I know that this may not be perfect but I hope that it has improved since the first chapter.

I do not own chuck in any way (well apart from owning the DVD box sets that is)

"Bryce you are such an ass-hole you know that right" says chuck

"Dude you really have no idea do you"

"Enough Bryce" says Sarah while Carina looks on confused.

"Guys none of this is making any sense to me you need to explain it now. Or I will hurt someone and it wont be Sarah." says Carina

Chuck shares a glance with Sarah and looks pointedly at Bryce.

"Sarah how much do you trust her I mean it is top secret codeword classified. And we could get in a lot of trouble not to mention a lot more danger if this gets out. I mean Fulcrum still doesn't know and the more people that know the more danger we are in."

"Chuck I trust Carina with my life and what's more sweetie I trust her with your life. She was my partner in the cats and she was and is my best friend we cant get permission to tell her but I fully trust her. However I will leave it up to you to decide.

"OK lets tell her Carina what do you know about the intersect and project Omaha?"

Bryce looked at Chuck and Sarah as if they were losing their minds.

"Chuck"

"Shut it Bryce we wouldn't even be in this situation if it wasn't for you. Do you really think that I have forgotten about that Carina?"

I haven't heard anything about project Omaha However as for the intersect what I have heard is that it is supposed to be some sort of a super computer but I think it is a myth."

At that Bryce Chuck and Sarah look at each other and laugh wryly.

"Are you laughing at me" huffs Carina

"Not really Carina but as you are one of the best agents their is I would have expected that you would have known that the intersect is real. However it isn't what you would expect or what you would expect it to be." said Sarah

Carina looked puzzled at this and tried to figure out what Sarah meant with this.

"Well you see Carina it is not a computer at least not in the traditional sense of the word." said chuck

"I am confused you say it is real but not a computer so what is it and where is it." says Carina

"Well you see Carina its like this. It all started about two years ago when I received an Email from Bryce. It contained a Zork file that was actually not a Zork file at all. It was a computer program that downloaded the intersect in to my brain so all the governments secrets are in my brain. Only a few people know this you, me, Sarah, Bryce, general Bekman and major John Casey of the NSA. That is how secret this is but if you are going to help us we needed to let you know what is at stake here. We have four of the people that know here and wee all need to be on our guard. Bryce I am willing to trust you but you have to earn that trust back. And do exactly what Sarah says for you to do if she says jump in to a river then you have to do that. Do we understand each other"

"Sure Chuck but just so you know I wont do anything that I think will put you or her in danger even if that is what she tells me to do. I will let you or her decide if you trust me or not but first things first I am going to get some sleep I suggest that we all do the same unless you want me to keep watch?."

In the morning Bryce was still their much to the confusion of Chuck and Carina Sarah in the other hand was still trying to figure out what angle Bryce was playing.

"So guys breakfast what do we all want pancakes or waffles."

Sarah, Carina and Bryce all said at the same time "pancakes"

"Gee as if I did not see that one coming guys." said chuck with a laugh

"Right we need to sort a few things out today." said Sarah

"First as we now have the four of us I will be splitting us up in to teams for security and safety. Chuck you are with me Carina you and Bryce. We need you to contact Beakman at this number and let her know what is going on here if you can. Also try and keep Bryce's name out of it for the time being but let her know its a code 4. she will understand also tell her that we need Casey and a tactical team over hear asap. Then call Casey on this number and tell him his crossbow buddy is over hear with us he will get what I mean. I will explain that to you at a later time if we get to a later time. Chuck me and you are going to be buying a laptop and getting in to the castle mainframe I need to find out what Magnuson is doing out of jail and over here. It could be fulcrum related or something else that we don't know about finally once we have done all this we meet back here first to arrive start the coffee"

As they split up to head to their different jobs Chuck held back and looked at Sarah then away quickly.

Chuck and Sarah headed off to find a laptop that fitted their requirements while Bryce and Carina headed off to contact general Beckman.

Although they had all agreed on this course of action Sarah was still uneasy. She was concerned about having Bryce working with Carina however she knew that she couldn't leave chuck alone with Bryce. And heaven help him if he was ever alone with Carina

Even although Sarah trusted Carina like a sister she knew that Carina had a reputation as a man-eater And Sarah couldn't leave chuck to that not now that she had admitted her feelings for him were real. Sarah knew that Carina being Carina wouldn't be able to help herself . As she always wanted what Sarah wanted and with the inter-agency rivalry's being what they were. And with Sarah being the top CIA operative and Carina being the top DEA operative things could get messy.

"Penny for your thoughts Sarah as you look troubled sweetie"

"Its nothing Chuck I'm just wondering if we made the right decision sending Carina with Bryce. I just didn't want you to go with Bryce as I know how you feel about him and as for Carina I love her like a sister but she has a reputation as a man eater."

"Aww and here was me thinking it was because you wanted to spend the day with me rather than your friend or that dushbag Bryce."

"Sweetie you know I want to spend the day with you as often as I can. However at the moment we have to try and figure out what the hell is going on."

As they were talking about this Bryce and Carina were heading off to buy a clean burner phone for the purposes of contacting Beckman.

"Bryce what is it between you and Sarah I know there is something as I know Sarah's moods. After working with her in the CAT squad and it is obvious to me that there is something wrong."

"Carina this is something that I don't want to talk about."

"Tough Bryce I need to know what is going on between you and Sarah. She wont admit it but she was trying not to kill you when we got back to the house. Just to find you and Chuck in a stand off."

"It's complicated Carina me and Sarah used to be partners but just not in a professional way. We used to date I screwed that up when I sent Chuck the intersect however. And now Sarah hates me and is in love with Chuck. I want to make things right between us but I don't know how to go about doing that. The one thing I do know however is that if I have anything to say about it no harm will come to either one of them."

"Well if that is not the biggest load of crap I have ever heard. If you want things to be right between you and Sarah then make it right with Chuck first. I have only just met him but I can tell that Sarah cares a lot for him. If you can do that then she may forgive you."

At that Bryce brightened up but then he became despondent again

"You could be right their Carina but there is one thing that makes that very unlikely. And that is the fact that it was me that sent Chuck the intersect in the first place."

"Yes you did that and yes he may never trust you again and neither will Sarah. The big question however is why would you do that to your best friend."

"I can explain that but it may take a while. And we need to get that phone so we can call Beckman."

I suppose that you are right at that and the explanation can wait. At least until we are all back together so that you only need to explain once. I just hope that it helps you, Sarah and Chuck repair some of the damage to your friendship

As they were walking carrina had spotted a phone shop that they went in to and bought five pay as you go phones.

Chuck and Sarah meanwhile had bought the laptop that they needed. Chuck couldn't believe that Sarah had found a prism express so easily. He had his concerns however as the configuration of them could be tricky.

"Sarah I wish we had a different laptop these ones can be tricky in their configurations. It may take longer to get in to the databases I need to . And that is if I can get in to them in the first place."

"Chuck baby you will get in to them my sweet nerd you are the piranha after all. Not to mention I have complete faith in your hacking ability"

"That may not be enough babe it is the CIA/NSA databases that we are talking about here. I hope that Bryce and Carina are doing ok with getting in touch with the general. We have been dark for a week now and she will be probably worried about losing the intersect."

"Yep she will be worried about that chuck but when we tell her she will hit the roof. I am just worried is that if we need more help than Casey. I don't know what she will do or who she will send."

"Well babe knowing her like we do it will probably be the marines or at least an army special forces squad."

"You know you could be right with both of those guesses it is the general after all."

They headed back to the house to find that both Bryce and Carina were sitting talking while waiting for them to get back. Bryce looked at chuck and came to a decision that he hoped will change things between them all.