OOM: Chuck vs the Sandworm, part the first
The thing of it was, Laszlo seemed nice. After they got to talking, at least. Paranoid, yes, but in the spy business a good dose of paranoia is understandable and probably even healthy. And… he needed a friend, and it was nice being the friend who understood what it was like.
To add to this, Chuck is most emphatically not a spy. Laszlo told Chuck to look for bugs, and there they were. He’d probably even designed some of them. And Chuck freaked out, because all of the sudden, the government was everywhere in his life (except Milliways, and even then there was Jake. Admittedly, adding Jake to the list is kind of unfair, but so is life). So when Laszlo disabled the tracking system in the Nerd Herder and smashed Chuck’s watch, they were off the grid and Chuck felt like he could breathe again.
(With a healthy dose of nervousness, but he told himself he was overreacting. Nothing’s perfect.)
And then it all went horribly wrong.
Because then Laszlo pulled out the missile system, and Chuck realized that he’d been very carefully ignoring all the warning signs, because he wanted a friend, too. He made excuses and headed for the car, fully intending to stay in it this time, as per orders, and then there was Laszlo again and they went for a drive.
He didn’t even know his car had an auxiliary override control.
And while the ejector seat thing is cool in theory, it’s not so great when it’s your seat being ejected.
So Chuck narrowly escapes death several times more, and Casey and Sarah collect him and take him home, so all’s well that ends well, right?
Except.
The thing of it is, Laszlo’s out there now.
And it’s all Chuck’s fault.
To add to this, Chuck is most emphatically not a spy. Laszlo told Chuck to look for bugs, and there they were. He’d probably even designed some of them. And Chuck freaked out, because all of the sudden, the government was everywhere in his life (except Milliways, and even then there was Jake. Admittedly, adding Jake to the list is kind of unfair, but so is life). So when Laszlo disabled the tracking system in the Nerd Herder and smashed Chuck’s watch, they were off the grid and Chuck felt like he could breathe again.
(With a healthy dose of nervousness, but he told himself he was overreacting. Nothing’s perfect.)
And then it all went horribly wrong.
Because then Laszlo pulled out the missile system, and Chuck realized that he’d been very carefully ignoring all the warning signs, because he wanted a friend, too. He made excuses and headed for the car, fully intending to stay in it this time, as per orders, and then there was Laszlo again and they went for a drive.
He didn’t even know his car had an auxiliary override control.
And while the ejector seat thing is cool in theory, it’s not so great when it’s your seat being ejected.
So Chuck narrowly escapes death several times more, and Casey and Sarah collect him and take him home, so all’s well that ends well, right?
Except.
The thing of it is, Laszlo’s out there now.
And it’s all Chuck’s fault.