Chuck VS. The Funny Man

Part 1

Disclaimer: This came to me while replying to a couple of reviews for my 'Chuck Vs. I Can' fic and it makes sense when you think about it as Chuck's clearly harbored years of anger towards Bryce and likely other things that happens only adds on to it. Especially once things got going after the Intersect ends up in his head.

Summary: He may be an easy going funny man for the most part, but Chuck Bartowski also has a lot of anger buried deep down in him. But eventually, that kind of anger can break free.

For years, one Chuck Irving Bartowski had been quietly dealing with the growing well of anger within him. Something not even Ellie and Morgan was aware of. And it had all started when his and Ellie's parents had abandoned them to their own devices, leaving him and his older sister to fend for themselves. Afterwards, dealing with various jerks and their views on his Nerd status had only heaped on to that anger but he never acted on it. Preferring instead to keep the peace and be the easy going funny man so his sister wouldn't have more to worry about. Unfortunately for Chuck, that anger would get a nice little helping of betrayal thanks in part to Bryce Larkin and his ex, Jill. Both of whom had betrayed him and left him an expelled mess. He'd found himself depressed and something of a heavy drinker afterwards until Ellie had gotten him into therapy to deal with things.

And while that had helped some, it had done nothing to lessen how he felt when it came to Bryce. Then, a number of years later, the asshole had screwed him over again by having sent him the email containing the Intersect. Something he regretted like Hell even opening as he shouldn't have bothered where Larkin was concerned. One might think he was living the dream afterwards (Morgan would certainly think so) by being a Government asset with a two person protection detail in the forms of Major John Casey and Sarah Walker. NSA and CIA respectively with Sarah being one amazingly beautiful woman while Casey was a very gruff man who obviously had his own anger issues if Chuck was right in that line of thought. Now the way the two treated him at times bothered the absolute Hell out of him and having a fake relationship with Sarah was less Heaven and more of a form of Hell for the man.

Even finding himself falling for her despite the fact he damn well knew he shouldn't and that, along with other things in his new oh so fun life, just added on to that anger deep within him. Returning to Stanford and learning what he did from that, His sister getting poisoned, the whole truth serum debacle, and how things went with Lou had just been more painful gut punches in a long history of gut punches. Making Chuck wonder how much more he could take before something happened while knowing he needed to talk to someone about it all but finding himself unable too as really, who could he talk too? Sarah and Casey's bosses clearly only gave a damn because he had all their secrets in his head and therefore, to him at least, wasn't worth putting time into dealing with his issues. And then… To find out that Bryce fucking Larkin was alive had not sat well with Chuck.

It'd been a miracle to be quite honest that he hadn't drinked himself into the ground over all that. It was another miracle that he hadn't simply started beating the shit out of the man once they got to talking in that special holding room. Regardless of the other man's honely fined skills. But it all finally would explode for Chuck when Bryce later had the audacity to ask him what had happened to him. Like he just had no clue when he damn well knew why. Bryce had even stepped back when he received the coldest look from him. Not out of fear or nervousness but more surprise as it wasn't a look that he felt was right on Chuck Bartowski. And before he knew, it found himself on the ground with his jaw hurting like Hell. "YOU GOT ME KICKED OUT OF STANFORD, BRYCE! NOT ONLY THAT, YOU STOLE JILL FROM ME! YOU RUINED MY LIFE AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO ASK ME WHAT HAPPENED TO ME LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW!?" Roared Chuck as all that anger just boiled out from him.

No longer able to be contained as he struck Bryce again and again. "AND OF COURSE, YOU JUST HAD TO PICK ME TO SEND THE INTERSECT TOO! FUCKING ME OVER AGAIN! SELFISH BASTARD!"

Whether it was because Bryce was still weak from his ordeal or because he was too in shock over what was happening or something else, he made no move to try and defend himself from Chuck's rage. "I WAS HAPPY AS HELL WHEN I HEARD YOU DIED! AND THEN OF COURSE YOU JUST HAD TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME TOO LIKE THE SELFISH BASTARD YOU ARE!"

Neither realized they had a rather horrified audience watching the whole thing, or at least in Casey's case, being rather approving of what he was seeing. "I need to stop this! This is not awesome!" Devon yelled out much to Ellie's tearful relief.

"Why? Kid's been bottlin' this up for years. I say let it keep happening." Shrugged Casey and getting looks from the others that told him they really didn't approve.

Especially Sarah! Whom went to join Devon, who found himself getting a hard punch to the face that sent him stumbling back and forcing Sarah to apply a chokehold on Chuck. Something she never thought she'd have to do where he was concerned. Then again, she never thought the guy she was falling for when she shouldn't, would ever do something like this as it was. Chuck struggled and yelled out foul things, clearly believing she was on Bryce's side and it hurt her to hear those things like nothing else as tears welled up in her eyes. But moments later would see him pass out from the hold she had on him. God… I, I never knew he had that much anger in him. Sarah thought to herself as Devon rushed over to check on Bryce as Ellie went over to her brother to make sure he was okay.

Barely registering the words of Morgan's girlfriend about how she should probably go and that he'd call her later as he went over to Chuck and the others. "Ohh man… This is the scariest thing I've ever witnessed." Morgan declared with a look of fear and worry on his face.

Casey… Wisely kept his mouth shut and wondered to himself if he could help channel Bartowski's anger into something beneficial so this kind of thing wouldn't happen again. Well, after dealing with Larkin anyway. Who was gonna need some medical treatment after the beat down he'd been given.

Author's Notes: Well, Bryce ain't a pretty boy no more, that's for sure!