Chapter 7

The music thumped out of the large stereo system, playing what sounded like a Michael Jackson/ Lady Gaga remix. Chuck rested his elbow against the bar, swinging his drink from side to side. He looked around the heaving club, people were splashed out randomly, dancing like there was no tomorrow. All Chuck wanted to do was run out of this club right now and go and see Sarah.

Eyeing up the two exits, he saw a rather large, dark man standing by one and another man who struck a striking resemblance to Big Mike, standing by the other and with Leo Montgomery sitting in the corner, he wasn't going anywhere.

Chuck saw that his fellow classmates had already gotten a head start. He could tell that Phoebe was enjoying it, she was perched on a bar stool next to a tall, muscular man, she was nodding and laughing, and admittedly, flirting. Gregory was surrounded by dozens of leggy, Californian women and he looked as though he had been let loose in a candy store.

"Chuck!" He felt his earpiece crackle into life.

"Leo?" Chuck discreetly whispered into his watch.

"You're not doing anything, stop moping and get a move on, or you fail!" Leo scolded him.

Chuck sighed deeply, looking around the club, he wasn't the most confident of men.

"Fine. But where do I start?" He said hopelessly.

"See that redhead? About two metres away from the Vince Vaughn look-alike, isn't she stunning? Now I want you to go and leave with her, okay?"

Chuck gulped before he had even seen this woman, she already sounded way out of his league.

"Alright." He said simply. He puffed out his chest, adjusted his casual t-shirt and smoothed down his black jeans. He was young, he was.. sort of cool and he had muscles, he could do this.

He scanned the room, he found the Vince Vaughn look-alike and shifted his eyes a little further from him. He saw a tall, slender women but he could only see her stunningly beautiful red hair. She appeared to be alone, swaying to the music. Taking in a deep breath, he strode over.

"Hi!" He said, before he even looked at her.

"Chuck!" He heard a familiar voice utter.

"Huh?" His head shot up and he was face to face with Carina, "Carina, what the hell are you doing here?"

"Um, you came up to me remember? Yeah, nice to see you too, Chuck."

"Oh, I'm sorry, what are you doing here, though, seriously?" He asked, meeting her eyes for a second.

"I needed to take some time out from my mission, you know clear my head.. wake up in someone else's bed.." She trailed off, but she didn't seem ashamed by saying this. She actually seemed like she was flirting with him.

"Right, don't tell anyone but I have to seduce someone here, it's something I had to do for seduction class and my mentor told me to come up to you, I had no idea it was you though." He whispered loudly.

"Spy school, huh? Bummer, let me guess your finding this difficult because your head over heels in love with Sarah." Carina's face turned dark.

"She loves me too, you know, we're going out now." Chuck said proudly.

"I know." She grinned.

"How?" Chuck eyed her suspiciously.

"Sarah's one of my best friends, of course she's going to tell me!" Carina exclaimed.

"Oh, well, okay. Look can you do me a favour and pretend your flirting with me?" He said, embarrassed.

Carina laughed. "I don't need to pretend, Chuck." She admitted confidently.

Wait a minute, what was happening here? "Oh." Was all he could say.

"I remember when I had to do that too, it was hard for me the first time too. I remember I had to get to this man's house, but my mentor said I didn't have to 'seduce' him, but I slept with him anyway, come on." She gave him her hand and he reluctantly took it.

"Good job, Chuck." Leo said through the earpiece.

When they got outside, Chuck pulled his hand away and smiled nervously at her, "thanks." He said.

"Well you have to come back to my hotel now, Chuck. You already said you would." She winked at him, this made him very nervous and he began to feel queasy.

"Uh, no it's okay, honestly." He babbled.

"Come on, you'll fail your mission otherwise, and don't think that your mentor person won't check the surveillance from outside the club because he will."

Chuck thought about it for a few moments. "Okay, but no funny business."

"I was hoping to get some action tonight but, ah, fine." She looked disappointed.

It was only a short distance away, they got in the lift to her hotel room in silence and when they got to the room Carina flounced on the bed seductively.

"Carina, no." Chuck said, laughing.

"Whhhhyyy not?" She moaned.

"I love Sarah." He said firmly.

"You know, you've changed Chuck, you used to be all geeky and nerdy but now your.. well.. kind of hot."

"Have you heard from Sarah?" Chuck said, changing the subject.

"Yeah and she misses you like crazy. She's a bloody wreck without you."

"I miss her so much." He looked as if he was going to start howling.

"Just call her, no ones watching you now." Carina gestured to the phone .

"Your right!" He picked up the phone and quickly punched in the numbers. It started to ring and he got really excited. Pick up, pick up! Just when Chuck was about to give up a male voice answered the phone.

Had Sarah been cheating on him?

"Hello, Chuck."

"Who is this?" Chuck asked, getting nervous.

"It's me, Joe." Joe said into the phone.

"Joe?" Chuck was really confused now. "What are you doing there?"

"The question is Chuck, why aren't you here?" He said evilly.

"Is this some sort of wind up?" Chuck replied.

"Oh you wish." Joe said and hung up. Chuck looked at Carina and tried to call again but there was no answer.

"Hey, what's wrong? What happened?" Carina was really, really confused, but not half as much as Chuck.

"I'm sorry Carina, I have to go!" Chuck said and flew out of the door. Well, that was odd. Carina thought to herself.

Sarah

She couldn't breathe, she couldn't breathe. Well, how could anyone breath with a giant pair of socks stuck in their mouth? She looked around the room, Joe and his merry band of misfits were noisily discussing something that she didn't want to hear, she was certain that they were the ring though, they all had black, circular phones, which she recognised from previous ring operatives.

When Joe had come in through her window, she was ready to pounce with the gun that she had stored in the drawer next to Chuck's bed, but then several more men popped up from behind him, laden with guns. Then the bedroom door opened and more men armed with weapons came in.

He and his team had surrounded her, she didn't have a chance. They went into the drawer and stuffed a pair of socks into her mouth, they all held her down and then lifted her up, much to her protest and sat her down on the chair. They put handcuffs around her feet and then tied them together with masking tap, they pulled her arms behind her and did the same.

She was absolutely incapable of moving, she was paralysed with fear, were they going to kill her?

She didn't feel down about not being able to defend herself, there were too many men and they were too quick.

Then her phone had rang and Joe whipped it out of her pocket and smiled as he looked at the caller ID.

"It's Chuck." He smiled.

Sarah protested noisily as he answered the phone. She was beginning to think that she was some sort of leverage. When Joe had got off the phone, he went over to speak to his fellow Frat Boys.

He was next to her now though, his hot breath was on her. He had such a beautiful face that was destroyed by his arrogance and evilness.

"I suppose you're wondering who I am?" Joe said, perching on the end of her and Chuck's bed. Sarah shrugged and then half nodded.

"We know that your boyfriend, or fiancé, whatever is the intersect. We planted some bugs and thanks to his buddy Morgan and his loud mouth, we now know that he is the intersect."

Sarah looked at him in horror. "And you," He continued, "are going to make him come running, it's obvious he loves you a great deal, dude hasn't shut up about you. When he comes here, which he will. We're going to take him and torture him, sound good?" Joe smiled nastily.

"Then we're going to kill you, but for now we need to keep you alive. So just sit there and shut up, yeah?" He turned away. Sarah couldn't believe this, she just hoped that Chuck would come through for her, it was her only hope.

Chuck

Chuck was shakily waiting outside Colonel Silver's room.

"Enter!" Colonel Silver shouted.

"Sir." Chuck said, acknowledging him with a nod.

"Sit down, now you want to see me urgently, Agent Bartowski?"

"Yes sir." Chuck nodded.

"May I ask why, boy?"

"Why did Joe Sampson leave this school?" Chuck asked, perching on the chair.

"Who the hell is that?" Silver looked very confused.

"He went to this school but I haven't seen him a few weeks, blonde, about my height..?" Chuck said desperately.

Silver tapped on his computer, his face went distorted.

"We have no record of any Joe Sampson's here, Chuck, what's going on?"

"Crap." Chuck said, running out of the office.

Review everyone please, I know it's a bit short but I'm going up my Dad's for the weekend and I haven't really any time so.. REVIEW!