Hey Everyone! Sorry it has been awhile! Remember in my story, Ellie and Awesome didn't move away and Chuck does not have the intersect. Both are pretty important.
Anywho sorry it has been awhile. I'm moving pretty quickly with the next two chapters so shouldn't be too much of a wait. Finally I don't own Chuck
"Breakfast is ready if anyone wants it!" Sarah yelled up the stairs on a bright Saturday morning. It had been a few weeks with both parents in the house and not going away for any work. It had been a time where she felt like she was apart of a real and normal family. Sarah loved moments like this and never took them for granted. She heard steps coming down the stairs. She knew every member of her family by their footsteps. Getting out the small Toy Story plate she put 3 small pancakes on the plate, added a little butter and poured syrup on them. She put them on table as Andy walked around the corner and sat at the table.
"Good morning Mommy" Andy exclaimed.
"Good morning Andy" she leaned over and kissed the top of his head "did you sleep well?" With a mouth full of pancakes he looked up at his mother with a big grin and nodded. "Good" she laughed as she ran a hand through his brown curls. She heard the next set of footsteps coming down the stairs. She walked through the kitchen, pulled out a Princess plate and started to add pancakes, butter and syrup. As she placed the plate on the table next to Andy's spot, Stephanie rounded the corner and sat down. She smiled big.
"Thank you Mom!" she went to town on the pancakes. Sarah watched her two kids sitting there and eating for a moment before she got up to get them both a glass of milk to go with their breakfast. Setting the matching cups to their plates in front of them, she turned to put the rest of the pancakes on plates for her and Chuck. She got hers all set up and sat down at the table. As she started to munch on her breakfast, she heard the footsteps of the final member of the family coming down the stairs. Chuck walked into the room with his phone in hand.
"Big news everyone" they all stopped and looked up at him "Alex's water just broke" he put his phone down on the table, walked over to pick up his plate of pancakes and sat down. He leaned over and kissed his wife before digging in.
"That is exciting news" Sarah replied then glanced at both of her children. They both had stopped eating and had confused looks on their faces "it means that Emily's little sister is coming soon." Steph and Andy looked at each other.
"Awesome" Andy said as he finished his pancakes. He then drank the rest of his milk, put his cup on the table "how soon?" he questioned. Sarah and Chuck looked at each other before answering.
"We're not sure about that sweetie" Sarah looked back at her son, "but it will be soon and that also means that Emily will be hanging out with us today" she smiled at them as she popped a piece of pancake into her mouth. Andy got a big smile on his face and Stephanie grinned as she chewed on her pancakes. They all finished the breakfast and since Sarah cooked, Chuck took charge of cleaning up.
Shortly after breakfast, Casey stopped by with Emily. She went running into the living to play with Steph and Andy. Casey walked into the kitchen where Sarah and Chuck were sitting working on Buy More paper work and books.
"Hey Casey" Chuck said glancing up in Casey's direction "how are the lucky parents?"
"Alex is on her way to the hospital as we speak. Contractions are still far enough apart that we have time but numb nuts is freaking out" that made both Sarah and Chuck laugh.
"Well this is Morgan we are talking about" Chuck said.
"Like you were any better" she hit him lightly on his arm with a laugh. He shook his head.
"Hey I was a cool as a cucumber!" with caused both Sarah and Casey to raise an eyebrow at him "Alright maybe a freaked out a little" Sarah laughed at him and shook her head.
"Well, I'm going to head to the hospital. Are you coming later?" he questioned them.
"I called Molly. She's going to come over later. If we can go to the hospital, she'll be here to watch the kids while we're gone" Chuck explained. They had all been there for the birth of each child. They were family after all and even though they family was unconventional they wouldn't change it for anything in the world. They were not about to miss another family member entering the world.
Casey nodded and turned into the living room before leaving "Short stack, you be good and listen okay?" he asked pointing at her.
"Got it!" she saluted back at him. He smiled and walked out the door. Chuck and Sarah were still at the table when they heard bickering starting to come from the living room. They looked at each other.
"I've got this" Chuck got up from the table to find his way into the living room. Soon Sarah heard his solution when he heard the noises of a tickle monster coming from the living room. She heard the squeals coming from the room and Andy came running into the room. He darted right behind Sarah's chair.
"Hi Andy" she remarked without looking up from the table but smirking all the same.
"Mom! Dad is trying to get us!" he whispered as they heard laughing and squealing from the other room with a roar from Chuck.
"Oh is he now?" she replied, acting uninterested in it trying to determine her next move "Do you think hiding behind me is going to help?" she questioned.
"Mom! You can stop him!" he exclaimed. She lifted her head and smiled as she turned around in her chair to face her son.
"What if I want to" she reached down to pick up her son and pulled him into her lap "join in" she yelled as she started to tickle her son. He started to giggle automatically. She lifted him up and carrying him into the living room they joined the tickle war that had taken over the Bartowski household.
Molly had come over shortly after they ordered pizzas for dinner that night. All six of them were gathered in the living room watching a movie and eating dinner when Sarah's phone went off. Looking at the screen she picked it up.
"What's going on?" she responded getting straight to the point. After a minute she responded with "We're on our way" and hung up the phone. Chuck stopped and looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"It's time to go" she gave him a big smile. They finished the slices they were working on and cleaned up their plates. As the movie was only half way through and since it was for the kids anyway, they paused it before giving a round of hugs.
"You guys know the drill" Chuck started "in bed after the movie is over" he looked at all three of the little ones.
"We know Dad" Stephanie smiled at him.
"Don't worry," Molly smiled at the couple "we've been here before" she looked at all the kids. They loved when she was over.
"You got our cell phone number if you need us" Sarah looked at her sister.
"Sarah, Chuck I've got this! I've done this before. You have nothing to worry about." With that Molly pushed them out the door. As soon as they were out, she shut the door behind them and locked it.
When the movie was over Molly looked over at the clock. It announced it was nine at night.
"Alright little ones" she announced "time for bed." There weren't many arguments considering the fact that Emily was yawning. After setting up Emily's sleeping bag, they all gathered in Stephanie's room to read a night time story and once that was over she sent Andy to his room. Tucking them all in one by one she turned off the lights and cracked the doors. Molly headed downstairs as she was going watch some TV. A few episodes into the evening she heard something outside. Hoping it was nothing she went back to the television. When she heard the noise closer something inside told her it was not normal but a part of her was still trying to convince herself it was nothing. Then she heard a noise and it sounded as though it came from inside of the house.
Molly stood up and turned slowly. She started to move to the back of the house where she heard the noise. Then all of a sudden a person dressed in black came into the house. Molly walked backwards to the couch to try and get a hold of something, anything to attempt to fight back. But the person in black lunged at Molly and knocked her off her feet. Flying back and onto the floor she was dizzy.
"Oh little girl" a voice said to her "We're not here for you" with that she felt a blow to her head and her world went black.
That night after everything ended up fine at the hospital. Michelle Anne Grimes was born around 10 o'clock that night. After what felt like hours, they welcomed a brand new member to the family. They all couldn't have been happier. She was perfect and Morgan was over the moon. He kept mentioning how he was now surrounded by beautiful women. They bid the family farewell and left them to rest.
"Did you ever imagine this?" Chuck turned in his seat to look at Sarah as she drove them home.
"Imagine what?" she glanced over at him.
"This. All of this" he made a grand gesture with his hands "the family, the friends, our life."
"There was a time if you told me this would be my life I wouldn't have believed you but this is so much better" she reached over and took a hold of Chuck's hand. He brought her hand up and kissed it. They held hands all the way until they pulled up to the house. Chuck looked up at the house.
"That's weird" he stated as he looked at the house.
"What?" Sarah asked.
"The living room lights are still on." Chuck commented. They both looked at the clock on the dash. It was almost midnight.
Putting the car in park, Sarah leaned over then looked at Chuck. Feeling her eyes on him he turned to look at her.
"What?" he asked.
"Something just feels off" she shook her head and leaned her head down so that her hair had blocked her face from Chuck. He reached out and brushed her hair back so that he could see her face.
"What is it?" he questioned brushing her hair with his hand. She shook her head again.
"It is most likely nothing. Let's head inside" she looked at him with a smile. They both stepped out of the car, turning to look at the house more clearly they saw that more than just the living room lights were on. The whole downstairs was lit which was not normal for when she watched the kids.
"Molly usually turns off the lights off when she goes to bed, right?" Chuck asked turning to look at Sarah. She had already made her way around the car and was walking quickly to the house. She wasn't slowing down and Chuck started right up behind her. Both were hoping that they had nothing to fear. Reaching the door first Sarah put her hand on the knob with the hope that nothing would happen when she attempted to turn it. Yet when she went to turn it the knob turned with ease, Sarah opened the door. She turned to look at Chuck and fear reflected in both of their eyes. Slowly pushing the door all the way open, their breath caught in their throats.
Walking cautiously into the house they looked around. Items were scattered all around. There were signs of an obvious struggle. Panic shot through both of them at the same instant as they looked at each other. Walking farther into the house they kept glancing around the house, eyes darting in every direction. Without using words they separated to cover more space. Chuck slowly walked into the living room while Sarah glanced into the kitchen.
"Sarah" Chuck cried. She came darting into the living and for a moment froze at the sight in front of her. There on floor in front of the couch was Molly. Sarah rushed over and knelt next to her on the ground. Blood was dried on her forehead. They could tell that she had been hit over the head with something hard. Chuck and Sarah looked at each other. No words needed to be said. Chuck just nodded and then bolted out of the room. Rushing up the stairs he stopped.
"Sarah" she heard him cry again. As she sat next to Molly on the floor she looked up at the stairwell and noticed what Chuck had called her for. All along the walls of the stairs were marks on the wall. The pictures that hung there were all askew and threatening to fall off if they didn't already. A jagged line like a knife had been dug into the wall was marked all the way up. Chuck didn't turn to look back at her as he made his way up the steps. He followed the line all the way up and moving faster with each step. Making his way into the hallway he found all the doors wide open. Stepping into the first room he glanced around. Then he turned on the light.
It looked like a war had broken out in Andrew's room. Toys and blankets were thrown all about the room.
"Andy!" Chuck cried. He started to throw blankets around and looked all around the room in hope of finding his son. "Andrew!" he screamed and got no response. Downstairs Sarah heard Chuck distressed scream and she felt her heart freeze. No. This wasn't happening. She then heard him run into another room.
Turning on the light in Stephanie's room, her room looked worse than the last one. Emily's sleeping bag was tossed across the room and items were everywhere. He started to rush around the room. He couldn't even call out for them for his voice had caught in his throat. He couldn't find them anywhere. In a last ditch effort he ran into the his and Sarah's room. Hitting the light it was bizarre. Nothing was out of place. He checked under the bed, in the closet, everywhere he could and there was nothing. No luck.
Sarah was checking Molly's wound and then attempting to wake her up. Suddenly two eyes opened up. The two stared at each other.
"Sarah" Molly's voice caught in her throat.
"Molly?" Sarah barely got out through the tears that she did not realize were falling. "What happened?" she questioned. Soon Molly's eyes were filled with tears and they started to come in full force down her face.
"I'm so sorry" she choked out. At that moment, Chuck came down the steps slowly, he made his way over to Sarah and Molly. Molly hadn't moved but had tears streaming down her face. At Chuck's entrance Sarah looked up at him. Fear consumed her. She looked up into the eyes of her husband as he uttered the words that seem to freeze everything.
"They're gone."