Let us do something, while we have the chance.

Happy that Chuck and Sarah finally got together and acknowledged that they love each other, but then there is no riding off into the setting sun. Or is there?

Still don't own Chuck.

"You saved me."
--Agent Walker Episode 3.13

Chapter 1—Off into the Sun Set

Everything was working right. Chuck and Sarah were holding hands, swinging them back and forth. Chuck smiled thinking of how it started. The trip from Paris to London had been short. They were both exhausted and fell asleep in their seats. As the plane began its descent, they woke to a view of a bridge over the Thames. Sarah began, "London Bridge is falling down."

Chuck joined in, "Falling down, falling down." They laughed again. It had become a game to see how many kids' songs they remembered and could fit with what they saw. Sarah had won and picked Fish and Chips on the Thames as her prize.

Casey had been their mission planner. He arranged a flight to Heathrow with a lay over and a direct non-stop flight the next day back to LA airport. They had a room for the night at the Ritz. He even had tickets to a play called, "Daisy Pulls It Off."

Chuck and Sarah were in the lead of the crowd coming from the plane. They walked down the hall and followed the exit signs. Chuck got his passport out of his coat and Sarah got hers from her purse. They showed their passports at the counter. The agent looked at the passports under the light and typed something into the computer terminal. He motioned to them to follow the next agent. They just kept walking down a hall from the counter.

Entering a room with ten other men in dark suits put Chuck on the defensive. Sarah pressed her thumb against his hand and then let go. Chuck thought they were not going to have any problems with their passports. He was using his real passport and Sarah was using her Sarah Walker passport. He was sure she had used it before. The men started to close in.

Chuck and Sarah started to move putting their backs together. Chuck noticed a tattoo by a scar on one of the men… a folder showing KIA from the Falkland's… a photo with the man holding a gun at some police… a folder showing training at a terrorist camp. Chuck moved his head and said quietly to Sarah, "This has a certain Ring to it."

Sarah moved closer to Chuck, "You ready?"

Chuck knew this was bad, but he was calm and this was Sarah. The flash came as the others… symbols to Kung Fu… cross stance… crescent kick… He said, "Yes."

The men all stepped closer. The escort pivoted. Sarah said, "Now." She pulled the escort to her and pulled her knee up into his chin. His head snapped back and he fell into the two behind him. She moved to her left and into the next man. He received a combination left hook and right uppercut to the chin. That was followed by three punches to the face of the next man and a high kick to the face with her right foot.

Chuck started with his left hand coming out front and his right hand moving in a fist to his right side. His right foot came up in a swift kick to the chest of the man in front of him. He saw the two in front of Sarah go down from the hit on the escort. He turned right and rolled to the ground under and behind the next man. Coming up behind him, Chuck landed a center punch to the back of his head. The next man was felled with a roundhouse knick to the head as Chuck moved back into position with Sarah. The follow-on attack by the next two men was met with high crescent kicks and continued straight punches. They dropped to the floor. Chuck bent down as Sarah rolled over his back and landed a roundhouse kick to the head of the last man.

Chuck and Sarah turned in unison to join and face the first two knocked down by the escort. They both delivered straight kicks to the chest and both men went down. There was no recovery time as the room was filled by two rows of helmeted uniforms. They all had tactical vests and their pistols at the ready.

Chuck looked at what he hoped was the leader. Pointing to the man with the tattoo, "Cuff him. And lock up the others. Good you got here." His pronouncement was met with a tranquilizer dart. He reached to hold Sarah and saw a dart sticking out of her arm. He tried as fast as he could to get his arm around her and found her crumbling into his arms as he fell to the floor.

Chuck came to first but Sarah was close behind, "You okay?"

"Yeah, you?" Sarah asked.

"Fine," Chuck started looking around. They were tied in chairs next to each other. Chuck tried to stand up but found the chair was fastened to the floor. He could tell that Sarah was struggling against the binds, "Any luck?"

"No," Sarah's unhappy voice sounded. She was looking around the room to see if there was anything. It was a plain room with white walls. The door to the room must be behind them. There were no windows or doors in front of them. The only thing that was obvious was a large screen in front. Sarah heard the door behind them open.

"You could have just given me a ring," the door opened all the way. They heard the door as it hit the wall, next came the footsteps as he walked around in front of them.

Both of them said at the same time, "Cole?"

"You created quite a stir with your entrance. But before we start, you need to see something," Cole pushed a button on the remote he was holding. The screen in front of them came to life. It began with a scene of two people surrounded by many. The two advanced into the crowd and began to take them down. There were several high kicks and punches thrown. The two pulled guns through the progress of the event and began firing. When they were done they had shot each of those that surrounded them. They exited the room and the show ended.

Sarah asked, "Who was that, Cole?"

He answered, "They were a group of our boys that were on to a Peruvian assassin cell."

Chuck felt like someone had hit him. He realized and thought he felt Sarah tense up at the same time that those were the people Beckman was referring to when they last talked. She had said something about a Peruvian assassin cell. He wanted to believe there would be more than one, but then he realized that was as likely as another crossbow assassin from Iceland.

Cole continued, "The assassin's cell was rounded up the night before by some of your people. But somewhere there was a leak. And those two came through." Cole turned back to look at Sarah and Chuck, "From your little exhibition when you came, the airport security people thought it was you two."

Chuck was still upset about watching that scene. It took him awhile before he asked, "When did the assassin team come through?"

Cole looked at Chuck suspiciously, "Three nights ago."

Sarah turned her head to Chuck. She knew he would not want to say what happened that night. She was still having problems with the actions Shaw took. Remembering the helplessness under Shaw's drug was showing on her face.

Cole thought for some reason they had turned on him. Chuck was visibly upset and Sarah seemed to be thinking that she had been caught and there was no way out. Cole moved closer, "Where were you three nights ago?"

Chuck looked at Sarah and thought that she was having problems with this. He thought he had helped her forget the pain, but realized it was still too fresh. Even in his mind, the idea of killing someone was just wrong. He'd spent every night thinking of whether there was another way. But this was going far enough. Cole wasn't going to hurt Sarah with his accusations if Chuck could help it. Chuck spoke with harshness in his voice, "In Paris, you can check with Beckman." Chuck would not give him anything more.

Cole walked closer to Chuck. He bent and looked him in the eye, then walked around him and out the door in the back of the room. The door slammed as he left.

"Well, that went well," Chuck tried to look around the room. There was no one else. Chuck moved as close as he could to Sarah. He said with a raised eyebrow, "We have a problem."

Sarah was a bit amazed, "Oh really?"

Chuck struggled a little with the bonds, "Not these, the video."

Sarah blinked, "Right." Hoping he would understand, she added, "Later," and motioned her head to the corner of the room. She could see a light reflected off a shinny surface.

Chuck nodded, "You still okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine," she was hoping that he would realize that Cole was not briefed on his new abilities and not to give them away.

Chuck read the silence, "I know." He thought she would be concerned about what Cole knew. He was already trying to think of something to give Cole and still keep him at bay. He knew Cole was good and already knew about the Intersect. But he did not know about Intersect 2.0 and it had to stay that way.

Sarah smiled. She was beginning to realize this wasn't her little Chuck any more. This Chuck was better. He was her Chuck and he acted it. She was extremely happy. It was like the two days they spent in Paris had helped them jell. The tension was gone. They were acting as one.

Chuck turned his head to the left and looked at Sarah. She was smiling. It made him happy and try all the harder. He jerked back and forth on the bonds holding his left arm down to the chair's armrest. It was getting loose. He slammed his arm as far forwarded as he could get it. His hand was free and he could move it to point his fingers at Sarah. He stretched as much as he could and was able to rub the tips of his fingers along her hand. They both smiled bigger.

That ended quickly as the door in back of them opened once again. They heard the footsteps coming from behind and then around Chuck's side. Cole held out his hand and pointed at the screen.

A grey faced man in a bluish grey jacket appeared. He had military looking pockets and buttons with two ribbons on top of his right pocket and gold wings above them. His arms were on the table in front of him with a small laptop in position. His sleeves were ringed by a broad band of light blue with dark blue bands on both sides of that. He announced, "I want to apologize directly to you both." As he was saying that Cole was busy releasing their bonds. "We received the note that you were staying over night just as I was calling your General Beckman. We had a battle over the past few months. I am afraid we lost; our administrative staff was declared redundant. We have several processes to wring out. Again we are so sorry. Agent Baker will ensure you don't have any other problems."

Chuck saw Sarah nod her head and whisper yes, "Please excuse us, but there was a problem with the group at the airport security. The one man with the scar on his neck and tattoo of a dragon is a part of a group called the Ring. They are worse than Fulcrum. I would suggest that you hold him and interrogate him. He may be associated with the source of your problem."

Sarah added, "We would like a copy of the attack on you cell. We'd like to review that again."

The Air Commodore saw that Cole nodded his head to agree. He replied, "First, I'll take that for action and let our counterparts know. For the second, take it as a courtesy in compensation for your discomfort in this event. We'll send a copy over to General Beckman. Would that be sufficient?"

Sarah was all smiles, "Oh yes, and thank you sir."

"Thank you. I hope you enjoy your time here. Good day." The screen went blank.

Cole finished with Chuck bonds. Chuck stood up and was rubbing his arms. His white shirtsleeve had a ring of red. Cole saw that and said, "Pushed too hard to get out, I see. We'll get you a medic to take a look." He went to Sarah and got her arms, "Darling that did not happen to you, did it?"

Sarah decided to end this quickly, "Cole, I was not interested and am still not interested." She saw Chuck looking at her and smiling. He was happy with that. She thought it best that they be crystal clear, "Chuck and I are together now."

"Who would have thought? It's official. Cole Barker loses to Chuck Bartowski," Cole responded sarcastically.

"Right it's official now and it's Agent Bartowski," Sarah smiled back at Chuck.

Chuck kind of laughed and said, "When you meet someone you care about, you do everything to keep them." When he got the surprised reaction he expected, he answered, "Casey showed it to me."

"Well, I can see I Royal… What can I do to get you back on track?" Cole asked.

Chuck went to Sarah and put his arms around her, "We were going to get some fish and chips on the Thames and see a play tonight. We have tickets waiting for us at the hotel. But first we'll need to know what time it is."

Cole looked at his watch, "It's four in the afternoon. You were only out for a couple of hours. I would be happy to take you over to our best fish and chips establishment upon the Thames. I'll treat. May I impose and find out which hotel you'll be at and what play you were going to. I'll ring ahead and make sure you are clear and have no more problems."

Sarah turned her head to look at Chuck, winked, and turned back to Cole, "Sure, we'd like that." She gave him the name of the play and the hotel.

After the exchange, Cole led them out of the building. Chuck saw a map of the building pointing to the nearest fire exits and knew in an instant that they were in the MI6 building. He was beaming. Sarah noticed and had seen him like this before in Paris. While they did not make too many tourist stops in Paris he had to go to the Eiffel tower, and she wanted to see the Louvre.

Before Chuck started asking questions, Cole loaded them into a BMW van. It was a short drive to the restaurant. Sitting in a secluded corner and after a few pints had been downed Cole asked, "So Chuck, don't take this the wrong way, but why are you with Sarah? You were trying so hard to get rid of it, and Darling, I don't mean you."

Chuck looked up from his new pint with a smile, "And please don't take this the wrong way, but don't call me Darling."

Cole laughed, "Okay, okay. But what did happen? You both should be off fighting ten at a time at the day care center, not like this morning."

Chuck looked over at Sarah. She raised her eyebrows that it was okay. He looked at her again.

Cole picked up on the eyebrow dance, "So, you still have it and what?"

Sarah smiled this time, "Well, I think he always had it."

Chuck almost spit out his drink and turned a bright red, "Sarah."

She just smiled.

Cole got out a grunt reminiscent of Casey. He realized the two had truly gotten their act together. He decided to inform them and hopefully get a jump on it. The information would be a part of repayment for the trust that both of them gave him. While he knew the secret of the Intersect, they had trusted him to keep it. Cole looked at both of them and said, "Well, you need to know that we have heard of something called 3.0. While I apologize again for this morning, they thought those in the other video…how shall I say this, may have seen the light?"

Cole held up his pint, "I'll send you a copy of your performance this morning. Compare the two. And then you tell me. Here's to next time we see each other. Arrangements have been made to protect you while you are here. Some changes were made, but I think you will like them. And they are at Her Majesty's expense. Cheers."

Cole saw them to the van. He checked on the driver and said his farewell giving Sarah a small kiss on the cheek before she got in the van. Cole shook Chuck's hand as he got in the van.

Chuck scooted over the back seat to Sarah, "I guess we have no choice but to have some fun at the order of Her Majesty." He kissed her and then started watching out the window as they passed 10 Downing Street and drove to the hotel.

The next morning Chuck was sitting next to Sarah on the flight back to LA. He had her hand in his and felt like this was the best trip ever. He was still struggling over Shaw. Sarah had been helping as they worked through his thoughts about Shaw and Sarah's feelings about Eve once again. He was sure that things were progressing. He felt closer to Sarah than he ever had before. She had been sharing her thoughts in order to help Chuck. He really didn't feel any better about Shaw but he now had real insight into the original Sarah. He cherished that as much as their other experiences.

Chuck knew things were getting interrupted a little, but it worked out. Their cell phones were ringing before their wake up call came that morning. Casey told them they had to stop playing around and get back. He had them on an earlier flight and had coordinated with Cole. An escort was waiting for them in the lobby of the hotel. The dash over to the airport was swift and they were cleared through special security. They made the flight in what Chuck knew had to be record time.

Chuck realized he was staring at Sarah. She looked back at him and smiled. He said, "Last night was great. I know I keep saying that."

Sarah moved closer to him, "Well, it was great. The fish and chips, even with a dash of Cole, were fun. The play was outstanding. I did like ending."

Chuck replied with a big smile, "I liked the ending last night too." That earned him a poke in the arm. "You know we ought to make some memories. Things we'll remember just off hand and that we can share with others; like your smile at the Mexican restaurant on the first night."

Sarah's smile came back, "Okay, and your smile in the picture from Halloween?"

"Yeah, well, but I mean things that we did too. We can certainly say that we went to the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and now a play in London. But can we say we went dancing on our first date?" Chuck thought it would be okay.

Sarah looked him in the eyes. She could tell there was a reason behind this. She wanted to this to work and was trying hard. But she still realized there were things about Chuck she would have to learn, "Why is this important to you?"

"Do you want to know?" he got an 'hmm.' "Do you really want to know?" another 'Hmm.' "Really?"

"Yes, Chuck. Now spill it," Sarah was getting tense.

"Okay, now it seems dumb," Chuck replied.

"What?"

"I was still uncomfortable around Cole. I had a crazy thought that if we had memories…and now even that sounds dumb…that maybe I could tell someone how long we've loved each other and been together. I know," he didn't get any further.

Sarah pulled him over and kissed him. When they broke, she held his face, "I know we need to work on this. I'd like to say we've loved each other the entire time. As you would say, 'cause we did.' But it was so complicated. I don't even know now how to explain it."

"Oh I know. That's why I thought if we could come up with some simple things when we were together. Well maybe it wouldn't be so complicated," Chuck tilted his head as he looked into her blue eyes.

"Okay," Sarah started thinking about it.

"Oh come on. This is supposed to be fun, not planning for another, well you know." Chuck raised his eyebrows. "Come on, name one time we were together and it meant something special to you."

"Wow, besides these last few days and everything that went with them, I guess. Well, there are two that are special. First, there is the time with the burger after the High Reunion. You didn't ask another question. Then the morning after dad left and you came up with a chocolate cover croissant," she smiled very sweetly.

They continued for the rest of the flight, alternately coming up with memories and dozing off to sleep. It was a non-stop flight and seemed to go on forever.

The landing in LA was smooth. Chuck got their bags off the plane and they walked into the terminal. After going through Customs and heading to get their luggage, Casey and Morgan met them.

Morgan ran up to Chuck and almost picked him up. "Did you hear? Did you? I am with you now."

"Hey, yeah that's great," he looked at Casey raising his eyebrows like it was still unbelievable. He heard Casey grunt.

Sarah looked at Casey, "Really?"

Casey shook his head. He got close to Sarah, "Beckman said that if he ever gets in the way or says something he shouldn't, he's off to the bunker or worse. But don't forget without him, Chuck would not have known."

Sarah nodded and held Casey's hand, "We are together now."

"We know. We got the video from Cole. Impressive. Wait until you see it," Casey motioned to where he had parked the Vic. "We have to stop by Castle first."

Chuck was still surprised to see Morgan open the door to Castle. Morgan opened the door and held it open for Sarah and Chuck, "Right this way. You will be amazed. I mean you two look perfect. If this were an Olympic event, your score would definitely be a 10."

Casey came up behind Morgan as they reached the main room in Castle, "He is right. You two are close to a matched set. I don't know what you did in Paris. But we should have had you do it a long time ago. Watch your video." He pushed the play button and the front screen came to life with Chuck and Sarah being led into the room at airport security. The count down clock showed the elapse time and from beginning to end it was one minute 53 seconds.

Morgan announced, "Now this is the scary part."

The screen blinked and the second video started. Their faces were not clear, but it was obvious that ten men surrounded a taller man and relatively tall woman. In the same manner as Chuck and Sarah, down to every punch, kick and counter move, the pair took out all ten. The countdown clock showed one minute 55 seconds. The screen stopped as the pair began their executions.

But came back to life with Brigadier General Beckman on the screen, "Welcome back Agents Walker and Bartowski. I assume you have seen our afternoon movies."

Chuck was not sure what the General would think about Morgan hearing this but thought he better find out more about what they had just seen, "So, does someone have something similar the Manoosh equipment or is there a 3.0 version? And I understand why the guy fights like me, they have the same download version, but why does the girl fight like Sarah?"

"Very good Chuck. We do not know the full answer to the first question. A new version is being built. While it has some additive features, the fighting techniques are the same as you have," General Beckman held up her hand. "Before you ask again, Director Graham was so impressed with Agent Walker's skills in one match that he used them in the module for the intersect. The woman assassin must have downloaded them. We have a serious problem."

A/N Thought I start a little series with Chuck and Sarah together. Starting it before the next episode means that this will be AU as soon as episode 3.14 starts to air. I have tried to stay away from any spoilers on the next episodes. Only saw the previews after 3.13 and the titles of the upcoming shows. So, we'll be staying from the show. But I am hoping this has enough in it to spark a little interest. Please review.