Chapter 2: Debriefing

September 07, 2012: 3rd Bryce POV

To say I was dumbfounded was a big understatement. If someone had told me this morning that the S.H.I.E.L.D agent that was joining their team was going to be the one person, he betrayed in Stanford he would have laughed in your face! But here, standing right in front of him was none other than his former Stanford roommate Chuck Bartowski.

"wait you two know each other?" Sarah asked in a questioning tone.

I didn't take my eyes off my old friend while I answered her "yeah you could say something like that."

Chuck gave a sarcastic laugh "yeah we know each other, we were roommates back at Stanford. But that was before you betrayed me. But we can talk about that after the debriefing."

Casey and Sarah looked at each other confused about what was happening. Sarah just gave him a shrug indicating that she had no idea what was happening. But before either one of them could ask what the S.H.I.E.L.D agent was talking about. Before either casey or sarah could question me or chuck about what he was talking about, three of castles monitors turned on showing both general Beckman and director Graham and an African American man wearing all black and an eye patch over his left eye.

General Beckman leans into the camera "team? Are all of you getting along?"

Before me, chuck, or sarah could answer her casey spoke up. "yes general, agent bartowski was just about to tell us a bit about himself." Beckman and the mystery man seemed to believe caseys answer but graham seems a bit more skeptical.

"really? Because from where we are sitting it looks like both agents larkin and bartowski were about get into an argument."

Before I could respond, chuck stepped forward and said in a calm and professional tone "no need to worry your self-director, we were just catching up on old times" graham and Beckman seemed surprised by that, the other guy didn't seem surprised at all.

"you two know each other?"

"yes general, we went to Stanford together."

Both the general and the director seemed to be surprised by that. "well sense you two already know each other we hope you work well together, now onto other matters, sense agent bartowski is joining your team and that S.H.I.E.L.D is joining the intersect project, his superior director Nick Fury will occasional join us in or mission briefings from now on."

The mystery man now known as nick fury then decided to speak.

"yes I'm hoping you can all get along. And now that I have officially met the team, maybe we should let the agents get to know each other."

After that General Beckman, Director Graham, and Director Fury signed off so that all four of us agents can began to learn exactly what chuck can do.

After the video conference was cut, all four of us sat around the conference table.

"so agent bartowski…"

I could see chuck give sarah his famous bartowski smile before he responded to her.

"please agent walker, call me chuck." He said as he stuck his hand out for her to shake it. To which she responded with a professional smile and accepting his hand shake.

"I will If you call me sarah" I could see that their hand shake was lasting longer than what was deemed professional. They broke off their hand shake when they heard casey clear his throat.

"so bartowski what's your skill set?"

"I am a skilled hacker, a decent marksman, and an expert in various martial arts."

"what form of martial arts do you know?"

"Kung Fu, Tai Kwando, Krav Maga, and Jiu Jitsu"

I could hear the pride in his voice when he listed his fighting styles. After chuck listed his fighting styles, I could hear a grunt come from casey.

I then decided to ad my two cents in "who trained you?"

"I was trained by agents barton and romanoff, they were actually in the battle of New York."

I gave chuck a skeptical look. "you were trained by two avengers?"

"yeah and I taught Captain America about some of the…"

Before chuck could even finish his sentence, casey was wide eyed like a kid in the world's biggest toy store

"you have met the sentinel of liberty, Captain America himself?!"

I do have to admit it was funny seeing casey go all fanboy over Captain America.

"met him? I was his handler."

"can I meet him?"

Chuck just gave him a small chuckle

"Sadly no, I stopped being his handler when he got the hang of being in the twenty first century."

All three of us saw the smile disappear from caseys face and heard a grunt of disappointment.

Sarah then decided to ask her own question.

"I think it's time we address the elephant in the room; how do you know Bryce?"

"ah yes! You probably want to know how agent larkin and I know each other." Chuck said

"you know you can call me by my first name right?"

"I only call my friends by their first names Agent Larkin!" I could hear the venom laced in chucks words, as well as the emphasis on my name.

"so how do you know the moron?" casey said as he nodded towards me.

"we were roommates in Stanford until Bryce here got me expelled on false charges of cheating and I didn't even get an investigation and to top it all off, he slept with the woman I was going to propose too. And he did it all that to keep both the CIA and Fulcrum from recruiting me."

To say I was stunned when I heard chuck say that was a complete understatement. I could also see casey giving me a disgusted look and sarah giving me a look that screamed 'oh really'.

"so you know why I did it?"

Chuck just gave me cold stare "yes and I think you should have let me make that choice instead of making it for me!"

"I thought you wouldn't survive!"

"News flash Bryce! I've been an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D for about nine years so I guess I did survive!"

I was shocked to hear that chuck has been an agent for that long. I decided o keep my mouth shut for the time being while chuck continues to explain his qualifications to us.

"tell us about your medical history?" Sarah asked

"I have no allergies or abnormalities but I think you should also know that I have had minor modification." Chuck said

That immediately sparked my interest

"what sort of modification?"

Chuck sighed and said "I received an inferior form of Caps super soldier serum."

"How extensive is it?" I asked.

"it just improves my reflexes and gives me a minor healing factor."

"well that's good to know"

-Time Skip-

Chuck POV

After about two hours of answering questions, it was time for me to head back to my apartment in echo park. I had bought it after my S.H.I.E.L.D training. Tomorrow I will have one thing on my to do list is to visit Ellie.

End of Chapter 2