- Chuck versus Splinter cell-

Chapter 1: Third Echelon

I do not own Chuck or Splinter Cell

Italics mean thoughts

Bold means flashback/Dreams

Special thanks to Elysion1879, he reviewed a big section and fixed it.

LA, Burbank, Diner, 2:00 PM

'There gone' thought chuck. His eyes gathered with tears when he thought of Sarah Walker and John Casey. He thought that they were all friends but no they just left and went with Bryce Larkin, Carina Millar and Cole Barker for some special ops. Now they were the 'Dweam Team' or something like that. He wanted to be mad but Ellie's and Awesome's words still replayed in his mind.

Flashback

"Remember it's there loss you are one-" "AWSOME" interrupted Devon with his usual grin. Ellie's eye twitched in annoyance but she smiled sweetly "Yes honey, Chuck is awesome and Casey and Sarah are missing out on it so please do not let hate consume you, your way to good for that". Chuck smiled and pulled Ellie in to a hug, which prompted Devon to yell group hug as he crushed the both of them.

End

He wiped his eyes and continued to look out the window of the diner. He couldn't understand why the director of something...called Third Echelon would want to speak to him. The intersect was removed - so he was useless. His former teammates made that abundantly clear. Suddenly he was brought out of his depressing thoughts as a black man in an expensive suit sat across from him, he looked to be in his early 40's.

"Hello Chuck" he smiled as he spoke and not one of the fake smiles he was used to from people of his stature, no this one seemed genuine.

"Hello Mr..."

"My names Irving Lambert." he said politely.

Suddenly a waiter appeared next to them. Lambert orders a coffee, while Chuck orders a meal.

"Sorry haven't gotten around to eat yet." said Chuck embarrassed.

Lambert laughed before speaking "No need to apologize - now onto business" -Lambert took his coffee and took a sip before continuing- "I am the director of a 'specialized' NSA unit called Third Echelon - which runs under General Beckman's Radar, which I'm sure you know her from the Intersect assignment right?"

Chuck gasped loudly which caused Lambert to Chuckle lightly.

"I'll take that as a 'yes' and to answer your inevitable question, Beckman meets with me to discuss this stuff."

"Then why doesn't she know about Third Echelon?" asked Chuck with excitement in his voice.

"Well the President pretty much gave us a NSA title to make what we do legal, in truth we work for the madam president directly, I do however own a a regular NSA branch as cover".

Chuck smiled happily but then frowned. "Let me guess - you want me to be an asset or some kind of analyst?" Lambert burst out in a loud laugh.

"You don't have the Intersect anymore, what use would you be as an asset? Chuck we want you in a new program we are starting - you'll be trained to work in the field and become a Special Agent"

Chucks eyes widened at the prospect of being a higher rank than his former teammates and old best friend.

Noticing his reaction when he mentioned his possible rank, an amused Lambert replied "That's correct - the reason for the high rank is so you have complete control over missions gear and etc"

"Could you tell me more about what is expected of me in this 'specialized' branch?"

"Well Chuck my friend, considering this is a brand new program the briefing will take place in Washington D.C. at Third Echelon H.Q."

"What about my friends and family, where will I be based out of? Will I be able to see them regularly?"

"You will have to undergo training for about a year and a half, after that you will be able to see your family and will be based out of LA. We will move you into Agent Casey's old building seeing as it already has a entrance into castle from your closet. This will allow you to be able to move freely without arousing too much suspicion."

Chuck smiled brightly.

"Sign me up - but there will need to be a very solid cover, my sister can be very nosey. Hell so can my friends." laughs Chuck while extending his hand.

Lambert shook Chucks hand while chuckling as well.

"Ah Eleanor Woodcomb did a great job a month back when she treated my niece...and her husband Devon is... well... Awesome" Both men had a little laugh before Lambert continued "Now I'll make a call to a business called Electrons, they're a company in Washington that fixes and sells computers. The company is owned by the NSA, so when they call your sister they will explain to her you're being offered a chance to train to become a manger of the new store going up here in place of the Orange Orange and that will excuse you for 6 months and then will keep adding on to your schedule until you training is complete". Chuck felt a pain of sadness shoot through him at the mention of the Orange Orange which Lambert caught.

"Listen Chuck... I'm sorry about what happened with Agent Walker." -Lambert chuckled slightly- "I was never one of those spies who believed to never fall in love shit, hell my wife is ex-DEA and I was her asset."

So she just wasn't interested in me thought Chuck sadly before masking his sadness with a smile. He noticed Lambert talking on the phone. He talked for 46 more seconds before hanging up.

"Ok everything is set up by the time you get home Eleanor will have got the phone call, so all you need to do is pack and be at the airport by -Lambert checked his watch- 4:50 PM". They shook hands once more before leaving Chuck to finish his meal. It took 40 minutes and then he was done and sped out the door.

As soon as he opened the door he was met with...

"chuck-oh-my-god-your-getting-a-higher-paying-job-at-a-new-store-and-your-moving-on-with-your-life-now-all-we-need-is-to-get-you-a-new-girl" squealed Ellie in pure delight as she tackled Chuck in a hug. Chuck saw Devon behind the counter drinking one of his horrid drinks. He stopped drinking and looked at chuck and mouthed the word 'Awesome' to which Chuck Mouthed 'Help Me'. As Ellie left the room insisting she pack for him to attract female companions.

Devon walked over to Chuck. "So is this you-know-what related" asked Devon "Because it'll hurt her if you don't come back"

"Well it is Spy related but I'm definitely coming back - and before you ask, I'm not sure the details and no, Sarah and Casey are not helping me" said Chuck quickly. They sat on the couch as Ellie kept asking opinions about Chuck's clothes and Awesome would say good or nope. Finally she was finished after Chuck forced her to let him handle the underwear. She hugged him which Awesome quickly turned in to a group hug. Ellie was crying as she hugged and wished him luck.

Bye LA see you in a while though Chuck as he got in his Herder with Devon in the passenger seat.

-X-

Washington D.C., Third Echelon, 9:42 PM

Chuck sat in Lamberts office. He felt tired but knew he needed to hear this debriefing so he just pushed the tired feelings away.

"So chuck how was the flight?" asked Lambert as he took a seat behind his desk. Chuck found the room extremely nice. Behind Lambert was a nice painting that showed a beautiful view of D.C. The floor was made of tiles that if you looked at it from a bird's eye view, would look like the emblem of Third Echelon, an Eagles talon.

"It was nice, hehe private jets rock" said Chuck happily.

"Damn straight" –Lambert laughed- "any way the name of the program you'll be training for is Splinter Cell. Splinter Cells are trained to use: hand to hand combat, all forms of weapons, seduction - even though you use it rarely, sabotage, climbing, stealth, and all forms of transportation quick warning the training is not easy, you'll probably be puking up blood by the end of the days"

"Will I have to kill anyone" Chuck asked hesitantly.

Lambert sighed sadly.

"Eventually you will have to kill. However, we will teach you how to bury your emotions in order to do what needs to be done to complete the mission." replied Lambert "It is part of the ugly side of this business, one of which I personally try to avoid when able."

Chuck smiled in response. Lambert has been the first person in this line of work to share Chuck's opinion on taking lives - not to mention someone of such a high rank.

"Well at least my emotions won't get me kill" said Chuck.

Lambert nodded and continued.

"You will be wearing a custom made suit designed to help you blend into darkness. These suits are made out of Kevlar and can function well under almost any environment - except for fire of course, you'll also have a balaclava, night vision goggles and finally you'll get a choice of: a pistol, assault rifle, two flash bangs or two incendiaries and a single combat knife."

Chuck thought about all the weapons Casey talked about.

"I'll have a suppressed Five-Seven along with a... SC20-K silenced and two flash bangs" requested Chuck.

Lambert grinned as he typed in Chuck's weapons list. He reached in to his desk and handed Chuck a Satellite phone and a headset.

"I'll call you or your assignment operator after you complete your training and return to LA. We will also outfit Castle with a large array of weapons and gadgets in case you get tiered of your selected weapons"

"Yah who's my assignment operator sir" asked Chuck.

"Don't talk to me like that, talk to me like a friend and you will find out in one minute" –Lambert hit a button next to his phone- "she'll be accompanying you to your D.C. apartment and yes your clothes are there". Both men waited a minute before the doors opened and a beautiful Red head walked in. Her hair reached down to her shoulders and she had freckles on her cheeks. For the first time since Sarah left he thought wow she's hot. She smiled at Chuck who blushed lightly.

"Director Lambert I presume this is Agent ummmm..."

"His cover name will be Sam Fisher but his really name around family and friends is Chuck Bartowski"

"Awww Agent Fisher it's a pleasure my names Anna Grimsdóttír but you can call me Grim" Grim held out her hand.

"It's nice to meet you Grim" said Chuck as he politely shook it.

"Ok Anna take him back to his apartment and then take him for a haircut and Mr. Bar... Fisher please grow a small 'short box beard' remember, many people have seen you out here so we need an appearance change now that wraps up our business, training is tomorrow at 4:30 AM see you then". Chuck and Grim left the office and headed out towards the main lobby that had the elevator that would take them out of the underground complex and up to the parking garage they use as a cover for the building.

"So wanna grab a bite to eat after your hair gets cut" asked Grim. Chuck nods.

"So am I getting a full shave or what?"

"Nope it's just getting shortened a little bit"

"So what's training like". Grim smiled.

"You'll be able to say you've been to hell" chuckled Grim manically. Chuck started to sweat.

-X-

Russia, Moscow, Castle 2nd version

Sarah looked at Bryce Larkin, John Casey, Carina Miller, and Cole Barker as they sat around the giant metal conference table after Beckman's briefing on a man named Kombayn who not only killed two CIA Agents but tonight he was going to sell three tactical Nukes to Fulcrum. Everybody at the table was involved in what a lot of people considered the dream team. DEA, MI6, NSA, and CIA all working together but Sarah did not look at this as a dream team no she missed Burbank more importantly Chuck.

As soon Chucks father removed the Intersect and Bryce uploaded 2.0 she just left and accepted this fate of seducing fat, rich, vodka soaked Russian not to mention Cole and Bryce's none stop flirting with her. She wished she could have at least said she loved Chuck but she was scared at how easily he made her defenceless just by a simple grin. Suddeny Casey snapped his figure in front of Sarah.

"Come on Walker we have to intercept Kombayn". She sighed and stood up and followed him out the door.

I love you chuck she thought as she got in the van. Even if it did provide a bit of comfort she would still end up crying herself to sleep tonight. Just like every night for the past year.

-X-X-

End of first chapter please review. Chucks hair cut and new beard will make him look more like Sam fisher from splinter Cell Conviction minus the grey hair. The next chapter will be a skip to the end of Chucks training. Please no flames yet until I've actually gotten into the story. And don't worry the family and friends aspect of Chuck will still be there.

Hope you enjoyed.

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