Chapter 4!! Thanks again to Wepdiggy for Beta Editing. He's truely awesome because he puts up with my grammer and spelling ;) Any left over typos or mistakes are my fault completely.

I won't be able to write again over the weekend so hopefully this chapter will hold you over :) You guys can expect a little Bryce POV in the next chapter. Also, we'll figure out who this mysterious Linus is :)

Anyways, hope you guys like this chapter!


Castle

Burbank, California

20:39

August 11th

Sarah watched Chuck sobbing through the camera, her heart breaking a little bit more with each shake of his shoulders. He just can't take this. He's not as hardened as you, Sarah. If not for Casey standing next to her, Sarah would have begun to cry herself. She couldn't believe she was hurting the man she loved so awfully. Her heart actually ached, and her stomach was knotted. Sarah waited for Casey to say something, but he only stood there, silently watching Chuck. The only reason Sarah was watching the camera tonight was because she wanted to make sure Chuck followed through on their cover. This was the last thing she expected. This is the last thing she wanted.

Sarah rubbed her hands over her face, trying to force herself to stop watching the screen. She'd already been watching for ten minutes, silently praying Chuck would stop, silently praying he'd suddenly have an epiphany and realize how wrong Sarah was for him. Yeah, it would hurt Sarah if he moved on. It'd hurt if he found love with a real woman who deserved him, but she wanted that for him. She wanted him to have a real life, not this one of lies and deception. Chuck's place was behind a desk, creating next gen hardware, earning millions of dollars with a wife who loved him. Not behind a gun, getting his hands bloodied by countless lives with Sarah beside him. That is not his fate. That's why I am going to leave, so he can have as real of life as possible without me hanging over his shoulder.

Sarah was fully expecting Casey to say something, at least grunt. But all he did was turn and leave, without needling Sarah in any way, nor mentioning how girly Chuck was; he just left. Thank you, Casey. She didn't want to deal with any crap from anyone right now. Her emotions were already haywire, and any other interference with them would probably make Sarah jump the next person who did, and that wasn't desirable. She sighed and looked back at the monitor, hoping Chuck was quiet and asleep. He was finally.

Sarah stood and tried to keep herself composed. She walked for the stairs, and seeing Casey cleaning his guns again she stopped and said, "Tomorrow I want to spar with Jamie, just to test her skills." She wasn't sure why she was telling him this in advance, she just needed to tell someone something.

Casey nodded. "'Night, Walker,"

"Good night, Casey," Sarah strode up the stairs and exited the Orange Orange, heading straight to her Porsche. As she fumbled with the keys, she stopped suddenly, seeing something flutter in the darkness through her peripherals. She jerked around and instinctively took a defensive position. Nothing was there, no FULCRUM agent lurking in the dark, ready to kill her, just shadows. A dog ran out and disappeared into the parking lot across the street. She sighed. You can never be too careful. She stepped into her car and started her drive to her hotel room.

"I have another agent watching Walker."

"No, not so far. The only slip up was he almost gave up his position when a stray dog came up behind him and bit him in the ass." Linus chuckled.

"Of course not! I've trained my underlings to be perfect. Walker drove home after seeing the dog run away."

"Well, I couldn't contain him."

"Yes, the dog met an unfortunate end."

"Can you really blame him?"

"Didn't think so,"

"Linus out,"


Orange Orange

Burbank, California

08:05

August 12th

Jamie entered the Orange Orange to be met with a stony gaze from Sarah. "Walker," Jamie greeted with a polite tone.

"Bamber," Sarah replied and started wiping down the counters. Jamie noticed with amusement that seemed all that Sarah ever did. The footage for the Orange Orange was far from exhilarating.

"Need help?" Jamie asked, knowing the other agent didn't, but not wanting to just stand there and wait for Bartowski. Sarah didn't respond and Jamie took it as a no, so she took a seat by the window and waited. She was slightly surprised when Sarah began to speak.

"Actually, I think I'd like you to scrub down this counter," Jamie looked at Walker inquisitively.

"Ohhkay," Jamie stood and grabbed the rag from Sarah and started scrubbing down the counter. She realized after a moment that Sarah was watching her. Jamie attempted to ignore it but couldn't. "Could you look somewhere else? Or are you just fascinated by my butt? I know, lady envy and all." Jamie straightened out and stared at Sarah, who returned her gaze firmly. But, Sarah wouldn't stoop to Jamie's current level.

"No," Sarah began, inching closer to Jamie. "Do you realize how important Chuck Bartowski is? Cause the more I see you the less I think you do."

"Really? How important he is or how important his baby maker is?" Jamie's eyes shifted to the small hole in the wall, where the fork had recently been stuck in. Sarah tensed and her fist clenched. Jamie looked back to her. "Yeah, that's right. I saw the whole thing. It was a classic kiss-n-diss. So, how long did it take for you to get Chuck in bed?" Jamie asked, knowing full well that the two hadn't actually been in bed together.

"Excuse me?" Sarah said through gritted teeth. "Who gave you access to the video files?" That was all she had to say? Jamie was disappointed.

"Beckman, obviously."

"Well, you just never know when the camera might malfunction. I'd hate for you to have an accident during an unforeseeable camera failure."

"Threats? Seriously? That stuff doesn't work on me like it does on Chuck." Jamie flinched just ever so slightly when Sarah's hand moved forward a fraction of an inch and she knew Sarah had almost hit her, right then.

"I don't make threats, Bamber. I make promises, and I promise if anything ever happens to Chuck with you as his handler...I'll come through on this promise," Sarah leaned closer and said quietly, "I promise you won't ever see sunlight again, and I'll make you regret your mistake, however necessary."

Jamie just stood there, staring Sarah down. "Well, I promise you thi-"

"Whoa, guys. What's going on?" Chuck asked, his forehead furrowing.

"Nothing. I was just talking with Agent Bamber here." Sarah replied, shot Jamie one last dark look and exited into the back. Jamie heard the freezer open and Sarah enter Castle. Chuck turned his attention to Jamie.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Just some former handler to new handler talk," Jamie stated, knowing that Sarah was probably watching. "When does your shift start?"

"In about ten minutes,"

"Okay, well, how about you share a yogurt with me?" Jamie smiled, rocking forward on her feet.

"Yeah, sure," Chuck sat down at one of the tables by the window and waited while Jamie got some yogurt ready, which was easy and didn't require much thought. She slid into the chair opposite Chuck and grinned. "I hope you like key lime, cause that is what I got you."

Chuck shrugged. "I haven't tried it, honestly."

"Well, you'd better try it and you'd better like it!" Jamie joked.

"Or what?"

"Or I'll..." Jamie realized how flirty this could seem to Sarah. She knew Chuck would never mean it to be like that, but that didn't mean that Sarah wouldn't decide to fail Jamie on purpose. Jamie hoped Sarah was more professional than that however. "I have no idea." She chuckled and spooned some yogurt into her mouth. Chuck laughed too and then stopped when his eyes focused on something outside.

"Ellie?" He whispered.

"Who?"

"My sister, Ellie, she just drove up." He laughed. "Better pretend like you're working or she'll get the wrong idea." Jamie nodded and hopped up, taking her yogurt with her. Sarah reappeared out of the back.

"Ellie's here," Chuck told Sarah.

"Here," Jamie gave Sarah her yogurt and then started cleaning the counter; Sarah took Jamie's former place opposite Chuck and kept this weird distance between them. Jamie wasn't sure if it was Sarah being herself, or trying to show the tension in their cover. The door to the Orange Orange opened up and Jamie could immediately tell this was Chuck's doctor sister. "Welcome!" Jamie said cheerfully. Ellie gave her a curious look and then smiled back.

"Did you actually start getting enough customers that you guys had to hire another worker?" Ellie laughed, turning to Sarah.

"Yeah, actually. Ellie, this is Jamie." Sarah introduced, and froze when she felt Chuck's hand on hers. Jamie saw this immediately.

"It's so nice to meet you, Ellie! I've heard lots of good things about you from your brother." Jamie tilted her head to the side innocently and offered the doctor a brilliant smile. Ellie chuckled.

"How many bad things?" The older doctor asked, smiling back.

"Oh, I left out all the torture sessions I had to endure while you played doctor, and how you used to not feed me. Oh and how you used to leave me handcuffed to chairs." Chuck joked. Jamie saw his smile falter as Sarah tried to nonchalantly slip her hand away. Ellie seemed to notice it to.

"Well, that's good. 'Cause I don't want anyone to know exactly how mean I can be." Jamie nearly laughed when she realized who that statement was meant for. Sarah's going to succeed in making everyone hate her. Of course, that can't be a hard thing for her, seeing how she doesn't exactly mix in well.

Sarah just smiled, pretending she didn't catch it. Chuck caught it too, because he shot Ellie a sharp look. Ellie turned back to Jamie, a big smile on her face. "Can I get it to go? I am on my way to work."

"Of course!" Jamie took Ellie's order and focused on making the woman absolutely love her. Ellie would be seeing a lot more of Jamie soon, so Jamie wanted Ellie to really like her. Ellie was soon on her way and driving to work.

"That went well," Jamie said, leaning against the counter and smiling tightly at Sarah. Sarah's look was murder. If looks could kill, I think I'd be chopped into a hundred pieces.

"I have work to do," Sarah stood and started for Castle. "Bamber, I want you and me to spar at 13:00. See you then." Sarah called out as she disappeared. Jamie turned to Chuck and sighed.

"How ya doing, tiger?" She asked Chuck.

"A little bit better than yesterday," He stood. "I had better get to work."

Jamie looked around the store. "Yeah, looks like my day will be flooded with excitement." She laughed lightly.

"Hey, Sarah can always find a way to entertain herself. You seem creative as well. Have fun." Chuck laughed and left. Jamie watched him all the way to the entrance of the Buy More. Then she turned her thoughts to the spar with Walker. That will be interesting. I'd like to see how the great Walker fights. I think I stand a good chance of kicking her ass. Jamie smiled and went into Castle to work out a bit.


Buy More

Burbank, California

08:20

August 12th

Chuck entered the Buy More, to see it strangely calm. There was no Jeff or Lester immediately crowding around him, begging him to get them out of a problem. Nor was there Morgan. Where was his little buddy? He was usually the first to greet Chuck. Chuck just went to the Nerd Herd desk, sitting down and pulling out his iPhone and opening up his Sarah picture folder.

"Dude, you are so whipped!" Chuck jumped as Morgan's voice rung in his ear.

"Morgan!" Chuck exclaimed. "Don't do that! I nearly had a heart attack!"

"Sorry, dude!" Morgan's face was semi apologetic. "Oh my god, dude, did you see that new girl at the Orange Orange?"

"Yes, I was over there just a few minutes ago," Chuck nodded.

"Hot, hot, hot, hot!" Morgan sighed. "She makes me want to go over there and buy fifty pounds of yogurt. I wonder what her favorite flavor is."

"Morgan," Chuck raised his hands. "No! Leave Jamie alone. She's new and she's shy. She doesn't want any kind of attention."

"Jamie? That is a wonderful name."

"What is?" Anna was suddenly behind Morgan. Morgan froze.

"Morgan here was just thinking about a future daughter's name," Chuck patted Morgan on the shoulder. "I agree; Jamie is a wonderful name."

Anna smiled and went back to whatever she was doing before.

"Thanks, bro," Morgan said, relief flooding his face. "I had no idea what to say. You know me; I get in a stressful situation and BAM! Suddenly I freeze!"

Chuck nodded. "Yeah, I know. Believe me I know."

Morgan turned when he heard a lady calling out for help in the TV section. "See ya, damsel in distress!"

Chuck laughed and started filling out some paperwork on an install he had done yesterday and had been too lazy and broken up to do.

Dude, you are so whipped! Morgan's words still sat in his head.

Chuck sighed when he knew he wasn't going to get any work done today. His thoughts were still on Sarah. Wait! Sarah and Jamie are going to be fighting?! Why do they have to do that? One of them might get hurt, or worse, they might slip and one of them might get killed. I have to be there. Concern filled him as a hundred worst case scenarios ran through his head. He definitely knew he wouldn't get any work done now.


Local Park

Burbank, California

13:04

August 12th

Sarah waited in a secluded part of one of the local parks in Burbank. She didn't even know what it was called, nor did she care. It was simply the park where she was going to kick Bamber's ass. She'd picked a spot off the beaten path, where they're chances of being seen were very thin. She hadn't told Chuck where this was going down because she wasn't sure she wanted him here. Casey would show. Now if only Jamie would. Sarah hated how this agent was starting to make a reputation of being late.

Sarah was dressed in easy, lightweight clothing, perfect for sparring. Her black shirt was cut off at the shoulders, but came up around her neck. It was of a stretchy material, so it was easy to maneuver in. Her pants were simple black sports pants. Easy to stretch in and breathable. Her hands were covered with fingerless black gloves. She'd spent extra time preparing for this spar. She didn't want to lose. She wanted to put Jamie in her place, while also finding out how good the other woman was in combat.

Her attention was brought to the sound of feet pounding up the side of the hill Sarah had picked. The area was secluded...but contained many rocks and trees. It didn't worry Sarah, though, Jamie and she couldn't mark each other up too much; it'd be hard to explain away any injuries they might inflict on one another to Ellie or Morgan.

It was Casey, followed closely by Chuck and Jamie. Sarah's eyes narrowed. They brought Chuck?!

"You brought Chuck?!" She hissed to Casey. He shook his head.

"Superdork came with Bamber," He replied, smirking. Jamie just stared at Sarah.

"Ready?"

"Yes," Sarah drew herself into an open defensive stance, ready to attack or defend when necessary. Jamie mirrored this instantly. They stared at each other, neither moving. After a full 30 seconds like this, Sarah heard Chuck clear his throat and shift his weight. Jamie's eyes went to Chuck, and Sarah ran at her opponent. Their bodies met with a loud "smack!" sound. Jamie seemed hardly caught off guard by the attack, and barely gave any ground. She pushed against Sarah who landed a punch to her stomach and Jamie grunted, the air leaving her. She attempted to spin away, but Sarah held her tightly. Jamie lifted her elbow and slammed it into the side of Sarah's face, and Sarah ducked, spinning her leg out to sweep Jamie's feet out from under her. As Jamie hit the ground, she was already moving, spinning to the right, away from Walker who was recovering from Jamie's elbow attack. Jamie hopped up to a crouching position, watching Sarah, slightly out of breath. She was surprised at the predatory look in Sarah's eyes, as if Walker were pretending she was fighting Jamie for a different reason. Who knew, maybe she was?

"Bring it, Walker," Jamie breathed. Sarah blinked and returned to a standing position, which Jamie mirrored. Chuck's face was filled with concern as he spoke.

"Hey, guys, I think that's good."

"Be quiet, Chuck," Sarah responded. Jamie took off toward her, closing the distance between them in a second. But Sarah was already meeting her halfway, readying her arms for a series of punches. As the first punch came for Jamie, it hit only air. Bamber dropped to the ground, using her hands to support her weight she planted her legs on Sarah's stomach and lifted, hoping to send Sarah over her own head. It started to work, but Sarah was too quick for that, just kicking down at Jamie Sarah connected with Jamie's thigh. Damn, those boots hurt. Jamie thought as she kicked out at Sarah, who had already moved before Jamie was halfway there. Sarah was quick, really quick. But Jamie could catch her if she got the chance. Jamie rolled over once and used her arms to propel herself forward onto her feet. Sarah's foot was already trying to catch Jamie's gut. Jamie crouched again and swept the one leg Sarah was supporting herself on out from under her. As Sarah hit the ground, Jamie was on top of her, a rock in her right hand and she had effectively pinned Sarah to the ground. Sarah stared up at her, breathing heavily. Well, they both were.

"Walker, be glad I've decided not to mess up your pretty face," Jamie said, keeping the rock high in her hand.

Casey snorted.

"Casey, sometimes I wonder if you even like girls." Jamie heard Chuck say.

"Sorry, Chuck, I'm not available." Casey started to leave and Jamie smirked, knowing victory was hers.

"Guess I get to count you out, Walker," Jamie said and got off Sarah. She turned to follow Casey. Just as she took one step forward though, a knife was at her throat and Sarah was whispering in her ear.

"Don't you dare ever count me out, Bamber." Sarah hissed. Jamie noticed Chuck's face looked very fearful, she could only imagine what Sarah looked like right now. Jamie had thoroughly pissed her off. The knife was removed and sheathed in Sarah's boot. Jamie started for the place where Casey stood again, a smirk on his face. "Oh, and Bamber," Sarah called out; Jamie stopped but didn't turn to look at Sarah. "Be glad I didn't mess up your pretty neck."

"Ha," Jamie said humorlessly, and started for her car. She was very upset with herself. She'd just been beaten by Sarah Walker. It was her first defeat since training.

"Sarah, are you okay?" Chuck immediately went over to her. Sarah was touched by how he was still concerned for her, even after what had happened. Sarah nodded. Truth was, Jamie's punches hurt more than anything she'd experienced from another female. Sarah was sure to be sore tomorrow. Chuck saw right through her lie.

"Let me help you," He said and grabbed her arm. "Ellie would freak out if I didn't. Well, after she died from finding out you were just fighting." Sarah followed him without resistance. How can him helping me make anything worse?

"Good job, Walker," Casey said as they passed.

"Thanks, Casey,"

"Work all day on that line?"

"Nope, just a few minutes," Sarah chuckled along with Chuck. Casey just smirked still.

"I'm beginning to think he can't laugh," Chuck stated as he continued to hold her arm and help her down the path.

"Chuck, I'm not an old grandma. I can walk down the hill by myself." Sarah said, trying to pull away from his grip.

"Sarah, please let me help you? Just to make me feel better at least?" Chuck looked at her with pleading eyes and Sarah was lost in them. They stood there for a moment, staring into each other's eyes, with Sarah trying to muster up the will to tell him no. But she couldn't.

"Alright," She sighed.

"You're a trooper," Chuck laughed.

"I know," Sarah replied and noticed he was holding her hand now. In a most protective way. Chuck, why are you always so wonderful? A small part of Sarah felt so in love with him right there it actually scared her. Here Chuck was, even after she'd hurt him so badly, taking care of her and making sure she was okay. Chuck was definitely too good for Sarah Walker. After they reached the end of the hill, Chuck still didn't release Sarah's hand. He held it all the way to her car.

"Sarah, I want to drive you home." Chuck stated, it kind of caught Sarah off guard.

"Huh?" Sarah stuttered.

"I want to take you home. And if you refuse that, I will still show up at your door whether you like it or not. I want to make sure you take care of yourself." Despite the way he was telling her what they were going to do; his tone still carried that only if you want to tone. Chuck, you don't realize how much I want to. Sarah soon found herself rationalizing. I do need help. I know my nose is bleeding and I just want him around. Nothing has to happen. Nothing will happen.

"Okay," She finally said.

"Really?" Chuck was completely surprised.

"Really. Where is your car?"

"I rode with Jamie. Can I drive, please?"

"You what?"

"Did I do something wrong? I just didn't want to bring the Herder."

"No, its fine." Sarah looked at her keys, then back at Chuck. "Not one scratch, almost scratch, or near scratch. Got it?"

"Yes, Ma'am." Chuck opened her door for her and then sat in the driver's seat. "Let's get you home." He smiled and they started for Sarah's room.

Jamie watched Chuck and Sarah drive off. Now what is Sarah doing taking him home with her? That's just asking for trouble. A part of her wanted to go to Sarah's room and see exactly what happened. Maybe she would. That would be a trip worth taking. Jamie saw Casey leave in a suburban. Jamie knew exactly what she would do. She smiled as she got into her Mustang and drove out of the park.


What will happen at Sarah's room? Will she have another lapse in judgment or will she completely shut Chuck down again? Will Jamie go to Sarah's hotel room? What will she see? And who is Linus?