Chuck now 10 was walking past a electronic store. He was fascinated by what his dreams were showing him. There is a schematic in his dream which he had the over whelming compunction to build. So he entered the shop and bought about 50 dollars worth of parts. Next he scrounged around and found old broken TV, Radio, Tape recorders and remotes. Anything he could obtain parts. His Dad's lab became his for the disassembly of all these components. Even Morgan could not stop him from his single minded purpose. Chuck was driven. Slowly a device was taking shape. It was a new type of Power supply it was compact and was able to use household current but provide unheard of power requirements. After that he started working on a new computer. He found more scraps and fashioned a very lightweight but extremely powerful computer. He then was obsessed with writing the operating system code to make this system work. This all took place over about 2 years. Morgan would still bug him but Chuck would not play he just kept hunched over the workstation either typing code or having a soldering iron in his hand.

Eventually the system he had developed was ready. The first point was to bring the graphics online. Morgan was amazed at the brilliance and sharpness of the colors on the screen. Next came the action. The figures were lifelike. Morgan now totally blown away from Chuck's accomplishment. Chuck had created a very life like videogame. There was nothing like it on the market. The other systems out there could not compare.

Other changes were noticed by Ellie. As Chuck aged their daily sparring became more intense and focused. She was still having problems keeping him at bay even with the height difference. Ellie knew something happened to Chuck allowing him to focus better than he did prior. Ellie thought it was just him growing up. But it was more. Chuck was intelligent before the incident as She called it. But now his organizational skills were off the chart. Chuck could assimilate more and more complex tasks and complete them easily.

Ellie still scanned the want ads seeing what her father's ideas on what is going on with Chuck. The codes placed were very complex and Ellie had to work hard to remember them. Ellie was busy in the morning before class. Chuck now had started High School. He was eating his regular cold cereal meal. He noticed the want ads. He now rose to stand next to Ellie. As Ellie as laboriously decyphering the code. Chuck grabbed the paper and wrote out the message. As quickly as he could write. Ellie was amazed as Chuck now sat back down to continue to eat his cereal. Ellie did not stop her translation but as soon as she finished she compared what Chuck wrote and what she knew were correct. They were identical. However, Chuck broke the code in about 2 mins while it took Ellie 20 painful minutes to do the same thing.

One thing that did not change was Chuck natural friendliness. His altruistic manner to help anyone who needed it. Chuck was great at knowing the right word to diffuse any situation. At 14 he went to the bank because Ellie was not able to do so. She was doing her graduate work for her Doctor's degree. Chuck accepted more and more responsibility as he got older. The bank was being robbed. Chuck calmly talked to the bank robber.

The Robber did not really want to rob the bank but wanted someone to listen to him. He was losing his home. The bank did not want to work with him. So he was desperate. Chuck looked over the papers the would be robber was waving around. Chuck immediately found an error had been made by the bank. A deposit to his account was never credited. Pulling the bank manager over he pointed out the error. The Bank manager was baffled how such an error could have been over looked by such a long period of time. Chuck showed how that one error caused this whole cascade effect. The would be robber got his home saved. The hostages were released. The robber was released because the bank would not press charges plus none of the people inconvenienced were going to either. The police were baffled over the whole event. Chuck just calmly kept everyone under control. The news crews at the scene wanted to interview him and proclaim him a hero but no one would talk about the courteous young man. There was no record on file of his face or anyone willing to give a description. Chuck also doctored the security tapes to never show his face or anything else. So technically he did not break his promise to Ellie. However, Ellie was happen to be watching the local news when she saw Chuck leaving the bank. It was a long camera shot but she knew it was him. Ellie was going to need to talk about this later. Ellie filed this act for discussion later.

Ellie caught up to Chuck that night during their sweeps. Chuck was defending himself. Ellie still older was able to back Chuck down into the Do Jo. Elie now pulled out the Bo Stick.

"Defend yourself little Brother."

Chuck grabbed the Bo stick and started the match. Ellie was winning.

"Chuck, I thought I told you no heroics! You could have gotten killed today!"

"What do you mean Ellie? I was never in any danger."

"What do you mean not in danger?"

"I mean it I correctly assessed the situation. The man with the gun did not want to hurt anyone. He just needed to be taken seriously. He did have a legal problem with the bank. The bank was not going to listen to him."

"Yeah that to me sound like a desperate man. So what did you do?"

I found the bank error and made the bank to fix the error and refund all the interests and penalties assessed erroneously. I then made sure I was not going to be identified. I disabled the security feeds and doctored the tapes. So No one would know who I was."

Well done little Brother but you did not notice you were caught on the TV news camera exiting the building. So you were not completely unknown. The Bad Guys could have your picture now! We Have to move! We can never come back here. So later that night Chuck packed his bags and left his familial home.

Ellie moved into a very small 3 bedroom apt in Echo Park. The move was never noted by anyone. Chuck even enlisted Morgan in setting up his room. The first item Chuck placed on his wall was his much beloved Tron could not understand why Chuck had to move.

Morgan now found something good about the move.

Chuck was sleeping in his new room and the window opened slowly. Chuck ready with a weapon awoke but did not move. The sounds of labored breath told him that it was not a professional. It might be a burglar. Chuck kept very still as soon as the person was in the room. Chuck activated the bright lights which were installed. Morgan was standing in his room! He was shielding his eyes from the bright lights.

"Morgan what are you doing here?"

"Ellie would not let me in she said you were sleeping but I had to show you I got tickets."

"Tickets? To what?"

At this point Chuck shut off the bright lights and turned on the lamp next to the bed.

"Thanks Chuck whew those lights are bright!"

"So tell me about the tickets."

" Right Right those tickets are to what is known as the most fantastic place a nerd like me could imagine. They are to Comic Con in San Diego!"

"Really! Yeah I have two so would you like to join me?"

"Yeah I would but I would need to clear it with Ellie and right now is not a good time."

Just at that moment Ellie was doing her patrols and heard the noise. She saw the bright lights from under Chuck's door fade. She was knocking on Chuck's door.

"Chuck are you ok?"

"This is just great Morgan you awoke up Ellie!

Chuck knew Ellie was on patrol but it needed to give her a cover.

"I am so sorry Chuck."

Morgan cringed because he knew how bad an upset Ellie could be.

Chuck now yelled through the door.

"Yeah Ellie false alarm it was just Morgan. He came through the Morgan Door since you would not let him in."

"Ok Chuck but escort him out the real door once you are finished."

Ellie now went back to her room and removed the Ninja outfit. It would not do to have Morgan see her in it. Tonight's patrol was curtailed early.

Meanwhile in the bowels of the CIA . A technician found the news footage. The computer identified the young man as Charles Bartowski. This information was forwarded to the assistant to the director. Langstrom Graham. It was flagged urgent. Also at the same time another man was looking at that exact feed. Stephen Bartowski groaned

Why Chuck Why?