The Vigilante

Of Burbank

Disclaimer: Had this idea hit me yesterday so it should be a fun one!

Summary: Two months after Prague and being kicked out of the Spy Life, Chuck found himself in the world of Vigilantism.

Chuck had been minding his own business when he came out of the store with the groceries he'd come for when a scream rang through out the area that late night. Frowning to himself in alarm and worry, he looked around and at first saw nothing and thought maybe it was just someone fooling around with some friends. Pressing on, Chuck got to Ellie's car and as he quickly finished putting the groceries in, another scream was heard. This time, more terrified sounding than the last time and not being able to find it in himself to ignore it, the former Spy in Training went in search of it. It didn't take him long to come across several men dragging a struggling woman away to a near by building that was sometimes used as a Flea Market. And from the sounds of things, this poor woman wasn't the only one they had brought here in recent times either. I need to call the Cops…

But he knew that in the time it would take them to get there, anything could have happened and the good Nerd was certain he'd never be able to live with that on his conscience. Bad enough he had hurt Sarah for choosing the Spy Life over her like an idiot but the last thing he had wanted was to end up resenting her in the end. Steeling himself as he made a decision about what to do, Chuck quickly got over to where the men had taken the women and gave a short prayer to whomever was listening that he survived this decision of his. It took him a bit to find where the girl was located at, along with the others these so called men had taken before this point. But before he could get to them, Chuck felt a hand on his shoulder. "Who the Hell are you?" Snarled the owner of said hand.

Slowly, Chuck turned around. "Uhh… I'm a new member of the crew."

The man sneered at him and he winced internally. "And Pigs can fly, asshole! BOYS! WE GOT COMPANY!"

Whatever retort Chuck could have made to that was cut off when the man swung at him and that was when the good Nerd felt the familiar feeling of the Intersect activating and granted him the skills he needed for this situation. Allowing for him to make short work of the man who was about to punch the ever loving Hell out of him. "Now it works!?" Muttered the man in disbelief and annoyance after downing the scumbag.

Unfortunately, Chuck didn't have much time to think on things as several of the scumbag's friends showed up and despite the skillset he was given, the fight was not easy and the frightened screams of the kidnapped victims was heard as he fought off the men. Said fighting taking him away from them as more 'friends' joined the fun, ensuring he was gonna be a little on the black and blue side in the morning. Along with the fact he was definitely going to need Ellie and Devon's First Aid Kit at home and hoped neither would be there or if failing that, awake when he got home. Once the fight was thankfully over with and the skillset faded away, Chuck breathed heavily as he forced himself to get back to where the kidnapped victims were and winced in pain as he got them out of the building. Telling them to get to a Cop as soon as possible before finally getting back to Ellie's car and groaning a loud in utter pain once inside. Ugh… I'm gonna need some serious pain relievers…

Idly, Chuck wondered if he should make contact with the General to tell her what happened before deciding against it. Figuring it wasn't worth the hassle of being yelled at by her and for all he knew, the Intersect 2.0 activating like it did was just a fluke. Chuck stayed where he was a good twenty minutes before finally leaving for home where thankfully, Ellie and Awesome were yet to make it back from work. He'd end up spending a few days in bed and having to deal with a frantic Ellie when she saw the state he was in and it'd take considerable effort to get her to calm down and not go to the Police over the whole thing. It'd be a week later when Chuck found himself getting involved in another situation and having the Intersect activate once again and that was when an idea was born in his head that he knew was monumentally stupid but just wouldn't leave him alone. And because of that, Chuck would start to do more and more vigilante activities.

Even raiding the Castle for protection while ensuring it couldn't be traced back to him in any way and in time, becoming known as the 'Burbank Vigilante' while also finding himself employed with a small software company new to the area. Though things would really start to get interesting once Sarah and Casey came back into his life, but that's a story for another time. By that point, Chuck had also started calling himself 'VigiBank' and when asked about it later, he'd say it was a random burst of inspiration thanks to being put on the spot about his name.

Author's Notes: Something folks would want to see more of?