The Colonel's Daughter
Well, I know there hasn't been much of Chuck and Sarah moments but I'm making up for it right off the bat. Anyways, strap yourselves in because the story is pretty intense in this particular chapter and quite honestly it needed a bit of a jolt action wise. Hope you enjoy the read and as usual please leave a comment to tell me what you think.
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The Heat Is On
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Casa Bartowski
11:15 p.m.
April 11th, 2010
"I swear. I didn't know it was Casey's daughter that Morgan has been talking about." said Chuck as he removes his watch and puts it on the dresser.
Sarah and Chuck are getting ready for bed and he's wearing a white t shirt and dark checkered boxer shorts. As he stands there in front of the mirror looking at his reflection, he recalls the events of earlier in the evening concerning seeing Alex standing next to Morgan when he opened the door. His first reaction when he saw her standing there wasn't something he's proud as he slammed the door in their faces.
To him, it was simply a knee jerk reaction that caught him completely off guard leading him to react that way. He knew once he did that it was an absolute mistake on his part alone that he couldn't take back because there were other witnesses in the room that saw it. One of them being his sister Ellie. To hear her react that way and then turn to see not only the utter disappointment but shock in her eyes was something that kept repeating over and over like an endless loop in his mind.
At any rate, the deed was done and thankfully the unfortunate mistake would be quickly forgotten. However, the situation would turn, in his opinion, into DEFCON 1 when Casey saw Alex standing with his best friend. He saw his eyes narrow once his daughter stepped through the door and into the living room. The one thing he knew about Casey is that he's the type of guy who reacts first then asks questions later.
The first person he turned to was him and the glaring stare he gave him caused his knees to nearly buckle out from under him. After hearing Casey call out his name that most definitely reverberated within his ears, he witnessed him move towards Morgan with a clenched fist but he was abruptly stopped by his girlfriend Jayne. If it wasn't for her, Morgan would have probably be in the hospital at the intensive care unit or worse ended up in the morgue.
From inside the master bathroom Sarah responds to her fiancé. "I know sweetie." she replied with reassurance. "It's not your fault." added the blonde agent.
Are you sure about that? He should have delved further that Tuesday afternoon when he got back after Morgan's non coffee date at The Grove. If he had, he wouldn't have invited Casey or mentioned anything to her sister about Morgan's breakup or the fact he met a new girl by accident. Like he told Casey in the bathroom, you can't change the past and now he, along with the Team Chuck, have to deal with the possible repercussions if any.
After a few moments, he turns going from the dresser drawer across the room towards the left side of his bed and removes the extra pillows that are laying at the headboard and tosses them on the chair behind him. Once finished leaving only two pillows left on the bed, he flings the covers forward and as he hears Sarah once again from within the bathroom. "Casey has to trust Alex because she sees something in Morgan that he doesn't." she says turning off the lights and stepping out of the bathroom causing Chuck to lean up taking the sight of his beautiful fiancé in.
Sarah is wearing a tight fitting light blue top that accentuates her assets with matching bottoms that her fiancé notices by the noticeable grin on his face. No matter how many times he sees her, he always takes her breath away. She watches Sarah slink towards the bed and at the same time they get into bed sliding under the covers. It's at this point, Chuck leans in caressing her right cheek looking deeply into her eyes and then presses his lips on to Sarah's. He immediately turns off the lights by clapping his hands twice.
Once in the semi lit darkness, his tongue gently slips into her mouth leading her to do the same to where they beginning dancing within each other's mouth. Chuck's right hand begins caressing her right cheek moves to her upper right arm. He gently squeezes it rubbing it gently up and down leading him to move westward as he reaches over to cup her left breast in his right hand to where he hears a pleasurable groan coming from her.
The moment becomes more heated between the two as Sarah pushes him on to his back and she gets on top of him. She reaches down seductively grabbing the bottom part of her tap and begins pulling it up and just as it reaches past her stomach exposing the bottom part of her breasts Chuck's phone rings. From within the darkness, Sarah's voice can be heard. "Don't answer it." she softly pleaded.
"I don't want to…" he replied back. "…trust me I don't." Chuck glances over to see Morgan's face on the screen and in that split second he makes the decision to take the call. "It's Morgan." he said showing him her phone. "It will only take a second."
"You better hurry." she seductively retorted.
Two claps are once again heard within the darkness and then the lights turn back on. "Morgan, what's up?" he said as he looks up at Sarah sitting on top of him with a devil-ish grin on her face.
"Nothing much. Did I catch you at a bad time?" he asked.
As he says that, Sarah removes her shirt exposing her perky breasts to her beloved fiancé. He is briefly let speechless but quickly responds back. "You could say that." he said. "What do you need Morgan? I'm in the middle of something."
"I just wanted to tell you Alex and I are going on our first date tomorrow night." he sais with a tone of excitement that Chuck clearly hear over the phone.
"Uh huh." replied Chuck as Sarah leans down in order to nuzzle the crevices in his neck and then begins kissing it ever so gently. As much as Chuck is trying to concentrate on the conversation with his best friend, he is getting really worked up as Sarah kisses just the right spots on his neck.
"Well…" inquired Morgan. "…where should I take Alex at 7 tomorrow night?"
"I don't know dude but 7 is a good time." he said. "Where do you think you should take Alex on your first date?" added Chuck responding to his question with a question.
"That a toughy." he says. "On one hand I don't want to be cheap about it whereas I don't want to go broke eating at an expensive restaurant."
At this time, Chuck eye's are nearly rolling to the back of his head as Sarah is nibbling on his left ear. While she nibbles on his ear, he gives Chuck a suggestion. "Olive Garden." gently whispered Sarah in Chuck's left ear."
"Olive Garden." he quickly blurted out.
"Awesome choice dude." replied Morgan. "You're the best man. Say hi to Sarah for me."
"Yeah, I…"
Chuck doesn't even finish his sentence as he hangs up on Morgan dropping his phone on the floor. He raises up in a sitting position kissing Sarah under her neck. Sarah leans back grabbing the bottom of Chuck's shirt and pulls it off him. He then embraces in her arms rubbing her back as her head drops back with a smile on her face. The lanky but extremely lucky business owner claps his hands twice once again causing the lights to go dark.
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J & J Bonsai Emporium
6:15 a.m.
April 12th, 2010
In the early morning, a Crown Vic appears in a seemingly vacant parking lot with only a few cars sitting in several different areas. As the vehicle parks in front of the building two individuals open the car doors simultaneously leading Casey and Jayne to step out. The couple wanted to get a head start knowing it is going to be a busy day for the two of them at around 9 a.m.
As Casey heads to the back of his car towards his trunk Jayne walks towards the front door to their business. She rifles through her purse and searches for her keys. After a few moments, she finds them and reaches up to unlock the door. She takes a glance back at Casey who is still at the trunk doing whatever he is doing and then pulls the door open with her stepping inside.
It somewhat pitch black inside as she stands in the building. She reaches over with her right hand towards the light switch near the entrance of the store and flips the light switch on but nothing happens. She does it again several times but again nothing happens causing her to respond to the lack of electricity. "That's just great." she groans.
Fortunately for Jayne, she knows her way around the place enough to walk in the darkness towards the office located in the back. Once there, she can locate the panel to see what the problem could possibly be. As she walks down the row of bonsai trees, a noise is heard causing her to stop right in her tracks. She looks around scanning the area the best she can to identify anything or anyone that isn't supposed to be there.
After 10 seconds pass, she continues walking but then she once again hears a sound causing her to become concerned. She thinks it could be Casey entering from the back so he calls out his name. "Casey…' she hollered out. "…is that you?" she said looking around in the semi lit building. She hears nothing and then proceeds to walk towards the office but as she approaches she is suddenly grabbed from behind with her mouth covered.
Meanwhile, Casey is outside and apparently finished with whatever he's doing. He approaches the door, opens it, and steps inside into a semi-let building. He knows that Jayne, in a way, has the eyes of an owl as she has the ability to somehow maneuver her way through the building without bumped into or hitting his shins against anything unlike him. A hint of a smirk appears as he reaches over to turn on the light but they aren't working.
The lights not turning on greatly concern him as his NSA agents sense go off causing him to reach back and retrieve his weapon with laser attachment. He raises it up at eye level as the red glow of the laser attached to his weapon beams on and through plants, as well as objects within the building. His eyes narrows as he tries to adjust to the light and as he does he calls out his girlfriend's name. "Jayne, are you all right!?" he cautiously says. "Talk to me baby!"
When he reaches the middle area of the building, he suddenly hears a faint noise causing him to be on high alert. He tries to pinpoint the sound and as he does he senses a presence behind causing to grip his weapon tighter. Casey readies himself and then quickly swivels around facing the other direction pointing the gun at a silhouetted figure standing in front of him. Its at that point, the lights suddenly turn on.
"Who are you and what have you done with my girlfriend?" grunted Casey gritting his teeth.
"Relax Colonel Casey." the man said.
"Who?" he emphatically stated with his weapon aimed straight between his eyes. "Sorry, I'm just a guy selling bonsai trees."
"Don't insult my intelligence Colonel." the man said. "We both know you work for the NSA and are part of a team with 3 other individuals who are considered quite a nuisance."
"The Ring." he answered gritting his teeth. "Who are you." he firmly stated.
"You…" he replied pointing at him in a seemingly relaxed nonchalant manner. "…you can call me Agent Smith." the man stated.
"Now that we have that out of the way I ask you again." he stated stepping forward a bit. "Where is Jayne?"
Agent Smith doesn't say a word as he simply responds by leaning his head slightly to the left looking behind Casey. The veteran agent turns his body sideways in order to train his weapon at Agent Smith while he quickly turns to his head to the right to see Jayne in the clutches of one of Agent's Smith's henchmen. A gun pointed at her head with 2 other agents on either side of him. Casey's eyes narrow even more as he expresses a grunt turning his attention from Jayne back to Agent Smith.
"What do you want?"
"To make a deal."
"Sorry, I don't make deals especially with The Ring." he replied with a smirk. "What else you got?"
"Why are you making this so difficult Colonel?" he responded. "It doesn't have to be."
"I like difficult. Difficult is good." he gruffly stated.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Agent Smith calmly responded. "Then I will have to show you that I mean business then if you don't want to deal." he said nodding over to his men.
Casey quickly responds. "Wait." He pauses in order to turn his attention to Jayne. "I'm sorry." he said. As he says that, Jayne notices Casey's hand on his belt to where he's counting down from 3 with his last fingers signaling for her to get ready. When it gets down to one Jayne leans forward and head butts the henchmen's face with the back of her head causing him to be temporarily disoriented.
She then back elbows the man in the face twice. Jayne then reaches for the nearest weapon she can find, which is pruning sheers that end up embedded in the guy's neck causing him to drop to the ground immediately. While Jayne drops to the ground Casey rings out several shots directly at Agent Smith who ducks out of the way. He then reaches back once again retrieving another weapon and as he does he falls back ringing out several shots but misses the guy he was aiming for.
He ducks for cover as shots are fired in his direction leading remnants of fertilizer, potting soil, and broken pieces of pottery to burst inevitably flying in the air. Casey uses his Marine instincts to quickly crawl on the ground in order to find something to possibly use a distraction so he can dispense with the other Ring henchmen. While he does that, Jayne is dealing with the remaining henchman who currently has his left arm wrapped around her neck.
She can feel the guy squeezing her neck cutting off the oxygen to her brain. Jayne quickly scans the area below and sees a concave cutter sitting on the edge of the table in front of her. The scrappy woman begins kicking her legs in a scissor like motion in order to try to somehow get it but her efforts are unsuccessful at the moment. Her efforts are undeterred as she gives it one more try with all her strength knowing she's not going to get another chance because she's gradually losing consciousness.
Jayne's efforts pay off as she extends her right leg kicking downward hard and fast with such force it causes the cutter to fly directly at her face but in that instant she uses the side of the table to her right to push not only herself, but the man who she is currently in the clutches of to turn sideway. The cutter is embedded in the side of his head just enough to loosen his grip to where he frees herself by throwing a success of back elbows to the left side of his head.
The man doesn't go down quite yet until Jayne gives a hard back elbow to the right side of his head with her right elbow sinking the cutter deep into his skull causing him to fall back to the ground. Jayne is safe but for Casey he's still pinned down by gunfire coming from Smith's remaining henchmen. His focus is suddenly broken when he hears Jayne call out his name and then sees her stand up in order to locate him as he peers out from his cover spot.
He not only notices her but the remaining henchmen as well who is now aiming for her. Casey reacts within an instant as he turns pushing himself up and heads straight for the guy. It takes a matter of seconds as the man sees Casey approaching fast and turns his weapon towards him but he gets tackled in his efforts down to the ground. This causes the weapon in his hand to fire up hitting the sprinkler system setting it off.
The two men wrestle on the ground to where Casey is able to knock the weapon loose from his possession. As the two of them become soaked and most certainly drenched from the sprinkler system Casey finds himself behind The Ring henchmen locking his arms around his neck and legs around his waist. The veteran agent doesn't relent on his effort to end the man that tried to end him.
After a few minutes of struggling from the henchmen he reaches up breaking his neck leaving the man's body absolutely limp. His actions aren't over by a long shot as he tosses the body to the side, reaches for his weapons, and sits up aiming his weapon directly in front of him. As he does, he sees a soaking wet Jayne who immediately hugs him as he aims his weapon searching for Agent Smith.
He sits there for a moment and then motions for Jayne to stay down while he scans the area to see if the coast is clear. He slowly rises up from the ground aiming his weapon in every direction as water cascades down his face and basically every part of his clothing. It takes a few moments for him to see that the coast is apparently clear from any apparent danger being that Agent Smith disappeared.
Casey lowers his weapon and wipes his face but that doesn't do any good as the waters continues to fall from the sprinkler system. He turns back looking down at Jayne who peers up at him with a look of shock, fear, and relief in her eyes. The soaking wet agent turns around and reaches down to lift her up from the ground. As he looks into her eyes, he brushes back her wet hair from her eyes. No words are exchanged as they both embrace each other as the water from the sprinkler system continues to fall down on, as well as all around them.
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Castle
7:15 a.m.
April 12th, 2010
Chuck, Sarah, and Travis race down the stairs of Castle to still see Casey and Jayne still drenched from their ordeal with towels around their neck. Before his 3 teammates arrived, the grizzled agent contacted the NSA cleaners who upon their arrival searched the building for any sign of Agent Smith but didn't find him. They did however find the 3 dead bodies of Agent Smith's henchmen who were laid to waste both by Jayne and Casey. He orders them to not contact Beckman as he will do that personally.
"Casey! Jayne!" quickly responded Chuck. "Are you okay!"
"We're fine Bartowski." he replied. All 3 stand in front of Casey who is standing while Jayne is sitting at the conference table.
"What happened?" Sarah asked with concern looking at the two of them.
"The Ring, namely Agent Smith, tried to make a deal with me using Jayne as a bargaining chip." he answered.
"How are you doing Jayne?" asked Travis.
"I'm fine."
"Smith didn't count on her fighting back." he grunted. "That's a big mistake on his part."
"What now?" questioned Chuck.
"The heat is on but Smith is going to regroup." he said. "I don't think he's going to show his face any time today."
"How do you know for sure?" asked Sarah.
"He planned this and now he has to figure out a new strategy." he firmly stated. "Its going to take a while trust me on this."
Casey then motions over to Sarah to speak with her alone. The two partners head towards the main Castle computers for a private conversation. "What's up?" she softly said.
"Jayne is shaken up a bit but she'll be fine. She knows what kind of life I'm living and by the 2 bodies she left laying on the floor she can hold her own." he said glancing over at Jayne sitting at the conference table.
"How many did you take down?"
"One." he replies. Casey sees a hint of a smirk on her face after he says that. "Hey, its her first and only two kills." he emphasized.
"Gotcha." she nodded. "What do you want me to do?"
"Take her out for drinks tonight." he requested of his partner. "I know if she's with you she's safe."
"Why not you?"
"I don't do well with lady feelings." he added. "You know that."
"Fine." she stated. "You owe me."
"Fine." he grunted.
"Great." retorted Sarah. "Anything else?"
"Did Morgan call Chuck last night?" questioned Casey.
"Unfortunately…" she said rolling her eyes as she shakes her head. "…just as Chuck and I…"
Casey immediately cuts Sarah off. "I don't want to know Walker. The less I know the more I like it." he grumbled.
Sarah expresses a grin towards her partner. "What is it then you want to know?" she inquired.
"What did he ask Chuck?"
"I think he asked him where to take your daughter on their first date." she said.
A pained look washes over Casey's face as she says that. "And?"
"He's taking her to Olive Garden around 7. Why?" she asked with curiosity. Sarah sees Casey mulling over what she said in his head causing her to become a bit concerned. "Casey, what are you going to do?"
"Nothing." he stated. The NSA agent sees his partner narrowing her eyes telling him that she thinks he's possibly lying to her. "Trust me. I'm not going to interfere or do anything to ruin their date." adds Casey. "It's on you're fiancé's head remember." he said with a bit of smirk.
Sarah stands there for a brief moment eyeing her partner trying to tell whether he is telling the truth or not. After a few seconds, she nods. "Okay." she said patting her partner on the chest and then joins the others at the conference table. The smirk that is on Casey's face falls flat as he takes out his phone to call Beckman concerning the situation that happened earlier.
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Casa Bartowski
6:30 p.m.
April 12th, 2010
Chuck is sitting back relaxing on the black leather couch watching The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on TNT with Peaches laying down right beside him. Sarah informed him that she would be going out on the town with Jayne for drinks which is understandable with the morning she had. As he kicks back with his feet resting on the coffee table he hears a knock at the door.
He pushes himself up off the couch and walks over to the front door with Peaches in tow. When he opens the door Travis is standing there dressed in black including the knit cap on his head much to his surprise. A confused look appears on his face. "Trav?" he said.
"What's up dude!" he happily replied. "Can I come in and why aren't you dressed?"
"What?" Yeah, come in." he said with a bit of hesitancy. As the two walk to the living room Chuck is still wondering why he showed up at his house wearing all black. When they both reach the living room Travis turns around facing him. "What are you doing here?"
"I was told to come here and to be dressed like this."
"Why?" wondered Chuck shaking his head.
"Because…" Chuck and Travis immediately jump from being startled. The two to quickly look behind them as Casey emerges from the dark hallway dressed in black like Travis. "…we're going on a stakeout."
"Who are we staking out?" asked Travis.
"My daughter on her date with Morgan." he grunted.
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