This begins after Chuck Versus the Gravitation, and ends, well, hopefully, NEVER !

Something I must note that happened differently :

Bryce was a real jerk to Chuck when he saw the way Sarah looked at him. He was beyond pissed, and tried to botch the mission. He then realized how stupid he was being, and tried a bit. He didn't give it his best, but oh well, what else will you expect from Bryce Larkin ?

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Chuck awakened suddenly at the sound of his alarm, he then remembered what had gone on the day before. He felt his eyes well up with tears. He had trusted her, and she just had to go off and be Fulcrum.

He felt the tears in his eyes, then he reminded himself, Sarah cared about him, and got how obnoxious Jill was. She was the one [well, Casey too], that had gotten him that day. Jill messed with Sarah, Sarah is at least ten times better of a person than Jill is. His attention went back to his alarm, still blaring.

"Aww, screw it," he said to himself, "Big Mike'll have to forgive me." He then yanked the cord by his bed, the one to his alarm clock. He quickly fell back asleep. Chuck was only awakened by his phone ringing. He answered in a groggy voice, "Hello?"

He then heard the voice that responded, a voice that made him happy that the phone had waken him up, "Chuck! Where are you?! We're supposed to go conference with General Beckman in 30 minutes! You didn't even show up to work!" Sarah said in an anxious voice. Then a wave of realization hit her, "Well, I suppose I could tell her that you're sick, you deserve a day off after all that just happened," she continued in a sad voice.

"No, that's okay, I'll be at the Orange Orange in twenty minutes."

"Are you sure Chuck? I mean I'd be happy to cover for--"

"Yeah, I'm just going to get ready. See ya!" Chuck replied in a half-fake-happy voice. At least talking to Sarah cheered him up a bit.

"Okay Chuck, bye."

"Bye, Sarah!"

Chuck clicked the "end" button on his phone, then looked down at the picture of Sarah, with "Call Ended" displayed on the screen. His attention was then called up to the top of the screen, 12:01 noon! Crap!

Chuck ran towards the bathroom to start the shower up, took a quick shower, and threw on some clothes, not even waiting for his hair to dry. He then made a mad dash out to The Herder, which he had taken out about a week ago, and then pulled out of the driveway.

He didn't bother to go to the Buy More before Orange Orange, it would just piss Big Mike off more. Chuck let out a sigh, he was about ten minutes early. Okay, if I'm early to the Orange Orange, it might be a bit weird for Sarah and I or something, but if I go to the Buy More, Big Mike might not let me go out for a few hours, meaning I would have to sneak out. If I stay here in the car--. Chuck's thoughts were interrupted when he looked up and saw Sarah giving him a look, a look that seemed to say, "Uhh, why the hell is he just sitting in his car?" Chuck then opened the car door, and walked up to Sarah.

"Uhh, hi Sarah," Chuck said through an awkward smile.

"Hi Chuck, care to explain why you were sitting in your car?" Sarah asked while letting out a small chuckle.

"Oh, well, I was just wondering if I should check in at the Buy More before coming over here."

Sarah replied, "Ah, I see. Come on in the Orange Orange, I'm assuming you're hungry, have some frozen yogurt."

"Okay," Chuck couldn't deny his rumbling stomach some generously offered frozen yogurt.

Sarah walked behind the counter, and fixed him up a frozen yogurt, "That will be fifteen dollars Mr. Bartowski," she said in a joking voice.

"Uhm, I don't seem to have my wallet," Chuck said while fumbling through his pockets.

"Geez, it's on me, I was joking," Sarah said while laughing at him.

"Oh."

Sarah walked around the counter and sat down at a table, she set the frozen yogurt down on the table in front of the seat to the right of her.

Chuck followed her to the table, "Aren't you going to eat anything?" He asked this before starting his yogurt, he didn't want to be rude.

"No, not really, I just ate. Thanks though," she answered, "Dig in !"

Chuck followed his orders with a smile. He took his first bite and said, "Oh, wow! That's really good! What's in it?"

"Cappuccino flavored frozen yogurt with brownies in it."

"Well that's a good mix!"

"Thanks, I was hoping you'd like it."

Chuck finished off his yogurt, and right on cue Casey walked in.

"Well, are we going to sit around eating yogurt and gossiping about what the celebrities are doing nowadays, or are we going to go conference with General Beckman?" Casey said in a very Casey way.

"Wow you certainly are a morning person," Chuck said in an extremely joking voice.

"Well to some of us it is the afternoon, unlike to others who just decided to roll out of bed."

"Touché," Chuck replied while letting out a short laugh.

The three walked down to the Castle, Sarah pushed the light, then stood perfectly still as the access pad scanned her eye.

"Fancy stuff! Since when did you upgrade to the eye scanner thingy?" Chuck wondered aloud.

Casey retorted, "Since your ex decided to stumble into town."

Chuck went silent at this comment. They descended down the stairs into The Castle, one minute before Beckman showed up on the screen.

"Good afternoon, Agent Walker, Major Casey," Beckman said.

Chuck waved at her and said, "Hi General!"

She then added in a voice, "Bartowski."

Casey turned back to him and rolled his eyes. He then returned his attention to the screen where Beckman sat in her office.

"Jill Roberts is now in NSA custody, your country thanks you three. Okay, well I guess we should address our current situation. We have found Fulcrum headquarters. Walker, Casey, you are the two strongest agents, and almost everyone else is already assigned on other missions. We will send one more agent for assistance. You are already acquainted with her, her cover is Carina, she will be of value when you infiltrate Fulcrum headquarters."

General Beckman was interrupted by Chuck, he raised his hand, "Excuse me? Yeah, hey. Uhm, how exactly will I help on this mission?"

She replied flatly, "You won't. This is an extremely dangerous mission, much too dangerous for the Intersect. We are dealing with people on the CIA, NSA, and several other government agencies' top wanted list. Although the three agents assigned to this mission are very experienced, some of the best this government has ever seen, Fulcrum is an extremely advanced organization. There is about a 70% chance of failure on this mission."

"Failure?" Chuck questioned.

"Yeah, meaning we die, dimwit," Casey replied.

Chuck's face froze.

"I will have more details faxed over to you. Carina's helicopter will arrive shortly. Beckman out." she announced, before the screen went out.

"Well that's not very good," Chuck said nervously through clenched teeth.

Casey gave him a slap on the back, perhaps too hard, but what do you expect? I mean he is Casey, it's not like he can help it, "Don't worry 'bout it. Just go over to your little job while we take care of the important government stuff," he said.

"Okayy," Chuck said as he trudged up the stairs. Back to the Buy More, he thought to himself, 70% chance of failure. What the hell is Beckman thinking? CARINA as backup?! Good 'ol almost get us all killed Carina?! What new medication is she on? He walked in the doors of the Buy More, greeted in a less-than-friendly way by Big Mike, "You're late, Bartowski. It better have been a matter of national security."

Chuck let out a weak laugh at this unintended inside joke, and got to work.

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When Chuck got home, he remembered the assignment that Beckman had given to Sarah, Casey, and Carina. Chuck looked up at the clock. 6:14 PM. He hopped out into his car and drove over to Sarah's apartment. He raised his hand to knock on the door, but as always, he heard Sarah shout out, "Come in!" before his fist even hit the door.

He came in to see Carina and Sarah, with bulletproof vests, several knives and guns, and strappy things to hold the weapons laid out on the bed.

"Hey Chuck! Long time no see!" Carina shouted out while loading a handgun up with several bullets.

"Hey, Carina," Chuck replied.

"What is it that you came here for?" Sarah asked, while slipping small, sharp knives, into a band that was most likely going to go around her ankle.

"Uhm, actually, I think I might just go home, Ellie's cooking dinner for Awesome and me . . . " Chuck said as he surveyed all the weapons around the room.

"Aww come on, can't you have dinner with us?" Sarah pleaded.

"Ermm, will we be eating in here, uh, with, well, with all that?" he said, gesturing to everything laid out on the bed.

"No," Carina said with a smile, "Geez are you scared or something?" She then laughed, and tossed a knife that hit the wall about three inches from his head.

Chuck let out a girlish scream, and Sarah and Carina shared a short laugh, before Sarah said, "You know, ya shouldn't really mess with him like that, you might miss."

"Me, miss?" Carina said in a fake-innocent voice, "I wouldn't be putting that on someone else if I were you, Walker."

"Well lets hope you're wrong!" Sarah laughed back at her, and with a flick of her hand a knife went whizzing by Carina's head, missing her by a fraction of and inch.

"Dammit, one thing sure hasn't changed, never challenge Sarah when it comes to knives" Carina laughed at her.

Chuck let out a forced laugh, and Sarah walked over to where he was, and said, "Okay, I guess we should head to dinner."

"Okay," Carina was still laughing a bit, when Sarah and her put their jackets on.

Chuck opened the door, and the three went off to dinner, then each went home to sleep. They had a long day ahead of them tomorrow!

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I hope you enjoyed the first part of the first chapter of my first fanfic ! Please review !