A/N: So here is chapter 10. This is the longest story I've written so far and I'm very proud of it. I really hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Chuck or it'd still be on the air.
Sam awoke to the sun shining in his eyes and the event of last night came flooding back to his mind. He had been contacted by some unknown person saying they needed his help. They also said they had been watching him for awhile which was really starting to creep him out. Not entirely sure what to do, Sam got up and ready for the day, thinking it over. It was probably a good idea to tell his parents or at least his dad. This sounded like something up their alley.
Walking downstairs he found his parents sitting in the kitchen, eating breakfast together. As he walked in Sarah looked up and smiled at him. "Good morning Sam. How's you sleep sweetie?" she asked.
Upon seeing the concerned look on Sam's face Sarah perked up, intent upon finding out what was wrong with her son. "What's wrong Sam?" as soon as Chuck hears her question he too perks up, wanting to know what was bothering Sam.
"Well, so last night I was on my computer just messing around when all of the sudden it froze and some messages popped up." Sam said sheepishly. Sarah's face instantly became serious and Chuck froze. "What kind of messages Sam?" Sarah asked, although she's pretty sure she knows the answer to her question.
"Well they knew my name and said that they needed my help." Sam was getting really concerned now, by the way his parents were acting. "Did they say anything else?" Chuck asked, breaking out of his thoughts. Sam turned his head towards Chuck, hoping his dad could help him. He was really concerned now, almost fearful. "Well they said that they had been watching me for awhile and that they would be contacting me soon. I asked who it was and they said that wasn't important."
"Why didn't you come to us last night Sam?" Sarah said, a bit of anger in her tone. How could Sam ignore something as crucial as this? "I don't know, I was in shock I guess. I wasn't sure if it was too much of a concern. I mean it could have just been a prank." Sam felt like an idiot now.
"Look at who your family is Sam. What have you been learning to do these past few weeks? Do you really think this is just a prank." Chuck was the one getting angry now. "I'm sorry dad. I guess I wasn't thinking." Sam said with his head hung. "Go grab your computer and bring it down here." Chuck said in a softer tone. He didn't want Sam to think this was his fault.
Sam ran upstairs and grabbed his computer and brought it back down to Chuck. "Here, and I'm sorry dad. I didn't mean to hide anything from you. I just didn't know what to do." Chuck looked up at Sam's sad face and instantly felt bad. "It's okay buddy. This is just one of those things you'll have to learn if you want to be a spy." Chuck said before turning to the laptop and booting it up. He went into safety mode and started working his computer magic.
Sam sat down next to Chuck, watching intently as his dad went through all the coding on his computer. He was in awe of what his father could do. Sarah came around, putting her hand on Chuck's shoulder and looked at the screen. "Anything?" She asked, hoping Chuck could figure out who was contacting their son.
"Not yet. Whomever was behind this really knows how to cover their tracks. I'll have to take this to the office and see if I can't use my programs there to find out." Chuck said as he returned the computer to its normal screen. "This is serious then. This person really means business if they're covering their tracks this much. Sam I want you to keep an extra eye out from now on. If someone really is watching you, you need to be extra alert. Use everything I've taught you thus far." Sarah said, with concern etched all over her face.
"Absolutely mom. What do you thinks going to happen though?" Sam asked, also concerned. "We don't know Sam, but whomever this is, knows you've been training with your mom and must want to use you somehow. Whether that would be to hurt your mom and I or to try and recruit you, I'm not sure. Either way, we aren't going to let that happen. I'll get to the bottom of this Sam, I promise." Chuck said, standing up and putting Sam's computer in his bag.
"I'm going to take this for now but once I get to the bottom of it you can have it back." he said looking at Sam. "Ya no problem dad. Do what you do best." Sam said with a smile. "Well I better go get ready for school." he said as he turned and left the kitchen.
Sarah turned to Chuck and gave him a look that said what are we going to do? She was clearly concerned for her son and her family. If someone really was after them, she had a lot on her plate now to keep them all safe. Being nearly 50 years old didn't help either. "I'm going to get to the bottom of this I promise Sarah." Chuck said as he took her in his arms and kissed her head. Sarah wrapped her arms around Chuck and squeezed tight. This always helped her feel better, being close to Chuck.
They stayed like this for a few minutes before Sarah pulled away. "You better get going. And I have to take Molly to the dentist. She has a routine checkup appointment. I'll have Sam take Steven to school when he leaves." Sarah said after planting a kiss on Chuck's lips.
"Okay. I'll call you when I find something. " Chuck said, grabbing his bag and heading towards the garage. Sarah made her way upstairs, checking on the status of her children. She walked into Sam's room first. He was packing his school bag up when she knocked. He turned around and faced her, smiling. "Hey mom, what's up?"
"I have to take Molly to the dentist today so I need you to take Steven to school on your way."
"Ya that's fine. I better leave now then. Do you know if he's ready?" Sam asked. "I don't. Yours is the first room I came to."
"Okay, I'll go check on him." Sam said, walking up to Sarah and giving her a kiss on the cheek. Sarah pulls Sam into a hug, which he responds to willingly. "Thank you Sam. And please be careful." Sam smiles at his mother's concern. She really is an amazing mother. "Don't worry mom, I promise I will. I learned from the best remember." he says with a wink. She smiles at him and he walks out of the room.
"Hey twerp, you ready yet?" Sam yells down the hall at his brother. "Sam!" Sarah yells after him. He looks back, chuckles and walks into his brothers room. Sarah chuckles as well, knowing Sam was only joking. Next she makes her way into Molly's room, knocking on the door. "Come in." Molly responds.
"Hey sweetie, are you about ready?" Sarah asks, sitting down on the bed. "Almost. I have to pack my bag and then we can leave." Molly says with a smile. Once Molly's ready the two girls head downstairs where Sarah says goodbye to her other three children and they all head off to their respective locations.
"Hey mom?" Molly asks, breaking the silence in the car. "Yes?" Sarah responds, glancing over at her daughter. "Is Sam in trouble?"
"Why would you think that?"
"Well I heard dad yelling at him today and dad never yells." Molly said with concern in her voice. Sarah's heart warms at Molly's concern for her brother. "No he's not in trouble. It was just something computer related that your dad has to fix now and he got a little upset but they're fine. I promise." Sarah says, reassuring Molly.
"Okay good." Molly says with a smile. She looked up to her oldest brother and she admired him immensely. She would hate if he was in trouble again. The two girls chat a little more before making it to the dentist.
Meanwhile back at CI, Chuck's spy business turned cyber, Chuck was just setting up the laptop to see if he could figure out who contacted his son. He booted it up and as soon as he did it froze. "What the hell?" Chuck said, confused as he couldn't get the computer to unfreeze. All of the sudden words popped up on the screen.
Hello Chuck
Panic starts to rise up before Chuck shuts it down, bringing his spy training to the forefront. Typing back a response is his first step.
And who might you be?
While waiting for a reply Chuck attaches cords that are hooked to a separate PC with Chuck's cyber terrorist software on it. He's intent upon figuring out who this is.
You'll never figure out who this is Chuck.
He ignores the comment and starts typing on his PC, gaining access to the laptop. He gets in but then his PC freezes as well. Frustrated Chuck types another response.
What do you want from me.
Like I told your Son, I need his help and you're going to make sure that happens.
Chuck unplugs the cords attached to the laptop and reattaches them, managing to get in and start digging around. Chuck is the piranha after all and nobody can stop him. As Chuck is sifting through the laptop he manages to type another response.
Like hell I am! I'll figure out who you are then I'm coming after you.
Chuck hit enter and managed to unfreeze the laptop, his fingers immediately flying over keys, hell bent on uncovering who did this. Just as he was about there the computer shuts off. Chuck slams his fists down on the table in anger. He was almost there.
Booting the computer back up, Chuck goes to work looking it through but finds that it has been wiped clean of any trace. He slams in shut and walks out of his office, dialing Sarah's number along the way.
Sarah is sitting in the dentist's main office when her phone goes off. Noticing it's Chuck she smiles before picking up. "Hey baby, what's up? Did you find anything?"
"No but I got close. While I was just about to start the person messaged me, saying I was to make sure Sam helped them. They also said I'll never figure out who they are. Then they locked me out at first but I eventually got in. Unfortunately once I did they managed to shut the computer down, wiping all traces as well. I'm no closer to finding them now." Sarah could hear the frustration in his voice.
"So what now Chuck?" Sarah said, looking over at Molly who was staring at her intently. "I don't know. I think we should keep a tighter eye on Sam though. Sounds like this person is going after him." As soon as those words come out of Chuck's mouth Sarah begins to panic slightly. Her baby's being targeted and it's all her fault. If she hadn't let Sam train to be a spy, or if she herself hadn't become one, this wouldn't be an issue right now.
Chuck knew my Sarah's silence what she was thinking. "Sarah stop. I know you think this is your fault but it's not. By training him, you've given him better skills to defend himself if anything should happen."
"Okay Chuck. Well how about you call Sam and tell him what's going on with his computer and I'll call you once Molly and I are done with her appointment. We're being called in now." Sarah says, trying to downplay the seriousness of the situation because Molly was listening.
"Okay we'll talk later. Love you Sarah."
"Love you too Chuck, bye." Sarah said, getting up, and heading into the dentist's office with Molly
Sam was sitting in class when he got a text from his dad.
We need to talk, now.
Slightly concerned, Sam got up and told the teacher he needed to use the restroom before heading out into the hall and calling his dad. Chuck picked up on the second ring.
"So I looked at your computer and couldn't figure out who contacted you. They actually contacted me in the process, saying I had to make sure you helped them, before they wiped the computer clean so I couldn't' track them. This person is good, whomever they are."
"Okay so what does this mean dad?" Sam was really worried now. They had outplayed his dad. This was serious.
"I think you should go home now. I don't want you by yourself and vulnerable. Your mom will be home once Molly's appointment is done and I'll be home a bit later. I'm going to go see Uncle Casey, see if he can't help me figure this out."
"I'm going to need you to call the school and check me out. Then I'll head straight home." Sam said while he paced back and forth in the hallway.
"Okay I'll call. And be safe Sam. I'll see you in a few hours." with that Chuck hung up so Sam headed back into the classroom, waiting to be checked out. 5 minutes later he was told he was checked out and promptly left, heading home quickly.
By the time Sam got home Sarah was there waiting for him. Once he walked into the house Sarah enveloped him in a giant hug. "Don't worry Sam, your dad and I will figure this out. We're the best of the best. We've got this." Sarah was saying this more to herself than to Sam, but it worked both ways.
"Where's Molly?" Sam asked once they broke the hug. "I dropped her off at school. I didn't want her knowing about any of this. She's too young." Sarah said as they made their way over to the table and sat down. Just as Sarah sat down her phone rang again. It was Chuck.
"Hey honey." Sarah said calmly.
"I talked to Casey and he said for you guys to go over to his house and we'll strategize and get this handled. I have some things to go over here and I'll meet you both there later." Chuck said really fast.
"Okay Chuck. What about our other 3 children?" Sarah really didn't want them knowing something was wrong. No need to worry them.
"I told my mother and she agreed to pick them up from school and take them to her house, as sort of a grandma's day type thing, keeping them distracted."
"Great, alright Sam and I will head over to Casey's now." Sarah said, getting up and grabbing her keys. Sam followed her out to the garage and into the car.
"You guys be safe, and I'll see you in a few."
"We will Chuck. I love you." Sarah said while starting the engine.
"Love you too baby, bye." Chuck said as he hung up.
Sarah and Sam made their way over to Casey's mostly in silence. Sam was the first to break it. "Everything's going to be okay right mom?" Sarah could tell by his tone that he was really worried. She had experience dealing with stressful situations like this before but Sam hadn't. But if he wanted to be a spy he needed to learn. "We'll do our best Sam. I need you to keep a level head though. Remember everything that I've taught you." Sarah said, adding seriousness to her tone, letting Sam know he needed to really listen.
"Okay mom I will." Sam looked over just in time to see a van barreling straight for them. "Mom watch out!" he said, but it was too late. The van t-boned into them, sending the car flying off the road, knocking Sarah and Sam out in the process. Two thugs got out of the van and walked over to the car, pulling both passengers out. As they were being dragged towards the van Sarah came to for a minute. Her last view before she blacked out again was Sam's limp body being thrown into the back of a van.
Sorry I couldn't resist another cliffhanger. I just love suspense. Now things are heating up. Will Chuck find out in time? Where are Sam and Sarah being taken? Tune in next time to find out;)