It had been 4 years since he last saw Bryce. He was standing at the Nerd Herd Supervisor station at the Burbank Buy More when he heard "Vicky Vale Vickky Vale" coming from the short bearded friend who was leaning against the Herd counter. Looking up in walked the Goddess. He knew who she was. She was Bryce's Girlfriend from that trip in Cabo so many years ago. As far as he knew she had been devoted to him. Bryce never lost connection with his old friend and he got many candid shots of him and Sarah together. Chuck smiled. He still had a soft spot for his old friend. He was supposed to save the world but instead he was limited by what the CIA would allow him to do. Bryce lamented in one encrypted Klingon language email. It said that he was disillusioned. Chuck always wrote back that he was doing something noble and good! It surprised him that Sarah was in front of him.
"Sarah Walker!" Chuck cried out. He ran to envelope her in his very strong arms. Sarah melted against him.
"Sarah why are you here?" Chuck asked as he threw out the creeps in the TV lounge. Both Lester and Jeff had taken up house in the area. Seeing Chuck with a blonde bombshell was a total shock. Since they were a bit afraid of Chuck they left in a hurry.
"So sorry about the mess I will get Jeffster on it soon. But do sit Sarah we have lots to catch up." Chuck said as he guided her to the chair which he had to wipe off the bread crumbs.
Sarah looking a bit defeated has red rimmed eyes. She did truly care for Bryce and this message to Chuck would devastate him.
"Chuck, Bryce is dead!" Sarah started crying. She was just informed a few days ago. She also knew if Bryce was going to send anything it would be to his old friend Chuck. They had an inseparable bond. She reminisced on how while they were together he would mention Chuck at least once in any conversation.
"How? Were you together when it happened?" Chuck asked knowing full well what Bryce was doing with Sarah. Bryce always informed him of all facets of his life. He even discussed Bryce marrying Sarah.
"No Bryce and I…."Sarah sobbed"…. Broke up a few month's ago. I was no where near him when he died" Sarah confessed.
Chuck took that news badly. "What? He was so happy with you. Whaa…aat happened?"
"I do not know Chuck he just got so distant and then he was gone after meeting with our boss" Sarah sobbed uncontrollably.
Chuck thought so Langston Graham was involved in his friend's death. He held onto Sarah. Then an evil thought popped into his mind. With Bryce gone you can finally make the moves on Sarah! Chuck secretly had been pining after her since he first met her. They had connected so well in Cabo during that break from college so many years ago.
Sarah knowing she still had a job to do but was so comfortable in Chuck's amazingly fit arms and torso. She could feel all the definition in his body while he was comforting her. This lit a fire one she thought she had banished long ago. Sarah wondered why Chuck the amazing person he was according to Bryce decided to stay as a Nerd Herder in a Buy More.
Chuck and Sarah gazed into each other's eyes it was just like that final night in Cabo. Sarah so wanted him. Jill had rejected him and he was sitting by himself on the beach looking out at the waves. Sarah came down from the beach house to find out where he went. They had an instant connection. But Chuck said he would not interfere with Bryce's happiness! So they both wanted it but it never happened. Now it was different Bryce no longer stood in the way.
Chuck took Sarah away from the Buy More and he asked Morgan to cover. Sarah offered to drive. Chuck was impressed with the Porsche. Sarah got behind the wheel and they took off to Chuck's apt in Echo Park.
Getting back to his apt Chuck was beginning to get head aches.
"Sarah, make yourself at home. So sorry I was not expecting company" Chuck said. "Ellie and Awesome should be home soon. I just need to lie down my head is killing me."
Chuck fell asleep and in his dream he was seeing all sorts of images and data accompanying them. The Intersect was active and was sorting the data according to the 0.0 protocols.
Sarah left by herself. She started the methodical search for the file which was electronically transferred to Chuck. While looking in his bedroom she noticed the computer which Chuck had created himself. She knew it from the pictures Bryce had of it when they were together in Stanford. Looking at it was saddening. It was a big sad mess of melted wires and electronics. Someone really did not want something to be found. Chuck was sleeping soundly in his bed.
Sarah sat next to him and brushed his hair which was much curlier than she remembered and thought it made weird animal shapes. Then she saw his phone nothing was on it either. So the data was lost. There would be no way to get anything from that melted piece of junk. She looked back and saw his brown eyes carefully open and scanning her.
Chuck got to see Sarah's CIA file and learned what she was here to do. Chuck then looked at the mess.
"Yeah it is mess!" Darn Bryce and that email! It got a logic bomb the other day and it triggered the self destruct on the system. It is a total waste!" Chuck lamented. That was almost as bad as news as Bryce being dead.
Chuck switched on the white noise generator which was under the bed and then stared at Sarah.
"Are you here to kill me?" Chuck asked very bluntly. "Because if you are I must warn you I will defend myself."
Sarah was taken back. How did he know she had those orders?
"I also know Bryce was no Traitor! You have been misinformed!" Chuck said while standing up.
Sarah was again surprised how it sounded. Chuck had to have heard the conversation between the Director and herself but that was not possible.
Sarah now noticed Chuck was in a defensive position. So she thought lets have some fun.
Sarah started her attack with a round house kick which Chuck evaded. Then he countered with a flurry of jabs which never connected. The fight continued until Chuck led her to the basement Dojo. There they fought while they were fighting Chuck happen to look on the TV news station which was always on. He saw a plot to assassinate a very high ranking general appear in his head. Chuck went immobile for a few seconds but that was just enough time for Sarah who had not had such a good workout in years clobber him with a right hook. Chuck was down and she was straddling him.
"Wait Wait! Sarah you are for the common good! There is no common good killing me!" Chuck pleaded.
Sarah looked confused.
"Sarah there is a plot to kill the Nato commander tonight!" Chuck said.
"How did you know that?" Sarah demanded.
"It appeared in my head when I saw the picture of that terrorist on the screen. He is a noted bomb expert and I saw him earlier at the Large Mart before you appeared." Chuck said.
"What are you sure?" Sarah said now disobeying the orders because something more important.
At this moment Chuck's security alarm went off.
"Sarah someone else is here! We need to flee!" Chuck said.
Sarah was torn to stay and learn more or flee and Save Chuck's life. It was only a few seconds but the thought of killing this remarkable man was not in the cards.
"Get off me Sarah and I will lead you to safety" Chuck said.
Sarah jumped off and holding his hand Chuck opened the wall to expose a secret tunnel which opened into the underground tunnel not too far from his apt.
Running out of the culvert and into the park, Sarah looked back at the apt. It was not CIA at all but a full NSA strike team and leading it was one Major John Casey!
Chuck looked at where Sarah was looking with her mouth gaping. Immediately Chuck did exactly what Sarah saw before.
"Sarah we have to get far away from here. That is Major John Casey of the NSA his superiors have orderd him to kill us both!" Chuck said excitedly.
"What Chuck are you sure?" Sarah now a bit concerned that her disposal was also sanctioned.
"Yes I am very sure! I saw the conference between him and a small red headed woman a general I suspect" Chuck replied. How Sarah wondered did he know that?
Everytime he looked at TV's his head hurt and more information was downloaded into the intersect. Someone was using the broadcast TV to update the files in Chuck's brain.
Getting far enough away from the NSA strike team Sarah noticed Chuck was not even winded. He was in remarkable shape physically wise.
Sarah got on the phone with her boss and explained that Chuck had uncovered a plot to kill the Nato commander.
She also related that Chuck indentified the NSA strike team commander.
Langston Graham was overjoyed. He finally had the proof he needed!
"Sarah listen to me you are to protect Mr. Bartowski at all costs! I will get rid of the NSA strike team for you. But you need to stop that plot against the General! There is no time to get anyone else!" Langston said.
"Understood sir! Sarah out." Sarah thought about what her superior said. Protect Chuck is what she must do.
Chuck sat under a tree waiting for the outcome of the conversation.
"Chuck you are under my protection. The NSA will be standing down." Sarah said.
Chuck blew a sigh of relief. It was one thing to fight with Sarah but against a full NSA strike team forget it.
"You need to help me Chuck you know who the terrorist is and what he will be doing. I need you to point him out to me so we can remove him and save all the guests." Sarah said.
Chuck's natural decency was appealed and there was no way he would let anything terrible happen to the guests if he could help it.
Chuck enthusiastically agreed.
Later at Sarah Hotel room Sarah laid out the plans. She brought out the equipment which would be needed. Chuck would get the earwig which Bryce used to use. The thought of Bryce was a sad one indeed but she had a mission to do grieving after Bryce will have to wait.
"Ok Chuck we have covers as wait staff. You'll have these special glasses it will allow me to see whatever you see and when you see the terrorist then alert me Ok?
Chuck had never done anything like this before and was willing to do so. He followed Sarah's directions explicitly. He unfortunately was not much good as a waiter. He bumbled into everyone with his tray. Sarah pulled him to the side and gave him the cart to roll out. He would have a hard time making trouble with that. Sarah thought.
While Chuck was pushing the cart he noticed the bartender was Casey! "Sarah Sarah!"
Chuck said into his communicator.
"What Chuck" Sarah said obviously irritated.
"Casey he is here as the bartender." Chuck said excitedly.
Sarah looked over and spotted Casey as Chuck said as the bartender.
"Chuck do not worry about him look for the terrorist." Sarah said as she went over the bar to retrieve a drink.
Casey noticed Walker coming up to him and gripped his weapon held under the table tightly.
"Major a word" Sarah whispered in his ear. He relaxed he grip and turned to follow Sarah.
"So Major we are in the middle of an op what are you here for?" Sarah accused.
"What op?" Casey asked. He had information that the killer of Isla was here. Today he was going to even the score.
"The op is to save all these people from a noted terrorist!" Sarah said in a harsh whisper.
"I have my orders to kill the Moron! And not you or anyone else can stand in my way!" Casey said knowing full well those orders were rescinded but she did not need to know that.
"Casey I think you better reconsider those orders! I am here to protect the Nerd!" Sarah stood in challenging stance.
"Sarah Sarah I see him the terrorist is here!" Chuck said excitingly.
"Ok Chuck calm down I will be there in a moment." Sarah said.
"Look I have to go capture a terrorist. We will have this discussion later" Sarah now turned and was held back by Casey's hand on her shoulder.
"Wait Walker who is your back up?" Casey asked wanting to get in on the action.
"I have none it happened too quickly to get another team here in time. It is only the Moron and myself! Why you want in on the action? Only one condition no shooting the Nerd!" Sarah stated.
"Ok Walker I been itching for awhile to get to it with that terrorist! He blew up Isla! The Nerd can wait!" Casey said.
"Sarah Sarah where are you? He looks like he is getting away!" Chuck said not trying to make himself a too big of a spectacle.
"Chuck, stop him I am coming!" Sarah said,
Chuck spying an empty tray threw it disc like at the terrorist and dropped him to the ground. Then Chuck jumped on top of him and soon had the terrorist unconscious on the floor as Sarah and Casey arrived.
"Sarah the cart he was pushing there is something there!" Chuck said.
Casey took the control of the terrorist and Sarah and Chuck went over to the Cart. Chuck flashed again. Sarah had seen him do it three times now and after each time he did or said something amazing.
"Sarah, that is a nuclear Bomb!" Chuck said in a very high voice.
"What?" Sarah said with a very high voice.
"Yeah there is no way to disarm it either. Wait I see the trigger device it is a Prism 740! It has a DOS back door! It is got wifi too! Great I hope this hotel is wired." Chuck said as he started work on the laptop.
Sarah again was amazed at the depth of knowledge Chuck possessed. Those old stories from Bryce were not that far fetched anymore.
"Yes I got a signal ok Mr. Bomb meet Ms. Irina Denova!" Chuck said as the porn pictures multiplied. Until…Chuck now let loose the logic bomb inside that porn spam.
Soon the laptop smoldered and smoke came out the power supply and it shut down. Chuck had successfully disarmed the Nuclear Bomb.
Chuck drew a breath of relief. Later Chuck was sitting in Sarah's hotel room and the TV was on he was barely watching it when the screen grew all green and a shadow figure appeared.
Chuck took in another download. It was instructions to contact Orion. Then the TV cleared.
Sarah in deep conversation with Casey was arguing with their superiors. Finally Graham said. "Chuck is a national treasure and a person. He can not be placed in a Bunker! I have been observing him for a long time. If he thinks it is his idea he will help us! If he feels coerced in any way he could become our worst nightmare. So No Bunker at all!"
"Major Casey report" the redheaded General told him.
Casey now related how Chuck by himself incapacitated the terrorist and defused the nuclear bomb.
"It would be a shame to place such a promising young agent into a bunker. Ma'am." Casey reported.
"OK then it is decided. This will be a full NSA-CIA joint task force operation Bartowski is a go!' The General said.
Sarah agreed and so did Casey. Sarah now approached Chuck carefully he was too smart to be tricked so she appealed to his generous side.
"Chuck you have what is called the Intersect in your head. It was…" Sarah began but she never finished the sentence because Chuck finished it for her.
"…A government project headed by Orion, Perseus and my Professor Fleming into creating a huge Gov't database and encode it into pictures. I know all about it! Why Sarah?" Chuck asked.
"Well that is property of the US Gov't and we need it back" Sarah stated.
"Well I would give it back if I could" Chuck said.
"Since you can not then we need access to the information" Sarah said.
Chuck knew it was only a fluke that this was in his head and it would be technically stealing if he did not allow them access. Plus it was fun capturing the bad guy. All that training over the years had paid off.
"Ok Sarah what are you proposing?" Chuck asked bluntly.
"Well I and Casey are tasked with your protection. Plus we would need you to help us in our fight against the evils of the world" Sarah said.
"So Sarah are you recruiting me to be a Spy?" Chuck said with a bit of excitement in his voice.
"Yes that is the offer Chuck it is a very good one" Sarah said.
Chuck thought it over. "I need to talk with Ellie first and if she give her blessing then I will Spy for you. Will I get paid? Chuck asked since the Buy more could never give him enough money to rebuild his master computer.
"If you agree then a generous allowance will be made." Sarah said lying through her teeth since payment was not discussed but it would be added once Chuck agreed.
"Ok I hope the NSA repaired all the damage they caused to mine and Ellie's apt!" Chuck exclaimed.
"Yes Chuck the cleaners have already been there. It should look exactly like it did before. Sarah said while driving in her car which was retrieved after the NSA left the area.
During the conversation the Major just sat in the back glowering. He was a NSA strike force commander! Now he was stuck babysitting a Moron a very capable and smart Moron but a Moron just the same. Casey while he was an idealist was also a realist that the Nerd had no idea what he was agreeing to do. He took up the whole back seat of the Porsche. He just loomed over both of them like an angry vulture.
As soon as the agreement was made and Sarah accompanied with Casey went back to the Echo park apt. Sarah was true to her word. The apt was cleaner than it had ever been before.
Ellie was ecstatic when she saw her brother. The other two people she was a bit wary. She hugged her brother and Chuck had to protest her bear hugs were getting harder and harder to breath.
Finally she let go and went to the cabinet where all the surveillance equipment was held and flipped on the white noise generator and it immediately blanked all the camera's and bugs in the apt planted by the NSA.
"Ok NSA or CIA which ever spy agency you belong you invaded my house and took my brother and now you are back Why?" Ellie demanded and stood at a defensive pose.
"Ellie Ellie calm down! True they did that but for a very good reason" Chuck said as Ellie slightly relaxed looking at her brother. She was command by her mother to protect Chuck. It was still a standing order. But Chuck was no longer a child and so she had to listen to what he was saying.
"Ellie Do you remember Bryce?" Chuck asked.
Ellie shook her head it had been 5 years since that name was uttered in this house. Those were the happy times. Then he disgraced Chuck but Chuck being Chuck allowed that to be forgiven.
"Ok Chuck what is it about Bryce?" Ellie demanded.
Chuck related how Sarah was Bryce's partner and he went rogue and Casey shot him. Then he told her of the email which triggered the self destruct in his computer. How it affected him. Ellie's eyes went wide. He was describing exactly the same thing she witnessed as a child.
"So you see I have all the Gov't Secrets up here" Chuck now pointed to his head. "It would not be right to refuse them access to their property. That is stealing and I know you would not want me to steal."
"Can they remove it?" Ellie asked curiously
"No unfortunately agent Larkin er Bryce destroyed the place where it could happen." Casey now spoke "I know I was there."
Sarah now looked at Casey so he was the one sent to kill him. She needed to put her feelings aside she was charged to look after Chuck.
"Ok so what do you want little brother?" Ellie asked.
"I want to help them I got to disarm a Nuclear weapon last night! Ellie a Nuclear Weapon if it exploded most of LA would not be here! There are bad people out there who want to do this country harm! I could not turn my back on them!" Chuck explained.
"Well it sounds like you have made up your mind. Chuck however, I want to check you out personally to see if that download caused you any damage. Describe to me your physical condition after one of these downloads." Ellie said as her doctor side appeared.
"I get a massive headache then it goes away usually after I sleep awhile." Chuck said.
"OK I want to witness a download in progress" Ellie said.
"So do I have your blessing? Ellie?" Chuck asked looking into his sister's eyes.
"Yes Chuck, go save the world!" Ellie said