CHUCK VS A NEW BEGINNING

EPISODE 10: SMACKDOWN SHOWDOWN (PART 1)

BURBANK BUY MORE / BURBANK, CA

Casey grabbed Chuck roughly by the arm, marching him out of the break room with a strong vice-grip that's definitely cutting off circulation. Once they emerged from the back, they headed straight for the Home Theatre Room with Sarah walking ahead of them. Hailey looked up from where her spot and saw Chuck being forced to another area, she quickly scanned the area and spotted Hollywood. She signaled him with her eyes to alert him, he followed the movement and spotted the trouble and gave a 'thumbs-up' as she moved to intercept Chuck and company. Hollywood moved closer to stay out of sight while tracking their movements, he quickly sent a group text to the others inside Buy More to alert them. He waited to see what happened next before getting involved, Hailey emerged from an aisle blocking their path that made Casey and Sarah stop in their tracks. Both agents knew it was decision time.

Hailey: "Hey sweetheart, you get everything taken care of and your locker cleaned out?"

Chuck: "I sure did, and it looks like we're about to take another trip."

Hailey: "Who's your friends Chuck? I see he works here from the uniform, although why's he holding your arm so tight? You know that's grounds for assault, not only would that get him fired but arrested as well. Now as for Blondie here, why would she be leading you away somewhere with Johnny Boy forcing you to comply? Care to enlighten me sweetie?"

Casey was caught and he knew it. She called him out for being a co-worker and assaulting Chuck, she could very easily cause a scene by yelling for help in which the whole store would know and blow their covers sky high. Sarah on the other hand realized something when she looked into the eyes of this woman, stormy dark blue and ice cold. A quick scan of her posture told her this woman's ready to fight, she had a nagging feeling that the cover with Chuck was destroyed because of this mystery woman and deemed her a threat to national security. Chuck was compromised and needed to be relocated from here, the greater good must be protected.

Sarah: "I don't know who the hell you are, but Chuck's not going anywhere with you anymore! Now get the hell out of our way!"

Hailey: "Oh so this must be Sarah, you're supposed to be Chuck's girlfriend? Well I hate to break it to you lady, but Chuck's not going anywhere with either of you. Especially, if he doesn't want to Blondie. I told you before that your days of treating him like dirt are over, and now that we're face-to-face instead of on a phone. We can settle it right now!"

Sarah: "I'm warning you Skank. Move out of our way, or else you're gonna be in trouble!"

Hailey: "It's too late for that because I'm not moving! If you want to move me, you're gonna have to do it yourself. I don't think you can, Miss Plastic Barbie-Doll Witch!"

That was the last straw for Sarah, she thrown a hard right-haymaker aimed at Hailey's head. She would show this girl you don't mess with the "Wild Card Enforcer". Hailey saw the blow coming easily, she side-stepped it and used Sarah's momentum along with a left-hook to spin her around and snatched her up in a very deep rear-naked chokehold cutting off the air. Sarah was struggling to break free, her vision started getting blurry. Sarah tried throwing an elbow in her weakened state that missed it's target, Hailey trapped the arm and locking her hands before she pulled back locking Sarah into the painful crossface-chickenwing.

Sarah couldn't believe what's happening to her, this woman had taken her down with ease! The 'Wild Card Enforcer' is being humiliated! Nobody does that to her! Those were the thoughts running through her mind as she laid there helpless in tremendous pain, feeling her left arm and shoulder being wrenched on the verge of popping out of socket. Casey had to act fast, he shoved Chuck away to save his partner. Chuck hit the floor with a thud and watched helpessly as Casey punted Hailey in the side of her head to knock her out! He quickly checked on Sarah before scooping Hailey up over his shoulder to carry her into the Home Theatre Room.

Once he scrambled to his feet, Chuck started after him before Sarah swept him back off his feet and grabbed his arm while he was stunned. She wrenched it up in a hammerlock to hold Chuck in place before she made him get back to his feet and marched him into the Home Theatre room. Sarah shoved Chuck towards Casey, who roughly thrown Chuck down on to the sofa and folded his arms across his chest glaring at him while Sarah closed the curtains and locked the door. Chuck looked around and found Hailey stretched out on another sofa, he went to get up and check on her but was pushed back down by Sarah. He looked up at her and saw Sarah's face was filled with raging anger and hands placed on her hips looking ready to erupt.

Chuck: "You two can at least have the decency to let me check on her, and make sure she's still alive!"

Sarah: "Shut up Chuck! You're in enough trouble as it is!"

It's really pathetic that people he just met showed more care and sympathy towards him than his two handlers that were sent to protect him...Scratch that, sent to protect their precious Intersect he thought bitterly. Chuck started forward again when he was shoved again before Casey angrily roared at him.

Casey: "What the hell did you think you were doing Moron! You know damn well you're not authorized to go anywhere, especially without me or Walker because of that databank inside that idiot skull of your's!"

Chuck: "Damn it Casey, you knew exactly where I was, even without me wearing that cursed watch! You've got the GPS tracker in the Nerd Herder, you knew I was at my beach spot having a moment of peace from all of this crap that got forced into my life! I was the on-call Nerd Herder last night, there's a computer emergency I had to take care of! Did you even bother to check the Buy More system, or you forget to use your brain on that one?"

Casey punched Chuck hard in the stomach for that doubling him over then face-palmed him back to the sofa, Sarah chose that moment to interject her thoughts as well.

Sarah: "What about you intentionally ignoring my phone calls Chuck! I called you four damn times and you never answered me once, that goes against protocol and you know it! What if something happened to you? Neither Casey or me were around you to protect you, what's going on inside that head of your's? We thought you'd been kidnapped or killed! You're the Intersect for crying out loud, you're far too valuable to be risked in such a stupid situation without Casey or me to protect you! These people you've associated yourself with has Graham spooked, they're a threat to national security!"

Chuck: "You're right of course, it's always about the Intersect."

Sarah: "No Chuck, it's not about that at all."

Chuck: "Yes it's always like that Agent Walker! All you care about is your damn precious Intersect. It's always the computer that got shoved into my head you worry about, and never about me! To your bosses and the both of you, I'm just a skin-covered computer that's treated like a machine instead of a human being!"

Sarah: "How come you never answered your phone everytime I called you? I can't protect you if I'm not with you at all!"

Chuck: "I wanted some space to think about things, without having you or Casey hovering over my shoulder. Has it ever occurred to you that I'm sick and tired of having absolutely no say when it comes to my life? Somebody else always think they know what's in my best interests! They make the choices to suit them best claiming it's better for me, without even asking me for my thoughts on the matter! How do I know that you both are really here for just me?"

Sarah: "It's true that you're in a unique position. I've always looked out for you, whether you believe it or not Chuck. So far, I've been the only one that's been convincing Beckman and Graham not to put you in a bunker. I've asked you before to trust me, and I still need you to."

Chuck hears the word trust and that pushes his button.

Chuck: "What you're talking about is a one way street, so why should I trust you Sarah? You're job makes you constantly lie to people, how about for once you trust me instead? Look, I know that you need to keep things about yourself private and I respect that. Truth is you don't seem to trust me, or give a damn about my well being. When I asked about your relationship with Bryce, you looked me straight in the eyes and lied to me. You could've at least told me the real nature of your relationship with Bryce freakin' Larkin, especially after knowing damn well what that rat bastard did to me at Stanford!"

Sarah reacted with a hard right hook punch to the left side of Chuck's face knocking him to the floor. She quickly covered her mouth with her hands in shock, she just assaulted her asset that she's sworn to protect. Sarah moved slowly to check his face, but Chuck wanted none of it. He looked over at Hailey's prone figure and felt something burning inside him, something that he's never felt before. He made it up to his feet and looked back to his handlers, speaking with a coldness in his voice they never heard before.

Chuck: "You want to know why I never answered your calls? Because I was driving, do the math for crying out loud! It's a four hour drive to where the job was, unlike you two I'm not going to answer the phone driving down a heavily-travelled interstate! Besides, it's against the law in California to be on the phone while you're driving. Oh that's right, I seemed to forget that it's never ever stopped either of you before. Courtesy of your federal badges, whereas I'm not quite so lucky!"

Casey: "You finished crying yet moron? It's our job to protect you and monitor your location 24/7. If you don't like it, that's too damn bad! We're under orders to maintain your complete protection because of what you're carrying inside your noggin, so suck it up numbnuts!"

Chuck: "Orders can change anytime Casey. You know both of your masters can't wait to throw me into a hole in the ground, or put a bullet through my head! You've also just assaulted an innocent person, that's only involved with me as a good friend! Now if you excuse me, I'm going to check on her to make sure she's okay since neither one of you even bothered to check!"

Casey grabbed him by the throat and drove him back down into the couch, he growled menacingly while tightening his grip.

Casey: "Look here you troublesome geek! You're not going anywhere until you have a chat with the bosses, even then after they say so! You've caused a lot of trouble today..."

Without warning to Casey or even Sarah, Chuck out of desperation did the only thing he could think of to get out of his situation. Chuck closed his eyes feeling the grip tighten before using all of his strength and kicked up with his leg hitting his intended target, Casey instantly released Chuck as he crumpled to the floor in tremendous pain. Sarah was frozen in shock at what happened giving Chuck the chance to run, Casey through clenched teeth told Sarah.

Casey: "Don't just stand there Walker, grab the moron!"

Chuck runs into the door forgetting it's locked allowing Sarah time to close, he unlocked it just in time to meet Hollywood standing to the side of the door. The collision dropped them both to the floor as Sarah dragged Chuck back inside leaving Hollywood outside dazed. After locking the door again, she places Chuck in a hammerlock to immobilize him.

Chuck: "Let go of me Sarah, you're breaking my arm!"

Sarah: "Sorry Chuck, I can't do that. Not until we finish our chat! Now let's go, we're going to straighten this out once and for all. You've got a lot of explaining to do to Beckman and Graham, especially when it comes to your new friends. What the hell's wrong with you? You've never acted like this before towards us, and you're the last person I could ever imagine getting physical with Casey like you just did."

Chuck knew there's no chance to escape a pissed off Sarah Walker. He could always try to smash the back of his head into her face, not only would it be something she wouldn't expect from him until now after witnessing him kicking Casey between the legs in desperation of escape. He also knew that under no circumstances, especially one such as this would he ever strike a woman no matter what. He was stuck until he realized Hollywood's right at the crack under the door and could see Chuck's mouth moving, he leaned closer to hear Chuck whisper.

Chuck: "She's gone mad, please help me Hollywood."

Hollywood gave a nod then stood up and gripped the door with a firm grip, he yanked back with his strength to open the door breaking the lock off, Sarah noticed the breeze as the door opened and saw a huge shadow covering both her and Chuck.

Hollywood: "Ma'am, it's in your best interest to release your hold on Chuck. Otherwise, the consequences will be most severe Agent Walker!"

Chuck and Sarah looked up seeing a well dressed man in a casual business suit flanked by three massive men wearing muscle shirts and sweatpants. They looked down to see Chuck on the ground with a blonde behind him and Hollywood in a crouch, scanning the room they spot Hailey laid out on one of the couches. They knew that something's wrong.

Artman: "Hey Chuck, surprised to see us so soon?"

Chuck: "Actually yes, considering all the stuff we came here to get."

Gambino: "Sorry about that Chuck, we forgot to tell you that we know our way around these kind of stores. The Buy More website has the layout of every store, so you know where every section's located. That especially includes the Home Theatre Room."

Khaos: "How come you and this lady are down on the floor here?"

Sarah was at a crossroads. Either let his arm free, or blow her cover by not releasing him. Once she let him go, he was helped to his feet by Hollywood. Chuck raced over to check on Hailey while keeping their eyes on Sarah.

Chuck: "I had a run in with Hollywood literally, we hit the floor hard and my girlfriend Sarah there was making sure I was okay."

Hollywood retorted sarcastically glaring at Chuck.

Hollywood: "Yeah I'm fine, thanks for asking Chuck."

After revealing who the blonde woman to his friends, they knew she's his CIA handler. Upon a closer inspection, they noticed the bruises on his face and around his throat made obviously by a huge hand. Everyone exchanged looks in front of Sarah, making her very guarded trying to get a read on the threat to her asset. Sarah certainly hated surprises and not knowing who the mystery men were was definitely another surprise. They might be the reason for Chuck's sudden rebelliousness, she can't wait to tear into Chuck later. However, there's another matter at hand as one of them saw the girl on the couch before turning back with his eyes cold as ice. The same pair of eyes when she confronted that girl, Sarah realized this man was about to explode.

David: "Chuck, do you know what happened to Hailey?"

Sarah: "Hailey? That's the name of the girl you're cheating on me with Chuck!"

Hollywood stepped close in hissed in Sarah's ear in a very low menacing voice.

Hollywood: "Hailey's the lady we know you saw accompany Chuck around the store. You know, the one that refused to back down when you and your partner tried to 'snatch and grab' Chuck. By the way, she also kicked your six and would've ripped your shoulder out of socket until your partner knocked her out."

Sarah gasped in shock, apparently this man saw the whole incident where her and Casey both assaulted Chuck along with his new girl. Their covers are blown to these few men, it's time to get the Intersect out of Burbank. Hollywood jerked his thumb to point out David to her.

Hollywood: "You see that man right here that's ready to go Cujo on your six? That girl you assaulted isn't an ordinary civilian, she's an American Naval Aviator and his daughter!"

Sarah felt the shivering chill of fear at the look in his eyes, even the most hardened assassins didn't show this level of coldness. Suddenly, his eyes shifted towards the other couch. Everyone looked to see Casey coming around with an angry look on his face, Sarah immediately helped him to his feet and outside the Home Theatre Room. She knew they had to escape or get flattened by Chuck's new friends, once Casey got the cobwebs cleared and looked back at the room he started to head back that way despite the odds. Sarah latched on to him and explained what she learned, also to save Casey from what would be a massive beating.

Sarah: "Casey, now's not the time to approach Chuck. We're out numbered and those guys know who we are, we need to get out of here immediately."

Casey: "Are you crazy Walker? Bartowski's surrounded by five men and they don't look like some regular Johnny Come Lately's! He needs to be relocated for the safety of this country!"

Sarah: "There's more issues than just Chuck, that girl we encountered isn't a normal civilian. In fact, she's an American Naval Aviator and the guy that's being held back from striking us down is her father. I don't know who he is Casey, but his eyes tell me there's more to him instead of just being an over-protective father. Beckman and Graham need to be told."

Casey reluctantly let Sarah lead him away towards the exits while David followed them with his eyes, a couple of the Buy Morians started to gather around the area out of curiousity wondering what's going on. David noticed the crowd and quickly issued orders.

David: "Chuck, can you please get Hailey some ice? She needs it to help reduce any swelling from any bumps she's taken. Hollywood, we need to secure the perimeter here and distract the bystanders. We don't need to the added distractions."

Hollywood: "You got it Boss."

Hollywood and the others navigated the Buy Morians away from the scene as a cover to purchase some items. Chuck returned inside the room to check on Hailey, he sat down next to where she's laying on the sofa. David took the bag of ice and carefully pressed it to her head, Chuck gently placed his hands on her cheeks to help keep her still. He felt her lean into his touch and taking a deep breath before murmuring his name in a long sleepy drawl.

Hailey: "Mmm...Chuuuuuck..."

Chuck: "I'm still here sweetheart, are you okay?"

Hailey heard his voice and became more alert, she slowly opened her eyes to blink away the cobwebs until her vision was clear enough to see his face with the worry in his eyes. She used his hands to help sit up before wrapping her arms around his neck, holding him in place cheek-to-cheek as he slowly rubbed circles on her back.

Hailey: "Oh Chuck, I was so worried about you. I saw those two were trying to force you away somewhere, I did my best to prevent them from abducting you."

Chuck: "I'm still here. I was more worried about you after seeing Casey knock you out, thank goodness we didn't come here alone. If Hollywood didn't prevent Sarah from taking me away, I hate to think what could've happened. They probably would've thrown me into an underground bunker and probably isolated you in some kind of holding cell."

David: "If they did any of that, your handlers and their bosses would be facing the wrath of more than just me and the rest of our friends. They would also incur the wrath of my boss, he's definitely not someone those two want to mess with. Especially if they want to remain above ground, and continue to be the pride of their organizations. We need to visit Chuck's family to share the news I uncovered in regards to Stanford, but we can abort that mission if you want to given what's happened."

Hailey: "Chuck needs to see his family and I know you well enough to know, the news you want to share is something that can't stay on the back burner any longer. If it's that important to Chuck, then it's equally important to me. Besides, it's gonna take more than a little bump on the head from an ape to miss something of this magnitude to Chuck. I'm your daughter after all, which means I'm just as hard-headed and stubborn plus I have Mom's fiesty attitude."

David: "That's what I was afraid of, but we're gonna let Chuck's sister at least check you over before we leave there. No arguments young lady, consider it a direct order."

Hailey nodded reluctantly in agreement, since she had no choice on two accounts. Not only was he her father, but because of her career it made him one of her superior officers. It's a rare moment like this she wished for a different career in life, she quickly banished that thought from her mind. She loved her family dearly and was blessed to have a fantastic career at this point, but a special added bonus was meeting and loving one Chuck Bartowski.

ECHO PARK / LOS ANGELES, CA

Casey and Sarah were inside Casey's apartment to give Beckman and Graham the latest update briefing, they knew things were about to get messy. After replaying the surveillance footage from the Buy More security cameras, they immediately grew concerned at the strategic placement of everyone involved with Chuck's new friends when they entered the store all the way to the Home Theatre incident when all of them converged to prevent Chuck's removal.

Beckman: "Agents, have you been able to regain control of the asset since our last briefing?"

Casey: "Not exactly ma'am, we've encountered a major problem. I've attained the footage from the Buy More, it appears the asset's aligned himself with some very dangerous people. They had every angle covered in case we captured Bartowski. We under estimated this threat and it cost us, we managed to separate the asset from his companion when he went to the break room at that time. Once we captured him, we'd have him detained in the Home Theatre room until you decided what to do with him as we've planned out. Unfortunately, the plan was thwarted when his lady friend confronted us."

They showed the footage of the entire time during the briefing in a smaller window. Watching the way Hailey controlled the fight against Sarah until Casey delivered the punted to the side of Hailey's head to gain control, watching the footage again of her humiliating defeat had further infuriated Sarah as Graham and Beckman couldn't contain their surprise.

Graham: "Agent Walker, I'm completely shocked at the ease of which this woman had beaten you. The techniques she used isn't something we teach, it's obvious that she's well trained."

Sarah: "Yes sir, she most certainly is. You can also see the asset had taken out Agent Casey."

Beckman: "Stop right there Agent Walker, did you say the asset had taken down Major Casey?"

Casey: "I wouldn't really say he took me out, it's more like he tried making me a choir boy again with a higher voice pitch."

Graham: "I can't believe it Casey, you got kicked in the groin by Bartowski? Obviously, you're hurting in more areas than just the family jewels."

Sarah: "I managed to capture the asset after a collision with one of the threats. By that time their reinforcements arrived before I could escape with the asset, I also came across a vital piece of information. Bartowski's female companion's a fighter pilot with the Navy, it gets worse from there I'm afraid. The man in the suit you see poised to strike after we retreated from the room, is her father. I saw the look in his eyes, and it sent chills down my spine. It's obvious that if I didn't get Casey away, he probably could've killed him and possibly me."

The picture zoomed in on David's profile. Beckman doesn't look impressed as usual, but Graham's another story. After putting on his glasses to get a good look, he looked spooked.

Graham: "It can't be him, it just can't be."

He slowly removed them to sit back down on the corner of Beckman's desk, his face looked like he'd seen a nightmare or a ghost. Casey and Sarah exchanged looks, a scared Graham was indeed extremely bad news. Who were these people their asset come across to scare the Director of the CIA? Beckman looked up at Graham and snarled.

Beckman: "Graham, what's the matter with you! This man's nobody to be concerned with, just an over-protective father and Agent Walker is just imagining things! We need to find the Intersect and relocate him to an underground bunker, this has gone on far too long! Bartowski's a threat to national security now, it's time to plug this leak!"

Graham: "Diane, you're very sadly mistaken. Agent Walker's assessment is spot-on, I can easily back up her story on what she saw. The man she saved Agent Casey from, and yes Casey she did indeed save your life no matter what you think. Not only did he receive training as a Sniper by a legendary retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, he's been on numerous operations with Force Recon and Navy SEALS, a decorated fighter pilot for the Navy, also ran several operations for the CIA. He'd been a Field Agent without any of our training, he's that good. Have you ever heard of a CIA legend called 'Ghost'? From the reports I read, this man right here is the most dangerous man in our possession and he's on our side. If you pissed him off, like what you said Sarah. You better grab Bartowski, get on the first flight out of there, and disappear into the darkest hole you can find. Otherwise, you two will become stars on the wall once he finds you."

Casey: "What's his name sir? I tried to run his picture through every known database in our government and there's no trace at all, it's like he doesn't exist. If it did, we obviously don't have high enough clearance for it."

Graham: "His name is one you will never forget, it's..."

The line was disconnected which came to a surprise to Casey and Sarah, they watched the monitor the entire time and Beckman's finger never came close to the button to end things. Casey tried to bring back the conference and had no luck, the signal feed was dead. The screen turned back on showing an old 80's video when a catchy tune starts playing, then words are seen scrolling across the bottom of the screen "I always feel like, somebody's watching me" over and over when the song lyric comes back around. Sarah immediately turned off the whole system before Casey did anything drastic, such as shooting the screen.

Casey: "It's obvious that someone's playing games with us, if they can jam our communications and tap into our system to taunt us. We might've bitten off more than we chew, we've got to get Bartowksi out of here and into lockdown."

Sarah: "You know Chuck won't come quietly, especially if it means he won't possibly see Ellie ever again. It's going to be a small price to pay, but this national security threat is very real."