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Chapter 4: "Piranha"
Previously on 'An Undead Saviour'
"Oh… ok… when should I leave?" She asked while wiping the tears off of her damp cheeks.
"Now!" He shouted.
2 days later, Sarah was walking to the short term parking spot at LAX to pick up her baby. As she made her way to her beloved car she thought about the last 2 days.
I am exhausted, I can't believe Shaw believed me when I said that I was feeling homesick and that I was just going to head back to Burbank, and better yet, Beckman encouraged me to return to Burbank, return to Team Bartowski, back to Chuck, back to… home… such an odd word yet it couldn't be more true. Should I go to the hotel or straight to Echo Park? What time is it anyway…? Oh! It's already 2am, I should probably let Chuck sleep and I'll see him bright and early in Castle.
8 hours later after a good night sleep, Sarah walks down the steps of Castle expecting it to be empty but instead finding both Chuck AND Casey hard at work reviewing files.
"Ummm… hi Chuck, mind explaining why Casey is in Castle?" Sarah question as she sits down with her coffee in hand and some files in between her arm and side.
"Good morning Agent Walker, Colonel Casey is helping me review the last 8 missions that I have participated in while you were off with 'Special' Agent Shaw in DC doing god only knows what but guessing from the fact that you are back here in Burbank without him, I would say that our ex-boss clearly isn't good at these 'activities'."
Casey grunts "Good One."
"Wait a minute what? What do you mean 8 Solo missions?! And why is Shaw our 'ex-boss'? And I'm pretty sure that when I left for DC, Casey was a civilian."
"Well to answer your first question, yes Agent Walker, I participated in 8 straight successful solo missions, all chipping large gaps in the Ring Corporation while you and Agent Shaw where playing hide the salami. As to your second question, well that one's extremely simple, I was promoted to AIC of Team Bartowski due to Shaw being too emotionally invested in the fight against the ring with the whole 'Avenging his wife' thing. And finally I managed to… 'convince' General Beckman to put Casey back on the NSA's roster. Any other questions Agent Walker? Or can I return to these extremely important reports?"
"Yes actually Chuck I do have one question, why are you calling me Agent Walker, and not Sarah, I thought we were at least friends…" She asked, slightly annoyed at his sudden sprout of professionalism.
"Well, you repeatedly told me that a good spy must learn to control their emotions, so I am acting upon your advice as friendship comes with emotions, so when we are in Castle or participating in a mission you can call me Agent Bartowski or boss, thank you."
"Casey, what the hell has gotten into Chuck? I'm gone for 9 days and he's suddenly an asshole."
"Well, Walker, you see Chuck was kind of going through some extremely emotional shit when you gave him the cold shoulder and ran off to mix your chocolate with Shaw's peanut butter, so he decided that he would be better than Shaw at everything, and I gotta say, It's working."
"What emotional shit?" She questioned with a glare pointed at the Colonel.
"Not my right to talk about the boss without consent, and even if I could, It ain't my issues and you know how I get with all them lady feelings." He shudders for dramatic effect.
"Ok, Chuck, sorry 'Agent Bartowski' can you please elaborate on this supposed 'emotional shit'?"
"You really want to know about my personal issues, Agent Walker?" He fumes as he stands up suddenly.
"Desperately" She snides back.
"Oh, this ought'a be good" Casey remarks.
"Ok, Agent, I'll tell you, if you can remember in Kathleen's house, after taking that pill, I completely changed into an emotional stone cold killer, and if not for seeing you plead for me to stop, I would of snapped the sick bastards neck without thinking about it, nor would I care. Then after I came down from that high, you saw me break down, scared shitless by what I had done and what I nearly did. You constantly tell me that II can be 'that guy' then you give me the cold shoulder when I finally try to become that guy. Then you asked me to stay myself and not change who I was. Through this message, you give me hints of love, compassion and maybe a real relationship through this. But then you tell Shaw your real name, after 2 years of me begging you for some sort of piece of your past. I would of treasured this vital piece of your past with my whole being, but instead you gave it to a man who didn't even ask you for it, and he only used it to tease me that he one the battle for your heart. So then here I am breaking apart after watching myself nearly kill a man, you simply ran away instead of helping me. So I saw the reason why you didn't choose me, it was because I was too weak, too scared of everything, so I became the perfect Agent. Cold, ruthless, brutal, emotionless and above all else, professional." He then growled and stormed away.
"What have I done?" She whimpered, tears streaking down her face.
"I'll tell you what you've done Walker, you have killed the only man I could ever call a friend and we are lucky that he is even alive right now" Casey says as he once again dives into his files.
"What do you mean, we're luck he's even alive?" Sarah asked suddenly panicked.
"Kid tried to kill himself twice after you left, then once again after his red test."
"RED TEST!?" Sarah shouted at her partner.
"Yep, Shaw ordered him to kill some rogue spy. Kid ended up killing 20 instead after he got ambushed. Caught him with a gun in his mouth crying his eyes out. Damn shame. Hasn't been the same since, he threw himself at 7 assassination missions right after it. Did all of that in 8 days. I have to amit though, the kids got serious balls." He chuckled at the memories.
"AND YOU LET HIM?!" She screamed.
"Hell no I didn't! I literally begged him to sit down and rest but he just wouldn't. He said he was too afraid to sleep. I can't even imagine how bad the night mares are considering he cried himself back to sleep twice after he woke up in the middle of the night. I was tempted to just go in there and tranq him, but he would probably kick my ass in the morning. And besides, he needs to fight his own battles. If he's ever gonna survive in this world."
"Oh my god, Casey, how did Ellie react to this new Chuck?" She questioned, afraid of the answer.
"She screamed at him, even went so far as to ORDER him to see a psychiatrist, but I honsetly think that a shrink would just make things worse. Bartowski though, he just waved it off, laughed at her for being so controlling, said he was a man now and he should start acting like one. Even punched the bearded troll. He has a broken nose, two black eyes and a fractured jaw, all from one hay maker, it was beautiful to watch, even gave a kick-ass one liner afterwards, you know what he said?" Casey asked, generally looking happy.
"No?" Sarah said, confused.
"He said 'IOU your pal Morgan' I didn't get it at first but then he explained in one word, BARSTOW" He gave a full hearty laugh. Then explained, after seeing her confused look "The nerd told me about your… near miss, in the motel room, and how when he went for his emergency condom in his wallet, all there was in there was a piece of paper saying 'IOU one condom, your pall Morgan'. I have to be thankful for the troll though."
"What, why?" She asked, confused as to why Casey would be thankful for anything to do with Morgan.
"If he didn't steal the nerds 'protection', I would have caught you two in the middle of the act, ewwww" He made a gagging gesture.
"Aww, Casey I didn't realize you liked to think of me and Chuck 'In the Act'." She laughed at Casey's discomfort.
Just then, Chuck walked in the room "Alright everyone, time for a Team meeting" he declares as he sets up a link.
""Hello Agent Bartowski" General Beckman smiles at the AIC of her best team.
"Ma'am" All three agents declare.
"May I ask what this call is about Agent Bartowski?" Beckman asks. The two agent look at Chuck waiting for an answer.
"Of course ma'am, I would just like to tell everyone important to the team something about me that on the deceased Agent Larkin was aware of." He declares.
"Please elaborate Agent" Beckman asks.
"Well, I recently saw in the CIA mainframe that there is still a large 20 man team trying to hunt down the notorious Hacker 'The Piranha', am I correct?" He asks.
"Yes Agent though I still fail to see how this is relevant to your past." Beckman states confused. The other two agents also confused just stare at Chuck dumbly.
"Well, you can tell them to stop looking" Chuck declares.
"Please, do tell, why I should do that Agent Bartowski." Beckman Asks.
"Well first of all because you will never find him, and secondly because, well, you already have found him." He states.
"I'm confused, Agent, I was not aware we had captured him."
"Oh, you didn't, because he is right here in Castle." He says with a smirk.
"WHAT?!" She screams. "Well don't just stand there, go get him!" She orders.
As Sarah and Casey began to scramble Chuck Shouts "STOP!"
They both freeze and look and Chuck confused.
"Sit down Agents, and that is an order from the Agent in Charge!" He orders. They both comply then he continues "If, you would let me finish, I would of been able to tell you that the reason 'The Piranha' is in Castle is because… I am The Piranha." He declares.
The others just stare at him, eyes wide and jaws hanging loosely.
"Chuck me."
A/N Hello again! I'm sorry I was a little late but I didn't want to write a chapter without thinking about it and as soon as I thought of what to write I dove in head first and well, this is the result. Tell me what you think. If I get 5 reviews I will try to get another chapter up later on today if I have time. I'm currently still at the drawing board with the UFC idea because it will be completely Au which means no canon to fall back on ha! Well off I go rambling again, Adios!