Need For Speed:Chuck

by Rez evil fan

After the Intersect is suppressed from him, Chuck learns of Beckman plans to bring him back in the spy life. Fed up, Chuck leaves Burbank and head to Ventura Bay where his past as a street racer known as "Ghost" comes into play. But sometimes, the past does want not let go, forcing Chuck into a confrontation of the ages. Fic in the future will be going to "M" on a later date

1. Prologue part 1

Need For Speed: Chuck

A chuck/ Need for Speed crossover fic

A/N: Hey all, this little nugget popped in my head and won't leave me be, so I'm gonna do my thing and see how it goes. This is my first fic so please no flames, Thanks. Oh and heads up the show is around the current timeline of the game which is the 2015 reboot. Enjoy All!

A/N 2: Chapter has been edited with new content added.

A/N 3: Chapter has been reedited for spelling and grammar improvement.

"Hello" normal talking

"Hello" Inner thought

"Hello" Computer text

"Hello" Talking in camera/Phone/video

USA location/Flashbacks

Season 2 A/U ending, with elements of Season 3 and 4 with NFS: Heat mix in. Enjoy!

I don't own Chuck or Need for Speed…... duh!

Chapter 1: Prologue part 1: the Dragon makes her move

Echo Park. Burbank, California 2014. Chuck's Room: six months after Ellie's Wedding. Late September.

Chuck Bartowski, sat at his computer desk in complete disbelief. Tears in his eyes with a pissed off/saddened look on his face. "Why... I said I was done. That I was not coming back. That I was done with that life." he said with sorrow.

Slamming his fist down on the desk in a rage Chuck exclaims "WHY! Why is she doing this?! Why is she blocking any attempts for me to get a normal job, to have a normal life, and trying to force me to come back. Is she that fucking desperate to win her little shadow war?!" in an angry huff.

Chuck gets up and starts pacing. "Why?! I'm done! I said no! And where I from, no means fucking no! I don't want to go back. Back into that life and with the danger, lies, and the insanity that comes with it. I just want to live my life the best I can and with the people I care and love around me, but Noooo, Sarah, Bryce, and Casey cut all contact with me, on her orders, with Sarah herself telling me to forget about her and it's for my protection. And to find out that any Job interviews that I had in the last four months were sabotage thanks to Beckman in an effort to force me back in the CIA?! What The Fuck, Man!" He exclaims. With his hands in his face, emotionally exhausted, Chuck fell back in his bed, willing himself not to cry over the whole situation that he was in.

Chuck wondered in what past life did he do to pissed off fate for having this situation and insanity fall into his life. Laying down in his bed, Chuck thinks of the aftermath of the last two years and shitshow that has followed in the last six months staring when Ted Roark invaded Ellie's wedding demanding the Intersect cube that they took from Roark and Chuck's father Stephen to complete the newest version of the intersect at Roark Instruments or he will kill Ellie. The aftermath of said stunt caused the existence of the RING to be known to CIA/NSA, the death of Ted Roark, and the capture of Bryce which led Sarah, Casey and Chuck launching an unauthorized rescue mission to save Bryce's ass. Which in the end of said mission, had Bryce downloaded the Intersect 2.0. into himself but in the process got shot by Ring Agents and was almost killed for the damn thing. With Bryce being heavily wounded, Chuck being Chuck, stepped up to save his friend and in the process, revealed a little secret that he was able to keep under wraps from Sarah, Casey, and CIA to save Bryce's life.

What is this little secret that Chuck has kept quiet about? Well, like his hacking days as the "Piranha", it was not exactly on the up and up and legal. And if a certain someone (cough "Ellie" cough) found out about it, well the size 8 foot that would be going up in his ass would be the least painful thing that she would do. "Brrrrr"….Needles...the horror.

Now you're probably wondering what the hell is the secret that Chuck was thinking about and why it risks the wrath of the matriarch of the Barowski clan in a big way. Well, you see, our boy Chuck is not only a legendary hacker known as the "Piranha", but is also a well known skilled gearhead/street racer known as "Ghost". Yep, you read that right, our own lovable badass nerd is a street racer and a damn good one at that. The how and why that happened will be told later, but for now, back to our regular schedule fanfic.

It was this hobby along with his love of computers and hacking skills that kept him sane up until that point during the whole Intersect asset bullshit that he had to endure from the last two years being the "First" Human Intersect. Oh course, sneaking out was an issue with the CIA and NSA bugging the whole apartment complex at first. But you give a problem to a nerd, they tend to solve said problem pretty damn fast and based on the issue and the severity of the problem, they ether will go overboard or go full nuclear on it. In Chuck's case, the nuke was the only choice. So, in the very first week of getting the Intersect, Chuck went out, bought a bottle of cheap Chardonnay, went to his computer and went full "Piranha" on the whole fucking shebang. Something that later down the line in his life, he was very glad he did.

The first year was all about looking for any information on the Intersect itself. Data, blueprints, anything that showed how the damn thing worked and if there was any method to remove it from his head. Oh, of course things changed when Chuck found out the termination order on him from Graham and Beckman to Casey. It horrified him that they would so carelessly order his death. Like he didn't even matter. Then he remembered what Bryce said to him on Thanksgiving on his whole situation as an asset and the fact that Sarah and Casey will follow orders even if said orders would either put him in a bunker or lead to his death. So, after he finished puking his guts out in the bathroom, he jumped on his computer and contacted an old hacking friend that had what he called "A strong dislike" of the government to the point that she lived off-grid and tended to have "insider" information on government secrets. This hacker went by the name Roshni.

Chuck quickly filled Roshni in on the situation and what was happening with him. Stunned and flat out terrified of what was happening to Chuck, She quickly agreed to help. First, she had Chuck give her access to any back doors that he created in the Castle, so she can use her own programs to network the subnet that the CIA set up around Chuck to watch him so they can control, disable, and spy on the CIA themselves and if need be, to buy Chuck time to escape when the time comes. Then, Chuck and Roshni started to create the escape plan itself, knowing that they had a least a year to a year and a half (if they were lucky) before a new Intersect was created. However, fate was on their side as their moves on the net was notice by someone who they did not expect. A legendary hacker of skill that was in the known of the government secretes contacted them, volunteering their services to help. That hacker was Orion a.k.a. Chuck dad, Stephen. When Stephen learned about Chuck and Roshni tag teaming in the dark net and making big moves, he knew something was very wrong and made contact with the two. When he found out about the termination order that was put on Chuck by Beckman and Graham, he drop all pretense and revealed himself to both Chuck and Roshni as Chuck's dad and the creator of the Intersect, shocking both of them stupid.

After the reveal, which followed by a lot of yelling by Chuck, and a promise to talk later and explain everything by Stephen. All three hackers got to work. Stephen revealed that he was working on a way to remove the Intersect from Chuck and the Intersect itself was not benign. that the flashes are causing damage to Chuck's brain as when a flash hits, it starts to overheat the brain like a circuit and too much flashing can cause permanent brain damage. And in one day, it will either turn him insane or put him in a coma. Then soon after that, death. Needless to say, Chuck was not happy with this revelation. Not one damn bit. Stephen assured Chuck that he will have a way to remove the Intersect from him and it will be over soon. Without the Intersect, Chuck would be considered useless by the powers to be on all sides and cut him loose.

Roshni loved the idea, but wanted to work on the escape plan just in case Beckman decides to be a bitch and try to force Chuck to work for the Government to keep him quiet or flat out kill him. Which both Men quickly agreed, for having a back up plan was the smart move in the first place. For it was unknown how Beckman or the Fulcrum/Ring would react when they found out that the Intersect, the ultimate weapon in this shadow war, was gone from and no longer in play in this war. All three knew that they had three major problems that needed to be solved and solved fast. The Intersect, the CIA, NSA, and Fulcrum/The Ring, and the shadow war that was going on between them.

The plan that they came up with was simple yet complex. Starting with the Intersect being removed from Chuck and taking a six month wait and see approach with three possible endings ready to go. With the implantation of one of the endings based on how both Beckman and Fulcrum/The Ring reacted with the Intersect gone. The endings were called, the best case, the worst case, and the nuke. The best case is exactly what it sounded like. That Chuck was left alone to live his life. The worse case is when the CIA/NSA go after Chuck, forcing him to run. That plan has Chuck go underground and live off-grid allowing him, pun not intended, to live as a Ghost. The third and final one, the nuke, was self-explanatory. If some reason Chuck couldn't get away in time or something happens to Chuck, then this would be activated. Which simply exposed everything and everyone to the public. Burn everyone involved in the process and start hoping for the best.

With the plan in place, Chuck continued to be the asset to CIA/NSA until that fateful night at Roark's when Bryce became the new Intersect. Both Roshni and Stephen were ecstatic that Chuck was in the clear and was out. Chuck was too, but at the same time, was hurt by Sarah's rejection to give them a chance and hers and Casey chose to cut contact with him. With the money that the government gave him gone to save Ellie's wedding, Chuck decides to work at the Buy More for two more months with street racing on the side, to build an emergency cash fund. The main purpose of this is when give his two weeks at the Buy More and starts looking for a new job, he wouldn't have to worry too much about funds. Chuck believed with his Stanford decree, he'll have a new job within a month. He started to lose hope in the fourth month. Rejection after rejection started to pile up, having Chuck wonder what the hell is he doing wrong. Only when Roshni contacted him with a video, that Chuck learned the truth.

Chucks Room, minutes before Chucks Rage and breakdown

A noise of gunfire and explosions filter into the room as Chuck is sitting on his bed, controller in hand playing Call of Duty Advance Warfare. One of his ways of trying to relax and trying to knock the funk out of him from his last failed Job interview. "If this doesn't work, I'll head into the garage and tinker on some the cars." Chuck thinks with a small smile "It will be nice to catch up with Carlos and shoot the shit with him again. He and Miko always knows how to keep my spirts up." A beeping from his computer knocks him out of his current thoughts process. "A message? Something must be up for dad or Roshni to make contact." Pausing his game, Chuck goes to his computer and boots up the message.

To: Piranha

From: Roshni

Marked Urgent: The Dragons play is revealed

Piranha, we got issues.

The Dragon just revealed her play for you to her hatching's. Ending 2 or 3 maybe in play

Watch the attached video and contact Orion and Myself ASAP.

"Oh boy" Chuck exclaims with dread as he boots up the video and watches. Knowing that this is going to suck.

Video Recording, The Castle: Two days before Chuck's last Job interview:

As the Video goes up on screen, Chuck sees a different but familiar setting up is shown up on screen. As he continues to watch, a feeling of uneasiness creeps in, like he is going to learn something major and it won't be good.

Two steel tables are in the middle of the debriefing room, no doubt to make room for more people to sit. Speaking of sitting, a familiar but very different sight is shown as well. Casey and Sarah in their usual spots, but with Bryce in the middle, taking up Chuck's spot. However, the four other people in the room were new. A redhead that sat right by Sarah that Chuck recognized immediately as Carina, but the other three he did not. A blond with a bubbly smile sat right by Carina, a stern Latina woman sat right by Casey, and next to her a Man, tall as Casey, with what Chuck would call a 'Superman-y' physique.

As soon they settled into their sets. The LCD TV comes alive with Beckman on it.

"Team, report. What the hell happened last night" Beckman demanded.

The Man with the 'Superman-y' physique stands and speaks "Ma'am, as you know, Agent Larkin was able to flash on some of the Intel that was provided for us last Tuesday. We found out that a major Ring meeting was happening on that Sunday disguised as a cocktail party in a Mansion outside of Beverly Hills. Our initial recon by Agents Mills and Rizzo '' pointing to the bubbly blond and Latina lady "revealed that a major data cachet containing all major Ring operations was in route to the party for safekeeping. We quickly requested a computer analyst from the NSA for the mission for extracting the data and we went in on that night, with Agent Walker being the analyst back up."

Agent Superman stops for a second, to take a deep breath and to composes himself on what he's about to say

"Get on with it, Agent Shaw" Beckman said with an impatient tone in her voice, with an annoyed look on her face to go along with it.

Agent Shaw nods his head and with a pure bluntness that had Chuck laughing his ass off, said. "The NSA analyst that you sent to my team, failed to extract the data, setting off the alarms and turned the entire mission into a gigantic clusterfuck, which put my team in danger and almost got them killed."

Beckman to her credit, wincing at the accusation and language, does not reprimanded Shaw for it, knowing that she personality chose that analyst for that mission for his skills, only to find out later that the guy was a walking disaster in everything else. Stopping to composes herself, Beckman nods to Shaw. "Continue, Agent Shaw."

"When she realized what happened. Agent Walker took over, ripping out the main hard drive of the main computer and got out of there. Dragging your analyst out in the process. The team quickly reconvened and together, fought out of the mansion, to the van and made our escape."

"And where is the Hard drive, Agent Shaw?"

"Here in the Castle. I didn't trust your man with it after last night, so I had him hook up the drive to the super computers here in the Castle and started the decryption program here.

Beckman nods in agreement "How long will the decryption take, Agent Shaw?"

Shaw sighs "According to your man, six months to a year General."

"Six months to a year?!" Beckman exclaims, shocked "Why the hell it will take so long to be cracked?"

"According to the analyst, the encryption is a learning AI that can adapt to any hacking attempt, making it almost impossible to be hacked by humans." Shaw explains

"Have the Castle supercomputers link up with both the CIA and The NSA supercomputers to aid in the decryption process, I want this thing cracked now, not later." Beckman orders. With a series of yes Ma'ams, Beckman decided to move on to the final piece of business. "As you all know, you are on the front lines in this war and the most successful team that we have. However, your mission success rate is still down significantly. I was hoping that reuniting the CAT squad and bringing in Agent Shaw in the fold would fix that. But unfortunately it has not." As Beckman explains, looks of confusion dawn on the faces of everyone in the Castle, wondering why the success rate was still down. "I have consulted several analyst in both in the CIA and NSA, plus personally consulted the President, his top aides and his personal analyst on this matter to help solve the reasons why this is…" Here Beckman stops and has a look of 'I can't believe I'm going to say this' before continuing "and they have all concluded that an important element is missing from the team. And this element takes in the form of a…" At this Beckman once again stops, her face taking on a mixed of a pinched expression and resignation before continuing "of a certain….nerd."

At this revelation, four eyes shot up in surprise while one who is watching said feed looks on in dread. The one who speaks up first is Casey "Ma'am, when you say nerd…. you don't mean Bartowski do you?"

Beckman answers back simply. "Yes, Colonel, that is exactly who I meant."

"Chuck me…" Surprising, that little remark came from Carina of all people, much to Chuck's bemusement.

Both Sarah and Bryce shot up from their seats, both starting their protest at the same time "General.." "General!"

Beckman stops them both by raising her hand "I know what are going to say Agent Larkin, Agent Walker. But we need him. His skills with computers surpass anybody that we have here at the NSA and CIA. Plus his ability to think outside of the box, his newly shown skills as a driver and his incredible untapped potential makes him essential for the team."

"General, Chuck is not going to join the CIA or the NSA willingly after you and Director Graham forced him to be an asset." Sarah stated facts on the matter "And if there was any desire that Chuck had of joining, it was burned and destroyed thoroughly when you ordered Colonel Casey, Agent Larkin and myself to cut all contact with him."

"Which I will fix now Agent Walker ''. Beckman states "The order to cut all contact to Mr. Bartowski has been rescinded. I know it's 'too little too late' on this, but hopefully it can fix some of the damage it has caused."

"General, with all due respect, it won't work" Bryce begins saying "Agent Walker is right. Chuck has stated himself in the past that he wants no part of the CIA or NSA due to the chaos and disrespect that we cause in his personal life. Chuck has even shown his distaste to this life and the job due to it going against his personal code, honor, and morals." Bryce continues "Even with the order to cut all contact lifted, Chuck will not willingly join the CIA."

"I'm fully aware of Mr. Bartowski's decision and the President is also aware of it as well. But things have changed and we need him in this fight. I have taken...steps to bring Mr. Bartowski back into the fold and have him come to us willing in his own free will."

"Steps, General?" Agent Shaw asked Beckman. Very curious on how this is going to play out.

"As you know, the government has brought the Buy More in Burbank and is in the process of 'remodeling' it to our standards. However, I need someone to 'lead' it as its manager and I have chosen Mr. Bartowski for that. And for that to happen, I have been sabotaging his job interviews."

"Wait, What!" Screams Chuck after learning this little tidbit and he's not the only one saying that, for several voices from the video also yell out in shock and anger at the dirty move that the General has pulled on Chuck.

"What the hell, General?! Do you know the emotional damage that will do to Chuck himself?!" Carina exploded, standing up in anger. "I thought the plan was to have Chuck come back willingly, not entrap him and force him to come back!"

"Agent Miller! Stand down now!" Beckman orders/barks at Carina with Carina herself about to tell Beckman on what she can do with her orders, only for Sarah to stop her. A quick, quiet conversation takes place and at the end of it, Carina takes a deep breath and sits down. Her spy mask is fully in place.

"As I was saying" Beckman once again starts, with a look of daring someone to interrupt her again "His emotional profile will suggest that once he believes his job interviews are done and dried up, that he will return to the Buy More to once again seek employment there." Beckman states imperiously. "Once he walks in there, he's ours."

"But, General…" Sarah starts only to be interrupted by Beckman. "It's done Agent Walker, you and anyone else in the room can't change this. It's done." Beckman states with a finality with a hint of anger, but then softens a bit, with a look of understanding dawning on her face. Sarah, John, Carina, Bryce...I understand your concerns. You all care for him and trust him unconditionally. Something that is very rare in this life. But we need him and we need him now. Many believe that he's the linchpin that is needed to end this war and even without the Intersect, his potential is staggering. And with the right training, can be considered unstoppable. At this point, Beckman face hardens "To end this, we need Chuck Bartowski and if I have to. I will drag his lanky ass into this, whether he like it or not."

"Now, if there is nothing else, we're done here. Dismissed" And with that the screen goes black and the video recording ends.

Chucks Room: Now

As he lay on his bed, Chuck starts taking deep breaths, knowing that he needed a clear head for the conversation that is yet to come, he starts looking around in his room, trying to get mind off on what he just learned. On his dresser, he spots two photos standing atop. One of his Alma mater in Stanford and the other of a simpler time. A Family of mixed heritage and four teens in the middle. An older Latino man and Japanese woman in their early 40s standing side by side with the teens in the middle of the picture. Two teens of Euro Asian features also stand side by side with each parent as well with Chuck and Ellie in the middle of the whole group. All of them in a half hug, smiling at the camera with an auto shop in the background. As he sees this, Chuck smiles softly as he goes back to those days. The days that he became the racer known as Ghost.

A/N: One is done with many more to come. I hope you all like it and let me know. Like I said earlier, this is my first fic, so any suggestions on how to improve will be welcome. Just no flames please. Thank you!