Chuck vs. Where Loyalty Lies

Here's another new chapter for you folks. This chapter mainly focuses on trying to disarm the bomb attached to Travis' car that Eddie is currently sitting in. I know those of yo have formulate an opinion of Eddie that you don't trust him. I'm doing my job then as a writer. Here is the continuation of the cliffhanger last chapter. Plus, there is a hint of Charah. I think you'll enjoy it. Enjoy the read peeps.

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Sitting On The Toilet

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"First thing we have to do…" firmly stated Sarah. "…those who don't need to be here get to safety." insisted the mama-to-be.

In that moment, Chuck steps around his car making his may towards Travis' vehicle. "Sarah's right." His attention on Travis and Eddie are averted to his wife then Morgan along with the rest of the ladies in area. "Morg."

"Yeah dude." the bearded little man quickly chimed in. He approaches his best friend with haste.

To Chuck, he knew what he had to do and that is to rely on his childhood friend more than ever. In his mind, it seems like a menial task but when it concerns this particular situation it most definitely becomes a major one. As he finally stands in front of Morgan, all sorts of possible scenarios are running though his mind at this point, but he tries not to show not only the fear and anxiety of the situation, but the all out pandemonium going on concerning his emotional state.

True, he's been in these types of situations before in the past but they tended to mainly involved computers and a porn virus of some kind he thinks to himself. However, this is a totally different situation and certainly under a different set of circumstances one of them being it's a car instead of a lap top computer. Of course, he has defused a nerd herder before as it was about to denote causing the destruction of the Santa Monica Pier all thanks to Lazlo Mahnovski.

To him, those were considered a stroke of luck on his part and one he wouldn't want to relive again…ever. Yet, he can't help but be proud of his efforts knowing full well he refused to back out of either from sheer stupidity, fear, or both. It's something he can surely cross off his bucket list but at the same time can't ever reveal to anyone, which is considerably bittersweet. For him, he knows defusing the bomb itself will not involve Irene Demova but fortunately for him, he has help this time in the name of Travis Riley by his side.

The lanky and successful business owner quickly sets his thoughts aside concerning his triumphant record in defusing bombs and focus on his best friend standing in front of him. Chuck places his left hand on Morgan's left should looking directly in his eyes with absolute seriousness.

"I want you to take Sarah along with the rest of the ladies back to Ellie and Devon's apartment. Travis and I will handle the bomb." he ordered.

"You got it." nodded Morgan. At this point, he's escorting Shannon, Jayne, and Alex back to The Woodcomb's apartment. However, Shannon refuses to leave.

"I'm not leaving Eddie." insisted Shannon.

"You got to babe. For your own safety." Travis quickly blurted out.

Travis clearly sees the absolute seriousness emanating from within his wife's eyes. Hell or high water she would not budge from where she's planting herself on the other side of their car. True, it's one of the reasons that he fell in love with her other than being a wonderful mom to their 3 awesome kids. Unfortunately, now isn't the time to argue knowing the next words coming out of her mouth would certainly be utter defiance.

"No!" she reiterated narrowing her eyes towards her husband.

The mother of 3 stands her ground expressing absolute serious towards Chuck who at this point is trying to keep his cool. He doesn't want to shout to the point where he has to forcefully remove her from the situation. As much as he wants to resolve this without any harsh words being exchanged he doesn't want to have to resort to cursing her out in order to for her to leave. The already tense situation is growing even more intense by the second to the point where Chuck thinks he has no choice but to do so. He is about to curse her out when Eddie suddenly speaks out.

"Squirt!" responded a clearly freaked out Eddie.

The sound of Eddie's frantic voice causes Shannon to nervously walk around their car. Once she reaches the river's side she bends down in order to look him in the eyes. "Hey big bro."

"What's up?" he smile back expressing a mixture of fear and nervousness. "I need you to do what Travis and Chuck said. This is your older brother talking. Do it now." he emphatically demanded continuing the grip the steering wheel with both hands.

"I don't want to lose you again. You just came back." she replied with tears streaming down the side of her cheeks.

A faint sign of laughter is expressed by Eddie. "You're not. I will be back. Don't worry." His attention on her younger sister is averted to Travis standing there. "Right bro?"

"Damn straight you'll be back." retorted the former member of Team Chuck. He gives a firm reassuring nod to not only his wife but brother-in-law as well.

"Awesome. Morgan get them out of here now please." he quickly states motioning quickly towards Ellie and Devon's apartment. Morgan once again complies but as he tries to escort Sarah she simply tears her right arm away from the bearded little man's grasp.

For Sarah, she refuses to leave her husband's side. "I'm not leaving Chuck."

Instantly, the soon-to-be dad turns around and steps towards his wife placing both his hands firmly on the side of her arms. As calmly as he can, he attempts to make her realize that she and not to mention their baby are better off in a stress free environment. True, it seems remotely similar during their time at the docks where she and him thought they were going to die only to find out later the bomb wasn't a bomb. Instead, it was a life support system with Bryce inside. "Listen babe…" he stated briefly turning around. "…I know you want to help but now isn't the time. You have to protect our child. Please." he firmly insisted locking eyes with his wife.

The former spy couple don't say a word to each other. Instead, Sarah reaches up to press her lips against his. Afterwards, they gently touch foreheads. "Be safe and come back to me." she softly responded.

"I always do." grinned Chuck with a soft response back. He gazes deep into her eyes for a moment but to him it seemed like an eternity. "Go." he softly said. His attention on her would be averted to Morgan standing just off to the side. "Morgan, take her to safety."

Morgan complies escorting a pregnant Sarah along with the rest of the ladies back to Ellie and Devon's apartment. Once Chuck witnesses them disappear out of sight he quickly turns around heading back to the intense situation at hand with Sarah in order to two thing…disarm the bomb and hopefully not die.

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"Trav, is it motion censored?" inquired Chuck peering into the window as best he can. "Since you are the bomb expert after all."

Travis sticks his head through the driver's side window and tries his best to focus on the bomb itself that continually flashes a blinking green light. Unfortunately, from the current position he is at he isn't able to take a close look at it to determine whether or not it motion censored.

"I don't know dude. I have to get a closer look." answered Travis shaking his head.

"That's comforting to know." responded Eddie.

The former member of Team Chuck briefly turns his attention from the bomb underneath the brake pedal that Eddie's right foot is firmly pressed against at the moment to his brother-in-law. "Bro!"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up."

Eddie complies not making any type of sudden movements regards his right foot. As he continues to sit there like a statue trying to not to move an inch, Travis and Chuck turn to each other conferring on their next possible move.

"What do you think buddy?" wondered Chuck.

"I think…" replied Travis briefly turning his attention to the inside driver's side window. "…this is like the scene in Lethal Weapon 2."

Chuck quirks his right brow upon hearing that but then acknowledges his friend's movie reference. "Right." grinned Chuck. "When Murtaugh was sitting on the toilet rigged to explode planted by the South Africans." he stated with a nod.

Travis nodded. "Yep. Riggs was able to save him with the use of dry ice. It gave him…"

In that instance Chuck intercedes. "Just enough time to pull him into the bathtub." he said waving his right finger in the air. "Too bad we don't have any dry ice on hand." the father-to-be retorted shaking his head.

At the same time the conversation concerning the movie Lethal Weapon II is going on, Eddie is sitting there absolutely stupefied. In his mind, he couldn't believe they're discussing something trivial while he's sitting here trying not to move or he'll blow up, which he doesn't want to have happen. It's a this point, he makes his presence known in order to get the two man kneeling just outside the driver's side window to help save him preferably now he thinks to himself.

"Guys!" he bellowed within the car. Eddie's voice does indeed get the two men's attention. In doing so, he expresses a freaked out nervous smile then responds to them. "What's up! I know you two are discussing the finer points of how my situation is fairly similar to a blockbuster movie…" he explained. "…which it isn't!" he emphatically stated eyeing the two men.

The two friends and former teammates kneel there briefly turning their attention from each other to the man sitting in the driver's seat. They can clearly see the annoyed, agitated expression on his face telling them that he really wants to be out of the car and preferably in one piece. It's at that point, Travis turns to his brother placing both hands on the top of the open window of the driver's side door.

"Okay dude." he firmly stated. "I need for you to stay very still."

"What are you going to do bro?" wondered Eddie with absolute curiosity.

In that moment, Travis without even warning reaches over grasping the door handle and opens it a bit causing Chuck and Eddie to immediately lower their head with their eyes closed. When nothing happens, they hear that same man who opened the door without fair warning speak up.

"It's not motion censored that's for sure." he stated taking a moment to exhale a sigh of relief.

Eddie's eyes instantly pop open then turns his attention towards his brother-in-law. "Are you freakin' kidding me! Just wait till I get out of here so I can kick your ass!" he angrily hollered continuing to grasp the steering wheel.

While Eddie is having his temper tantrum, Chuck sees him moving around and being so animated because of the stunt Travis pulled, it causes him to take action. "Eddie, whatever you do keep your right foot pressed against the brake pedal."

As angry as Eddie is towards his brother-in-law, he complies with what Chuck said. When he does, he turns his head noticing Travis open the door but not all the way because his lanky friend's car is in the way. It's because of that unfortunate obstacle blocking him from getting a clear view of what he has to work with, he turns to the vehicle's owner kneeling on the other side of the driver's side door.

"Chuck."

"Yeah."

"Could you move your car?"

"Oh yeah. Sure." he answered.

It takes a matter of seconds for the brown haired business owner to stand up making his way around and inevitably into his car. Before the two men know it, Chuck's car backs up and is parked in a parking spot across the way behind them giving Travis the room he needs to work his magic. As he kneels down on one knee about to head in, he turns his attention to his brother-in-law continuing to sit there but not longer stiff like a statue.

"Eddie, I need you to lift your left leg so I can get in bro."

Travis' request is acknowledged. Eddie carefully lifts his left leg making sure not to let his right foot come off the brake pedal. Once his left leg is up, he maneuvers it back then out the open driver's side door and instead of placing his entire leg on Travis, he lowers it just a bit to the point where it extends it resting it in between the door and side of the inner door frame.

"Got it." he nervously responded.

"Awesome." nodded Travis. In that moment, he wedges himself down in there. While doing so, he calls out to his lanky friend. "Chuck!"

"What's up Trav!" he answered sticking his head through the open driver's side window. It this point, as much as he wants to laugh noticing the somewhat contortioned body embedded within the driver's side floor and Eddie's leg sunken into the driver's seat with his left leg extended out he focuses on the intense situation at hand.

"Check the engine. I want you to tell me if you see something." he announced deeply embedded down in the driver's side floor.

"Okay, pop…"

Travis immediately cuts him off. "I'm way ahead of you dude."

At the same time he says that, Chuck hears the hood of the car engine being released and opened. In doing so, Chuck quickly shoots over placing his hands under the small opening provided. It takes a brief moment to find the latch but once he does, he lifts the hood extending both arms over this head. Once he does, his eyes go completely wide and when they do he hears the muffled shout of Travis in the car.

"What do you see!"

"We're in deep shit." muttered Chuck under his breathe. At the same time he said that, he gazes down at not only a number of colored wires attached to explosive material attached to the engine, but a timing device that is counting down as well.

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"Come on…" insisted Chuck. He narrows his eyes directly at the explosive device on the engine. While doing so he's hands are balled into fists concerning all his efforts to initiate the intersect. "…flash!" he firmly added.

Chuck continues to encourage himself to flash to the point where he hits his own head in order to do so. However, it's not working causing him to show signs of frustration. In that moment, he has no idea what to do next and that's when he hears the muffled voice of Travis once again.

"Did you flash buddy!"

In response, the successful business owner of Whiz Kid Systems, Inc. rushes over towards the open door sticking his head through the open window. He briefly looks at Eddie then turns his attention down towards a seemingly headless Travis Riley who is currently wedged himself down into the driver's side floor.

"Afraid not dude." he calmly stated. "There is however explosive material with a whole lot of wires and timer that's already down to 90 seconds." Chuck quickly explained.

Instantly, Eddie's eyes go completely wide upon hearing that. "Get me outta here!"

Chuck is about to respond to a frantic Eddie when Travis intervenes. "Eddie calm the hell down. Chuck and I have this all under control." he firmly stated. "Right Chuck?"

"Right." he answered with a nod. "Just have to find the right wire. That's all." Chuck added returning quickly to the front of the open engine hood.

Once completely out of sight, Eddie yells out to him. "You do know which wire it is right?"

"I think so. It could be the red wire..." he answered. "…or the green."

"Shit!"

The answer Chuck gives doesn't give Eddie any comfort as he sweats profusely while sitting in the driver's seat with his brother-in-law just below him is dealing with the trigger switch. As he's down there, he hears the voice of his brother low.

"Relax bro. Like I said we got this." he calmly stated. "Chuck how much longer we got buddy?" he inquired towards the man standing in front of the open engine.

"75 seconds and counting Trav!"

"See…" retorted Travis. "…plenty of time." he added peering up at him with a smirk."

"Hurry up!"

For Eddie, he's always known his brother-in-law to be a considerably crazy individual but the on what level of crazy he was uncertain until now. In his mind, 75 seconds and counting isn't enough time to free him from the death trap that he's in. His thoughts that flood his overwhelmed mind are abruptly broken by the sound of his brother-in-law's seemingly calm demeanor.

"Hey, do me a favor."

"What?" he nervously asked in major freaked out tone.

"Try not to fart on me. It wouldn't be awesome to be farted on during a time like this." he answered.

In that instance, Eddie quirks his right brow concerning that specific request of his. "We're about to explode into a million pieces and all you're concerned with is me farting on you?" he questioned with absolute disbelief in his eyes.

"Yup. I need to focus all my concentration on what I'm doing and I don't need your gassy weapon of mass destruction to distract me." he explained. "I saw you stuffing your face during dinner." Travis remarked with a chuckle.

"You did too fat ass." Eddie replied with a mixture of angered annoyed.

"That's Mr. fat ass to you." It's at that point, Travis knows he's momentarily directed his attention away for the situation at hand focusing the brunt of insults towards him. By doing that, he's focused on something entirely different giving him the opportunity to check on his lanky friend. "Chuck's how's it going dude!"

For the man himself, he's bending down touching red and green wires in his finger tips. As he does, he gives his response to Travis. "It's going dude! Oh and by the way, we have approximately 30 seconds!" he firmly answered.

"Trav! Any time now bro!" insisted Eddie gripping the steering wheel even tighter.

In that moment, Travis responds to Chuck. "Okay, it's a matter of teamwork Chuck. So when I give the signal we do it together."

"Gotcha. Just say the word." he retorted. "20 seconds!"

"Eddie." stated Travis.

"Yeah."

"Close your eyes." he requested. Eddie complies to his brother-in-law. Once he does, Travis puts both hands on the detonation trigger and at the same time he does Chuck takes hold of one of the colored wires on the explosive device. The two men take a deep breathe with the former member of Team Chuck making the call. "All right Chuck. 3...2..."

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For the past few minutes, the occupants within Casa Woodcomb were nervously waiting for the return of all three men. Ellie, Devon, Morgan, Alex, Jayne, Shannon, and Sarah are either sitting or too worked up to where they are standing/pacing around the room. The ones that are pacing around the room are mainly the guys and Sarah who has her eyes locked on the front door. As for the rest of the ladies, they are sitting on the couch comforting Shannon who is visibly shaking because she has no idea what's going on causing tears to flow down the sides of both cheeks.

For Shannon, she's been through this so many times before in the past. Granted, she always worried about her husband but she had the absolute knowledge Tobias and her big brother were watching his back. Unfortunately, Tobias isn't with them but Chuck is as they are trying to disarm a bomb that Eddie is currently in. In her mind, it causes her to worry twice as much but while sitting there in the comforting embrace of her support system she prays that all three men step through the front door.

While Shannon is nervously waiting, Sarah is pacing back and forth in the area between the couch and dining room table. Her focus on the front door is unrelenting. For her, she's been through this many times but she would be right by her husband's side every step of the way. Yet, due to the circumstances being that she is indeed pregnant it was truly important for Chuck to stay at a safe distant away from the possible explosion IF they weren't able to disarm the bomb. However, her thoughts concerning her husband are subsequently averted to Ellie who is visibly worried to no end of her baby brother.

Speaking of Ellie, it is taking everything in her from not standing up and running out the front door in order to check on her little brother. To the eldest Bartowski sibling, this is one of the reasons he should not return to the spy life because it situations like these that would most definitely cause to not only turn her hair grey, but go through constant high blood pressure. In her mind, she can't believe how Shannon and not to mention her own sister-in-law Sarah can go through living day in and day out without going completely stir crazy. Her thoughts concerning the matter abruptly end when she hears the voice of Sarah from behind her.

"I can't wait any longer…" she stated heading for the front door. "…I'm going." a very determined and pregnant Sarah said.

"Sarah, wait!" Morgan responded standing in front of her.

Instantly, Sarah furrows her eyebrows and narrows her eyes directly at her husband's bearded best friend. "Morgan, I'm not in the mood. Either you get out of the way or I'm going through you. Your choice." she firmly announced.

"Not awesome." Devon breathed out. He clearly sees the determination on his sister-in-law's face while standing there in front of Morgan and Sarah.

Morgan doesn't say a word as he stands his ground knowing he'll suffer the consequences for doing what his hetero life partner told him to do. He's right as Sarah steps forward pushing the bearded little man aside heading straight for the front door but as she is about to reach it that same front door it flies open with Eddie walking in a completely frazzled state. As he does, the eldest Haschal sibling is speaking out.

"You two are completely nuts you know that!" he announced turning his attention towards the open doorway.

In that instance, the occupants within the living immediately turn their attention towards the open doorway. Once they do, it's Travis who enters first with Chuck following close behind him.

"Hey…" responded Travis holding a small device in his right hand. "…it's disarmed isn't it." he added tossing the non threatening trigger device over to his brother-in-law.

Chuck immediately chimes in. "Yup and it was definitely the red wire." he stated holding it up for Eddie to see.

Eddie stands there momentary just starting at the two insane men in front of him. He's about to say something when he's suddenly engulfed in a tight bear hug by his younger sister Shannon. While he is being tightly embraced by Shannon, Chuck is standing in front of not only his wife, but big sister as well.

"Hey, I told you I'll be back." he grinned. A soft smile is expressed by Sarah. She steps forward but instead of responding with a kiss she instead does something totally different. The blonde and not mention pregnant beauty slaps her husband upside the left side of his head. For Chuck, he is about to respond when he's suddenly slapped upside the right side of his head by Ellie. He immediately steps back forming a T with both hands. "Whoa! Time out!"

"Don't ever scare us like that again little brother!" stated Ellie.

In that instance, Chuck is in defense mode as he responds to both women. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you guys."

Sarah is briefly silent staring at her husband. She then steps forward causing Chuck to be cautious concerning his wife's next move. After a few seconds, she gives her response to the father of their child. "You did scare us." she answered momentarily lowering her eyes to the floor with her arms crossed. Afterwards she lifts her eyes returning her now softened gaze towards her loving husband. "All of us but you and Travis saved Eddie's life. I'm proud of you." she said with a soft smile. In that moment, she steps forward placing both hands on either side of her husband's face in order to raise up on her toes to kiss her husband's lips.

The kiss last for a few seconds and once it's over the happily married couple gaze deeply into each other's eyes. However, the special moment between the two would be interrupted by the sound of Ellie's voice causing Chuck to turn his attention to her.

"Listen, intersect or not…" she firmly stated. "…promise me you'll never do that again." Ellie added with a mixture of worried concerning in her eyes.

Chuck stands there for a moment knowing this is probably the only time it will happen. However, he could be wrong because the situation has escalated from 6 thugs to a car bomb. He knows it, Travis knows, and even Sarah knows it by the look on her face. Yet, for the sake of his big sister he'll comply with her wishes. "I promise El." His attention on Ellie would inevitably avert to his best friend Morgan standing behind Sarah with Devon right behind him. "Thanks for keeping all of them inside Morg."

"No prob dude." nodded Morgan. "Although, Sarah did go all Kristana Loken from Terminator 3 on me. As a matter of fact…" The bearded one reaches over with his right hand placing it on his left shoulder. "…she may have separated my shoulder pushing past me." he added moving his left arm in a circular pattern.

Upon hearing that, Alex quirks her right brow. "Poor baby." she sarcastically remarked as she approaches her bearded boyfriend. The daughter of Alex Coburn gently rubs and kisses Morgan's left shoulder causing him to smile.

As the couple have their moment together, Casey's girlfriend responds. "I'm glad you guys are okay..." Jayne responded shaking her head. "...and in one piece." she added raising both eyebrows.

"Indeed." nodded Devon.

The brief on attention on Devon would quickly return to Eddie as he is still being hugged tightly by an overly emotional Shannon. The occupants within the living room watch as Travis is trying to pry his wife off from her old brother. At the same time this is happening, Eddie is attempting to calm his little sister down. "Squirt, I'm fine. Please let go before you break my ribs." he pleaded.

"Yeah babe." insisted Travis.

It takes a moment or two but Shannon eventually unlocks the tight grip she has of her older brother. For Eddie, it allows him to not only breathe easier, but walk off as well causing much concern to his younger sister.

Shannon steps forward. "Where are you going?" she inquired wiping tears away from her eyes.

Eddie doesn't even look back as he heads down the hallway. "To the bathroom." he quickly replied disappearing out of sight.

Once everybody hears the bathroom door close down in the hallway, there is a momentary silence within the living room. The silence would be broken when Travis makes a announcement. "Whose hungry? I know I am." he said walking off towards the island counter where the food is sitting." he stated walking past everybody.

For Eddie, he does indeed use the bathroom and after flushing the toilet he slides over in order to not only wash his hands but splash water on his face as well. Once he's done, he reaches over just off to his right to wipe his hands and face on the towel hanging on the rack. Afterwards, he stands there placing both hands firmly on either side of the sink. He bends down then looks at his reflection in the mirror and shakes his head. He stares at it for a few moments then stands straight up. Eddie is about to head back into the living room joining the other when he feels a vibration in his right front pocket. The eldest Haschal sibling fishes it out and when he looks at the screen he notices he has a text message from someone unknown. He opens it and the following message reads only one word: Status?

Eddie stares at the message for a second then begins clicking away returning a reply to the sender. The message reads: Did not go as planned. Target failed. Continue Tests. Once done, he sends the message back to the original sender. After he does, he sticks his phone back into his pocket then exit's the bathroom making sure to turn off the lights before he leaves.

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