Yeah, I know. Pretty lame?
Disclaimer: As I have said, I don't own Chuck or Leverage.
Chapter Three; Chuck
Some Cell Underground
Chuck groaned as he woke. He instantly knew something was wrong. His hand tried to find Sarah's back, but it ended up being wall. He sat up with alarm and looked around; he was in a cell with stone walls and a creaky, cheap bed.
As memories started to hit him as he remembered what had happened. He had a sudden feeling of hope as he remembered that his watch had a GPS tracking system and his eyes flew to his wrist, only to find it wasn't there.
The cold, metal, door opened to reveal two large, muscled goons that grabbed Chuck by the arms. They lugged him out of the room and into a computer room, where a man in a tux was standing with a smirk on his face. Chuck started the conversation, "You Decker's evil replacement?" There was a slight grin on his face.
The man in black raised an eyebrow, "You could call it that, Charles." He nodded to one of the goons, which ending up having Chuck punched in the stomach.
Chuck coughed; he was a bit startled by that punch to the gut. "There are two, very angry people who will track you down to just get me." Chuck smiled mischievously and he expected another punch to the gut.
"We need something from you." The man smirked as he looked around the computer room, "You have about two choices. You do what we tell you to do or," he paused and picked up a knife that was at his side, "it's going to be a bad time for Chuck."
Sarah's eyes fluttered open and she was half alarmed at the fact that there was no Chuck on his side of the bed. Her hand felt the cold, empty bed half and she reassured herself. She told herself that he was up and fine, making breakfast, or sleeping on the couch, or playing some random game with Morgan…
She got up out of the bed and sleepily walked out of the room. She called out, "Chuck, honey, we need to get to work quickly, we have a client." As Sarah walked into the deserted hallway and into the empty living room the knot in her stomach tightened.
Sarah shook her head, he was probably already at the Buy More, leaving early to fix a computer or something of that sorts. She quickly got dressed and ready before leaving for her car.
Once she was at the Buy More she didn't see many customers, which was acceptable since it was fairly early in the morning.
Casey was looking around and as soon as he saw Sarah he walked quickly over to her, "There you are. Where's Chuck? I thought he would've come in with you." He said, with a rough-Casey voice,
Sarah looked at him and more worry came to her face, "I don't know… we should ask Morgan. They probably had a Call of Duty tournament or something again." She said hopefully.
He nodded and they both made their way to the manager's office where Morgan usually could be found, but before either of them could ask anything, the bearded fellow asked, "Where's Chuck?"
Chapter Three; Leverage
Burbank Buy More
"Why can't I go inside? I'm the grifter here!" Sophie whined as she was sitting with Nate in Lucille.
Nate looked at her and replied with, "Yes, but you aren't the one who knows about computers." Then he looked back at the screen that was displayed for him, "Remember, Hardison. You need to stall them long enough for Parker to get in and out of their base. Got that?"
Hardison muttered under his breath, though everyone could hear it clearly on the coms, "Yeah, yeah. I have to be the lost computer geek that doesn't know how to fix a simple virus even though he can break into his government's top-secret files."
Parker replied over the com, "You're the only one who can do it since I'm the thief. Eliot doesn't have enough knowledge of computers. And Sophie and Nate have to stay in Lucille to wait for their role."
Eliot's voice sprang up on everyone's com, "Hey, at least I'm not in a stupid airduct."
Before Parker could retaliate Nate started up, "Focus. We won't get any closer to saving Chuck if we keep squabbling over what role we all want to do."
Sophie rolled her eyes, "Well, what's the plan anyway, Nate?" She asked since Nate hadn't told them yet.
Nate didn't answer though, he was lost in thought and his eyes were narrowed.
Over the coms, Parker said, "I'm in their base. What should I do now?"
Hardison had just approached Casey and Sarah, who were making their way to the home theater room. Since Casey had his green Buy More shirt on it was easier. He stopped them in their tracks and asked, "Hi! I need some assistance with my computer…" He pulled out his laptop, which didn't turn on.
Casey replied, "Go get a Nerd Herder to help you. I don't work with computers." He and Sarah started on their way again, but Hardison grabbed his arm which Casey gave him a mean glare and grunt.
Hardison, alarmed by the sudden aggressiveness, pulled his hand off of Casey and continued, "Please, you work here right? That means you can help me." He grinned awkwardly.
Casey and looked at Sarah and nodded. Sarah walked off, but not down to the elevator that lead to their base. Casey turned back to Hardison and grumbled, "Sure, come this way." And the duo headed for the Nerd Herder desk.
Nate looked at his watch and then picked up his cell. He put it to his ear and waited a moment before it was picked up. The voice on the other end started, "Hello, this is the manager's office of Burbank Buy More. Morgan Grimes, manager, speaking."
