Don't own Chuck
Mary signaled to Casey that there were four guards that she could see but when she looked over to where she'd left him she saw John dashing across the square heading straight for the front doors. She didn't need to be told what he had in mind just she'd wished he'd given her a little time to get ready but truthfully there was no need she was born ready.
"There's only one way to get down from here," she said to herself as she stood next to the night light looking down then braced herself for what was to come.
"It's not that far down," she told herself more to reassure herself than she really believed what she was saying. "Oh crap, come on Casey, couldn't you've held your horses for a few more minutes and let me get down from here. I'm getting too old for this crap."
She made a mental note to have a nice long talk with John afterwards and give him a few choice words that he deserved. But as she was playing this out in her head John cleared the square and stood quietly next to the door. Anatoly and Viktor joined him on the other side of it. John made a signal for them to keep quiet as he knocked on the door.
"Open up and hurry up it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey out here," said John as he knocked on the door again. They heard a noise on the other side of the door like someone was walking nearer and cursing under his breath. The noise and cursing got clearer the nearer the man came.
"Hey, what's up with you you're early. You're not supposed to be here for another half an hour," said a man from inside. "I can't open the door until you tell me the password."
"The password is I'm going to kick your butt up and down this road out here if you don't open this door. Comms are still down and it's cold out here which I think I've made abundantly clear already," said John trying to speak with an Irish accent like what the guard had spoken before. Anatoly and Viktor looked at him and shook their heads. Casey just held up a finger and grunted for them to be quiet and wait.
"I swear I don't have time for this. You know what... forget it. Don't open up then you can call in that I failed to report in if you like but you're the one who's going to have hell to pay when I tell them you wouldn't let me."
"All right, all right, shut it. I'll open up but this is no way to stand a watch. You need to use the proper protocols or..." said the man as he opened the door but stood their dumbfounded as he looked John square in the eyes. However, it still didn't register with him. "You aren't Flannigan. Who are you?"
"The Avon lady and I call this 'Here's my Lead'", said John as he shot the man square between the eyes then pushed inside as the man fell backwards. A bullet came whizzing past him from the right corner of the room making a loud cracking sound as it lodged in the doorframe.
"I can see you should've spent more time at the range," said John as he tapped the man twice in the chest then once in the head before the man dropped to the floor. Chaos erupted immediately inside as the civilians started to move away from the door trying to get away from John. This wasn't good for John and the rest because it left them in the open while giving cover to their adversaries.
"Everyone on the floor," yelled Anatoly in Romanian as John tapped two more. Two guards jumped behind the bar for cover but as they did Mary came crashing in through the skylight and took them out before she touched the deck.
"Hold up don't shoot all the guards are down," yelled a man in English with his hands up. "You don't need to shoot anyone else. The rest of us are hostages."
"That's left to be seen," said Casey as the man walked up to him with his hands out where John could see them. "Who are you and speak up quickly because I have an itch that needs scratching."
"My name is Vladimir Constatin and I'm the Chief of Police for this town and that man over there hiding underneath the table is Claudiu our illustrious Mayor. Can I ask you what's going on and who are you?"
"We're here to rescue you," said Anatoly as Casey grunted. "You need to get everyone out of here and take them into the hills. There are some weapons just outside the door and you can take the weapons off the dead guards to protect yourselves. I don't know if you've figure this out but these men here in your town weren't going to leave any witnesses around."
"We figured out as much," said Vladimir as he yelled at some of his policemen to collect the weapons then started leading their people out. "I don't know how we're going to be able to get clear of the town before they realize we're leaving and they've got more weapons than we do."
"Don't worry about that just get your people clear to the town," said Mary as she walked up behind them. "Remember buildings can be rebuilt. We'll provide you a little diversion that will give you enough time to clear out."
"I don't know how to thank you. Look, I don't know if this helps but they've filled the cellar with explosives and one of the guards has a detonator. I saw him playing with it earlier."
"Nice to know," said Casey with a smile. "You guys need to do as my friend said and get out of here on the double," said John. Mary gave him a look as Casey started patting down the dead guards.
"John, we need to be quick about this. Look, we don't need that I've got the other buildings already wired to blow," said Mary as she looked at her watch then pointed at the rising sun.
"Here we go," said John as he pocketed his find then walked out the door after them. Already there were guards starting to arrive. They heard the sound of their vehicles getting nearer by the minute.
"It's about time," said Mary as John caught up with them in an alley across from the tavern. "Chuck's going to be waiting on us and you're dillydallying about."
"I've never dillydallied in my life and knowing Chuck, he's probably still screwing around with something or other," said John as he pressed the button on the detonator. The tavern went up in a fire ball as it was immediately engulfed in flames. The shockwave from the explosion rattled the whole town and broke the windows in the nearby shops.
As the tavern went up a SUV appeared in the town square and five men jumped out. They stood there looking at the flames frozen in place trying to figure out what to do next. They didn't see John walk up behind them until he was standing there in the middle of them.
"That's a real mess, don't you agree," he said. "I wonder who did that." The team leader nodded his head turning around to see John standing there.
"What the..." he said as John planted his K-bar deep into the man's chest then pulled it out throwing it at the driver inside the SUV catching him in the side of the head. The man slumped forward his head resting on the horn which caused it to sound until Anatoly shove him out on to the pavement. In the meantime, John dealt with the rest. He pistol whipped one then used him as a human shield. The man's partners didn't hesitate in shooting him to try to get John. But John tossed the body at two of the men then taking out the lone guard with a head shot. He was about to turn and deal with the two when he heard two shots fired from the SUV. He looked over and there was Mary with her Beretta in hand.
"If you're done screwing around we need to get out of here. You can scratch whatever needs to be scratched another day on your own time."
"You know how to throw a wet blanket on a party," said John as he shoved Anatoly over to sit in the driver's seat. "You'd better buckle up this could get a little hairy."
"Just shut up and drive," said Mary. The sounds of the other vehicles were getting very close now and soon they'd be on top of them.
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The secretary had Chuck, Twelve and Stefan at gunpoint but both Stefan and Chuck knew they didn't have time for this. Chuck looked over at Stefan then back at the secretary. He had to do something but what? Nothing he could think of didn't end with him getting shot which was something he'd liked to avoid if possible.
"Look Willie put the gun down or this isn't going to end well for you," said Chuck as he inched over getting a little closer.
"No one knows my name... how do you know my name? It was Twelve, wasn't it? He told you my name. You're a real traitor and you know what we do to traitors," said the Secretary as he pointed his weapon at Twelve.
"Hold up, I'm no traitor and think about it. How could I tell him your name if I didn't know it. All anyone's ever called you was secretary... all be it other names behind your back," said Twelve. He thought he understood Chuck's play and not having any other viable options decided to play along.
"Really and what would they be? I know you liked to talk behind my back but look who's holding the upper hand right now," said the secretary as he waved his piece.
"Not you that's for sure," said Twelve not letting Willie intimidate him. "Just wait until that plane doesn't land then we'll see what happens. You'll be in it as deep as I am now. One was very clear about what was going to happen to us if we disappointed him."
"Lies, lies, lies, you'll say anything to save your lousy stinking hide. I could end you now then deal with these two but I'm going to let the Circle decide your fate. However, if you keep on talking trash then I just might have to reconsider my options."
"Go ahead if you think you've got what it takes... Wee Willie. I can't wait to tell everyone I meet that your name is Willie. Now what does Wee Willie rhyme with?"
"Shut your mouth," said Willie as he got angry. "I mean it shut your trap or I swear I'll end you right here," he said as he shook the pistol at Twelve. "I will... I really will."
"And I don't think you've got it in you. You've got a yellow strip a foot wide running up your back. You've always gotten other people to do your dirty work for you because you don't have the guts to do it yourself. That's why you don't have a number because you're a coward."
"You've gone too far this time," said Willie as he took aim but, in that moment, the whole building shook like they were having an earthquake. This was Chuck's opportunity and he took it. He pushed the weapon away from Twelve in the nick of time as Willie pulled the trigger causing him to take out One's speaker.
"Get off me," yelled Willie as he tried to bring the weapon back to shoot Chuck. But Chuck grabbed Willie's hand then with his other hand Chuck delivered a blow inside the elbow buckling Willie's arm. It was all over in seconds. Chuck pointed the weapon back in on Willie then moved in close so he couldn't move out of the way. There were two loud gunshots and Willie looked at Chuck with eyes as big a saucers.
"I told you this wasn't going to end well for you," said Chuck as Willie looked at him wild-eyed then they glassed over and he dropped to the floor.
"You killed him," said Twelve as he stood over Willie looking down at him. "I can't believe it. You really killed him."
"And he'll kill you if you don't get a move on it," said Stefan as he glanced over at Chuck to make sure he was all right. "Get over here and help me carry One. Chuck, you need to clear us a path out of here."
"Roger that I'm on it," said Chuck as he shook off what had just happened. That didn't stop him from replaying what had gone down in his head nor did it help him knowing he did what he had to do. "We don't tell Sarah about this unless she asks."
"Who's Sarah and why shouldn't we say anything to her," said Twelve as they started down the staircase to the main entrance.
"Believe me it's better if you keep your mouth shut," said Stefan. "Chuck, what do you think happened before? You don't think that was a real earthquake, do you?"
"More like a Casey-quake," said Chuck as he shot two guards charging inside the building in the knee caps. They both dropped to the floor rolling in pain. They walked out of the City Hall only to find three men pointing weapons at them blocking their way.
"How many guards do you guys have," said Chuck as the men yelled up at them to put down their weapons. But as they were yelling a black SUV drove over the top of them then stopped and a door swung open.
"You guys are late and just like always I've got to save your guys' bacon," yelled Casey from inside. "Get your butts in here and let's go. I think we might've overstayed our welcome."
"You think," said Chuck as they squeezed everyone inside. Viktor gave Twelve a suspicious look but didn't say anything. "To the soccer field James," said Chuck
"I won't tell you what I'm thinking right now only because your mother's here with us," said Casey as they kicked up gravel and took off speeding towards the soccer field.
When they got to the field they heard the sound of a helicopter in the distance. Chuck looked back into town and it looked like an anthill after someone had kicked it then he looked at the chopper approaching.
"I don't know if we're going to have time to get out of here before they figure out what we're up to," said Chuck as he stepped out of the SUV shielding his eyes from the sun's glare.
"What you're saying is we could use a diversion," said Mary as she pulled out her detonator from her bag. "And now for a final bang."
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Back in Langley the General was reviewing all the security footage scouring for any hint of who had been in the parking garage with her. She was angry that someone had dared to come to her house in such bold and shameless fashion to threaten her.
"I swear I'm going to find out who was there then I'm going to go medieval on them. They're not going to know what hit them when I get done with them," she said to herself as her Major knocked on her door then came inside.
"Why are you here? I told you I didn't want to be bothered. I'm going to get these SOBs and when I do I'm going to use all the tools I have on them and some I'm going to invent. I'm going to make an example of them and when I'm done no one else is going to want even think about doing what they did."
"I'm sorry for interrupting Ma'am but there's been a development in Moldova that you need to know about. I can explain it to you but I think it's better if you see it for yourself," said the Major as he pulled her monitor over and switched it on.
"Can't you just tell me what's going on without all this dog and pony show," said the General as she set aside the tablet she'd been working on.
"Just a little patience and I think this will show you why. A little while ago we picked up sounds of explosions from our listening posts in Bulgaria so I sent in a drone and this is what we filmed."
"Geez, the whole village looks like it's gone up in flames. Is this our doing or there's? Have you been able to contact our team on the ground? What does Chuck have to say?"
"No, not yet but we're trying. I'm moving a bird overhead but word from our sources in the area say that a chopper took off from the site just after the explosions and is now headed their way into Bulgaria."
"If it's heading their way then I think it's safe to assume it's not one of the bad guys unless it's a trick to get away. Get me General Thomas on the horn I want an escort scrambled to follow that chopper in." As they were talking over strategy Connie knocked on the General's door.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you but I've got Agent Carmichael... Sarah Carmichael on the phone for you. She says it's urgent."
"I wonder if it has to do with a helicopter," said Beckman. "Patch her through then can you get me another cup of coffee? Major, don't go anywhere I want you to listen in on this."
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Back in a cell in the Kotor detention center White waited for his transfer to a more secure facility. He'd already used his one phone call to contact a less than reputable lawyer he'd used before and explained his situation. The lawyer told him to relax and chill out because there was nothing he could be charged with and he'd have him out in a few days.
"I hope these few days don't turn into a few months," said White as he looked around at his accommodations. "This place is a real dump."
"I wouldn't complain too loudly," said the man in the next cell. "The guards don't like prisoners who talk back or complain."
"Well, they've never had anyone like me in here before. Soon my people will be in touch with whoever's in charge and things will change."
"Look, I don't know what you did to get put in here but take my word. Keep your head down and your mouth shut or things won't go so well for you."
"Hey pipe down," yelled a guard. "Keep your traps shut you don't want me to come down there because if I do someone is going into solitary."
"Jailer, excuse me," yelled White. "Can you tell me what they did with the rest of the men who were with me?"
"What did I tell you?" said the guard as he walked down to White's cell. "One of your friends is in the morgue and you'll be joining the rest soon in Podgorica. However, since you've got the gift of gab you can spend the rest of your time here in solitary," said the Guard as he opened White's cell door then motioned for him to come out.
"I just wanted a little information. I really don't see what the problem is," said White but the Guard pulled out his PR-24 then used it to shove White along.
"Walk and practice keeping that whole in your face you call a mouth shut whiteness," said the Guard. White got angry and started to turn around but there was a loud 'whack' as the Guard struck him across his back. White dropped to the floor.
"I didn't tell you to turn around. Now get up and walk. I think we have a failure to communicate. I tell you what to do and you do it or you'll get it again. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yeah," growled White. He was used to being in charge and giving the orders but now here he was and he didn't like it. He didn't like it one bit.
They walked down a long dark corridor then went down three flights of stairs before walking down another long dark corridor but now there was a dank smell of mold and mildew.
"This is going to be your new home until you leave us," said the Guard as he opened the door then shoved White inside. "Do you want lobster or steak this evening? And how about a chilled bottle of Dom Pérignon?"
"Funny, just tell me when I'm supposed to be transferred," asked White as he looked at the Guard's name on his shirt.
"I think it will be in a day or two but don't get your hopes up. Where you're going will make this look like the Ritz," said the Guard then he slammed the door close and locked it.
"You had you fun Alexi but when I get out of here I'll have mine," said White as he looked around the room. There was sawdust on the floor, a sweat stained mattress lying near the wall, in a corner was a bucket for a toilet, and in another corner was another bucket filled with murky water to drink.
"Look how far you've fallen," he mumbled to himself. "I hope that ambulance chaser can get me out of here soon. What are you going to do when the Circle finds out what happened?" He asked himself. "First things first... get out of here then blame everything on Oscar. If he's dead then it will be easy to wrap him up in this."