When Orion witnessed the attempt on his son's life he knew that he had lost his wife to Alexi. He has managed to turn Frost. That saddened him. He started to make preparations to leave. He was going to be heading to Europe where Frost was in negotiations with the man called the Belgian. Orion knew of him only by reputation. He was ruthless.
What Frost was bargaining was kept in secret but it had to do with an auction. A flawless diamond which had engraved several IC in it was the object to be up for auction. Orion knew the 100 million price tag would be out side his operating budget even if he tapped into the CIA black project funds. A theft of this magnitude could be engineered by a virus inserted into a mainframe. The problem is getting access to the mainframe. Orion studied the plans while he was in the air. Bryce has been laid low. Eleanor would keep him safe for the time being.
Orion landed in Paris then took a train to Brussels he wanted to observe the Belgian for himself. Armed with his bag of tricks Orion noticed one of Volkoff men. He was able to subdue him and got him to talk about his assignment.
Meanwhile Frost was late for the appointment. The Belgian was making something especially for Alexi. She did not know what it was but having the Gobbler next to her was little comfort. She raged at the big man. Stephen was glad he did not have to face her ire like that when they were living together.
Getting to the exchange point Frost noticed something about the guard demeanor. She thought it would be good to watch him. Yuri was not pleased that Frost was eying him so intently. He was going to have to bring this up to Alexi the next time he saw him. Stephen looked at the big man. He noticed that one eye was a prosthetic. He tapped a few keys on his wrist computer. It looked like he was scratching his arm. The analysis was complete. It was the entire database. It had everything that Hydra contained. It was only raw data which took some time to download.
Orion uploaded a virus in the raw data and hoped Alexi's programming skills had not improved. Once the transaction was completed Orion ducked away and became a nondescript Frenchman. Soon the real guard was discovered. Frost knew there had to been a substitution but she could not figure out where. Stephen boarded a private jet which he commandeered. He flew back to Burbank pick up the truck where Bryce had left it and drove back to his cave complex. He had to start analyzing the data held in Hydra.
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Ellie true to her word was right on top of Bryce any time he tried to slip out.
"Where are you thinking you are going?" Ellie said with her most authoritarian voice.
Bryce eventually shrugged and headed back to bed.
"Bryce of all my Brother's friends I like you the best but you are pushing it with these constant trying to leave without letting your body heal properly. If you do this one more time I am going to twilight your a$$ and not from any trank either." Ellie threatened.
Bryce knew to fear Ellie from what Chuck related. Ellie was a Master in several Fighting forms. He being injured would allow him to be slaughtered. There was no chance of him surviving unscathed. He meekly went back to Chuck's bedroom. He ruminated on the problem. Finally he surrendered. Ellie had caught him opening the Morgan Door, Walking down the hall in his most Ninja stealth and still she was able to stand in front of the door preventing him from leaving. He never saw her pass him which was impossible. Ellie would have to pass him to get to the door from her room. Bryce lain in the bed and soon Devon came in then gave him an antibiotic.
"Devon, how can Ellie get in front of me? Does she walk through walls?" Bryce asked.
"Bro I have no idea what my wife can or can not do. You are talking to the wrong person. You need to ask Chuck. He knows all her secrets." Devon said. "I love her dearly though sometimes she even scares me."
With that said he departed. Bryce took the pill then a few seconds later he was out.
Devon met with his wife.
"Well what happened?" She asked.
"Well Ellie he took the bait. He should be out for days! Hopefully he will be fully healed when he awakes." Devon said leaning in for another kiss.
It was his reward that Ellie set up.
"Devon that is what I love about you…You are so sneaky!" Ellie said with a kiss.
With the Bryce problem settled Devon went about enjoying making love to his wife before they were both to be called in for their shifts. Though, Ellie was not scheduled at Westside until Chuck was released. That would be a few more days. Devon enjoyed how adventurous his wife was.
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Chuck was relived to see Dr. Good to arrive right on time. Sarah said her goodbyes with a kiss then departed.
Chuck had really nothing to discuss with the big man so he spent his time in a healing trance that Orion made in the latest download.
Sarah on the other hand had specific ideas to bring to the General. She entered Castle then stood in front of the view screen. The redhead General appeared a bit disheveled.
"Report Agent Walker." The General said as she straightened up her dress uniform.
"General I reviewed your mission and Chuck said to 'Go to Hell' his exact words. 'This is a suicide mission. There is no up side to it.' As I quote" She said.
"Mr. Bartowski is awake? Why have I not been informed?" The General asked.
"Ma'am this is the first time anyone on Team B could inform you." Sarah said.
"I see so what is Mr. Bartowski's counter offer?" The General asked knowing Chuck would figure out an alternative.
"Ma'am before we continue. There was a complication with his surgery." Sarah said.
"What sort of complication Agent?" She asked.
"Well Ma'am he is paralyzed from the waist down. Dr. Woodcomb has ordered some test but the results are not back yet. Orion has been working on a cure too." Sarah said.
"I see that is a major complication. That prevents Team B from being disbanded. Would he need extra protection?" She asked remembering the terms of their agreement.
"Not at this time General but you need to know that Chuck thwarted another bomb attempt on his life." Sarah said.
"What did he do this time?" The General asked because the most innovative ways he had disarming bombs.
"General it was with a potted plant and water." Sarah said.
"I will be most interested in your written report on that Agent." The general said.
"General the attack was planned and executed by Frost in the form of a Chinese take out menu. General… Chuck knows Frost is his Mother. She is fully compromised by Alexi Volkoff and she is the number two in this organization. This is the reason why you should not even attempt to send anyone in at all. She has access to our personnel files. She would spot them immediately. It would be a death sentence and we would not learn anything about Volkoff plans." Sarah said.
"General if I may" Orion said appearing as a ghost.
"Please do Orion." She said.
"I have been able to infiltrate Volkoff's computer systems. I think there is another way. We get Vivian to open her account at the 1st bank of Macao." Orion said. "I will supply a bug and then start siphoning off funds to get him cash flow into problems."
"Vivian? Who is Vivian I do not understand Orion." Beckman said.
"Diane Alexi Volkoff is not who he thinks he is…" Orion said.
"Oh and who is Alexi supposed to be?" The General asked.
"He is Dr. Hartley Winterbottom. The late Director Graham had me use the Project X on him. It was only supposed to be for 3 weeks then he was supposed to revert. Something went wrong and he became the most ruthless of all the tyrants." Orion said.
"Damn another mess Graham left me to clean up!" The general swore. "Who else knows this?"
"Myself, you, Frost and now Agent Walker I suspect she will share it with my Son too. General Alexi has the same mind as Winterbottom but with out the moral imperatives. I think he has done the same process to Frost." Orion said.
"So who is Vivian?" The General asked seeing that her job just got even more complicated.
"Vivian is Hartley's Daughter who he has set up as a horse trainer in England." Orion said. "She has no idea who her Father is. I do think she is nearing her 21st birthday. This is when she will have to go to Macao from the instructions from her Father's will. There she will gain access to the mainframe for us."
"I suppose Volkoff knows about her?" Sarah asked.
"No, any personal information on who you were before the X treatment is lost. Vivian will never trip his thinking. We should be alright if we get to her first." Orion said.
"I see well when is her 21st birthday?" The General asked.
"Two weeks but the lawyer will not wait that long before contacting her." Orion said.
"Why is the lawyer important?" Sarah asked.
"He is also Alexi Volkoff lawyer. Once he sees the family resemblance he will surely bring it up to Alexi's attention. So we have only one shot on this." Orion said.
"Agent Walker we need all of Team B on this that includes Mr. Grimes and Agent Larkin. Can you find out if Chuck can be moved?" The General said.
"Yes General I will talk with Ellie. If you need Team B we are here ready to go." Sarah said.
"Good this should be no problem I hope" the General said ending the transmission.