Chapter 2: Chuck vs Shaw.

Chuck awoke to smell of salt. He looked around the room and found himself unable to move his head or body. He looked down at himself and saw he was in a chair that he was oddly similar to the one that Fulcrum had him in when he was to receive Fulcrum's Dark Intersect. He looked to right and saw Sarah strapped to another chair, to his left, Morgan. Casey was next to Morgan, and Sam was next to Sarah, while Sam's Chair was also attached to Casey's making a circle. Chuck noticed the room was all white, and the walls and floors were made of a bunch of screens, similar to the Intersect room.

"Sarah! Sarah, are you okay?" Chuck asked.

'Yeah, I'm fine, how about you?" she asked.

"I'm good, how about Mor- " said Chuck

"I'm fine, buddy," interrupted Morgan, "Wow, what a James Bond situation we've got ourselves into here, huh?"

"We're fine too, thanks for asking!" said Casey with a grunt, from behind Chuck.

As Chuck was about to speak, all of the TV's in the Room turned on, and the face of Daniel Shaw appeared.

"Hello Chuck. How are you? Nice and Cozy?" he said, a cocky smile on his face, "You see, you're here for a test, an extremely dangerous test. The SMF has finally completed an Intersect, and we're gonna test it, on all of you. It could kill you, but that's why were testing it on you first! Good luck...not really."

The screens flashed, then went black, replacing Shaw's face with a countdown.

"The Test will begin in 10 seconds." Said a female voice. The platform the chairs were on began to spin.

"Guys, if you can, close your eyes!" shouted Chuck.

"5…4…3…2…1..Beginning Test." Counted the voice. All of the screens turned on, flashing various images on the screen. The chairs continued to spin, gaining speed, until the screens were a blur of colors. As time went on, Chuck's head began to throb.

After about an hour, Chuck's brain began to feel like mush. He felt the chair begin to slow down, and he quickly passed out.

Chuck awoke on a small cot bed. He instantly shot his hands to his temples as he had an extreme headache. The images were still burned into his eyes, he could still see them flashing before him. Chuck shook his head, trying to get ride of the images.

As Chuck's vision cleared, he sat up and examined the room he was in. The room was empty, aside from a small computer monitor on the wall, a security camera, and the bed he was sitting on. On the wall there was some strange symbol, with the letters SMF written over it.

A Spaceship

A Picture of a large, futuristic building

Recordings of various training exercises

Futuristic weapons

More training exercises

A picture of Daniel Shaw shaking hands with the CEO of the SMF, Christopher Felkin

A Spaceship

Then, it happened again. Chuck heard a loud screeching sound, and felt extreme pain in his head, as random images flashed before his eyes, scratching his vision. He was barely able to think, but felt his wrist with one hand, while groaning in pain. The Governor, it was gone! Chuck cradled his head in his hands. After a few more seconds, the pain stopped.

Moments later, the door opened up, and in walked Daniel Shaw. Shaw was wearing a tuxedo, and on his wrist was… the Governor! His Governor.

"Good Morning Chuck, sleep well I hope?" said Shaw, as if they were best friends.

"You!" screamed Chuck ramming at Shaw, who stepped to the side, causing Chuck to slam into the wall. He then grabbed Chuck by the collar and slammed him into the wall, and punched him in the gut. Chuck moaned in pain.

"That's for beating me last time!" said Shaw, he punched him again, "That's for taking Sarah from me," he punched again, "That's for making me lose my job!" he punched yet again, "That's for throwing me in prison!" Shaw released Chuck, dropping him to the floor. Shaw kicked him in the side. Chuck was moaning on the floor in pain. "And that's for my wife!" Shaw finished.

Chuck moaned, the pain was rough.

"But none of that matters anymore; the Ring has fallen, so, when I escaped, I had nowhere to go. All I knew was that I needed revenge, and that's when Christopher Felkin came to me. He explained everything about this world to me, which I'm sure you'll understand soon enough. So, I eagerly joined him, he has taught me many, many things, Chuck; things that you can only dream of. The SMF has given me a much more prestigious position than the CIA, one that I deserve." Spoke Shaw, "Now I am invincible, and you can never defeat me!"

"Wher-" Chuck coughed, "Where's Sarah?" Chuck moaned.

"Ahh, of course," said Shaw, "You two 'love' each other. Pathetic. But no matter, she's in her cell, waiting for me."

"If you touch her!" shouted Chuck.

"Ha! Why?" said Shaw, "It doesn't really matter, since you'll most likely never see her again anyways."

Chuck felt his skin boil. He concentrated for a moment, and flashed. But this flash was different, instead of the usual orange color, it was a dark green. And instead of Martial Arts, as that was what he tried to flash on, it was a bunch of strange symbols. Chuck stood up and charged at Shaw, shoving him into the wall with such force that the wall cracked. Shaw shoved Chuck back, and he fell to the floor with a thud.

"So," said Shaw, unharmed, "the Intersect 3.0 works for you too. I've been getting similar reactions from your friends." Shaw stepped over Chuck, and made his way to the door, which shoot open automatically. "Now it's time that I pay a visit to walker, and don't worry Chuck, I'll take good care of your girlfriend for you." Shaw grinned as he walked away, the door closing. Chuck was still screaming in agony from his flash. Without the Governor, the pain was searing.

Chuck soon felt darkness cloud his vision, as he passed out...