Chuck vs. The Shake Up
Well, here's another chapater folks. There's going to be alot more intense action in this particular chappy. There is a charah moment within this chapter and be ready for a surprise that the team did not see coming. Anyways, happy reading and please review to give me your own thoughts on what you think. Feedback is welcomed.
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An Interesting Turn Of Events
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32,000 Ft. In The Air - Bird of Prey
Over Gulf of Mexico
Monday 7:30 p.m.
When it comes to the members of Team Chuck, they have withstood getting shot at, blown up, being kidnapped, suffering amnesia, and so much more. Yet, the one thing they couldn't always withstand is keeping their eyes open during a long flight to a mission. Since Casey is an experienced pilot he doesn't have the option to get some shut eye but when it comes to the rest of the team they do.
As he is busy piloting the plan, Shaw is asleep with his head buried in his arms on the paper filled table whereas Travis is knocked out leaning comfortably back in chair knocked out mouth open and snoring. For Chuck, he is where he should be as he is sitting asleep closely next to his wife with her left arm around interlocked with his left and her head resting on his right shoulder.
After a few moments the plane suffers a bit of turbulence causing the accountants within the cabin of the plane to shake. Shaw, Travis, and Sarah remain asleep but Chuck is stirred in his sleep to the point where he slowly opens his eyes awakening from his slumber. He is a bit disoriented at first experiencing a haze in which a person doesn't have any idea where they are for a few seconds and then begins to regain their mental bearings.
Once he fully regains his bearings he focuses on the first person he sees and that is Travis sitting passed out a few feet away from him. From his vantage point, his friend and fellow teammate is snoring with his mouth open. To him, he's truly amused at the sight so much so he reaches for his phone sitting on the table in front of him making sure he doesn't disturb Sarah and takes a photo on his iPhone for not only posterity reasons, but also for a laugh as well.
He puts his phone back down on the table and turns his attention from Travis to his stunningly beautiful wife sitting asleep next to him. As Chuck peers down to his right, he can see her angelic face expressing absolute euphoric peaceful contentment while snuggling up close and personal. For the loving husband he has watched Sarah sleep next to him so many times before and each time a smile has appeared on his lips.
In his mind, he continues to be flabbergasted by the fact this beautiful creature asleep on his right shoulder fell in love with him. Granted, he's doesn't have the rugged good looks of his former Stanford roommate Bryce Larkin or the smooth British suaveness of Cole Barker. However, it didn't matter to her because what was and continues to be one of the many things that is attractive about him according to her is his charming innocence.
To him, it's flattering to know that a woman such as herself sees those qualities within him knowing he tends to not see them in himself at times. True, it can most definitely be considered an ego booster to hear that from the woman you love he thinks to himself. In the past 3 and half years or so she gone from supportive handler/fake girlfriend to fake real girlfriend to girlfriend to fiancé, finally to wife and maybe someday down the road mother to his children.
His thoughts concerning his wife slowly subside as he feels her stirring to where she slowly awakens. He watches as she reaches up with her right hand rubbing her eyes and exhales a soft yawn that sounds considerably cute to his ears. Once she gets her bearing straight she turns her head peering up at him expressing the most beautiful smile he has ever witnessed.
"Hey." he softly whispered leaning in to kiss her forehead. "How was your nap?" he added peering down back at her.
"Awesome." Sarah softly whispered back. "What time is it?"
Chuck reaches over picking up his iPhone and checks the time. "7:31p.m." he answered.
Upon saying that, she leans forward softly moaning as she stretches her arms and back out. It 's one of the sounds that he enjoys hearing other than obvious joys of pleasure between man and wife. Afterwards, she makes herself comfortable sitting it in an upright position holding her husbands right hand with both of hers.
"How long have you been awake?"
"Not long." he replied back reaching with his left hand to brush back a strand of hair covering her eyes behind her left ear. "I just woke up a few minutes ago and have been watching you sleep." added Chuck.
Sarah expresses a soft smiles and then leans in pressing her lips against his. The kiss is brief but it leaves a truly lasting impression on the brown haired business owner. Chuck licks his lips afterwards and responds to his wife.
"What was that for?"
"To show you how much I love you." she replied reaching up pressing her left thumb against his lips wiping off the lipstick stains she left behind.
"What do I get if I tell you that under the light you have the face of an angel?" he inquired raising both his eyebrows.
The blonde beauty chuckles and reaches up with her left hand to gently give her husband a soft to the chest with the back of her hand. After shaking her head in amusement, she briefly looks out the window seeing nothing but darkness and then returns to her attention back to Chuck.
"We should be getting close to Vilena." she stated. "I'm going to check with Casey to find out the E.T.A.." added Sarah getting up.
"Awesome." he replied standing up as well. "I'm going to the bathroom and then grab a cup of coffee. Want some?"
"Yeah." she says heading out. However, before disappearing out of sight she glances back at her husband. "And remember…"
Chuck interjected. "Cream, two sugars, and a hint of syrup. Gotcha babe." he said pointing to his better half expressing grin.
Sarah expresses a grin back as she disappears around the corner while Chuck heads in the other direction in order to empty his bladder from the several cups of coffee he had during the flight.
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Vilena Runway/Town
Velina
Monday 9:15 p.m.
The team would eventually arrive on the island of Vilena. Casey landed the Bird of Pretty smoothly and safely without any problems whatsoever on his part. Granted, the runway itself is a bit shorter than the standard regulation runway so he had to vary his descent and landing just right. After taking a few minutes to park their plane, the team made their initial preparations inside and the began exiting one by one.
As soon as Chuck steps outside, he could instantly the feel the hot night air of Vilena hitting him directly in the face. Yet, it wasn't so much how the heat but rather the humidity that causes him to lean back a bit. In his mind, he was right in packing the mosquito repellent because they were indeed in a subtropical environment of sorts so he would most definitely be attacked by bugs.
"So what's the plan?" Chuck asked glancing behind him as he is the first to exit out of the plane.
"Get a room and store our gear I guess." Travis says following his friend and teammate.
"I'm thinking our first priority is to find some transportation." responded Sarah.
"I say we do some scouting." grunted Casey. "The darkness will provide excellent cover us. Plus, I get to break in my new night vision goggles." he gruffly added.
All 4 team members exit the plane into the dark of night with their gear in hand leaving Shaw to be the last one to step out. Chuck, Casey, Sarah and Travis are huddled at the bottom of the stairs figuring out their options but then they all turn their attention to their team leader who is standing at the top of the stairs for the answer. As Shaw is walking down the stairs with not only his gear hanging over his left shoulder, but holding a file folder in his head he responds to his subordinates.
"We get a room and store our gear." he firmly stated reaching the bottom the stairs and stands in front of all 4 team members. "Afterwards we meet my contact." added Shaw walking forward.
Chuck, Sarah, Travis and Casey step aside watching Shaw march past them and towards the local town in the distance. They all briefly look at each other and then follow their esteemed leader. Upon entering the beautiful town, they see the local residents milling about busy with their daily lives and routines but would stop for a moment whispering to each other as their curiosity is peaked at the arrival of 5 strangers.
"Quaint." said Chuck slapping the back of his neck as he's looking around.
"We're not here to sight see idiot." grunted Casey.
After finding a place to room in and store their gear, Shaw lead them to a local watering hole to wet their whistle. Once they enter they see that the place is somewhat dimly lit. It takes a few seconds for their eyes to adjust and when they to the 5 of them immediately grab two tables. It didn't take long for a waitress to walk over to take their orders.
"Cinco cervezas por favor." requested Shaw to the young woman.
"Si signore." responded the young woman giving him a nod flashing him and the 4 other people with him a smile.
As Chuck sits there, briefly scanning the room he could see that the place is fairly bustling with a few patrons either at the bar or at a table. During his scan of the room he notices there 2 locals sitting at the bar looking back at them but then would immediately return their attention to the drink in front of them. His attention on the two men would inevitably be averted to the sound of his wife's voice.
"Who's your contact?"
"Her name is Sondra."
"Do you trust her?" questioned Casey.
The question Casey posed to Shaw truly mattered to him and the rest of the team. In his mind, they have already experienced having being lied to already to the point there is mistrust between them and him. He didn't want to put his teammates in danger by putting their trust in Shaw's contact who could very well be setting them up by feeding them false information because she is in fact working for Hugo Panzer.
"I trust her as a reliable source." he firmly stated back.
"Why doesn't that make me feel any better knowing that." said Chuck.
After Shaw narrows his eyes at the brown haired man his attention on him is turned to Travis posing him a question.
"How do we contact her?" inquired Travis.
"We don't." replied Shaw. "She will make contact with us." he added.
Upon saying that, the waitress returns with 5 opened beer bottles on her tray placing them on the table where Casey and Shaw are sitting with Chuck, Sarah, and Travis right next to them. The burly NSA agent grabs 3 of the 5 bottles and hands them to his 3 teammates to his right.
"Thanks big guy." responded the 4th member of Team Chuck. Casey responds with a resounding grunt towards him and then takes a swig of his bear.
Approximately 10 minutes and 2 beers later for each team member a young woman walks into the bar. It doesn't take long for Shaw to surmise that she is his contact by the way she is looking at him. He, along with his team, watch as she signals Shaw by giving him a nod. It's at that point, the team leader stands up and makes his way towards her to where they both head towards a vacant table in the corner.
As he is talking with her, the rest of the team mainly Chuck and Travis wonders what they are talking about.
"I wish I had the ability to read lips." Chuck said narrowing his eyes in attempt to figure out what they're saying.
"You ain't kidding dude." added Travis briefly glancing at Chuck.
"How about you two morons read my lips and…"
Chuck and Travis' attention on Casey would interrupted by Sarah. "Save it Casey." she said. "They're coming over here."
The 4 members of the team see Shaw and Sondra approaching the table. When they stand in front of the 4 of them he only utters two words and nothing else.
"Let's go."
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Sondra's Residence
Velina
Monday 9:45 p.m.
"Hugo Panzer lives in a hacienda located in the mountains 30 minutes from here." Sondra said with a noticeable Spanish accent. "The code key you want is in his possession and will be leaving tomorrow afternoon. He will not be alone because he has people working for him." she added.
As soon as Sarah heard that, she immediately needed to know the exact total number they're going up against. In her mind, it best to come fully prepared because the arsenal they brought with them may not be enough to handle the possible battle that may ensue. True, they've been outnumbered before in the past but have somehow been able to overcome the odds each time.
"How many?" inquired Sarah.
"A total of 30 men." Shaw replied.
"Are they heavily armed?" Travis asked.
"Yes." replied Sondra.
"It's doable." stated Casey. All 5 people turn their attention to the veteran NSA agent standing with his arms crossed. He glances at everybody and then responds. "What? "I'm just sayin' it is." he added.
Travis immediately turns his head towards his burly teammate. He has heard him say that before but in regards to infiltrating Kirk Archer's former compound The Wolves' Den. It was a tough situation indeed to navigate their way through the watery tunnel system but they were able to make it to their intended location. However, what he is referring to is taking on 15 men possibly by himself which he could possibly do he thinks to himself.
His thoughts concerning his burly teammate subside as he focuses his attention on the surveillance photos that are placed on the kitchen table in front of them. In each photo are images of not only Panzer's hacienda but of the man himself talking with several rather large and not to mention mean looking men. He knows they have a tough task ahead of them and its not going to be easy, which it never really is for them.
"What the game plan?" inquired Travis.
Shaw briefly looks at Travis and then leans down to a photo of Panzer's hacienda from the top. He points to different areas of the house designating who goes where. "Agent Walker…" said Shaw. "…you and Mr. Riley will be entering from the south." he added leading the Sarah and Travis to nod acknowledging their orders.
"Where do I enter from?" Casey grunted.
"Colonel, you'll be entering from the west." he said pointing to the area where several images of vehicles are located at. "Make sure that area of the perimeter lights up in case we need a distraction."
"No problem." he nodded.
"I'll be entering from the east." he stated. He then peers up at Chuck at where's he's positioned at. "Chuck, you'll be entering from the north." he added pointing to the front location of the hacienda.
A perplexed expression appears on Chuck's face upon hearing that. It doesn't make sense at all to walk straight in knowing he'll be instantly captured or worse shot on sight he thinks to himself. To him, it's a questionable judgment call on his part because that would tip him as well as his men off that intruders are on the perimeter alerting Panzer immediately to their presence.
"Wait…" responded Chuck briefly raising his hand. "…why am I entering from the north. From what I can tell I'm going right up to his front door." he added.
"It's call sound strategy idiot." grumbled the veteran government agent for the N.S.A. "We swarm him on 4 sides like what happened to Saddam in Operation Iaqi Freedom. Panzer won't know what hit him."
"Entering from the north is risky Shaw." firmly stated Sarah shaking his head.
"I know." he retorted crossing his arms.
"You know…" responded a perplexed Travis. "…then why put Chuck at risk?" he added.
"I'm not."
You're not? Chuck is in utter disbelief at this point. He knows he's not the only one as he glances at his other teammates who have the same perplexed expressions as he does. Unless he's Wolverine and has the ability to withstand getting shot at due to the adamantium in his body then Shaw is out of his freaking mind he think to himself. In that moment, he chimes in not understanding what his part of the plan entails.
"Is this part of my field training?" asked. Chuck expressing confusion in his eyes.
"Shaw, what's going on?" grumbled Casey.
Shaw's attention turns from Casey to Chuck. "Consider it your first step in kicking off the training wheels. You won't be alone because you'll be with Sondra." he said glancing at the woman standing to his right. "She'll be escorting you in while we thin the herd." she added.
"Why would she escort me?" quickly replied Chuck standing up briefly looking at Sondra then to Shaw. "Are you trying to get me killed?"
"No, you're not…" quickly replied Sarah standing up looking at her husband. "…because he's not going to do it."
"Yes he is…" he firmly retorted back narrowing his eyes at her. "…and no you're not going to get killed Chuck. I assure they aren't going to touch you knowing you're with her." added Shaw looking directly at him.
"This is nuts." proclaimed Travis shaking his head in disbelief. "What makes her so special in this other than the fact she's your contact?" he added.
"Ask her." he said pointing to the woman to his right.
Instead of Sarah asking her it's her husband Chuck. "How are the two of us just going to waltz in and simply enter through the front door?" he wondered.
"Easy…" replied Sandra turning her attention to Chuck. "…I'm his daughter." she adds.
All 4 teams expresses utter shock after Sondra revealed to them that she is the daughter of Hugo Panzer causing Sarah, Casey, and Travis to draw their weapons aiming it directly at Sondra. As Chuck stands there in absolute disbelief, one thing is most definitely made perfectly clear to him and that the events leading up to now have certainly taken an interesting turn.
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Sondra's Residence
Velina
Monday 10:00 p.m.
"It's a set up." Travis spitted out backing up a bit nearly falling over his char that fell backwards when he, as well as, Casey and Sarah popped out of his chair.
"You better talk Shaw because I haven't shot anyone the past few days and my trigger finger is getting itchy." demanded Casey narrowing his eyes as his weapon with laser sight attachment is aimed directly between Sondra's eyes.
For Chuck the tension he feels has immensely doubled even tripled by not only the fact he's ordered to enter Panzer's hacienda by way of the front door with the help of his contact Sondra, but she is also Hugo Panzer's daughter. He considers that a key piece of information that Shaw failed to share with them knowing he's already on thin ice with all 4 them.
As much as he's freaking out twice as much on the inside right now, he pulls himself together just enough to hear his wife demand to know what the hell is going on.
"Shaw…" responded Sondra holding up her hands. "…do something." she adds with a look of fear in her eyes. Sondra doesn't get a response from him as he remains silent.
At this point, the blonde veteran agent is transfixed on Shaw who is crossing his arms as if he's appalled by what is happening to him at this exact moment. As she stands there, a few feet away from him she him a tight lipped expression on his face. In that moment, she along with the rest of the team are possibly dealing with a double agent on their hands and if so Travis is absolutely right in stating that it's a trap.
"You better answer my partner." she firmly stated drawing her weapon directly at him.
Shaw stands there with his arms crossed brief silently but after a few seconds he responds.
"Put…your…guns…down!" demanded Shaw.
"Why would we do that?" responded Sarah. "Tell us…" bellows the C.I.A.'s best agent. "…is this a set up!" she added.
"You're working for The Ring aren't you." said Chuck.
"No…" replied Shaw. "…I'm not. If you let me talk then I'll explain."
"So talk…" grunted Casey. "…but first put your gun on the table. Do it slowly." he added.
All 4 watch intently and cautiously as Shaw slowly reaches back behind him retrieving his weapon. His reaches up showing his weapon to them and them slowly sets the gun on the table in front of them amongst the scattered surveillance photos. Once he sets it down, Sarah quickly retrieves it and continues aiming her weapon at Shaw.
"Yes Sondra is Panzer's daughter and she has been a reliable source for the C.I.A. for the past 3 years." he stated. "We've been keeping a close eye on his activities with her help."
"Is that true?" Chuck asked.
"Si." responded Sondra.
"Why would you betray your own father?" the brown haired man asked. "It doesn't make any sense."
In that instance, the initial fear that is written on her face slowly turns to anger as she shares the reason why she is doing what she's doing.
"He is the reason my mother is dead." she angrily stated. "He told me when I was 6 years old that she was killed in a car accident but I found out in letters that she left me they did it." she added with tears forming in her eyes.
"Why?" asked Sarah.
"She saw something she wasn't supposed to." said Sondra. "She paid for it with her own life."
In that moment, Chuck feels sympathetic on what she has been through knowing his own family history with father's death at the hands of Marcus Stefano. To him, not a day goes by that he doesn't think about him or his own mother for that matter. He sees her as a kindred spirit as he too lost his own mother as a young man and was truly effected by it but he had his older sister Ellie as well as Awesome to be his support system. Unfortunately for her, she didn't have the support system she truly needed and that effected her in a negative way.
"I'm sorry." responded Chuck.
"He allowed them to get away with it…" she said pausing to compose herself. "…because his loyalty to The Ring mattered more to him than the love and loyalty of his own wife." Sondra angrily responds as tears rolls down her cheek. "He deserves to die."
After a brief moment of silence, Shaw breaks it by giving a direct order to his subordinates.
"As I said before…" said Shaw. "…she nor I work for The Ring. So put your guns down now!" he angrily demanded.
"I believe her." Chuck stated glancing at his teammates on either side of him. "Put your guns down guys."
Upon saying that, Travis and Sarah glance at Casey who expressing a resounding low growl then slowly lowers his weapon leading the blonde beauty, as well as, the 4th member of Team Chuck to do the same. Once they're weapons are lowered Sarah points at the man standing across the table from her.
"If you're lying again Shaw I swear…"
"I'm not Agent Walker." he emphatically replied. "This is on the up and up."
"It better be." grumbled the NSA Agent."
"We're wasting valuable time here so unless you…" he adds turning his attention from Sarah to the rest of the team standing in from of him across the table "…all of you have anything else to say then I suggest you all sit down and listen up because there's more information you need to know before we head out tomorrow."
With that said, Chuck watches as his three teammates respond with a bit of reluctant and hesitance. A few seconds later they un-cock their weapons and holster their weapons behind them. It's at that point, they all pick up their chairs that fell standing them back and take their seats as the 4 team members continue what was an emotional rollercoaster of a situation.
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