Sarah came to and looked around. She saw she was on a hospital bed and Chuck was sleeping in the chair next to her. "Chuck, what Happened?" She asked holding her bandaged head.
Chuck's head popped up and he smiled at her. "Hey, you're up." He said smiling.
"I am, what happened?" She asked looking confused.
"They felt a blood bubble in the back of your head. They had to make a small cut to drain the blood. They stitched up both cuts and gave you some x-rays to make sure you didn't crack your skull, but you're fine. They should release you sometime today." Chuck said holding her hand.
"Where are your parents?" She asked settling back in bed.
"Staying in your hotel room. I have Victoria running logistics with Jordan, Kate, and Carina. I have Morgan running around working as their gofer. Scott is staying with Anna to make sure she's resting and not hurting herself." Chuck said tiredly as his head drooped.
"What time did you get to sleep Chuck?" She asked touching his face.
Chuck looked at his watch, "It's a little after six so, twenty minutes ago." He said closing his eyes.
"Come here." She said scooting over in the bed. "Kick your shoes off and lay down with me." She said lifting the blanket.
"Okay." He said laying next to her. "Ouch," He said pulling his Sig 229 out of his back and setting it in the nightstand draw. "forgot it was back there." He said half asleep as he held her to him.
They were shaken awake by Carina and Morgan. "Hey you two, it's ten. Chuck you have a conference call with The President at eleven, you have a briefing after that with the other teams in the field and we set up a flight to take you to the island right after it ends." She said holding up a Starbucks coffee cup.
"Can she get out that soon?" Chuck asked taking the cup and sitting up.
"We just talked to the doctors, they want to run one more brain scan but they say she should be good to go." Morgan said handing Sarah a smoothie.
"Thanks Morgan." She said smiling at him.
"Come on, let's get going. You have to stop off at the tower to get another suit. You can't video conference call looking like that. You also have to read over Jordan and Victoria's notes." She said waving for him to get out of bed.
"How is Sarah going to get out of here if we go?" Chuck asked.
"That's my job Chuck. We came in your M5. I'll get her back to Castle and pick up your parents." Morgan said.
"Okay, let's do this then." He said getting up stiffly. He pulled his gun from the draw and tucked it into his back before leaning over and kissing Sarah. "See you in a few hours." He said smiling before following Carina out of the room.
"You ready to be leader for the next few hours?" She asked.
Chuck stood tall and his smile shifted to a wolfish smirk. "Always Red. Now let's get this show on the road I want to be sipping on a daiquiri by this afternoon." Chuck said.
"Red?! I give you Red. Call me that again and I'll spank your bottom." She said.
"You promise Red?" Chuck asked smirking.
"Carmichael?" She asked looking him in the eye as they walked out of the hospital.
"At your service sweet cheeks." He said drinking his coffee, "Oh god, what is this shit?" He asked.
"Double caramel cappuccino with extra sugar. Morgan said it's your favorite." She said as they got into his Mustang.
"For Chuck maybe. What do you have?" He asked starting the car. "Junky American hillbillymobile." He muttered as he drop into first and pull out of the lot.
"Regular Cappuccino." She said.
"Trade with me? I can't take this sweet shit." He said holding up his cup.
"But I drank from mine already." She said.
"So, my mouth has been on a lot more dirtier things that your mouth. Now hand it over Red." He said.
"Fine, but for the record, you're mean." She said switching cups with him.
"I know." He said taking a drink for the new cup. "Now that's good." He muttered as he pulled up to Roark Tower. "Now I'll be down in fifteen minutes." he said getting out. He turned around and smiled. "Unless you want to wash my back Red?" He asked with a sexy smile.
"I, I can't. I promised Sarah." She said blushing.
"I know, it's called a joke Red. I'll be out in fifteen." He said laughing.
"What!?" She yelled as her brain caught out with her. "Carmichael is an asshole." She said shaking her head with a smirk.
Chuck came down fifteen minutes later in a bright blue suit carrying three bags and a black suit in a dry cleaning bag. He tossed the bags in the trunk and handed her the black suit. "Here, hold this." He said starting the car.
"Is this the suit you just took off?" She asked.
"It is, I need you to clean it and put it in the safe in Castle. That's my lucky suit." Chuck said blasting to Castle.
When they got there Kate was talking on the phone, Jordan was video conferencing with general Beckman, and Victoria was flashing on documents as they popped up on the screen. "Oh Chuck thank god you're here. We have so much to do." Kate said. "Start with this, Sam is calling from New York, she's having trouble getting into the encrypted files on the hub computer in the office building." She said waving to the phone.
"Right. I need you guys to come up with a list of these sorts of things and bring them to me now because I'm not going to be here in a few hours and I'm not going to have a secure connection to this place. You all have the same skills I have so you need to figure out a way to do this job on your own." Chuck said taking the phone.
Kate looked shocked and she shared a look with Jordan and Carina. She made a gesture and the other women followed her out of the room. "Does Chuck seem a little mean to you guys?" She asked.
"He's being an ass hat. He took my coffee, made jokes at my expense, and then complained about his car, you know the Mustang? Chuck loves that car." Carina said.
Victoria walked in to the room looking hurt. "Chuck just called me Legs and told me to get off the station if I was going to work that slow, and I heard him berate Sam on the phone. Something is wrong with Chuck." She said.
"We know. We were just talking about it." Kate said.
"I say we keep watching him until Sarah gets here and tell her what happened. Maybe something is wrong with his head again." Jordan said.
"Agreed." Carina said.
Two hours later when Sarah came in with Morgan she saw Chuck working like a mad man and the four women watching him. Chuck stopped what he was doing to wave to her but he kept up the conversation he was having. The Four women pulled her into the next room. "Sarah something is wrong with Chuck, he's acting like a total cocky asshole to us and he's being rude." Carina said.
"Really?" Sarah asked.
"We think he's stuck again, or something like he was yesterday." Jordan said.
"Okay ladies I need you to take over for him so I can have some words with him." Sarah said dropping into a chair. She was taking pain pills and strong antibiotics and the combination was making her tired.
The women walked out and Chuck walked in a few seconds later. "They said you needed to see me?" He asked with a soft smile.
"They said you were acting like an ass to them and being rude. What's going on?" Sarah asked.
"I don't know, let me think about it for a second." Chuck said looking off into space for a minute. When he blinked and shook his head he sat up taller and he smirked. "Sorry Sarah, we are still working the bugs out I'll go apologize to the other women. We tried to be one personality with three sides and when we agreed to back off of Chuck we ended up untangling ourselves fully. With out us Chuck can't do field work, but without Chuck we are a bit under developed in the personality department. Chuck kind of handled all of that. I took care of making him talk the talk and Mad Dog took care of making him walk the walk. Chuck took care of the rest. Tonight when we get a good chance to sleep we will iron out the kinks." Carmichael said.
"So you're Carmichael?" Sarah said looking at Chuck curiously. And with a bit of fear in her eyes.
"I am. I'm also the guy responsible for all the flirting and inappropriate touching that has gone on in the last month. Sorry for that too. I can say that Chuck never liked any of it but when I found the power to use women I couldn't stop. It's like a drug. Again, Sorry for that." Carmichael said looking down.
"I can understand that. After seduction training I did a lot of bar trolling. Like Chuck I was an ugly duckling until I was turned into this. And the first time I could walk up to any man and get him excited I couldn't stop. After a string of one night stands I stopped. After a while it stops being fun. How far did you end up pushing Chuck?" She asked looking cold.
"I rounded second with a few of the Angels, but I'm the master of the light touch. Very skilled with the NSA girls. Jordan in particular is very weak when it comes to the talk and touch." Carmichael sounding contrite in the beginning but quiet proud by the end.
"I see, later you will tell me everything, but for now I can take that. I can even understand that. I was a young agent once too, but Carmichael, Chuck is my husband. If you do something like that in the future I will drop Chuck off at a mental institution to make sure you never surface again, do you understand me?" She asked in a deadly voice.
"I understand Ma'am. I'll keep my hands to myself. But can I at least have some fun? Flirt with a waitress, smile at a cute girl, or play a stuck up bitch, and make her beg for it. Chuck might not admit it but he liked the power of the play. It really helped him feel like a man for the first time in a long time. After the Jill situation Chuck was a sorry state of a man, and then two years of almost and maybes with you just added to it. After Jill turned out to be Fulcrum he was having major doubts about himself. When we fix this thing inside of our head and make us into one guy again I will just be a part of Chuck. A part that needs to feel powerful. With Chuck in the driver's seat it will never go as far as it did this last month but the confidence gained is one you can understand. You know what it's like to catch some guy looking at you. The power you get from it. Chuck needs that same thing. All guys do, it's why we cheat on our spouses with young dumb girls. With a guy like Chuck you never have to worry about cheating, but you have to let him have that feeling or it will cause me to come out stronger." Carmichael said calmly.
"I can handle flirting, hell I've made a job out of it, and I understand what you're saying, but the second anything like this last month happens I'm pulling the plug." Sarah said.
"That's fine, if you ever feel like me or the angry guy is taking over too much tell Chuck he has to run the program he made. Force him to run it. It will wall us off until he's had a chance to fix it. Now if there is nothing else you need Agent Walker I'll go back to work." Carmichael said.
"Can I talk to Chuck for a minute?" Sarah asked.
"Sure you can. Let me go get him." Carmichael said looking deep in thought for a few seconds before looking at her with a warm smile. "Hey Sarah. Weird right? Well it's official, I'm crazy." Chuck said with a sad smile.
"That's a given. Did you hear all of that?" She asked taking his hand.
"Yes, kind of, it's weird. I was here but not here, you know? Well I guess you don't. any way's I hope to have it all sorted out by the time with get to Ellie. I don't want to freak her out with the whole being three people. How are you with it?" Chuck asked looking fearful.
"Okay, I guess. I mean part of thinks it's normal because all good agents do something similar, just to a lesser extent, but a part of me want's to take you to a head shrink." She said.
"Well, hopefully after I sleep I can fix it back to being less split. It will be more like three sides to the same coin and not three different coins. Until then you're going to get glimpses of the three." Chuck said scratching his head in a totally Chuck way that made her smile.
"I've never met the other guy." She said thinking this whole thing was crazy.
"Would you like to?" Chuck asked looking thoughtful.
"I guess I better get to know him too before he becomes an integrated part of you." She said shaking her head.
"Right. Mad Dog is not much of a talker, but he's there for a reason." Chuck said before dropping down. Chuck sat up tall and rigid. He stretched around in the Suit jacket before standing up and pulling it off with an annoyed look on his face.
"Mad Dog?" She asked.
When Chuck looked at her she flinched back a bit in her seat. His face was set in a hard-line and his eyes were cold and lifeless. "Walker." He said curtly.
"Not a fan of the Suit?" She asked trying to start a conversation.
"Too constricting. Look Walker, this is not going to work. You're not going to get good dinner conversation out of me. I answer direct question and the more I'm out of my cage the more Chuckles is going to act funny so hurry it up so I can send the kid back out to play house with you and I can go back to watching for threats." Mad Dog said in a gruff voice that sounded nothing like Chuck.
"Right let's start with that last sentence. What do you mean act funny?" She asked.
"Look you have a dark side right? You've been stuck like it for a while? Think about the way you acted before you met the kid and stopped thinking with your agent's cap. The longer I'm in control the more robotic and unfeeling the kid gets. That's what happened last night that caused a mass panic because Chuckles hurt some people's feelings." Mad Dog said rolling his eyes.
"You really are a mean bastard aren't you?" She said.
"You know I am, Enforcer. So don't sit there on your high horse and judge me, you've done a lot of bad shit in your day, Butcher, so you keep your judgments to your self and I won't take over unless we're in a gun fight. Now can I go, or do you want to play the frightened wife some more Walker?" He asked giving her a look that said he didn't approve of her just as much as she didn't like him.
"I see this was a total mistake asking to meet you. I'm tempted to have him wall you off." She said looking shocked and angry.
"Why? So you can go back to making yourself feel powerful by dragging the kid into the line of fire and then 'Saving' him? Like I said Walker cut the shit. Let's face facts. You don't like me because I make your ass obsolete. Welcome to the feeling you gave every other CIA agent when you did the same to them. You think you're tough? I can go for days if I have to. I could do twice as good as you and you know it. So go take your bullshit somewhere else and peddle it. I'm not buying. Now send out the Enforcer so I can talk to someone who matters." Mad Dog said coldly.
Sarah looked pissed off for a few seconds before her eyes lost some of their life and her face closed off. "You want the Enforcer then you can have her." She said standing up and giving him a dirty look.
"Good, someone I can talk to. Look keep your ass alive and I'll do the same for the kid. Anything else and he can handle it. If you ever throw down with him I will come out so keep it civil or I will break you. Now lets hand this off to the rational people we share bodies with, and go back to watching over our charges." Mad Dog said watching her closely.
"Agreed." She said in a low deep voice before shaking her head. "What the hell was that?" She asked looking at Chuck. When he looked back at her he was her Chuck.
"We both have a dark side. We all do. We don't turn it on we turn ourselves off, and let our darkness take over. Now lets not do that again. It was creepy. Now you know what I have inside my head. You still want to marry me?" Chuck asked softly.
"I do, but if you start to go crazy on me I want you to wall them off." She said coming around the table to hold him.
"Agreed. I love you so much. I'm going to fix this, but for now I need to get back in that room. I have to get as much stuff done as I can before we leave." Chuck said.
"Okay, I'll work with Morgan to make sure we have everything for the trip. See you in an hour." She said kissing him.
When she pulled back she watched Chuck smile turn into a smirk again. "What, no sugar for me?" Carmichael asked.
"You get to work. You horn dog." She said pushing him off of her.
"Whatever, it's not like we haven't fooled around before. Remember Not Richard? That was me. I know you like me. You came for me so hard before. Tell the truth, you like the idea of me being in here so you can get your rocks off like that again. Once we integrate Chuck will know how to Fuck you like that again. Make you cum like a horny teenager. Like you want to." Carmichael said softly into her ear before licking her neck in a sensitive stop and made her shiver. "You going to come for me Sarah? Cum for me like a bitch in heat? On the hood of my car like a slut? You want me to fuck you in public again? You were so wet that night. You want to go do it now." He asked nipping her ear lobe as he grabbed her ass roughly.
"Oh god." She moaned.
"How about right here on the table with the door unlocked? You think one of the Angels might walk in and see me fucking you like a slut? Taking you over and over again until you scream?" He asked jamming his right hand down the front of her Yoga Pants and feeling her wet sex. "You're wet. I like when you get wet. I like licking it up. You taste divine. Maybe I'll just toss you down on this table and make a feast out of your hot little body? Would you like that? Would you like to be feasted on? Licked? Nibbled? Sucked? Taken? Are you tired of being in charge? Telling him what to do? I can fuck you like you want. Tell me." He said slipping two fingers into her hot wet sex as he pushed her back against the table.
"Yes." She moaned.
"That's what I wanted to hear. Now cum for me slut. Cum for your man." He said rubbing her pink pearl hard as he kissed her roughly. She shivered and came with a shuddering breath as she fell loss in his arms. "Look at me Sarah. Look at me." He said holding her face in his left hand as he sat her on the table. "You can have that anytime you want it but you have to admit you just cheated on Chuck. Look me in the eye and say yes." He said without any feeling.
"Yes." She said looking close to tears.
"Feel this." he said placing her hand on his limp dick. "Chuck would have gotten hard for you, but I can't. I can't get excited ever. Chuck is the only one that can control that part of this body. Just think, if I did that with you and I didn't feel anything then think about the rest of the times I did it. You know I didn't feel anything when I touched his Angels. So when we merge, I don't want you giving him any shit for it. I did that. The man is innocent. A lot more innocent than you are right now. You knowingly let me get you off. Just know that Chuck saw it and he didn't mind one bit. He knows you like me. It's why he made me. Besides all the agent shit he made me to be your wet dream. It's what I'm here for. To make sure you don't get bored and go looking for something else, because with me you will never get board, and you can stop feeling guilty. I'm Chuck after all. This is his body. I'm just a part of him. The fact that I can do that to you makes him happy. Chuck isn't dominant in anything, but with me I can show him how. Now I have a conference call with the President. I'll see you around my little slut." He said licking his fingers as he walked out of the room.
Sarah collapsed into a chair and tried to get her bearings. Carina came in, took one look at her, and laughed. "Carmichael?" She asked.
"The man is a master. I'm ashamed to admit I like what he can do to me." She said looking red.
"Why, he's still Chuck. Who care's what he's calling himself. It's like role-playing."
"Chuck said the same thing." Sarah said shaking her head.
"There you go! Now tell me what he did to you and don't leave out any of the nasty details." Carina said pulling up a chair next the her with a smirk on her face.
"He just talked to me. Told me things. I can't even remember all of them but he knows how to touch something very deep inside of me. A part of me hates it but then, a part of me really, Really likes it." Sarah said blushing bright red.
"Wow. I wish I had someone who could do that to me." Carina said looking sad.
"We'll find you a nice boy who loves you and Chuck can teach him how to do it." Sarah said smiling at her.
"You think so?" Carina asked looking hopeful.
"You really want a Chuck of your own don't you? It's not a joke?" Sarah asked shocked.
"I do. Most of the women on the team do. I didn't know until recently. But the idea of a guy like Chuck, one that's nice and sweet and good to me, and he still can do all the things you said he just did? I want one." Carina said blushing herself.
"Wow, I never thought I would see the day." Sarah said looking shocked.
"Shut up Bitch. I just, I have a family again with you guys and I kind of want someone to share it with." Carina said.
"It's like the fact that you're becoming a real Girl. We will find you a Chuck. Until then you can share all of your thoughts and joy with me. I love you sister, and I'm happy you're on the team with me." Sarah said holding her best friend.
In the conference room Chuck saw the women working on different things. "Hey Ladies. Can I get your attention please? I'd just like to say I'm sorry for being short with you. I just figured out how to get my head on last night and I didn't get a good night's sleep. I just want to say thank you, to all of you. I know most of you are hurt and tired. I want to say thank you for sticking around to handle the work load for me. I wish I could stay and help but as you can see I'm starting to fray around the edges. As more team members get back put them to work and take some time off. When everything is done I want you all to hop on a jet and fly out to the island to join us. We are going to relax and just live on the beach for a few weeks. No bad guys. No files. No missions. No nothing." Chuck said smiling. "Now huddle up and let's get in one good group hug. It's the last on for a few days." Chuck said opening his arms. Kate almost ran to him. "My Tall Angel." He said. Jordan walked up and smiled as Chuck pulled her into his arms. "My Wise Angel." he said.
"There you go again calling me old." She said smiling.
"Never old. Wise, strong, and beautiful." He said patting her on the back. "You too Dunwoody. Family group hug." He said.
"Okay, fine." She said rolling her eyes, but she sighed when she joined the group.
"Family. That's what you ladies are to me. Even you Victoria. You're not an Angel, but you're still a sister to me. Now lets finish the important things up, so I can go make plans for your stay on the island. I think I'm going to buy up the place for a few weeks so you all can invite your real families too." He said as the broke up and went back to work.
An hour later Chuck, Sarah and his parents were being driven to the Airfield by Morgan in his BMW. When they got there the black Jet was sitting on the run way waiting for them. "Sarah can you get them in and settled I need to go over a few things with Morgan." He said handing her his two small bags.
"Sure." She said smiling.
"Morgan. I have a few things I need to talk to you about." Chuck said opening the trunk and pulling a Sig 229 out. He took the gun from his back and handed it to Morgan. "I know Carina put you in charge of cleaning my black suit. I need you to put this gun with it along with these shades." Chuck said handing the gun and expensive designer sunglasses over. "In a few days when Alex comes back to L.A. I want you to round-up her, Anna, and Scott and come out to the Island. "Anna and Scott need some time away and so do you and Alex." Chuck said.
"What about Jordan?" Morgan asked.
"She won't leave when there's work to be done. She'll stay on until Casey does. She's cut from the same cloth." Chuck said grabbing his other bag from the trunk.
"Understood fearless leader." Morgan said smiling.
"My little buddy. I know I can always count on you. Hang in there for a few more days and don't let the ladies push you around too much. See you in a few days. I'll save you a spot on the beach and a fruity drink." Chuck said hugging his short friend.
"Thanks for everything Chuck." Morgan said and Chuck knew he meant for everything. Not just his trust and confidence but for bringing him into the team.
"Always little buddy. Now I've got to go." Chuck said seeing Sarah standing by the door of the jet.
Chuck slid on a pair of Raybans and walked on to the jet. The pilot shut the door and Sarah pulled him down in the seat next the her. "What was that about?" She asked as they took off.
"I had to give him the rest of my Carmichael things. My sun glasses and my Gun… well it's Casey's gun, but it's the one I used for the mission. I want it to stay with the black suit. I don't need it for this trip. I won't need it for a while. From now on I'm going to be more of an idea guy. Logistics, planning, and running RI. Sam's sister Bobby, her boyfriend Danny, Morgan and Jordan are going to run things back home with me as my team. You'll run spy missions and Casey with run tactical and back up like he always does. I won't need to put on the suit until It's needed. Until Carmichael is needed. Or Mad Dog. Until then I'm not wearing the suit." Chuck said calmly.
"But Chuck, just because the mission is over doesn't mean you hang it up. There's always going to be a next mission." She said holding his hand.
"And there will be a whole team of highly skilled agents to do them. As you can see I'm not going to go back to dressing like a bum, or stop carrying a gun, or turn off the other sides of me, but I'm not going back into the field until I'm needed. Until we have no other option, or if someone is in trouble. Why do you think I'm keeping Jordan and Morgan in L.A.? We are going to keep the B1 gassed up and ready to fly at a moments notice. Mad Dog and Carmichael are a phone call away, but I don't need to be out there doing the job. I saw what it did to you, to us, and I didn't like it at all. I end up doing things I'm not proud of and you lost your cool because Carmichael pushes you out of the way. So I'll stay in L.A. and run things and when you need Carmichael or the other guy I'll put on the suit and come out into the field." Chuck said smiling.
"I'm not going to say a part of me dislikes this idea because I really do like it, I don't like you being out there doing dangerous things, but Chuck I don't like the idea of you burying parts of yourself for me. I know what would happen if I'm kept out of the field for too long and I don't think it's right for me to hold you back. To stop you from doing your job." She said feeling guilty.
"Hey, Sarah it's fine. It's not like I'm going to be just sitting at home waiting for you to come back. I'm going to be working just as hard as you are. I have to keep up the flow of information to you guys in the field and run a huge tech company. I have plenty of things to do." Chuck said smiling at her.
"If you need help I can help you run things Chuck. I might not be good for corporate stuff but your old man is pretty good with a computer." Steven said.
"And I can help you run logistics." Mary said smiling at the two of them.
"As much as I appreciate the offer guys, you two are retired. You spent the last twenty years underground. I want you two to live it up. Relax, travel, sit on the beach and sip cold drinks all day. You two have given enough of your lives to this life, you two should live a little." Chuck said.
"But we missed so much of your lives, we want to help you and Ellie as much as we can." Mary said.
"And you will by relaxing. I'm sure Ellie will be having kids soon, spend some time playing grandma and grandpa. In a few years if you both feel the itch to do something we can talk about you helping out but for now I want you guys to have some time to be you." Chuck said smiling before getting up. "Now if you will excuse me I see a couch back there and I need to get a few hours of sleep to get my head all sorted out." He said kissing Sarah and patting his parents on the shoulder as he passed them on the way to the couch. He took off his jacket, placed his gun in the cup holder and laid out on the couch with his jacket over him like a blanket.
"Sarah, what did he mean by get his head sorted out?" Mary asked.
"I think I better start from the beginning. On Christmas eve a mad gunman crashed a junk car through the front of the Buy More and took the store hostage…" Sarah told them about everything, the threat to Ellie's life, the mental break, the downloading of skills, and the problem he was having keeping his three personalities in check. "And now he's trying to get the three personalities to work together in his head. I'm pretty sure he should see a psychiatrist, but I think if he can get it together by himself then we should leave it alone. With all the things going on in his head I'm shocked he hasn't cracked yet. Since I showed up two years ago he's taken almost everything in stride. Including Brice showing up twice to make his life worse, a failed attempt at a relationship with the nice sandwich shop girl, and his ex showing up to take him back only to turn around and try to kill us all because she was a Fulcrum agent. I think the threat to his sister was the straw that broke the camels back." She said looking at Chuck sleeping.
"I hope he's okay." Mary said.
"He'll be fine, he's smart enough to know his limits and he knows his own head very well. If he thinks he needs help he'll get help, but for now lets let him work it out. I trust him to know his own head." Sarah said.
"I hope you're right." Mary said.