DISCLAIMER: DO NOT OWN CHUCK CHARACTERS EXCEPT MY OWN!

TITLE: Chuck Versus Dead Man Walking

SUMMARY: Who knew? Bryce Larkin's death was only the beginning of things to come…

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks for those who reviewed! I hope to see more as the story progresses! Things are starting to heat up soon and who this boy is and what secrets he's hiding will soon be revealed!

Blue eyes peeked out from the side of the building that held the new Intersect. Blue eyes intensely watched the proceedings of a clean-up team moving a body onto a black van. The body was Bryce Larkin. The blue eyes belonged to a young teenage boy hiding as he watched what was going on. He didn't move in fear that someone would see him. He had ditched his motorcycle at the gates so that no one would hear the sounds of the engine. He had made sure he avoided the security cameras placed throughout the complex. And now his eyes narrowed as he set them on the clean-up team.

Moving a little closer, the teen managed to pick up the conversation between the clean-up team.

"Just inject him and get it over with…"

"Is he even alive?"

"Look you idiot, just do it and we can get our money."

"Yeah Ray, listen to him. Just do it. Bossman said we keep the guy on ice, they take care of the rest. Simple."

"Fine!"

The teenager watched as the man called Ray take out a syringe and inject whatever it was inside into Bryce Larkin's body, seconds later, he was sure he saw the body twitch. But before he could be sure, the men pushed the gurney into further into the back of the van and was ready to move out. The young teen knew that this would be his only chance.

Taking in a deep breath as he pulled out a gun, the kid wasted no time as he swiftly moved out from his hiding place, aimed his weapon at the men near the van, and open fired.

The reaction was immediate. One of the men raced to the driver's seat and started the engine while three other men turned to the direction of gunfire and fired back.

The boy rolled to the ground to avoid the bullets wheezing past his head, came back up and kept on shooting, intent on getting to the van. The three shooters stopped their firing and quickly got inside the van as the teenager fired shot after shot but could do nothing as the van started moving and made a quick get away.

Frustrated at his failure to stop the van, the young man slammed his fist against a near-by wall angrily.

Suddenly sirens blared loudly as he heard loudspeakers announcing the arrival of tactical teams. Realizing he was in trouble, the boy raced back to the gate where he had left his motorcycle and got back on. He knew he had made a promise, but right now, he had another matter to take care of.

Assured of his resolve, the boy pushed the bike to the limit as he raced away from the building, eyes barely catching a glimpse of three familiar figures just coming out of a side door. He knew who they were. Chuck Bartowski, Sarah Walker, and John Casey. And he had a feeling that he would see them again very soon.

Stephen Bartowski should have known things would go to hell in a handbasket the moment he flashed on the agent who came to pick up Bryce. But it wasn't until the biometric sensors indicated that Bryce had flatlined and the connection was broken did he realize just how bad things were going to get.

He knew calling the boy wasn't going to help. The kid was too much like Bryce, once set on a mission, then it's nearly impossible to stop him from achieving his goals. They both shared that sense of determination, always going after what they want. He knew the boy would take the news hard, Bryce Larkin had meant everything to him.

The elder Bartowski knew his only hope now would be to contact Chuck and his two handlers, they may be the only ones who can find the wayward teenager.

Chuck sat numbly at a chair inside Orange-Orange. After the fiasco of a rescue mission that ended in Bryce's death and him uploading the Intersect again, the strange firefight that had ended with what looked like a kid on motorcycle speeding away, and the dismal debrief that left him currently sitting here with a very unhappy looking John Casey while Sarah requested to speak to Beckman in private, let's just say that Chuck Bartowski was not having a good day. In fact, this was probably one of the worst days of his entire life, ranking pretty high between getting kicked out of Stanford and Dad leaving him behind when he was young.

"Beckman wants you two down here."

Chuck's head snapped up at the sound of Sarah's voice and made to follow Casey back down to Castle again. He wanted to say something to Sarah, but he wasn't sure if she even wants to hear anything. Last time she had refused to talk about Bryce, he doubt she's changed her mind this time. Besides, what more could they say to each other that the other didn't already know?

Getting into the command center, Chuck looked up at the screen into the face of General Beckman, she most certainly did not look happy, but then again, she never did look happy to Chuck, always had that stern look about her, although this time, Chuck detected something more beneath the surface.

Once the trio had settled into the room, Beckman began speaking.

"I'm sure all of you still remember the appearance of what seems to be a young boy at the Intersect location." As Beckman spoke, images and video footage showed the boy speeding away on a motorbike and the boy exchanging gun fire with the clean up team. "The clean up team has reported in that they had reached their destination safely, but it would seem that the boy has disappeared from our detection."

"Do we know who he is?" Casey's ruff voice asked.

"The boy did not match anyone in our database…"

"That's because he wouldn't be in a database…"

Heads turned at the appearance of Stephen Bartowski, even Beckman was surprised.

"Dad?" Chuck was shocked at seeing his father inside Castle, "How did you…"

"More to the point, what do you know about the boy?" Sarah cut in before Chuck could finish his sentence.

"His name is Lucas Deacon Lavery, son of Deacon and Morena Lavery…" Stephen spoke, finally letting out the secret he had carried for years, but he knew the next words would effect this team even more, "That boy…is Bryce's nephew…"

TO BE CONTINUED...

DUN DUN DUN!

Big secret revealed! So now we know who the boy is…what happens from now on? Will Team Bartowski be sent after the boy? What's the boy's history with Chuck's Dad? And just what trouble still lay ahead for our heroes?

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