The Colonel's Daughter
Well, hope you've enjoyed reading this story as much I've enjoyed writing it folks. This is the last chapter and after this I'll be taking a small break but I will return with a new story for you to read. Again, if you enjoyed reading my stories and left a comment I truly appreciate it. Please continue to do so as it gives me the incentive to write more chapters.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
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Oranage Orange
7:50 a.m.
April 13th, 2010
Travis, Chuck, and Sarah minus Casey emerge from the behind the swinging door after leaving Castle leading the couple to immediately stand up as soon as the two saw them. Sarah could see a mixture of emotions such as fear, nervousness, anxiety and joy in Alex's eyes as she hopes to see her father walking out with them but to no avail. The blonde agent expresses a reassuring smile towards from behind the counter as she heads her way.
In that moment, so many thoughts are running through the young woman's mind when it comes to the man she has simply known for the last several month as John Casey that they've all jumbled into one big mess within in her head. Her friend, father figure, and positive male role model in her life is in fact her father Alex Coburn who she was told by her mother that he died a war hero. It's a lot to process after the initial shock has worn off.
So many questions to ask him she thinks to herself. She wonders what will be the first one to start off with or will she even get the question out of her mouth to ask him? Will she just sit there and let him do all the talking? Will she beat the crap out of him or merely punch him in the face for not telling her? All perfectly rational questions she hopes to get answered once they sit down and have a face to face conversation.
Alex's thoughts are abruptly ended when she Sarah approaching her with a reassuring smile with Chuck and Travis following right behind her. "Casey will be up in a minute." she says reaching over to place her right hand on Alex's left shoulder. "He's just as nervous and possibly scared as you are."
"He won't admit it and he'll deny he is." added Chuck with a grin on his face. "That's Casey for you."
Alex expresses a hint of laughter concerning what Chuck said. In that instance, Travis interjects his thoughts into the mix as well. "Listen Alex, I'm fairly new to the team and it was difficult for him to adjust going from a 3 person operation to a 4 person operation." he said. "It took some time but he accepted the fact I'm here to stay." added Travis with a smile. "Just give him time."
"Thanks you guys." responded Alex expressing an appreciative grin towards Sarah, Chuck, and Travis.
The brief moment of silence is suddenly ended when Morgan makes his presence known as he speaks to his lanky best friend with a wide smile on his face. "Dude you're a spy!" he says with excitement.
"You've said that 20 times already and yes Morg…" he breathed out. "…I am." added Chuck with a grin on his face towards his bearded little buddy.
"So…" he said looking around Orange Orange. "…underneath this seemingly innocent looking frozen yogurt shop is a C.I.A. base." added Morgan shaking his head in disbelief. "And I just thought you were just coming over on you're lunch breaks to share a froyo with your main froyo squeeze." the bearded man stated giving a quick but playfully light punch to his best friends stomach. "Who knew."
"Yeah buddy who knew." Chuck replied with a smiles as she shaking his head. He glances over at Sarah who can't help but laugh at this point. He then turns his attention back to Morgan. "Hey fyi, there is also a secret passage way that leads from my office down to Castle in case I want to sneak out without going out through the front door."
Upon hearing that piece of information Morgan's eyes completely bug out. It's at this point, he reaches out clutching with both side of Chuck's arms with his hands. He peers up at him with even more astonishment and disbelief as he struggles to get what he ways to say out of his mouth. "Are you serious!?"
"I'm not lying to you my friend." he said leaning down not breaking eye contact with him.
From the look on his best friend's face, it seemed as if he's about to cry but restrains himself from doing so. Morgan composes himself, releases him from his clutches, and continues with his questioning. "Do Ellie and Awesome know? Are they spies too?" he questioned with absolute curiosity.
"No buddy…" he replied shaking his head. "…and I want it to stay that way for their own safety." added Chuck reaching up to place his right hand firmly on his best friends left shoulder. "Can I count you on not only keeping my…" he pauses glancing at Sarah and Travis. "…our secret and keep my sister along with my brother-in-law safe? Can I count on you to be awesome?" he asked with seriousness in his voice.
Morgan stands there mulling it over in his head and at the time eyes his best friend standing in front of him. He then nods reaching up to give Chuck a fist tap to show his unwavering support. "You can count on me dude." he stoically replied as Chuck reciprocates the fist tap.
"Awesome man." he proudly said.
"So…" replied Morgan. "…am I officially part of the team?" he asked peering up at him then glances from Sarah to Travis and back to Chuck.
Travis, Sarah, and Alex can't hold back the smiles or for that matter laughter any longer after hearing what Morgan just said. "Excuse me?" questioned Chuck.
"Am I officially part of the team? Do I get a cool call name like The Condor, Ladyfingers or something like that?" wondered Morgan.
Chuck glances at Alex and then turns to Sarah and Travis shaking his head with a big grin on his face. "Let's walk before we run huh buddy. Maybe crawl before that." he replied reaching over patting him on the right shoulder.
"God help us." a voice gruff said.
All 5 individuals turn their attention behind the counter where Casey is standing in the doorway holding the swinging door open with his right hand. They all stand there glancing from Alex to Casey. Its in that instance, Alex mutters 3 words under breathe. "Oh boy."
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Oranage Orange
7:50 a.m.
April 13th, 2010
As all 5 individuals stand there in a brief silence, Chuck takes the initiative to leave he and Alex alone so they can talk. "Let's grab some breakfast." he says looking around. "I'm buying." stated the business owner.
"I'll call Shannon and she'll meet us with my kids." replied Travis.
"Sounds like a plan dude." he said.
"Breakfast sounds great." replied Sarah reaching over to hold Chuck's hand and squeezes it.
"Wait." grunted Casey causing everybody to turn their attention to him. "Morgan, I need a word with you." he stated pointing directly at him.
"Me?" he responds pointing to himself. The best friend of Chuck Bartowski nervously looks at the other people standing around him.
Chuck, Sarah, Travis, and Alex watch as Casey walks around from behind the counter and towards Morgan narrowing his eyes at him. It causes not only the bearded man to become extremely uncomfortable but Alex, as well as his 3 teammates to become uncomfortable at what may possibly unfold. As Morgan leans back a bit, everyone in the room suddenly sees Casey extend his right hand out to him.
A grin appears on each of the teammate's faces, especially Chuck's who realizes he's holding up his word the night of the stakeout at the Olive Garden. Morgan cautiously reaches up and shakes his hand with a smile on his face not knowing why. As he turns to face Alex, he is suddenly jerked forward looking eye to eye with the Colonel as he speaks to him.
"I saw what you did for my daughter placing yourself in front of her so she wouldn't get shot." stated the healing NSA agent. He leans in even more to where he is nose to nose with the bearded little man. "I have one thing to say to you." he growled. Morgan waits for his answer as he feels Casey squeezing his hand. He then continues on. "Be good to my daughter or you'll have to answer to me Grimes."
Morgan simply responds with a nod as he glances over at Alex who expresses a hint of a grin after Casey gives his approval. The moment is suddenly broken up by Chuck who steps in separating the two of them. He reaches around wrapping his right arm around his little bearded buddy and leads him safely towards the door with Sarah and Travis in tow.
Before they head out the door, Morgan directs a question to his best friend. "Come on buddy tell me…" he said lightly punching in the arm. "…how did you become a spy?"
"Well Morgan…" he said nodding at Alex and then back at Casey who responds back with a nod as well. All 4 people heads towards the door heading out to have some breakfast. "…it all happened 3 and half years ago when I received an email from Bryce Larkin who is alive by the way."
Morgan's eyes bug out again as they head out the door of Orange Orange leaving Alex and Casey alone to talk things out.
"Alex…"
Alex immediately interjects. "John, let me speak." Casey complies to her daughters request as he stands there listening intently at what she has to say to him. "First off, does my mom know you're alive?" she inquired.
"No." he softly grunted.
"Okay." she nodded as she breathes out a sigh of relief knowing that her mother didn't keep this secret from her after all. "Second question, how long have you been protecting me?" she asked. Alex sees there is a bit of hesitation on his part causing her to narrow her eyes at him. "Come on John, I deserve to know."
She does deserve to know he thinks to himself. Casey knows there's no time for keeping secrets especially when it comes to his own daughter. A daughter that nearly got killed by Smith who didn't care who lived or died as long as he got the job done. He couldn't live with himself if she died and would endure the greatest torture to ever experience in his life. He takes a deep breath and then responds to her.
"6 and half months." the Colonel sated. "I didn't know about you until you walked into your house checking on your mom and she called you by your name…" He pauses. "…my name." he said.
"Is that why you have been showing up at the PieShack and talking to me?" she said shaking her head. "To make small talk in order to protect me?"
"Yes…no." he responded. He shakes his head. "It was complicated."
"So un-complicate it." she quickly answered. "Help me understand then."
"All my life I've been a spy and the only thing I know is to kill in order to protect the greater good." he stated. He pauses in order to take another deep breath. "In order for me to protect you, I had to watch over you any way I could."
"Watch over me?" questioned Alex. "So the time you and your girlfriend…" she quickly pauses. "…is Jayne a spy?"
"No." he firmly stated.
"Okay." She nods and then continues to question Casey. "So the time you and Jayne came to the PieShack were you watching me as well?"
"Yes and for the record I'm proud of you for dropping that jackass." he grunted.
Alex grins as she briefly looks down. "Chip off the old block."
A hint of a grin of appears on his face after hearing his daughter say that. "If you didn't do it, I would have come over there and did it myself." Casey's daughter expresses a hint of laughter upon hearing that. After a brief moment of silence he continues on. "Listen, I don't know how to be a father."
"I'm not asking you to be one right away." she responded shaking her head in response to his statement. "Baby steps."
Casey smirks. "So where do we go from here?" he asked.
"I think…" replied Alex. "…you should take your daughter out for breakfast so we can talk more."
"Sounds nice."
"You're paying dad." The impact of Alex saying the word dad hits him and Alex clearly notices this. "I'm sorry, would I rather call you John?" she asked.
"No…" he replied shaking his head. "…dad is fine."
In that moment, Alex leans forward wrapping her arms around Casey causing him to grunt in pain. She quickly peers up with an apologetic look on her face. "I'm sorry." she softly stated.
Casey simply shakes his head because the pain is worth it as he slowly wraps his arms around her and hugs back his daughter. "I'm fine." he responded.
At the same time that happens, they hear the door open leading father and daughter to turn to the door as they both see Jayne standing there with a big smile on her face. She doesn't say a word as she walks over to hug both of them. After a few moments, Casey wraps both his arms around his girlfriend and his daughter escorting them out the door to have a breakfast possibly joining Chuck as a family.
The End
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