Don't own Chuck

Sarah looked at Silvia and thought about all the ways she wanted to hurt her and how much pain she could inflect but she had to be able to type. What made her even angrier was she pulled this after everything they'd done for her, after everything Chuck had overlooked. If it had been someone from her past she didn't know if she could've overlooked it. But the person she was angriest with was herself. If she hadn't left her alone this wouldn't have happen.

"Before you continue I need to warn you you're heading down a path that's going to lead to a world of hurt," said Sarah as she cracked her knuckles. "But I just might like it."

"Maybe but you'll never get the satellite control codes in time. I'm not asking for much I just want you to let me go."

"You know what happens if someone sees you that shouldn't. Is it worth taking that kind of risk? If Hydra finds out you're still alive they'll track you down no matter where you are and they'll do finish what they started if nothing else to make an example out of you."

"That could be true but I don't want to spend the rest of my life in a hole either. I'll try my luck on my own so that's my offer take it or leave it. It's up to you now."

Sarah was livid, she had left her for just a few minutes to check on Sam and came back to find this. How could she do this to her, no she should've listen to her gut and had her thrown into detention but she didn't. Just then Casey called in.

"The Eagle has landed," radioed Casey. Sarah just shook her head. "How do you copy me home base?"

"Read you loud and clear. I bet you've been dying to use that line for a long time John. How do you read me?"

"Read you loud and clear. For once can we adhere to proper radio protocol home base," radioed Casey but as he was talking Sarah heard Chuck in the background telling Casey he needed to speak.

"Sarah, Love, any luck finding that satellite? If not contact Langley, and light a fire under the Major we might need it."

"Chuck, we found it or I should specify I found it over the Antarctic," said Silvia as Sarah rolled her eyes. "It's currently in sleep mode."

"I don't care who found it. Can you wake it up and control it? You did build in a backdoor? I would've so I could control my own invention just in case."

"Of course I did, who do take me for some rookie. I've been feeding it strings of code so I can not only take control but shut everyone else out. However, first things first..." Sarah reached up in haste and muted the mic.

"No you're my mistake I'll tell him your demands you've done enough," said Sarah as she switched over to a private connection just with Chuck. "Sweetie, I've got you on a private line there's no need for Casey to hear this."

"I know Casey's asking me what's up. Wait one," said Chuck. "She needs to tell me something about Sam and after your appeal for proper radio protocol she doesn't want to hurt your sensitive ears. But if you want what sandwich would you take on a desert island?"

"Gez will you guys never give it a break and your blabbering too. Just hurry it up and stop hogging up the airwaves. You're the one who wanted to land in the middle of nowhere so you're going to have to talk and walk."

"Okay Sarah, I'm back. Casey's taken care of so what is it?" Chuck could already tell he wasn't going to like it.

"Sweetie, I'm sorry I had to leave Silvia here for a few minutes while I went to check on Sam and well... This is her deal." Sarah explained everything to him. "I'm so sorry what do you want me to do? I was thinking about breaking both her legs. She doesn't need them to work on the keyboard." Chuck laughed.

"I love you and to tell you the truth I kind of half expected it," Chuck said only to get Casey to turn and give him a grunt then started double timing it. John pulled away which was fine by Chuck he needed to speak without being heard and this gave him the opportunity.

"I love you too but tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it. I'm sorry this is my fault I shouldn't have left her by herself."

"You did what you had to do. This isn't your fault at all let me talk to her," said Chuck. He kept his voice low so Casey couldn't hear him but he used a flat tone that sounded like he meant business. "Silvia, I can only guess you've been in touch with Marcus and this desire to escape is so you two can meet somewhere. Know that if I'm headed for a trap I have enough pictures of you on my phone that Hydra will know you're still alive plus I have you confessing that Marcus helped you to escape. I don't think things will go to well for him if I'm caught."

"Marcus is running now and yes we're going to meet then disappear forever. The pictures are an inconvenience that a good plastic surgeon can take care of and I want you to destroy that base there and Frank along with it."

"So Hydra will think Marcus died there? Clever move I might even be able to give you a few recommendations about how to start over."

"Thank you Chuck but I want a clean slate. I want to go somewhere where no one knows me or Marcus. So do we have a deal?"

"Okay, Sarah cut her loose and let her go but only if she gives you those codes. I have to go Casey's waving at me there's a Rover by the roadside. Looks like we might not have to walk after all, I love you."

"Stay safe, I love you too," said Sarah as the line dropped. "Okay you heard my husband; you've got your deal. Now give me the code then you can be on your way."

"Hold up not so fast if I give you the code like this you can still slam me in Supermax. No I'll give it to you after I'm out of here."

"Silvia it's not that I don't trust you but I don't trust you. I'm not going to let you out of here without you giving it to me and I verifying it."

Okay here, the code is in two parts. This is the first one," said Silvia as she wrote it out. "Here you are. You're only missing the second half, but if you enter the wrong code more than twice it will default to self-destruct mode. Let me go and once I'm outside I'll call you with the second half."

"If you don't you're dead. I will personally track you both down and end you," said Sarah as she looked at the set of numbers Silvia had written

"So does that mean we have a deal?"

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The BN-2 Islander landed on the airstrip just outside of Fox Bay settlement. There Larry and Paul helped Norma off the plane. Paul stayed with her while Larry went into the command center that functioned as a control tower. The weather was cold and the ground was covered with a sheet of white as snow continued to come down.

"I got them," said Larry as he waved the keys in his hand. That was the most words Norma heard him say since they started out from Gatwick. He led them over to a Rover Defender then after loading everything up, they took off down a snow covered gravel road.

"They said inside the snow should let up soon and the temperatures are expected to warm up so all this will melt away. I'm interested in seeing how our colony is coping with this cold."

"Larry gets like this," said Paul. "He starts off almost mute but the closer we get to his passion the more talkative he becomes. So Norma what kind of boat do your friends have? They aren't expecting you to help man it?"

"No," she said as she laughed. "I'm there so their aunt will have someone to talk to. She's kind of a hermit and lives in her shell, they want me to crack it in order to get her to come out and talk. I'm good at getting people to talk and in the end everyone talks."

"You say that like it's your profession, a professional interrogator. So what kind of boat did you say your friends have?"

"I really didn't ask to tell you the truth for all I know it could be a submarine." They all laughed. "Oh and before I forget I finished your scarf," said Norma as she passed it to him from the back. "Put it on I want to see if it fits all right. Maybe I should lengthen it a bit?"

"No it's fine, thanks," said Paul. "What do you think Larry? The perfect thing for this type of weather and in Penguin colors no less."

"You're right that should keep you nice and cozy but like I said the weather should be warming up so I don't think... Paul, Paul are you okay?" Paul began wheezing as if he was having an asthma attack but he wasn't asthmatic.

"Pull off to the side of the road," said Norma. "Is he allergic to anything? He sounds like he's going into anaphylactic shock. My late husband was allergic to bee stings and he looked like that."

"But there are no bees in the Falklands. I know there was an attempt but it didn't work out," said Larry as he rambled on pulling over to the side of the road. "Let's get him out of the Defender maybe it's something inside." Larry and Norma got out, the winds were whipping up and it was frigid but already the snows were letting up.

"Sit him next to the Rover so he's out of the wind," said Norma as Larry pulled him out and sat him next to the rear tire. Paul was blue in his face and barely conscious. Larry could see he was in a bad way when he sat him down but as he put him down his hands started feeling tingly like they were rapidly becoming numb.

"What's wrong with me? My hands are paralyzed and it feels like my arms are going to sleep. Norma, how do you feel?"

"Oh I'm fine. You touched the scarf as you pulled poor Paul out of the Rover. That's the poison circulating in you now. It's a tincture I made from phyllobates terribilis. You don't know what that is? I'm sorry your specialty is in Penguins, aptenodytes patagonicus. The phyllobates terribilis is also called the golden poison arrow frog and like Shakira, it comes from Columbia. Some people even call it the most poisonous animal living."

"But why? We didn't do you any harm?" said Larry as Paul dropped over. Larry turned to run but slipped in the snow and fell face first.

"Unfortunately for you two you saw my face but you were kind enough to provide me with transportation. Now Larry for the good news then the bad news," said Norma as she shivered in the cold. "A person could catch their death out here don't you think. Now where was I? Oh yes... good news, bad news."

"You're crazy," said Larry. "Come on you don't need to do this. I can forget anything just ask me my last name? I don't remember. See it's that easy. Please you don't have to do this."

"As I was saying the good news is you only touched the scarf so you didn't absorb enough of the poison to kill you. It just paralyzed your arms but that will go away soon and you'll be none the worse for wear."

"That is good news," said Larry so you can just leave me here and take the Rover. We're in the middle of nowhere and I don't have a phone."

"Maybe you're right," said the old woman as she walked back to the vehicle. Larry breathed a sigh of relief. He heard the door open and thought she was going away.

"Sorry Larry," she said coming back to him with one of her knitting needles. She shoved in in the back of his head penetrating between the base of the skull and the C1 vertebra driving upward to the hypothalamus. Larry's autonomic nervous system stopped and he died almost instantly.

"I guess the customs agent was right these are killing machines," she said as she pulled it out then wiped it down. Norma took all the identification off the bodies then got into the defender driving off. Day was breaking behind her soon the Johnny Rooks and Vultures would find their breakfast served and if they didn't wait around too long it would be warm.

A little while later and further down the road….

"Okay they said turn left at Hill Cove," said Norma as she signaled left then turned. Why she used a turn signal was force of habit because there wasn't anyone on the road. But a little ways down the road she passed two men walking with packs. They looked strangely out of place as they walked along the road. She just zipped past them but shortly after driving by her back tire blew out and she began to fishtail.

"Crap, hold it on the road," she said to herself but with the melting snow it wasn't easy. She managed to regain control by counter steering and down shifting keeping her foot off the brakes. Then she eased over to the side of the road.

"Come on Chuck hurry up and get off the radio," yelled Casey as he ran up to the woman. "Lady, I have to hand it to you that was some good driving. Not a lot of people could've kept it between the ditches in a blow out like that."

"Thank you son," said Norma as she climbed out of the Rover. It was a little touch-and-go there for a bit but I was able to pull it out. You just have to show the vehicle who's the boss. One second I need catch my breath."

"What's going on John?" said Chuck as he ran up. "Morning ma'am, looks like you've got some tire trouble. This is your lucky day we can change it then have you on your way."

"I don't want to impose on you. Where are you boys heading with all that gear? My, that looks heavy," said Norma as Casey dropped his then opened the back and began pulling out all the bags.

"We're going bird watching and you with all these bags," asked Chuck as be noticed they had two different names on them. His senses told him something was off. He sat his pack down as Casey gave a look back at him.

"I'm taking those bags to some colleagues who're studying penguins, King Penguins down the coast not far from here. They're actually magnificent birds, Penguins."

"Like my friend here John in a tux," said Chuck which got a growl from Casey.

"You know a little help would be appreciated," said John as he tossed Chuck the tire tool. "Make sure the vehicle is in park and the hand brake is set. Then loosen the lug bolts while I work the jack."

"Sure John no problem," said Chuck checking inside to make sure the Rover was in park but when he stuck his head inside he saw one of the woman's bags lying on the passenger's seat. There was a name tag with Hammaspeikko written on it. Chuck flashed. He saw people with bloody mouths, vials of Sodium thiopental or Sodium Pentothal. He saw vials with SP-117 written in Cyrillic 'truth serum'. The old woman they were changing the tire for was the Tooth Fairy.

"John, we need to talk," said Chuck as he climbed out of the vehicle to find Norma covering Casey with a Sig P232. "Wow lady what are you doing? Put the weapon down and we can talk. What's going on?"

"Shut up, you two are spies. I'm guessing CIA. What I want to know is how did you know I was going to be here and who sent you?"

"Lady, what are you talking about? Are you sure you've taken your medication for today because just from where I'm standing you sound pretty crazy. John what do you think?" Casey nodded his head.

"I told you to shut up. Don't patronize me I'm no fool. Someone shot out my rear tire and it just happened to be while you two were nearby. I smell a rat."

"You know as crazy as it might sound that's exactly what happened," said Chuck. When he saw his mother walking down from the hill behind Norma he realized what was going on. Mary signaled him to buy time so he continued talking.

"I've got some things in my bag," said Norma. "They'll loosen your tongue then we'll see what kinds of answers I can get."

"What do you have, prune juice or Metamucil?" said Casey. "Whatever you've got in that little bag of yours none of it will work on me so you can just forget it grandma."

"John, you're standing in front of the Tooth Fairy and her specialty is interrogation," said Chuck. "Maybe you can tell me something and we can go from there who are you here to interrogate? Obviously since we just met it's not us?"

Norma never got a chance to answer Mary shot her in the back of the head. Blood and brain mater flew over Chuck as Norma dropped.

"Oh Mom, yuck, you just killed grandma," said Chuck a little disgusted because of his bath. "Everyone thinks you jumped out of the plane and didn't make it."

"That's what I wanted them to think. You wouldn't happen to have anything to eat. I've been roughing it since we landed and last night I fed on carrion."

"I could've done without that picture in my head. It'll be a while before I'll want take out and don't even think about drinking out of my coffee cup."

"Here's a power bar," said Casey as he tossed it to her then a box of tissues to Chuck from the back of the Rover.

"Thanks," said Mary. She opened it and took a big bit then started stripping Norma taking her clothes off.

"Mom, do you have to do that here in the middle of the road. How about some place a little more secluded? Gez, I'm going to have nightmares for a month after this."

"Sorry Charles but I need to pass myself off as Norma, the Tooth Fairy, that way they'll take me to Diane and I can secure her for extraction. When is the team coming in?" Chuck looked over at Casey and Casey looked back at him. "Oh tell me there's a team coming in?"

"You're looking at it. It gets better in less than twelve hours that whaling station will be leveled per the Omega Protocol by a Tomahawk missile strike launched from the Sound."

"Then we need to hurry," said Mary as she took off her coveralls and started changing into Norma's clothes.

"No! Not here on the other side of the Rover," said Chuck as he put his hand over his eyes. "Now go please. There are just some sights a son should never see."

"But I used to breast feed you when you were a baby," said Mary as she changed into Norma's clothes. "Oh I grabbed these from the parts they stripped off the Hypersonic." She started around but Chuck closed his eyes and pointed to the hood.

"Just leave them here. So they've stripped the Hypersonic and loaded the parts on the submarine. They have to be interested in our stealth technology."

"I think so," said Mary as she came around then looked for something in the bags like bleach to streak her hair. "The submarine has a lead-bismuth cooled fast reactor. I tried to take it out by disrupting the steam flow from the pier but they fired up the reactor in time to prevent a cool off."

"Cool off? I always heard of melt down with reactors," said Casey. Chuck brought him up to speed on the difference.

"That was the reason I could pick up their radiation signal. Good job, it helped me pinpoint this location. Mom this stuff you got off the plane what did you say this was supposed to be?"

"I heard some tech call it the data core and that it was key to the online computer system or something like that. He said it was important so I grabbed it, why?"

"Because this was what I was going to search the plane for. This is the black box they used to take control of the Hypersonic."

"Okay the flat is changed now let's go," said Casey as he climbed in. "Chuck, you know Frank knows us and if he sees us the game is up."

"I know but we've got to try and besides I've got a plan. Mom, tell me about the Russians what have you picked up about them?"

The second in command is the one that mutinied. He and the officers and some enlisted. They don't get along with the Argentinians and I was working that. However, when I left to come here Frank caught on and doubled the guard. He suspects there could be a spy in their midst. The ship's Captain is a cantankerous old man and he'll do anything short of treason for his men. I think the ones that are loyal would do the same for him."

"Great a commie love boat," said Casey as he drove.

"I forgot to ask Charles, how did Sarah's test come out? I wanted to be there but I kind of got held up."

"Inconclusive," said Chuck as he turned to look back at her. "She's going to have another blood test done which should give us a definite answer." He decided to take what she said at face value there was no need especially now.