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AN: THIS IS THE CHAPTER GOING INTO DETAIL ABOUT CHUCK'S BACK STORY ESPECIALLY ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ELLIE. I DON'T THINK THAT THE SHOW REALLY DID ENOUGH TO TELL US WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THEM WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER SO I TRIED TO GIVE EVERYONE SOME INSITE.
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The Trip Up North
By CharmingCharles2896
Chapter 2: Forging Chuck Bartowski
October 11th 1991
Encino California
3:56 A.M.
The ringing of the phone woke Stephen from his sleep; he rubbed his hand over his face trying to wake up. He stood up and walked into the kitchen and answered the phone.
"Hello?" he leaned against the wall to tired to support his own weight.
"Stephen this is James." He perked up realizing it was the government.
"Lieutenant Montgomery do you know what time it is?" he heard James chuckle.
"I have unfortunate news Stephen you may want to sit down." Stephen voice caught in his throat his mind thinking the worst.
"Mary's dead I'm so sorry." He ran his hand through his hair. "How did it happen?" he asked afraid of the answer. He heard James sigh on the other end.
"She was on a mission in Moscow trying to take down Alexi Volkoff but her cover was blown, I'll save you most of the gory details." A lone tear ran down his cheek.
"No tell me I want to know." James sighed once again. "He sent us a video tape… in it we see him torture Mary to death." His hands where shaking as tears ran down his face.
"Stephen there is more news we believe Alexi is going to try and kill you. If you want Ellie and Chuck to be safe you need to disappear, I'm so sorry." With that James unceremoniously hung up the phone. Stephen sulked back in his chair totally in shock; he needed to disappear if he wanted to protect his kids. Stephen stood up and walked back into his room.
45 Minutes Later…
Stephen set his bag down on the floor and walked quietly into Chuck's bedroom he bent down and kissed Chuck on the forehead. He fixed Chuck's blankets and stepped back.
"Aces Charles." He walked out and down the hall into Ellie's room. He kissed her on the forehead also and walked out into the hall. He stopped in the doorway and turned back to look at her one last time.
"Take care of him Eleanor." He walked out grabbed his bag and went out the front door. He tossed his bag into the back seat and started his 1979 Chevelle. He took one last long look at the house before he backed out of the driveway and drove away Orion was born.
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October 11th 1991
Encino California
6:00 A.M.
Ellie shook Chuck trying to wake him he simply grumbled and turned onto his other side.
"Chuck wake up dad is gone." Chuck opened one eye and looked at her.
"What did you say?" asked a groggy Chuck as he sat up in bed.
"Dad is gone." Chuck just shrugged and got out of bed. Ellie always woke him this early in the morning he didn't really like it but what ever. "Ellie calm down he'll be back once we get back from school, now come on we have to get ready." They left his room to get ready for the day. Ellie was a freshman in highschool while Chuck was a fifth grader in the elementary school just down the street from the highschool. Both were relatively close by. Everyday they would walk to the elementary school where Ellie would drop Chuck off. The she would walk the short distance to the highschool; since their mother was always working they had to fend for themselves. Their dad was there but he wasn't there all he did was work in his office on something he called the Interceptor or something. Ellie did most of the cooking while they both did the cleaning it was a hard life but they didn't mind. As they stopped on the front steps of the elementary school Ellie turned to Chuck and spoke.
"Okay little brother now go into the school and find Ms. Rafferty like you always do. I'll be here to get you at 4 o'clock sharp okay?" He nodded making her smile. "Good now do good in school today and bring home all of your school work." He frowned at her.
"Ellie I know the way home you don't have to come and get Me." she scowled at him and wacked him on the head.
"Ow! Ellie Whatcha you do that for?" he rubbed the spot where she had hit him.
"Brother don't be stupid what if somebody grabbed you and kidnapped you. You're the only brother I have it would destroy me if I lost you understand?" he nodded and she smiled before kissing him on the cheek and walking away.
Chuck reached up and pulled the door open walking inside, it was a rather large school. It had four floors one for all three grades of middle school and a ground floor that contained all of the elementary school classes. Chuck didn't hate school but he didn't quite like it either. He hated getting up so early but that was just how it was; there dad was a bit of a recluse always he took care of them but not all the time a lot of the time Ellie was doing the cooking and cleaning. Ellie had been forced to grow up faster then most teenagers. As he approached Ms. Rafferty's room a smile appeared on his face, Chuck stepped inside Ms. Rafferty's room and said hi.
"Hello Chuck how you doing this morning?" he smiled at her as he sat down in one of the desks.
"I'm doing fine how about you?" Ms. Rafferty was like a second mom to Chuck they had a very close relationship. He had been in her 4th grade class last year and they had become friends.
"I'm doing good Chuck I'm a little tired but that's nothing new." They both chuckled.
2 Hour Later…
Chuck stepped out of Ms. Rafferty's room and spotted Morgan he waved to Morgan and they quickly caught up to each other. He had been friends with Morgan since he was in kindergarten. His house was not far from Chuck's so they hung out often.
"Hey Chuck I just got the new Zelda game wanna come over tomorrow and play it with me?" Chuck nodded sure and they both walked to class together.
Lunch Time…
Chuck looked around the room for his friends and couldn't see them.
"Hey Chuck!" he turned quickly and spotted Morgan and sat down next to him.
"Hey buddy how's school been today?" asked Chuck as he bit into the terrible school food and cringed. Morgan sighed and immediately Chuck knew something was wrong.
"What's wrong Morgan?" Morgan looked around the lunchroom paranoid before speaking.
"Kraemer Chandler says he's gonna beat me up again." You could visibly see Chucks jaw muscles clench.
"Not today he's not you follow me out the school today and I'll protect you." Morgan had a look of disbelief on his face.
"Chuck he's a 7th grader he'll kill us you can't take him." Chuck just smirked.
"I can take him Morgan trust me." Morgan eyed him strangely before returning to his food.
4:00 P.M.
School was finally mercifully over Chuck and Morgan walked out to the front of the school. Morgan visibly gulped as Kraemer walked closer to them.
"Ready to die twerp?" he asked Morgan as he cracked his fingers. Morgan let out a small meep as Chuck stepped in front of him.
"Not today Kraemer if you want him you'll have to go through me first." Chuck was tall for an 11 year old so he matched up real well against Kraemer who merely laughed at Chuck.
"Okay I'm down with that." Kraemer took a step forward that's when Chuck struck. He punched Kraemer in the ear disorienting him before delivering a viscous punch to the solar plexus. Kraemer stumbled backwards holding his gut.
"Okay prepare to die Bartowski." Kraemer stepped forward and threw a viscous punch making contact with Chuck's face. Chuck fell to the ground as blood dripped from his lip. Kraemer jumped on top of Chuck and started throwing an onslaught of punches.
"Hey, hey stop it!" yelled Ellie as she pried Kraemer off of Chuck throwing him across the concrete path that the fight had happened on.
"If you don't want to get hurt you better get out of here NOW!" Kraemer got up and ran away. Ellie turned to look at Chuck who was still on the ground blood coming out of his noses and his swollen lip.
"Chuck what happened?" that is when Morgan stepped in.
"That 7th grader was gonna beat me up so Chuck tried to protect me." Ellie face palmed and helped Chuck stand back up.
"I tried those self defense techniques you taught me but he was just to powerful." Ellie looped her arm around his shoulder and they walked home.
"So is dad home yet?" Ellie nodded no a look of worry on her face.
"Don't worry big sis he'll be back."
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September 10th 1994
Encino California
8:00 P.M.
Chuck was sitting on the couch watching TV when he heard Ellie come through the laundry room door.
"Hey El how was work?" he yelled as he watched Bart Simpson place a can of duff beer into a paint shaker.
"It was okay another long day at Large Mart." Ellie had been working two jobs for over a year now working 9 to 5 at Karen's Diner on weekends and working 2 to 8 at Large Mart. it wasn't a great living but they got by, he just couldn't wait until he could start working so that he could help with the bills. Ellie had basically assumed the mother and father role for Chuck; she wanted to make sure that he had a normal childhood. So far she had done a fairly good job. Ellie was dreading the conversation she was about to have with Chuck but as his pseudo parents she was obligated to do it. Ellie grabbed the bag of things she had bought and walked over to sit next to him. She grabbed the remote and turned the TV off, he looked at her with a look as if to say what the hell I was watching that. She cleared her throat and began.
"Chuck as you can see you're getting older and with that comes curtain… changes and as the only family you've got I'm obligated to have 'The Talk' with you." Chuck's eyebrows almost flew off the top of his head as he stared at her like a deer in the headlights.
"You see Chuck when a man and a woman love each other very much they…" Chuck turned crimson as he cut her off.
"Ellie stop you don't have to do this I already know about sex. Be safe, use a condom yada yada yada." She gave him a small smile.
"Really?" he nodded yes. "Oh thank god I really wasn't looking forward to having this conversation." She seemed to relax a bit before she remembered the bag.
"Oh I almost forgot." She picked up the bag and handed it to him. He looked inside and his eyes went wide and he blushed. Chuck reached in and pulled out the stack of Magazines. Penthouse, Juggs, Hustler, Playboy why did she buy this? He looked at her questioningly.
"I figured since your growing up you're going to need these and anyways now you can throw away that nasty old victoria's secret catalogue that you hide under you mattress." He blushed and looked away in embarrassment. Ellie giggled at how nervous and embarrassed he was she stood up to go get dinner started.
"Just lookin out for Ya Chuck." She said over her shoulder as she entered the kitchen. Chuck put the magazines back in the bag and went to put them away. He couldn't help but smile at how cool his sister was about all of this. She had gladly taken on the job of raising him to his amazement.
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May 23rd 1998
Highschool Graduation
As Chuck walked across the stage shaking the principles hand and taking his diploma, he couldn't be happier at the moment he had finally done it he had finally graduated highschool. He looked out over the small crowd and spotted them; right in the second row was Ms. Rafferty and Ellie. Ellie was practically in tears as she watched her brilliant little brother stride confidently across the stage. He had received a full scholarship to Stanford! She was so happy for him. All of the long nights, all the crying herself to sleep had all paid off he was going to be successful.
After the ceremony Ellie, Morgan, Chuck and Ms. Rafferty all stood chatting. Ellie pulled up her camera and snapped a picture of Chuck and Morgan.
"So Chuck I'm gonna miss talking with you every Thursday, with you going off to college and me getting married. Remember how I told you about Rick?" Chuck nodded yes to Ms. Rafferty's question. "We've decided to get married, we'll be moving out east so this may be the last time I see my favorite student ever." He gave her a sad smile in understanding.
"Well then I guess congrats are in order for you pending engagement. I'm really sorry everybody I would love to continue to talk but I have to get home and get ready for work." Everybody nodded in understanding Chuck gave Ms. Rafferty one last hug then went to his car and drove away.
Ms. Rafferty turned to look as Chuck drove away.
"You did good Ellie after all of the strife he finally made it. I'm proud of you Ellie, goodbye Morgan good luck." Ms. Rafferty was like a second mom to the Bartowski children, she had helped Ellie immensely. Without her Chuck or Ellie wouldn't have become the successes that they are. She had helped them through the tough times in the beginning and ever since. Ellie would always be grateful to that woman.
3 Months Later…
Today was the day today Chuck left for College and Ellie was a total wreck. It seemed like every two minutes she started crying. With all of his things packed he turned to an emotional Ellie he gave her a big hug and spoke.
"We'll I've got to go Ellie." Then came the water works again.
"You call every week and come home anytime not just holidays. I'm gonna miss you little brother." Ellie gave him a big hug and a kiss on the cheek and watched as he got into the car and drove away.
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September 20th 2002
4 Years Later…
Chuck sulked back into the Buymore a broken man 'Jill's dating Bryce Larkin now' echoed through his mind over and over. He had merely gone over to explain and now… he just couldn't even put how he was feeling into words. Anger, betrayal, heartbreak all spilled from his heart like a river. He sulked down into one of the display chairs and stared at the loop of BMX footage on the wall. Morgan who was waving his hands in front of Chuck's face snapped Chuck out of his heartbroken stupor.
"Hey Chuck hello? How did it go with Jill?" Chuck merely looked at Morgan his eyes glassy.
"That bad huh?" Chuck nodded yes as he continued to stare straight ahead.
"She's with Bryce now, has been for a while apparently." Said Chuck flatly as he let out a shuttering breath trying valiantly to fold back the tidal wave of sadness washing over him. Morgan gave Chuck a soft look and patted him on the shoulder.
"Come on Chuck our shifts ended a half our ago lets go get a drink. Chuck was practically a shell of the person he once was, in a matter of a week he had lost his college education, which he had worked his whole life to get and his girlfriend all to the same person. As they punched out and left they spotted the Wienerlicious and decided to get a corndog. As they walked into the small fast food joint Morgan turned to Chuck and spoke.
"The only thing this place needs is the super hot blonde chick like they have in the commercials." He chuckled as Chuck ordered their usual the lady behind the counter handed them their food and they quickly left the place.
"Don't worry Chuck you were to good for that skank anyways."
August 31st, 2007
Casa Bartowski, Echo Park, Burbank California
11:30 P.M.
Lets just say that this wasn't his greatest birthday ever, after over three hours of striking out with all of Ellie's doctor friends Chuck finally gave up. Chuck sulked back into his room and shut the door, once inside his room he plopped down in his desk chair and turned on his computer. He decided to check his usual sites YouTube, Gmail, Google News, Pornhub etc. It was another hour before Chuck finally slumped back in his chair he looked at the time and couldn't believe it was 12:38 A.M. he let out a yawn as he twiddled his thumbs, a quiet beeping sound got his attention and he looked up to see that he had a new email. There was a knock on his door.
"Still up huh?" asked Ellie he nodded and sighed.
"Chuck I know that you're still down in the dumps but you can't continue this." Ellie sat down on his bed and looked at him.
"Ellie since I was 15 years old all I wanted to do was be a software engineer and now I'll never be able to do that and when it comes to Jill I don't know what to say. We both know that I can't afford to go back to school and I refuse to let you pay for it. You've done enough of the paying for me for one lifetime." Chuck opened the knew email and the words
The Terrible Troll Raises His Sword.
Appeared on the screen. He furrowed his brow as he looked at it,
"How strange Bryce sent me this?" Ellie stood up and walked over to stand behind Chuck.
"This is a fraise that Bryce and I put into our version of Zork in college if only I could remember what the answer is." Ellie began to walk out of his room but spoke over he shoulder.
"Try the nasty knife." Said Ellie from the hall. Chuck's eyebrow nearly flew off the top of his head. Chuck turned back to his computer and typed in the fraise. Suddenly the fraise disappeared and pictures flashed by in rapid secession. His eyes darted all over the screen as the pictures flew by. He couldn't tear his eyes away as the pictures continued. The pictures went on for hours until finally the pictures stopped. Chuck collapsed into a heap on the floor unconscious unknown to him the download was complete he was now The Human Intersect.
September 1st, 2007
5:45 A.M.
Morgan and Ellie crouched over Chuck's unconscious form trying to wake him.
"Hey Chuck wake up man." Chuck groaned and opened his eyes slowly.
"What's going on?" asked Chuck as he sat up holding his head.
"We were going to ask you that are you okay?" he slowly nodded. "Morgan did you spike the punch?" Morgan laughed nervously as Ellie gave him a nasty look.
"Come on would I ever do that?" after the looks they gave him he quickly nodded. "Yes I did." Ellie turned to Morgan who had wisely moved away from Ellie. "Morgan Grimes!" she yelled as he ran from the room.
20 Minutes later…
Chuck turned the volume of his shower radio up as he rinsed the shampoo out his hair.
"Highway 5 is going to be slow all day as police initiate a phased deployment. The mayor says its juts a training exercise."
Chucks eyes rolled into the back of his head as he experienced a strange rush of Pictures and information.
A Woman Screaming
A lotus Flower
General Stanfield will be in Los Angelis for the peace summit on September 4th.
The Eiffel Tower
Al Qaeda
He arrives on August 31st.
That was weird Chuck thought as he shook his head to snap out of it, Chuck reached out and turned the water off and got out of the shower.
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September 3rd, 2007
2:00 P.M.
Sarah walked into the Buymore her eyes surveying the building. Chuck was walking in her direction, which was the perfect opportunity. Sarah bumped into Chuck spilling the contents of her purse onto the ground and falling over. Chuck crouched down and helped her pick up her things.
"Sorry miss." As they stood up Sarah slipped a bug into his back pocket. She didn't look him in the eyes not wanting to make actual contact yet and walked over to the CD's isle. Once there she turned on the bug, put in her earwig as there called and began listening to the bug. Just then a frantic dad and his little girl who was dressed in a pink tutu came rushing up to the Nerd Herd desk and began talking to Chuck who was the Nerd Herd supervisor.
"Help I recorded all of my daughters ballet recital and now it won't play back." The man handed Chuck his video camera a look of panic on his face. Chuck opened the slot where you would put tape into it and notice it was empty.
"Sir you know that there is no tape in here right?" the man gave him a confused look.
"But it's digital." Said the man the worry clear in his voice. Chuck sighed and spoke.
"Yes but you still need digital tape to record things." The little girl looked up at her dad worry on her face as well.
"Oh dear god her mother is going to kill me." Chuck seemed to contemplate his options for a second. He turned to Morgan. "Morgan I need the wall, sir please follow me." Chuck loaded the camera with tape and set it up on a tripod. The little girl was nervous and it showed Chuck got down so that he could look at her at eye level.
"Ready?" her face fell a bit. "What's wrong?"
"I'm usually in the back I'm to tall I block the other ballerina's." he gave her a smile.
"I'm gonna tell you a secret that you can't tell the other girl's, real ballerina's are tall." The little girls face lit up and she gave him a big smile. Chuck stood back as the music began to play and the little girl began her routine. Sarah couldn't help the smile she had at the touching moment and she had to admit he was cute. But she had seen nice guys do unspeakable things so she quickly schooled her expression. Sarah knew what she had to do when he wasn't home she would grab his computer and leave him being none the wiser. If everything worked out as she hoped it would he wouldn't be involved in this anymore.
Later That Day…
Chuck and Morgan walked into Casa Bartowski talking and laughing like always but were silent when they saw the person. There was an honest to god ninja in his living room he/she stared at them they stared at the ninja. The Ninja was holding onto Chuck's computer.
"Please not the computer." The Ninja set Chuck's computer on a shelf and assumed a fighting stance causing Morgan and Chuck to look at each other in fear. Morgan picked up a decorative dish sitting on a table close to him and threw it at the ninja who easily deflected it away sending it flying into Chuck's chest. Morgan threw a small vase next which was deflected into Chuck's genitalia. Chuck yelped in pain as the vase hit his business but was undeterred as he stepped toward the ninja. After a swift roundhouse kick to the side of the head Chuck fell to the ground unconscious.
"Hey that's my friend." Morgan picked a golf club out of Devon's golf bag and charged at the ninja. Just as the ninja grabbed the golf club from Morgan the shelf supporting the tower from Chuck's computer collapsed and the computer shattered into a million pieces.
"Hey he's not that good of a friend." Said Morgan just before the ninja struck Morgan with the golf club and ran out the front door straight to a black Porsche convertible. The engine roared to life and the car sped away. Sarah pulled the mask off of her head a look of frustration on her face.
"Dame it." she exclaimed as the car sped off into the distance.
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Buymore
The Next Day…
Lester put the broken piece of computer back with the pile of broken parts around him.
"I've been through it this hard drive is fried this computer is gone, murdered." Jeff being his normal stupid self spoke next.
"Maybe you were the unwitting target of a ninja vendetta and he returns tonight to strangle you with his nun chucks." Chuck gave him a sarcastic smile.
"Thanks Jeff and I thought I couldn't get more freaked out. I'm gonna go buy new locks at LargeMart." Chuck walked around the front of the Buymore and made the small trek to LargeMart. As he entered the store he was surprised by it's emptiness. There was literally nobody in the whole store not a shopper in sight. He searched the isle one by one until…
"Bingo." He turned right and walked straight towards the large selection of locks.
Sarah smiled this was her perfect opportunity, Sarah walked out of her hiding spot a good distance away from him and began walking toward him. Sarah took out her cellphone and removed the battery and loosened a screw. Chuck examined all of the locks and couldn't decide.
"Excuse me sir are you part of the Nerd Herd?" Chuck turned around and his eyes almost bugged out of his skull; Chuck cleared his throat and nodded.
"Oh thank god, I need help and I don't want to go back to the others. The Indian one and the balding one scare me." Chuck gave this beautiful woman a look of understanding and nodded. Sarah held up her phone and Chuck grabbed the components from her.
"Ah the Intella-cell yes this model has a tiny screw that comes loose." Chuck pulled out his screwdriver and reassembled her phone. He handed her back the phone and she gave him a big sigh of relief.
"Thank you so much you're a life saver." She paused for a moment before continuing. "So…" she trailed off fishing for a name, obviously she knew but she had to keep up appearances.
"Chuck." He finished quickly causing her to give him that infectious smile again.
"Chuck wow I didn't think people still named their kids Chuck." He laughed at her joke nervously.
"Well Chuck I'm Sarah and I'm new in town maybe you can call me some time." She handed him her card and sauntered away Chuck's eyes following her all the way out the door. Chuck turned back to the locks in total shock the most beautiful woman he had ever seen just flirted with him and told him to call her. Obviously he couldn't do that she was so far out of his league not to mention she was literally the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Chuck picked out some locks and went to pay.
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The Next Day
Burbank Buymore
12:00 Noon
Chuck put the phone up to his ear and began listening to the Buymore's messages. Morgan as usual was slacking off and talking to his best friend. Morgan took a sip of his red bull and choked on it when she walked in.
"Stop the presses. What is that? Vicky Vale." Chuck not paying any attention began singing.
"Vicky Vale Vic Vicky Vale Vickidy Vickidy Vicky Vale Vic Vicky Vale…" Chuck just happened to look up in time to spot the gorgeous blonde woman from large mart yesterday. She gave him a coy smile as she set her phone down on the Nerd Herd desk.
"Phone trouble again?" he asked as he pulled out his screwdriver.
"Yes I don't know if I am able to receive calls cause I never got one from you." Most of the Buymore staff stopped in their tracks and turned to look at Chuck as he conversed with the beautiful blonde.
"Sorry I left so quickly yesterday I had a meeting with a realtor I just moved here."
"Welcome."
"Thanks, well I really don't know anyone here…" she paused just long enough to give off the nervous vibe that she was trying to give him.
"I was wondering if you would like to show me around that is if you're not to busy." Morgan who had walked away felling awkward decided it was time to chime in.
"Oh he's free he's got nothing but time. He's totally available. You guys are gonna have a wonderful…" He trailed off as Chuck shot him an angry look, Morgan quickly scurried away.
"Well apparently I am totally free." She gave him another one of those smiles that just made him speechless.
"Pick me up tonight at the Mason 23 room 49B say six o'clock?" he nodded and her smile seemed to grow.
"Great see ya later Chuck." Chuck watched in a trance as she one again sauntered away from him. Morgan quickly rejoined Chuck at the Nerd Herd desk in total shock.
"Dude she is totally freaking hot. How did you manage to get a date with that?" Chuck shook his head in bewilderment.
"I don't know but oh my gosh is Ellie gonna freak or what?" Morgan simply nodded.
As Sarah got into her Porsche she couldn't help the big smile that was on her face he was just like she remembered he was. There was no way this man was involved in the espionage business she could tell. Still she had to be on her toes he was still her mark. Regardless of the fact that he was a mark she couldn't help the excitement about a date with him. Oh boy she thought to herself even in her mind she sounded like a lovesick teenager. It was those kind of thoughts that she had to stop right now.
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