Chuck and Sarah -- Twist of fate in Paris
"Here are a few things you might need to know or maybe just forgot."
Just kidding!
I originally wrote these stories (I already wrote two more and probably there is even more to come) during the last year for the german board. In fall 2009 a major german TV-Network had aired four or five episodes of
"Chuck"
, but found the viewing rate not satisfying enough to show more. (A swiss network had aired the first two seasons until now, but doesn't seem to air some more)
Well the Network's loss was the Internet's win.
So I took on the honorable task of showing the german speaking audience what they're missing. Not by retelling the episodes themselves, but by creating stories to fill in "gaps" like the one, this story is supposed to fill.
This story-line is set between the episodes "Chuck vs. The other Guy" (3.13) and "Chuck vs. The Honeymooners" (3.14) and finally explains, how Chuck and Sarah eventually got together. That's a part, I've really been missing in the show. I bet you did too.
Being a genuine fan, I filled the gap myself.
I hope, you'll enjoy my ideas and like the way, I see our beloved couple.
Feedback would not only be appreciated but actually asked for, so tell me, how you liked my stories.
BTW... I want to thank meanblackjack for his helpful advice and the -- unfortunately necessary -- editing, as I'm not a native speaker, and my language skills turned out to be a bit rusty.
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Chuck -- Charles Irwing Bartowski, Codename Charles Carmichael -- Central Intelligence Agency's most unusual special agent stared down at the dark waters of the Seine. Holding onto the one woman he loved most in the world and slowly pulling her up and back into safety, while his enemy's body was slowly sinking into the dark depths of the river Seine.
Only moments ago Chuck was forced to kill his former colleague and senior special agent Daniel Shaw by shooting three 9mm P.A. bullets in his chest, because Shaw tried to kill agent Sarah Walker, the woman, Chuck now kept hold of. But Chuck hadn't had the time to feel bad about his first real killing...
Shaw had -- already dying -- grabbed Sarah's hand and was dragging her over the balustrade, while he fell of the bridge, they were standing on. Chuck had took hold of Sarah literally the last second and prevented her from being pulled into certain death.
Holding Sarah in his arms, Chuck realized, neither his training as a spy nor the fact, he's carrying the
"Intersect 2.0"
- a top secret database, combining the intelligence of several clandestine agencies with the
"how-to-dos"
for countless purposes -- in his head would ever tame the fear of losing Sarah.
Shaw had tranquilized Sarah minutes before using an yet unidentified neurotoxin to immobilize her for a while so he could kill her after she had witnessed his treason. He was determinate to hand over all secrets of the "
Intersect"
to the Director of the
RING
-- an international secret crime organization aiming to achieve world domination -- and to become a Member of the
RING
. Chuck was afraid of her dying right there in his arms, and fears like this have always inhibited his ability to
"flash"
- to access the "
Intersect"
.
A deep numbness felt on him, when he saw her falling off the balustrade, but his muscles were vibrating with a power never felt before as he made a leap to catch her. His recollection of the moments between Sarah's fall and him pulling her into the safety of his embrace where a foggy blur. Only the burning feeling within his heart and the pain in his soul facing a world without Sarah in it were real to him -- and the sheer desire to rescue her by any means was all that mattered.
He stroked her long blond hair, pulling a stray strand from her forehead, and kissed her face, inhaling her scent -- she still smelled a little bit of the different flavors of Fro Yo, she had been selling for two years now to cover her assignment of protecting Chuck, and from which she on occasion used to pinch a bit. Chuck kissed the soft eyelids hiding the most beautiful gray eyes he had ever seen. He encased her in his embrace like into an armor, protecting her from the world, while tears welled up his dark brown eyes. Her lips were slightly open, and he laid his lips softly on hers, tasting her breath -- sweet, but faint... Like she's already gone... Like he lost her in the end.
Almost mechanically he felt for her pulse... And found it... Weak, fast and fragile like a rose's scent in a storm. Had Shaw eventually succeeded in taking away the most precious, Chuck ever had?
Chucks trembling lips were on Sarah's ear, as he whispered:
"Sarah, Jenny, Sam... What ever might be your real name... I can't go on without you. Without you I wouldn't be neither the man, nor the spy I am."
He was absolute positive, she could hear him.
"You've saved me so many times during the last three years, but now, when you need me, I can't do a thing..."
"Agent Bartowski? Are you and agent Walker wounded?"
Chuck rose in a swift move, as the voice suddenly appeared behind his back, and before he knew it, he aimed his gun at the source of the voice, ready to protect Sarah's life, ready for another kill .
A young Marine from the US-Embassy in Paris stood there, his hands lifted in defense and a pacifying gesture.
"Sir... We secured the perimeter and Col. Casey sent me to tell you that he learned which sort of toxin was used to tranq agent Walker. He and a one of our medics are on their way, to make sure agent Walker will get well again."
He watched Chuck carefully, his hand on his own gun. Although being on the same side, the young Marine kept a cautious eye on the 6'3ft. tall CIA-Agent before him... Ready to shoot, if necessary.
Chuck immediately lowered his gun, when he realized the young Marine's words and looked at the man.
"I'm sorry, Marine." He mumbled towards the young man.
"Never mind, Sir... I understand..." the Marine said and obviously relaxed.