A Break
Part 2
Disclaimer: My brain decided to take an interesting approach to this particular idea. This also takes some mild inspiration from a scene in Lethal Weapon 3.
Summary: Changes, frustrations, and an incident abounds after Chuck's return from his one week break.
Upon Chuck's return from his one week break after the mission in the Suburbs, things had changed. As while away, Beckman and some others had decided it was a good idea to expand 'Team Intersect' by including Carina Miller, Ilsa Trinchina (much to Casey's clear happiness), Mei-Ling Cho, Cole Barker, and Bryce Larkin as the team's primary leader. Something that both Chuck and Casey respectively didn't like much at all for one reason or another. Though there was also the fact that those two were having issues with one another as it is thanks to Chuck refusing to no longer take Casey's attitude and treatment towards him lying down. Even going so far as to tell him he wasn't going too anymore after he had gotten back from his vacation. Not realizing that alone had gotten the younger man a lot more respect from the older man. Not to mention an ass chewing from Ilsa as even she wasn't approving of her 'Sugar Bear's' treatment of the young man.
Chuck and Sarah also weren't on speaking terms that much either and one could even describe things between the two as Arctic. Beckman had also surprised Chuck by officially hiring him on as an Analyst for the NSA, which included some back pay, training when able, and the approval to finally quit the Buy More. Especially as with the changes in the group, more travelling was happening in the state of California thanks to all the information Bryce had gained while taking on Fulcrum on his lonesome. As for whatever reason, the state was the primary place the organization was operating from in a number of places. Now the travelling meant not seeing his friends and family as much and while Chuck wasn't a huge fan of that, the fact he was making something of a difference with the team helped him deal with that. Sometime into the new arrangements even saw Chuck wearing more blue as something of a private joke. Basically seeing himself as the team's equivalent of Power Rangers' own Billy Cranston. Now what made it more amusing was the fact Ilsa, Mei-Ling, and Bryce (not too surprisingly where he was concerned) had cottoned on to what he was doing.
Leading to a few occasions where the foursome discussed who was what color. And Chuck, despite the issues he and Sarah have, felt she was definitely more a Red than anything else. Plus, Bryce being somewhat put out as not being considered a Red was a bonus for the good Nerd too! And thanks to the fact Carina and Cole were rather focused on the other, had meant the British Agent wasn't focusing on Sarah. Or Mei-Ling and Ilsa for that matter, which was a good thing for the man as Casey would have shot him for trying something with Ilsa. Now Bryce had tried a few things with Sarah much to Chuck's jealous dismay that he tried hard to ignore, but Sarah had firmly rebuffed the man. Not wanting much to do with him in that area thanks in part to where Chuck was concerned. Even if they still weren't on the best of terms nearly two months later. Which brings us to the here and now at a construction site in San Diego.
One that Fulcrum had been secretly using for a base of operations and the team had been tasked with bringing it down and getting any and all information they could from the group. Not knowing this was a set up by another Organization known as 'The Ring'. A group that provided Ted Roark with additional funding and manpower for Fulcrum. Though there was an unexpected wrinkle in the form of a News Crew that was doing a live broadcast with a Basketball team near the construction site. Several members of 'Team Intersect' were high up in the building that was currently being built with intentions of it being a new office building for a company in the San Diego area. One of the members was Chuck himself and he was desperately trying his best to keep the enemy female Fulcrum Agent from causing him bodily harm and getting the flash drive he had on him that contained their information. "I think its best if you just hand me that flash drive now. Especially if you don't want me to hurt you more than you'd like." She snarled at him.
If one was to take a good look at her, they might be reminded of WWE's Candice Michelle and in the world of Spies, she was known as 'The Vipress'. An Assassin best known for the poison lipstick she employed in order to take life. A poison she herself was immune too as well of course. "Yeah, I'll uhh… I'll pass on that if you don't mind." Chuck told her.
The Vipress snarled at him and lunged for him again but this time she was ready for his attempt to avoid her. "Sorry, I don't really do this sort of thing on the first date!" Quipped Chuck as he struggled to get her away from him.
"Pity, because I quite enjoy such closeness!"
Unfortunately for the two, their struggle would cause the two to fall through the barrier on the edge of where they were. Both let out yells as they began to fall and this captured Cole's attention from the floor above. "CHUCK!" He roared out in stunned horror over what was going on with his friend.
His yell, plus the yelling of Chuck and the Vipress captured the attention of everyone else in the area. Sarah's eyes widened in absolute fear and horror as she saw him fall. "CHUCK!"
Chuck and the Vipress would end up falling through 6 partially constructed floors until they hit the bottom with debris landing on the both of them. The Fulcrum Agents that were still mobile saw this as a means for them to get the Hell out of dodge while they still could since the situation was clearly a lost cause now. "CHUCK!" Yelled out Bryce in alarm as he ran for where Chuck was with Sarah and Casey not too far behind.
The trio stopped however when the Vipress forced herself up and out of the debris with an angered scream. "I'M GOING TO ENJOY KILLING YOU!" She declared angrily as she looked down at Chuck's unconscious self.
Not even paying attention to anything else and that is what would be her doom as Sarah shot her from behind. Sirens could be heard in the distance as the trio, along with the others once they got down to them, dug Chuck out of the debris. The fact he while he was breathing but wasn't responding to them didn't set well with the team at all. Most especially for a tearful Sarah. "CHUCK! WAKE UP!"
If he survives, I will NEVER treat him like s**t again. Promised a very worried Casey as EMTs hurried towards them.
Author's Notes: I'll freely admit that I'm something of a fan of the cliché of two people (couples especially) re-uniting after a big event like an incident happening.