Over The Limit

Disclaimer: This was one of two ideas inspired by ThereIsAnother's 'Chuck Vs. The Biggest Loser' fic. I'll be doing the other idea later on.

Summary: A heart attack is about to bring some much needed change for one overweight individual by the name of Chuck Bartowski.

It had been a long five years since Ellie Bartowski had seen her brother, Chuck, and she had missed him terribly. And it all had to do with the woman she hated more than anything else. One Jill Roberts. Whom was a manipulative and abusive bitch to the point she had gotten Chuck to agree to moving to the other side of the country so he'd have little to no contact with anyone he knew in Burbank. Jill kept him wrapped around her finger and had virtually destroyed him with her manipulations in both mind and body. Chuck over the years had become dangerously overweight at 500 pounds and had unfortunately come to believe in Jill's lies that Ellie, Morgan, and so many others wanted nothing to do with him because he's a loser that only she wanted anything to do with. Making him think he was incredibly lucky to have her in his life.

When in fact, it was the complete opposite. Jill had even been responsible for destroying the friendship Chuck had with one Bryce Larkin by making him see something that wasn't actually happening back in their Stanford days a few months before graduation. But when Chuck had suffered a heart attack and had been brought to the hospital, Ellie and her boyfriend, Devon Woodcomb, had flown to Kansas to be with him and finally bring him back home. Some nasty arguments had followed shortly after their arrival between Ellie and Jill, resulting in the horrible woman getting a black eye from the pissed off big sister. Karma had also finally come for Jill too when a private investigator had provided some incriminating evidence about her treatment of Chuck and as well as what a slut she was. It also hadn't helped that there was a number of witnesses to the fact she had refused to call for an ambulance when he started to have his heart attack.

Thinking he was just faking it or having a breathing problem as he sometimes had thanks to how overweight he was. Some nasty arguments had also happened there while a neighbor had called for an ambulance. Ellie had quickly seen to it that a restraining order was placed against Jill in order to keep her horrible self away from her little brother for good. But just because she was no longer in the picture, didn't mean it was going to be easy as Ellie and Devon would find out. As once Chuck finally woke up, he refused to believe anything Ellie said and kept demanding Jill's presence, breaking Ellie's heart all over again. This made it clear that in addition to the fact he needed to start getting healthy body wise, he also needed to be healthy in mind as well thanks to what Jill had done to him. And once they finally got back to Burbank via a rental car as Chuck's condition and size meant that a plane was out of the question, the focus went to insuring his heart got better with a healthier diet.

Along with seeing a therapist to deal with the mental Hell Jill had placed him under. It was also decided that only walking for exercise was the best option for the time being until his doctors gave the okay for more serious stuff. It had been incredibly hard due to some of Chuck's stubbornness thanks in part to Jill but dedication and time with the therapist had helped out a lot. It wouldn't be until roughly 3 months later when some old friends of the siblings' father showed up with an offer to help Chuck get back into shape. Langston Graham, Diane Beckman, and Roan Montgomery had through out the years kept an eye on the Bartowskis and helped out where they could and had all felt this was another part to honoring Stephen's memory and last request. The trio would bring in retired Major John Casey, Sarah Walker, and a mountain of a man known as Colt to put Chuck through his paces to lose weight.

"Alright, Bartowski, welcome to Boot Camp, but just know we aren't gonna be easy on you." Declared Casey with a look on his face that made the big man nervous as Hell.

"You'll probably hate us but you'll end up thanking us in the end, Kid." Rumbled Colt.

"You're getting your life back one step at a time, Chuck. And this is just part of it." Added in Sarah.

"I… I uhh… Can't get out of this, can I?"

The trio as one told him 'Hell no' and he sighed dejectedly. "Damn. Oh well, had to try."

It was evident to the trio that the therapist still had a lot of work to do as Colt stepped forward with a grin on his face that made Chuck gulp. "Let's get to work!"

Author's Notes: Ever since I saw the episode that featured Michael Clarke Duncan (RIP), I've always had the impression that he had ended up impressed with Chuck and even came to respect him. And when I started thinking of this idea, it just felt right to include his Colt character for it. He'll also be around for the other idea as well though that'll be more along the lines of his canon self.