The Colonel's Daughter
Well, by the title of this particular chapter you'll probably guess what might have happened. I'm sorry to say no Sarah and Chuck moments in thos one but there are moments with Alex and Morgan you'll absolutely enjoy. Anyways, I hope you all been enjoying this story as I have had writing it so far. Again, if you liked this chapter please leave a comment and tell me what you think.
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A Shocking Turn Of Events
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Roof Top - Building Across Olive Garden
8:35 p.m.
April 12th, 2010
Agent Vincent Smith stands atop the roof peering down at the black Crown Vic concealed within the darkened alley. He has had ample opportunity to take perfect advantage of the situation in order to inflict damage but he's there to strictly observe so that he can find a possible weakness he can exploit. In the vehicle below, sits the following three men: Chuck, Travis, and the man he's been focusing his utmost attention on Colonel John Casey.
He not only underestimated Colonel Casey but his companion as well. What he didn't account for was her being able able to fight back, which is considered poor planning on his part. Smith thought for sure Casey would cooperate but when the chaos ensued and the bullets started flying he made himself scarce disappearing like the wind. He would live to persuade the NSA agent another day but the little hiccup he experienced bothered him.
Smith prides himself in being the best The Ring has to offer by getting the job done. Due to the unfortunate situation earlier in the day that cost him a blemish in his spotless record of success he is taking this personally. When he saw one of the Colonel's associates get out the car and head down the alley he once again had the perfect opportunity to take him out with absolute ease but spared his life.
It would have been so easy to have one of his men snipe him in the back of the head without signaling him or the other occupant inside. His sole target is Colonel Casey not the two individuals inside it. The Ring's go to guy will eventually deal with the rest of Team Chuck later because he needed to take out the backbone of the team before systematically taking out the rest one by one until they are no longer a headache to their organization.
As he stands there peering over the edge of the rooftop, Smith points an electronic listening device with background noise reduction adjustment and targeting scope down towards the Crown Vic. This is to listen in on the conversation the 3 men are having in order to get a better understanding of what they are doing there. After putting on his headphones, he begins listening to the conversation going on within the vehicle.
"You two ladies can leave if you want to but I'm staying here." stated Casey. "I'm going to sit here until those two are finished eating."
"Then what Casey?" replied Chuck. "Are you going to follow the two of them and watch Morgan drop Alex off at her home, apartment, or wherever she lives?
"Maybe." responded Casey. "He just rubs me the wrong way."
"Everyone rubs you the wrong way Casey." retorted Chuck. "He has done nothing wrong except for the obvious but can you honestly tell me he doesn't have what it takes to be a part of her life."
"He doesn't…" he quickly stated. "…and if we're being honest here I don't want him to be a part of her life ever."
"It's not your decision to make its hers. Its her life big guy." said Travis. "You can't force her to be unhappy because Lord knows if you try to do anything to come in between the two of them then you'll accomplish one thing.
"What might that be?" questioned the NSA agent.
"Push her further away from you man." interjected Chuck. "Yeah you may be happy that she's no longer with Morgan but you end up costing her happiness with a guy that I know isn't who you think he is . Trust me on this."
"Trust you." retorted Casey. "Its him that I don't trust."
"Listen, we get it." said Travis. "You chose not to tell her and yet we're sitting in this parked car in a dark alley spying on the two of them because you want to keep close tabs on her."
"How long have you known Morgan Casey?" he asked.
"Too long." he grunted.
"Well I've known him longer and I can personally tell you Morgan is a great guy once you get past his aloofness."
"Please. There's more to get past than just his aloofness." responded Casey. "He's a bearded moron. No matter what you say he's totally wrong for her."
"So nothing will convince you otherwise huh?" inquired Travis.
"Nope." he gruffly stated.
"One day he'll convince you that he's worthy Casey." responded Chuck.
"The day he convinces me he's worthy is the day I will shake his hand for doing something above and beyond the call of duty."
"I'll hold you to your word." Chuck replied.
"Yeah." huffed Casey with a hint of laughter. "You do that because you'll be holding it for a very long time." he firmly stated.
"Mark my words big guy." Travis said. "He'll surprise you when you least expect it. The goods ones always do."
"Shut up. They're getting ready to head out."
The Ring Agent turns off the listening device, removes the headphones from his ears, and walks towards the front end of the building taking out of his side pants pocket small binoculars. When he reaches it and peers over the side he scans the area for an individual that fit's the description Casey described as a bearded moron. After quickly scanning the people next to the window he s spots a bearded man with a woman leading him to quickly surmise those are the two individuals they have been spying on.
He waits for a few moments and then spots the two of them walking out the door. They stand there at the front entrance chit chatting a bit. It's at this point, Smith is formulating a plan on the spot but doesn't want to make the same mistake he did earlier so he makes a dry run. He reaches back retrieving a black circular communications device in order to contact someone and after a few seconds he gets the person on the other end of the line.
"Get into position because this is what I want you to do." commanded Smith with a smirk on his face.
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Olive Garden - Front Entrance
8:40 p.m
April 12th, 2010
"Wow…" said Alex looking up at the clear night sky." …the stars are out tonight." she added with amazement pointing above them.
Morgan glances at Alex and turns his attention up at the sky. "Oh yeah." he replied. "Look at all of them up there."
"There's the North Star and look right there…" she said leaning over close to Morgan's right cheek. "…Orion's Belt." she added expressing a smile.
The bearded man peers up in astonishment. He has never really been the type of guy who gazes up at the stars because he thought it was quite boring. Even as a kid, when he and Chuck went camping instead of bringing a telescope to look up at the stars he brought his Gameboy to pass the time away. However, standing there along side Alex on this particular night he is appreciating them for what they are and he's having an awesome time.
Morgan is having a more than awesome time he thinks to himself. The last 5 days have been awesomely incredible and he has never really felt anything like what he's feeling for Alex like he has with Anna. It's far different and it actually scares him to death but it's a good kind of scary. His thoughts abruptly end when he glances over at her seeing her beautiful hazel eyes and smiling freckled face close to his. In that moment, he can't help but smile.
When Alex's attention up at the stars turns to Morgan who is smiling at her, he immediately turns away and then back up at the stars. If the bearded man didn't turn away he wouldn't have noticed his date for the evening blushing as she reaches up with her right hand to brush her hair back behind her right ear. She finds his reaction not only adorable but also endearing.
"So…uh…" he said rubbing the back of his head now in a seemingly awkward situation. "…you like looking up at the stars a lot?" Alex is about to respond but she briefly pauses on her part as she reaches up to rub her arms. Morgan notices this and immediately takes off his coat then reaches around her and places his coat over her shoulders. A grateful smile appears on her face the gesture he did. "There you go." he softly stated.
"Thanks." Alex stated.
"No problem." he replied. "So you were about to say something?
"Yeah." she said. "I grew up in Silverlake and I used to always sit in the back porch with my mom looking up at the stars. It's what we did every night but not so much now since I've been in school." added Alex.
"Sounds relaxing." he retorted.
"It is. Every now and then I stand outside my apartment to look up at them." she said. She gazes up the starry filled night sky and a hint of grin appears. "You may think this is strange but whenever I look up at the stars I think my dad is up there shining brightly for me."
"No…" he replied shaking his head. "…its not strange at all. I think is very heartfelt and I think you're dad is smiling down at you right now at how great a woman you've turned out to be." added Morgan reaching up inevitably touching her arm which is covered by his coat.
As the two share a brief moment they both look up at the night sky once again and when they do a shooting star streak across. "A shooting star." she quickly said glancing at Morgan.
"I saw it." he responded
"Quick make a wish." said Alex closing her eyes.
Morgan expresses a hint of laughter as he gazes at Alex standing next to him. He doesn't close his eyes but instead looks at her and then peers back up at the sky with a grin on his face as he watches the shooting star disappear. When she opens her eyes back up she glances over at Morgan who quickly turns his attention upward. For her, in that moment everything seemed just perfect in her eyes.
"You ready to go?" she inquired.
"Yup." replied Morgan turning his attention back to her.
As the two turn heading to the left walking down the sidewalk side by side, Agent Smith watches Colonel Casey get out of his car and creep over to the opening of the alley hugging the left side of the wall within the darkness. He is closely followed by the two other occupants in the car. All 4 men watch as they approach an alley way leading Smith to make contact with the person he spoke earlier with.
Morgan and Alex are passing the same alley mentioned earlier and as they do a man dressed in rags jumps out in front of them holding a very large knife. Its at this point, he heads towards the two leading the bearded man to employ his go to move and when he does Alex steps in swinging her bag across knocking the knife out of his hand. She then gives a swift side kick to his gut temporarily knocking the wind out of him.
From Smith's vantage point, he can see the two individuals holding back Casey and then pointing at what is going on at the alley way. All 4 men once again turn their attention back at the alley where Alex grabs Morgan by his left hand in order for both of them to make a run for it. Unfortunately, the man recovers grabbing Morgan to where a struggle ensue. This leads to Alex to rifle through her purse and taking out what seems to be an air taser stun gun.
"Morgan! Get out of the way!" she screamed.
The instant she says that, Morgan is able to break free to where he tries to move aside as Alex shoots the air taser directly at their assailant. Unfortunately, the said assailant grabs Morgan and tried to use him as a shield but ended up getting half of the 50,000 volts into him with the other half going into her date. The two men drop to the ground convulsing from the electricity coursing through their body.
Alex immediately releases the trigger shutting off the current of electricity. She heads over to the assailant who is on his side shaking on the ground like a fish and gives a hard swift kick to the face for good measure knocking him out. Her attention goes from him quickly over to Morgan who is shaking on the ground as well leading Alex to check on him. "Morgan, I'm so sorry are you okay?" she frantically said with absolute concern.
Morgan lifts his head and in somewhat of daze looks up at her. "I think a need an ambulance…" he said. He briefly looks down and peers back at up Alex. "…and possibly a change of pants."
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Westside Medical Hospital
9:15 p.m
April 12th, 2010
Alex called the ambulance and she rode with Morgan to the nearest hospital, which was Westside Medical. The doctor on call would be Dr. Ellie Woodcomb and she was surprised to find out Morgan was the man on the stretcher being wheeled into the emergency room. After checking his vitals and blood pressure he turned out to be fine. She stands in front of Morgan who is sitting upright on the hospital bed with Alex standing next to him.
"I'm glad you two are all right." Ellie said with a grin holding a chart under her left arm. "Thank God Alex had that stun gun in her purse or you guys would have been seriously hurt." she added.
Alex reaches over putting her right hand on Morgan's left shoulder. She expresses a comforting grin towards him and then faces Ellie. "You can never be too careful in this city and I immediately took action when both our lives were being threatened." she replied.
"Awesome." responded Ellie. "Glad you're okay Morgan."
"Thanks Ellie." he retorted.
As she says that a look of curiosity appears on Alex's face leading her to ask him a question. "Morgan, what were you doing when the guy with the knife came towards us?"
"I…uh…" he paused looking back and forth from Ellie to Alex. "…I was doing my move."
"What move?" wondered Ellie quirking her right brow.
"The Morgan?" he stated.
"The what?" said Alex with a hint of grin on her face wondering what he's talking about.
Morgan takes a quick breath and then explains what "The Morgan" is. "I created it back when Chuck and I were in middle school together mainly from avoiding being hit by girls." The two woman watch intently as Morgan describes what the move is. "I twist my body to the side while raising one knee to cover the groin. Then I cover both my face and groin with my hands."
"Seriously?" Ellie stated with a hint of laughter.
"Come on El." said Morgan hunching over shaking his head. "I already feel bad enough as it is for not defending Alex. I did my move on pure instinct." he added hanging his head and slumping over.
Upon saying that, Ellie feels bad for laughing at what she said. She is about to apologize when Alex jumps in to comfort her deeply apologetic date. "Hey, you have nothing to be sorry about. At least your were honest because most men would lie out of their ass and say they would have defended the woman knowing full well that he wanted to run the other way leaving her behind." she said.
"Now you're just making fun of me."
"Not at all." she answered shaking her head. "Would I make fun of you if I did this?" added Alex lean over to give him a kiss on the left side of his cheek.
Ellie just smiles as she sees the heartfelt gesture Alex gives to Morgan. "What was that for?" he asked reaching up feeling his cheek as he turns to look at her.
"Just for being you and for the awesome night I've had." she responded.
"Wow Morgan…" she said giving him a nod. "…don't let this one get away."
"I won't." he replied with a smile as she glances from Ellie to Alex.
As the two kids share a moment together, Ellie's phone rings and when she reaches into her doctor's coat to fish it out she looks at the small screen to see that Chuck is calling her. "Hey little brother what's up?"
"Nothing much. Just calling to see how you are doing?"
"That's sweet of you." she responded. Ellie silently motions to the two of them she's going to take the call over at the desk a few feet away. "I'm fine can't say the same for your best friend."
"What? What happened?"
"Alex and Morgan almost got mugged but the guy didn't take anything. He did get 25,000 volts though for his efforts while Morgan got the other half."
"Is he okay?" he asked with concern.
"He's fine now and Alex…" she said turning around seeing the playful interaction between the two. "…she is right by his side. They make a cute couple."
"You said that a lot sis."
"I know and I really mean it." she replied. "Alex is totally right for him." added Ellie.
"If you say so."
"I do say so because I'm your older sister and what I say rings true." she firmly stated with a hint of laughter.
"Yes ma'am." he responded with a hint of laughter back on the other end of the line. "Well, tell him I'm glad he and Alex are okay and that I'll talk to him tomorrow."
"Will do."
"Later sis."
"Bye."
Ellie hangs up and when she does she sees the interaction going on between Morgan and Alex. The smiles they are being exchanging with one another brings a smile to her own lips and in that moment she knows with 100% surety they are in love even if they don't know it yet. She grips her phone in her hand and walks towards their location in order to discharge Morgan.
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Nupac Apartments
10:00 p.m.
April 12th, 2010
Morgan and Alex pull into Nupac Apartments where Alex lives. It's not only the largest off campus student housing provider but its walking distance from USC so its easily accessible for her to get to her classes. As Morgan pulls into the parking lot, the 3 men who have been keeping a watchful eye on the two of them pull up past the apartment building and then makes a u-turn in order to park across the street.
Casey, Chuck, and Travis watch as Morgan walks around the vehicle in order to open the door for Alex. The silence within the Crown Vic is broken when Chuck speaks up. "See Casey, they're okay and Ellie assured me the both of them are doing just fine."
"Can we go home now?" asked Travis.
"Alex can hold her own and even though Morgan froze up doing his go to move she still likes him." responded Chuck.
"What is that move by the way?" Travis replied
"I'll explain it to you later Trav." he stated turning back to look at him. "Come on big guy, let's call it a night."
Chuck and Travis sit there waiting for his response as Casey narrows his eyes staring intently out the driver side window. Maybe the two idiots are right the NSA agent thinks to himself. He immediately realizes what he just thought causing him to shake it right of out of his head. A brief moment later, he responds to the two men. "Fine." he said turning on the engine and driving off.
As the 3 teammates head off, Morgan and Alex walk up the open stairway towards her apartment located on the top, 3rd floor, to the right, and at very end where her door is. The two walk down the semi-lit walkway and when they reach the door Alex stands there with fiddling with her keys in her hand. While standing there, she is a bit freak out not knowing what to do next.
"You have my coat." he said.
"Oh." she responded with a wry smile. "I completely forgot that I had this on." coyly added Alex removing his coat and handing it over to him.
When he does, he peers up at her and sees the most beautiful sight he has ever seen in his life standing before him. Go on and kiss you idiot! Those are the words that are screaming in his head as he stands there holding his coat over his right forearm. He wants to make a move but he's frozen stiff at this point knowing full well the first kiss is important to a woman or so he has been told.
"Well…" said Morgan shrugging his shoulder. "…goodnight Alex." he added giving her a quick nod.
"Okay…umm…" she said a hint of disappointment in her voice. "…goodnight Morgan I had a great time tonight." she said turning around to face the door.
Come on make a move Morgan! Those were the thoughts that are screaming in her head as she once again fiddles with her keys in order to give him time to do the deed. It's a good thing Alex turned around because she didn't see Morgan freaking out behind him silently screaming and forming a gun with his left hand pretending to shoot himself in the head.
It's at this point, Alex unlocks her door and has it half way open. She then turns back to Morgan who quickly composes himself giving her a smile. "Well, I'll talk to you later then."
"Yeah." he quickly responded.
"As she turn to head to into her apartment thinking nothing is going to happen, Morgan stops her. "Wait. Don't go just yet."
"Yes." she said turning quickly around to face him. "What is it Morgan." she added with a wry smile.
Morgan doesn't say a word as he drops his coat on the ground and steps forward mere inches away from her. He reaches up with both hands gently placing them on either side of her arms and begins slowly leaning in. Alex closes her eyes ready to feel his lips on hers but instead of feeling his lips pressed against hers she hears a hard thumping sound on the ground. When she opens her eyes Morgan is unconscious on the ground with something sticking out the side of his neck. She immediately leans down in order to check on him.
"Mor…?"
Casey's daughter doesn't even finish saying his name when she too falls unconscious to the ground next to Morgan with a dart sticking on the side of her neck. As the to lay there motionless, a pair of footsteps are head walking towards them leading to a pair of dark shoes stand in front of them. Those dark shoes belong to Ring Agent Vincent Smith who exudes a sinister smile holding a tranq gun in his right hand as he peers down at the two individuals on the ground. Gotcha Colonel Casey.
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