The scene opens with Chuck and Morgan in line to complete their registration for COD. Morgan has dressed in combat fatigues and sunglasses. Chuck is dressed casually and smiling at Morgan as he parades around like he was actually in the military. As they looked around it was not only Morgan that had dressed for the occasion. There were all kinds of costumes and was a circus at the check-in line. They finally got to the desk and gave their names and money to enter. Chuck was so occupied with checking in that he did not notice a man off to the side watching him and Morgan signing in. The person at the counter gave the man a nod and looked at them.
Chuck: Man it is crazy in here. Does this happen every time?
Man at desk: Yep, we get quite a following for these tournaments. Everyone want to win and get the trophy and the Xbox.
Morgan: well I just want the Xbox mainly, but I will take the cash as well.
Man at desk: sure let me just go get that for you. ( he laughs) Next!
You see them head off to their designated spots and get ready to be called up to start their turn. There are several people in front of them and finally it is their turn. They jump right behind the controllers in the booth. You see Morgan looking at the controller and start to actually focus. It is not the same Morgan that Casey would recognize at the Buy More. After about 20minutes they emerge from the fight victorious and ready for the next team to eliminate.
In a different section of the hall, you see Marco and Andreas enter and eliminate their foe with amazing swiftness. They continue through out the day and the fields keeps thinning. Chuck and Morgan are so caught up in the event, that they still don't realize that they are being watching from across the room. This is the first day of elimination so Marco and Andreas just keep a watch on Chuck and Morgan. They see no need to interfere at this time. They both keep eliminating teams till the field is now half the size it was when they started. You see Chuck and Morgan start heading for the door as the tournament is over for today.
Chuck: well I don't know about you but my fingers are sore. It seemed to go on forever today.
Morgan: Bah we were kicking butts and taking names. Well dog tags mostly. Did you see me knock that guy off from what a 1000 yards with my sniper shot. Only a hand full of people could make a shot like that. I bet I am even better than Mel Gibson was in Lethal Weapon. ( he has a smile from ear to ear)
Chuck: yea now if you could learn to uses a scanner that well, you could finish your work in what, a day instead of a week. ( smiles at Morgan)
Morgan: Man did you have to bring up work when I was in the moment. I wonder if I could hit Big Mike from that far. Nah that would be like shooting at a blimp, pretty hard to miss him even in the dark.
You see Chuck whack him in the back of the head. They get into the Nerd herder and start home. Chuck is pretty happy with his performance and maybe he will get a chance to see Sarah. He remembers that she and Casey are on a stakeout and that dampens his spirit a bit. Morgan is happy enough for the both of them . When Chuck walks into the door, he sees Elle and Devon on the couch relaxing and laying on each other for support. He wishes that him and Sarah could do that for real, but he knows that she would just to help their cover. That dang cover is such a pain and confuses Chuck most of the time. He believes that Sarah actually does feel for him but she will not admit it. He knows that at some point she will have to make up her mind, but he is still willing to wait. She is special in so many ways. She has looks, personality, is a very good in Martial arts and intelligent to boot. She is direct and aggressive, as long as it doesn't involve real feelings or about her personally. He loves the way she smiles and you can see her dimples and the way her hair blows in the breeze. Suddenly he hears a laugh from the couch area.
Elle: well that must have been a nice daydream. Who's hair is blowing in the breeze. ( she is trying to hold back a laugh)
Captain: It's ok Chuck. I don't mind you checking out my awesome hair. Just realize that it is Elle that I am marrying and not you. ( and both Elle and Captain burst out laughing )
Chuck: Ha ha very funny. I will now go into my room and extract my foot from my big mouth. ( you see him head for his bedroom and close the door)
The scene pans to Casey and Sarah in the van watching Miguel. He has not left his room except to go to the restaurant downstairs. Casey planted a few bugs in his room while he was out. Casey made sure that everything was exactly like before, even the hair that was in the door jam. They are using the hotel monitors for the video feed. They have spend all day and have not gotten any closer to a possible contact. Sarah decides to give Chuck a call.
Chuck: hello Sarah. How is the stakeout going.
Sarah: It has been a bust so far but these can take days sometimes. ( Chuck is a bit disappointed at those last words, it could be days now. )
Chuck: well I bet that you are having a great time with Casey there. Has he talked to you about what sandwich you would take to a desert island. ( he can here Casey grunt clearly through the phone )
Sarah: no, I guess we forgot to discuss that one. ( she says with a smile) How was the tournament today. Did you win.
Chuck: We won all our matches today, but it take a few days to get to the finals. We should know something more by tomorrow. Are you coming by tonight? ( hoping to get a yes)
Sarah: No sorry, I will be on this stakeout till we get relieved later tonight. I think it will be to late to come over at that time. Why is there something that you need Chuck? Did you flash on something?
Chuck: no nothing actually. Just thought that you might want to come over. I will see you tomorrow if you get time. Have fun on the stakeout. ( then you hear Chuck hang up the phone)
Sarah is wondering what that was all about. Chuck has never hung up early on her before. It is usually her that does the hanging up. Well she cannot worry about it today, she has bigger fish to fry.
Casey: You know sooner or later your going to have to do something about the affection that he shows you. He is not a puppy dog like you treat him Walker. He will eventually give up on you and move on.
Sarah: He is my asset Casey. I think I can handle Chuck. I know he has feelings but I keep telling him that it is common and not to read too much into it. ( she stares straight at the monitors not looking at Casey studying her)
Casey: ( low grunt) I see how you treat him Walker and he is more than an asset to you. I just hope you can live with what happens when he finally gives up. He truly loves you and that is not something that you can just turn off and on. When he finally turns it off, he will no longer be your asset and I sure don't want to be around when he does.
Sarah: well that will be a long time from now. Now get back to listening to the suspect and I will get back the monitors.
There is a long silence and neither of them spoke after that, till the end of their shift. Sarah gets in her car and heads home. When she ends up driving by Chucks apartment, she realizes that she did that without really thinking about it. She turns and heads back to her apartment. She gets in bed and goes to sleep. She dreams that Chuck has found someone else and that she grows to an old lady with no one to be by her side. All the people that she saved and all of the lies that she had to tell and in the end, there was no one that trusted or would take a chance on loving her. Sarah woke up in a cold sweat.
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The scene begins with Marco and Andreas at the tournament. They watch Chuck and Morgan enter the doors and go to their section of the tournament. The are expecting to see Miguel today, so that they can make the drop. They cannot afford anything to happen as Pedro needs this information to retrieve the money for his plans. Marco also did not want Chuck and Morgan to make it to the finals. He would have Andreas help Chuck and Morgan have an accident once the handoff was made. Marco was wearing his shirt when Chuck noticed the symbol on Marco's shirt. It was the same one he had seen on the memo of the company Bluesky. He called Sarah to tell her about the symbol but her phone was going to voicemail. Chuck decided that he would go talk to Marco and get what little info that he could.
Chuck: Hi, how are you doing. I see that you have made it pretty far in the tournament. My call sign is BMB. What do you go by?
Marco: Ahh so your BMB. I am Master_Mind and Andreas is Striker. I think we have played you a few times in the past. ( he smiles but it is not an inviting smile)
Chuck: Nice, we have played each other and you guys are good. Where are you from?
Marco: We are from up north in the Bay Area. You know that we are going to win this. ( he says with an air of confidence)
Chuck: Ok, I guess I should get back now. See you later in the tournament. Nice monogram that you have there. ( he walks off at a fast pace)
You see Marco look down at the symbol on his shirt and then back to Chuck. He begins to wonder if there is more to Chuck than he expected. He gives Andreas a look to follow Chuck. Just as he is getting back to Morgan, he give Sarah one more call, but again it goes to voicemail. He then decides to give Casey a call. You hear him pick up.
Casey: What do you want Chuck, because you just woke me up from my very short rest. ( a very rough tone of voice)
Chuck: Sorry, I tried calling Sarah but she did not answer. I called you after. ( is cut short by Casey)
Casey: get on with it Chuck.
Chuck: There is a guy here wearing the same symbol that I flashed on. He must be tied in with the guy that you have under surveillance.
Casey: Ok I will have someone come down and check it out. I don't think that our rebel friends would be into video games Chuckles. Now don't call me again unless you really need me.
The line goes dead and Chuck is a bit confused why Casey would not be coming down here himself. He told him about the symbol and that it had to be related. Well if Casey didn't feel that it was important, than I guess that it is not important. Chuck turns slowly to look back at Marco and gets a cold chill down his neck. There is just something not right, but with no flash there was nothing more that he could put together. As Chuck turns to walk away, he sees Sarah come in the door. He is very happy to see her, but wonders why she is here. Little does Chuck suspect that Andreas is watching his every move.
Chuck: Hi Sarah, it sure is good to see you. I tried to call you but I kept getting you voicemail. Is there something wrong with your phone.
Sarah: No, I was talking to Graham and reporting my status. I could not answer, but since I was close I thought I would drop in and check on you. Is there something wrong?
Chuck: well, not really. I did see someone with the same symbol that I flashed on earlier, but I did not get any flash from him. I told Casey since I could not get in touch with you. He seem to think it was nothing.
Sarah: I will run a check on him and get back to you. How are you doing in the tournament today? You should concentrate it as I think we have things pretty well covered. Try and relax Chuck and enjoy your time here. Trust me Chuck. ( she gives him a sexy smile with a wink)
Chuck: I will try and relax and I do trust you. ( he is just staring at her lips wishing that he could taste the red lipstick on them right about now)
Suddenly you see Morgan run up to them. He is dressed in Army boots, light brown combat fatigues, shooting glasses. It looks like he has just stepped out of the game. Chuck and Sarah both are surprised by his sudden appearance. If you did not know better, you would have thought that Morgan was actually in the army and ready for duty. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his controller.
Morgan: I have brought the tool of slaughter. You may kiss it if you wish. ( looking seriously at both Chuck and Sarah)
Morgan: So what are you doing down here Sarah. Your not taking Chuck off are you? ( looking like the answer is going to wreck his world)
Sarah: No no, I am just here to wish you two good luck. ( She gives Chuck a kiss and then starts back out the door )
Chuck: Thanks Morgan. Next time please don't run up on us like that. ( he turns and walks towards the booths to get ready to play for the day)
As everyone was splitting up you see Andreas taking pictures of all 3 of them. He sends them via encrypted email to Miguel. He opens the email and looks at the picture taking in all of their details. He pulls out a hidden knife and starts to sharpen the blade. Staring intently at the picture, he cuts out the head of Chuck. He studies the beautiful blonde woman. Her mid-level skirt, with matching top. The belt that was hanging to her side and her profile. She was obviously too pretty to be with such a gaming nerd. There must be more to their meeting than is showing in the picture.
Marco starts to thinking about how it is usually this Chuck character and his friend Morgan that they play against online. Was there something more to the fact that they were usually their foes or was it just a fluke. It was also Chuck that noticed the symbol on his shirt. Only Pedro's closest friends and confidantes were allowed to wear the symbol. It was a very closed and secret inner circle, but this Chuck fellow noticed it. Marco was now sure that he would have to look into this further. If he did not like what he saw, he would have to to kill him.
Marco was suddenly interrupted in his thoughts as his team was called to be in the next session. Both Marco and Andreas walked with grace and style to the booth to take up their positions. There was no usual hype or bad mouthing, just a cold calculated smile and then getting ready to assassinate their competition. They played like a well oiled machine and that they had done this for real somewhere. Marco's favorite weapon of choice was the sniper rifle or a knife when he could get up close.
As you are watching Marco's team play, you switch back to Miguel. He is now ready to leave the hotel and head to the tournament just a few blocks away. He begins to leave and as he is doing so he puts a hair in between the door jam and the door. He then places a do not disturb sign on his door handle. He is leaving the hotel when he notices a young lady with the same cloths as the woman in the picture. He did not look directly at her but he could clearly see her through his peripheral vision. He is sure that it is the same woman that was with that Chuck person. The one that had asked Marco about his symbol. This could only mean that they both were here to spy on them. He would have to deal with this later as right now he needed to get down to the pickup spot and get the flash drive. He would lose them on the way.
Miguel started to go though shops and around about ways to make sure that he was not followed. After switching taxis several times and going through restaurants, he was certain that he had lost any tail that may have been on him. He now headed back towards the meeting spot to get the flash drive from Marco. He would let Marco know that this Chuck fellow was somehow tied into the surveillance that had been on him. He knew that he would have to be very careful not to return to his hotel and get out of the country via the Mexico border in San Diego. He would let Marco take care of any loose ends here after he had a chat with this Chuck fellow. After a few minutes you see Miguel enter the tournament. Then you pan back to Sarah as she is calling in reinforcements to locate Miguel. You see Sarah calling Casey to let him know that Miguel had given his tail the slip.
Sarah: Casey, Miguel has gotten away from the two agents that were to tail him. We have no idea of where he is at the moment, but we believe that he is still in the downtown area. We need you to get down here and help with the search.
Casey: I am on my way. I should be there in 10 min.
You see Casey get into his car and head towards downtown LA. He keeps pondering where Miguel could be now. As he is racing to downtown but something keeps nagging at the back of his neck. There is something that is missing from this whole situation. Why would he just stay downtown and then all of a sudden disappear. Some how he must have realized that we were on to him, but how? This keeps playing over and over in his mind as he is driving faster.
You see Chuck and Morgan go into the booth to start their next session. You can hear Morgan yelling and jumping around even clear out side. You hear a “Woo Hoo, another one bites the dust “. As this is going on you suddenly see Miguel walk through the doors. Chuck has no way to know that he has arrived at the tournament, because he is still in with Morgan in their match. Miguel walks over to a corner of the room that is obscured from view by most of the room. He motions for Marco to come to him, which is not what Marco had expected. He knew that there must be something wrong and headed over there looking around to make sure that no one was watching him. As he gets to Miguel, he can see that he is not very happy.
Miguel: I was being watched at the Hotel! They were waiting for me to leave. I managed to loose them . I got the photo that Andreas had sent me and notice that there was a woman in it. She was also in my hotel lobby watching me as I was leaving. That means that the person that you are watching in the tournament is working with her.
Marco: What? She was there waiting for you today? How can that be, we have been so careful.
Miguel: I don't know but she was there, I am sure of that. We need to capture her accomplice and question him. We need to know what he knows about our operation. Where is he?
Marco: He is in that booth over there. We need to wait till he is along and then you can grab him. I will meet you once we are done here. It would bring too much attention to us if we just left. We will have to lose our next match and meet you at the safe house. ( you can see that Marco was very very upset that he would have to throw the match so that he could attend to Chuck. But he would make he payed for this, yes he would pay)
You see Chuck and Morgan leave the booth. Morgan is giving his, yea we're good dance. Chuck is trying to ignore him and walks a few steps behind. He is trying to play down Morgan and you can see that he is clearly a bit embarrassed by the act.
Chuck: Morgan can you settle down please. Your taking this a bit too far.
Morgan: But Chuck we won and are in the finals for tomorrow. How great is that. Man I told you we were going to win this thing. ( Morgan is gleaming as he knows that there are only 4 more teams to go through tomorrow to win)
Chuck: Ok Morgan, but we have not won yet. We still need to win tomorrow and it starts at Noon. Save some of that energy for tomorrow. ( hoping that he will chill out on the partying. )
Morgan: Man I have enough energy to go through till the weekend, but I had better save some of it for Anna later tonight. She gets so excited when we win. ( you can see what Morgan has on his mind tonight)
Chuck: There you go, I think your right and save it for Anna. I just hope that you have the energy tomorrow and don't do something that will get you hurt. You go and I will leave in a few. I need to take a bathroom break first.
Morgan: Cya later Chuck and don't do anything with Sarah that I wouldn't do. Not that I can think of anything but maybe you can. ( you see Morgan's eyebrows go up and down with a huge smile on his face)
Chuck: Cya Morgan and get your mind out of the gutter. ( But the though has crossed his mind a time or two. He shook his head and then he says to himself) Yea right, like that will ever happen.
You see Morgan heading out though the door and Chuck head towards the Bathroom. He doesn't see that he is being watched. After a few minutes, he comes back out and heads to his car. As he reaches his car a man puts a gun in his back and Chuck freezes. As he is standing there the man puts a hood over his head, ties his hands behind his back and places him into the trunk of a car.
Chuck thinks to himself that he will be fine as Sarah will save him. The longer he stays in the trunk the more it starts thinking about Sarah and that no one is expecting him to be around for several hours. Sarah will not even be aware that he is in trouble. Chuck starts to freak out now. What is he going to do without Sarah or Casey there to save him. Sure he has been in trouble before but they have always know where he was. He starts to worry that it is a Fulcrum agent and that he will never get to see his family or Sarah again. He will never get to know how she really feels, but then again an agent never reveals anything real about themselves. This was driven into Chuck's mind by Karina some months earlier.
You see the car driving through downtown LA and heading south. It is on the 405 and pulls off into a very dangerous section in Compton area of LA. You pan to the driver and you see Miguel drive right into the garage of a House. It is run down and seems to be off in its own corner of a court. The garage door closes and then the trunk pops open. Chuck is roughly yanked out of the trunk and pushed into the house. He is then pushed down into a chair and his arms and legs are ducktaped to the chair. Suddenly the hood is yanked of and Chuck is looking at Miguel. He is relieved that it is not a Fulcrum agent, but suddenly he realizes that he may die as they have no idea that he is the intersect.
Miguel: I know that you are working with an agency. I spotted one of your team members at my hotel today. Who do you work for. ( in a very stern voice )
Chuck: What are you talking about. I work at the Buy More. I was just playing in the COD tournament.
Miguel: ( punches Chuck in the gut and you hear the wind leave his lungs in a rush) Don't lie to me!
Chuck: ( trying to get his breath) I don't know what your talking about. Please, I would tell you if I knew.
Miguel: ( showing the picture of him and Sarah at the tournament) This is the woman that I spotted today. As you can see you are there talking to her. NOW, who are you working for and what do you know about our operation.
Chuck: Sarah? She is just my girlfriend. She is no agent. She was just there waiting for a friend of hers that had just came to town. ( you see him trying to convince Miguel of the lie. He knows that if he tells him anything that Sarah's life would be in danger)
Miguel: well I see I will have to be a bit more demanding in my questioning. I would have made it quick, but I don't mind taking my time to get you to talk. ( he smiles at Chuck and you see him bring out a battery charger and a bucket of water)
Chuck: ahhh, come on, I am telling you that I work at the Buy More. You have the wrong guy.
You see Miguel smile and then he throws the water on Chuck. Then you see him put some jumper cables out that are connected to the battery charger. Chuck has a questioning look on his face and cannot figure out what he was doing. Is there some car that he doesn't see around? Then Miguel puts one cable on his pinky then the other end on his thumb. Just then a rubber ball is stuffed into his mouth and Miguel give him a deep evil laugh. Chuck receives a shock through his hand and realize what is happening now. It gets worse and worse and he moves the cable connections around his body. Chuck is trying to scream but he cannot because of the rubber ball. He wants to tell him everything just to get the shocks to stop, but he knows if he does that they will kill Sarah. He must not give up.
Miguel: Are you ready to talk now? ( removing the rubber ball as he is asking the question)
Chuck: I don't know anything. I am just a guy that works at Buy More. I work at the Nerd herder desk. I like playing Call of Duty. Please stop. ( Chuck is panting hard and wishes that it would stop. He knows that it is the hope of seeing Sarah again , which is driving this strange courage that he did not know he even had)
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