This is going to be mostly a bonding chapter (not bondage! You sickos, although I brought it up).
If you have a cool name to call the team, let me know in a review and I may use it.
I do not own Chuck.
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All six members of the team are having a conference with Beckman two days later. "We apprehended Gaerhart and he is singing like a canary," Beckman explains. The whole team is smiling and giddy. "We've already arrested twelve NSA members and more are being arrested. Great job team and this is the largest cleansing of a government agency in history."
"Just doing our job, ma'am," Casey says while stifling a smirk of accomplishment.
"This is cigar worthy," Bryce jokes with Casey.
"I think more than just a cigar," Chuck snidely jokes and him and Sarah start laughing loudly. Casey gives them a death stare and they bite their lips trying to contain their laughter.
"Is there something humorous about Insignia's treachery within the government's agencies?" Beckman asks coldly. The desired effect works and everyone stands at attention quietly.
"No ma'am," Casey says, giving Sarah a quick glance that says I'm going to kill you for telling the nerd.
Beckman's lips start to curl into a smile. "Take a couple days off. You all deserve it but I expect you to be back here in three days."
"Yes General," they all nod there heads and the feed ends. Casey goes straight back to giving his death stare to both Chuck and Sarah.
"Okay," Carina has had enough of this, "what is going on between you three?"
"Casey just really knows how to celebrate," Chuck replies lightheartedly.
"Shut up," Sarah hits Chuck playfully.
"Or I'll cut off your manhood and feed it to a prisoner," Casey threatens. Chuck gulps loudly and lets it go.
"Oh, you mean this?" Sarah jokingly cups Chuck's private area.
"You're touching my crotch. You're touching my crotch," Chuck stammers awkwardly. She smiles at him as she removes her hand. Bryce, Carina, and Morgan all look in confusion at what is happening.
"Who do I have to handcuff first? Sarah? Chuck?" Carina scoffs, "Casey?" She smiles devilishly because she is fed up with being left out.
"What are we supposed to do for a few days?" Morgan asks harmlessly.
"I can think of something," Sarah seductively says, getting closer to Chuck.
"Not a bad idea," Chuck jokes, holding Sarah to him. Everyone rolls their eyes.
"I'm serious!" Morgan bellows.
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They all decided to take it easy, relax and rest up. Carina and Sarah went on a girl's night out with Ellie. "It's not nice to play with Morgan like that. He's a good guy and doesn't deserve what you are doing to him," Sarah explains annoyingly to Carina.
"I'm not screwing with him," Carina explains seriously. "I told him I didn't like him but hinted that he'll find someone. I'm not a heartless bitch."
"So… how's my baby bro?" Ellie appears with three drinks, shrugging off hearing the last few words of Carina's comment.
"Better than ever," Sarah smiles.
"Yea he is," Carina seductively explains, confusing Ellie.
"He's not with both of you, is he?" Ellie asks.
"No. Carina here just likes to joke around," Sarah says, staring Carina down. "Plus, she's with Morgan."
"Chuck's best friend; little bearded man, Morgan Guillermo Grimes?" Ellie asks in disbelief before Carina can deny it.
"Yea," Sarah happily answers, again Carina doesn't get a chance to deny the accusation.
"The guy who took my pillow to his junior prom?" Ellie is still in disbelief.
"He did?" Sarah laughs. Carina joins in, imagining the scene.
"Yea," Ellie chuckles with them.
"I'm not with Morgan!" Carina clarifies. "Anyways, what I want to know is how you could settle down," Carina asks Sarah, changing the subject.
"When you find someone you love as much as I love Chuck, you'll settle down," Sarah happily assures Carina. Ellie's heart turns to mush hearing that and hugs Sarah.
"When I fall in love, that'll be the end of the world," Carina jokes. "No! Once Casey falls in love, then the world will end," Carina jokes and Ellie laughs but Sarah laughs lightly, having something about him nagging her constantly. Carina reads Sarah and can tell she is not laughing genuinely.
"Are you in love with Casey?" Carina slyly jokes. "Ditching the nerd for the military grunt?"
"No!" Sarah quickly discredits Carina's questions. "I love Chuck." Ellie gushes slightly at hearing this.
"I'm just joking," Carina says.
"How's Awe—Devon?" Sarah asks, changing the subject.
Ellie giggles at the slip up of calling Devon Awesome. "He's awesome," Ellie jokes, going along with the pun. "He is great. He's slowly easing up on the dangerous, life-threatening extreme sports."
"I'm sure it's not as dangerous as being a spy," Carina remarks happily.
"Probably not but if I ever want to have a family, I can't let him die on me," Ellie explains.
"Oh my god! You're not pregnant, are you?" Sarah's eyes widen and glance at Ellie's stomach, thinking about the foreshadowing comment.
"No I'm not," Ellie laughably denies the accusation. "But hopefully one day I will. I know Chuck's going to want kids," Ellie nudges Sarah playfully. Sarah freezes up and she averts her gaze. Carina notices and speaks up.
"We're spies, Ellie," Carina sincerely says. "It is hard enough to have a relationship. We just aren't known for setting roots."
"I understand," Ellie apologizes to Sarah. "I'm sorry, I didn't think."
"It's alright," Sarah sheepishly smiles. "It's just a new concept to me. I really do love Chuck. It just freaks me out thinking about kids."
"I won't force you guys because I know how much Chuck loves you," Ellie smiles happily dropping the conversation, "You girls wanna dance?"
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The next day, Sarah heads to the shooting range to relax and fire some guns. This is her normal way to relax as a spy. She walks in, hearing gun shots and sees Casey already there shooting. "Hey Casey," she sincerely greets him.
"Walker," he acknowledges her before continuing to fire. She grabs her trusty handgun and loads it. She places a target up and starts shooting. After a few rounds, Sarah feels competitive.
"Wanna have a competition?" She asks harmlessly.
"You do know I was one of the top marksmen in the world, right?"
"I know, but I think I could beat you," she challenges him.
"Alright," he smirks as they both reload their pistols and wet up a new target. "Forty feet."
"Feeling dicey, huh?" She smirks as she reels the target out and gets ready. "Top score wins."
After the first round, Sarah scored an eighty six. Casey scored a ninety four. "I'm just a bit rusty, that's all," she smirks as they get ready for the next round.
"Are you sure it's not the nerd getting to you?" He jokes, knowing it will annoy her.
"Shut up and shoot," she aims at the target and starts to fire. Casey grunts in satisfaction because he loves a woman who kicks ass and takes no shit. After the second round, the score is ninety two to ninety in Sarah's favor.
"I told you," she smiles as Casey starts to get competitive.
"Last round wins," he declares as he sets up another target. He sets it back to fifty feet and grins. "Lets see how you fair with the big boys. Fifty feet."
"Humph," she grins as she sets the target up. The last round consists of glances to each other and electric filling the air. Both of them are on their last bullet and Sarah smirks as Casey wipes a drop of sweat from his forehead. "Getting a workout?" She jokes as Casey grunts and stares straight at her. His eyes focus on her and he aims with one hand and smiles. "There is no way you're gonna hit the target like that," she laughs as she watches his aim carefully. His smile deepens and he fires the bullet.
Sarah watches the bullet clip the bull's-eye and she looks at him surprised. "Damn! Almost a dead-on bull's-eye." She feels the tension as she has one last bullet and decides to do the same. She aims with one hand and lines her shot up before looking at Casey.
"They don't teach you that in the CIA," he jokes as she fires the gun. The bullet clips the edge of the target and she exhales angrily. "Good try. Lets see who won." After they tallied the scores, Sarah lost by two points with a ninety. She curses under her breath. "Don't worry Walker, that was the most challenge I've ever gotten." She starts to smile for at least making it difficult for him. "I'm just too good," he boasts and she hits him playfully.
"That was fun. I'll beat you next time," she smiles as they walk out. Something is still nagging her. "You really had a wife?"
"Yea," he answers, not knowing where she is going with it.
"What happened to her?"
"I left her for the country."
"So is she still alive?"
"Yea, but she thinks I'm dead."
"Why don't you tell her you're alive?"
"She went to my funeral and mourned my loss. How would you feel if Chuck died?" Casey asks seriously and Sarah's heart skips a beat. She wouldn't be able to live anymore.
"Horrible," she mumbles in depression, "but you're not dead!"
"It's safer this way, Walker." Casey is starting to get annoyed and Sarah knows it but she persists on Casey finding someone.
"I think she would want her husband back."
"She's probably moved on by now. Why do you care so much?"
"It just surprises me that you were once a husband."
"Why is that so hard to believe? I'm not a bad looking guy and I can support a family."
"You got that last part right," she jokes, thinking about his toughness and means to do anything possible for their safety.
"That was part of my old life. We all have to make decisions and I chose the country over a family."
"I still think you should check up on her. Just see how she is faring. What's her name? I'll check for you."
"I am not intruding in her life. She has probably already found someone else who will actually be there for her."
"You don't know that. I think it would help to at least know how she is."
"If I tell you her name, will you end this conversation?"
"Yea. Casey, you deserve this."
"Kathleen McHugh."
"Good talk and I'm sure she misses you."
"Whatever," Casey mumbles in a grunt.
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Sarah searches the government databases for a Kathleen McHugh. It comes up with three identities. One is from Wisconsin, one is from England, and the other is from Encino. She checks the one closest to them, which is the one in Encino.
She checks the records and shows a marital record of her being with an Alex Coburn. She looks at the picture of him and it resembles Casey. She thinks that Casey must have originally been Alex Coburn, but she'll ask him later.
She searches deeper into Kathleen and sees that she has a daughter who was born just a few months after the death of Alex Coburn. Her eyes widen as she puts the pieces together. "Casey has a daughter!" She says out loud. She finds out that Kathleen hasn't remarried and lives with her one daughter.
She debates on telling everyone else or telling Casey first. She also thinks that maybe she should tell Kathleen that he isn't dead. She thinks hard about it.
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Sarah needs to confront Casey about this. She knows he has his occasional 'booty calls' but he could actually find love. He definitely deserves it after everything he has done for Chuck and her. She knocks on his door and waits. He answers it with confusion on his face. "Now what, Walker?"
"I need to tell you this," she focuses on making eye contact. "I searched your wife—"
"I told you I didn't want to be part of her life anymore."
"I know but I found out something you might want to know." Sarah insists and Casey grunts in annoyance. "You have a daughter."
"That's crap!" He spats at her.
"I checked! Her name is Alexandra McHugh. You used to be Alex Coburn—"
"Don't say that name!"
"That is your real name."
"Not anymore!" He is starting to get frustrated.
"Casey, I'm trying to help you. You have a daughter and if you don't want to be in Kathleen's life, at least be there for your kid."
"Goodbye Walker," Casey leads her to the door slightly forcibly.
"You should tell her!" Sarah hollers as she gets pushed out the door and the door closes.
Casey, now alone, thrashes about thinking about the conversation that is fresh in his mind. "I have a daughter?" He asks himself. Kathleen must have been pregnant when he faked his death. He feels sorry that he left her all alone during the whole pregnancy and mothering of the child. He just needs to shrug it off and forget about it with some amber liquid. "I think this calls for the Blue label," he mumbles as he grabs a bottle of the most expensive whiskey he owns. This doesn't change anything to him. He is still a spy and she still thinks he's dead. If they survived for this long, then he is not needed.
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Sarah really wants Casey to find happiness in his life. How could he not want to see his daughter? She decides to go into action and calls Carina to meet at a coffee shop.
Carina arrives and sits across from Sarah. "Is that what I am to you? Just a coffee date?" Carina jokes.
"This is serious," Sarah says.
"What do you need?"
"I found out that Casey has a daughter."
"What? You're kidding."
"No, I'm serious. I just found out yesterday."
"Wow… Johnny has a kid. Does he know?"
"Yea but he doesn't want to see her."
"So why are you telling me this?"
"I know he needs a friend in this and you are quite persuasive," Sarah grins. "In all seriousness, I think you could force him to at least meet his daughter and ex-wife."
"Wait! He was married too?"
"Yea, he left all that behind when he became a spy."
"That must have been really hard on him. I'll talk with him."
"Thanks Carina."
/
Carina knocks on Casey's door an hour later. He answers the door and rolls his eyes. "Walker told you, huh?"
"You have to at least acknowledge her," Carina sincerely explains.
"That was an old life; skeletons in my closet."
"We all have skeletons but how many are actually still alive? We're going there and you're meeting your daughter and ex-wife."
"They think I'm dead. How do you think they'll react?"
"I don't know but we won't find out until we go there," she tugs on his arm and he resists.
"I haven't been a part of their lives and am not going to force my way in."
"Please, John," she pleads in a hush tone after exhausting her previous try, "I want to see you happy."
"She's going to hate me."
"You don't know that. Dress nice and we'll go in thirty minutes," she demands as she heads out the door. "I'll be with you the whole time."
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Carina arrives back at Casey's apartment thirty five minutes later. She is wearing a nice summer dress that is more conservative than usual for her, but she doesn't want to come off as a cheap floozy or anything to Casey's family. Casey opens the door wearing a fancy polo and some slacks.
"You look great John," Carina compliments as she hugs him and pulls him out the door. Casey awkwardly follows suit. He has been in plenty of wars, been shot plenty of times, survived torture, but this just scares the hell out of him.
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Carina and Casey are standing outside Kathleen's house. Casey is nervous and Carina knows it. She has never seen a vulnerable John Casey before but she likes it. She is more attracted to him than ever before. "You got this," she cheers him on with a peck on the cheek as they walk up to the door.
"She is going to hate me," Casey comments, not wanting to do this.
"I find that hard to believe," she hugs Casey's arm tightly and she knocks on the door. The wait is intolerable and feels like it will never end until the door opens thirty seconds later.
Kathleen is standing there, looking at him in confusion. There is something familiar about him, but she cannot put her finger on it. "Do I know you?" She asks cautiously, not wanting total strangers in her house.
"Yes, but it would be better if we can talk to you inside," Casey explains while imagining Chuck telling him Man up, nerd. He scolds himself for thinking of Chuck actually insulting him about feelings.
"Alright," Kathleen says as she leads them into the living area. "Would you like anything to drink?"
"No thank you," Carina responds as they all sit down.
"So, how do I know you?" Kathleen asks cautiously.
"This is not easy to say, but I am Alex Coburn," Casey says hesitantly.
"What? That's impossible. He died defending this country," Kathleen is in disbelief.
"I didn't die. I had to fake my death to protect this nation," he explains.
"Alex was a patriot!"
"He is a patriot," Carina sincerely says. "He made an impossible decision protect millions over just his family."
"I don't expect you to forgive me. If I knew I had a daughter, I wouldn't have left you," Casey explains sadly.
"How do you know about Alex?" Kathleen asks in surprise.
"I am a government agent but cannot tell you anymore. I just want to make sure my—our daughter is doing well."
"This is insane," Kathleen is in awe, but doesn't know if she should be angry or sorrowful.
"Hey mom!" Someone yells from the front door. They all hear the door close and see a young, pretty brunette walk into the living area. "Oh, company. Hello, I'm Alex."
"I'm Carina and this is John." Carina and Casey look at her. Casey's eyes widen slightly as he studies his daughter.
"Nice to meet you. Mom, you look like you've seen a ghost," Alex has no idea that Casey is her father.
"That's because I am looking at one," Kathleen could barely speak now. Alex is totally confused by this.
"How does my mom know you both?" Alex asks, wondering what has her mom so spooked.
"There is no easy way to say this, but John here," Carina exhales loudly, "is your father."
"What? John? His name was Alex! My father died a military hero!"
"I faked my death to protect this nation, but if I knew your mother was carrying you, I would have never left."
"What is going on?" Alex is angry and confused.
"A blast from the past?" Carina tries to lighten the mood.
"This is crazy," Alex sits and studies Casey. "Why haven't you come back before?"
"I didn't know about you and I didn't want to intrude because my job is not easy to have a relationship." He cringes at that last word.
"So, you're like a secret agent?"
"I cannot legally tell you, but something along those lines."
"So, why did you come back now?" Alex is now intrigued.
"I didn't know about you until a couple days ago. I want to make sure you know that I am here for you now."
"A little late, but better than nothing."
"I don't expect you to tell me all about your life; I don't even expect you to forgive me. I just want you to know you have a father," Casey explains sincerely and Carina slides closer to Casey to comfort him.
"So are you a spy too?" Alex asks Carina.
"Me?" Carina laughs. "I'm just his lover." Everyone's eyes widen at the joke. "I'm kidding, we're just partners."
"I think we need some time to let this soak in," Alex says, holding her mother who is still in fright.
"I understand," Casey and Carina stand up. "Here is my number if you ever need any help or want to just talk," Casey places a business card on the table and walks out silently with Carina.
"That wasn't so bad," Carina comforts him.
"I'm going to kill Walker for this," Casey grumbles.
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I don't think Chuck was in this chapter at all. Wow! I know there was no action in this but I hope that doesn't discourage anyone. I'm just trying to get all the characters into the story, because hopefully this will be one of those long ones that gets over 300 reviews (hopefully).
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If you have a cool name to call the team, let me know in a review and I may use it.
I thought of something nasty and unfair. I will update every ten reviews for now on. Muyhahahaha! maybe…