Disclaimer: I do not own Chuck in any form. (If only! It would be renewed in a heartbeat!)

Summary: A new company that makes Fulcrum look like Childs play is in operation. They know Chuck, Sarah, and Casey. They know about the intersect-- all of them. They know everything. And this agent is determined to bring them down from the inside. Taking Casey down is an added bonus. Casey/OC, will eventually also be Bryce/OC and Chuck/Sarah.

Chapter 1: New Assignment

"The US Government is going to a lot of trouble in protecting a Buy More employee," Boss drawled, the smoke from his Cuban swirling around aimlessly. "Find out why."

Like she had a choice. "And if you are really my girl, you will do it quickly and efficiently."

"If, after all this time, you are still questioning my loyalties, I am offended," Cody spat out. She smoothed back a lock of her strawberry blond hair. "I would think handing you the keys to Fulcrum more than erased any doubts over me. Not even my government knew about them."

"Ah, until what's-his-name Bryce tipped them off," Boss Granger said with a chuckle. "Guiana paid a pretty penny for that little info. And don't forget you were hardly the only one who turned on Fulcrum."

Guiana and Bryce? She would have to snoop for that one. "You want the keys to the Buy More, I'll get you the keys," she said stiffly. It would severely cut into her time to study what was going on with her ex-sensei.

Being a triple agent so far undercover she didn't even know the feel of sunlight—metaphorically speaking—definitely sucked on her stress levels.

"Find out who this employee is, and find out fast," Boss Granger reiterated. "If you want paid."

Another bad thing about being a triple agent? You didn't get paid by the US government until after you brought down your target—that is if you lived.

She backed out of the boss' offices and headed out of the offices, termed The Sanctum, and then into the lower levels of the public gym that doubled as both a legit business and the front for the Magnum Institute.

The one she was ordered to bring down. At any cost.

She had just walked out, pushing up her sunglasses, and thinking how much she hated and loved her job. Did she love it? Perhaps to a certain extent. If you didn't love what you did, in this case, you were certainly in the wrong business.

She was beginning to wonder if being slightly psychotic was also a requirement when her roommate, fellow Magnum agent, and babysitter appeared. She knew Peyton's job in Magnum was to keep tabs on her. One toe over the line, and Peyton would snitch faster than any toddler with a stolen toy.

"I hear we are going shopping," she said, slipping on her sunglasses. They had been partnered after Peyton snitched on her company, Fulcrum, to Magnum.

"One order of government intel ala Buy More Nerd Herd," Cody said, unlocking her car.

"Can I tag along?"

"For the initial scoop, sure."

"I want to get some new DVDs, too. Just got paid," Peyton said casually as they walked across pedestrians who were entering the gym.

"The MacAlistor case?" As in, the Fulcrum Agent MacAlistor, lead scientist on Fulcrum's intersect design. Cody had done the dirty work to find out who the head of the program was, and Peyton did what she did: snitch.

Cody let her; the prize wasn't big enough for her to be worried about.

They pulled into the parking lot of the Buy More. She noticed the wiener place was now Yogurt, yet it was the same waitress. She looked vaguely familiar, which meant she had probably crossed paths with her at some point. CIA? Fulcrum?

She filed that tidbit away when suddenly her phone buzzed with a text message. "You are going to have to hail a cab to get back," she told Peyton.

"What could be more important than scoping out the nerd herd?"

"A prior assignment. Shouldn't take more than an hour," she said. "You go shopping, and buy something besides Johnny Depp films."

"What are you doing?"

"If you need to know, the boss would have told you, now wouldn't he?" Cody quipped as Peyton slammed the door. Sometimes it was necessary to reassert her authority. She had certainly worked hard for it.

She pulled into the parking garage, parked on the third level, then walked up to the fifth. "I see my most promising pupil has finally arrived."

"Sensei," she nodded. "I was surprised by your contact."

"It seems you beat me to the business," he said casually.

"What business? I do not teach pupils." She wanted to keep him talking.

"Have you heard from any of your classmates?"

"Like Robert? And Yasmin?" she named off a few she knew were already working with the Sensei. "They seem to be feeling me out, and if you are here, you must have liked what they have said," she deduced.

She had no idea what this could be about. But, as if penetrating Magnum wasn't bad enough, both Magnum and the US government wanted her to find out what he was up to. "It seems you have gone off your path," he commented.

"I see my path as having diverged. All who wander are not lost," she said easily.

He smiled. "I am happy to hear you say that," he said. "It seems our interests, then, are compatible."

"I have always been honored by your faith in me, sensei, but I do not see where this leads."

"Loyalty. It is a matter of loyalty. Yours. Who do you give it to? Your teacher? Or your government?"

"Yasmin and Robert can tell you what they know," she eluded. "And, as I said, you must be sure of my answer if you are here with me now."

He nodded. "If you can prove your loyalty, then it is time for a lesson. My dojo at 9pm tomorrow night," he said and left.

She returned to her car, making mental plans of what to do. She needed to infiltrate the ring the sensei was running and figure out what his plans were; she needed to discover who the government was hiding in the Buy More and why; and she needed to figure out how to use it to her advantage in Magnum, all before Peyton caught onto her game.

She didn't believe Peyton was capable of turning the tables on her; she didn't have the smarts too. But it was underestimating your opponent that could lead to your own downfall.

Can you over think a situation? She didn't think so, not when so much was riding on it.

She pulled into her apartment building. She didn't doubt there were any number of bugs. She left the one in the kitchen and living room, disabled the ones in the bathroom and bedroom.

Ha, not that she had much of a personal life.

She pulled out bottled water and took a long drink of the cool water. Could there be a connection to the dojo and the Buy More? That was something to consider.

She waited until it was well past sundown, dressed in her blackout gear, and grabbed her bag. She had to prep for her meeting the next evening with her old Sensei.

Updates will be slow at first since school is ending and commencement is coming up. I just wanted to get this up since the finale seems to play so well into what I have planned!