A/N: Apparently the fanfiction website is having an issue getting out alerts about stories right now. If you are interested, I am posting all of my work on my tumblr, davidcarner. You're welcome to follow if it helps. Some stuff happened last time, what exactly? Let's fine out. Ch 8. Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Disclaimer: I don't own Chuck, Terminator, Norse Mythology, or Belinda Carlie, or the Go-Go's, but I had one serious crush on her as a kid….and Susanna Hoffs….okay, I'm back…sorry…They say in heaven love comes first…We'll make heaven a place on earth….
"What was that?" Sarah asked. Chuck shook his head, not daring to think what just happened, had actually happened.
"I'm not sure," Chuck said. "Give me a second to verify somethings," he said, rushing around.
"Kid, what the hell just happened?" Casey said, his jaw just now coming off the floor, and not hearing Sarah. She just gave him a look.
"Can you get me one of her guards?" Chuck asked Casey. Casey nodded, and rushed off, yelling at one of them to get their derriere in there. Chuck paused.
"Did he just say 'derriere?'" Chuck asked. Sarah nodded. "Maybe it's because of the baby?" Sarah shrugged. Chuck booted up the computer that Frigga had been on.
"You called her sister," Sarah said.
"I did," Chuck said. "You said you are married to me." He didn't turn around, and just continued to type. She walked up and placed her free hand on his shoulder.
"I did," she replied. "And you said you were married to me." Chuck nodded.
"Well, won't Beckman be surprised," Chuck said, looking at her and trying to grin. There was no humor in Sarah's face. He swallowed. "Frigga is the Goddess of-"
"Marriage for those that have been sanctioned by society," Sarah said.
"You don't get much more sanctioned in her sector than you do by the Governor," Chuck said. Sarah nodded. "You do realize the way we are talking about this, is actually avoiding what we really should be talking about?" Sarah stopped for a second and thought.
"That actually made sense," she said, a little surprised.
"I have my moments," Chuck said.
"I've lost count, but it's more than 6," she said softly. Chuck looked at her. "Between last night and the talk with Frigga…" she trailed off, never breaking eye contact. "Your moments, when you say something to me that I just don't know how to handle…I…" Chuck put his finger under her chin and lifted her head up to look her in the eye.
"I love you, and I'm going to do everything to make you happy," he said. Sarah nodded.
"I will protect you with everything inside of me," she said. Chuck smiled.
"I don't think not saying you love me, makes it any less real," Chuck said. Sarah took his hand with her free hand.
"I don't know how, but if I was able to say it, I think it would make it more real, which as I said, shouldn't be possible," Sarah continued to stare at him. "I won that one didn't I?" Chuck blinked, and nearly collapsed.
"Yeah, yeah, you win," he said, turning back to the computer, her hand stopped his head and turned his head back to her.
"Yes I did," she said.
"Okay," he squeaked. "Now you're just rubbing it in." She laughed. A pent-up laugh of the entire day's stress. It was infectious, and when Casey joined them with one of the guards, they were both wiping away tears they had laughed so hard.
"Lady Frigga has updated our orders, may I be the first to welcome you to Heaven, sir, madam, and little one," the guard said. Chuck nodded to him.
"Have you seen Lady Frigga?" Sarah asked. The guard shook his head.
"I have not have that privilege ma'am," the guard said. "I've mostly worked the border wall, driving back and forth, making sure it is secure." Chuck, Sarah, and Casey all shared a glance.
"Drive?" Chuck asked. "Is it like the Governor's sector where only the guards have vehicles?" The guard gave them a look.
"No, all inhabitants of Heaven have vehicles," he said. Casey's mouth dropped. "Heaven is as it mostly was before the machines. When Odin arrived he drove them back, and we were able to set up the perimeter."
"A wall keeps them out?" Casey asked. The guard shook his head.
"No, Odin does," the guard said. Casey started to ask something else, but Chuck stopped him.
"Thank you," Chuck said. "If we have more questions, can we find you later?" The guard nodded and excused himself.
"What the hell is going on, Bartowski?" Casey asked.
"I'm not sure, but I have an idea," Chuck said.
"If Frigga is Ellie," Sarah began, drawing looks from both Casey and Chuck. She ignored them and pressed on. "Then who is Odin, because Captain Awesome is going to be quite upset."
"Dear God, you've broke her," Casey said. "She's making terrible jokes." Chuck just grinned at her.
"I don't think it's literal," Chuck said.
"Why would you think that?" Casey asked. Sarah gave him a look. "I'm not trying to be contrary, Valkyrie, I just want to know what would give him that idea."
"Because she all but called me Loki, and if I'm her brother…I can't finish that thought," Chuck said. "I need brain bleach." Casey looked confused.
"Loki was the adopted son of Odin and Frigga," Sarah countered. Chuck nodded. "And Ellie did pretty much raise you after your father's death." Chuck grinned. "What?" Chuck opened up his wrist computer.
"Who says my father's dead?" Casey and Sarah shared a look. "Odin, are you there?" he asked. He waited a minute. "Odin!" He waited a minute more. "Orion?" he said softly. Casey and Sarah exchanged a look, wondering if he had finally snapped. Chuck made a happy sound and they both turned back to his wrist computer.
"Took you long enough," the words came over the screen.
"You're in the machines," Chuck said, not asked.
"Yes, my mind is, my body…" the screen said.
"That's why you had the T-800s take Ellie," Chuck said. "You need a doctor, specifically a neuroscientist. You know she didn't finish her degree because of all of this, right?"
"I know, if she had stayed in California with you and Devon, we could have finished this already," the screen said.
"So I'm not being sacrificed to the T-800s?" Chuck asked. The screen remained blank. "Dad?"
"It's not that simple," the screen said. "You can beat them, but things…they could go wrong."
"Then he won't do it," Valkyrie said. Chuck gulped.
"Valkyrie, he's the only one that can," the screen said. "I can slow them down but he…he can destroy them."
"No," Valkyrie said. Chuck took her hand, and he watched a single tear fall down her face. "I love him," she whispered.
"We know, Dear, we all know," the screen read.
"I won't lose him," she said.
"Then help him, so all of mankind can have a chance," the screen read. Sarah took the baby and walked off.
"Give it some time, Dad," Chuck said. "Dad, I'm glad you're alive."
"Until we defeat these T-800s, I'm stuck like this," the screen said.
"I'll fix it, Dad," Chuck said, no clue how to.
}o{
Chuck walked into the bedroom that night. Sarah had barely said two words to him the rest of the day. He saw she had made up a space for Molly to sleep, surrounded by pillows, blankets under her. Sarah watched her.
"I don't think you should sleep in here," she said.
"Okay," Chuck said.
"If I'm going to lose you, then I might as well get used to it," she said. Chuck stared at her, and started laughing. She rose, and glared at him, Sarah gone, Valkyrie in her place.
"You don't scare me," Chuck said. "See, if we are really going to do this, this is what you need to understand. We are going to have disagreements, and I am going to do whatever it takes to keep my family safe, and that includes you. I'm not choosing them over you, I know that's what you think. Sarah, if I don't do this, Molly will grow up in this hellhole. Is that what you want?"
"No, but I want you," Sarah whispered.
"You have me," Chuck said. "And if we only get a little bit of time together, isn't that better than being miserable, and living in this hellscape for sixty years. Because here's the thing, one day, all of us, we're going to die. I don't think I'm going to die fighting the T-800s, because there is this badass Valkyrie who's going to do everything in her power to keep me safe, and that includes just loving me. Because I have something they don't, I have her love, and something to come home to." Sarah stared at him, she was visibly trembling.
"Don't die," she whispered.
"I'll do my best not to," he replied.
"Promise," she said.
"I promise I'll do everything I can not to die," Chuck said. "Anything more, could be a lie." Shen nodded. "Still want me to leave?" She shook her head no. He nodded, and walked over to his side of the bed, and she stared at him. "Sarah, we can talk all night, but I can't read your mind."
"I don't know how to say it," she said. He came over and hugged her. She melted into him. He softly stroked her hair. "I love you, Chuck, and you've changed me. I thought you changed me for the worst. I thought I couldn't fight any more if I admitted I love you. I was wrong." She pulled away, and took his head in her hands. "I can fight anyone for you and Molly. I can fight a T-800, I can fight a whole fleet of them, but I can't fight this. Not anymore. I love you." She kissed him, soft but urgent. She smiled against his face as she heard the moan from his throat. His lips opened, and her tongue made her way in, and he stopped her. "What's wrong?" She was scared, worried, and wondered what she did wrong.
"Molly," Chuck squeaked out. Sarah looked over; Molly was fine.
"What's wrong with her?" Sarah asked.
"We can't," he choked out. "Not with her in here." She groaned and laid her face on his chest.
"Chuuuuuck," she whined.
"Sorry," he said. She groaned as she walked away and got in her side of the bed. "Can we cuddle?"
}o{
The next day in the carriage, Casey found himself sitting by Chuck with Molly occupying the spot beside Valkyrie. Chuck looked a little preoccupied.
"I figured once you two mixed your peanut butter and chocolate your moods would improve," Casey said. They both glared at him. Casey laughed.
"Should I take the baby once we get on the train?" Casey asked, chuckling. Sarah stared at Chuck. He had no idea the correct answer.
"That's more a question for Sarah," Chuck said. "She's designated herself protector of all Bartowskis." Sarah smiled at him.
"Molly is a Bartowski?" she asked.
"Well, I am and I do seem to remember Beckman saying she was," Chuck said. "I wonder how ole' General Becks is?"
}o{
Beckman's screen flicked on, startling her.
"General," Frigga said. "I have news."
"They're dead," Beckman said sadly.
"No, they are not dead, they are in fact, a family," Frigga said happily. "Sarah has named herself Chuck's and Molly's guardian."
"What?!" Beckman said, amazed. "She named herself?"
"That is correct," Frigga said. "I understood you married them?"
"That is correct," Beckman said. "It was for the mission-" Frigga cut her off.
"It matters not why, you have completed the contract, and I am accepting their union," Frigga said. "They should be here soon. I suspect you wish to speak to them personally?"
"I would, and what of Hogun?" Beckman asked.
"He is welcomed to stay with us," Frigga said. "At some point, Chuck would like his brother-in-law to join him." She kept the emotion out of her voice.
"We'll get in contact with Captain Awesome and see what we can do about that," Beckman said. The screen cut off. "Valkyrie wants to stay married to Bartowski….I'll be damned…maybe we can win this war."
}o{
A few days later, the team found themselves on a train heading to Heaven. There wasn't much to worry about this time. The guard protected the small group, and few bothered them. The four were in Chuck and Sarah's room, Chuck, Sarah, and Molly on the bed, Casey sitting in a chair across from them.
"I'm just saying I could take Molly for a night. Give you two time to fix what I thought you would have taken care of by now," Casey said, pleased with himself giving them more grief. Chuck's light touch to Sarah's arm stopped her from exploding on Casey.
"I think Uncle Casey misses Molly," Chuck said. Sarah grinned and the look on Casey's face said Chuck had hit the mark. "I think he just wants to make it look a certain way.
"Big bad Hogun like children," Valkyrie said. Casey looked away. "Casey," she said softly. He turned to her. "It's okay."
"He did it," Casey said, looking at Chuck and then back to Sarah. She raised an eyebrow. "He Bartoskified every one of us."
"And there wasn't a damn thing we could do about it either," Sarah said smiling. Casey shook his head, held his hands, out, and Molly came gladly to him. He got up, and took her to his cabin. "Tonight is our last night on the train," Sarah said.
"Some find a train very romantic," Chuck said. Sarah scooted close to him. "Me, I'm afraid raiders will find us and capture us."
"I'll protect you," Sarah said softly. "I know a few tricks." Chuck looked at her. "Trust me."
"I do," he said. The smile he got…he wondered if he hadn't just walked into something.
"Okay, so the first thing, is not to have anything on that can be taken, so you probably better take off all your clothes," she said.
"All of them," he asked, his eyebrow raised. Sarah nodded. "Okay, what else?"
"Well, I'll be close to protect you," Sarah said.
"How close?" Chuck asked.
"So close air can't even get through," she said.
"Now, wait a second, I'm not dumb," Chuck said, and Sarah rolled her eyes. Chuck ignored that. "You'll be clothed, and I'll be naked." Sarah just stared at him. "You're going to have to take off all your clothes too, or it does no good for me to be naked."
"Okay," she said softly.
"Okay?" he asked.
"Mmmhmm," she said, almost humming, a smile ghosting her lips.
"One thing, with you not having clothes on, and me not having clothes on, and there not being enough room between us for air to pass, don't you think it will get a little…intimate?" Chuck asked.
"Well," she said, bouncing a shoulder. "We are married."
"Yes, we are," Chuck said, grinning. "For the record, you once said you'll kill me if I do anything you don't want me to."
"I won't kill you, Chuck," Sarah said. "But if you don't do what I want you to, I might hurt you."
"I'm allergic to pain," Chuck replied. Sarah took his shirt and helped him lift it off. She stared at him.
"I never thought I'd ever do this for love," she whispered to him.
"We don't-" Chuck began.
"SO HELP ME GOD IF YOU SAY WE DON'T HAVE TO, I AM GOING TO HURT YOU!" she said. Chuck nodded. "I was just saying I thought I would die on a mission."
"You can beat anyone," Chuck said, grinning.
"Eventually I wouldn't be able to," Sarah said.
"So you retire," Chuck said.
"To what?" Sarah asked. "For what? I wouldn't be a warrior, and someone, somewhere…" tears started to fall down her eyes. Chuck pulled her in to him, and held her tight.
"Sarah, I love you, and the way it sounds, Heaven is just that. It's going to be what we both want," he said. Sarah shook her head.
"No, Chuck, all I want is you, and you are home, wherever you are, that is where I'll be," Sarah said, pushing him down to the bed. "Now I need to protect you, and it could take all night."
"Whatever you think is best, Dear," Chuck said, grinning.
}o{
"Where's Bartowski?" Casey said, looking a little concerned about Sarah being alone and then realized that there were nothing but guards around. Sarah just smiled, and Casey grunted in annoyance. He looked at the guards, thinking. "What do you do in Heaven about the population problem?" The guards exchanged looks.
"What population problems?" the guard asked. Sarah and Casey exchanged a look. Chuck walked in, looking a little worse for wear, but a goofy grin covered his face. Sarah patted the seat next to her and he sat.
"Wait, the stories are true?" a guard asked. "Women are just…."
"Used," Casey said. The guard nodded, a sick look on his face.
"No, Hogun," the guard said. "Things are like they were before the machines, sure there are some men that need a lesson in manners, but no one just…"
"Good," Chuck said. "So if we went and stayed in Heaven, and something happened to me, Sarah would safe." The guards nodded. Sarah looked at him. "I'm not planning on going anywhere, trust me, I've got two important people to come home to." Sarah reached for Molly and put her between Chuck and Sarah.
"When we reach the train station, we will disembark, enter Heaven, and a convoy will take us to Frigga," the guard said. The train whistle blew. "It seems we are here." Chuck looked at his travel companions.
"You know there was a point I wondered if we'd ever get here, and when we did, if I'd have an arm," Chuck said.
"I thought I was going to have to cut it off," Sarah said. They exchanged a look, and while they did, they didn't notice another member of the guard enter the train and hand a note to the head of the guard. He read the paper.
"Are you absolutely sure?" the head of the guard asked. The other guardsman nodded. The head of the guard turned toward the group. "It is my duty to welcome you to Heaven." The three smiled. "Loki, Odin and Frigga want you to know they are sorry. Ragnarok," he said, and the flash began. Chuck screamed, Casey snatched Molly out of the way as Sarah grabbed Chuck before he crashed to the ground.
"WHAT DID YOU DO!?" Sarah screamed.
"I am sorry, we are preparing your husband for war," the head of the guard said. A gurney was wheeled in, and Chuck was strapped on, as the flash continued. Sarah walked out with them eyeing them, the guards keeping a distance from her. They were quickly escorted through the gates of Heaven and into the waiting vehicles. Chuck was put in an ambulance and no one told Sarah she couldn't join him. A second later Casey and Molly joined her.
"Get the feeling this isn't Heaven, and is really Hel?" Casey asked. Sarah nodded, wondering what they had stepped into.
A/N: I know…I know…I'm a jerk….Take care, see you soon
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