The Colonel's Daughter

Well, I thought I would lighten the mood in this particular chapter and write about what would happen if Sarah, Jayne, and Shannon found out what their significant others were doing. I hope you enjoy this particular chapter and once again please leave a comment and tell me what you think. Reviews are awesome!

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Trouble With A Capital T

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Casa Bartowski
10:35 p.m.
April 12th, 2010

Chuck, Travis and Casey pull up to Casa Bartowski but much to Chuck's chagrin 1 additional vehicle is parked behind the 3 cars already parked in the driveway one of them being Travis' car. The look on Travis and Chuck's face tells the story as they both know they were quite possibly in trouble because if Shannon is at his house along with Sarah then Jayne is probably in there as well. It's at this point, Chuck shakes his head and then turns to face Casey.

"Drive." he stated pointing forward.

"Where Bartowski?" he grunted. "You two numbnuts wanted to go home remember."

"Do what Chuck says Casey." quickly replied Travis. "We'll stay at Castle for the night and completely lock it down." he added expressing a mix of worry and fear in his eyes.

The veteran agent turns to face them narrowing his eyes at the two men currently sitting in their car with a look absolute disbelief. They really are whipped he thinks to himself. A grin appears as he is amused by the worried look on both their faces as they glance back at each other then immediately checking their phones and at the same time seeing if any of the ladies are peering out the window to check if they have arrived yet.

As far as the two of them know, they haven't received any missed calls, voice messages or text messages but that doesn't give them any sense of relief whatsoever. Casey, on the other hand, appears not to be effected by the possibility that Jayne is at Chuck's house because in his mind he can handle her unlike the two nitwits in the car with him who he told they were absolutely whipped.

His concentration on the two is suddenly broken when he hears a knock at the driver's side window that gets the attention of Chuck and Travis as well. All 3 men turn to see Sarah leaning down with her arms crossed narrowing her eyes at them and doesn't even say a word. All they see her do is emphatically point at each of them, points towards the house, then mouths the words "now" as she walks back to the house not looking back.

"We're dead." Chuck stated in fear.

The two men suddenly hang their heads sounding off simultaneous groans as they know they are walking the proverbial green mile for a punishment that wasn't their fault to begin with. As for Casey he simply brushes it off. After a few moments, all three men are sitting on the black leather couch with Chuck and Travis sitting there with their hands in their lap holding their knit cap tightly held in their hands peering up with a look on innocence towards their significant others while Casey has his arms crossed looking directly at Jayne.

"Imagine my surprise when I got a call from Shannon asking what mission are the guys going on?" she said stepping forward in front of the coffee table pacing back and forward in front of them with a look of disappointment rather than anger. "What were you three thinking?" added Sarah glancing down at the three.

And there it is Chuck thinks to himself. The five words he hates to hear Sarah say are now uttered from her mouth. He watches as he stands there like a disappointed mother scolding her children after doing something absolutely stupid. The lanky business owner currently dressed in black sitting in the middle with Travis to his right and Casey to his left responds to her fiancé.

"It's Casey's fault." he said pointing to his burly teammate sitting beside him.

"Yeah…" quickly said Travis. "…he forced us to come with him and spy on Alex and Morgan."

"Thanks for throwing me the under bus morons." he grunted with a scowl on his face as he turns his head to face them.

His attention on the two men is suddenly interrupted by the sound of Jayne's voice directed at him. "Hey, don't look at them look at me." Jayne notices that Casey is opening his mouth to responds. She quickly cuts him before he does. "No, you are not allowed to speak unless you are spoken to. Got me." she emphatically stated narrowing her eyes at him.

Casey responds by giving her a quick nod. The two men sitting beside their burly teammate are amazed after witnessing the impossible come to life before their very own eyes. After telling them that they are whipped Chuck and Travis see a man succumbing to the orders of a woman who is neither Sarah or General Beckman. A grin appears on both their faces as they look at each other but then suddenly fall flat when they face front.

"What possessed you to convince these two guys to come with you and spy on Alex and Morgan's date?" Casey sits there silently not saying a word. Jayne then gives him permission to speak. "Go ahead, answer the question."

"I'm her father." stated Casey. Those are the only three words he responds with as he sees Jayne shaking her head in disappointment once again.

After Jayne questions Casey, Shannon decides it her turn to reprimand her husband. "What do you have to say for yourself?" Shannon questioned with a not so loving look down towards Travis.

"I'm sorry and I love you?" he responded lifting his shoulders with a apologetic grin on his face.

"Nope. That's not going to fly." she replied shaking her head in disappointment. "You know better than do something like this. You should have said no honey."

"But…"

Shannon raises her finger at him. "No buts." she emphatically stated.

As Travis sits there, he's thinking this is probably what his two girls feel like when they get in trouble because right now he feels like a 10 year old. The feeling that the 4th member of Team Chuck is experiencing is the exact same feeling Chuck is experiencing right now as he sits there peering up at Sarah who is standing there silent a few feet away from him. By the look on her face, she is none to pleased as to him going along with Casey's plan.

"I can explain." he quickly stated.

"Then explain." she firmly retorted raising her right eyebrow.

"Oh boy." he softly muttered under his breath.

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Casa Bartowski
10:50 p.m.
April 12th, 2010

"I only went along to keep an eye on Casey because I knew what he was doing was wrong on so many levels." he quickly stateed.

The blonde agent is interrogation mode and is attempting to get to the bottom of this no matter what. The one person she knows will tell him the truth is Chuck and she knows he will never lie to her. Granted, there have been many times he had to in order to protect her but in this case it concerns Casey's daughter and whether he went too far in watching over his daughter Alex.

"Did he interfere in any way on their date?" questioned Sarah as she glances over at Casey.

Chuck briefly looks at Casey as he responds to Sarah. "No…" he replied shaking his head. "…he did not interfere."

"That's right." interjected Travis. "All we did was sit in his car in a dark alley across the street and eat snacks while we did surveillance listening to their conversations during their dinner date."

After hearing that, all 3 women's eyes widen. "You did what!?" they responded in unison.

The minute Chuck hears Travis say that he hangs his head putting his right hand over his face. To him, it would have been okay if he just said that they were eating snacks doing simple surveillance across the street but to reveal that they were also listening to their private conversation is a big mistake on his part knowing the mood the ladies are currently in.

In his mind, to have one woman be mad at you can be considered easy to handle maybe two women, but to have 3 woman mad at you is overkill. No man on the planet Earth can survive an onslaught by 3 angry women who know you've done wrong and will not relent reminding you've done wrong he thinks to himself. Chuck knows that even though his intentions were good he royally screwed up.

"I expected this from you…" she said pointing straight at Casey who is just sitting there still not saying anything at this point. "…but you two." she said pointing at Chuck and Travis shaking her head. "I am utterly disappointed and shocked you two even went along with him."

"I know." Chuck responded in a apologetic manner.

There is a brief moment of silence and by the look on Travis' face Chuck can tell he's going to do something very stupid yet bold. "Listen, like I said before…" he said standing up.

Shannon immediately points to the black leather couch behind him. "Sit down!" his wife ordered.

Travis doesn't say a word as he sits down keeping his mouth shut. He doesn't even look at Chuck or Casey who are looking straight ahead and try to keep eye contact with their significant others. For Casey, it seemingly doesn't phase him at all as he continues locking eyes with Jayne whereas for Chuck and Travis there are having quite a bit of difficulty retaining eye contact with the two women standing in front of them.

"What was I supposed to do Sarah." he said staring up at her. "He was going whether we came with him or not and if we didn't he could have quite possibly made a scene. I don't regret my decision and neither does Trav." he said glancing over at his friend and teammate."

"Trav?" stated Sarah turning her attention from Chuck to Travis. "Do you regret your decision going with these two knowing you were coerced under false pretense into coming by Casey." she asked expecting an answer.

There is a momentary pause as Travis glances over at Chuck and then to Casey who stone faced looking straight forward. "No…" he replied shaking his head. "…I don't regret going with Casey even though I was coerced into it under false pretense. We stopped him from possibly doing something absolutely stupid." he firmly stated.

"Did you now?" Sarah stated eyeing her beau.

"Yes we did." he replies. "We tried to get through to his thick skull that he's being too overprotective with Alex and that he's going to eventually push his daughter away from him." said Chuck.

Travis interjects his thoughts into the mix as well. "To him, Morgan is never going to be good for her and if you think about it no guy will ever be right for his daughter." he said shaking his head briefly glancing over at him. "In his own mind, he wants her to be unhappily happy without Morgan in her life and we both know…" he said pointing at himself and Chuck. "… you have to let your daughter live her own life."

"You heard her yourself man." Chuck said turning to his burly teammate. "She thinks very highly of you and went as so far as calling you not only a father figure in her life but an absolute positive role model that matters to her. That says something Casey."

A grin appears on each of the women's faces but soon realize they are still angry at them leading the ladies to exude a look of seriousness. Its at this point, Sarah thinks they have been through enough and hopefully learned their lesson. "Okay Chuck you stay and you two…" she said pointing at Casey and Travis shaking her head. "…go home." she firmly stated.

Travis and Casey, who hasn't said a word at all, get up heading toward the door with their significant others. The 4th member of Team Chuck glances back to give Chuck a quick head nod before leaving to which he reciprocates back from the comfort of the black leather couch with Peaches jumping on it in order to sit next to her master. After a few moments, he hears the door close and then Sarah appearing into view. She just walks straight ahead not looking at Chuck at all.

"Going to bed." she stated.

Upon hearing that, Chuck gets up and follows her down the hallway towards their bedroom. He doesn't say a word and he sees Sarah go in but Chuck is stopped in his tracks as the bedroom door closes on his face. This causes him to knock on the door several times as he calls out his fiancé's name with Peaches sitting down right beside him.

"Uh…Sarah…" he said reaching up scratching his head with his left land as he turns the knob with his right. "...you locked the door." added Chuck with a hint of laughter. After waiting for a few seconds the door opens causing Chuck to smile but it quickly fades as Sarah hands him a blanket and a pillow. She looks down to let in Peaches into the bedroom and then closes the door locking it once again. "Good night." With a look of disappointment in his face, he begrudgingly turns around with embracing pillow and blanket inevitably heading towards the living room."

As he heads towards the leaving room he suddenly realizes they have a guest room. What am I doing he thinks to himself. Chuck quickly turns around heading to the guest room, enters it, and shuts the door behind him.

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Frazier Park Apartments -Baldwin Park
11:30 p.m.
April 12th, 2010

Casey drives Jayne to her apartment upon her request in his Crown Vic. The drive there is filled with utter silence with neither one of them looking at each other. He knows how disappointed and angry she is at him so he lets her sit there in silence because if he even tried to initiate the conversation she could very well blow up at him for doing something so stupid, which evidently has become the main word being used tonight concerning his actions.

The veteran government pulls up to her apartment complex and pulls into a vacant parking space. Jayne is about to open the door when Casey makes the decision to open his mouth to talk to her. "He's not right for her."

"You don't have that right to make that decision for her John!" she quickly spitted out turning to face him. "She's a beautiful grown woman." added Jayne.

"I know." he grunted.

"Are you about to share what you've referred to as lady feelings?" asked Jayne.

Casey doesn't even acknowledge her questions leading to continue on. "The fact that's she's a grown woman bothers me." he stated.

The fact that Alex is a grown woman bothers him she thinks to herself. She takes it upon herself to investigate further. "What? Why?" she inquired with curiosity.

Jayne watches as he takes a moment to compose himself before answering her. He takes a deep breathe and then proceeds to explain why it bothers him so. "Several months ago I found out I have a kid. A daughter no less." he gruffly said trying to wrap the concept around it. "I would have been completely fine if I had a son because I wouldn't have to worry about him so much but not when it comes to Alex. It drives me crazy."

"All fathers are like that with their daughters but not all daughters have a Colonel/NSA Agent as a father now do they." she retorted reaching over to hold his right hand. She sees a hint of smirk on his face within the semi-lit parking lot. "You can never prepare yourself to handle an already grown up woman who has every bit a part of you in her." she said.

"What if I can't be the father she wants me to be." he said shaking his head. "All her life she knows only that her father died a hero serving his country and if I ever make the decision to tell her who I really am I don't know how she will react." added Casey. "Will she hate me? "Will she resent me? Will she beat the crap out me?"

"Those are all perfectly good questions that I can't answer." she replied with a chuckle.

"Great help babe." he softly retorted.

She expresses a hint of laughter concerning her boyfriend's response. "What I'm saying is those questions can only be answered by you and you alone." she said. "You John Casey have to confront your past and tell her that you are in fact Alex Coburn. True, there's no telling how she will react but at least you can come to terms with closing a chapter in your life that has been haunting you since you learned Alex is your daughter."

"I just feel…" Casey pauses in order to search for the right word.

"Scared?" he grunted glancing over at Jayne.

"I am neither confirming nor denying that statement." he firmly stated the NSA Agent.

"I wasn't saying you are sweetie." she replied with a grin. "What I'm saying is you're now dealing with feelings that you have never been able to understand or handle for that matter. All you have ever known is what you've been taught not only as a Marine in the military but as an agent as well for the United States Government."

"That's for sure." he grunted.

"It's annoying and I want it to stop." he firmly stated tapping the steering wheel of his Crown Vic.

"You can't." she replied shaking her head in acknowledgement concerning his previous statement. "It in there inside of you and as much as you want to suppress them deep down in the depths of your very soul never to see the light of day they're going to come out expressing in ways that you wouldn't normally act like tonight." she added.

"I just want her to be happy." he softly said.

"I know John." said Jayne reaching over to caress the right side of his cheek causing him to momentarily close his eyes.

"The ball is in your court now as to whether you want to tell her or not." she stated. "When or if you do give her some space so she can decide for herself whether she wants to establish a relationship with you." added the dark haired beauty.

Casey express a grin as he turns to face her ever so wise girlfriend. "Thanks." he stated.

"You're welcome." she replied leaning in to softly press her lips on his. She then opens the passenger side door and before she heads out she turns back once more to glance back at him with a smile. Jayne leaves heading towards her apartment door while Casey waits before she enters. When she does he turns on the engine, backs up, and then heads home to get some sleep.

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Casey's Apartment
12:10 p.m.
April 13th, 2010

Casey walks into his apartment and shuts the door behind him. He reaches over and punches a sequence of numbers on the small electronic device hanging near the front entrance of the door. After a few seconds a sound is heard that tells him his apartment is on lockdown for the night. He walks into his living room turning on the lights and the first thing he heads to is the bottle of whiskey and the glass that is sitting next to it on the coffee table in front of the chair.

He drops the black knit cap on to the table and then plops down onto his chair with his arms resting on either side of it. The veteran agent lays his head back for a few moments closing his eyes taking a deep breath and then slowly exhales through his nose. To him, it has been a long Saturday he most assuredly wants to forget but at the same time he doesn't when it concerns The Ring sending Agent Smith to try to make a deal but failed.

For him, the two most important women in his life are his girlfriend Jayne and his daughter Alex. Granted, the safety and protection of the United States all for the greater good has been his life for the last 20 or so years and now his priorities are gradually shifting. Essentially, they're shifting to the safety and protection of two women who before ever meeting them would not give a second thought about. They would be just another innocent civilian in his eyes.

Unfortunately, that is not case as he came close to losing Jayne at their place of business they own together. When he saw one of Smith's men point his weapon at Jayne he didn't react as an NSA Agent but rather a boyfriend hell bent on protecting his girlfriend. He didn't care whether he got shot or not as long as she's safe and unharmed was all that mattered to him. The anger he felt when he wrapped his arms around the man's neck was all too consuming.

The hatred he had for him in that moment would inevitably vanish after breaking the man's neck. The moment was considered like any another in which he dispatched a bad guy with his bare hands but this time it was completely different because he actually had something or in fact someone to lose. When he looked into her eyes as he brushed away her dark wet hair from her eyes he knew how much in love he is with her.

His thoughts from Jayne turn to his daughter Alex. The wisdom that Jayne gave to him concerning her did not go unheard as he mulls over his options of whether he should tell her or not tell her. True, he may be scared of the repercussions of what happens afterwards if he does tell her but it's a risk he is willing to take knowing how much of her life he has lost when it comes to her childhood.

Alex's first steps, first birthday, first heartbreak…are all the things he missed out on and he doesn't want to miss out on anything else. Granted, he was there to witness her first date with Morgan even though it was under surveillance sitting in his car with two other guys in a dark alley. He shakes his head as he expresses a hint of laughter just thinking about it knowing it was indeed stupid on his part.

In his mind, he wants his daughter to be happy but to be happy with Morgan doesn't sit well with him. He remembers what Chuck told in the car about holding me to my word concerning the statement in which he said that 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. He stands by that statement until Morgan can prove him wrong.

It's in that moment, Casey opens his eyes and lifts his head seeing the bottle of whiskey sitting in front of him on the table with the empty glass next to it. He slowly leans forward, grabs the bottle, opens the top, and pours a small amount of liquid into the glass. He reaches over with his left picking it up while he sets down the bottle on the table with his right.

Afterwards, he lifts it up and pours it into his mouth. In a matter of seconds, he feel the sting of the whiskey going down his throat, which is a satisfying feeling he's gotten used to over the years. He then briefly looks at the empty glass expressing a grunt of contentment and then sets down the glass on the table next to the bottle. He glances down at his watch and then pushes himself off from his comfortable chair deciding its time to hit the hay.

As he does, the sound of his cell phone ringing is heard. Casey quickly fishes it out from his pocket and when looks at the small screen he sees that it's Alex's number causing him to express a grin. When he answers it he expects to her hear voice on the other end of the line. "Alex, you do know it's late don't you?"

There is a brief pause on the other end of the line. "Sorry to disappoint you Colonel, but this isn't Alex."

Casey's eyes widen as he recognizes the voice on the other end of the line. In that very instance, he knew one thing…Smith has his daughter Alex.

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