I know I'm a horrible updater. But I rewrote this chapter entirely because I came up with a better concept for it. In the long run, I'm really glad I did. Thank you for sticking with me during this.
Also remember Sarah did NOT loose her memories and Ellie and Awesome DID NOT move away. I started writing this before bullet train.
I also do not own Chuck
Ellie was slowly getting ready for bed. Devon has just finished a shift at the hospital and she had just returned home as well due to the fact that Morgan and Alex just welcomed the newest member of the family into the world. It was always exciting considering how far they all came from where they started. She always knew as soon as she met Devon that her life would be filled with family but after everything that happened with Chuck at Sanford, she was always so worried.
Then came Sarah. She changed everything and Ellie felt like she got her brother back in a way. He changed so much after he got kicked out of college and she somehow brought him back. Back to the Chuck she knew when they were growing up. Things snowballed from there and it had been a huge roller coaster ride. There were up and downs but she was grateful for it all in the end. One thing she was truly grateful for was that their mother was back.
Early that day Mary was there in fact, in between jobs taking a break and was able to watch the children for her and Devon. She was great with the kids even though sometimes Ellie wondered about the stories she told them. Granted they ended up with a happy ending but sometimes she wondered how much her mother made things up and how much was real. Shaking her head to herself with a smile she moved down the hall. Checking up on the children before she went to bed started out as a first time mother thing and soon turned into a habit that she did without thinking. She loved to check in on them and see them sleeping peacefully. When they were it was like nothing in the world could touch them and that gave her a comfort unlike anything else.
As she was brushing her teeth in the bathroom she heard her phone going off. There were only a few right tones she knew by heart and she would wake up to at any point. It was one of them. She spit in the sink and walked into the bedroom where her phone was. Quickly grabbing her phone before it woke up Devon, she noticed it was Chuck calling. She picked it up as she walked out of the room.
"Hey Chuck, what's up?" She asked and there was a pause before a sob on the other end. "Chuck?" she questioned. She was worried and nervous. She never had heard him like this. "Chuck what is going on?" She asked again.
"Ellie," he sobbed "they're gone.
"Chuck" she asked nervously asked "who's gone?" She wasn't sure she was ready for what was to come next and the worst part was she felt she already knew the answer. He barely sobbed out his kids names when Ellie started. "Chuck I will be right" and she hung up. She ran back into the bedroom and whomever her husband awake.
"Devon, wake up" she shook him "Devon" "Ellie" he mumbled "what is going on?"
"Devon get the kids up we have to move." She started to pull him up out of the bed.
"El, what is going on?" Devon asked rubbing his eyes. He hadn't been sleeping long and was wondering what got her in such a state. He had worked a long shift and really all he wanted to do was sleep.
"Devon, Stephanie and Andrew are missing." Nothing more needed to be said. Devon shot out of the bed.
"What do you mean missing?" He questioned.
"I don't know Devon but we need to get to moving. They need us." She rushed into the bedrooms of her children and got them up. They were groggy and barely awake zombies but soon they made it to the van. Devon was driving while Ellie was in the passenger seat. She was frantically on her phone trying to find the people she was looking for. When she finally found it she diaper.
"Hey Mom" she said after a few moments of waiting with Devon was listening on the other end "The kids are missing . . . no, not my kids. Stephanie and Andrew. No, I'm not entirely sure of the details but I'm headed there . . . Okay. Love you" she hung up the phone. Devon glanced over at her.
"Mom will meet us there" she then looked down at her hands at the phone "Devon" her voice was shaky.
"Yeah, babe" Devon responded.
"Wasn't Emily staying the night there tonight?" and following that question they knew the answer to that.
"Does Casey know?" he asked.
"Do you think I should contact him?" Ellie asked.
"Better to be safe than sorry, babe. It would never hurt" Before Devon even finished saying the sentence Ellie was already dialing Casey's number into her phone. She put it up to her ear.
"John, has Chuck contacted you? No, well because he called me and when they got home the kids were missing. See you there" she hung up and looked at it for a moment "He's on his way." She turned to look at her husband. "Devon, I'm scared."
"Babe, clam down and we don't know the whole situation. Just hold tight" and he reached over and took her hand in his and gave it a squeeze. But when they got to the house things were no better.
Items were thrown everywhere and things were a mess. Chuck was standing there but he wasn't taking his eyes off Sarah and Molly. It was like if he turned his eyes away they would disappear. Molly was on the ground and she had tears were streaming down her face. Sarah was sitting there holding Molly's head in place to not place any more injury on the girl but beyond that Sarah was taking nothing in. Ellie walked in first and following her were Devon and their kids. Chuck heard the door and glanced up at Ellie.
"El" he whispered her name out. Ellie walked straight up to him and hugged him.
"I'm here, Chuck" she whispered back to him. She squeezed him and then turned to Molly and Sarah on the floor. She had walked over to them, pushing all other thoughts to the side and went into full doctor mode. She knew she had to to truly help Molly. She knelt next to Sarah and put her hands over Sarah's. Sarah was hesitant.
"Sarah" Ellie said silently "I can help her." When Sarah didn't move, Ellie looked at her with pleading eyes "Let me help her Sarah, I know what to do" Ellie pleaded with Sarah. Sarah slowly removed her hands and Ellie moved into place and got to work checking on Molly. Sarah stood up and looked dazed for a moment. Chuck watched her stand up and then moved towards her. He wrapped his arms around her and when she realized what he was doing, she did the same to him.
Devon and the kids stood in front of the door. The three children stood in front of him their eyes all glued to the scene in front of them.
"Need any help Ellie?" Devon asked her. She glanced over at him.
"Can you get the first aid kit out of the kitchen for me please?" she asked.
"I know where it is, Mom" Clara said looking up at her mom then glancing up at her dad.
"Thank you sweetie" Ellie said as she watched her oldest daughter disappear into the kitchen. She soon appeared again with the kit that Ellie bought for Chuck and Sarah when they first moved into their dream home. Clara went over to her mom and sat down next to her. At a young age Clara showed an interest in what her parents did and she was slowly starting to show what she little she could do. As Ellie started to work on Molly, Clara reached out and took Molly's hand. The two girls were more like cousins than anything and as Clara took her hand Molly looked up at her. Clara offered a reassuring smile and Molly squeezed her hand back. Ellie saw the interaction between the two girls. Even in this moment of darkness, love and light were still present.
"Did you call Emma?" Ellie asked looking up at Chuck and Sarah.
"No" Chuck shocked his head slightly.
"He only called you" Sarah explained. Ellie looked over at Devon. They thought the same thing.
"Don't worry babe, I got this" he stepped into the kitchen taking Abigail and Nathan with him.
"We called Casey and Mom on our way over here" Ellie explained to them but as soon as Chuck heard Casey's name his eyed became the size of golf balls and he tensed even more than he already was.
"Chuck" Sarah pulled away a little and looked up at him as she felt him tense.
"Emily" he whispered as he looked down at her "what are we going to tell Morgan and Alex?"
"Right now we tell them nothing" and they all turned to look at Casey who was coming in from the kitchen.
"Casey we should have . . ." Sarah started but Casey cut her off.
"Don't worry about it" he said "it's not an easy situation to grasp let alone tell. I'm just glad you had the sense to call someone." He glanced over at Ellie "Anyway I called Beckman. She is starting to get her best people on it. I checked around the house to make sure we're clear" he nodded his head in the direction of the kitchen "they let me in through the back. Now why don't you two go upstairs and get some rest."
"But Stephanie and Andrew" Chuck whispered.
"I know" Casey took a step towards the couple "but until we get some sort of lead on this, we are going to need you two in the best shape that you can be in" Chuck nodded and started to walk towards the steps but stopped when he realized Sarah had not moved at all. She and Casey have not broken eye contact.
"Walker I will let you know if I hear anything."
"Sarah" Chuck's voice made her turn and with Casey's word, she took her husbands hand and followed him up the stairs. Meanwhile Ellie and Clara had moved Molly to the couch. Clara sat next to Molly and Molly laid her head on Clara's shoulder.
"Clara Bear" Ellie looked at her oldest daughter, "you'll stay with Molly and keep an eye on her?"
"Of course I will Mom" Clara answered.
"That's my girl" Ellie patted her daughter's knee and stood up. She walked into the kitchen where Devon and the kids still were and Casey followed her.
"I just talked to Emma" Devon informed everyone "She'll be here as soon as she can."
"Molly should be fine but we really should keep an eye on her for the next 24 hours." At that moment a knock was heard coming from the door. All of them stopped. Casey slowly walked to the door as he heard Devon say "She can't be here already." He figured if they were knocking as such it wouldn't be someone they would want to kill which kind of bummed him out. Still on guard he looked through the peep hole and then reached for the door. Opening it up he reveled one Mary Bartowski.
"Mom" Ellie walked over to her mother and gave her a hug.
"Where's Chuck and Sarah?" Mary asked.
"We sent them upstairs to get some rest" Ellie told her and then looked at Casey then back at her mother "Mom, I called you before I called Casey . . . "
"Well," Casey grunted "I do live closer" and they all stared at him for a moment. Then they heard a little giggle come from near Devon. They all turned to look at the source.
"Mom" Abigail said in a little sing song voice "you know how Uncle Casey likes to drive!"
"Ab, now don't be giving away all of my secrets" he said with a small smile to what everyone in their adoptive family knew was his favorite "Awesome" child. Ellie shook her head and turned her attention back to her mother when she asked "how are they?"
"Not well but that is to be expected. I mean who could be with what happened" Ellie trailed off. At that Mary looked around the room.
"Why do we go into the kitchen to discuss this and let the kids stay out here?" Mary suggested. The kids settled on the couch and on the floor in front of it while Devon got the television set up with a kid's channel on a low volume. Ellie started to work on making some coffee for the adults and some chocolate milk for the kids in the kitchen as Casey and Mary sat down at the kitchen table.
"Now how are they?" Mary asked again knowing she wasn't going to get a watered down answer with the kids in the opposite room.
"Not good" Casey simply put it.
"They are in shock over everything which is understandable" Ellie explained as she walked past with a try for the kids in the living room. When Ellie came back and started to prepare the coffee. No one was saying anything as she moved about.
"Can Molly tell us anything?" Mary asked.
"At this moment, she's still in shock herself but I also wouldn't push her at the moment. She's going through a lot of blame on herself as well. But Devon is staying out there with the kids. In case Molly needs to help or says anything." Ellie handed a cup of coffee to both Mary and Casey. She then went out to carry one to her husband. As she turned to leave she paused to look at the scene in front of her. Her husband with her children. She couldn't imagine what Chuck and Sarah must be going through. To lose the most precious things in your life, your whole world, the ones you created and loved more than anything just taken away. She felt that words could not begin to describe it. She turned back and walked into the kitchen. Once she sat at the table with the other two.
"I contacted Beckman on my way over here. She said she's going to get her best on this as soon as she can. She's wasting no time" Casey told them.
"What about the police?" Ellie asked just wondering but knowing it wouldn't come up with much.
"Honestly they could do more harm than good" Mary said "with two former CIA agent's children and a former NSA agent's grandchild." Casey grunted in agreement.
"Well have you thought about anyone from your past?" Ellie asked and both Mary and Casey looked up at her, "anyone that Chuck, Sarah or even you Casey from your past that would have found out about the kids and did this as revenge." As spoke Casey and Mary looked deep in thought "I mean like Shaw did so many years ago. I mean he came back to almost destroy everything we try to protect. Could it be possible for him or anyone else to come back and do this?" The question hung in the air, thick like molasses.
"I just thought considering we have no lead or any idea of who could have done this. I feel like it might be a place to start." Ellie looked down into her mug when no one responded with anything.
"No, Ellie" Casey shook his head "We have to start somewhere" Casey got up and found some paper and a pen. Right there he started a list of people from his past. Starting from long before Chuck and Sarah and then to were his was in his life. Anyone dead or alive he put on the list. Ellie watched him go. Mary reached over and took one of the pieces of paper from Casey and found her own pen. Ellie looked at her.
"It may not be a bad idea if I did it too" Mary started to write down anything that came to her mind. It was also her family after all. Ellie watched the two of them and took a sip off coffee. Watching them she started to feel reality starting to set in.
"What if we can't find them? Or what if it is too late?" Ellie questioned silently.
"Not going to happen" Casey stated.
"But what if something happens before we get to them or we don't find anything?" Ellie started to frantically said.
"Not going to happen" Casey stated again.
"How can you be so sure about that John?" Ellie questioned.
"Because I know those two" he pointed upstairs "They are the best damn spies I have ever worked with or will ever work with. If anyone knows the length that they have gone to save each other it is me. The two of them together is a force that I don't ever want to be on the receiving end of. Now the fact that their kids are missing and someone took them." He paused and shook his head. "They have no idea what is coming their way."