A/N: all work my own and no betas were harmed in the development of this chapter….
I don't own Chuck
Chapter 23
"Yes, well Chuck has been a big thorn in Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations for years," said Carina, taking the baby out of Ellie's arms as she struggled out the hole in the wall.
"Chuck, did you just say Chuck?" asked Ellie, when a man appeared behind her and pulled Ellie to him with the muzzle of a pistol held up to her head.
"Who are you and who do you work for?" the man said in heavily accented English.
All that could be heard was the discharge of a weapon..
Ellie had barely a split second to consider that her mystery savior name was Chuck and that the voice has sounded familiar before all hell had broken loose.
She thought that was it, her life was over, but rather then lights or darkness all she felt was the man that was holding her, collapsed to the ground taking her with him.
'This can't be what death is like?' thought Ellie.
She then heard that voice the calming voice and she opened her eyes. She saw a face, yes it was older and looked like it had seen some tough years, but it was his eyes.
"Chuck?" was all Ellie could say before passing out.
"Well, not the reaction I was hoping for?" said Chuck to no one in particular.
Just then Morgan arrived with the transport; they loaded everyone up and planted the evidence around the scene to make it look like it was a local skirmish that had occurred, rather than a surgical strike by US forces.
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They were on the road and on the way to the safe house, where they hoped to identify valuable information relating to the threat, to assist in defusing the event. An event that if not stopped the US and possibly the world may never recover.
"Ok Chuck spill, how do you know this ... Mrs Bin Laden here?" asked Carina.
"Guys, I would like you to meet my sister Ellie, who I thought died in a terrorist car bomb back about ten years ago" said Chuck.
"Oh shit…..I didn't even know you had a sister" said Carina.
"Me neither" said Morgan.
"Well it was a difficult thing to talk about, the bombing was the reason I joined the army, and then the Agency" said Chuck.
Chuck then looked sad.
"What's wrong Chuck?" asked Carina.
"Was just thinking my dad was also reported to have died in that bombing, I wonder if he is still alive out there somewhere" said Chuck.
"I am sure your sister could provide some information, when she wakes up. In the meantime I guess you have some nieces and nephews to deal with," said Carina.
Ellie's head was in Chuck's lap and the children were crying in the back of the SUV.
Chuck turned to look at them.
"It is ok little ones, we will not let anything happen to you, I am your Uncle Chuck," he said, he looked physically pained when he said that and the children continued to wail.
"You ok Chuck?" asked Carina.
"I will be I think, I got some scratches that's all, we can check it out when we are at the safe house," said Chuck.
The children eventually cried themselves to sleep with everyone making a sigh of relief.
Ellie started coming back around; she opened her eyes and was staring at Chuck. Chuck looked down at her and noticed she was awake.
"Hello, welcome back to the land of the living," said Chuck smiling.
"Chuck, is that really you?" asked Ellie.
"Well I think I should be asking you that question, considering for ten years I had thought you were dead, it has been less than 24 hours and I have had to deal with that all being a lie," said Chuck.
"But, how are you here? I don't understand, it should be some James Bond type saving me not my little brother," said Ellie.
Carina overheard the conversation and couldn't help but have a little chuckle
"James Bond has nothing on your brother," said Carina.
"That is enough of that Carina, I am sure everyone has heard enough of such ridiculous comparisons," said Chuck.
Ellie finally sat up and started looking at her 'little' brother.
"Chuck have you been shot?" screamed Ellie.
Carina's head quickly spun around her eyes were daggers.
"Like I said before Carina, they are just scratches," said Chuck.
"They look like more than scratches Chuck, let me look at them?" asked Ellie pleading.
"Ellie, when we get to the safe house you can look at them, for now let's just concentrate on getting there in one piece," said Chuck
Carina once again looked back around
"Them Chuck?" questioned Carina.
"I said scratches, as in plural," exhausted Chuck.
"Ellie I don't want to get into things in any great detail, but obviously I thought you were dead, um along with dad. Is he…?" asked Chuck.
"Chuck, neither of us died in the explosion we were kidnapped and held, but dad passed away about a couple of years after, he was trying to escape to warn people of a terrorist attack on US soil" said Ellie.
"Do you know when that was?" asked Chuck.
"No not exactly, but it was sometime during mid 2001" answered Ellie.
Ellie was starting to look a little closer at Chuck's wounds.
"Chuck, I never thought I would see you again" said Ellie with tears in her eyes.
"Either did I" said Chuck.
"Chuck, I can't even begin to understand what you think of me," Ellie said looking down at her hands.
"Ellie, I think you are a very strong woman lasting as long as you have in such an environment, having to put up with what you have," said Chuck.
"But Chuck I gave in, I… I had children. What you must think?" said Ellie.
"Ellie, it is me who is worried about what you think. I have not been that innocent boy you knew for a long time, the things I have done in the name of the greater good, I am not proud of," said Chuck with tears rolling down his cheek.
Ellie took him in a hug and noticed him flinch when she hugged him.
"Let me look at those scratches," said Ellie.
"Chuck, you still have the bullet in your arm," screamed Ellie.
"It's ok, I am more worried about the leg wound," said Chuck
"You got hit in the leg too?" asked Ellie
"Yeah, just a scratch" said Chuck.
"Let me see," said Ellie.
Chuck just gave her a pained look.
"Chuck, remember I was a medical student, while I may not be a doctor I still know what I am doing. Do you have a knife?" asked Ellie.
Chuck took a sharp throwing knife out of his vest and handed it to Ellie she used it to cut open his pants.
"Chuck the bullet is still in there too, and you are extremely lucky it didn't hit the artery" said Ellie.
"Yeah, like I said a scratch" said Chuck smiling.
"I remember when you used to cry when you got a little scratch and I had to look after you," said Ellie.
"Yeah, but I haven't been that boy in some time," said Chuck.
"So what is the plan now?" asked Ellie.
"Well we need to take you to the safe house, were you will be debriefed" said Chuck.
"Then?" asked Ellie.
"Well I guess that depends on you, you will be provided transport stateside, and will be given a new identity. You will be looked after" said Chuck sadly.
"Why do you seem disappointed, you don't want me to live in the US?" asked Ellie concerned.
"Well, I was kind of hoping that maybe we could spend some time and catch up, and maybe I could help you settle into a new life. But if you would prefer to be elsewhere I understand, I certainly have my own problems living with myself," said Chuck.
"I don't understand, why does it have to be one or the other, don't you live in the US?" asked Ellie.
"No, I have moved to Australia fairly recently," said Chuck.
"Are you sure you would want to have me and the Children around?" asked Ellie nervously.
"Ellie, you are the only family I have and I don't want to lose you again, if you get given a new identity I will not know where you are, and will not be able to contact you," said Chuck sadly.
"Do you know anyone in Australia?" asked Ellie.
"A few people in intelligence circles and in the government, um and my fiancé and her father are also there," said Chuck.
Ellie's eyes went wide, "your fiancé, you are going to be married?" asked Ellie.
"Yeah, I have had a very lonely and busy life since you have been gone and as I said, I have done some things, many things that I am not proud of. I went back to Warwick for the first time since you disappeared. I met someone and we are now engaged," said Chuck.
"From Warwick, do I know this girl?" asked Ellie.
"Maybe, her name was Jenny?" said Chuck.
"Jenny? And what do you mean by was?" asked Ellie.
"She got into a bit of trouble, well her father did and we had to move and change names," said Chuck.
"Is that why you are in Australia?" asked Ellie
"Yes, and also I was looking for a new start," said Chuck hopefully.
"Would you be ok if we did come, to stay with you, remember I come with bagage?" asked Ellie.
"As I said Ellie, you are all the family I have, and I would like it very much if you would stay with me," said Chuck.
"Chuck, this information I have, I am not sure if I believe it, but it has scared the hell out of me. So I guess Uncle contacted the authorities…I was worried they wouldn't take it seriously," said Ellie.
"Ellie, there is something that you need to know about our Uncle, he is the Director if the CIA," said Chuck.
Ellie's eyes went wide.
"And no I didn't know what he did when I joined the Agency" said Chuck.
Chuck was mindful not to say anything about Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden activities in the last ten years. He knew he would not be able to keep it from her for long, but at least until after she has been debriefed.
"So he told you, and um, you volunteered to come and get me?" asked Ellie.
"No, I was ordered by the Director to extract a possible asset with intelligence of an upcoming terrorist attack on the US, I did not find it was you until I was in country," answered Chuck.
"Why didn't he tell you? Wouldn't you have come?" said Ellie defensively.
"No it's not that, I obviously couldn't do anything about it until I was here and he didn't want me to lose focus," said Chuck.
"Didn't you wonder why he wanted you for this?" asked Ellie.
"No not at all, I was going to be coming in, even before you called and alerted us to your presence," said Chuck.
Chuck could see that Ellie was confused, but he would get into trouble if he said much more.
"Look Ellie, I will give you some more information after your debrief, but at the moment I need you to be focused on the upcoming threat," said Chuck.
Ellie was wondering what Chuck was keeping from her; This wasn't the same guy she knew from Warwick, that guy couldn't keep anything from her.
"Carina, I will probably need you to patch me up while Ellie is being debriefed, think you can do that for me?" asked Chuck.
"Chuck, I can do that before I go in" said Ellie.
"No the information you need to give is important" said Chuck.
"Ok, well I can do it after then" said Ellie.
"Um, I think I probably should get it done sooner than later," said Chuck.
"What is wrong Chuck?" asked Ellie.
"I am just getting a bit light headed, Morgan whatever you do, do not stop until you get to the Safe house. Promise me" said Chuck.
"Ok Chuck," said Morgan.
With that Ellie took a closer look at Chucks wounds.
"Oh shit he has lost a lot of blood, Stop the car so I can do something to stop the bleeding please," said Ellie.
"I'm sorry but I promised Chuck I wouldn't stop, and he is not one I will ever break a promise too, besides the information that you have is more important," said Morgan.
"What more important than his life?" asked Ellie.
"Unfortunately yes Ellie, you do whatever you can in the back the number of lives that could be lost without your information is too big to even consider. It is what Chuck would want," said Carina.
Ellie did what she could to apply pressure to Chuck's wounds; the leg wound seemed to be the worst, their seemed to be a lot of blood.
"Carina, ok I will go and be debriefed on whatever, but you need to do something for me. He is going to need blood and unless you have supplies at the safe house, you will need to take blood from me," said Ellie.
"Are you compatible?" asked Carina
"Yes I am?" replied Ellie.
"Ok I think we can swing it, and take blood while you are being debriefed," said Carina.
"Listen, I will not say anything to anyone about what I know until you start taking blood got it?" said Ellie.
"You two must have been fun children," said Carina sarcastically.
"What does that mean?" asked Ellie.
"You are as stubborn and loyal as your brother, nothing is more important to him then the people he loves," said Carina.
Morgan was thinking that he needed to do something to take everyone's minds of Chucks condition.
"So Ellie, what are the names of the little ones?" asked Morgan
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They finally made it to the safe house and Carina and Ellie went into the room with the conferencing equipment and started taking Ellie's blood, while Morgan prepared Chuck for surgery.
By the time Carina had finished working on Ellie, Chuck was ready.
Carina took a look at Chuck's wounds.
"She was not wrong, he is in a bad way, and we are going to need that blood if he is going to have any chance of pulling through," said Carina.
Carina started cleaning Chuck's wounds while trying to slow the blood loss as much as possible. Morgan went into the briefing and got the blood that Ellie had provided and brought it to Carina.
"Don't worry I care about him too, and I am going to do everything I can" said Carina.
Carina could see a look of jealousy flash and quickly disappear off Morgan's Face.
"Honey, not as much as I care for you though. I admit I did have feelings for Chuck, but not the kind that I have for you. So you have nothing to be jealous about lover," said Carina.
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Meanwhile in the debriefing room.
Ellie had been brought into the room that had a large screen and a camera, a guard was standing behind her when a face appeared on the screen.
"Uncle?" said Ellie.
"Yeah it's me Ellie, I cannot explain how happy I am to see that you're ok," he said.
"It's good to see you too, is it possible if we can keep this brief, Chuck was shot twice and I would like to lend a hand. Chuck wanted me to do this first though," said Ellie.
"Sure we will get the immediate information then you can help with Chuck, then maybe we will have a more in depth discussion later," said the Director.
The quickly discussed the events of the last few weeks and what Ellie knew of the attacks.
"So you are sure they have targeted six locations, and they expect all to happen at the same time?" asked the Director.
"Yes, Lambeau Field LA, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago. The areas were chosen because of population density and the number of expected casualties," said Ellie.
"Ok we can probably look at access versus density in each of those places and find the most likely targets. Do you know when?" asked the Director.
"No, but they have detonated a test device already. I also believe they have completed the first full size device. From what I know of Osama's plans, it is likely to be six to eight weeks," said Ellie.
"When you say test device do you know what kind of device?" asked the Director.
"All I know is that it needed nuclear material and they expect a detonation larger then Hiroshima or Nagasaki" said Ellie.
"Do you know how they plan to get the weapons into the country?" asked the Director.
"I heard them mention delivery vehicles, but that is all I know?" said Ellie.
"Do you know where the assembly work is occurring?" asked the Director.
"No but where they made the test and the first full size device was somewhere locally, but the remaining devices will be constructed somewhere else," said Ellie.
"When you say locally, do you mean a local village?" asked the director.
"No it was made in Pakistan, the others will be made somewhere in the west…. I heard them mention being built in America's back yard," said Ellie.
"Hmm that could be Mexico, or maybe Canada…..Thank you Ellie, the information you have provided is invaluable, I and the United States thanks you for this. Before you go to help with Chuck, I just wanted to ask if you had put any thought to where you would want to live?" asked the Director.
"Well, yes I have put some thought into it. Really the life I had before has gone and I guess I am worried about how I will survive by myself with the children," said Ellie.
"Well Ellie, we would be more then happy for yourself to live with us until you get on your feet," he said.
"Thank you for the offer, and I will consider it, Chuck told me that he no longer lives in the US, I was hoping to be able to reconnect and maybe even be a part of his life," said Ellie hopefully.
"Yes, Chuck has left the US and this job was the last one he was doing for the Agency. He has taken a role with an Anti Terrorist group in Australia, mostly involved with training. But I have not given up hope on him returning when things settle down, I am proud to say that he is the best man I have had working for me," he responded.
"Did you send Chuck, because it was me?" asked Ellie.
"No, I sent him because he was the best man for the job. You do know that Osama Bin Laden has attempted to kill Chuck several times?" He asked.
"No, I didn't, I only ever heard him talk about a man named Carmichael and how much he hated him," said Ellie.
"Ellie, within the agency your brother is known as Special Agent Charles Carmichael." said the director.
"Ellie, Your brother is a hero, most people will never know what he has done, and I cannot even tell you any specifics, but Chuck can lay claim to single handedly foiling more terrorist plots, both stateside and abroad than any other individual," said the Director.
"But why did he get involved in this, in the first place?" asked Ellie.
"Your brother believed that both you and your father were killed in a terrorist car bomb. After that happened, the only thing he had was attempting to get some sort of payback or reprisal. Chuck no longer liked who he had become and decided to go back home to Warwick for his school reunion. There I guess he found what he was looking for," he said.
"Ok well I am going to go and see if I can help. I can't lose him, not now," she responded.
"Ok Ellie, your brother has become like a son to me, and I will do anything we can to get him on the mend," he said.
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Ellie walked out of the meeting room to join Carina and Morgan.
"How is he going?" asked Ellie.
"I think he is stable, I have been able to remove the slugs and I think I have mostly stopped the bleeding. With your blood I guess we just need to be patient," said Carina.
"How much blood do you think he has lost?" asked Ellie.
"A fair bit more then we have replaced but he should be ok," said Carina.
"Let's give him some more, I can spare some more, if I pass out can you just make sure my children are safe. Please for me and my children's sake, do not think of them as the children of Osama but the Niece and Nephews of Chuck." Said Ellie as she lay down on a table and Carina started the line to take more blood.
After Chuck was given another transfusion the only thing they could do was wait.
Morgan received a call from the Director.
"Morgan, we have been informed that the primary target has now arrived at his destination," said the Director.
Morgan's face became hardened
"We are deliberating on how to proceed with Chuck out of action, rather than a surgical strike attempting to take him alive we may just bomb the hell out of the location and hope we catch him," said the Director.
"Director, is there anything we can do?" asked Morgan.
"Get Agent Carmichael back into the game," said the Director.
The children were scared, they were in an environment with lots of people they didn't know and their mother was not acting the way she normally would, and why were they sticking things into her arms?
Her oldest daughter came up to her.
"Mommy, are you ok?" she asked.
"Yes baby, I am just helping your Uncle Chuck" said Ellie.
"When will we see daddy again?" she asked.
"I am not sure baby, we are with these nice people, they will make sure we are safe. They are friends of Uncle Chuck" said Ellie.
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Morgan took the children into a separate room and got as many things he could possibly get that could be used as toys, but mostly it was office supplies, Morgan was helping them draw pictures .
"Wow, who is that a picture of" asked Morgan looking at the drawing of the oldest girl.
"That is a picture of Mommy with Uncle Chuck," she said.
The oldest son had drawn something else it looked like a building.
"My oh my that looks very good, where did you see that building? "Asked Morgan.
It was a picture that resembled the Empire State Building.
"I saw it in drawings my Dad had, but his also included drawings of things inside too" he said.
'Oh Shit, this young innocent boy had seen the blueprints of the Empire State building that his father had, that can only mean one thing' thought Morgan.
Morgan realized he had to report this to the Director, so he made the call and organized a Video Conference. Fifteen minutes later the Director was on the screen with Morgan and Carina in the room leaving Ellie with the children and Chuck.
"So what is this new intelligence, where has it come from, and how reliable?" asked the Director.
"Ok well the intelligence is that the Empire State Building maybe the target in New York," said Morgan.
"Continue Morgan, is this something that the asset has remembered?" he asked.
"Not exactly," said Morgan.
"You are testing my patience Morgan," said the Director angrily.
"Ok well I was spending some time with the children and we were drawing, they are all very talented," said Morgan smiling.
"Yes, but what about the Intelligence," said the Director.
"Yeah, I was getting to that. One of the drawings I saw was a great example of the Empire State Building. I asked him where had he seen the building before and he said it was a drawing his father had, but that one also included lots of drawings of the inside of the building too. I then realized he was talking about Osama having blueprints for the Empire State building," said Morgan.
"Thank you Morgan. So while we are all here I wanted to show you the location and the Intelligence on Osama Bin Laden current location," said the Director.
Everyone involved in the Video Conference did not notice that Chuck was listening to this briefing, with Ellie in another room playing with the children, no one was aware that Chuck was even awake, let alone out of his cot.
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By the time that they had exited the briefing Chuck was gone, Carina noticed that the cot was empty first and alerted Morgan.
"Morgan, Chuck's gone, find Ellie and I will search out here," said Carina.
Morgan found Ellie playing with the children; he could see a big smile on her face. Even though Ellie did not like their father she obviously adored the children.
"Ellie, where is Chuck he is not in the cot?" asked Morgan.
"What he, should have been knocked out for hours," said Ellie
"Chuck has had to withstand all sorts of drugs over the years, he has probably developed some sort of resistance," said Morgan.
"But he is lucky to be alive," said Ellie worried.
"Ok let's not worry about that now, let's just find him," said Morgan.
Then Carina came rushing into the room.
"Weapons and other equipment are missing as well as one of the vehicles, Chuck has gone," said Carina.
"Gone where? asked Ellie.
"Can only guess to complete the initial objective," answered Carina.
"Initial Objective?" asked Ellie.
"Osama Bin Laden is the top of the US most wanted lists, his initial objective before we found out about you was to um, deal with him," said Carina.
"Deal with him, what the hell does that mean?" asked Ellie.
"Return with him back to the US, either dead or alive," said Carina quietly.
"Why Chuck?" asked Ellie.
"Ellie, simply because he is the best," said Carina.
Morgan saw the look in Ellie's eyes.
"What Carina is trying to say is that he is the right man for the job," said Morgan.
"No what I am trying to say is that he is the best Assassin that the US has and he is probably the best period, and if there is one man alive that could do it, it would be him," responded Carina.
"Wow Carina, you really know how to be subtle" said Morgan.
"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Carina.
Morgan grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to the side.
"Carina you just told Chuck's sister that her brother, that she hasn't seen for ten years, is a cold blooded killer and not only that, but is the best. If that wasn't enough, you told her his original assignment was to kill her husband and the father of her children." said Morgan.
"Morgan, are you upset with me, do you like this Ellie? Do kids and being married to a terrorist mastermind turn you on?" asked Carina seriously.
"Carina, this has nothing to do with any feelings or things between us," said Morgan.
"Oh I disagree, if you have feelings for this Brunette skank, well then it has everything to do with us," said Carina.
Morgan could see that Carina's jealousy was increasing by the second and he did the only thing he could think of and pulled her into a passionate kiss.
"So does that tell you what you wanted to know?" asked Morgan.
Carina was just standing there with a smile and a blank look on her face.
"What, sorry? I forgot the question," said Carina.
"Well I guess it wasn't important then," said Morgan.
Carina looked more than a little lost she eventually got her head back in the game.
"Well I guess we need to tell the Director and go after him," said Carina.
Carina quickly called the director and to her surprise and annoyance she was told to stand down, another team would look after locating and dealing with Chuck and they were to remain in the Safe house until further notice.
When Ellie was told of the developments she was more than annoyed, she wanted to get out of the country and start her new life, and more then that she was worried about Chuck's safety, going off running around when he is lucky to be alive, completely ignoring the last bit of information, relating to who her brother had become.
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Meanwhile Chuck was on his way to complete the assignment; he was not going to let the opportunity of dealing with the man responsible, for why he was without his sister and father for ten years, but more because of what his sister has gone through for the last ten years.
Chuck knew that Ellie would be conflicted, if he was to kill Osama and therefore he would do everything he could possibly do, to take him alive. It would also help with further intelligence of the upcoming attacks.
He was driving along the road heading in the direction of the coordinates he had heard while listening to the briefing between Morgan, Carina and the Director, when his phone started ringing, He had several missed calls from both Carina and Morgan, but this call was coming from the director and he answered it.
"Yes Director"
"Chuck, are you sure you know what you are doing? Are you in any condition to complete the mission?" Asked the Director.
"Yes sir I am fine, while yes I had lost a considerable amount of blood, I was given a transfusion and feel more then mission capable. Please do not take this away from me, I need to see this through," he responded.
"Ok, I will not interfere and will get another team to support you, so as to not create any further issues. Remember objective is to take him alive if possible. But under no circumstances to let him escape, am I clear?" asked the Director.
"Crystal sir," answered Chuck and hung up the phone.
Chuck knew that no matter what the outcome of this mission, things would never be the same again. The man he had spent the majority of his adult life evading and seeking, would be either in custody or gone and he now not only has a fiancé waiting for him back in Australia, but also a sister with nieces and nephews.
Chuck couldn't wait to get back to Jenny, he could not believe how much he was missing her and how she constantly returned to his conscious thoughts whenever he was not in mission mode. He knew that he was a different man after going back to Warwick and he couldn't be happier.
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Back in Australia Jenny and her father were starting to get along a little better; it was more out of necessity then much else. Jack knew that he had to try to make up for his mistakes to his daughter as they are stuck in the situation, and the reason for that was all of his own making.
He had thought about it for several days and decided the best way to try and make it up to her. First thing was to get her some of her favorite ice cream, and a speech on how he was a bad father and that she deserved so much more then how he was glad she had found someone like Chuck.
He didn't deserve to have a relationship with his daughter, but was willing to do anything he could, to show her that he was ready to change.
Consciously Jack was thinking that this was just his way of working the current situation, but sub consciously seeing how Jenny was constantly looking at him with anger and contempt hurt him.
When he threw himself on his proverbial sword he had thought that the best he could hope for was a softening of the contempt and anger in her eyes. He was not ready for her to display tears and to hear her say that she loved him.
It was obvious that the strain and angst in their relationship was also not easy on his daughter, and she too was relieved to have something said and resolved. While he knew things would not be plain sailing but at least they were going in the right direction.
They have even gone out on a few walks together long the esplanade, this was one of those times and they were sitting on a park bench, looking out at the ocean.
"Dad, can we talk about mom?" asked Jenny.
Jack wasn't sure what to say, this was heading into dangerous territory, but he didn't want to do anything that stopped the growing easiness that they had around each other.
"Dad, if you don't want to talk about her its ok," asked Jenny.
"We can talk about her if that is what you want Jenny. I um think about her sometimes, doesn't seem to help any as I just seem to get more depressed." said Jack.
"Was the reason you started conning because of what happened with Mom?" asked Jenny.
"Well maybe, indirectly. While I am on a con it allows me to almost believe I am a different person with a different past. Almost like Chuck feels I guess when he would be undercover playing a role. But realistically it doesn't resolve anything; it just pushes those thoughts deeper until you can't push them anymore. I guess after a con is finished it all comes back to me and have been known to have a bit of a bender when that occurs," said Jack sadly.
"Have you ever tried to find her?" asked Jenny.
"Not since the first year, she made it pretty clear she didn't want to be found," said Jack.
"Darlin, you do know that it was nothing you did right?" asked Jack.
"Then what was it?" asked Jenny.
"It was several things, she didn't want to leave you she wanted to leave me; she wanted to have nothing to do with me. I made it clear that she would never have me out of her life because I would never be apart from you….and look how that turned out," said Jack.
"Dad, since we left, what have you been doing to keep your mind off such things?" Asked Jenny.
"Yeah nothing really, which means I have been thinking a lot about your mother?" Said Jack.
"I guess I don't expect Chuck back for another few days, why don't we do some touristy things?" asked Jenny.
"I would like that," said Jack smiling.
They called into the Tourist information centre on the way back to the house and started planning the next few days.
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Back in Pakistan, Chuck was developing a plan on how to extract Osama; the location was really just a collection of caves. Being a cave it was difficult for one to create your own path to the target. Therefore Ingress and Egress points can be well defended.
For Chuck to be successful, all he needs to do is get through the entry, locate Osama, incapacitate him and then get himself and Osama back out, easy. Well not really, but these challenges are the ones he like best.
His orders were dead or alive and he would be using a camera to record all the action for confirmation; however the added complication that his nieces and nephews were this man's children, weighed heavily on him.
It was difficult for Chuck to see him as anything but a monster, but he is sure that to the children he was still their father. How could he ever look them in the eye knowing that he had killed their father? He knew that he would do anything he could possibly do, to save those children that pain.
Chuck was to meet Colonel Sanders and his team, they would be his support team. Normally a strike like this one would have months of preparation, but with the information of a pending nuclear strike on US soil in the balance, they had to do this quickly.
Chuck arrived at the meeting point and quickly was introduced to all the men.
"Agent Carmichael will be running this op; we will be here only for support. What Carmichael says goes, are we clear men?" commanded Colonel Sanders.
"Sir yes sir," responded all the men.
Chuck walked up in front of the men.
"Look I know that this is an opportunity that you have all been waiting for, and that many of you may have lost someone close because of this man. But my intentions are to bring this monster out alive and have him answer for his crimes. We also have credible intelligence that suggests he may have valuable intel on future al Qaeda activities, before we continue do we have someone that can update us all with the current intelligence?" asked Chuck.
A man named Captain Andrews walked up in front of the group and gave them the latest information which Chuck was listening to intently.
"So Captain Andrews what about the GPR scans, have they been used to determine the structure of the caves?" asked Chuck.
"Agent Carmichael no they haven't, they were deemed too unreliable" responded Captain Andrews.
"Do you have the scans?" asked Chuck.
"Yes I will just get them for you."
The captain disappeared and returned with several more folders that included the GPR scans.
"Carmichael, I am not sure what your plans are, but we went over this and we decided that depending on this information to breech the caves was an unacceptable risk" said Colonel Sanders.
"Colonel, I am not looking for a breech point, I am looking for alternate methods for evacuation. I am confident of being able to get to the target, but to extract him alive will be a challenge. It looks like this point is closest to the surface if I set a charge here and cause a cave in here we should be able to seal off ourselves from the Al Qaeda and Taliban forces. And then should be able to escape." said Chuck.
"Carmichael, the device necessary to create such a directed explosion would need to be designed and would be highly specialized, that kind of expertise is not something we have in the field," said the Colonel
"Well then it's good thing that I came along then isn't it," said Chuck.
"What are you saying, do you believe you could produce a device capable of this out here in such a limited time frame?" asked the Colonel.
"Always like a challenge, besides it will be Plan B," said Chuck.
"So what do you need from us sir?" asked another gentlemen.
"Son I will write you a list of everything I will need, just do your best and if there are things you don't have let me know and we may be able to improvise" said Chuck.
A/N: BTW This Chapter was originally written before the current season of Chuck, yeah I know a long time ago. And I have not seen the last ten episodes of Chuck as I decided to watch from the beginning again and go all the way through, I have only just started Season 3 so still a ways to go yet.
Watching season one & two again has given me some ideas for some stories I will be working on soon so stay tuned.
I am also working on a companion piece to new directions, while it will not be a sequel it will fill in some of the gaps in the timeline.
Hope the editting isn't too bad, did final edit on iPad.