Don't own Chuck

Chuck and Mary were alone with Yasmin in the sitting room except for her two body guards. She invited them to sit and had one of her servants, Razib go make and bring tea. The boy had just left and as they were about to sit down the first wave of explosions went off.

"Christ, the Americans are already here," yelled Juri. "Yasmin you need to secure your father."

"No first, I have to deal with one last lose end," she said, "follow me there are secret passages. Once I get this done we can get my father and get out of here." Chuck knew they'd never be able to get out in time to stop Casey, he looked at Mary she understood and nodded.

"Chuck, follow her," radioed Casey, "We can't afford to let them get away and we need to find out about this NATO plot."

Yasmin ran upstairs to a guarded room motioning her man to unlock it. She went in followed Chuck and Mary. Inside they found Devon standing next to the window looking out. Chuck made a mental to tell Devon that for future reference standing in front of open windows looking outside when bombs were exploding probably wasn't the safest place to be especially when all hell was breaking loose.

"I'm sorry Devon but here is where we part company," said Yasmin as she took her man's AK 47 and pointed it at him.

"Wait," said Chuck as he got in between them, "after everything the doctor has done for you, it wouldn't be right for you to repay him like this. I think there are a few rules of hospitality you'd be breaking."

"You're right, but he's a loose end and I can't have that not in our line of work."

"What making toys?" said Devon. Chuck and Mary were both dumbfounded that after everything he still thought the toy maker made toys.

"Whatever," said Chuck "Yasmin, let me kill him for you that way you won't soil your family's reputation."

"Hey bro that's so not cool and it's also illegal."

"Thanks Juri, I owe you," said Yasmin, "I'll take you to my father then we can go." There was another series of explosions. "But we have to hurry."

"Frost, go with them I'll follow."

"I'll leave one of my men outside, he'll bring you when you're done just be quick about it I don't want Devon to suffer."

"How considerate," said Awesome, "what the hell is going on?" Chuck pulled out a syringe from his jacket pocket and jabbed it into Devon's neck. "This is tetradotoxin," whispered Chuck before he pushed the plunger. "Just relax it'll be over soon," said Chuck as he winked at Devon through his disguise.

"Oh Chuck, dude," he said as he passed out. Chuck gently let him fall back on the bed and was about to leave when he saw Razib standing in the doorway watery eyed.

"You liked the Doctor," asked Chuck in Berber.

"Yes, he was kind to me unlike the rest."

"Come here and I'll tell you a secret but this has to stay between us, can you keep a secret?"

"Yes, I can I know a lot of them. People don't think much of me and talk around me like they think I can't understand."

"Sarah," radioed Chuck, "there's a boy, Razib on the second floor with Devon fourth door down on the right. He needs extraction with Awesome."

"Roger but where are you going?"

"I've got to go find my Mom and break a few toys."

"Razib, our Doctor friend isn't dead he's just sleeping. Take this," said Chuck as he passed the boy a self-activating syringe. Chuck already noticed the man at the door was getting nervous and wanted to go. "Take this it's got a magic potion in it that will wake him up. You have to climb on top of him and jab it into his heart. Think you can do that?"

"I think so," said the boy.

"Good, I know you can you're a bright boy," said Chuck as he caressed the boy's face thinking about Sam.

"Come on," yelled the man at the door. "We need to go you don't know Miss Tazi, she'll leave us and not think twice about it."

"I'm coming," said Chuck as he looked at his watch soon Casey would be firing the EMP, "the rats are about to abandon the ship. Razib give him the injection as soon as we're gone."

Chuck got up and ran with the man at the door. They flew down the stairs and ran back but the automatic doors were off line and wouldn't open up.

"I told you, you should've hurried up. They left us."

"You're about as stupid as you are big," said Chuck as he pulled out one of his Markov's and fired into the glass doors shattering both of them. "Doors closed, doors open, lead on."

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Back in the room, as soon as Chuck and the man disappeared Razib went to the door and checked making sure no one was around. He popped the cap off the end of the syringe. The needle looked huge and long. A normal boy couldn't have done this but he was older beyond his years. He had seen too much but it had prepared him for this. He straddled Devon then with the full force of his body brought it down driving the needle through the sternum and almost immediately Devon woke up gasping for breath.

"Oh Chuck, not cool, not cool at all," Devon said as he looked down to see the syringe stick from his chest and Razib smiling back at him.

"Devon, get up we've got to move," yelled Sarah from the doorway. She shot two men running up behind Alex. Devon got up slowly pulling the syringe out of his chest. Razib helped him up and Alex ran over to grab the other side.

"Alex, take Devon outside to Morgan I'm going to go find for Chuck. Devon any idea which way they went?"

"Go down to the bottom of the stairs hang a left then follow the hall all the way to the end there are a few bends but it ends at Omar's room. That's where they set up a hospital wing. Chuck went to go talk with Omar but Yasmin said that they had to go fast I think they're abandoning this place."

"Sarah I heard that, said Casey, "you need to get to Chuck fast."

"Roger that." Sarah started to go.

"What about me? What do you want me to do?" asked Razib in Berber as he looked at Sarah. He was sure with her blonde hair she was an angel sent by the prophets. Suddenly, a third wave of explosions went off.

"You're coming with us," Sarah replied in Berber. Now he was sure, she spoke his language like the magician before.

"Alex," said Sarah, "get them both loaded and wait for me," then she told Razib to help Alex get Devon in the car and to wait.

"Let me come back, I can help you get Chuck and Mary out."

"No I can't wait." With that Sarah disappeared back down the hallway and down the stairs following the directions Devon had given.

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Chuck followed Yasmin's man as he led him down a long white passageway that smelt like hospital disinfectant and medicine. They were definitely in the hospital wing and closing in on the Toy Maker. Chuck checked his watch to see how long he had before Casey was supposed to pull the trigger and it wasn't long.

"Are we almost there," asked Chuck pretending to be winded.

"Yeah, they should be straight ahead. You need to keep moving," said the man as the third charge exploded and with it the man turned white with fear. "Here let me help."

"Sorry," said Chuck.

"For what?" asked the guard wondering if he was going to have to carry Juri and if he did, how was he going to or should he just leave him, every man for himself. He was leaning in that direction when Chuck flashed and with one punch laid him out. Chuck ran on until he heard Yasmin's voice talking with his mother.

"Here you are," said Chuck as he entered the room. Inside he found Mary and Jasmin with two guards standing around a hospital bed. Dr. Wadì was busy preparing Omar for transportation.

"Things are getting crazy outside but before you go I need one word with your father," said Chuck and the group parted with Yasmin motioning him to go ahead. Chuck moved around quietly almost as if he were walking on air. He positioned himself between the two guards with Wadì in front of him on the left by the head of the bed and Yasmin was behind to the right looking out the door while Mary was on the right side of the bed at the head. Chuck nodded to Mary signaling her to be ready.

"What is it you have to say," said the old man in a thin breath. "You have to hurry because I've been told there is some sort of SEAL team coming for me." Omar looked ill but his eyes had fire in them still.

"How are you Dažbog, sun god. You don't know me but I'm the midnight star, Zoryá Polunochnaya." With that the man's blood pressure skyrocketed and his eyes turned from fire to ice as they filled with fear.

"Kill them, kill them all," Omar screamed over and over again as he pushed a button that lay next to him on his bed. Chuck gave the two guards chops to the throat before they could react. They grabbed their throats and gasped then he grabbed them both by the back of the head and bounced them off the bed post. Their heads made a metallic ping as they hit then both went to the floor. It was then that the lights went out. Mary drew her Beretta and put two rounds in Wadì as he tried to pull a pistol from under his smock. Yasmin fired wildly in the dark but she missed she was too concerned with running.

"I'll get her, you stay here with Omar and get what info you can before he dies," said Mary then she ran. Chuck wanted to follow her but they need the intel on the NATO plot. Omar was about five minutes away from death and babbling in broken Russian and Arabic.

"So you're my midnight star," said Omar as he groaned.

"It seems that way. I know about your plot with Novokov and we'll stop him but you can save a lot of lives if you just tell me what he plans to do."

"Why did you forget me?" said the old man as he coughed and his voice got thinner. Chuck had to lean in close to listen. The man's breath was foul it smelt of death. "I was loyal but were you loyal to me?"

"Things changed back home. Isn't there someone you want to be safe? Maybe your daughter, don't you want her to be safe?"

"She's filled with hate, the same hate I feel. In a little while we'll finish this conversation in hell," Omar said as he half laughed and groaned at the same time.

"What are you talking about old man?" That's when Chuck saw it as his eyes got used to the dark. The switch next Omar, the one he had pushed before and that was still in his hand. "What did you do?" said Chuck as he ripped the button out of Omar's hand and flashed.

Wiring schematics flashed in Chuck's head. A dictator's death bed suicide machine with a mechanical detonator sitting on top of a cistern filled with gasoline - a Viking funeral with a Jim Jones twist. A novelty from the Toy Maker for narcissistic leaders who want to take family and friends along, why go alone when you can bring a friend along was his selling slogan.

"Oh boy, how am I going to get that out of my head? Sarah!"

"Kill them all," yelled Omar the last words Chuck heard him speak.

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Sarah was heading down the long white corridor when the lights went out. She heard the sound of people running towards her so she found a column to hide behind and waited. It wasn't long before the hallway began to light up as men carrying flashlights and weapons came close. She waited until they were near then she rolled out from cover and took them out quickly and silently with her suppressed Smith and Wesson. She grabbed a couple of flash lights and continued on her way.

"Okay so according to Devon, Chuck should be up ahead," she said to herself trying to make a visual map of the compound in her head. But as she was about to turn a corner she heard more men running towards her this time too many so she tried a door next to her and it opened. She ducked inside and the door closed behind her. There was no knob or handle on the inside of the door it was an exit only and bolted when it closed. She was trapped in a ladder well with her only way out being down. She quickly made her way to the next level where she found the door had been left ajar.

"Now I'm a floor below from where I want to be," she said to herself as she exited into the hall. She paused for a moment to get her bearings then she took off again heading in the direction she thought Chuck would be only one floor below. Hopefully there would be some way she could find him in the labyrinth that she now seemed to be lost in.

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Alex walked Devon out with Razib. Devon was leaning on her as she led him back down the hall and down the stairs, so far so good not a soul in sight. Everyone must've scattered when the word went down to abandon ship. Alex got him out of the house and into the courtyard when two men came running from a bunker close to the entrance.

"Crap," she said but as soon as they advance into the clear both men got knock to the ground each taken out by a fifty caliber round. Alex looked up and saw a flashing light, her father's way of saying I'm watching so she waved back.

"Now let's get you in the vehicle," said Alex.

"I should look at them. I think I can save them," said Devon.

"There's nothing to save," said Alex as she glanced at both men who had gaping holes in their back. "Morgan, help me," yelled Alex as she got close to the gate. Morgan ran out and together they got Devon inside the Mercedes.

"Boy am I glad to see you guys, I swear I'm never going on another vacation like this ever again. If it sounds too good bro it probably is."

"Devon, you don't know how much Ellie has miss you. She's been sick out of her mind worrying about you and not to mention poor Clara. Dude we need to get you home as soon as possible, said Morgan.

"Hey where's Razib?" said Devon noticing the boy was gone.

"Who's Razib?"

"He's the little boy that helped us," said Alex. "I don't know he was right here a moment ago. You don't think he ran back inside do you?"

"Someone needs to go back and find him," said Devon as he started to get out.

"Hold up there kemo sabe you're not going anywhere. We haven't risked our necks for you to let you go running off and getting yourself killed. I'll go in," said Morgan, "the rest of you stay here."

"Kids," yelled Mary as she suddenly opened a door to the Mercedes. They all jumped.

"You want to give me a heart attack and put Devon to work, Christ Mrs. B." said Morgan.

"Sorry, I was chasing Yasmin. She was ahead of me but I lost her, you haven't seen anyone or anything come running by, have you?"

"I'm right here," said a voice behind Mary. It was Yasmin. "I'd think twice before I try anything. Drop the piece and everyone get out slowly. By the way I doubled back then followed you out for the record. If you want you can go back inside and look for your friends but I'd hurry. You see my father activated his suicide switch and the whole place is rigged to blow in less than a minute. But don't worry I going to-" She never go out 'kill you first' before her head exploded spraying Devon and Morgan.

"Lady, you talk too much," said Casey as he came walking up the road with his Barrett slung over his shoulder.

"John, not cool, not cool."

"Awesome, you prefer I let her kill you. If you get some glue you might be able to piece her back together."

"I think I'm going to be sick," said Morgan.

"Chuck, Sarah they're still inside," said Mary as she turned to run.

"Stop her Alex," yelled Casey as he dropped his weapon and ran for her. Alex grabbed Mary and as she was about to break free Casey grabbed her too holding her back just in time to see the whole building explode. It went up in a fire ball with the force of the explosion going inward like an implosion bomb. Everyone was knocked down and covered with dust then when the dirt cleared where the fortress stood was now a huge crater with fires raging inside.

Mary dropped to the dust and began crying. No one could comfort her in her sorrow she hadn't felt like this even when Volkoff had gloated over the passing of her husband. She felt as if someone had ripped her heart from her chest. She gathered herself up and walked over to the body of Yasmin then emptied her whole clip into her dead body but not even that made her feel better.

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On the other side of the Atlantic back at Langley the temporary, pro temp director was in her office when an assistant came barging in. The Marine Corps First Lieutenant ignored the General's secretary as she tried to stop him but he just pushed her aside and walked in. She was having a meeting with two other Generals talking about security arrangements for the upcoming NATO meeting in Naples.

"Generals, as you both know our primary security will be provided for by our host that would be the Italian secret service. Naturally we will be available for assistance and aid especially in lieu of recent events."

"Which are?"

"I have been informed by a reputable source that the Toy Maker might be planning something. I can assure you that we are taking every precaution possible."

"Have you advised the President? He needs to know if he should cancel or change his plans."

"The White House has been made aware of the situation and in the President's words, 'we don't hide from terrorists, they hide from us'."

"I may not have voted for him but sometimes you have to admire him."

Just then the General's door flew open and a Marine came running in with a folder in his hand that he gave her.

"I'm sorry Ma'am but he ran pass me," said Connie, General Beckman's secretary.

"Gentleman this is First Lieutenant Rick Nash, a new member of my staff and this had better be of vital importance or he'll be a former member."

"Yes Ma'am it is and we need you down in the situation room right away."

The General opened the classified folder and started to read then stopped and looked up over her reading glasses.

"Do we have visual confirmation," said the General.

"We've got satellite feeds but so far we haven't been able to contact the team on the ground also the crater is too hot to do an IR scan yet. You can see who the agents are that are involved."

"Yes, and I knew they were there," said the General giving Rick a look, "Well men it seems there has been a turn of events. As of ten hundred Zulu time there was an explosion at a location where the Toy Maker was known to be hiding out and preliminary reports say that his whole installation has been destroyed. I'm awaiting ground confirmation but we may have taken out the SOB."

"That's good news," said one of the Generals. "You know they might have to take down that temporary in front of your title if you keep this up."

"Son, you can bust into my office anytime with news like that," said the other one as he patted Rick on the back.

"Well, gentlemen you have to excuse me I've got a lot of work ahead of me to confirm this and a briefing for the Lieutenant to give to the President to prepare."

"But Ma'am-" Rick started to protest.

"To the victor go the spoils," said one of the Generals as he slapped Rick on the back as they left.

"General, we don't know anything other than there was an explosion at the Toy Maker's hideout. Satellite images show that part of our team got out in the time but Chuck and Sarah are MIA. The only good thing is it seems they've recovered Dr. Woodcomb."

"I know but I had to get those two old blowhards out so I could get to work. Okay contact Sixth Fleet that's still their AOR, I want the Bataan stationed off the coast of Morocco and have the MEU send in a recovery team."

"General if I can request-"

"Rick I know what you want to ask and I would let you go if I could but I need you here to run this operation for me. I know what it's like to have friends in harm's way but the best thing we can do for them is to man our posts and yours is here. Dismissed Lieutenant."

Rick saluted which he forgot to do when he arrived but the General overlooked it then he turned and left closing the door as he went out. General Beckman picked up the folder and studied the satellite image of the crater.

"Chuck, Sarah did your luck finally run out," she said with a sigh then closed the folder and sat it on her desk. She opened a drawer and pulled out a bottle of Scotch then took a shot straight from the bottle.

Continued in Chuck vs The Sibyl