A/N: Here is the sequel to Chuck Vs The Reassignment. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed the first story, this is probably the second of a three part arc. Thanks to Yokaputo for her beta, you were amazingly helpful as usual.

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Ellie,

Me and Sarah need to explain some stuff to you, meet us where Mom and Dad got married as soon as you can, it's extremely important. Don't tell anyone about this, not even Awesome. You can't trust Casey, don't say that you saw us or that you even got this note, and we'll explain everything when you meet us.

Your loving little brother,

Chuck

The first thing that came into Ellie's mind as she read the letter from Chuck was confusion as she wondered what he could possibly have got himself into, and why there was such a need for secrecy. There was also shock as she saw Sarah's name too, and she mused over whether Sarah had got him into whatever it was he had to explain. Still, Sarah was at least back from her new job, which was good enough news that Ellie finished her shift with a smile on her face.

Ellie was also a little confused by the encoded location to meet up with Chuck and Sarah. He could have put down the actual place, but the fact he didn't must have meant that he was expecting someone else to read it, and he didn't want anyone listening in on the conversation they were about to have. If nothing else Ellie was intrigued, and she was on tenterhooks as she waited to be able to head to the beach.

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Chuck and Sarah were waiting in a rental car by the beach. After they went to the hospital Sarah had said she had some work to do so they could go off the grid quickly, and after their forthcoming talk with Ellie they would no longer be Chuck Bartowski and Sarah Walker, but instead Charles Burton and Sarah Franco.

"I guess I know why the beach is so special for you now, Chuck," said Sarah as she gazed out over the breaking waves."

"Yeah," said Chuck wistfully, "this is just a place where I can come and remember when our family was happy. It's always been a special place for me and Ellie for that reason, and if she had her way then she'd be getting married here."

"Yeah, it would be beautiful to get married here; I've imagined getting married on the beach ever since I decided to open up to the idea of marriage."

"When was that?"

"When I left you and there was a constant ache where my heart was. That was when I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you."

"Well in that case..."

Sarah let out a gasp as Chuck got out of the car and lowered himself to one knee, a ring in his hand.

"Sarah Walker. I promised myself when you left that if you ever came back I would do this, so here goes. Will you marry me?"

"Chuck, we can't get married until the government stops looking so hard for us, I would like nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you, believe me on that, I probably want it more than you, but I won't risk our lives over a ceremony."

"Well that's fair enough. How about I rephrase my question. Sarah Walker, will you marry me sometime in the future when there is less of a risk of guns being pushed in my face and both of us being killed?

"When you put it like that, how can I refuse? Of course I'll marry you," said Sarah with a beaming smile on her face as she said the words she'd dreamed of saying for months.

The smile on Chuck's face threatened to split his skull in half, and he jumped back into the rental car so quickly Sarah might have thought he'd seen something if she didn't know better. As they kissed they made their way to the back seat of the car and celebrated their engagement in an explosive fashion, and probably lost their deposit on the rental in the process.

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Ellie pulled up to the beach in a borrowed car; she had reasoned that if Chuck wanted her to be secretive about something then she probably shouldn't show up in her easily recognisable car. She couldn't see where Chuck and Sarah might be, but a car two spaces over from where she was parked was certainly rocking more than it should be, even with the wind coming off the sea. All was explained when a rather dishevelled looking Sarah Walker stumbled out of the car and straightened her top, and she was followed by Chuck, wearing his goofy grin which suggested at something happening in the back of that car.

"So, nice of you two to join me," said Ellie, "it's really good to see you Sarah, I missed you."

"I missed you too Ellie, and sorry about that, we didn't see you coming," answered Sarah.

"Now we've got the reunion out of the way, I got your note Chuck, what did you want to talk about?" asked Ellie.

"We can't talk here, so how about we go for a walk along the beach?" said Chuck by way of reply to Ellie's question.

That just increased Ellie's intrigue towards whatever Chuck had to say. Must be important, she thought, and she got the impression that it had something to do with Sarah, and that there might be other news, especially considering how Sarah was covering her left hand with Chuck's. They never normally showed that much affection in public, so there must be good news on that front too, thought Ellie.

Once they got to what seemed to be a secluded enough spot, Chuck and Sarah suddenly stopped, leaving Ellie to turn around and face them, as if waiting for them to elaborate on one of the more confusing messages she had received in recent years.

"I suppose you're wondering what that note was all about," began Chuck.

"Yeah, that's about it," answered Ellie.

"Well, it all began on my birthday a couple of years ago. Bryce sent me an email which contained pretty much every secret the US Government has, and Sa-" said Chuck before he was cut off.

"Wait, hold on a moment. Bryce? As in Bryce Larkin? Guy who wrecked my life Bryce?" interrupted Ellie

"Er, yeah, him. He was Sarah's partner at the CIA, and they thought he went rogue and sent the secrets to me after he destroyed the computer that held them," said Chuck, finishing his earlier statement.

"Hang on, Sarah's partner? Does that mean that you're a spy, Sarah?" asked Ellie. Well that would certainly explain the "it's complicated" stuff

"Yes, I am, or was until about 3 hours ago," answered Sarah.

"What do you mean by that?" said Ellie.

"Well, the reason I left was because my superior was concerned I was developing feelings for Chuck, which I was, but they didn't take too kindly to that and reassigned me to a different mission. About a week ago Chuck managed to get my superior to supposedly reassign me back to LA, but when I got the call it was my boss telling me Chuck was dead. I came back to LA to see if it was true, defying orders in the process. If that hadn't got me fired the fact I took a government asset off the grid would do it," explained Sarah.

"Okay, I have so many questions about that. Firstly, what do you mean by 'developing' feelings for Chuck, was your relationship fake the whole time?" asked Ellie.

"Well, sort of. Officially it was fake but we both knew there was something more than a cover relationship there, but we couldn't act on those feelings or I'd be reassigned. Little did I know I'd get reassigned anyway despite fighting my feelings for the better part of a year," said Sarah.

"A year? That's horrible!" exclaimed Ellie.

"Yeah, it was, for both of us. I had to reject Chuck so many times, and it broke my heart to do it each time, but I thought I had to," said Sarah.

"Right, next question, why do you have to take Chuck 'off the grid'? What does that even mean?" asked Ellie.

"Well going off the grid means taking someone where nobody, not even the government, knows where they are. Chuck and I will have new identities and will be set up as far away from here as possible. The reason I'm doing it is because I think my boss is going to take Chuck into a bunker. I promised myself that I would only take him away from his family to save him, and that's what I'm doing. If he went to the bunker he'd never see you, Devon, Morgan or anybody else he loves ever again. That would kill him and I can't let it happen, so we're going to run."

"If you go off the grid, does that mean that not even I can contact you?" asked Ellie

"Sorry Ellie, but it's too dangerous. We'll try to figure something out, but it might be a while before you hear from us, we'll make sure you get to come to the wedding though," explained Sarah.

"Wedding? What wedding?" asked Ellie, beginning to get excited as she saw the telltale glint coming from Sarah's left hand.

"Ours," said Chuck simply, waiting for the Ellie excitement to boil over.

He had barely gotten the words out when he was crushed in one of Ellie's joyous hugs, she was obviously very happy for him, but he was a little upset that he was going to have to miss her wedding.

"I'm so happy for you guys!" exclaimed Ellie.

"I thought you might be," said Chuck midst a laugh.

"Oh be quiet Chuck, it's not every day my brother announces his engagement to my best friend," said Ellie.

"Do you really mean that, Ellie?" asked Sarah.

"Of course I do, you're so good for Chuck I can't help but like you," said Ellie.

"Now, we can't tell you where we're going because frankly, it'd be too dangerous for you to know. That's why Chuck couldn't tell you about his government work either, and there's likely to be a lot of people after us, Chuck is very important to national security."

"Well that's fair enough, is that why you said not to trust John? Is he a spy too?"

"Yeah, and he's kind of insane..." began Chuck.

"Oh be quiet Chuck, he's saved your life far more than I have," said Sarah.

"I know that, but he's also tried to kill you twice, had orders to kill me, and now is probably trying to track us both down so he can kill us both. In conclusion, he's insane."

"Ellie, you have to know that you can't say anything to Casey. If he finds out where we are or even that you know we ran, then it could end up badly for you and us," warned Sarah.

"What about Devon? I have to tell him something."

"It's safer if you don't, and you can't say anything in the house or in the courtyard, Casey has bugged the hell out of anywhere Chuck usually goes."

"When you say bugged..."

"I mean that whatever you say will be recorded if you say anything in the apartment. Please, be careful, I've hurt this family enough already," said Sarah, with a sad look on her face."

"I will be, just promise that I'll hear from you at least once a year."

"We'll try Ellie, we can promise that," answered both Chuck and Sarah.

"Well, good luck, it sounds like you'll need it," said Ellie as she gave them both a bone crushing hug.

"Bye, Ellie, I'll miss you," said Chuck sadly.

"We both will," added Sarah.

"I'll miss you both too," said Ellie as Chuck and Sarah headed back to their car.

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"General, we have to inform you that the asset's tracking devices have all gone offline within the last five minutes," said Casey as he stood next to Forrest at the head of the briefing table in Castle.

"So Walker did what we were expecting. Well, Captain, it is your assignment to retrieve the asset, terminate Walker and the asset if he resists in any way. Do this right and you might end up back up in your old rank soon."

"Yes ma'am, roger that." I really hope it doesn't come to that, Walker went rogue but she's not a security risk, if anything Bartowski's safer now than before.

"Wait, all of the devices went offline? What about the SM-93 you planted?"

"Well ma'am, the last known location of the SM-93 is in a Starbuck's about 3 miles from here."

"Begin the search there, although they probably won't be anywhere near it by now. Does the sister know anything?"

"Going by the surveillance she finished her shift at the hospital and arrived home at the normal time. No indication of anything out of the ordinary, but I'll keep extra watch on the surveillance."

"You mean like you should have been doing anyway, Captain."

"Yes ma'am."

"Well, here's what's going to happen; I will send every agent we can spare to aid you in finding the Intersect. There will be no CIA involvement in this as every agent they have sent seems to form an unhealthy attachment to the asset, as far as I am concerned the Intersect is a purely NSA project now. You have your orders; find Bartowski by any means necessary. Dismissed."

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"Sir, we're getting reports from our moles within the CIA that an Agent Walker recently went rogue and kidnapped a former asset, presumably going off the grid with them," said a Fulcrum agent who ran into what appeared to be a bomb shelter beneath a drive-in cinema.

"Presumably there is a task force being set up to find them, Agent Price," said Agent Cushing.

"Yes sir, but it appears to be a purely NSA task force, and the agent in charge is Walker's former partner, Captain Casey."

"Captain? I thought Casey was a Major?"

"He was until recently, but it appears General Beckman didn't take too kindly to him losing his asset."

"Well he's gonna be pissed, nobody's more career driven than that guy. God help that asset if Casey catches up with him."

"Sir, if Walker was his partner, then that means that the asset is part of a joint NSA/CIA project. Do you realise what that could be?"

"Of course, the Intersect. We have to find Walker and the asset before Casey's team. Set up a task force, with every available agent, and get surveillance set up at Captain Casey's apartment complex, someone may let something slip."

"Yes sir, we'll see who Captain Casey enquires about, that should give us the identity of the Intersect."

"They'll likely have new identities if they're off the grid, so that's not a high priority."

"Yes sir."

"They can't hide for long, and Fulcrum will get the Intersect when we find them. Kill Walker."