Hey guys, this is the first time I'm writing a Chuck fic and also the first time I attepmt to write a fic that's not book originated. So do try to bear with me as I explore the finer points of it. It's an AU story in which the first talk between Chuck and Sarah in vs the American Hero went different. How Sarah NOT saying one word changed the events so much. The idea of creating a whole new universe from one word came from Doctor Who episode called "Turn Left" (season 4).

" You are not the (same) guy I fell for." Sarah said turning away from him. Chuck stumbled back a little feeling like he was punched in the gut. But quickly schooled his expression to not give away the emotional turmoil he felt at the moment. He fell into what he started calling spy mode in the last year. It was what he did when he pretended to be Charles Carmichael the confident CIA agent. Then he realised that was who he was now. The life he lived for the last year or maybe last three years was just the transition.

He stormed out of Castle with this realization, a little angry at how easily he fell for his soon to be ex partner. He shook those thoughts out of his head. If he was going to go through with this there were things he had to do. He decided that he should see his sister first, then contact his father. Even if he couldn't tell Ellie his father still had the right to know plus he could give him advice on the Intersect and who he should have on his team.

Casey and Morgan definetly, he thought, and maybe Carina. As reckless and cold she was she made up for it with her loyalty to her country and ,as much as she didn't want to admit it, her fellow agents. Yes hold that thought and definetly ask dad who else he could have on his team.

As soon as he entered the apartment complex he sought out Casey.

" So how'd it go? Are you with Walker now?" He asked immediately.

" No and I don't think I ever will be with her." Not if she fell for Shaw even after everything. " But Rome is still on and I will do everything in my power to get Beckman to reinstate you. I just need to say goodby to Ellie and dad. I have another meeting with the General next week. I'll see you then Casey." He walked out of Casey's apartment after saying that.

He knocked on Ellie's door and waited for her to open it up. He may be an agent now but who said agents couldn't use the front door, especially when it came to their civilian sisters. Ellie opened door quickly, quicker than her usual he observed, almost like she too had something to say. Doctors Without Borders he remembered and felt relieved that his sister wouldn't have time to miss him when his absence would be most obvious.

" Sis when I was in Washington I got a job offer. It's from a big shot agency and apperantly I fit their bill. They want to station me in Europe. I accepted."

Ellie beamed at him. " That's great news Chuck, I'm so happy for you. But what about Sarah. I thought you loved her." He sighed.

" I do love her and probably will for a long time if not the rest of my life. It's just that she doesn't feel the same way if she ever did. And it will be good for me to get away from all these memories of her. You know maybe help me heal. One day with time there may be someone else in my life." Not likely, but he kept that thought to himself.

" El do you know how to contact dad? I want to see him too before I leave for Europe." She explained how they contacted and I composed and coded a mesage for tomorrow's newpaper.

Tomorrow at Stephen Bartowski's cabin

Stephen Bartowski was up early again. He never got much sleep, not with all the regrets he had. Project X, letting Hartley talk him into using the program. Hartley was never important like Stephen to the CIA ,the only irreplaceable scientist working on the Intersect Project. The poor man lost himself because he felt unimportant ,he let his want to be recognised get to him and Stephen himself was so eager he let Hartley talk him into this.

He quickly opened his newspaper seeking something to distract him from his regrets in life. It was then he saw the coded mesage. Taking the notepad and the pen he kept handy in case he got an idea he started to decipher it.

Dad need to talk to you ASAP Love Chuck

He stared at the mesage from his son must have learned how to contact him from his sister. Knowing his son was exposed to things his daughter only saw in TV shows and it could be related to that stuff he called Chuck using his encrypted phone instead of writing back. Besides he did say ASAP and in spy world seconds mattered let alone a day.

He shook his head realising he was thinking of his son as a spy. He couldn't be one, right? He didn't answer that one knowing he could very well be a spy. It was in his blood after all. He used the encrypted phone and set up the meet for lunch anyway.

Time skip to during the lunch meet

" YOU WHAT?" Stephen may have reacted a little more than he should have in public to his son's revealations.

" Dad keep your voice down but yes I uploaded it. I am a CIA Special Agent now. I will be heading my own operation in Italy. I have a flight to Stuttgart tonight to clear my head before the new operation. I just wanted to say goodby since I don't know when I'll see you next and ask if you had any advice. Weather about being a spy or the Intersect or just fatherly advice. You were good at that."

Stephen thought for a while. " Well for your problems with the Intersect I suggest you take up meditation. It will help with other stuff too. Also the Intersect was designed as a learning tool in the first place. And" He played nervously with the watch that housed his governor." Over the years I realized that the Intersect ,just like any other computer, can overheat. I've been looking for a solution. The best I've got is a device I call the Governer. It governs my nervous system and stops the Intersect from overheating. I don't know if it will work with 2.0 but I'll look into it. If it does I will deliver yours by the time you meet with Beckman next week. If not I'll start looking for a new solution but I see no reason why it shouldn't the principle is more or less the same."

"Thanks dad, I appreciate your suppport more than you know."

" No I thank you Chuck for making sure my invention is being used for what I made it for and not what the government thinks is best. I'm proud of you and so would your mom be if she could see the man you are." But he didn't elaborate about Marry's situation. " By the way if you still get along with Bryce he should be available for your new team. And ask if you have room for one more Nicklas Schwarz the defected German agent would be a good and reliable choice."

" I'll take your word on Schwarz but dad Bryce is dead. He died the night Ellie got maried." Chuck reminded his father. Stephen just gave an enigmatic smile.

" Did he?" Was his last words to his son for the next five days. But he was filled with determination. He was going to make his son a Governer as resistant to field conditions as possible or two if he had time to assuming a Governer is competible for 2.0.

So that's it for the first chapter. I hope you liked it. I did my best and have lots planned for this story but most of them are details. I'm not sure if the pairing will be Charah but I am a big fan of it so it's likely. Also it won't have Chuck/Carina at least not as a part of the plans I made so far. Carina will be a part of the team but also won't date Casey or Morgan. Maybe I can pair her with my OC Schwarz but that won't be happening in the forseeable future either. ( Though when writing that can be a short time if a new idea strikes) See you in the next chapter and Please review. Reviews make me write more and better.