The scene starts with Casey going looking at a computer screen trying to determine who the suspect is that Chuck pointed out at the tournament. The screen is flashing through thousands of faces and Casey's patience is getting shorter by the minute. Then the picture that he had been waiting for popped up on the screen. Marco Reyas works for a company called BlueSky. He is 6”1' tall with dark brown hair, brown eyes, medium build. He went to UC Berkeley with a 3.8 GPA with his major in accounting. Casey starts to understand how he fits into everything now. This Marco is the one that must be feeding funds to Pedro's rebels. Casey gets on the phone and calls Sarah.
Casey: We have found our man! It is Marco Reyas and he was entered into the COD tournament. This must have been his cover to meet Miguel! I am sending a picture of him to your cell phone now.
Sarah: ( looking at the picture ) This is the guy I saw leaving through the side door! We need to find him, do we know where he is staying?
Casey: I already sent two agents to the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza downtown. I should hear something shortly. It says here that he is one of the finalist in the COD tournament. They are having a reception for them later tonight. I think you should be there to see if Marco comes back for it.
Sarah: I think that is a good idea. I will call Morgan have him get me into the reception. I will call you if he shows up.
Sarah hangs up and then immediately calls Morgan back. She remembers that Morgan said that he and Chuck had also made it to the finals. This is her way into the reception even if she has to put up with Morgan to do it. She is a professional and she can block out even Morgan and his antics.
Sarah: Morgan, can you meet me down here for the COD reception please. Chuck said that he would be running late and to go in with you. ( she new he would not pass up any chance to be with a beautiful woman and she had no misgivings about her beauty. After all she had used it many times. )
Morgan: Well, Anna is busy so sure I can help you out there. ( a huge grin on his face. Even though she was with Chuck, it would score big points to walk in with her on his arm). I will be there in 30 minutes.
Sarah: Thanks Morgan, I appreciate you doing this for me.
Sarah is waiting at the entrance for Morgan when you see him walking up. He was actually ahead of schedule which Sarah knew he would be. She knew that he was there for the score factor with any ladies that would see him with her. It did not bother her as many times the men she had to get close to were the same way.
Her mind started to think about how Chuck would take it if he found out how many men she had been with. How many men she had seduced in the name of the job. Even if they could have a relationship, would he stay with her if she told him the truth. She had to laugh at the realization of why agents never like to reveal anything true about themselves. Even if she let herself be more emotional with Chuck, she could still lose him if he learned the whole truth. She must pull back from their growing bond before it was too late. To late not for just Chuck, but for her as well. Suddenly she was jolted back from her thoughts by Morgan talking to her.
Morgan: You OK Sarah? It looked like you were spacing there. I know that I am not Chuck, but I am still a good looking guy. Come on, admit it, you know I am and I have mad skills too. ( he shows some of the maneuvers that he did for the tournament.
Sarah: ( smiling as she is trying not to laugh) Sure Morgan, I am sure that Anna appreciates your mad skills too.
Sarah gets a text on her iphone from Casey letting her know that Marco was not at the hotel and that he may have a second accomplice. She texts back that he is not at the reception yet and will let him know as soon as he arrives. Casey texts back that he will have a few agents stationed outside to trail Marco when he leaves and that he will be posing as a waiter at the reception as soon as he can gets there.
Morgan is using the time that he is with Sarah to his advantage. He makes sure that people think that she is with him. There are whispers and smiles from the gamers, when they see Sarah with Morgan. He is strutting around like a peacock with all his feathers spread out. Sarah notices the glances, but ignores them as she is scanning for Marco and his partner.
They still have not arrived yet and she is starting to feel very worried for Chucks safety. How could she be so relaxed with Chuck and not protect him better. She has got to be more professional in her job and if that meant pulling back from any happiness with Chuck then so be it. Her job must come first and if she has to push him away, it would be better to hurt him now than to let it go any further.
Just as she finishes the battle of wits with herself, Marco walks in with Andreas. She sees him start scanning the room as soon as he enters. There is no doubt that he is an agent. He has a seriousness and a methodical movement in everything he has done since entering the room. Marco spots Sarah and she turns to Morgan and starts talking to him. She is watching him from the corner of her eye and sees that he is watching her back. Not in the usual lustful way that most men do, but in a analytical way.
Suddenly it hits her that he may have seen her with Chuck earlier today. That her cover must have been blown somehow and that is why they took Chuck. Her heart sank as she is the reason that Chuck is in trouble now and not something that he did. How stupid she was to not be more careful and this was because he had a way of putting her at ease.
This was the final nail in the coffin for her. She had to deny any feelings for Chuck or her emotions would get him killed if they had not already. Sarah immediately notified Casey via text that Marco had arrived. Casey was already aware as he was serving Marco and Andreas an glass of wine. Casey also observed that Marco was studying Sarah intently.
So intently that he did not realize that Casey had brushed up against him and placed a micro tracking device on his clothing. He also had put a sleep agent into the wine that would not take effect for a few hours. He was hedging his bets that they may need an edge later. The drug would not put them to sleep, but it would effect their abilities in case of a fight.
Marco kept a close eye on Sarah and tried to size her up. She was very beautiful and moved with a grace that he had not seen since the great dancers of old. There was something just not right though, after all she was with Morgan at the party. She did not seem to be upset that Chuck was not there. There must be more too it, how could someone like Chuck get such a woman as this? Well he had seen stranger things in LA, but this was just too unnerving for him.
Marco starts looking around for anything out of place or anyone for that matter. He did not see anything out of place, so maybe there was nothing after all. Still, this was way to important to leave to chance. He must get back and remove the one loose end that could cause the whole thing to come crashing down.
Marco drank down the last of the wine and motioned to Andreas that it was time to go. Andreas placed his glass on the table and walked out the door a few minutes after Marco. He was watching to see if anyone was going to follow him. Convinced that there was no one following he caught up to Marco. They walked to their car and started to do evasive maneuvers to make sure that they were not being followed.
Casey had sized them up for pros and had a wide margin between him and the car he was following. He had the advantage of the tracking device attached to Marco. Recognizing that they were trying to make sure that they were not being followed, Casey barked orders to the other 2 agents to stay far behind them to not give away anything to Marco. They needed him to help them find Chuck.
Sarah rushed out of the reception as soon as she felt that it was safe for her to leave. She knew that she was a suspect to them. Somehow they must have spotted her earlier so she could not afford for them to see her leave after them. She starts calling Casey as to the direction to head.
Sarah: Casey, I think that they suspect me! I know that Marco was watching me and must have seen me with Chuck earlier today at the tournament.
Casey: Yea, I got that exact same feeling as well. We have to be very careful to not tip off that we are tailing them. Use your PDA to track me for now. I have them traveling south out of downtown. I am sure that they don't suspect us yet, so stay back a few blocks till I give you a call back.
Sarah: I don't like this, but we don't have a choice. They have no choice but to kill Chuck even if he has not told them anything. ( You hear a grunt of agreement from Casey through the phone)
She hangs up the phone and you see a deep conflict in her eyes. She braces herself against the thought that Chuck could already be dead. How she keeps making the same mistake of getting emotionally involved with the men she works with. She wants to cry, but her training will not let her.
You now pan back to Chuck as we left him. He still has not awaken up from the pain both physically and mentally. He mind is now focused on all of the hurt that he has been bottling up for the past 5 years. The betrayal from Bryce in Stanford, the betrayal from Jill with Bryce. How Sarah had betrayed him by lying about her involvement with Bryce. How Bryce had used him to get to Sarah that day he broke out of the CIA facility. How Bryce and Sarah had betrayed him by kissing in his very bedroom.
The pain brought hate, something that Chuck was not familiar with. The hate triggered by the torture that Miguel had put him through. He hated for these men that were hurting him. A pain started to come back into his mind. It started with the song again in his mind. The flash from earlier started over again. The images start out with a picture of a Gibson guitar, Bruce Lee, then a session of pictures moving through his mind like a movie.
He had the same feeling that he was in the moving again, doing the moves that he was watching. The pain from the flashes were getting stronger and stronger but there was no physical pain this time. The pictures came faster and faster, then suddenly stops with a white hot flash of pain. He was no longer the Chuck that everyone knew. Chuck felt like someone else had taken over his body and mind. He was now watching himself on a movie screen. There was no physical pain any more, just the desire to break free. This person that he was watching was now just waiting for the chance to escape and nothing would stand in his way. NOTHING OR NO ONE AT ALL!!!
We pan to Marco and Andreas getting out of the car. They are entering the house and looking around to make sure that no one had followed them. After they enter the house, a black van pulls to a stop at the corner just barely in site of the house. You see Casey in the drivers seat picking up the phone.
Casey: The suspects have entered a home. This must be their safe house, so get here quickly. We need to get in there asap!
Sarah: I am 2 minutes out! Have the other agents get into position and I will be right behind you.
Casey: I have them placing charges on the power box and we are ready to jam any signal coming from the house just in case they try to call out.
As Casey is saying the last few works, you see Sarah pulling up behind the van. She hops out and is instantly at the door. She has a cold calculated aura about her, which has Casey a bit taken back. He sees a stone cold killer in those steel blue eyes of Agent Walker. This is a side of her that Casey never though existed. This is not the Walker that has been so gentle and emotional towards Chuck. He feels sorry for whomever gets in her way tonight.
Marco come into the room where Chuck still looks unconscious. He sees Miguel just sitting there not paying much attention to him. Obviously they had made a mistake and this man was nothing but unlucky to have been asking about his shirt. Well, it is better for them to be safe than to make a mistake and have Pedro upset with them.
Miguel: He is still out from earlier. I cannot believe that you were worried about this man?
Marco: I had no choice, as he had asked about our symbol and you had spotted his girlfriend at your hotel. It is a shame that he will not live to play against me in the COD finals. I am sure that he would have been fun, but now he will be dead by tomorrow. Let's get him in the car and take care of this now.
Miguel: Yes, I don't want to stay here any longer than I have too. Pedro is waiting for me to bring the information to him by tomorrow. We are already behind schedule.
You see Miguel move towards Chuck as well as Marco. Andreas is still close to the door as he is always in a defensive position to cover Marco. They are so comfortable in believing that Chuck is of no threat, that they do not notice the change in his body and that he is not moaning any more. He is just slumped over in the chair. They start to untie Chuck and as the last knot is undone several things happen at one time.
The agents have been in position waiting to enter the house. The are ready to blow the power so that Sarah and Casey can enter the house with their night vision goggles on. Chuck is ready to strike out at whomever is in his path, by whatever means that are available as soon as the ropes are loose. He is watching this like he is sitting in front of a movie screen. Chuck is completely unaware that Sarah and Casey are here to rescue him. Andreas is standing near the door with his hand on his gun. Marco and Miguel are leaning towards Chuck expecting him to still be unconscious. Miguel has a knife visibly attached to his side easily within reaching distance of Chuck.
As the last rope drops from Chucks arm, his eyes pop open throwing both Miguel and Marco off guard. It was like Chuck had rehearsed this in some play as he grabbed the knife from Miguel. Then he hit Marco in the wind pipe with his hand, which incapacitated him. With a cat like fluid motion he stabbed Miguel in the leg and twisted the blade for maximum effect.
Miguel was both shocked and in great pain with blood pouring out of the wound. Chuck then spotted Andreas pulling out his gun and taking aim at him. Without a second though he immediately sat down in the chair and kicked Marco in both knees sending him and the chair flying backwards. Andreas pulled the trigger just a moment too late as Chuck was no longer visible through the doorway as the shot missed Chuck by just inches.
At the sound of the gunshot the power was blown and Sarah and Casey came crashing through the door. Chuck assumed that it was more men to kill him. All he knew was that he needed to get out of this house. It was dark and he has several enemies between him and freedom.
End Part IV
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