the I dos
by Jaycee
Summary: Set at the start of the fourth season (before Casey got shot on the leg!), Team Bartowski was tasked to extract a lounge singer and find out what she knows about the New Ring.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Everything belongs to the creators of Chuck. I am just doing this because of my obsessive love for the show.
Authors Note: This is my very first time to write a Chuck fanfic. So please read and review and tell me if I should go on.
Chapter One:
Secret location, Burbank
Six months earlier
"Good morning, team." General Diane Beckman greeted the Burbank agents from her office in Washington.
Seated in front of a huge monitor in their Burbank secret base are Colonel John Casey, Agents Sarah Walker and Chuck Bartowski, and newest member of their small team, Morgan Grimes.
"Good morning, General. They greeted in unison."
"Your mission is this." A photo of a dark haired woman appeared on the screen, and John's right brow lifted as he stared at the beauty on the screen. "Not bad." He thought to himself.
Morgan was not as discreet. "Now that is a beautiful woman, General. Who is she?" He asked.
General Beckman sighed in exasperation before answering. "Her name is Samantha Morrison. She's a lounge singer." As the woman talked, photos of Samantha in various performances were shown on the screen.
Morgan whistled softly as he stared, transfixed, on the monitor. John grunted and elbowed him solidly on the ribs, making the man cough and clutch at his side.
"I'm sorry, General, but you are showing as photos of this woman because...?" Chuck asked as he looked at Sarah, who just shrugged.
"We have intel that suggests that Ms. Morrison is working for what is now being called the 'New Ring'." The General began.
"What? The New Ring? How is that even possible?" Chuck exclaimed, and John saw Sarah's hand cover Chucks to calm him down.
John can understand why the agent was reacting the way he is. After seeing his father killed in front of his eyes in the hands of CIA-agent-turned-Ring operative Daniel Shaw, finding out that the organization that Chuck has worked so hard to bring down, has somehow spawned a new cell, is just downright frustrating.
"Bartowski, I know that this is a lot to take in, but you have to focus here." Beckman ordered and Chuck nodded as he started breathing deeply to calm himself down.
"What is the connection of Samantha Morrison to the New Ring?" Sarah asked.
"I am very interested myself, General." Morgan interjected, earning a glare from their superior.
"According to our intel, Ms. Morrison is part of a lounge music band who acts as a messenger to other operatives through their songs." Beckman said.
"Are you saying, General, that this woman, and her band, sings the information to the operatives?" John asked incredulously.
"What?" Sarah exclaimed, while the other two just stared at the monitor in shock.
"But isn't that too risky? Someone might intercept the information or something." Chuck asked.
"The information are encrypted into the songs that the band sings in their performances. The band will be flown in to a gathering of chosen operatives, and once they hear the song, they encode the message and do their mission. There are only a handful of individuals who knows how to encode these messages, and we have reason to believe that Ms. Morrison is one of them." The General explained.
"What do you want us to do, General?" John asked his superior as he stood up. The rest of the team followed suit.
"There will be a one-night only performance at the Holiday Inn tonight. Bartowski and Walker will go in together to ID the operatives, with help from Bartowski's flashes. Casey will then extract Ms. Morrison for questioning. That will be all." Beckman was about to turn off the communication when Morgan interrupted.
"General, maybe there was an oversight. How about me? Whats my mission?" Grimes asked, and it took a lot for John to stop himself from saying exactly what Grimes should do with himself tonight.
"Casey, do something about Mr. Grimes." Beckman said for the last time right before the screen went blank.
"You will be staying in the van, keeping the engine hot and ready until we come out." John said firmly.
"Come on, guys. I can do this. I would like to think that after everything that has happened, I have proven to be a valuable member of this team. You just have to give me a chance." Morgan begged, looking from one agent to the other.
"Bartowski, do something about your friend." John said threateningly. And as he ascended the stairs out of the basement, he could hear Chuck and Sarah telling Grimes that he still has a lot to learn about being a spy.
"Damn right." John muttered to himself.
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